Show THE PLUMED KNIGHT lIe Arrives Amid Music and Canners SPEECHES TO4 SfS AND POEMS 1 J Maktii K Political Capital 2Ir Il1nlna r s1 IIIhldre8a tzilyer6c1 > oted Vlaiturn IStc lLc Kturtt NEW YORK August 10The steamboat steam-boat Liura Jf Siarin t as just pas dup d-up North Uiver with James 9 BlaiiiB onboard on-board The steamer Lity of Aew Yok is close behind and handsomely drbsed I with flags Togs of the harbor are blowing M salut The steamer City of JV if York was fooirded live miles off ddiidy Hook rrnile at anchor waiiug fur high tide to cross the bar by representatives of the press who learned that the voyage was a pleasant uneventful one Elaine WnS well and had not suffered from seasickness sea-sickness Blaine said he was ia exocl lent health and that his trip renevtd iiis youth AboutS oclock the steamer Sin with the Blaine committee on hoard met the City of New York outside tbe Narrows The Starin turned about and both slowly steamed up the by boW and bow Cheer after cheer rose I forth from the decks of the alarm although it was yet impossible to distinguish dis-tinguish Blames form among the 2OJO that stood on the decks of the huge steamer As the vessels neared each other Blaiues form was at last made out standing in a grup of friends on the upper deck forward As cheer afti r cheer arose Blaine bowed repeatedly He wa neatly dressed in a dark cu away a-way coat light trousers and a brown derby hat The band on ih > Siarin played Home gal and Home Sweet Home and Star Spangled Banner while advancing up to quarantine Tten both vessels c me to anchor and as the Slarir ran over under the side of the Uity oj New York 3 Blames ftce and form were plainly r visible ttl every one on board Che rafter r-after cheer broke f rth handkerchiefs and flegs waved cries of Blaine James G Blaine No Free Trade arose and the utmost enthusiasm pre Tsilfd At last at 9 15 to the music of Hail to the Chief Blaine got onboard on-board the tarin escorted by Whitelaw Reid and Pool Bartlett of the reception committte delivered an address of welcome tell ng Blaine of the great gathering of Republicans Repub-licans from all parts of the country who hd awaited his coming several days and paraded stron lat night They welcomed him vs an illustrious citizen not as ai officiil or one upon whom the mantle of power wud bout to descend S tS Blaine said in reply fry Mr President and Gentemtli nf the Republican Clubs and Fcluw Citizens To enable you to appreciate this welcome wel-come eich and every oneof joa should be absent from home and country for the long period of fourteen months I S am suri you can have little conception S of the great gratification of that instant t r when I saw the shore of this great republic 1 re-public I cannot tell you how deeply grateful I am to be remembered in this manner by you and these assembled gentlemen It is a scene I shall nver forget It is an occasion which I assure as-sure you I appreciate Irons the depths of my her rt It is shadowed only ty the sad event which greeted us as the first piece of American news We hebrd of the death of General Sheridan a man who was above party and stood for the union of States Shouts of good With that exception my arrival upon my native shore is unattended by anything any-thing bt jy and happiness The campaign on wtish you are about to smer should be prefaced if that were possible by every yote in the United States seeing what I have seen good good and hearing what I have neard < Applause The progress of the campaign cam-paign in the United States is viewed from a European standpoint with interest in-terest as profour d as it ia in the United States It is the opportunity England Eng-land It is the long looked for occasion on which the cheaper labor and cheaper fabrics of the old world expect to invade the new world and lower the wages of American workingmen to the European Euro-pean standard Great applaute It is not a contest ot capital against I capital It is nut a contest of parisnn against partisan It is mucn higher than either of ness It transcends all party motive Applause Whether the > great mass of American citizens S who earn their bread by tbe sweat of 1 their brow shall be seriously reduced in their emolument from day to day Applause That is the whole pith and moment of this question Anything that diverts the question from that single point is a weakening of the campaign Applause and cries of good I say here that the wages of the American laborer cannot be reduced except with the consent acd votes of the American laborer himself The appeal ap-peal