Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-10-31
Grand Democratic Finale 1.-The Democ-
racy Close ont aud Hizzie out-They
Htotdt-Ernnt's What,s the Matter.

hiotd Whnt'a the Matter.
Our Democratic friends of Storey and
all the adjacent counties got together
last night for their final demonstration
Of the campaign. They fully realize
the utter hopelessness OF their cause,
and evidently did not intend their little
furry of a procession and illumination
last night to be anything more than u
grand, handsome, formal, public throw
ing up the sponge arrangement. To do
them justice, they did it up with a neat
and handsome flourish, and we congrat-
ulate them upon their complete success.
They are played out, cleaned out and
kzzled out, but we do not feel disposed
to crow over them. We only desire to
record this, their ultimate shutting of
Of the political coil, and write their cpl
taph as follows: Sic scn.Per Democracy.
Requiescdt IN pace. i
Hilariously did they tramp along B
street, Virginia, with music, torches
aud ,ransparencies, hurrnhing when
ever they could see an illuminated win
dow. Over the Divide they struggled,
a. least one candidate that we know Of
Keeling along as drunk as blazes, in
very desperation over his now apparent
defeat. They marched down into Gold
Hill, where they were joined by the dele
cations from this town, Carson, Washoe,
Dayton and all the country around.
quite a number of horsemen were in
the procession, but only one hundred of
these were thus riding /; all the rest were
on foot, except the gay and festive Mar
shals and Aids, who might be classed
as the pail bearers to the great funeral.
II looked indeed sad and melancholy to
see the remnants of u once powerful
party 60 mournfully winding their way
down Gold Canyon in the direction Of
the DEVILS Gate, the Republican band
Of music at their head plaintively play
ing /" When Johnny Comes Marching
Home" They weakened, however, be-
fore they arrived at the DEVILS Gate,
and turned back to Virginia. No EN-
thusiasm outside OF their ranks marked
their way through Gold Hill. The busi-
ness houses had their shutters closed,
out of respect to the melancholy cortege,
but DR.. Gin Hin, the Chinese physician
on Main street, and quite a number OF
other Democratic sympathizers had
lights, fancy p~aper-lanterns and other
illuminative arrangements, in front of
their shops; several respectable dwel-
lings and places Of business were also
illuminated, but no steam whistle
shrieked its shrill notes, and the
only sound saluting the procession was
the ~loud-barkiug little Democratic NOR
tar, which they had mounted on Fort
Homestead. In coming down here,
Johuny Doyle, the Chief Marshal OF that
procession, simply accomplished the
feat ascribed to Napoleon, where The
old song says Of him
Great Bonaparte and ten thousand men
Marched downthe hill and marched up again.
Up at Virginia, where Democracy aud
other similar diseases arc more preya-
lent than at Gold Hill, they were evil
IDENTIFY more at home. Many houses
and places of business along Z street
were illuminated, some Of them pre-
seuting a very beautiful appearance.
At the risk Of sighting some OF the IL
luminators, time and space ooiiges us
altogether to refrain from mentioning
the fact that all the little cribs, dens
and ~she-bangs along G street were also
illuminated. However humble II person
may be in life, their we'll meant efforts
in that line should be appreciated, even
though they should be.able only to raise
two candles, like the China washermsn
did, o short distance from Bob Apples
residence, whose front bore n big trans
parency on which was inscribed, " No
China Labor" This was ~discourag-
ingly rough on the aforesaid washer
man, but did not effect DR. Hop Lock,
next door, who also had his front office
windows nicely illuminated. The Chi
nese always burn candles ut a funeral.
We presume Billy Bird, the well-known
colored barber, merely illuminated his
shop front with II sharp eye to business,
same as did many of the whisky mills
along the street. The Savage dump
was beautifully strung out with oriSht
lanterns or candles, and bontires blazea
from the summit Of Mount Davidson and
one or two other elevations n IN
street several rockets, etc., were "iso
le. of as the procession passed, n
the street really looked quite brilliant
Among the many transparenc'es car.
ried in the sad procession, we did not
see one which bore n motto original,
spicy or sensible enough to be worth
mentioning. There were about l,ooo
persons in the procession, though the
estimates Of others make it much less.
Nm r. strect they were addressed by j.
d. Hambleton Of California, Col. 1. ii.
Williams, Il. X. Mitchell and others.