Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-08-25
THE CHESTER COUNTY DEMOCRACY.
Tho Monster Mass Meeting In NIOrtonyille
Last MIGHT.

The Monster Mass Meeting In NIortonville
Last Night.
The Democrats of eastern Chester county
again demonstrated last evening of what
stuff their party is made in the minority
counties, where it tries mems souls to stand
up year after year against adverse politi-
cal odds and where the chaff is winnowed
from the party in the tempests of raging
campaigns. A pole raising was advertised
for MortOnville at 6 o'clock and speaking
at 80 p. m., but no one supposed that the
occasion would attract anything like the
thronS Of people that assembled early in
the evening. The village itself has very
small population and is situated on the
Wilmington & Northern railroad five
miles south Of Coatesville. The surround
ing township is East Fallowfield, and in
the neighbOrhOOd are the villages Of Ercil-
dOun, MOdena, MarshalltOn and others Of
greater or less note.
Chas. ledder, the popular Democratic
landlord, is a host in himself in the way
OF energy and organization, and it was
largely due to him and his cOadjutors
in the good cause that when the time
came to raise the pole there were enough
strong arms ready to do it. 1t was
beautiful straight hickory tree, los feet
long, with clusters Of hickory nuts on the
bushy top. When a Lancaster visitor saw
it horizontal at $50, with the recollection
Of some local mishaps in his mind. he pre-
dicted that it would be 9O'clOck before it
would be up. At 7:3O it stood straight rs
an arrow and as faultlcss in it's attitude as
our candidate. A fine flag with the names
OF Hancock and English was fun. to the
breeze, and before 8 p. III. the delegations
from distance began to arrive on the
grounds. a special train run twice from
COatcsville brought down abOutl25O voters
with the COatesville flute band Of ten
pieces. A mounted delegation Of forty
men from Marshallton rode gaily in.
Parkesburg, DOwningtown, FernwoOtl,
Avondale. West Chester and other points
sent in strong representations, and by $50
there were from t. 500 to 1000 persons OH
the ground, with lively music from the
Coatesville band, the Parkesburg band and
the Fernwood band. The upper balconies
Of the house were thronsed with ladies, and
the lower porch was handsomely trimmed
rs = speakers stand. Scores of wagons
carrying delegations Of from five to twenty
kept arriving for hours.
The meeting was organized by the elcc-
ton of Squire James Wilson, q staunch
and veteran Democrat, Us president, and
numerous prominent members OF the
party as vice presidents and secretaries.
1t was then addressed ut length by W. U.
IcnseI, esq, of this city, and Robert i.
Monaghan, esq., OF West Chester Geo.
POntz, the popular campaign singer of
this city, giving the audience three or four
of his original and taking ballads. They
were all listened to with close attention
and received with rounds of applause.
The visitors were handsomely entertain
esi by mine host Yedder and by T. q. Rod
enbaugh, of West Bradford township,
president Of the MarshalltOn Hancock
club, whose Democratic peaches arc not
matched by any Republican fruit in the
state