The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-16


reaentatlon - Republican state Con"
ventiOn and the Chances of Ets gandE~
dates Nominations for Congress In
the Three st. Louis Districts.
Especial Correspondence of the Democrat
ST. LOUIS. Thursday. October TO- 1878.
We are now in the middle Of fair week and
st. Louis Is filed with strangers. From the ap-
pearance of the streets ct night ono would sup
pose that all the people in the State were here.
The theatres and circuses and beer garden con-
certs and other places Of amusement don't be-
gin to hold the pleasure seeking population Of
the city. Fourth and Fifth streets, from Frank
lin Avenue to Myrtle street, are thrOnged with
people from early In the evening until after
midnight. The principal business houses along
these thoroughfares are illuminated, and many
Of the stores that generally close ut s or G
O'Clock In the afternoon are kept open till mid
night During the day the strangers are. for
the most part.
AT THE FAIR.
and such jam rs there is therel The exhbi-
ton buildings arc crowded and the amphitbea-
tre which seats 10000 people. is generally we'll
filled. The exhibitors In the agricultural field
have hardly room in which to run their ma
chimes and the live stock department is, OF
course, always tbronged with farmers. Most Of
the departments are better represented this
year than ever before The exhibitors are from
almost every State In the Union, SO that the
| show may be said to be o national one,
| In one of my letters last spring / told you
| that the st. Louis business men were talking of
having Il grand "Mard Gras" parade through
| the principal streets Of the city some night
| during fair week. and that the figures, clothing
| and paraphernalfa generally Of the Mystck
| Krewe Of New Orleans had been promised
them for the OCCASION An organization for the
consummation Of the plan was effected very
uuiely--in fact, so quietly that very few out
siders knew anything Of it until short time
| ago. when the announcement was made pub
| Iicly that the
| "MYTHLCAL CONCLAVE OF YELLED PROPHETS
| would make their first appearance In St. Louis
In grand street parade on the night Of Oc' ober
| g. Tuesday night Of the fair week. The an
nouncement was circulated far and wide by
| large posters and hand bills and circulars and
| through the columns Of the daily papers here
vee TO M o5 o a Of int
| the beginning nf the fair, the undarakers Of
| the enterprise feeling sanguine that once here
| the attractions at the fair grounds would keep "
large portion Of the visitors in the city the bal
ance Of the week. And they were right for every
thing has turned @ oat a as thez hnd h9ned and
came off last Tuesday night, and sucn q crowd
Of people as blocked up the streets along the
|
| st. Louis. The route was from the building of
| the Prophets" ;" on Twelfth and Market streets
along Twelfth street to Washington Avenue,
down Washington Avenue to Fifth.street then
| to Myrtle street then to Fourth street. then
| back to Washington Avenue to the open square
in front Of the big bridge, and then along Third
Prophets gave grand ball in honor Of, the
occasion. Every window fronting this whole
the tor W stor of the hIg6es bnIdings beng 40
| exception whatever. Seats built after the circus
| style had been erected on Temporary balconies
along the fronts of many buildings, and they
were Of course. crowded with people, as was
the sidewalk below and the sides Of the street
for distance Of from ten to twenty feet barely
After the parade / heard an old resident of
Paris say that the thirtieth Of June in the
ErenGh capital " wes g pot equal II IN RESPECT to
Of the parade itself | can say that it surpassed
all expectations. Ninetenths Of the people had
never se9n M Mard- aras procession, and they
| course, were disappointed for It is impossible
to please all But with those exceptions the
spectators were perfectly we'll satisfied with the
| show.
| THERE WE'RE SEVENTEEN FLOATS
The Fst the gfcIq pGgol tie
| third was occupied by collection Of primitive
the fourth and a monster, "Centaar,' on on the B
serpino and and Pi"to. The a9den n0G GLOBE was
the name given to the eighth and Demeter
occupied the next float, and Triptolemus the
tenth. The next six represented the Fruits"
| 'Plowng." Sienus and his attendents Bacehus
| in his chariot, and Industry" and Wealth" !"
The last was reserved for the King Of the Yelled
| Prophets, 81 colossal figure brought from
| Memphis.
New Orleans and Mem phis furnished all the
| figures and trappings, and most Of the charac-
ters were probably recognized at once by the
| residents Of these cities present among the
| spectators, Other names were, however, given
to most, Of them and all were changed more or
| less. About tho only fault found with the par
ade was that the floats we're too close together
one followed directly behind the other, giving
| characters and leading features Of each group
| Everything else, however. was Just as it should
| decision. Ihe parade VAS In fact; so much Of
a success, that the Yelled p ophes have decided
to keep uD their organization and have another
spectacuar PROCESSION next year [ am told
that they OWE their building paraphernala
and everything CONNECTED with 1t, and that the
The parade Tuesday night is said to have cost
| about $40. 900, raised. the whole amount, by in
!, diVidual subscriptions.
| THE REPUBLICANS
held their State convention in st. Louis yester-
mated full State ticket. Ex Senator John g.
| Henderson was the leading spirit in the con-
yention and the author Of the platform adopted.
Lust night the party held q mass meeting at
| Mercantile Library Hall and ratified the nomi-
nations ana ~ lndorsed ga TIE the patfqprm There Is
| wipe out $1,000 Democratic majority. The
| Greenbackers have O. ticket which will draw a
few thousand votes from the Democratic party.
but between the Greenback mon and the Social
lists. the Republican party will loose about the
same number. SO that with full vote the
| Democratic plurality can hardly fail
below $4,000. The 9reenback men have also
made nominations for Congress in most of the
districts In the State. In this city they have
nominated Mr. Eshbaugh, q Granger in the
First District. Mr.. -- In the Second District
and Mr.. Van Dilen a member Of the Municipal
Assembly and assistant superintendent of Bel
cher's sugar refinery. in the Third District.
| THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES
are Martin L. Clardy in the First District Eras-
tus Wells in the Second, and r. Graham Frost
In the Third. Wells was In Congress from 1865
to 1876. He did not tnter the race for the Demo
cratic nomination until day or two before the
primary election. but he carried every ward in
the district except one. His competitors were
Marmaduke was a candidate in the start, but
withdrew before the primary. Wells election 1e