Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1884 — POLITICAL. [ARTICLE]

POLITICAL.

Me. Blaine remained in Ohio, visiting various points in the Hoiking \%:ley and other sections, until the eve of the election, going thence to Detroit, •where he received the re - turns. He was given a cordial reception by the Detroiters. On the morning of the 15th the Republican candidate left the Michigan metropolis for a short tour through the State. He was accompanied by Senators Palmer and Conger, Judge Marston, and several other prominent men,. Stops were made at Plymouth, Stark, Howell, Fowlerville, and Williamstown, and Mr. Blaine addressed the assembled crowds. At Lansing there was an immense gathering. .. .Gov. Cleveland left Albany for New York in company with his private' secretary, Col. Lamont, and Maj. Banks. He was warmly greeted by a Democratic gathering at Poughkeepsie, where he had a brief interview with ex-Secretary of State Hamilton Fish. At -New York he was' welcomed by a Democratic committee consisting of ex-Senator Barnum, Congressman Hewitt, Senator Gorman, ex-Mayor Grace, Eugene Kelly, and others. Gov. Cleveland refused a public reception, and was driven directly to his hotel, where he retired to his rooms. In the evening the business men of New York held a Democratic rally at the Academy of Music, to which deep interest was added by the presence of Gov. Cleveland. The meeting was addressed by Gov. Cleveland, Henry Ward Beecher and other notables, and a letter was read from Gov. Tilden. A special train bearing Mr. Blaine and his party left Grand Rapids, Mich.; at 9:30 on the mdming of Och 16.’ The train made brief stops at Holland, St. Johns, Owosso, and otherpoints, where Mr. Blaine addressed the great gatherings which turned out to welcome stopped nearly an hour, at Muskegon, where he spoke on the tariff question to a, large audience. The party stayed at East Saginaw during the night, and Mr. Blaine was accorded an enthusiastic reception in the evening. Gen. Fremont, who accompanied the party, was introduced by Mr.' Blaine as the first Republican candidate, and made a short speech. ....Gov. Cleveland visited Brooklyn on the iGth inst., and was given an enthusiastic welcome.,, There was a large procession in his* honor, The Guv-

emor attended a barbecue at Ridgewood Park in Several large oxen, scores erf sheep and hundreds of fowls were roasted and spread before the assembled thousands.: Alter the feast there was speaking from five different stands by Gov. Cleveland, Gov. Hendricks, Gen. McClellan, Govs. Waller Of Connecticut. Pattison of Pennsylvania, McLane of Maryland, and Abbott, of New Jersey, Congjressnien^Raßdalt;Hwitt, nfid' Cdx; Senator Jonas of Louisiana, ex-Senator Wallace of Pennsylvania, Gen. Franz Sigel, and ifiany others. Gov. Cleveland, accompanied by his private secretary, Col. D. S. Lamont, Mayor 'BanWm and some of the State officers, left the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, on-the afternoon of Oct. 17, to take the train for .Albany. “Ihe Governor,” says a press dispatch, “was anxious to keep the time' of his departure private, as he debited to leave without any demonstration. He had not got half a block from the entrance, however, when he was recognized, And from that point to the depot he was. repeatedly cheered. The train arrived at Albany at 7:45 p. in. The party drove immediately to the Executive Mansion. The crowd at tile depot cheered heartily as he walked to his carriage. The Governor expressed himself very much impressed with the magnitude of the demonstration in New York and Brooklyn. Before leaving New York -Gov. Cleveland had a conference with the Democratic managers and John Kelly, the latter assuring him of the hearty support of Tammany . ”.... Mr. Blaine left East Saginaw, Mich., on the forenoon of Oct. 17. At Bay City he addressed 15,000 Republicans from a stand in the city park, Gen. Fremont and Senator Palmer also spoke. At Flint Mr. Blaine was welcomed, by a gathering of 8,000 enthusiastic supporters. At this point he deniell vei yem ph atical Iy r tha the had ever been a Know-Nothing, or that he sympat nized wish the AKirow-Nothing tion. He declared himself opposed to the exportation to the United States by foreign countries of their paupers and criminals. He said _he was most emphatically against the imjiorfiifion of foreign laborers, under contract, to compete with home labor. Mr. Blaine addressed large and enthusiastic assemblages at Lapeer,- Pontiac, Port Huron. and other points. He expressed great satisfaction at the enthusiasm of his reeeption in Michigan. =.. The anti-fusion Greeiibackers of lowa held a stormy State convention at Cedar Rapids, but adjourned without making nominations, sixteen of the delegates favoring partial fusion. Mb. Blaine spent Saturday, Oct. 18, along the line of the Michigan Central Railroad, in Michigan. At Ann Arbor he was meFEy 1,200 University students, and spoke to them briefly. At Jackson he spoke: from a flat-car to a large crowd on the tariff question. Short stops were made at Albion, Battle Creek, Marshall, and Dowagiac. The I -Repirbhcam-reamirdate —then— diana. -_Atra-Soiith-- 7 mmufacturing establishments were represented in a large procession, to which Mr. Blaine spoke on the tariff issue. After the demonstration, he went to the residence of the Hon. Clem Studebaker. Accompanied by his Tibsdid attended church at the’MTT-' burn Chapel, after which he and his son Walker visted Mr. Blaine’s aunt. Mis., Phelan, and his cousin, Mother Angela, at St. Mary’s Academy. Liter ho visited Notre Dame University and made an address to the students, being presented by the Rev. Father Walsh. Mr. Blaine took supper with the students. The Boston lads are solid for Belva Lockwood for President. Four battalions of them parade the streets every’ night in Mother Hubbard dresses, with bonnets and jiarasol torches, and seem to greatly enjoy the sport. .. .The Democrats of the First Illinois District have nominated Willinm M. Tilden for Congress. The Republicans of the Buffalo district have placed in the field Maj. John M. Farquhar, an old printer, formerly of Chicago.,