New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-15
JAMES G.. BLAINE SPEAKS.
SERENADED AT OPHIR FARM.
4 SHORT. FORCIBLE ADDRESS BY THE EX
SECRETARY.

Westminster County's Repuhlicanism is too
ardent, and her hero worship too devoted to allow
| james G.. Blaine 10 be guest Of one OF her
| citizens without paying him some formal atten-
ton This desire to express appreciation OF MS
great services to his party and 20 his country took
| the form last night at Ophir Farm, near whit"
| Plains Of a sercnade, pleasing and time-honored
| mode f entertainment, especially appropriate to
| the country home.
| The scrcnalc was one OF music aud
| OF loud cheering Citizens Of all the neghbor-
| ing places came to see Mr.. Blaine and to hear a
| few words from his lips Several uniformed Or
| carnations marched over three or four miles Of
| WcstchcStcr hills, carrying torches TO get TO
| Ophir Farm Stages run at frequent IN
| tcrvals, and hundred private conveyance, came
well filled with Whitc!aw Reds friends and
| ncighbor4.
| CoLoRED MEN THE FIRST TO ARRIVE
The first organization TO arrive was the Colored
| Harrison and Reid Campaign Club, OF White Plains
They marched up with elastic step 10 tho strains
Of hand. Already n lar" number of persons
| had gathered on the vcrandas and lawns Of Mr.
| Rcid's home ard they warmly checred the club
Tlosr IN line wore white helmets and white shirts
with blue bosoms. All carried tcrches. Til" men
Of the Whi'claw Reid Republican Club Of Port
chester. and Of the Harrison and Reid Republican
| club of Rye. came from the east heraldcd by
bng'c blasts The first detachment was on foot
| and then u cavalcadc of thirty horsemcn in white
came sweeping up. Their wccom" was a hearty
| one There also representatives. of the itc-
| pnhlican clubs Of Cos Cob and Greenwich. Conn,
and Of the Whitclaw Reid Republican Clnb oi
| White Plains A few Of the many in the crowd
wcro the following from White Plains. EN-Connty
Treasurer David Cromwell. g. Livingstone Lyon,
John T. Moran. Samuel G. Miller, president Of the
Whitclaw Reid Republican Club of White
Plains: f. b. Long, Samuel Hopper
| cx-prcsidcnt Of tho villag" Of Whit" flHn@ :
| from Mamaroncck, eX-Sup"rviSor Meyer, I. ~
| Holden. C. T. Tyler. c. II. Peck Harry Simmons
| F. W. Rollins. II. &. Taylor. w Il. Ward' Johh W.
Iounsbrrv; from Portchcstcr George II. simpson
president. and IIorac" curtis vc"~presl1en'' "r
tbc Whitclaw Reid Republican club, of Port
chester: George Fisher, T. Hayden, ). NJ Le
Fc,rc \. Wood, r. Knott L. Boorner, II. Anth's
| Deforc,f sherwood, F. Jones. DR.. Matthews, j.
Pobin-or. F. Brown j. Leonard and H. clark :
0.r, Harrison. cI Supervisor Gcorg" !. Birln2
T. G. E,rnc, and Edwin l. Brown and from
Grccnwich. .Ioscrh Russell and \. NJ. Brush.
GUSTS WHO WE'RE At DINNER.
ur poid cntcrtaincd al dinner, besides Mr.
pl,inc. the following: Cbauncey VI. D"p"w, "A-
|
Garr.t \. Hobart. William Brookhcld, {. w
Uackctt. l. e. K"rcns Patrick Esan' Solomon
liirsch. D. O. Mills and ogden Mills
when dinner was oycr the guests cam" ont
upon fine front piazza of the house. about when
,y,s a .r,at crowd numbering over 5000 ot
No.. chester citizens, ald their wives and dallgh-
tors ON the outer cus OF the gathering stood
tic uniformed campaign clubs. their torches
| liehiinc the scene I'll" night was "A fine one, The
| stars shining brilliantly, a II To max" aniehH
for the fairtncs, Of the moon. Mr. R"ld s'eppeh
| 10 the front ~ the pIayla, one biz lamp brlhg
! held on each sidc Of him.
There wcio loud cheers for him and for Mr.
Blaine. given again ami a-ain. At last Mr. keid
was able 10 begin. lie sal
Friend, and nclshbor~ of WcStchcstcr Comfy,
| thank YOU most gratefully for this courteous at
tcv,ion which you pay my sucs;. have me
| honor 10 have ~ a guest the American VINO mas
concentrated upor hm"lf more affection ana
more enthusiasm thu any Am"rcln since Henry
| Clay Capplauscl. my friend. the irlchd OF my
marty. the representative Of my country, my
| chief when | wa in the service, An American
| whom all Americans OF whatever party are prou'
10 honor Cheers There j. no need to present
| her, or anywhere on American soil to an American
audience Jane. g. Blaine. i'rolonsch Applause
|
| Three great cheers went mp, ana Mr. hlaihe
came {" th" front llc eald:
~Fcllow-Citizc Of Ncw-Iork: should hc
| churli.h. indeed if | did not make response T.
your call. after you hav" com" several miles L"
| this beautiful home Of Mr. Reid, on this pleasant
| Octohcr evening. At the same time | am not
making speeches in the canvass, for rcaN nS which
are well known to my friends, and which have no
| connoction whatever with politics.
| "Gcncrallv Administrations in PrrSid"htIal
| elections are challenged on account OF the con
| dition Of the business Of the country All"
submit that the Republican Administration
Of President Harrison can tluinplanty endure
such "A test ApplauscJ doubt II, since th"
Government of the United States was instituted,
any body At any time has seen what We call Soo'
fimcs' 80 general, taking in 50 many interests
| anl spreading prosperity throughout the WIoe
domain of trade / might appeal to N"w-iorK
| if the city has passed season nor" satiS-
factory in fi:lncial results than for the past tw'
vcar,. in which the general effect on capital ana
labor has been more prosperous t\pplauSe)
The opDoncnt, of the Republican party always
represent New-l ork IA commercial city, ana NOT
manufacturing one. and yet the product OF 'h'
manufacturers of this city alone is S'oo,ooo'ooo.
| ANYTHING that would cripple that great interest
would cripple the metropolis seriously an" l"
very hurtful extent. More men III N'w-l"fk HcU
their living from pursuits protected by thc tarii
| than from any other Source. ! Know New
York is the centre of our commcrcc-thc great
cn,ropot of our trade; but all the men engaged
| in commercial Attain, in and about New-(Ork are
smaller i'm numbers than the men engaged IN man
ufactnrcs Nor if YOU 90 West. where the Demo
Gratis this year are making considerable effort and
doing a vast amount Of boasting daughter, VIII
Won find il different
Take Ohio. take Michigan, take Indiana,
take Illinois. and the products of man
ufactorlcs are greater IN pecuniiiy
| amounts than the products of agriculture IN
these four great agricultural States; so that
think, when it happcns to Democratic orators, VINO
are ON the wing, trying to arouse the hostility oi