The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-08-14
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I tesies. They trod with slow dignity ul
! the broad, heavily padded staircase
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 Present
ly humble among the people grew
INTO murnur of suppressed comment
he great man was IN sight on the up
per landing. AS he came down into full
view and glanced over the crowd Oh
white faces in the dimly lighted hall
one voice broke through the murmur
with shout,-a sort of precentor OF
the lusty cheer which followed.
DR.. Spears beside Mr. Blaine looked
please and proud Had he not brought
to them the object of their political love
Verify SO. And then the lusty cheering
grew anew as the people saw behind Mr..
Blame his wife and two daughters, En-
mons and Walker, his sons, and the Hon.
Levi P. Morton
he accompanying party paused at the
sweeping curve of the staircase and Mr..
Blaine descend alone. He stopped some
half-dozen steps from the bottom. His
face was very pale. almost waxy white,
He had just returned from campaign
ing tour of the West. Dark shadows
were under his eyes. He was desper-
ately weary. but he flashed quick smile
over the faces staring at him, and then
turned with a little motion of self-sub-
mission to DR.. Spears at his side
At the moment DIR. Spears began a
few words of preliminary welcome, a
tall, strong-shouldered, loose jointed
man stepped up out of the crowd on to
the staircase. His head was big and
slightly bent, and his carelessly brushed
gray hair fitted well the largely built
and heavy lined face Reaching the sec
ond broad step the tall man paused,
leaning against the wall.
When Mr.. ->.aine came to a stand on
the staircase | ieaped up out of the
crowd to the step below him, leaving
the two stenographers where | had
stood
As the tall figure moved up from
among his fellows l summoned Mulvey
to follow, and he crept swiftly up the
steps, crouched near me on the one above
the tall figure and one or two steps be-
low Mr.. Blaine. I had chosen Mulvey
to make the shorthand report of the adj
dress to Mr. Blaine With his note
book on his knee Mulvey sat ready. and
I noticed the bristling of sharply pointed
pencils in the outer pocket of his coat.
1t was Mulvey's arsenal of supplies. A
shorthand man at work has no time to
sharpen pencils.
DR.. Spears was saying to Mr.. Blaine,
finally, that this company of New York
ministers had chosen another voice to
utter their welcome-that of the Rev.
Dr. s. D. Burchard; and, with an intro
ductory wave OF the hand, ne gave way
to the giant-figured man lean-at-Wait
two steps below.
HOW A MEMORABLE SPEECH
WAS MADE.
Clutching the banister-rail more tight
ly with his right hand, DR. Burchard plac-
ed one foot against the step above him,
braced himself thus to his full height,
lifted his face to Mr.. Blaine, and spoke:
I'VE are very happy to welcome you
to this circle" he began; and Blaine
swept the speaker and the crowd with an
smile.
You see here representation OF all
the, denominations of the city. You see
the large number that are represented
Again Mr.. Blaine smiled at the speak
er and swiftly over the still, white faces
that were watching him-one of those
magnetic outreaches of the man that
made each listener feel as though he
knew Blaine personally.
1--WE are your friends. Mr.. Blaine"
The old clergynan's voice broke in
the upward infection which he gave to
thing plaintive in it. The people felt it,
however. fixed itself to far-away gaze.
l. To- 10 y1114 h
ear heard, the vision was focused far
off-unheeding ears, unseeing eyes.
Mr. Blaine's mother was Catholic.
and many who were variously referred
to as fools or fanatics feared the son
might lean to her faith and to its adj
herents. Easy birth and credence were
therefore possible to the rumor that the
national managers had ar
ranged this neutralizing demonstration
by Protestant preachers.
If the runor were well-founded Mr..
Blaine must have felt sure all utterances1
had been properly censored, for Blaine
believed in keen censorship of political
words not only before but after utter
ance. If the rumor were not true, he
might certainly assume that he could
safely trust himself to the hands and
tongue of a clerical body. Assuredly
they were innocuous. He need not
watch them He might relax with inn
munity from blunder. And the look in
his face. the expression OF his eyes, con-
WINGED me. as I watched, that Blaine's
mind was elsewhere-idle, perhaps, may
be planning other things. And the gray
haired, the giant-Hke Burchard talked
on:
THE FAMOUS ALTERATION.
Notwithstanding all the cslunnnies
that have been urged in the papers
against you we stand by your side. We
expect TO vote for YOU next Tuesday.
We have a higher expectation, which is
that you will be the President of the
| Tt1ited States. and that you will do