Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-10-23
PATTISON IN READING.
As1nnExsE TUKr-oUr TO GREET Hl-.

Most Successful POLITICAL Gather1nSs
Ever Known In the City.
Reading Dispatch to the Times.
It doesn't take much agitation to start
the fire of Democratic enthusiasm in this
county. Old Berks has always preserved
her Democratic antecedents, and to be
Democrat here is to be in the line of
social distinction or we'll on the road to
official recognition. The ambition OF the
average Berks county Democrat Is to roll
up such majority as viii balance the
Republican prepoDderano8 in Lancaster,
and the meeting on Saturday night, though
little effort was made to giyp 1t the dis
tinction, was the largest night meeting over
held in Reading. Tho visit OF tho Demo,
cratic candidate for governor has provoked
tho most intense enthusiasm. The streets
arc crowded everywhere, and the audi
ence in the Academy Of Music, capacious
as that edifice is, il but \ meagrc part OF
tho great crowd. A stand was hastily
erected in front of the building and thou
sands OF faces surrounded it. The process
sion in tho evening was y splendid pa
gesnt. The Democratic Corps Legion
headed by . martial band, tho Keystone
clab and the Americus club joined TO-
rcthsr their forces and the handsome uni
forms made an attractive exhibition.
Chairman Henscl's objection to torches
was respected in the main, but AZ the COL
umn marched along the Streots rockets
and Roman candles sent forth their color.
ed fires and spread y weird and beautiful
tint upon the buildings. Cheers followed
the evolutions executed with military pro-
cision and all incidents combined to make
tho demonstration an extraordinary one.
The personnel Of tho campaign tourists
has. somewhat changed since its return
from, the oil country trip. AS the special
pulled out from Philadelphia Saturday
afternoon at q o'clock sharp there we're on
board the controller, refreshed and rono-
waited; George NJ. Dallas, Charles Henry
Jones, Charles w. Carrigan, E. P. Kis-
ner. secretary Of the Democratic state
COMMITTEES Major Moses Tcale, Lewis G.
Cassidy. George II. Hoffman, James Gay
Gordon, ". G. Sommers, VIM. Carrigan.
John II. Read, Joseph H. Stichter, Of
Reaj ding, and Gordon Carrigan. Messrs
Veale and Cassidy left the party at Bridge
port to make a speech at Norristown.
A stop Of ton minutes was made al
PheGnixyille and Mr.. Pattison delivered
a brief speech to an interested assembly.
At Pottstowu very large crowd had as
sembled ct tho station, among whom were
DR.. John Todd, NJ. L. Longackof, VIM
Auchenback, w. II. Antrem, DR.. j. s
Weller, Ephriam Ffftz. DR.. J. II. Sheeb
ex, Burgess Henry G. Kulp, A. X
Lorah, John A. Wanger, r. Nor
gan, w. II. Shuler, Samuel Het
Eel, ]. w. Golden, L. H. Davis
editor of the Pottstown Ledger, and Can
didate for the Assembly Joseph E. Yeager
William Eddleman and hundreds of others
Mr.. ,Pattison. briefly referred to the grow
ing industries Of that thrifty city and tn
| intelligent interest Oh the part of the peo
ple to the duties Of citizenship that goot
government may thus be secured and tn
} best interest Of the people conserved. A
the train moved out George F. Baer, F. 5
Jacobs and II. NJ. Keim, representing tn
Americus Club, Of Reading Congress
man Ermentrout, representing the Key
stone Club, and Senator Edward II
Shearer got on board to escort the part
, to Reading, at which place the train 500
, after arrived. Carriages conveyed then
, to the Keystone hotel, in the parlor G
which reception was held.
Elk Congressman Clymer stood on on
side Of the candidate and Congressma
f Ermentrout on the other, and hundreds
, citizens, among whom were Judge Hagcr
man, Dr. A. Smith, Henry D. Green, Cal
9 didate for Assembly A. j. Keppiemar
DR.. Harris, chairman of the Democrat
county committee Stephen A. Mcredit:
; chairman of tho city committee n. Il
, Po.tsger, w. Van Reed and many other
paid their respects. This continued for a
= hour, when Mr.. Paltison was driven +
q tho residence of Mr.. Clymer, who's
. guest he was for supper. Return
,. ing. the reception was resumed and COZ
tiDued until the meeting began. The il
door meeting was presided over by HEST.
f Clymer and Messrs. Pattison, George \
a Dallas and Senator Gordon made speeche
. At the outside meeting A. J. Kepplema
presided, and speeches were made by job
r. Read, George II. Hoffman, who talke
a in English and German Candidate Patt
e son, Daniel ErmentrOut, VIM. II. Sno1
e den, Of Allentown, and Wayne Hayma
of Reading. A reception followed, whit
> continued until the departing train VI
due, which terminated the most successf
+ political meeting ever held in Reading.
,,| SHACKLlNG AN ELEPHANT.
It Dom Pedro Put In Chains at the ZOoIogic
Garden.
The keepers of the Geological Garden