St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-08-14
Along the Route He Is Greet
ed by Admiring Thou
sands.
To All He Sings the Same Old
Song Entitled "Protec-
tiOn."
He Pays His Respects to the
Democracy Which Defeat
ed Him.

NEW ORk. Aug. lo.-JdliltS VI.
Blaine started on his howeward trip by
the II o'clock train ON the New York,
New Haven & Hartford road. which
left the Grand Central depot promptly
on time this morning. The party coll
sisted of Mr.. and Mrs. Blaine, Walker
Blaine, Miss Blaine, Miss Dodge and
Col. COppinger. Mr.. Blaine drove from
the Fifth Avenue hotel, reaching the
depot ten minutes ahead of time. A large
crowd had cOngregated on the sidewalk
opposite the entrance to the depot, and
when Mr.. Blaine stepped from his car
riage loud shout went up from the
thrOng. The ladies of the party had
preceded him in two carriages, and that
in which Mr.. Blaine rode also contained
John G. Dougherty, of Tennessee, and
James q. Blaine, Jr. A passage was
made through the mass of humanity,
and, uncovering his head. Mr..
Blaine smilingly passed into the
depot yard. The train was in
waiting and attached to the
rear was the the special car designed to
carry off the party. 1T was the Oh
servation car used by the president of
the road. AS he ascended to the plat
form sea of faces of persons standing
on the elevated railroad station bridge
and on the balconies surrounding the
interior of the structure met his gaze.
AS he looked up the assemblage
cheered, and
MIR. BLAINE DOFFED HIS HAT
in recognition of the ovation. During
the few minutes stay in the depot Mr..
Blaine held an informal reception. The
train left promptly on time. Mr.. Blaine
was loudly cheered as the train pulled
out of the depot.
When the Blaine train ran into
Stamford at 11:57 il was greeted with
cheers from 1900 or more men and
women who were waiting. After three
cheers that greeted him had subsidized,
Mr.. Blaine said: Il thank this large
assemblage quite beyond the power of
my expression for the compliment they
pay me as journey homeward. In the
brief moment of the train stopping |
have only time to add to my thanks an
admoniton. That is, if Connecticut
shall maintain her great prosperity, if
she shall maintain her forward position
among the industrial and prosperous
communities of the United States, she
She must see to it that no harm shall
come to the republic or her by the neg
lect of the Republican citizens. 1t is
not improbable in the political contest
now upon us that the post of honor and
responsibility shall rest upon COnnecti-
cut. 1t is not improbable that the preSi-
Dental election of 1888 may be settled
on the soil of your state. My request is
that each and every one of
you shall regard the task of
carrying Connecticut for Harri-
son and Morton as imposed upon him
self. Believing that you are awake to
your duty, | shall proceed to Maine and
ask her Republicans to show Connecti-
cut the path ip which she should walk.
l thank you gentlemen once more and
bid you good morning."
At Bridgeport the assemblage was
larger and even more enthusiastic than
at Stamford. 1t was marke d by the same
featureS-cheers, the playing of band,
waving of flags, the salvOS of artillery.
Mr.. Blaine made brief speech.
Half the population of New Haven
seemed to have abandoned all other bus
mess and to be in waiting for Mr.. Blaine
when his train arrived. AS at all the
other stopping places, the assemblage
was made up of a large proportion of
ldQleS, young dllu Olu. mayor DdIleV
headed delegation of the Repub-
ceive Mr.. Blaine. For the first
time since leaving New York, Mr..
Blaine left the car and was escorted to
a platform outside the depot, where a
large assemblage cheered while waiting
for speech. Mr.. Blaine said:
"Since / last had the pleasure of pass
ing through your beautiful city, have
seen much of countries beyond the sea,
but am sure / have nowhere seen any
people associated in any form of gov
ernment constituting
TRULY A MODEL COMMONWEALTH
as the state of Connecticut. In the
in the ends which they have accom-
plihed; in the great motives which have
inspired them, | think you stand as a
model government. Added to that,
gentlemen, you have enjoyed for
the last quarter of cen
tury great prosperity, and
you have accumulated in an eXtraor-
dinary degree all the fame which con-
tribute to human welfare and to human
progress. The industrial system under
which all this has been grandly accom-
plished is now threatened, and the peo-
pie of Connecticut will be asked in the
tilty
this commonwealth to be launched in
new
EXPERIMENTS OF FREE TRADE,
or whether they desire to adhere to the
| old, for these many land marks which
proved so safe. This will be submitted
! to the people of Connecticut, and on
| their response will be probably de-
| termined the fate of the question. l do
not doubt, can not doubt, the verdict
| that will be given at the hands of your
| people. 1t only remains for me to re-
| turn to you my sincere thanks
| for whatever is personal compliment
| you pay me by this large assemblage.
But all personal compliment which l
might take to myself is subordinated in
| every respect to the great end of rally
ing the people of Connecticut to the sup
port of Harrison and Morton, who rep
resent, in their political record and in
their personal history, all the great is
| sues of the national campaign"
Mr.. Blaine was then escorted back to
the train, where a delegation from
Meriden, headed by Editor W. F.
Graham, of the Republican, joined the
party. Dinner was served in the din
ing car between New Haven and Meri-
den. On arriving at the latter place
about 1,500 people were found waiting,
and Mr., Blaine was introduced to them
by Graham as ''the greatest champion
of the rights of labor and
THE MOST DISTINGUISHED CITIZEN
of the United States" Mr.. Blaine,
after the prolonged applause subsidized,
said: Thanking my friend for his