The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1880-10-28
SALIVA RATIFIEs m HONOR Of THE
OCTOBER ELECTIONS.


Republicans were on the alert early
Thursday morning preparing for the
grand ratification over the news from
Indiana and Ohio. The day was cold,
and there were some indications Of a
storm but by night the heavens were
cleared Of lowering clouds and there
was u clear, beautiful starlight. Du-
ring the day MARYLAND, Dodge 4
Moore and J. C. Rash 4 Son decorat-
ed the front Of their stores with red,
white and blue streamers, making q
very attractive appearance. All the
flags to be found in the city were rails
ed. Republican headquarters-bOth
In the JOURNAL block, and at Judge
Cunningham Office were adorned
with q prOfusiOn Of small flags; SO al
SO were q number of other houses. At
about half past 8 o'clock the Garfield
Guards. to the number of about thirty,
headed by the cOrnet hand, marched
to the depot, to receive the delegations
expected from McPhersOn and Linds-
borg. Upon the arrival Of the latter,
it was found that there were Us uni
formed torch beares-abOut 80 OF
whom bore flnmbeaux, as well as about
100 other persOns-a large portion Of
whom were ladies' The torch men
were under the command of Capt.
John F. Hughes, and the precision of
their movements and martial bearing
were much admired by spectators. The
McPhersOn hand accompanied them.
The fianbeaux club made it very in
teresting to the spectators, rs there
were many in the crowd who had
never before witnessed these novel
flanieinakers. The line of torch bearers
Icing formed the column advanced up
Santa Fe 10 the intersection of Santa
Fee and Iron avenues, where the line
was formed for the grand parade.
Three bands were placed ut proper in
tervals i'm the column. Transparent
cies, some of which were inscribed
with telling notices and sketc hes, APP
peared here and there i'm the grand
sea Of fire. A number Of the most
pointed caricatures and sketches were
designed by Arthur Day, who is prov
ing himself to he u good edition Of
Mast. Messrs. Vim. Berg, Ed. Culp,
H. ID. Baker and ID. J. Addison were
i'm charge Of the column, and rode as
gracefully and seemed as much at
home as nlarshals Of the Empire. Be
sides the Mcpherson torch men, the
Garfield Guards Of Salina and numer-
GUS other men from our city on foot,
there were delegations from several
townships ia our county. The men
from Greeley made good display
with their banners and transparencies.
There were about 100 hOrsemen vino
bore torches. The charger body Of them
were from Eureka tow aship and were
commanded by Capt. Selfridge and
Lieut.. Tinker. The Solomon City
squadron" was commanded by Capt.
Smith. Most of the men were old
soldiers, and the cavalry movements
were really very sOldier-like. The
column having formed on Fifth street
marched on to Iron avenue, to Santa
Fe, down Santa Fee TO Ash, on Ash to
Eighth, on Eighth to Iron avenue, on
Iron avenue to Santa Fe, on Santa Fe
to Prescott avenue and return to Iron
avenue. During their march there was
magnificent display of Roman candles
and sky rockets. And rs the air was
illuminated with the fireworks, the
torches, the flames of the fiainbeaus,
and filled with the noise Of anviIs,
blare Of bands and cheers Of the peO-
pie. the enthusiasm was intense.
Nearly all the business houses on
Santa Fe were illuminated, the Dem
ocrats vying with the Republicans to
make 1t u success. Among the resi-.
dences which were handsomely ilIu-
minated were those Of Oscar Seitz, T..
Z. Culp, f. H. Gibbs, NJ. NJ. Briggs,
J. }. Crippen, J. w. Pierce, Neil Hag-
CART, +. NJ. HamiltOn,-in fact, nearly
all those Oh Santa Fee were more or
less Illuminated. Mr. q. X. Bagley's
and +. l.. NOrtOn's residences are
especially worthy Of mention. The
Grand Central made fine illunlina-
ton.
Having come to halt i'm front of
the speakers stand, which was erect
ed under the shelter Of the New York
Store, the ranks were broken, and the
crowd gathered To hear the addresses.
The first speaker was Capt Geo X.
Peck, of TOpcka-lately L. ;. District
Attorney. He Was gracefully intro
duced to the vast thrOng by May
or Radcliff, President Of the Garfield
club Of this city. The burden Of his
speech was based upon the joy full
tidings from Indiana and Ohio. His
play with the cal,alistic ''33.a,y'' Kept the
Sio"u w faux TIE
time. His fine delivery and elegant
sentences quite captivated his audi
enee. Surely Capt. Peck is one of our
hest stump speakers. He WAS followed
by Hon. John Francis, State Treasu-
rer, who dealt principally upon the
condition Of our State finances, and
made splendid showing. After the
speaking. the crowds fingered for
awhile listening to the music Of the
bands and INDUCING in cOngratula-
tiOns over the splendid success of the
meeting, and then quietly dispersed.
The number Of people present is va
riOusly estimated at from 5000 to
5000. The torch bearers numbered
over coo. The officers Of the Garfield
Club are entitled to great credit for the
manner in which they managed the
lest display which has ever taken