The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-10-20
MUSIC, TRANSPARENCIES AND
BANNERS IN ABUNDANCE.
5000 PEOPLE LISTEN TO THE
SENATOR'S REMARKS.
THE LARGEST DEMONSTRA.
TON EVER MADE
IN CAIRO.
SENATOR TRUMBULLS REMARKS
CONCERN SPEAKER
BLAINE'S LATE SPEECH
AT CHICAG OGIV-
EN- IN FULL.

1T ID almost lmpossipIe ior us luis ulorh'
ing to give a full account of the great mass
meeting and demonstration last night, as
we have not the time necessary to go over
the whole ground. We Will endeavor
therefore, to give only the main facts. 1t
Was . demonstration OF which Cairo
may wcll be proud-certianly the
the largest Of the campaign 80 far. For
the smooth, uniform and satisfactory man
ner in which the evenings monster work
was conducted great praise 10 due the ex-
scu,ive committee Of the Greeley and
Brown club, and the several marsbals of
the evening. The delegations from abroad
were numerous but not SD large as was
expected, but the enthusiasm of the Cairo
peopls swelled the numbers who listened
to Senator Trumbull to immense proper
tiens.
Promptly at o'clock p. m. Col. Win.
ston and his assistants began to marshal
their forces at Thorntons block, placing
the horsemen, Of whom there we're one
hundred aud twenty five at the head fol-
lowed by the Padueah silver cornet band.
After these followed long line of foot
~,.7 Then came the Cairo silver cornet
band followed by the Greeley and Brown
club and other citizens. The procession
started on its line of march
st about clock following up CONNER
cial avenue to Twentieth street, thence to
Washington avenue, thence along the av-
enue to Tenth street, thence along Tenth
to Walnut street, down Walnut TO Fourth
street, along Fourth to Commercial ave.
nue., where the procession halted while the
delegation from Mound City,
headed by the cornet band
of that city, took their place in
front, and the long procession thss aug
mentsd in numbers passed along Com
mercial to Eighteenth street, along
Eighteenth street to Washington, down
Washington TO TUE BULLETIN building
where it filed off to the speakers stand,
arriving at half past eight o'clock. Long
before this hour seats which were provided
we're all occupied by ladies and by gentle
men who had taken no part in the process
sion, and many who had carried torches
worn out by the long march dispersed to
their homes.
Besides the horsemen who all carried
torches, there were over 400 footmen in
the march, who swelled the number u,
the speakers stand, to between two and
three thousand people.
Not single accident occurred during
the evening--not anything to mar il
pleasures.
Of the transpsrences we have onl.
time to mention q few. Tho ways a
Mound City were represented by
ship drawn on trucks, tasteful.
decorated, under full sail, and bearing oil
one side the inscription
THE bloody chasm ferry
On the other the following:
"Our ways are ways of pleasantness an
lead to Greeley. The ways of the trans
gressors are hard Granted"
Heading the march was the transpa
ency:
Egypt welcomes Trumbull."
Following i, another;
Grant is for himself"
Another read
'Grseley has no kinfolks.n
Another;
"No bull pups in ours"
Others we're rs follows
"Horace Greeley, the friend of labor
"Honest votes will make an houel
president.
"Real, net pretended, civil-service r.
form"
"One term::for the presidency"
IAN honest government vote for Gree
ley"
"Gratz Brown, the pioneer of Libera
reform"
Al the head Of the Greeley and Brow
club man marched with military pre
cislon wearing white hat four feet hig
and three feet broad bearing the tali
manic Inscription, "By this sign we COZ
quer.'
A perfect representation of the Stok,
House, in Mound City, was carried /
two men, bearing the inscription;
''Stokes House, Mound City and spoil
factory, all for Greeley
There was no lack of enthusiasm Ia
night. With music and the "Thund,
ing cheer of the street" the people ga
vent to their pent up feelings.
The marshas of the evening were G,
Winston, chief, assisted by Jno. II. Ro
inson, Phil Howard, Fred Kehlsr, Lou
Jorgenson, Louis Herbert and L.
Meyers.
At hslf-past 8 o'clock the meeting W
organized BY calling John NJ. Lsnsden
the chair, and the election Of other Office
~ follows: Vice.president, N. r. Case
and Z. Shipper, Of Mound City Jol
Antrim, p. g. Schulz, w. p. Hallida
Peter Cuhl, John Howley, De
mis- Cody, H. Wsrdner,
o. Lsughlin, and g. H. Greenle
Secretaries A. Cummings and NJ.
Hsrrsli. Of Cairo, and Len Fsxon Of p
duoAh.