The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-09-04

Rum, Romanisra ard Rebellion


| For the day at least the clerical heart
warmed even toward the Jews. for
there among them was Rabbi i. b. NJ.
Browne. How powerful was the
Plumed Knight The peoples of the
earth had risen up TO call him good
and the ministers glowed with pleas
ure and importance.
Il am here; that shows where
! stand" bravely spoke the Plymouth
church assistant, Rev. S. 3. Halliday.
And his brethren cheered and wrung
his hand and slapped his back, for
was he not as a brand plucked from
the Plymouth burning? Verify so, for
Halliday's chief, the great Beecher,
had Just delivered his campaign
speech in behalf of Cleveland
Editor Henry NJ. Field of the Evan
gelist was in the tErong, and also Cy-
rus Palmer, DR.. Burchard, DR.. Spears,
DR.. Bardwel and Dickinson, Pang-
born and LOurey.
All. yes. this is important-the ques-
ton of who were present. for did not
storm of controversy follow as to
who were and who We're not?
The Welcome to Blaine.
I imagine 400 or 500 persons may
have stood crowded together when the
speaking began, though afterward- one
side claimed that l 900 men, including
the great pulpit leaders of New York.
were there. On the other hand. the
Herald, diagnosing by exclusion, print
ed a list of pulpit leaders who were
willing to say they had not attended,
among them DIR. Houghton, Henry Y.
Satterlee, Charles H. Parkhurst, Henry
Van Dyke, Marvin r. Vincent, Benja-
min f. Da Costa, John r. Paxton,
Thomas Mckee Brown. Vermilyea,
Rowland and Gallaudet
In due and deliberate time, headed
by its chairman, Rev. Dr. Samuel S.
Spears, who was editor of the INDIE
pendent, the proper committee pro-
ceeded to summon the object of their
courtesies. They trod with slow dig
nifty up the broad, heavily padded stair
case. Focusing thickly about the foot
OF the stairs, the people waited Mr..
Blaine was also waiting, with members
of his family, in their rooms above.
Presently a humble among the people
grew into a murmur OF suppressed
comment. The great man was in sight
OH the upper landing. As he came
down into full view and glanced over
the crowd of white faces in the dimly
lighted hall, one voice broke through
the murmur with a shout-a sort of
precentOr OF the lusty cheer which fol-
lowed.
DR.. Spears beside Mr.. Blaine looked
pleased and proud. Had he not brought
20 them the object of their political
love? Verify so. And then the Iusty
cheering grew anew as the people saw
behind Mr.. Blaine his wife and two
daughters, Emmons and Walker, his
sons, and the Hon. Levi p. Morton.
The accompanying party paused of
the sweeping curse of the staircase, and
Mr.. Blaine descended alone. He stopped
some half a dozen steps from the bot
tom. His face was very pale, almost
wsXy white. He had just returned
frcm campaigning tour Of the west.
Dark shadows We're under his eyes. He
was desperately YEARLY, but he flashed
n quick smile over the faces staring up
at him, and then turned with a little
motion of self-submissiOn to DR.. Spears
at his side.
At the moment DR.. Spears began a
few words of preliminary welcome .
tall, strong-shouldered, loose ointed
man stepped up out of the crowd onto
the staircase. His head was big and
slightly bent and his carelessly brushed
hair fitted well the largely built and
heavy lined face. Reaching the second
broad step. The JallNman paused, lean
ing against the wall.
When Mr.. Blaine came to a stand on
the staircase 1 leaped up out Of the
crowd to the step below him, leaving
the two stenographers where l had
stood.
AS the tall figure moved up from
an Ong his fellows / summoned Muivey
10 follow, and he crept swiftly up the
steps, crouched near me on the one
above the tall figure and one or two
steps below NJ, Blaine. had chosen
Nulvey to make the shorthand report
of the address of Mr.. Blaine. With
his notebook on his knee Mulvey sat
ready, and 1 noticed The bristling OF