Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-10-05

HAhEAAh, OCt. Il 1910.
ED1ToRs LEADER September aOth was
to be s great day in Wakeman, according
to the programme arranged some four
weeks since BY the leading Saehems Of the
party in this place. Word had been cir
culsted far and wide that great mass
meeting was to be held. Eminent Fpeak-
gshad been secared, and good time gen.
tra y expected. Bills were posted thick
ly and prominently through town, and ct
the cross roads, and we had Aattered our
selves that WakemaD for once would en-
joy the privilege Of witnessing q crowd
that would be worth Dragging about We
watched for the morning trains, expecting
to see them loaded with the masses that
we're coming TO help roll on the Copper
head ball. Alas, for human hopes and ex-
pectations The first train arrived, and
solitary stranger got of from the cars.
We saw him Immediately approached BY
the Chief Moguls, and concluded he must
be the masses from the East. Waited half
an hour longer, and the Western train ar
rived. Now they have come surely, said
we to ourselves. A few minutes later we
saw four individuals-al that came on the
trsin-couing across the track, and recog-
mixed them as the eminent speakers The
first stranger who arrived was then toWed
soross the track and Introduced He
proved 70 be an eminent speake too. At
this juncture q number Of men who had
been working near BY cheered Justify for
Brough, which must have producEd the SEN
sation Of dropping suddenly into cold wa
ter TO the eminent speakers. Again we
waited, remembering that freight trains
sometimes carry passengers but they
didn't that day sure. Eleven o'clock came,
and 50 did Copperhead and his wife and
two daughters. Next, wagon loaded
with sand, but he was not going to meet
ing, and we didn't count him. Next, q
one horse load Of melons. This appeared
10 draw well for q time. Soon after we
noticed the Berlin Band wagon coming
down from the woods, evidently looking
for the crowd that wasn't there when
the speaking was to take place Soon af-
ter few more teams came in, loaded prin-
cipally with girls, boys and women.
Strangers begsn to persmbulate the town,
enquiring for WhiEky, tobacco and peanuts,
and wanted to know where the meeting
was to be, and when it wac to come of.
7 At one o'clock six drummers and four If
ers took their position on the rsilrosd plat
form, and played Yankee Doodle, without
the Doodle, to get up q little enthusiasm
for the occasion. A little later q process
sion was formed, and eminent speakers in
front, behind the music, with stately step
and slow, marched 10 the battle. ground
At this juncture your correspondent got in
range with post, in order to count cor.
rectly, if possible, the masses, and this is
the result: lst four fifers; ID, six drum
mers; 30, six eminents; 4th, nine women
one girl and twelve men and boys, sll told
We then hastened to the ground, and al
near as we could count, and we are dis
posed 10 be liberal, men, women, boys
girls, Ccpperheads and Republicans, al
told, would not amount to two hundred
and fifty persons. Not one hundred voter
were there, including good sprinkling o
Republicans, whose curiosity was excited
10 see the show, and learn from these ora
ID eles Of Democracy new lessons, but they
couldn't see it. After singing Vsllsn
be digham song, they didn't pray, believe,
the speaking commenced, but as it was 81
much in character with all their speeches
1t would be useless to repeat them-abust
Of the Administration being the principe
theme, and laudation Of their own puri
patriotism. Speaking was announced fol
the evening, but it did not come of. tn
people had left for home. II
Respectfully, 2EEo.