lies to him it comes to his door and asks him whether with his great power of the franchise and the great majority he possesses in his own hands he is willing for himself and his assoc5 t atos his children end his childrens I children to take that fatal st p at the bidding of an American Congn S3 Iud an American president who are governed gov-erned by that element which sought to d strcy this nation But gentlemen it is not time for apolitical a-political speech My heart is too full Ito I-to enter at this time on a lengthened argument In this moment of welcome and joy getting home to old scenes aud old friends I must b allowed to enjoy the pleasant emotions of tbe occasion I can only add my fervent thanks to tact aid every member o the clubs and to all my friends for the generous and joyous welcome hey have extended to me in the harbor of New York While Blaine was speaking the cabin Was packed to its utmost limits andS and-S r1 heads were thrust in through the windows win-dows from the deck without eager to i I hear every Ioril spoken The greatest I tnthuaiasai orvaiied Every point made was quickly ezed and chtred I An oncburit of cheering loIloWfd the conclusion of the orief speech Blaine was escorted into the lies saloon where he received a number of hh fieLds In a litte while he ascended to the sa Lon on the upper deck where he received re-ceived the conpratula ions of all hav ing a pleasant wordfor all who greeted him While there he was handed an address by Fitz William of Boston I representing the Workmgmena Protective I Pro-tective Union of Massachusetts He I wag aso presented Wall an address by MUratHalateadreprsrnting the Young Mens Elaine Club of Cincinnati To a reporter Blaine a lid hat I he did not kloW whether he would go on to Maine tonight or not he did not krcw what arrnngeraenti Lad been made for him When tod that the IrishAmericans pr psd tJ sarcnade hi tonight und pmeat an address he replied Thats all right Im glad of it As to what part he would take in the campaign Blame said he could say nothing at present He did not think he would go outside tho State of Maine until after the Stat election there on the Stcond Monday in Sep tcmbar When asked about his healtn he at first said he was perfectly well and then added laughingly Thats a question 1 havent answered in three veira Do a question as to the political polit-ical asp ot his reply was that he did tot care to say anything then further than ne had said in his speech W H H Miller law partner of General Harrison was cordially greeted and Blaine inquired as 10 the Generals heulth Blaine said he and his family enjoyed the tri over and that it was on the whole a peasant onu He said they bad three nays of fogs ana what landlubbers land-lubbers might call rough weather Itbut they had nothing to complain of Upon lauding Blaine was escorted to an open carriage aud was at once driven to the Filth Averue Hotel Mrs Blaine Miss Blaine Miss Dodge Walker BIn ne Mr and Mrs James G Blame Jr and others weru driven rapidly to the hotel in other carriages awaiting the r arty oa the pier The events as they occurred on the boat from the monent Blaine boarded it were qUick I recorded and sent to the Associated I Press by carre pigeons A pigeon Mrs James G rilame Jrf dispatched at quarantine earlier in the niornin arrived at its destination with its message within half an hour from the time it left here Seated in the readirg room was Le viP vi-P Morton and about the corridors were iVhiteluw Rted Wm Walter Phillips Murat Halstead Chairman Quay of the national committee and Thomas C Plat A ev minutes after 11 oclock Elaine arrived and was greeted with general cheers He went immediately to his room but cries of speech brought him to the head of the stairs wherehe faid Just a word t thank you for your tribute It is the greatest sight and most cheerful sounds I have heard for a 3 car He thin wnt to the suite of spar merits which had ben prepared for him and where his familj hau already gone Blaine bas ceciaed to remain in this city until Monday when ha will leave for Maine Wnen Blame reachrd his room brief address in behalf of IrishAmericans and the free trade league was read to him by Judge Morrison of Arizona Blaine said he felt very grateful for the honor and would in the near future send a written reply to the headquarters head-quarters of the league At 115 pm members of the Republican National Campaign Committee headed by Chairman Chair-man Qaay of Pennsylvania and ViceCnairman CJarkson of Iowa filed into he room to pay their respects to the Republican