The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-08-17
WHOLE NO. 437

ships rail and the cheering increased to hur-
ricane of applause. The Chicago club fired q
salute and so did the police-boat patrol which
had followed the Starin and Pulver down
the bay. The band played "Hail to the
Chief" and the "Star Spangled Banner"
Cheers from the City of New York answered
those Of the shouters from tho other vessels.
Mr.. Blaine disappeared from view but pres
emily returned escorted by the committee,
the custom officers and a policeman, followed
by the ladies of the Blaine party, accom-
panied by Col Fl. Knowlaski. of California,
and DIR. Allen Mclean Hamilton, of New
York.
The ladies were Mrs. Blaine Misses Mar
garet and Harriet Blaine, and Miss Dodge
Gail Hamilton). They alighted on the hur-
ricane deck of the Starin, and were escorted
downstairs to the cabin amid great cheer
ing. The ladies entered the saloon. and Mr..
Blaine, who came arm in arm with Chair
man Pool of the committee, was met by
President Bartlett, of the Republican club.
The crowd pressed hard, and it was with
difficulty that the officers detailed from the
Second precinct kept breathing space for
the speakers. Mr.. Bartlett, addressing Mr..
Blaine, said:
Mr.. BLAINE The Republican club of the city of
New York and it's invited guests tender to you,
sir, through me, as president OF the club, their
warmest greetings and sincere congratulations on
your arrival once more, in health and strength,
on these shores.
When the club first proposed this reception it
was not intended as an act having any political
significance, but rather as private expression of
love and regard for one whom we look upon as
our most illustrious citzeu.
But we found suggestion stirred the
friendly jealousy of the whole country, and with
arrival home should be the occasion
of demonstration more general in its char
acter than was originally contemplated, and as a
result there were assembled for several days In
the city of New York tens of thousands of your
friends from all parts of the country impatiently
waiting to pay you the tribute of their respect
and admiration. The delay in your arrival has
interferred to some extent with the programme.
Last night the great parade took place About
900 strong, lacking but one thing-your inspir-
ing presence. Many of the paraders from abroad
were compelled to return to their homes at an
early hour this morning.
After referring to the domination OF the
south in directing the economical policy of
this country, Mr.. Bartlett said:
In this emergency, sir, the Republican party
looks to you as its leading champion in debate in
the great battle between protection and free
trade now in progress. With the banner.of Har
rison and Morton full high advanced, when you
lead ON to victory the Republican hosts will fol-
low; one blast upon your bugle horn were worth
thousand men.
On the conclusion of Mr. Bartlett's speech,
cheers for Mr.. Blaine and Bartlett were
given again and again. When quiet was re-
stored Mr. Blaine said:
Mr.. CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEMEN OF THE REpus-
LIcAN CLUB OF New YoRK: To enable you to ap-
preciate this welcome each and every one of you
should be absent from home and country for
the long period of fourteen months. l am sure
you can have little conception of the great graft
fcation / experience that the instant / see the
shores of the great republic l should be greeted
by you and these gentlemen. 1t is shadowed
only by regret that a great sorrow has fallen
upon the nation which greets us as the first
piece of American news. Gen. Sheridan
above party and for the union of the states.
With the exception of that untoward incident my
reception upon my native shores would be unat-
tended with anything but what was joyous and
happy.
The campaign upon which we are about to
enter is one that I wish could be prefaced by
every American voter, seeing what have seen
and hearing what have heard in the past year.
Its progress is watched with an interest as pro-
found in England as in the United States. 1t is
the opportunity of England by which the pauper
labor and pauper fabric of the old world hope to
invade the new, and lower the American laborer
to the level of the European, 1t is not o contest
Of capital against capital 1t is a contest as to
whether the great mass OF American citizens who
earn their bread in the sweat of Their faces shall
be seriously reduced in their emolument from day
to day. That Is the whole pith of the question.
Anything which dverts the attention of, the
people from IL, Is weakening the situation, and
say here what hope to say hereafter with more
elaboration, that the wages of the American Ia
borer can not be reduced except by the vote OF
the American laborer himself and his associates
aud those who are to come after him to take that
fatal step. This policy is shaped by the men who
lately sought the country's destruction But gen.
tlemen, this Is not the time for political speech.
He then closed with thanks for the recep-
tion given him. Mr.. Blaine's handshaking
was somewhat limited as he had slightly in
jured bis right hand and he was compelled
to forego the warm and hearty grasp
offered by the 800 who passed in
front of him while the Starin steamed up
the bay. A glee club formed on tho upper
deck, sang a song of welcome, composed for
the occasion, to the tune of "America," and
it was loudly applauded Hoarse whis-
ties came from steam craft in the river, and
as the vessel reached the landing pier, the
noise was dcafening
The pier was crowded and the party with
difficulty made its way to the carriages.
Mr.. Blaine, Police Commissioner McCane,
and Messrs. Pool and Bartlett, entered the
FIRST one and the Republican clubs fell in
behind them and the whole party, including
the ladies, was rapidly driven to the
Fifth Avenue hotel.
TIE ovation which Mr. Blaine received
when he arrived at the Fifth Avenue hotel
was such as lie will not soon forget The
members of the family arrived at the hotel
some fifteen minutes before be did and the
hotel corridors were crowded, the dense
throng shouting, "Blaine, Blaine, James @.
Blaine" Mr.. Blaine, to avoid the crowd,
bad entered by side door, but the people
hunted him up, but were met on the stairs
by Mr. Henry Gleason, who endeavored to
quiet the throng and shield Mr.. Blain:. The
excitement at this time was intense. The
man that the crowd was after was one floor
above After repeated calls and cheers for
"Blaine," which lasted five minutes, he was
seon coming half way down the stairway
which leads into the hotel chambers. For
ten minutes Mr.. Blaine could Go nothing but
bow acknowledgements to tho ovation. He
then EXPRESSED his thanks in a half dozen