Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-06
Mr.. HENDRICKS IN DIXIE.
ROUSING WELCOMES AT AT
LANTA AND BIRMINGHAM.

a Speech from a Hotel Balcony at the
Georgia Capital-HandshakIn In the
House of Representatives s-Enth usias-
tic ThrOngs at the Alabama Manufac-
turing Centre.
ATLANTA, Feb. 5.-Hon. Thomas !. .
Hendricks and party reached Atlanta
this morning at 4 O'Clock in a special car.
At $3.50 they were escorted to the Kimball
House, where breakfast was served. The
company they met at breakfast consisted
of about thirty prominent citizens. A
large crowd was congregated about the
hotel. The Mayor introduced Mr.. Hen
bricks, who addressed the people from a
balcony. He said
GENTLEMEN OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA:
dld not expect II receive this welcome at
| your hands to-day. | accept it as a tribute
from a great State of this Union, a State that
is firmly united with the great State of In
diana, from which | come. Applause.
accept II with pleasure because IL is an honor
done me by the people themselves. We have
recently IN the North, as well as in the south,
passed through a great political contest.
thlnk the greatest the country has ever seen.
II mas resulted, in my Judgment, most glOri-
ously. The country is for the first time in
great many Years to be placed under the
management of the Democrats. Applause
| believe that the change will be for the well
cOlored race of our country, so many of whom
l see here to-day.
THE CLOsENESS OF THE VOTE.
Did you observe that of the millions of
votes cast the question was finally decided
apon the ballots Of ,l42 men in the State of
New ork? This entire country had its pO-
litical fortunes decided by that small vote,
and when it came to be known that there was
J, l42 majority Tor Cleveland and Hendricks in
the State of New York it was then known
the ha
and that difference of l,l42 votes decided
the judgment of "a 900, 900 of people. So grand
a spectacle has never been witnessed in any
country or the world. 1t Is the force of the
sentiment that the majority shall govern, and
Republicans North ana south now bend their
heads in respect to the judgment of the ma
Jorlty, as the Democrats have done In the
past, and is it not an evidence of increased
union between all sections of the country? 1t
was not in the South that that small differ
ence controlled the vote
THE sOLIDIFIED UNION.
1t was not in this empire State of Georgia
that the small majority controlled "a O00, 900
people, but it was in a Northern State. 1t
was in New York, great and powerful state,
that majority Of !, l42 was given, and in the
North and South that became the Judgment
of all the people. So | think can lay to you
that we stand in the Union more firmly to-day
than ever before. Applause
Alter the speaking the ladies were
driven around the city and the gentlemen
resentatlVes, where reception was held
and several hundred persons were pre-
sented to the Vice President-elect. The
party left for Birmingham, Ala, at 10
O'Clock, and will proceed from there to
the New Orleans Exposition. Much en-
thuslasm was manifested over Mr.. Hen
bricks.
THE RECEPTION AT BIRMINGHAM.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA, Feb. 5.-The train
bearing Vice President Hendricks and
party was an hour and a quarter late, but
1000 citizens and the military companies
waited patiently in the rain and cold.
When the train reached the SlOss furnace
at the upper end of the city the whistles
OF that furnace gave the signal 0f the
approach, and all the Otler furnaces, roll
ing mills and locomotives let loose at full
blast, making perfect pandemOnium.
The Birmingham Artillery fired a salute
OF 100 guns. The peculiar condition of
the atmosphere was exactly suited for a
grand display made by the reflection from
the furnaces and innumerable coke
ovens. 1t appeared as the yeritabIe
pillar of fire by night" Mr.. Hendricks
was conducted to the opera house, where
an immense throng awaited him.
THE SPEECH.
He was introduced by Mayor Lane in
few happy remarks. AS soon as the ap-
plause subsided the grand old statesman
stepped to the front of the platform and
said: "My cOuntrymen." The way these
words were pronounced filled the whole
audience with patriotic enthusiasm. hun
dreds rising TO their feet. He spoke half
an hour, touching lightly upon the tariff
question, saying that he had heard that
the people Of Birmingham knew more of
the tariff than he, but that the people of
Indiana, that State lying between Illinois
and Ohio, were willing to stand upon the
same platform that Alabama so heartily
ludorsed. The party will remain over to-
morrow, visiting various points of inter
est around the city.