The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-09-03
TIE GRAND BARBECUE.
Tremendous CroWd-Au About the
Speaker, What they Satd-Inci-
dents Of the Day, 20.

dents Of the Day, 20.
At ~ early hour yesterday morning
people from the surrounding country i'egan
coming in TO the barbecue. There we're
folks in csrriages. folks in wagons. phs;ons,
carta, on horseback, afoot and in every con.
oeivah!e way dad they come. On all the
trains there were numerous delegations
from different points and soon the streets
began 10 become packed with men, women
and children, horser and vehicles. All
seemed TO be taking in the city before going
out 10 the grove. On the eastern train sev-
eral distinguished speaken arrived from 81.
Louis. Crowds came down from Warrrns-
burg, Knob Ncster, Lamonie and towns in
the vest, Shile the trains On the branch
and the NJ. X. & +. all brought in their
full quota Of excursionis,s.
A trajp wac kept busy running TO aud
from the grounds all day. 4 BAz~ re-
tsOItcI "ne
ON THE GkoCND-
by ten o'clock and found already qmite .
crowd of people from the vicinity snd
many from the surrounding country. The
trenches were covered with cooked beeves
veal aud mutton in great profIsion. The
crowd at noon was estimated at about three
thousand people on the grounds. Numbers
had gone 10 the city TO return after dinner.
Numerous refreshmeht staIds were DIVIDED
with patrons. All of them will give a Ger
tain per cent. of their receipts 70 the yellow
fever districts.
The multitude surged towards the main
stand and soon there was a perfect sea Of
upturned fscee listening to the music and
waiting for the speaking to commence
After music by the Sedalia brass band
DR.. Thatcher took the stand aud put Ia
nomination Col Jno. r. Phillips a. chair
man for the day. This was unanimously
carried. Col. Phillips after apoligizing 70,
his hOarseness on account Of sickness fol
the last few days. paid an eloquent tribut.
to the Democratic party ant asked il
some said It Was dead, and made ruch .
showing what would it DO If alive. These
who think that the Democratic party il
going down and becoming ob-cured, ars
themselves in an eclipse. 1t is gathering
-~nrsh xii. rnhsn
to victory, 10 learning from experience
radiant with victory and patriotism itself
When a mushroom party headed BY
BrittOn 4. Hill talks about overihrowina
thu Democratic party il is the mere
twattle and twaddIe Of the goose that tries
to initiate the eagle soaring iu the skies
They think We are fools but are calculst
ing without their host, and will waKe up
to find themselves mistaken. They may
capture mere outpost, but they'll never
take the camp fires Of the Democratic party
that sreblazing over all the hill sides
Great applause all the way through
Col. Phillips announced that there would
be one more speech before dinner, and afteI
allading to the different eating departments
alluded to the department for the colonel
folks and invited them to eat hearty and
be Democrats the balance of their days
then he introduced
COL. JAMES o. BROADHEAD,
Oi St. Louis. Mr.. Broadhead spoke in sub.
stance a. fOllOws:-" il now twelve
years sgo since, in this county, address.
large number Of your citizens We wers
then engaged in disenfranchising our fei.
low countrymen Who happened ." BIC ,h.
wrong side during the late war. Ii Was a
long and bitter contest, but now these men
have the liberty Of voting. Universal suf-
frsge il extended toevery one, and the Dem.
ocratic party has no inclination 10 interfere
with any law passed to that end.
There was no queetion ~ to Tildens legal
election but he failed to take his seat. Why
Becau.e Of want Of courage on the part OF
the leaders. He believed that the leaders
we're responsible for il. II Tildeu had de-
clared his intention boldly that he would
be president the people would have sup
ported him in it. am not here TO censurp
snyone-am invited here 70 say something
Of the great questions Of the day that nov
divide tbeconn,ry. The speaker then hoped
that they would excuse him for putting his
speech in writing, but he had "stumped it,
through county after county and State after
State, Int Was getting old now and out OF
health 40 he would have to read his re.
marks from manuscript.
He spoke of the state sna national debt.
That il hung Ike an incubus on the ener-
gies Of the people. That the State debt vas
enormous and created when Gov. Flether
vas head of affairs. No one knows its hi--
tory better than us. At the close Of the
Franco-Prussian var the French govern
ment promised to psy two hundred
billions francs. and they paid it in gold
in two yea~. Our debt nine year, ago Was
s., jOO,O0O. and under . Radical admins
tration it has not decreased any to speak of
while the French debt Was twice ~ great.
Our people have bern deirauded by unfaith.
full public servants is the res.on that onr
debt snot paid OF like that Of the French.
The speaker then rpoke Of the Credit
Mobilier and the .ubaldix.tion Of railroad
monorolles rs the result OF Radical legisls.
tion. He paid a compliment to Allen G.
Thurman, Of Ohio, ~ fighter Of railroad
corporations. Compared the English circu-
lating medium With ours end gave the
Radica "HaiI Columbia ON their whi-kev
ring frauds and railroad rates Of discri,nin.
alton. He denounced the demonstration
Of silver and wsnted enough Of greenbacks
as . medium to meet the necessities Of the
people. He regarded the enforcement Law
a q kunahuu e<.o ovs,ocs;,. ,.,..l 81.