The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-11-01
IMMENSE LIBERAL" SHOW,
Enormous Meeting on Moadau.

Enormous meeting on Monday
The Great Orators, Bond woodsor
and Congressman" Anderson
Blow to a Very Select and Quiet
Crowd.
Communicated
Agreeable to several weeks notice
by flaming posters, the great Demo
greeleycratic show came to town Oh
Monday last, under the management
of Silas Bond Woodson, ring-master,
with Hon. George W. Anderson, late
carpet bag member of Congress, and
LATE Dawson, of Maryville, as clowns
Quite early in the morning a ''pro-
cession from the North" was an
nounced, and the anxious loOkers-on
after professions threw their eyes up
Main street and discovered a body of
men approaching. On they came, aud
as they approached the crowd gave
back, and the professionals. Huff
man and Judge Myers, of Whitesville
passed by. There appeared to be
great enthusiasm in the procession.
After reaching the Square, the pro-
cessiOn was dismissed 10 await the
arrival of Others. 1t was announced
that the train from the south was ap-
preaching which was bearing the dis
tinguished managers and clowns be-
longing to the show. The train "ar-
rove" and from the rear cal emerged
the portly form Of Hon. George
Washington Anderson. He gave one
long, lingering look towards town,
and then rolling his glittering black
eve around on LATE Dawson, who had
arrived OIL the Northern train, in
quired, in language more emphatic
than polite, "Where's the crowd? this
is a devil of a reception for an tx
congressman and finest orator in the
Stale of Missouri" Dawson hushed
Anderson into silence, and told him
to be calm and wait till they got up
town. and then they "would see a
crowd But says Anderson, '.hOw
the devil are We 10 get there? where's
the reception committee! where's a
carriage? do these pumpkins expect
All cX-COngressman 10 walk from here
to town." After some delay, Dawson
persuaded a passing teamster to per-
nit them to ride with him to town.
Dawson, seated on q key of Bill
Prices white fish, looked anxiously
toward the public square, while An
dersOn folded his hands across his
front bay window and meditated OIL
the uncertainty of the promises of the
Savannah Greeleyites. While thus
musing the wagon stopped in front of
the express Office. Anderson sprang
up and calculated: ~ thank you, gen
tlemen, for this magnificent re-"
and then looked up. Dawson said:
'Damit, Anderson, crawl out; there's
nobody here" But there was. Just
then the delegation from the north"
(Myers ana Huffman), headed by John
Stewart. marched upand received the
distinguished shOwmen. They all
went into the parlor of the St. Charles
Hotel, aud for awhile all was calm X
cent George w. Anderson's bosom,
and that heaved like the pillows of a
mad, mad sea, as he inwardiy cursed
WOOdson for getting him into such a
scrape. In q few moments the pro-
cession from the west appeared upon
the streets. BY this time Silas Wood
son had got in from Lincoln town.
ship. where he had been visiting an
old friend who had known him before
his legal '.or otherwise" ability COM
manded $4,000 fees. "a delegation
from the east" rang out upon the air,
aud all eyes were turned toward the
rising sun to C the approaching
delegation. This was the last delega-
ton that came in, and was very en-
thusiastic. This delegations name
Charles NJ. Daily, and as it vas
announced the portly form of Ander-
son leaned out of the window To see
the coming of the hosts. AS it ap-
preached a cloud was observed to
pass yer the eX-Congressman's face,
and as il came up he pulled in his head
and slammed down the sash with an
oath. just th,n j. L. Huston APP
preached Charley and suatclcd from
his hand a banner which the process
sion carried, and exclaimed: 80. hOr-
rors, Charley, what do you mean?"
Aud. sure enough, the procession had
got a '6S campaign banner by mistake.
and on it in blacklist ink were these
words: "No Count Rodman pets Ill
0, the look that was on the
face of our friend Daily! In one eye
stood q tear, and in the other q tear
sitting down, and with a voice
that sounded like the rattling of ciods
upon q coffin, he exclaimed: Il made
a mistake; | had forgotten that Rod
counted Anderson into Congress
rs i Radical in the face of an over !
majority against Linz" The
was quickly out of sight, and
the procession-our friend Daily |
was marched off to meet the process
sion from Bolckow-Rees II. Talbot
and John Kildow. This procession
a banner on which was in-
scribed these words: "Dowu with the
bondholders," but whether it
meant down with Woods Oh or not did
not appear. One noticeable thing
about the "processions'' was that none
of them carried flags. The reason,
stated by q prominent Greeleyite.
being that they did not want to carry
The stars and stripes, and it was not
to display any other flag until
after the election. About 2 o'clock,
he management having decided that
Ardery's grove was too shall for the
had the court house opened
and called the show to order. The
mass of Liberals occupied the front
of seats, and the balance Of the
house was occupied by Grant men.
WoOdsOn opened the show by SINGING
4 song; said he was no speech maker,
he would have accepted Hender-
challenge, and for about an hour
be entertained the audience by sing