The Republican journal., 1880-09-09
Brass and Wind.

| THE FUSION PARADE. 16S STAND Up TO BE COUNT
| ED. SPEECHES OF GEN. WEAVER AND OTHERS
| The Fusion demonstration ",i>s sd. fol. f'c
short of what had been predicted for it, in nearly
| every respect 1t had been extensively advertised,
men had been sent out in every direction to drum
up recruits, and free conveyances were furnished.
The oVer-coniident Fusonists boasted that Belfast
would see bigger crowd than that brought here bv
the Masonic Celebration July 18th, 1879; and that
| eleven bands would reud the air with their brazen
music. But it was of great expectations un-
realized special train in the morning brought
some two or three hundred persons from the towns
| along the railroad, and perhaps as many more in
| cluding women and children, came by private con
| veyances. The stockton party, exclusive of band,
numbered A.; the Monroe party u, and the Liberty
| party %. These, with others, united to make up
''grand" procession which included three bands,
and nearly one hundred carriages. but which con
ained by actual count only GS mcn-th the remainder
were women and children. The >earsport, Monroe
and Liberty bands were joined on the arrival of the
steamers by the Linconyille and Ninalhavcn bands
and the Singhi band of Kockland
Arrangements had been made for an open air
meeting ON the school house common, where stand
iad been erected and seats placed A little after
: T. NJ. the meeting was called to order hy Mr.. c. +.
"'ill''t' WHO nplnnttctl NnerlH Baker tur chair
man. Gen. Weaver not having put in an appear
ance, chairman Baker called upon W H. Mel eIlan
to fill in the time Mac had just got well under way
and wa indulging i'll little rag baby talk when
Cen. Weaver arrived, Then h- clouuunce vas
s"othcd to rest eectually As a real baby is sooth
| ed by Mrs. Somebody's soothing syrup and three
cheers were given for the Grecnb;tck Presidential
candidate Gen. Weaversp spoke foran hour or more,
and made GOOD Snpptl from His -tuuI ,,,i,t H.,
Is an effective speaker, and is evidently too intclli
gent a man not to know that talking ,ireenhacki-m
At this day is dead horse He was Frequently and
heartily applaued. He said that things are bad
enough down South that with fair count the
'freenbacktrS could carry Alabama IN 10000 ma
J"rty and Mississippi by like majority, IIe.,iid
not propose. he said, TO cover up a cancer on th,
b"dy polite, and he then ON 10 declare tiIa
therc was buldoHins in the North well as in the
south Perhaps he had in mind the count out at
Augusta last winter When Mr.. Weaver concluded
he called for three cheers for raistcd and Murch
ana they Wtr, given followed hy three cheers for
weaver fh' Gen. Pllisted wa introduced snd
h"r'l tine audience with the lowest sort Of dcmagog
any aht stale patituc4 until he had reduced tie
crowd at least one haf. 4 few remarks from
Gen +. NJ Lee of New York closed th. afternoons
proceedings little before -iN o'clock cen Zee
Wa> very ~"licitous that the power of jaime, &,
Blaine should be broken. and called upon hi, hear
err {" pledge themselves to leave no stone unturnr
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enough T. satisfy linn, AMI three more were, called
for, which We're no impro, emcnt on the first Then
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