Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-08-22
HARRISON'S VACA'rlOb
A QUIET TRIP FROM INDlANAPO.
 LIS TO TOLEDO.
Received in the niau.uee City 8yn Big nclr@Hti0n-A Reception il the
 Evening at Memorial Eali.

Evening at Memorial Hall.
 INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 22. -Owng to tho heavy rain there was no demonstration when Gen. Harrison started on his vaca- lion.
 At Massachusetts avenue station which IS convenient to the Harrison residence, Gen. and Mrs. Harrison were taken on board, accoMpanied by United States Dls- trict Judge William A. Woods, his wife and daughter. An ordinary passenger coach had been attached to the rear of tho train for the convenience of Gen. Harri- son and hls friends. In addition to those named, tho party accompanying tue Gen eral comprises reprcse tatIVe or thS Assoclatei Press and q specal cor respondent of the Cincinnati Conansrct&t Ga=ettc and the Philadelphia Press.
 The first demon stration of any kind along the route occurred at kokomo, tifty-four miles from Indianapolis, where d coupI" of hundred worlImen and railroad employees had Coug"cEated awaiting Gen. Harri aons arrival They chcered tho General and wont tu the roar platform and shook hands with him. Tho General made no adj dress. Just before the tram arrived at Poru it stopped at the shops or the Lake Eric and Western railway, and a hundred or more Worllnen in their aprons and with soled hands ran out to greet ths
 
 and shook hands during the brief stop At 10 :31 thA train pulled into Peru, where q crowd uf nearly thousand greeted the General and his party as they ahghted u was with q good deal of difficulty that the General made his way fo the waiting-rooln of the depot, where he received the people. The party were compelled to wait here nearly aa hour and half. After shaking hands all around Gen. Harrison and Judge
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 As tho train sped onward, passing Napo- leon and Maumoe city, the crowd grew larger and more enthusiastic, until nt 1 30 the end of the journey was reached and the train stopped at q station several squares before reaching the Union depot. Here the Committee ou Reception, consist ing of James NJ. Brown, chairman; J. C. Bonner, secretary; Mayor Hamilton, cX- Gov Foster, Wm. Cummings, J. C. Rice, and a dozen or more other prominent gentlo- men met the party and escorted them to carriages. Upon the platform, drawn up ill single file, stood 200 veterans of the late war, who ssluted and cheered the General as he passed. Then the General and com- mittee took thelr positions at the gateway, and the veterans marched i'll review. While this was going on, a crowd of l0,O was pushing and cheering at the Union depot i'll eXpcctance of the General &l!ThtlnS tnerG, put the committee nau thought best to avoId the jam. With Gen. and Mrs. Harrison in the first carriage, es- corted by ex-Gov. Foster and William Cumming, preceded by the veterans and the band, the procession moved through the principal streots of the city to the resi- dence of Mr. Cummings, whose guests the General and Mrs. Harrison arc to be until today. The demonstrations along the route were very enthusiastic.
 The reception to General Harrison was held in wide-opcn space next to Memorial Hall. The space was packed with lQ,0OO people at 3 n. Fl. Ex-Governor Foster was the first speaker, and made q strong protectionist argument while waiting the | arrival of General Harrison.
 At S:30 o'clock the local clubs, iu uritCrul | and bearing torches, uumb berlng 600 i'll d l, preceded by bands, marched to the Cum 1 nings residence, and General Harris on | was escorted through the principal streets 1 to the meeting. The appearance of General l Harrison on the platform was the signal | for tremendous cheering.
 l Mir J. M. Brown, President of the Exec l utive Committee of the Republican IiUUs l of Toledo, made Il brief speech explaining 1 the circumstances undc~ which the guest l of the evening appeared Ot fore them, aftol l winch he introduced Gen. Harrison. Pro- l longed cheers greeted the latter.