Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-11-01

Day heu Ftres "S
Candles aud Rscksss-The BiE'
gsss Pageant or the Campaign.
The Democrats Saturday night had o
big anti. Chiaess. James G. Fair demon.
stration. 1t commenced by q ~torchlisht
procession and ended by speaking at
Pipsr's Opera House and on B street.
Virginia.
Abou, $50 that evening the Demo-
cratic organizations of Virginia formed
in line, carrying about 1900 torches. aud
marched up G street toward the Divide.
The display wal particularly fine. The
men at first marched four abreast and In
regular order. Subsequently they
crowded up and jostled and were Ave
and six deep. Along the line were any
number Of transpsrencies with notices
and designs which were intended to be
telling.
In the line too were wagons wherein
fireworks were In an active state Of dis
play. Alex. G.. Mckenzie was there
with his Fourth. of-July battle ship we'll
trimmed. decorated and manned. On
another vehicle miners were striking and
turning drills as in the mines. The line
Of March was well illuminated too by
rockets and Roman candles.
Previous to the moving OF the process
sion Q flag which had during the day
been thrown out from the flagstaff on
Mt. Davidson was lighted up by red fire
On the summit. and there also fireworks
were used to advantage. Many OF the
private houses along the streets through
which the procession marched and sew.
sral business places on G street were
decorated with flags aud illuminated
with Chinese lanterns, torches, candles
and gas jets.
This pageant moved along up G street
toward the Divide, where the reflection
on the sky told that the Gold Hill part
Of the procession was already In wait
iug. Alter the VirRinians reached the
Divide the Gold Killers, bearing about
600 torches, were admitted to the illumi.
mated line and the whole then went down
B street. The toot Of steam whistles
from many Of the hosting works, which
began q half hour before. was ct this
time almost deafening.
The finest part Of the show was as the
entire procession filed past Colonel
Fairs residence. The Colonel himself
stood on tho balcony. and when the
head Of the procession reached a point
opposite him. the signal was given to
.'ire up" aud rockets and candles were
discharged from the line aud from the
house and from tho summit OF Mt.
Davidson. where red. white and blue
lights were Of binding b%rilliancy.
One thing was plainly noticeable about
the cheers OF the men in line-they were
ready to shout vigorously for Colonel
| Fair, but, when cheers for Hancock were
called for, a very large proportion die
not shout ut oil. There were in the pro-
cession too many boys. These were
yell-rs, but not voters.
The crowd OF spectators In virgins
was very large. In fact, almost every
body was out, either in line or as specta'
tors. After the procession went south,
there was q rush for B street, and soor
from Taylor street to o point Opposite
the Corporation House. the ground wa
black with people. There they stood III
after the procession forced Its why
through and passed n
While the procession was passing or
north and coming around again there
was a push OF lookers.on for the Opers
House. Ladies very 500 filled . large
proportion Of the dress circle. Aitel
| the procession was dismissed most o.
II disappeared like the fitting Of q swii'
wing 10 visions. Few went into th'
Opera House. Mr.. Piper declares thai
there were at least 800 more people
there the night before to hear Simmon'
and Jones.
An endeavor was made to have thu
people listen to speeches outside, ant
for that purpose two stands had beef
erected on u street, one opposite th'
Courthouse, the other north OF Unior
street. The stand opposite the Court
house was not used ut oil; the othei
only for a short time. The men put GU
their torches and made q dive for thu
saloons which were crowded till Q lat
hour. DR.. Bergstsiu and General Cluni'
talked at the Opera House.
As a as could be counted the tota
number Of torches in line was less thai
two thousand; yet the Democrats do
clare that three thousand torches wer'
given out and that there were two hun
dred men who were unsupplied. Tbi
would make 5000 men in line. Blu
whether $500 or 1000 the demonstration
was certainly very hns and the Demo
Gratis have reason 10 be proud OF II.