chiftain Otucrs wh called were James 3 P Foster president presi-dent of the National Republican League and General W T Sherman President Fostpr of the Republican Lague pres lilted Blaine with a steel horseshoe highly polished sent by James Ryder of Dayton 0 in behalf of the IrishAmerican and Free Trade League of that city A letter to Foster requested him to present the token to Bluine as emblematic of protection to American labor and American industries indus-tries the horseshoe being made of American steel by American workmen Blaine made a fitting reply The following poem was then read Welcome home James G Blaine from the foreign shore Thy country too did thy absence deplore Strange gods are being worshipped strange methods employed And time honored means are ignored or destroyed To Congress a partisan plea has been sent A plea that do patriot mind could Invent Wecome home welcome home to thy own beloved shore We need thy assistance and counsel once more Welcome home James G Blaine to this I land of the free Our hearts with our hands go out warming ly to thee Though not our standardbearer thy words vlll prevail Against those who our Industries fasely assail N o longer shall wrong bear the semblance ot rght Nor sinister motives be hidden from sight Conspiring free traders are trembling with fear Of tho words that thy people are longing to hear Welcome home James G Blaine from those bayonetruled lauds Where men have to cringe when a tyrant cjminauds 5 Oh tell us your views of the sights you have Eten And the price people pay to b3 ruled by a Queen Do tne signs of tho times show a twinkle of nope That the people will tome day with tyranny cope Shall American ideas prevail on the main Or shall we surrender England again To prince never welcome so royal Wisgivei Free widespread spontaneous like dewdrops dew-drops from Heaven From millions of freemen raised but one voice To welcome thee home and bid thee rejoice The fight for protuctin on land and on self Will gain a new lite u ne v impulse from I thee From the Pacific shore to the confines oi Maine Swells one ivlrte welcome home to our own James G Blame Toni ht Baino wil probably make i brief speech to the great crowd that will attend the serenade gren by Irish Americans S Murat Halstead on behalf of the Young Mens Blaine Club of Cincinnati Cincin-nati presented an address It reads as follows On the occasion of your return to the country that is proud of you as a son a country that you have worthily jepieseuted among the lowly and I grfac of Europe the Young Mens Blaine Club of Cincinnati j i Ohiosends tueir greetings and co grat t ulations We love you sir for your brilliancy in lead rship and for your strong humanity We congratulate you upon the grand demonstration of intelligent joy that will certainly distinguish dis-tinguish the occasion of your landing upon vour native shorus Those demonstrations dem-onstrations will come upon you with epontaniety and unanimity that will convince yon thra ae no idle words that will tell you of the strong hold you have on the party and intelli eace of this greit people And sir we congratulate con-gratulate y iu That you hava c Dine back to the gra Bervttllcan par y of ths nountry equipped o direct its Iradera to the path that shall lead them to viet vie-t ry t j sound tie keynote of the campaign cam-paign ih it shall end in the success of our diitirguihcd national candidate We congratulate you and the Democratic Demo-cratic i arty and the people at large that Goa has spaed yon to bring back to us all your ripe intelligence reinforced by gleanings of your analytical observation observa-tion of events and conditions in many countries We congratulate ourselves that there is spared for u1 and returned to us the master mind that in December Decem-ber last bailed back upon the leader of the Democratic party gratuity advanced hereby of free trade and ruin You come sir to blaze the way for a new triumphant marcn of the Republican party and people The Young Mens Blame Club of Cincinnati first and strongest of its name whose motto is vim vigor and v c org welcomes yoa home By order of iho board of directors GKOHGK B Cox President GEORGE BAYER Corresponding Secretary The Blaine reception committee might have saved a good deal of expense ex-pense and labor and deprived tbe press of much fun at their expense if they had inquired of the agents of the In man line when they expected the Lily of New York As the machinery was new it was well known by good sailors that the master would not care put the Ship to her full speed |