The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-10-08
LOCAL MATTERS.
AN IMMENSE Crown,
The Boss TOrchIIght ProcessfOn--1hc
Kfng-Speech of the Canvass.

The announcement that Hon. Geo. II.
Williams would address the citizens of
this city on behalf of Garfield and Arthur
on Monday evening last, brought out an
Immense crowd, composed of the very
oe>t intelligence OF Linn county. About
seven O'Clock in the evening the Lebanon
train brought in near two hundred people
from that vicinity, who marched from the
| ". & Z. depot into the city with banner
AMI torches, making imposing appear
ance. We noticed quite spri.Iking of
ladies in the procession. carrying torches
'Rah for the ladies-ticy have more
courage than some of the male Sen,lrr who
I claim TO be Republicans. As the Lebanon
procession marched in, the Garfield and
Arthur Club of this city was forming at
the Court House. The torches were Iit
and led by .hr Mechanics Grass Band.
was soon on the march down Fourth TO
Lyon. down Lyon to Firt, up First TO
Ellsworth. where tile procession halted a
moment to receive and e-cort Judge
| WiI!iams 1" :he Court nnu>e The pro-
cession then moved ot up First to Ferry
out Ferry 30 Fourth sti,e,. AID down
Fourth to the Court House.
The procession WAS undeuiably the
largest iii pHiut OF numbers eyer witnessed
| Ill Albany, while Tie streets were lined
with thnSe who would have fallen in could
they have obtained torches
The Court House was crowded to
Suffocation, while large numbers were I'M
| able to obtain aHnriitance. No such throne
| of people was ever witnessed in that build
ing before.
| Besides the Albany and Lebanon Glee
| Clubs, splendid orchestra aided in max
ing the occasion most interesting aud at
tractive. The vocal and Instrumental
nusic offered was of the very best order.
and never has been exceIled ON similar
OCCASION. As we have said before we say
again. Albany against any other COM
munity for first class Republican music.
Judge Williams spoke about two hours.
delivering snch Il speech as only he can
make. clear, logical, forcible ard convine-
ing and so plain that all could follow him
without an effort. 1t was a masterly
effort tristling all through with facts and
arguments that were and are incontroverti-
BILE. He made the boss speech. aud it
will produce fruIt OH the second day of
next month. 1t opened the eyes of some
who had been persuaded that 1--WE needed
change" it awakened the weak-kneed
and careless to Il sense of the duty they
owed To themselves and their country. at
this, the most trying hour OF our existence
as nation. He proved by the acts of the
present Congress, the bills there pending.
the assertions of leading Democrats and
Democratic papers, together with the
platforms of the party adopted in Nation
al Conventions, that ifthe party succeed
ed In 'lecting Hancock all the legislation
enscred by Republican Congresses since
the close of the war was TO be declared un-
constitutional and void. This was to be
done 10y increasing the number of supreme
.judgts-all of whom are to be appointed
from the ''solid South''-so as to give the
Demo rats a majority on the Sunreme
bench. The law enacted by Republican
congress, f"i bl idiHg the appointment of
ex-rebel officer to an office in the U. s.
military service, will be repealed, all
Union officers turned out and ex-Confed
crates appointed iii their stead the tax OF
whisky and tobacco repealed, ard the ill.,
come tax law revived in its stead the
''rehel Claims mounting to nearly two
thousand million dollars, paid; the
present banking law repealed. and State
banks revived, filling the country with
"wild cat'' money, worthless rags, thus
unSettiing values and creating such a
financial panic and disasters as were never
seen in this or any other country. These
and other facts were so forcibly stated and
the proof so clearly given that no inteli-
gent aud reasonable voter could fai, to be
convinced of their truth. And there were
those present who thanked God that they
were present TO hear for themselves and
understand the meaning OF the sssolid
S'uth'- standing menace to the peace,
tranquility and prosperity of the country.
The speech was listened to thronghnut
with the closest attention-no man has
ever delivered a speech OF such length in
the Court Horse of this city and received
| such universal and undivided attention
| After the meeting adjourned. the pro-
| cessi on again formed, escorted Judge
Williams to the Revere House. and then
escorted the Lebanon delegation to the
depot. After music and rousing cheers
for our Lebanon friends. the train pushed
ont with its precious freight. and the pro.
cession returned to the Court House and
/ disbanded.
Later in the evening the Ladies' Cornet
Band repaired to the parlor of the Revere
House, and comnlimented Judge WILL
iams with serenade. Judge Williams
returned thanks in a neat sre ch, COM
plimerting the young ladies' highly on
their excellent music, remarking that the
President of the United states and him.
self enjoyed the distinguished honor of
being the only two men in the United
States who had ever, so tar as he knew,
been eomplimented by sersnatle from
foil band composed entirely of young ana
| handsome ladies.