The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1880-09-26

The Great Asti.Gs6Ile Rrsee~.
siss IN sAn franeiSeC.

Aiesiueut nAyeB unN NJ last had nm
opportunity Of seeing to u small extent
the deep feeling thu ci,ilsns Of the |
Pacific Coast have in r-gard to the
Chinese question. and How bitterly the
necursed race. which is stealing the
bread from the moatl,s Of our children,
Is hased by the laboring classes. The
The anti.coolie parade in San Francisco,
Saturday night would have been 6fty.
fold larger had il not combined With Il
party Significance. it being in fact. the
first parade OF the supporters OF Han
cock and English. or rather Of the vnr-
ious organizations which form the
nucleus Of u p,rty's vote. Another cir
cuuittance also tended TO lessen its VOL
ume, and that was the fact that the idea
Of IN anti Chinese parade during tho
presence Of the President in that city
originated with the W. p. o., bul owing
to their tardiness Of action, the Demo.
cratic leaders stepped in ahead OF them,
and in brief "stole their thunder"
and invited them to assist in the demon.
stration. This naturally somewhat
lncensed a large Number Of men, who
abstained f*o& swelling the ranks of
Democratic parade Sy the Blues and
Gruys. Hancock Central Eegions, etc.
In spite. however, of these and other
drawbacks. the grand torchiight process
sion was one which reflected great
credit upon the various Clubs which
took part in it. and il was one which
gave to the thousands upon thousands
ofpeople who crowded the long line of
march from Howard up Montgomery u
Washington. thence up Kearney to
Market, to Mission and Seventh street,
a scene which for beauty aud inter, st
will not be forgotten for long the.
The sight Of 5000 staIwart men, hand.
somely uniformed, carrying 1000 torch
lamps, burning blue 8re; dischargine
fireworks, and toHSd dozen Of bands
playing inspiitihs national airs is ono
pleasing. interesting and inspiring.
But when 1t is known that each man is
sworn to strive to rid our fair land of
its natural foe. the Chinese leper, and
that tho numbers that swellsd the ranks
were bas d 1.-THE Of those who have the
same sentimen', stt8 u eroeessI6n BE.
comes matter Of pride and hope:
There was the usual display OF cam.
pnigu mayims and notices borue sloit
i'll the flaming column. Satirisal, patri-
otical. prophstic and humorous phrases,
in illuminated text, challenged tile atI
teution Of the crowd Oh The sidewalks.
HancocE's letter Of acceptance was
largely drawn upon for appropriate
notices. but exptessiona 81 hostility to
Chinese immigration cunslitAted tNG
bulk Of the transparencies. From the
number displayed by the different or.
ganizations, We select at random tue
| following: ~
Morton headed the ChinGie eom.
mission in 1876. Tom Reynolds sold
him the State"
mo Cinnamon in ours"
| "Garheld 5toEo against and then
doased the vote on tho anti Cool;e
BILL"
"YouDg men. your FIRST vote should
be cast for an honest man"
mo Tomfoolery after po1t Novem.
ber."
Virtue. Liberty md Independence. 4"
"Republicaus must | sie wa, il they
don't drink it,"
"rho Chinese eat no meat"
Garfield can never make his official
garments clean hereafter"
"This is q white mnn's Gdyernti6dt,
aud we will maintain that fact.
"Thc Maine cause OF our coming VIC.
tory"
"RsHiemhcf the fraud of 1876"
"Cnlifornia's vote against tho Chi.
nese, and for Hancock, 1ii.G)S.
Get out ofthe way Jim Blaine, you
are too late TO carry Maiue."
mo Coolie slaves"
"Rememb,r the Hancock vote will
send them anoat."
ben Butler saw Chinatown and was
converted"
"Talmngc loves the Chinaman, but
only for Gods sake
IdRea.yrara "
John W. Forney will take care OF
Pennsylvania!
From Maine 10 Ioue Mountain Is
solid iot Hancock
God said Lot there be tstif' aud
the sun rose In Maine"
az little Republican isw and then is
teiished by Ch!6stieb."
"Tho Giiihese eat Matzos, " vas ex.
pressed Oh one sido In HobteF, ! . on
the other In Ch,rese Characters.
"Ben Butler hns found out the integ.
fly Of his Eays."
'Ho will never stop TO agitato until
every Chinamau Is driven from our
shore"
Our Country always. We arc always
ready"
"Bad Eggs. illustrated by q pictutc
bf two eggs, large aud a sniall one !;
INTENDED Tor Garfield aud Arthur. On
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