The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-08-28
THIRIY-FIvE THOUSAND PEOPLE
a- PRESENT.
Especial Dispatch to the Daily Press.

Especial Dispatch to the Daily Press
BANGOR, Aug. 27.-The great Republican
gathering to-day the largest demonstra
ton ever seen in eastern Maine. The streets
were literally damned full. 1t is estimated
that between thirty and forty thousand people
were present, including delegations from abroad
in every direction. The trains from Orono and
Oldtown brought two thousand and the Maine
Central four thousand A grand procession
was formed containing between three and four
thousand horsemen, volunteer sodiery, re-
turned soldiers and sailors, bearing battle
scared flags, veterans of 1872, firemen and
Grant Clubs, with music and banners with ap-
propriate notices, making a column over a
mile in length.
A monster meeting was held in Davenport
Square, which was ado ressed by Gen. Sickles,
Hon. Henry Wilson, Hon. Lucius Chandler of
Virginia, and Others
The crowd was so large that a second meet
ing was organized, and addressed by Hon.
Hannibal Hamln, Hon. j. A. Creswell and
Ex-Governor Hawley of Connecticut. There
was immense enthusiasm.
This evening meetings are also being held
in Norombega Hall and in Davenport Square.
Both places are crowded almost to suffocation,
Thousands were turned away from both places
A constant stream of people were going to
and fro between the hall and square with the
vain expectation of finding a chance to get in
either one place or the other.
General Jersey presided over the afternoon
meeting in the square, and Charles P. Foster.
Esq, over the meeting in Norombega Hall this
evening.
General Hinks U. s. A., General Sickles,
Ex-Governor Hawley, Hon. Hannibal Hamlin
John A. Peters and other eminent speakers
are now and have been addressing the masses
Penobscot is good for from 5000 to 1000 maiori-
ty this fall. I'll.
RIO the Associated Pressl
BANGOR, Aug. 2.-The Republican demon-
stration to-day was by far the largest political
gathering ever in this city, and probably in
the State. Extra trains were taxed to their
utmost capacity. Boats came in crowded, and
the roads leading into the city were swarming
with teams. A delegation of three hundred
came from Ellsworth, twenty-six miles by
land, and other neighboring towns turned out
in like proportion. t5E
At noon procession was formed, one of the
principal features of which was battalion of
five. hundred returned soldiers and sailors,
bearing the battered battle. flags of the gallant
Second Maine, and also of the First Heavy
Artillery, and banners with suggestive if not
appropriate mott0es-one of which was, "We
go for Seymour as we went for Lee"
delegation of forty soldiers of the war of
1872 in carriages, aud car of wounded soldiers
carrying the motto, "This is what we owe to
the Democratic party" Then followed mount
ed men, the Grant Clubs of Bangor and neigh
boring places, military and fire companies,
base ball clubs and various other organizations
The procession numbered between three and
four thousand by actual count
The pavilion was filled before the procession
arrived. and a stand was erected in neigh
boring field. 1t was impossible for all the
crowd to hear, notwithstanding the speaking
going on at both stands at once.
In the evening Norombega Hall was densely
packed, and the pavilion and about it was
thronged. The two places were nearly half
mile apart and the sidewalks were crowded
with people passing to and fro in the vain
hope of getting chance to hear the speaking.
Among the speakers were Maior-General Dam
iel Sickles of New York. Hon. Henry Wilson
of Massachusetts,, Ex-Governor Hawley of
Connecticut, Hon. j. A. j. Creswel of Mary
land, Hon. L. 81. Chandler of Virginia, Gen..
e. w. Kinks of Massachusetts, and Major
James Haggerty of New York, besides Hon.
Hannibal Hamlin, Hon. John A. Peters, Hon.
Lewis Barker Hon. s. H. Blake and other |
home talent.
1t is unanimously conceded to be the most |
successful demonstration ever in Maine, and is
several times larger than any one in Bangor
since 1854. A political estimate of the num-
bers would be say from 900 to $4,000. A fair
candid estimate would give from $4,000 to
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