St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-11
HE TALKS BACK.
MIR. Blaine's Gracious Reply Is
Spiced With Protectionisms,

Spiced With Protectionisms.
Special to the Globe.
NEW YORK, Aug. I0.-On the conclu-
sion of Mr.. Bartlett's speech cheers for
Mr.. Blaine and Bartlett were given
again and again. When quiet was re-
stored Mr.. Blaine said:
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Re-
publican Club of New York: To enable you
10 appreciate this welcome each and every
one OF you should be absent from home
and country for the long period of fourteen
months. am sure you can have little con-
cepuon or the great qualification | expe-
rlence that the instant see the shores of the
great republic / should be greeted by YOU
ana these gentlemen. 1t is shadowed only by
REGRET THAT GREAT SORROW
mas fallen upon the nation, which greets us
as the first piece of American news. Gen
eral Sheridan was above party and for the
union of the states. With the exception
OF that untoward incident nv reception upon
my native shores would be unattended with
anything but what was Joyous and happy
The campaign upon which we are about to
enter is one that wish could be prefaced by
every American voter seeing what have
seen and hearing what / have heard in the
past year. Its progress is watched with an
interest as profound in England as in the
United States. 1t is the opportunity of
and paupeF fabrie Of e tbe bPaupei pfd Wopid aaSHf
hope to invade the new and lower the
American laborer to the level of the Euro
pean. 1t IS not a contest of capital against
capital. 1t is a contest as to whether the
great mass OF American citizens who earn
their bread in the sweat of their faces shall
pc seriously reduced in their emolument
from day to day. That is the whole pith of
the question. Anything which diverts the
attention of the people from it
Is WEAKENING THE SITUATION,
and say here what hope to say hereafter
with more elaboration, that the wages of the
American laborer cannot be reduced except
by the vote of the American laborer himself
and his associates ana those who are to come
after him to take that fatal step. This policy
is shaped by the men who lately sought the
countrys destruction, but gentlemen.' said
Mr.. Blaine, this is not the time for politi-
cal speech" He then closed with thanks for
the reception given him.
Mr.. Blaine's handshaking was some
what limited as he had slightly injured
his right hand, and he was compelled
to forego the warm and hearty grasps
offered by the 800 who passed in front
of him while the Starin passed up the
bay: A glee club formed on the upper
deck, sang song of welcome, prepared
America" and which was loudly ap-
plauded. HOarse whistles from the
steam craft in the river, and as the YES
sci reached the landing pier
THE NOISE WAS DEAFENING.
The pier was crowded and the party
with difficulty made its way to the car
riages. Mr.. Blaine, Police Commissioner
McClave aud MeSsrs. Poole and Bartlett
entered the first one, and the Repub-
lican clubs fell in behind them and the
whole party, including the ladies, was
driven rapidly to the Fifth Avenue
hotel. The ovation which Mr.. Blaine
received when he arrived at the hotel
was such as he will not soon forget
The members of the family arrived al
| the hotel some fifteen minutes before
he did and the hotel corridors were
| crowded, the dense throng shouting
''Blaine, Blaine, James q. Blaine" Mr.
| Blaine, to avoid the crowd, had entered
| by side door, but the people hunted
| him up, but were met on the stairs by
| Henry Gleason, who endeavOred tC
! quiet the thrOng and shield Mr.. Blaine
| The excitement at this time was intense
| The man that the crowd was after was
one floor above. After repeated calls
| and cheers for ''Blaine," which lasted
five minutes, he was seen coming hall
way down the stairway which leads into
the hotel chambers. For ten minutes
MIR. Blaine could do nothing but bow
acknowledgements to the ovation. Ht
then expressed his thanks in hall
dozen words for the grateful
EXPRESSIONS OF WELCOME
and concluded with these words
"rhis is the most cheerful sound that
have heard for more than year." HI
then turned and went back up stairs
amidst continued cheering. In hi
rooms MI. Blaine held an informa
reception. Among those present wer,
Hon. Levi P. Morton. Hon. w. w
Phelps, of New Jersey; Joseph II
Manly, of Maine; Thomas {. C.Platt, White
law Reid, of the New York Tribune
Murat Halstead, of Cincinnati; Gen
n. P. Banks, Editor Patrick Ford and
delegation of Irish-Americans, Col
Perry Carson 1sade the ne giant e1ored Re
L. Barbour, of Connecticut, and w. T
Graham. editor of the Meriden Reput
| lipan