Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-10-20
MEETING At SMITHYILLE.
A Grand-Wh.AL s,..aii 1t Ee Callet

Grand-WhAL oi.Ati 1t Ee Called?
For some time past there has been q
rumor throughout this peaceful community
stating that the largest and grandest Re-
publican mass meeting would be held at
NJ. H. Miller's store on Thursday, October
IA, 1880.
About two weeks time had been con.
sumed for the selection of a pole in honor
of the great affair, and finally they
succeeded in selecting two pieces which,
they thought by splicing would be good
emblem for their assumed victory.
At last, after great anticipation, the
sacred evening arrived-as pronounced by
the Bengal Republican. And the elite may
be summed up mathematically as fc,.
lows at the time OF the raising
of the pole: SO of the crowd being com
posed of women 80 boys 10 being col.
Ored men and women, and the remaining
10 being composed of the white Caucas-
ian race of the community.
At the hour of 6 o'clock p. M. grand
hurrah for Garfield. coming from the
lips of one solitary Garfield Junior, was
the signal for the pole to take it's proper
altitude. After general exertion and a
grand repetition of % 'He-voes the pole
was standing once more on terra-firma.
The pole having its vertical position, the
spectators could easily see at a glance
what it was to represent as usual-a
poplar stick and hickory combined, the
end on which the hickory was attached
being set in the ground and the poplar
mounting to the zenith. The poplar stick
was stripped Of its bark, SO as to present
two distinct ideas.
This was unquestionably done for the
purpose of representing sectionalism. To
promote the general welfare in the North
and to degrade it in the South. But, since
this is a natural occurrence for the Repub-
will say no more about it.
At nine o'clock the nomination of Off
GERS for the meeting was made, under the
presidency of John StrOhm, jr. Mr.. Bro
sius, from the lower end, was first intro
duced and began his speech by saying,
that see SO many familiar faces and am
happy to meet them, &c." and that was
about all that fell from his lips of any COIL
sequence whatever.
Harry Strohm. now made his first ap-
pearance as speaker, a young pedegOgue
from Smithville. Since it was his first break
into the political arena we will pass him by
but stop-One word on one argument.
He says: attending to my school duties
few days ago, heard a fearful noise out
on the play ground. So I looked out of
the window, and good enough here was a
large rooster" growing for Garfield"
OF course we do not wish to take offense
at anything that the immortal youth said,
but we arc all aware that no rooster would
raise his eloquent head and articulate in
chicken language, Hurrah for Garfield"
since the man Garfield is and was a strong
supporter of railroads, and We all know as
we'll as the Democratic rooster knows,
that railroads and poultry arc deadly en-
emies when closely connected.
At this time, by some mismanagement,
the long -looked-for Gatchell had not az
rived. They soon succeeded in patching
up q team and sent after the man, and
came Just in time to hear Amos Mylin wind
up his few feeble remarks. Mylin, as
usual began telling his reserved tales
about his travels and explorations, and
after he had finished had left the audience
under bad impression about his jour-
neys. And after he finished. his party
was not benefited either morally or politi-
cally.
Gatcilell was introduced last and natu-
rally told the people that Mylin had stolen
his speech, and he did not know what to
say. Well, Inc began, and at tho same time
some Of his political adhercnts also began,
and when the said Gatche!l was done talk
ing his spectators were at a loss to know
who had done the most arguing-Gatchell
or his adhcrents.