Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-06
PENNSY'S BLAINE BOYS.

now lney h1aQe bOmo HOWL on Ine1f ar
rivaI-A Refrain That Is Full Of Hit
and Humor-It Caught on and HELPED
BIaine's Boom.
MINNEAPoLIs, MINI, June 5.-One o.
the most enthusiastic as well as the noisies
delegations arrived at 2 o'clock this after
noon. They were the stalwart Blaine mer
from the great state of Pennsylvania. Tht
citizens of Minneapolis were not long dis
covering the political complexion of thi.
delegation, as the heard the following or
iginal refrain, which vas composed en- route
by the various enthusiastic yonng Blaine
men:
We are for the man from Maine
He will get there just the same:
Pennsylvania's here to stay,
And she stands by Matthew Quay.
Chorus: Ia, II, ra, boom, ia, IA.
Jerry Rusk for second place.;
He will help US win the race.
Won't they make q dandy pair
For the Presidential chair2
Jim and Jerry are the stuff,
Benjamin has had enough.
There are no flies on NJ. S. Quay!
Reeder will help us win the day.
(Chorus.)
Minnesota's dandy State,
She'll help to break the Harrison slate
Republicans all throw up your hats,
Clarkson will beat the Democrats.
(Chorus.)
Protection and reciprocity
Our battle cry on land and sea.
Honest moneys bound to win
Mckinley and American tin.
(Chorus.)
That Jim Blaine knows what to do
With State questions old and new;
Italy, Chile and Johnnie Bull
Have been taught a lesson full.
tChorus.)
Jim will break the solid South,
Carry the news from mouth to mouth;
New Jersey will join the crowd,
Make the victory clear and loud.
(Chorus.)
West Virginia will fall in line,
We will have grand old time.
David B. and Grover, they
Are in the consomme. (ChoruS.)
Tin, tin, American tin,
That's the stuff that will make us win!
Ben goes out and Jim goes in,
All on account of McKinleys tin!
The delegation started from Philadelphia
Friday afternoon on the Columbian ex-
press. General Frank Reeder, Chairman of
the Pennsylvania Republican Committee,
being in charge of the special car assigned
to the delegation. At Harrisburg and
Pittsburg two other special cars were taken
on occupied by delegates and their friends,
including the wives of several of the party
There were in all about 175 in the party.
They stopped about five hours in Chicago,
devoted to sightseeing. The delegation
arrived here on special train on the Mil
waukee and st. Paul road, and marched to
their headquarters at the Nicollet Hotel.
After short stop there they formed in
line and marched to the Republican head
quarters to pay their respects to Senator NJ.
8. Quay and to make formal announcement
Of their arrival.
The singing of their verses oD Hennepin
avenue as they marched up to the hotel at
were both amused and enthused by the stir
ring refrain. Oddly enough, the verse re-
ferring to Minnesota was struck up just as
the delegation arrived opposite the entrance
to the Minnesota State headquarters. As
they reached the national headquarters, at
the West Hotel, the first verse was being
sung telling the story of the delegation and
its preference.
Enthusiastic cheers greeted the new ar
rivals, and the corridor of the hotel was
instantly mass of enthusiastic cheering
Republicans. Attempts were made to
drown out the Blaine shouters from the
Keystone State by the Harrison men, and
wave after wave of alternating Blaine and
Harrison choirs swept over the crowd now
and then, the other sentiment seeming to be
the prevailing one.
General Reeder said, in speaking of the
reception of the news at Chicago last night
that Mr.. Blaine had withdrawn from the
Cabinet, that in his opinion it would have
no effect upon the sentiment of the Repub-
licans in Pennsylvania other than to inten-
sty their intention of doing all they could
to secure his nomination.