Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-07-21
From Maine to Minneapolis.

June 2lst, 1892. had come up from Bar
Harbor on the train the day before,
stopped over night at the Preble House.
had got well-rested aud upon this fine
morning found myself off for Minneapolis
| Through the courtesy Of that gentlemany
and obliging ticket agent, at Portland,
+. f Boothby good berth in the sleeper
had been provided for me- tickets bought,
etc, and all | had to do was to walk in
and take possession.
Just at S As we found ourselves In mo-
tiop and rolling out of the depot and soon
upon the road moving faster and faster
and leaving Portland behind us. | say ,ce
because was but one of large number
of passengers on that train. The party
consisted Of the delegates and alternates
from Maine to the Republican National
convention; all chosen men and calculst-
ed to be among the best of the State, led
by that courteous gentleman, member of
the National committee, J. ii. Manley. of
Augusta. MANY of these had their wives
or daughters with them, making the party
larger and more interesting. Then there
were many Others who had joined the ex
cursIon, as visitors to the convention ard
friends in Minneapolis. was one of this
interesting party bound to the great west
and about to have fulfilled one great wish
of my life, that | might have the privilege
of seeing something more OF my own
ba1 baI
er been west of Boston or out OF the New
England States. And then | was to have
the privilege of attending the great Ma
tional Convention. Anticipating all of
these things ahead aud leaving all cares
behind what wonder that | entered upon
this tour with delight,
Bot time has moved on and so have the
cars AMI We mud ourselves in New Hamp.
Shire among the beautiful scercry of the
White Mountains. Our very oblging con
ductor made u move very slowly all along
through these mountains and all enj
this magnificent scenery.
The day was perfect. After passing
through New Hampshire we came into
Vernon; snd stopped for awhile at s..
Johnsbury, where We were Joined by the
Vermont delegates. Quite a crowd had
assembled here and We were serenaded by
tne band OF music for more than an
hour
Our fine weather came 10 All end sudden
ly by heavy thunder shower which broke
II. h..FA haH Z
mont and seemed to go along with Us and
for the next three weeks we bad plenty OF
rain. thunder and lightning. OF course
the unpleasantne-s of the weather Was
somewhat unfavorabe to the full enjoy
ment Of this most pleasant route; but
We were comfortable and enjoyed sill that
We could,
4 few hours stop at Nsgara gave u.
the privilege OF seeing those wonderful
Falls and contributing few dollars to Z e
relief Of that interchangeable swarm Of hack
drivers that lnft,t TIL, place-a great
nuisance Bat our journey WAS very much
the same g. hundreds of others have becn
through this most beautiful country 4Ld
written up many times.
We saw something of The great clry
Chicago ana il vast wealth AMI business,
Ii the -four hours which We stopped there
and IL, good city Of Minneapolis Ma
reached at y o'clock Saturday nigh, sun.
CAV we attended church. People there do
about a. they have MUD to sundays.
Some - to church IN the forenoon aud ON
excur~i ms in the afternoon, and Others on
excursions for the lay or labor If they
choose No Oh New England sabbath
laws there, though largely New England
people
Monday commenced a memorable week
for Minneapolis. The grca, National Rc
pablican convention was to be holden there
and for many days strangers from all parts
OF the Union had been pouring Into the
city by thousands and tens Of thousands
and still they came. Prelminsries for that
great event were going ON all through the
day and many noisy demonstrations for
the favored candidates were heard on all
sides Ii would be usees, for me to trg
.
written up and published by paper after
paper and viii say here they have not
/ ovcrrated It or anything there BY the po-
liteues> of Mr.. Manley | was furnished
with tickets for the session. and | heard
and saw everything there that was to he
heard and seen.
Twas great gathering OF people in
great building, a great object in view the
choosing Of A President for the American
people | felt honored by being one Of
! those people and sill more 80 By being
citizen 81 Maine. which, BY the way, In all
important occasions in the nations con
situations. i second to none. Oar success
sion Of able men in the nations councils
for so long. has made Maine what she is
to-day, foremost among all the States.
+ Very conspicuous were the headquarters
Of the Maine delegation at the West Hotel.
Every body saw them because everybody
wanted TO.
The exposition building where the con
vention was held had q seating capacity
of 1900 Every seat was filed. Two
thousand OF these were members of the
convention, or about that number Il is
a noble building and probably this is not
the last convention that will be holden
there
Minneapolis is beautiful city. IL COW
ers large and very level territory. is on
the increase all the time and bids fair, at
no distant day, to become the largest city
of the whole West. Its wealth is contn-
ualy increasing and it is the center OF
great country to support its business. |
came back on the same route as | went,
the Northwestern to Chicago and Michi-
! gan Central TO Portland well cared for
by the officials of the road and well salts
fed with my trip to the West. am often
asked since returning what | think of the
West think 1t Is great country with
great many people and room for a great
many more, but | would say to every
Maine man: You are living in the best
State in the Union. Our climate is good
enough and great deal more safe than
that in any part of the West and the facil-
tiles for getting living here. are more
/ numerous than in the West. 'Tis true you
find large and thrifty cities there, out it's
the hard working farmers in the country
that support them. They are independent
just as their crops grow from year to year
to help build up those cities and add
wealth to the wealthy. People of Name are