The Portland daily press., 1884-06-23
GRAND RALLY.
Arrival of the Distinguished Visi-
tors from augusta.
THE CORDIAL WELCOME EXTEND.
ED TO TIE COMMITTEE ON
NOTIFICATION ny PORT
LAND CITIZENS.
The Enthusiastic Meeting at City Hall
and she Speeches.

AT p. m. Saturday, special train left Au
gusta for Portland, bearing the distinguished
Republicans appointed by the National Repub
licsn Convention TO iaform Mr.. Blaine of his
nomination. Besides the committee the train
bore Judge Churchill of Arizona, d. P. B.
Pride of Nevada, Hon. j. NJ Cross, Rhode Is
land, Hon. W Brown, New Hampshire, Hon
L. B. Porter, Massachusetts, Col. Burr, staff
corresondent Philadelphia Press, Mr.. Conant
of the Boston Advertiser, Mr.. Wheeler OF
the Post and Examiner, l.. B. Porter of the
Boston Traveller, j. B. Smith of the Boston
Globe, Mrs Clancy L. Filley, Mrs. Geo. D.
Hill, Mrs. G. L. Macarthur, and the sons OF
Judge Foraker of Ohio, and Mr.. Lee of South
Carolina.
The trip was made tothis city in two hours
and ten minutes. Ga the route the following
resolutions offered by Hon. Chauncey I. Fill
ley were unanimously adopted:
ReSolUed, That the thanks of the delegation are
due and hereby rendered to the State Republican
Committee of Maine Tor the courtesy and liberal
hosptaities extended and TO the citizens of Angus
ia for their open hospiialites
RESOLVED, That the thanks of this committee are
due and hereby rendered to the Eastern and the
Maine Central Railroad and to their General Man
ager, the Hon. Payson Tucker for the great kind
ness of special train from Boston to Augusta and
return. aud for the many other courtesies we have
enjoyed at their hands on this occasion.
The Reception.
Upon arrival at the station in this city the
committee was met by Chairman Waterhouse
Messrs Lorenzo Dyer, and W. G. Soule of the
City Committee, and taken in carriages inn
~, MI III.
were met by Hon. T. B. Reed, Col. f. N Dow,
Gen. Francis Fessenden, Hon. Stanley Pullen,
Hen. Clark Fl. Barker, Col. F.jW. Guptii, Saco,
Mr.. A. W. Coombs of the State Committee and
the members of the city committee After
brief but pleasant reception rooms were as
signed the distinguished party and they retired
for short time.
A Sail and Serenade.
At few minutes after o'clock carriages
were taken for Franklin Wharf and the COM
mittee under the escort OF Messrs. Jabez True,
j. 81. Hall, aud L. s. Sanborn of the city COM
mttee, took the steamer Emita for sail in
the harbor. The hour and half devoted to
the sail proved delightful change from the
heated city to the cool breezss and dancing
visitors were exceedingly complimentary to
our beautiful harbor and islands. There was
nothing of a formal nature In the excursion
and, as soon as the city was reached on the re-
turn the visitors proceeded to the hotel and
partook of supper.
At Z p. m. Chambers full band gathered at
the Falmouth and played series of airs charm
ingly for the pleasure of the guests while they
enjoyed their after tea cigars
At City Hall.
At 7.30 p. m. Mayor King and the represen-
tatives of the City Government, assembled in
the Mayors Office where Collector Dow
presented the committee to them. Great
interest was manifested In Hon. John
R. Lynch, the oolored delegate who was tenn
porary chairman of the convention, and who
bore his honors modestlV but with dignity. He
is tall, finely formed and has a bright express
sive face, and good voice. Cassius Goodloe,
nephew of Cassius M. Clay and late minister
to Belgium, attracted much attention, as did
Galusha A. Grow, that .old-tilne sterling
Republican, Jesse NJ. Cove, the original
Blaine man in Massachusetts-tall and wiry-
Judge Foraker, slender, with high, noble fore
head and long dropping moustache, aud Perry
Ell. Carson, the tall, powerful colored man from
the District of Columbia, who voted in the
convention first, last and all the time for
Blaine.
At 8p. M very large audience had as
sembled at City Hail. Many ladies were pres
ent, but men of middle age and those grown
gray in the service made up large portion of
the audience. The young Republicans also
turned out. Chandler played pleasing selec-
tions before the beginning of the speaking.
The meeting was scene of enthusiasm from
the start Beginning when the distinguished
guests fled upon the platform under the escort
of the city committee it continued throughout
and hardly reference was made to the name
of either of the Republican candidates which
was not greeted with perfect storm of ap.
plause and cheers. Mr.. Reed was received
with loud and loug-contnued applause as he
was introduced as chairman, and every SEN
tence of his opening remarks was punctuated
in the same way. Probably Hon. John r,
Lynch of Mississippi was accorded the heartiest
applause of any of the regular speakers, while
his reference to Mr.. Reed furnished the au-
dience with an opportunity led as they were
by William Allen, Jr., to give three pealing
cheers Tor Portland's distinguished citizen.
Generally speaking, the more liberal applause
was bestowed upon the Republicans from the
South. The caustic comments of ex-senator
Henderson on the article in Saturdays Adver-
tiser referring to himself, pleased the audi
ence, aud they were immensely amused with
the statement of the same gentleman that Mrs.
Grow had been telegraphed the startling fact
discovered by the same paper that her hus-
baud was bachelor. Judge Foraker CAP
tured the audience before he had been speak
ing FIVE minutes; his forcible arraignment of
the Democratic leaders and party, his droll
stories and his inimitable style of telling them
won him closer attention than any speaker
who had preceded him on the platform en-
ioyed. Eight speakers in all spoke, and very
few left the hall during the speeches. After
the meeting had been in session over two
hours it was adjourned with three ringing
cheers for Blaine and Logan, and music by
the band.
The Speaking.
Chairman Warehouse advanced to the
front of the platform as soon as the band
ceased playing its opening selection and in
troduced Mr.. Reed, who spoke as follows
HON. T. b. REED
Fellow Citizens:-I am greatly Obliged to
you for your very cordial greeting tonight,
and | am sure that the gentlemen who are
to follow me, and whom shall have the
pleasure of introducing to you, will appre-
ciate my patriotism and self-denial in
not occupying your time this evening
but in presenting them to you in order
that. you may hear them, gentlemen repre-
senting constituencies all over the United
States. Applause.) During the last two
campaigns this hall has witnessed the open
ing of the battle by the presence of the Hon
orable James G. Blaine. (Applause.) He
does not open the campaign in the State of
Maine this year, but he opens it all over the
United States (Applause.) He is no longer
merely the general Of the division, but the
commander of the great army of the Repub-
lican party which will march to the sure
victory of 1884. Great applause) But it is
for us in the State of Maine, as it has been
for these many years, to fight the first con-
fict, to show to the people of the United
States which is the way to victory, and we
will show it to them and we will convince
them that victory is to be as it has hitherto
been upon the banners of the Republican
party of the United States. (Applause) The
first speaker whom l shall Introduce to YOU
tonight is one whom have a right to intro
duce to Republican audience, for the Re-
publican party has given to him and to his
race not merely liberty, but all the possibili-
ties of manhood. That they will deserve
will