The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-10-24

81 q meeting held at Kluye's hall last
night 10 hear the report OF the committee
Of arrangements for the barbecue to take
place on Thursday next the following
named gentlemen were appointed q re-
ccp;iou committee 10 receive the sneak
er, on chat occasion: ). II. Oberly. VIM.
II. Morris. Z. u. oEockheth, ". =. Hal
liiay. VIM II. Green. l.. r. Blake. :. :.
Taylor. :. II. Irwin, !. IL. Mu.l,cy, +. i.
EiGe, UAo~. Wilson and I, BrosS. \
meeting o. the committee viii be held at
the BULLETIN. Office this evening at
O'Clock, at which j.. is hoped ali the
above named gentlemen will Doc present.
The ToHDH Gay Democratic Demon
stFUti1B'
The Mound City I~ga-J uuq1. of
Saturday last. contained the following
notice OF the grand Democratic demon
s,rauon in that place on Friday night.
2Jjh inst. The remarks OF the Argus-
Jo'ng7l, a paper that has not always
been Kind To Nh OhCrIv. about that
gentcmau's speech, are highly compl-
mentary and oughtto be day approc.a-
ted. u thiak the speech was good.
but the modest orator says lac spoke
under embarrassing circumstance, and
dil Lot DO himself iusticc-lhat he can
blat the Mound City harranguc "ali to
pieces" The J,u,pqi says:
The Tidou'aud Hendricks demonstration
IN this ciIy lat night far surpassed all
expedition entertained at the limeit WAS
planned. At the last hour almost Hon.
j. {. Robinson sent word OF his inability
10 attend according 60 previous promise,
hut we believe his place was none than
filled by Hon. John II. Cbcrly OF Cairo,
who delivered one OF the most eloquent
aud ciiectiYc speeches ever listened 10 in
this city. The capaciuu- Stokes uall WAS
crammcd, ana Il large number were out
SIDE. Mr.. Dhcrly Won from his iniell!-
gent audience the unanimous verdict, that
he is certainly the equal of most any
political orator IN the West. We have
not tune an which 10 review his speech
The portion OF II in which be 20; nearest
tn In, audience, We lhiuA, was ON the H.
uancial question, though all part. al ~,
subject were equally we'll handled. The
Republican financial policy, which hs
re ultcd IN the present times, lac ,lHuiatt-
tel SO clearly and turcibly tina, every
man could understand H.. and % comprt-
henG /, Wd- 90 Doe convinced oi iup cor
RICHNESS Ui the democratic position rcia-
tive "a n. The delivery Of the speech
occupied about two and one-halt I.uur>.
The torch!ight procession thatV prc.
coded the speaking was u magnificent
spectacle. Tho procession wa, about
nile in length aud wormed about the
streets like huge rcauacouda. Trans
parauoies aud banners were abundant.
and the procession moved to the music OF
tWo bands. The steam ferry boat, Three
states brought up several hundred men
rom Cairo, consisting of large delcg-
tons from all the iilden clubs, some of
them uniformed in elegant dress and all
bearing torches. Ia the procession we
noticed many of the leading citizens of
Cairo. Mound City owes Cairo "A re-
ciprocation of the grand turnout she
made last night.
The meeting in the hall was cnthusiay-
tic and met with no interruption. save at
"A late hour, when somebody set fire To A.
j. Dougherty's stable and the fire alarm
was raised in the hall. This produced a
little confusion temporarily and some left
the hall, but order was soon restored.
and the most OF those who lett returned.
upon which Mr.. Oberly resumed his
speech. and spoke another hour. The
meeting adjourned with cheers for the
cause, for Obtrly, Tom. Halliday aud
others.