The Irish standard., 1904-08-06

1T was the Wednesday before cleo
tion day. The good men greeted and
bespoke each other with that impor.
tant air that marks the man apart
from the world when occasionally he
steps in to rub against real life. A
few hardhcnds like Dr. Macarthur
and DIR. james M. King emphasized
the almost boyish cXuberancc of the
others. For the day ut least the cler-
ical heart warmed even toward the
Jews, for there among them was Rab-
hi t. Il. nj. Browne How powerful was
the Plnmcd Knight! The peoples of
the earth had risen up to call him
good, and the ministers glowed with
pleasure and Importance
II am here; that shows where [
stand blnvcly spoke the Plymouth
church assistant. Rev. S. B. Halliday.
And his brethren clecrcd and
wrung his hand and slapped his back,
for was he not as Il brand pluckcd
y
so, for IIalliday's chief, the great
Bccchcr, had just delivered his cam
pngn speech in behalf of Cleveland.
Editor Henry NJ. Field of the Evan
gcliSt was in the throng, and also
Cyrus Palmer, DR.. Burcllard, DIR.
Spears Dr. Bnrdwcll and Dickinson.
Pan"horn ana Lourcy.
All, yes, this is important-tlle uues-
tion of who were present, for did not
a storm of controversy follow as to
who were and who were not?
Imagine 400 or 500 persons may
have stood crowded together when
the speaking began, though aftcrward
one side claimed that 1000 men, in
Guiding the great pulpit leaders Of
New York, were there. On the other
hand, the Herald, diagnosing by ex-
clusion: printed list of pulpit leaders
who were willing to say they had not
nttendcd-among them DR.. Houghton,
Henry Y. Satterlcc, Charles II. Park
hurst, Henry Van Dyke, Marvin Il.
Vincent, Benjamin Il. DaCosta, John
X. Paxton, Thomas Mckee Brown,
Ncrmilyen, IIOwland and Gallaudet.
In due and deliberate time, headed
by its chairman, Rcv. DR.. Samuel S.
Spears, who was editor of the Inde-
pendent. the proper committee pro-
cccdch to summon the object of their
courtcsies. They trod with slow dig
nifty up the broad, heavily padded
staircase. Focusing tlickly 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 murmur of
suppressed comment. The great man
was in sight on 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 n
shont-a sort Of precentor of the lusty
cheer which followed
DIR. Spears beside Mr.. Blaine looked
pleased and proud. Had he not
brought to them the object of their
political love? Verify so. And then
the lusty cheering grow anew as the
people saw behind Mr. Blaine his wife
and two daughters, Emmons and
Walker, his sons, and the Hon. Levi
=. Morton.
The accompanying party paused at
the sweeping curve of the staircase,
and Mr.. Blaine descended alone. lie
stopped some half q dozen steps from
the bottom. His face was very pale,
almost waXy white. He had just re-
turned from campaigning tour of the
West. Dark shadows We're under bis
eyes. He was desperately weary, but
he flashed 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
few words Of preliminary welcome
tall, strong-shouldered, loose-jointed
man stepped up out of the crowd onto
the staircase. His head was big and