The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-22
THE TRIP TO INDIANAPOLIS.
THE PARTY EN- ROUTE.

Mr.. Blaine's Amusement at Seeing Such
Enormous Crowds of People.
Where do so many people come from; where
do they live certainly not in Indiana" was the
astonished inquiry of Hon. Joseph Manley-one
of Mr.. Blaine's confidential friends, who has ac-
companied him throughout the trip-on the way
from Fort Wayne to this city yesterday The
inquiry was a natural one for person who did
not know to what extent political enthusiasm
absorbed the attention of almost everybody in
Indiana in national campaign years. 'It was
reserved for your State to turn out uniformly
the largest crowds we have yet seem" said Mr.
Walker Blaine. Another gentleman of the
party added. ''T'his excels even the crowds in
Ohio, where we saw the largest demonstrations"
The direct occasion for these seemingly
exaggerated statements, was the immense out
pouring of the people of northern and central
Indiana at every station where stop was made
by the train which brought Hon. James G.
Blaine and his party from Fort Wayne yester-
day. At no place was there less than FIVE thou
sand people at the railway to greet the dis
tinguished gentleman, while at several towns
and cities the numbers reached twenty and
twenty-five thousand Seven stops we're made
during the trip and small estimate is that
fully one hundred thousand people had their
curiosity gratifed by seeing the Plumed Knight,
and a majority of them of hearing the
speeches that he made The enthusiasm
cannot be described, for it was almost over
wheming 1t was one continued ovation, tri-
umphal entry, if you please, of the most noted
American of his time into State which has,
for years, been one of his greatest admirers.
Mr. Blaine himself recognized and appreciated
this fact, and, just before entering the city, he
said; 81 am greatly pleased with what L have
seen to-day. I had no idea that we would have
a continuation of such monster demonstrations,
in towns so close together and not densely popu-
lated"
According to the prearranged schedule
of stops, it was intended that the party
should reach indianapolis promptly at 3
o'clock, but there were several vexatious
and unexpected delays. At Loeansport
half hour was consumed in reversing the train,
and at Kokomo some time was lost in switching
But the chief cause of the delay was in the ut
ter impossibility to set Mr.. Blaine through the
enormous crowds at the stations and to secure
sufficient order for his speaking to be heard in
the ten minutes allotted to each place The To-
cal arran gements were generally good, but in
several places the officers in charge could not
clear passage way, and at others the throng to-
tally disregarded all the regulations that had
been made.
THE START FROM FORT WAYNE.
The Blaine party left Fort Wayne promptly
at o'clock yesterday morning on a special train,
under the direction of Superintendent Stevens,
of the Wabash, and Superintendent McKenna,
of the j., NJ. & l., who has general supervision
of the railroad arrangement The train con-
sisted of baggage car, ordinary day coach,
Pullman sleeper and Mr. w. r. McKeen's
private car. The party at the start consisted of
Mr. Blaine, his son Walker, Mr.. Manley, Mr.
Devine of the Associated Press. Mr.
Mussey of the Cincinnati Commercial Ga
zette Mr.. Crawford, of the Chicago Tribune,
Senator Harrison, John c. New, General George
B. Williams, of Lafayette, Hon. Stanton J.
Peelle, Hon. Robert S. Taylor, of Fort Wayne,
Hon. James N. Tyner, of Peru, Oliver T. Nor
ton, Colonel E. W. McKenna, of Louisville, J.
D. Early, of Terre Haute, H. S. Frazer, and r.
o. Hawkins, city, Hon. W. G. Wilson, Lafay
ette, Hon D. s. Alexander, Washington City,
Hon. Robert P. Kennedy, of Ohio, Hon. A. c.
Rankin, OF pennsylvania, Hon. Paul Wander
WORT, of Nebraska, A. F. Philips, Kokomo Ga
zette Tribune; W. D. Pratt, Logansport Journal,
j. H. Woodland, Cincinnati Enquirer; Mrs
C9llie Holbrook- Blinn, of California, and
tho representative of the Journal. En- route
there were various accessions notably
Congressman Steele, Frederick Douglass, Hon.
viii Crmback, Hon. c. t. Doxey, the Indian
apolis reception committee and H. N Brown, of
the Evening News At Kokomo two hundred
members of the Morton Club in gorgeousy dec
GRATED special cars, were added to the number.