National Republican., 1880-07-06
Il Po1E-RA1s1Ss At BOWIE
The Fourth OF July Celebrated with Han
cock Demonstration,

The quiot town Of Bowie, eight miles from
Washington, on the Baltimore & Potomac
railroad, was moro than usually excited yes.
terday. The unterri6ed and unwashcd de.
mocrgcy assembled to raise pole in honor Of
Hancock The performances commenced about
l o'clock. A bole was dug, Omblematic Of the
democratic grave, aud the pole placed in posi-.
tion. A large crowd, consisting of seventeen
men, one colored man and two boys, proceed.
ed to set IL on cud. When up 10 an auGle Of
twenty five degrees the fellows at the southern
guy.ropcs pulled too hard, and down IL came
with a crash. hickory broom made Of corn
had been fastened to the top. Thi. was broken
OF by tho fall One chap picked It up aud
waved II. mnRhing for Garfield. After some
time il was again tied on, and tho erection Of
the Hancock emblem commenced anew After
much yelling every fellow bO,siug the job, 1t
was placed I'm position aud u misCtably faint
effort made 10 give three chccrs 1t has an
upper stroGmcr with these words, Maryland
5000 majority A lower one, sftcrward run
mp by a rope, reads Hancock aud English
| The broom is dressed in black aud rcd which,
IL was stated, meant blood aud no quarter to
the enemy. 1t leans very much to the south,
indicating that that Is the only section they
expect to sweep. About twenty colorcd mon
stood around, but refused to help. The few
white republicans grinncl with awe at the
majestic banner
lsWlCI III lut NdN tue large ana ehlNu.ldrtlc
| crowd was augmented by some fifteen more
mon who came strollng into town from the
| pines, first one in a flock, then two in u flock
aud then throe Ivy themselves. A platform
| was erected and man called Spiudlcshunks
called the gsgC G,blcd multitudcs to the stand.
A few cane reluctantly. There were niue at
| the stand including Spindlushamks and the
/ speaker. In front Of it there were seven, in
| Cludiug q colorcd man reclining ON his elbows
/ and ppgtrtnpntirtl unrurutng \ proWl pi
white aud colOred republicans stood at the
side some distance away laughing at the cir
! Gus. The 1ag was run up and an effort made
| to cheer, which completely broke down.
The Hon. Mr.. Bowie was then introduced as
"our clcctOr," and he proceeded to say that
they had made him an ecctor at Balti.
more, though many men more worthy
and more capable might have been selected
which is probably the case. He called uron
| 'all OF you who love hwyer country to hear
him, for II charge Garfield was traitor tC
this country, ana ] will prove II to YOU" HC
said some said General Washington was
federal, but do not know how thnt vas HC
then pitched into General Garfield about th,
! Credit Mubiler,n and said he would quot,
1920 aud that he got this Jv ~ check on thC
sergeant at the arms" and that tho character
| Of Garfield was black aud helish.' IhCs,
words were taken down from his lips,
He then proceeded to praise "Gencra
Winfield Scott During the speech thCr;
was fellow named Somncryhlc Clancy
who acted rs committee on applause aut
responsive alncus. He suggested to the speaker
the addition Of Hancock" TO the Genera
Winfield Scott. Alter some effort the speaker
accepted the amendment lie praised Han
cock tremendously for whipping the rebels
declaring that "if honor is due to any ono MAJ
more that another it is to Hancock" Villa
the eX.couicderatcs will think OF this descrip
tiou of the way Hancock slashel them about
moved thom down aud slew their leaders re
mains TO be seen. He made 1t appear that HI
was a greater man than Meade, an ADLER gen
cral tbau Mcclellan ana n bigger man thar
Grant He had saved Gettysburg" or els
"the heroic Lee would have marched onwar,
to Philadelphia without serious OPPOSITION
For this he thought Philadelphia should mono
Hancock.
But" spid this descendant of tie inventor o
the Bowie knife Hancock is to be hOnOreC
not only ms warrior but also as u states
man." The proof under this head was u hcay.
job 1t consisted in referring to his prOCluma
tion in Texas and Louisiana that the civi
power should govern in time OF po"oS' II
; said lie bad told this to "the carpet'Dag gov
of thunder: "DO you want u better Statesman
than thisW Tins brought out the committc
; on applause with thrilling olfcct-iu fact, Il,
. was Us full of cheers for Dick Bowie as be wi,
y full Of-wcll, Prince Charles county has loca
option, ana there were only two bottles O
: democratic arguments on the ground wiIlCl
was the reason the third cheer always resulte
in tHlie. After declaring Hancock 10 b
+. "th0 greatest living light Of pStriotism,' an
e something about remembering the people q
that young town rs long as he had breadth
0 the speaker subsidcd. Before tho com
mittce on applause got in his work, hear,
: u racket aud thought for Il moment that tn
n gyasuutus had broke lose aud was as mad a
forty bears with their tongues wide opcu an
their mouths hanging out. l looked, and be
w hold the Hon. Cyrus CarriCks was on TIA
stand. Ho commenced in Il trcueudousl
- beautiful strain, much superior to tho iDrme
; speaker: "Du you know where you are? ID,
{ you know what you are doing? DO yoU kBo,
what air you breathc" At this point ma
a OF the colored persuasion, who WIS reclining
q as aforesaid, on the grass, created much merIi
ment by crying out "Oh! can't my fuhC
talk2' The tumut and laughter took th
roof of, and tue assembled hosts adiOurne
v for cider
3 ! have seen q great many political meet
ings-somc awkward, pitifully small ones;
have seen ludicrous scenes, but of all The gr,
j. tesQuc burcsqucs aud ridiculous performance
=, that | ever saw or heard Of, the fourth Q
y Bowie eclipses all. Such Il silly crazy prt
cceding never saw before, and l really wor
9 der ii one in five OF those Hancock yc'pers ca
read and write What must be the darkenc
condition Of the mind that can be fed on sue
= trash, RAMBLER.
e ALL Ore invited to attend the grand conccr
}, given oyery evening ut Driver x schoAcld
Summer Garden.