The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-08-14
DEMOCRATS.
The Opening Rally of the
Campaign Last Night.
\ MAGNIFICENT TOCH-LIGHT PRO.
CESSION.
AN ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING AT THE TENTH
STREET STAND.
ELOQUENT SPEECHES By LINEGAR AND HART.
ZELL.

Last night the Democracy Of Cairo begal
TO show their strength and manifest thei
zeal. A splendid procession with torche,
in line, bontires and fireworks, made the
night look glorious, and quite out-showr
the new moon Last night was only tbC
beginning Before November the Democ
racy of Cairo and Alexander county will be
able to put in line a majority Of the voter:
of the county Mark our prediction. The
signs and omens all look that way. Last
nights Democratic demonstration was I'M
deniably the grandest Of its kind that has
taken place here Tor many years. 1t was
not mere parade of political organiza.
ton or the wild excitement
of mob, but it was a
grand out-pouring of the people from the
outermost limits of the city, and the honest
enthusiasm OF intelligent, thinking, hopeful
men, whose knowledge OF the purposes Of
the demonstration was thorough, whose con.
victions of Republican perfdy were deep.
rooted, and whose judgment could only be
influenced 10y fair statement of facts
These people--all citizens Of Cairo-took
part In the glorious affair because they be.
ieved that it was an endorsement of true
principles, and because they felt il their
duty to lend their efforts snd influence to
the cause Of good government in this land.
The preparations for the affair had been
very extensive. Three clubs had been or.
gained and equipped. A thorough IN.
derstanding and good feeling existed be.
tween all and none were willing to lose
the opportunity 10 manifest their strength,
Eleven hundred torches and one hundred
suits, the latter belonging to
the BOOSTERS were on hand. The other
clubs not having had time TO secure
their outfit, came out in citizens
clothes. Thirteen piles of old barrels were
built just below the Tenth street stand,
which were lighted one after another as the
procession passed UP town. 4 large guam
tlty Of fire works in the shape of various
kinds OF air rockets hal been purchased By
the committee; numerous buildings were
illuminated and flags Of all sizes were
waving from windows and gate posts. A
large number Of transparencics had also
been constructed and highly interesting,
truthful and hitting notices painted there
on. The sidewalks, everywhere, were
crowded with moving mass OF children
and ladies'; boys were perchcd on house
tops, awnings and hitching posts; men Of
al! stations and both col |
or' were either fastening
to the club rooms or, being Republicans.
were standing around with hands in their
pockets ridiculing the efforts of their poit.
ical opponents; trying in vain to convince
one another that there was TO be q sicklv |
turnout, or, standing quietly by, and with
faces expressive Of concern, hoping to see
this demonstration as miserable failure. !
such as their own had 50 far been But the |
signs would not permit such as these TO
feel satisfied, and they abandoned the
ground.
The procession was by far the largest
that has taken place here during this cam.
paign. II was more than twice as long as the |
the Republican procession when their can
didate for congress was here to draw them
out; aud the honest enthusiasm that pre-.
vailed throughout was in a marked con. |
trast with that which characterized the Re. |
publican demonstration. The members of |
the several clubs gathered at their rcspec.
tive halls st an early hour to begin prepa.
rations for the march. The Third and |
Fourth ward clubs were lead by the
Comique band and joined the BOOSTERS in |
front of their hall on Ohio levee. At about
eight o'clock the immense column was
ready to move. The marshas, Capt. VIM
NJ. Williams ard 7. W. Shields and Messrs
D Hara and Shelett, each wearing an at.
lractive regalia lead and directed the col
lmn. Lights from various cmncnces and
4 number Of bon.frcs at the street corners
along the entire line Of march, added to the
effectiveness Of the scene. The transpar.
,ncies were numerous and bore very appro.
pirate notices, Chief among these was the
irst one in the procession, il being a trans.
parent coffin containing dummy repre-.
,en,ng Il corpse, and bearing on either side
The inscription: "Garfeld and Arthur,
lied November 3D. 1880" The Others
we're distributed at regular intervals
throughout the procession, and
were inscribed respectively, as fol.
lows: Hancock the hero Of the
war;" Hancock the statesman in peace;'
Twenty years Of corruption Is long
mo salary grabs" mo votes for
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