The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-06-17
Ehe Pacific Coast Delegation
i'm Chicago.
THEY ARE SOLID FOB BLAINE.
Their Reception in the City by the
Lake-Eor Blaine-For
Gresham-Etc.
The Coast Crowd,

Tue COullueut, the great racine coast
train bearing the California. Nevada and
Oregon delegations and delegates from
the Territories west of Colorado, ar
rived at the Union depot at IL this
morning. The palace cars which COM
pose TIE train were emblazoned with
inspiring devices. and the great flutter
of American flags and patriotic bunting
was received with wild and enthusiastic
demonstrations by the great multitude
who awaited the arrival at the depot.
The frat Car in the train was gorgeously
-deoora with broad strip of canvass
painteesSed, and bearing this inscIip-
tioR: Have you heard from Oregon?"
and the panels of the other cars were
hidden by huge lettering and embIems
characteristic of the Pacific Coast. The
arms of California were pointed upon
Lhe forward coach of tile train in char
acters 6 yard high, AID the en-
wine was literally covered with
American flags. The delegation was
met at the depot by a committee
of Blaine and Gresham men with silk
banner bearing the legend blaine and
protection" 1t was ordered by the
California delegation, and was turned
over to the coasters and horne to their
headquarters at Leland Hotel, followed
by throDg to The inspiring Rally
Around the Flag"
A committee of six members of the
Chicago Blaine Club. met the coasters
at Mendoza and rendered the delega-
ton an escort from the depot to the
headquarters. The committee were cor
daily received and the escort accepted.
T,io ~
Cook County, which had come out on q
special. were drawn up IN line at the
depot, where short stop was made.
My Country, IT'S of Thee" as the train
three cheers for Blaine. The Coasters
quickly got off the cars, and cheered
for the Irish Club and for Blaine. The
Irish Club again cheered for Blaine, the
band struck up Dixie" and then fol-
lowed another volley of cheers for
Blaine. The train sped for Chicago at
sixty miles an hour. A moments stop
was made at a small station to allow
General Diamond, of the California
State central committee, who had been
in Chicago several days. to get on there.
Colonel Brldgeland and General Carey
of California, were with him. Members
of the party agreed that the trip had
been an ovation from beginning 10 end.
Senator Foley, of Nevada, who joined
the party at Reno, in speaking of the
Wyoming conference, said that there
were but two of the Nevada delegates
there. and they spoke the sentiments OF
the State, so far as they could speak,
but did not assume to speak for four
Other delegates, although he had no
doubt that they would agree to what
had been done. The Pacific Coast was
undoubtedly for Blaine, and unless the
friends of Blaine in the east refused to
stand by the movement to put him up.
letter or no letter, would be for him 10 a
man. Should Blaine become an impos-
sibiIity, the Pacific Coast delegates
would, ne had no doubt, vote as q unit
for some other candidate.
Judge Mallory, of Oregon, is an ar
dent Blaine man, but he has not such
hopes of the election of the Maine states
man as have some others. After con-
ference. in which the interest of the
Coast States would be considered, it
was the prevailing sentiment that if
Gresham shall be able to set at rest the
doubts about his alleged free trade
theories, he would be acceptable as a
candidate.
There is striking contrast between
the large and rather gaudy badges
worn by the California delegates at
ST. Loui;, and the sim lie lettered
white slip of Iib1on which an
swers the same purpose for their Re-
publican opponent The while ribbon
is held in place by small gold pin
about the size of five dollar gold
piece. On pendant bar. HANGING from
this pin is the legend National Re-
publican Convention, 1888, California !"
Beneath this bar hangs the emblematic
California bear.
Arriving at the Leland, President
Besrd, of the Young Mems Blaine
Club, got up on chair and made q
ringing speech, eulogjzing Blaine, and
giving the Pacific Coast the hearty
right hand of fellowship. An address
was also made by w. P. Ready, of the
Irish-American Club. Greed Raymond
made reply in which he declared that
the Pacific Coast was solid for
Blaine; that the delegates would
stand by him, and that any delegate
upon the Pacific Coast who hesitated in
the fight Was traitor to the people
who sent him to the convention. He
declared that Blaine should be nOmln.
ated on any platform that is made, as
b =, could be candidate, platform and all;
that he was the embodiment of Repub-
licanism, and especially of the Repub-
licans of the Pacific coast. Raymond
said: II did not know there was any
one running but Blaine until we
got near Chicago, and no one else will
be running next Tuesday morning,
when Blaine will be nominated, proba-
bly, by reclamation. Why, as Grant
stood to the nation in the war of ga, so
will Blaine stand to the nation in time
of peace. This is time of peril to the
Union. South of the Potomac, they
are no better friends to US than if JEFF
Davis had led the rebels again and
again captured Tennessee, Kentucky,
and Missouri, and the Northern De
mocraOy have become dough faces and
are vleing one with another. 1t is 1T
ting, the flag which they have adopted
the red flag. which no virtnous
woman ever loved, no brave man fought
under. The speaker remembered the
bandana, which before the war, as he
travelled through the cotton fields of the
South, he saw upon the heads of those
who were toiling in the sun. Those
people could not call their children their
own, nor claim a cents worth of prop