Morning journal and courier., 1888-08-11
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. BLAINE AND VICTORY. Two Telling Speeches In
 One Day. NO FREE TRADE FOR US. lrish-Americans For Harri-
 son And Morton. PARLIAMENT AGAINST PARNELL. Sheridan To Be Laid At
 Rest To-Day.
PARLIAMENT AGAINST PARNELL
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mfs B1a1nesg Arrival and First Speech on she Steamer-A Grand Ovation His Great Grafton Laat Night at she Fifth Avenue Hotel.
 NEW YORK, Aug. 10.-The steamer Laura M. Starin, which was substituted for the Sam Sloan, took the Blaine party from pier 1S at 2 o'clock this morning and reached quarantine at 7:48. The City of New York was then crossing the bar and the Starin went down the bay to meet her. At about 8 o'clock the Starin met the City of New York outside the Narrows. The Starin turned about and both vessels slowly steamed up the bay. Cheer after cheer arose from the decks of the Starin. although it was yet in-
 possible to distinguish Mr. Blaine's form among the two thousand that stood on the decks of the huge steamer. As the vessels
 neared each other Mir. Blaines form was at
 last made out, standing with a group of
 friends on the upper deck forward. The ut- most enthusiasm prevailed on all the numer-
 ous small steamers in attendance.
 At 9:15 o'clock, to the music of "Hai1 to
 the Chief" MT. Blaine got aboard the Stsrin
 and was received by Mir. Pool on behalf of
 the Republican club, whose president, Ed WREQ I. oAEbAoIts uS1kf6I0u Lu0 epo6cn UT
 welcome. MT. Blaine said in reply:
 Mir. President and gentlemen of the Re-
 publican club and fellow citizens: To enable
 you to 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 conception of the great qualification
 of that instant when saw the shores of the
 great republic. cannot tell you how deep
 ly grateful am to be remembered in this
 manner by you and these assembled gentle men. It is scene that shall never forget.
 It is an occasion which assure I appreciate
 from the depths of my heart. It is shad-
 owed only by the sad event which greeted us as the first piece of American news heard
 the death of General Sheridan, man who
 was above party and stood for the union of
 the States. {Shouts of ''good"l With that
 exception my arrival upon my native shore
 was unattended by anything but joy and
 happiness.
 enter should be prefaced, if shat were possi-
 ble, by every voter in the United States sec
 hearing what have heard during the last
 year. (Applause.) The progress of the
 campaign in the United States is viewed
 from the European standpoint with an in
 texest as profound as it is in the United
 States. It is the opportunity of England.
 It is the long wished for, the long looked
 for occasion upon which the cheaper labor
 and the cheaper fabrics of the old world
 expect to invade the new and lower the
 wages of American workingmen to the Flu
 ropean standard. (Great applause.) It is
 not a contest of capital against capital, 1t is not 8 contest of partisan against partisan. It is much higher than either of these. It transcends all party motive. Whether the great mass of American citi- gems who earn their bread by the sweat of their brow shall be seriously reduced in their emolument from day to day (applause)- that is the whole pith and moment of this question. Anything that diverts the ques- ton from that single point is g weakening of the campaign. Applause and cries of s'good. 'D I say here, hope to say with much more elaboration-(oud cheering and cries of "that's what we want'0-I say here | that the wages of the American lsborer can | not be reduced, except with the consent and | the votes of the American laborer himself. | The appeal is to him. It comes to his door ! and asks him whether with the great power < of the franchise and the great majority he possesses in his own hand if he Is willing \ for himself and his associates, his children \ and his children's children to take that fatal + step ct the bidding of an American Congress \ and an American president, who are govern | ed by that element which sought to destroy this nation.
 But, gentlemen. it is not time for DO litical speech. Ny, heart is too full to entel
 at this time on 8 heightened argument. IT this moment of welcome and joy, getting home to old scenes and old friends, l mus
 be allowed to enjoy the pleasant emotions O \ the occasion. can only add my ferven thanks to each and every member of the clul and to all my friends for the generous ana \ joyous welcome they have extended to me il | the harbor of New York.
 I While Mir. Blaine was speaking the great est enthusiasm prevailed and every poin | made was quickly seized and eheered. Al outburst of cheering followed the conclusion of the speech. Before leaving the steamer he was handed a poetical address by Edward Fitzwilliam of Boston, representing thu
 Workingmen's Protective union Of Massachu setts.
 He was also presented with an address bl Murat Halstead representing the Young Meni Blaine club of Cincinnati.
 The party disembsrksd from the Starin q the Twenty street pier on the Nortl river and proceeded to the Fifth Avenue Ho tel, arriving there at about Il 8. m. Hi progress to the hotel was simply an ovation
 At the hotel in reply to call for ''speech
 Mr. Blaine again expressed his appreciation
 of the hearty greeting.