The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-09-28
MIGHTY MAINE.

GAINESVILLE, o., SEPT 2lst, 1880.
Since my last Maine has been heard
from. The Republican press up to the eve
of the election were sanguine that they
would carry the state by a majority from
ten thousand upward, and now they shyly
say that the state went just as they ex-
pected it would. To show how confident
they were Of success in that state, on last
Monday evening, they had cannon on a
hill opposite the city ready to announce the
victory. The Courier advertised that would
bulletin the returns by calcium light on
an opposite building, and other grand
arrangements were made. Alas, poor
RAIDS, the cannon was mute, the Courier
failed to bulletin the returns and they all
went home sick at heart. 1t was the hand
writing on the wall: "As Maine goes so
goes the Union"
How different with the Democrats, Tues
day yesterday Judge VIM. Lang, our
candidate for secretary Of the state, and
Senator Thurman were advertised to speak
at Music Hall. A hundred guns were fired
from the hall in the afternoon the Repub-
licans had left the night before, and the
town was gorgeously decorated with bunt-
ing in honor of its distinguished guests, and
the victory in Maine.
This being a manufacturing city and the
laboring classes largely predominating, II
was in the evening after the workshops
were closed that | witnessed one Of the
most magnificent scenes of my life AS
early as seven o'clock the streets were
thIonged, but at halt past seven Main street
from the bridge to the hill Gts full length
and Fifth street were one living mass of peo-
pie. 1t was almost impossible TO move
through the density of this throng. The
esplanade at the court house was a compact
bulk of humanity. At about this time the
nine ward clubs of the city entwined them
selves around the principal streets, headed
by brass band and followed by the drum
corps of each ward.
Old citizens of both parties assent that
it was the largest and finest turnout they
they ever witnessed here. The fireworks
on the route was brilliant rockets, roman
candles and blue and red fires contin-
ually lighted up the streets. At the
court house and Clarendon hotel the dis
play was magnificent, and would have put
to shame Mystic Krew fete or jockey
club champetre.
1t was far past nine O'Clock when this
grand demonstration ceased. Music hall
was then packed and two thousand on the
outside were trying to enter to hear the
speakers. To accommodate this mass, odd
Fellows hall was obtained, and while Judge
Lang spoke at Music Hall, Ey.Congress-
man Milton |. Southland addressed an
equally large audience at Odd Fellows
hall. This looks as though Ohio vas wide
awake and meant business, at least in this
section of the state.
1t was after ten o'clock before Judge
Lang finished MS address, when the chair
man stepped forward and introduced the
greatest living American statesman, Sena-
tor Allen G, Thurman. Since the last time
saw him his hair and beard have turned
snowy white. He is q man of ordinary
height and build. He wears his beard a
la Dan Rice and his eyes havea melancholy
expression, and throughout all his speak
ing he spoke feelingly of the issues. He
ridiculed the charges Of the Republicans as
absurd, and wondered why man OF ordi-
nary intelligence could believe them. He
abused no one. He did not even refer to
Garfelds record, and said he never indulg.
ed in villifying character no matter how
black It might be. Judge Lang who pre-
coded him, however, raked up the boys,
and as he is an honest old German, his
words were rough and to the point. Thur
man felt satisfied that the state would 90
Democratic, and Lang remarked that he
had been in many counties, associating
with the people. He had not found one
man who had voted for Tildea that did not
intend to vote for Hancock, whilst other
wise he found men who had voted for
Hayes IN each township amounting to a
dozen, that intended to vote for Hancock
The Judge said he had carefully canvassed
the counties of the state, and was as GER
tain as he was living man that the Demo
Gratis would carry it in October, From
personal observation can say the Repub-
licans are pretty blue, and the more reas.
enable ones have given up the idea Of ever
electing Garfield. 1t is now whispered that
if both Ohio and Indiana 60 Democratic,
Garfield will be withdrawn and Grant runs
instead, but this only twittering of Grants
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