The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1880-08-17
County Correspondence.
/. reported for The Spirit of Democracy
-CLARINGTON NEWS.
A Democratic Pole Raising on the
4th and TOrchlight Procession
Accompanied With Trans
paroncieS at Night,
Speeches In the Afternoon and at
Night.

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According to previous arrangement
by the Salem Township Hancock and
English Club, notwithstanding the rain
of Monday and Tuesday, the I'd and Sd,
a pole was brought in from the woods
of our fellow Democrat, Arch. j. Good
hue, and deposited near the place Of
raising.
II was discovered on going for the
1pole that some miscreant had, during the
night alter it was felled, sawed of some
thirty odd feet of the top. Another piece
was procured, and necessitated the max
ing of two spliccs This however, was
readily done, and at 2 P. M it was raised
in manner pronounced perfect sue
cess
Then followed short speeches by Hon.
Henry Maury, President of the Club
Jacob T Morrill,. Recording Secretary
James Rutter. Corresponding Secretary,
and Judge R K Walton They were
all introduced by Professor Wire in
his apt and pleasant manner. A recess
was then had until night. The audience
was quite large and during the recess
seemed to increase rapidly.
At night the first was the torch ligt,
procession The march was by twos
and when formed, there being some two
hundred, it was about the length of the
street from east to west. The march
was through the principal streets. and
occupied about an hour. II wss 0ue con.
tinual hurrah for Hancock, Eus..sh and
Warner. -
The transparencies we're grand. On
one was large E%- with large cock.
Another, on one side, "No DeGolyer
Garfield in ours.' On the second, "No
Credit Mobilier in ours" On the third,
Nv. S. Hancock, the Soldier Statesman.
There we're two bands of martial mu-
sic. One made up Of our township, ex-
cept drummer, Mr.. Muse, of Marshall
County, w. Va. The other, the Wolf
boys of Cameron, Adams township =
These bows are self-made musicians. and
after the first speech at night, mentioned
hereafter, they sang campaign song
wicb was listened to attentively and in
terestingly and cheered.vociferously
After the return to the stand the
torches we're dispensed with, except
enough to light the platform and sur
| roundings, and the Hon. A j. Warner,
our present and next Representative in
Congress, was introduced to the very
large audience by Prof. W. F. Wire, in
an unusually appropriate and happy
!, style. He spoke for some two hours
I handling the various points presented in
an entertaining and beneficial manner
and with perfect ease to himself.
Judge R. K. Walton was then intro
duced anew, and connecting what he
said with his speech in the afternoon,
and that of Gen. Warner, make happy
and interesting termination of the exer-
cises so we'll begun and successfully con-
Quoted throughout.
Another TRANSPARENCY showed in red
letters, "Hanc0ck, English and War.
ner."
The various committees performed
their parts with promptDess and satis-
faction. The committee of ladies that
prepared the dag, which was some l0x2O,
were Mrs. Matte Rutter, Mrs. Lizzie
Litten and Misses Ettie and Adelia
Newhouse and Miss Jettie Schutty. Mr..
Jacob Roemer donated the material =
The Marshals were N. A. Martin, j. W.
McKlmmie and Jacob T. Morrill,. Mr..
| Thomas Howell is commended for his
energy in obtaining the pole. Messrs.
John Hill and Thomas Walton done the
splicing; Mr. Henry Schutty, the neces-
sary iron work; Mr.. Walter Litten ham
died the rigging successfully. Assisted
by the vast number present twas com.
plete success throughout Very many
others we're specially efficient, in their
aid of which mention would make this
article too LENGTHY,