The Portland daily press., 1886-10-18
BLAINE IN PHILADELPHIA.
A Grand Reception Given the Maine
Statesman.
The Academy of Music Crowded
With People.
Mr.. Blaine Addresses an OUTDOOR
Meeting Numbering o,ooo-

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 16.-Mr. Blaine, ac-
companied by his son Walker, reached this
city at 1890 O'clock. Out of respect to his
wishes he was % not met at the depot by sin
from the Broad street station to the Conti-
mental Hotel, where they were assigned
rooms 90 and q, fronting on Chestnut street.
Mr.. Blaine received no visitors, except State
Chairman Cooper, until late in the afternoon
He was very quiet, ana took nap, TO the
great disappointment of the throng which
crowded the State headquarters.
About the first to obtain an audience with
the guest of the day was delegation from
the coal region, consisting of Major Samuel
Latericke, and State Senator l.. A. Waters
Their mission was to ask Mr.. Blaine to ex-
tend his tour through the State, SC. as to in
clude the coal country and the northern tier
proposition should be favorably entertained,
and joined his eloquence to that OF Senator
Waters and the others. 1t was a long ses-
sion, but finally the pleading and earnest eff
forts of the delegation prevailed, and it was
given out that Mr.. Blaine will meet the peo-
pie of Schuylkill, Luzerne and Lackawanna
next week.
Cooper took few gentlemen in to see Mr..
Blaine and President Edwin 5. Stuart, OF
the Young Republicans, arrived shortly al
wick, and number of others dropped IN.
Mr. Warwick, who is prominent Republi-
can, and who stumped Ohio and Indiana
with the presidential candidates two years
ago, was heartily received and enjoyed
pleasant little chat.
During the remainder of the afternoon,
Mr.. Plaine rested quietly in his room, and
after dinner was taken to the Academy OF
Music by Edwin S. Stuart, Major Wendell Z.
Bowman and Charles f. Warwick. Broad
street, in the vicinity of the Academy of
Music, was black with men and women at 6
o'clock this evening. Ten thousand people
struggled to get in through the single door
that was opened at o'clock. Men yelled
with pain and women screamed in the crush.
The tickets were given out several days ago,
and men sold them for dollar APIECE IN the
streets. Every prominent man in Phlladel-
phia was in the audience. Only 5000 people
could get into the Academy of Music. and
5000 more tried to get into the overflow meet
ing held in horticultural Hall, which would
only accommodate 5000. After Blaine had
spoken for an hour in the Academy OF Mu-
sic he went to Horticultural Hall. In both
houses the vast audiences cheered him for
ten minntes before he could get chance to
speak.
The excitement was intense, and there has
never been such a demonstration In Phlla-
delphia.
When Mr.. Blaine left horticultural Hall
he was driven to the Union League CLUB
House, where he was given banquet, and
then, from the big brown stone balcony, he
addressed 10000 people, who stood In SOLD
mass on Broad street. He was frequently
interrupted with cheers and cries of, Hes
the next President" One great feature of
the audience was the presence OF most OF
the prominent Democrats in offices in this
city, and many Of the leading Democratic
lawyers. There were 1000 ladies present In
the Academy of Music, and about S0o IN
Horticultural Hail.
Although the stage tickets were given out
gratuitously days ago, men paid 50 apiece
for them. Nearly 1000 of the most promi-
nent men in this city and State were on the
stage. The town has gone wild over Blaine
When his carriage came up from the Contl-
mental Hotel to the Academy of Music, a
crowd of at least 800 followed it, cheering
all the way.
A notable feature of the great crowds in
the streets was the good nature of everybody
Five hundred policemen tried to keep order,
and no reports of clubbing or arrests were
made. One man, whose name could not be
aScertained, was badly hurt in the breast by
being squeezed in the crowd at the Academy
of Music.
Blaine's serenade by the Young Republl-
can Club, 1000 strong, at the Continental DO
tel late tonight, was sight that Will not
with people and the horse cars were COM
pletely blocked for nearly an hour. From
the roof of the Union Republican Club
house there was an incessant display OF ire
works and booming of cannons.
Special trains on all the railroads brought
about 1000 strangers to the city, who belong
ed within radius of fifty miles. They had
no hopes of hearing Blaine speak, but they
came mostly out OF curiosity to see big city
of 100000 people in blaze of Republican
glory.