Morning journal and courier., 1888-08-14
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. |OFAqIONs TO MR. BLAINE. Eloquent Speeches From
 Projections Champion. uHREsTRAINED ENTHUSIASM Throughout Connecticut And
 Massachusetts. YELLOW FEVER RAVAGES. Business ParaIyzed At p Jacksonville.

Jacksonville.
 OvATIONS TO MIR. BLAINE.
 From Springfield to Boston the Great l Champion of Protection is Received
 With Unbounded Enth usiasm-Hil ! Speeches in Full.
 SPRINGFIELD, Aug. 13. = After leaving
 Hartford the train bearing Mr. Blaine pro.
 ceeded without stop. to Springfield, where
 the largest sssemblage of the day was ir
 waiting for the train:e Despite the delays inevitably incident to such trip the train
 reached Springfield on schedule time to the ! minute, having made the 136 miles from New York in four hours. Among those who
 boarded the train to greet MT. Blaine were Mayor Maynard of Springfield Ga Democrat), | ex-Governor Robinson and Elisha Morgan. MT. Morgan, who is chairman of the Republi- can city committee, introduced MT. Blaine. | He simply said: stFellow- citizens, have the great pleasure of introducing to you the Hon. James G. Blaine" The mention of his name was the signal for prolonged outburst of applause. When silence was at length re- | stared MT. Blaine spoke as follows:
 "Gentlemen-It would be sheer vanity in ! me to attribute the assembling of this great | mass of Massachusetts voters merely to de- sire to meet me. take it rather as an in- dex of the profound interest which you feel in the pending national contest (eheers). take it rather as an indication that great as the Republican msjorities have hitherto been in Massachusetts you intend to make the majority of 1888 still greater (a voice, s'we do, i" and loud cheering). In that worthy and patriotic purpose I am most heartily with you. I share your feeling. I bid you
 God speed, The national policies which
 have strikingly advanced, your State
 tns boen the e0e chief loud sTn s5esTing rhat hss
 policy is represented in this contest by Har-
 rison and Morton. Loud cheers. It is
 nothing that you Republicans of Nassachu- setts should give your eleetorial vote to Har- rison and Morton, as you surely will; but you should roll up majority of tens of thou
 sands. Loud cheers and voice ''We will do it.''] and beyond that in every practicable and proper way you should help your neigh
 bors in Connecticut.
 At the conclusion of MT. Blaine's speech en thrice over with the usual tiger appen- dix.
 AT WORCESTER,
 The next stopping place was at Worcester. When MT. Blaine's figure was recognized on the rear platform of the train the cheering was simply deafening and 8 brass band broke out in greeting. Mir. Blaine spoke as fol- lows:
 sI have been really embarrassed this whole day by such demonstrations as this. The crowds have not been so large, but every whore the welcomes have been hearty. I re- peat what I said in Springfeld-I am not vain enough to suppose that this vast assem- fc paTaliY $6 myself. It is rather, and far more largely, ,an exhibition of the deep sympathy which the Republicans in Massachusetts have in the pending national contest for Harrison and Morton. Oheers) Massachusetts can do much in this contest GA voice, We will, } and much is expected of her. She can lead the way in a contest which shall restore the Republican party to national power and in- sure the psrmanence of a sound protection policy to the laborers of the country. Loud cheers Thanking you gentlemen for the kindness which the gathering of this vast fully reciprocate, bid you God speed and farewell" Loud and continued cheering.)
 BRIEF STAY AT SOUTH BIRMINGHAM.
 At South Birmingham a smaller but not less enthusiastic gathering awaited Mir. Blaine's arrival, and he was received with the usual demonstrations of enthusiasm. He be- gan his speech by saying: "The one ques- ton which is uniting and inspiring the Re- publican party everywhere Is best illustrated by the progress and history of Massachusetts, for, after all, Massachusetts, perhaps, fur nishes the finest example of industrial pros greas in the United States. At this point Mir. Blaine was interrupted by the backing up or the crowd. ''That's the way" said Mir. Blaine, 'that the Harrison locomotive is going to scatter the Democrats, unless they get ont of the way to avoid being hurt.n Be- fore Mir. Blaine had time. to pick up the thread of his speech the train began to move, much to the disappointment of the large crowd which had come from West Framing ham to hear him, but they consoled them selves by cheering heartily for Mir. Blaine, who stood on the platform waving his adieu to them as the train moved out of the depot. South Birmingham was the last station at which a stop was made. ARRINvL AT BosroN-A HOUSING WELCOME.
 The train sped on at high speed to make up for lost time and despite the numerous de- | lays of the day it rolled into the depot in | Boston only five minutes behind schedule time. The party having been conducted to the upper room the band amused the gather | ing crowd and at intervals fireworks were discharged. As the time wore on the throng increased on Commonwealth avenue until at S:45 there must have been some eight or ten thousand people in the crowd. Fireworks and music did not suffice to satisfy the muls titude, which amused itself by singing in I chorus "Blaine, Blaine, James G. Blaine" and other ditties. Finally the crowd sang "We won't go home till morning. and so displayed it's impatience. A little before 9 ! o'clock the air was rent with the noise of py- rotechnio bombs and the avenue lit up with a phosphorescent light. This was the signal \ for the appearance of Mir. Blaine, who waved | his hand for silence, but it was some time l before he could hops to be heard. At length
 'My voice has been SO much worn to-day I by much speaking that I doubt whether I I may be heard to the limit of this great as smbly to return thanks to their greeting I opon my return to New England, but for all I the absence and the feeling of exile which | man feels who remains beyond the seas more | than year, am compensated over and oyer again by the magnificent welcome have re- ! ceived since have touched my native shore | Qoud applause). Never since the Republican party came info existence, more than gen. | eration ago, at no time, on no issue under no exigency has Massachusetts failed to respond ! for right (applauss). Never was Massachu- ! setts called on to perform more important ! part for benefcent end than in this year of I grace 1888, in selecting Harrison and Morton | (cheers, cries t'we can do it." and ' five will'0. Whnt Massachusetts says l she can do she will do (renewed spplause). l Already our opponents have taken the alarm I and the members of the Young Mems Dem- | ccratic club of Massachusetts have set them ! selves the task of proving that you can in- troduce free trade into the United States | without reducing the wages of the American | laborer. They are alarmed (cries of 'fthey | ought to ben, President Cleveland is l alarmed, the supporters of the Nils bill are alarmed, the Democratic party is alarmed, 4 because they know that the mighty tread of l that host which earns its bread in the sweat 1 of the brow will resent the attempt to place | them on the basis of the European plane. l We will let the Democratic party know that l thisjs no fight for the manufacturers. They | can take of themselves (applause).
 But this is fight for the strong arm of | the sturdy heart of the American laborer | (cries of f'good, good If we have free | trade the factories will not be closed, but if | kept open operatives will be retained l