The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-10-11
Beavers Ovation.
The Quaker City Greets the War
Manned Candidate.
Kelly and the Candidate at Industrial
Art Hall.
The Population Turn Out i'm Mass To
Swell Republican Ranks. Hear Re
publican Doctrine and Herald
Republican Victory in Next
November.

Republican zeal for the success of
Gen. Beaver and the whole ticket fill
ed the streets of Philadelphia on
Saturday evening with dense crowds
of people, lit the city with colored
fires, sent long professions filing
through a ringing salvo of cheers
and huzzas, and set tingiing the
blood of half million of people
with music, oratorv and the tramp
of the party army. The centre OF
all enthusiasm was Industrial Art
Hall. where Congressman Kelley
and Gen. James A. Beaver, Repub-
lican candidate for Governor, ad-
dressed an audience of four thou
sand persons. The demonstration,
however, was not confined to the
hall, which could contain but a small
fraction of the thousands who surg
ed to its doors and turned away to
watch the brilliant pageant on the
streets.
AS early as I O'Clock Chestnut
street was crowded, butnot with the
usual Saturday night throng, who
wander aimlessly this way and that
with wavering purposes and listless
step. 1t was noticeable that there
was but one stream of people on
each side of the street, and that their
steps were all turned in one direc-
ton. North Broad street Sas their
goal, and by So'clock that thorough
fare, from the public buildings to
Callowhill street, was almost solid
mass of men, women and children.
In front of Industrial Art hall an
electric light aided two calcium re-
Electors. on either sideof Vine street,
in lighting with binding glare the
front of the building and the NOV
ing stream of people. Opposite the
hall temporary platform had been
erected, from which speeches were
made whenever a cessation of brass
music and drum beats would per-
nit, by Major Nevin, of Delaware
county, Isaac H. Shields, VIM.
Brotherhood, Adjutant General Lat
ia. Ex-senator Lamon was the
president of this overflow meeting.
From s o'clock until 10 there filed
past :he hall ward and union clubs,
and the street was constantly filled
with lights, banners, music and the
beat of drums.
A BLAZE OF ENTHUSIASM.
The meeting inside the hall was
in every way successful. Numbers,
enthusiasm, speeches and organiza-
tions were all that the most ardent
lover of the party could have wish
ed. From the moment when Chair
man Cooper, smiling and hopeful as
ever, introduced the portly and dig
nified president of the evening, Geo.
H. Boxer, through the reading of
the distinguished list of vice presi-
dents, through the close knit and
logical appeal of Judge Kelly, up to
the last SYLLABLE which fell from the
lips of Gen. Beaver, the sympathy
of the audience failed not for an in
slant, and the tense enthusiasm and
high wrought interest tagged only
when the weary citizens dispersed
to their homes. At the opening of
the meeting. the centre OF the hall,
where the seats were placed, was
filed and a listening crowd stood
patiently on the wide space of floor
around the seats. Later, when one
or two ward clubs had brought their
contingent. and when people who
had waited outside to catch a glimpse
Of torches ard banners began to
come in, the hall was packed from
wall to wall, and the galleries SEEM
ed bursting with humanity. The
greeting to Judge Kelley, as that
yrizzled statesman advanced to the
'front.' of the platfarm. testified to the
proud esteem in which he is held by
Philadelphia, and was VAIN re-
,ognition of the work which the or
ltor had done for the protection of
industry. Frequent ap-
pause, too, punctuated his speech,
which was heard. at least in por-
ions, by many more than the hall
could hold, for the edge of the au-
iience was constantly frayed by
osses and additions, the outside tu-
nult drawing some away, whose
places were quickly taken.
BEAVERS RoUslNG RECEPTION.
The grandest episode of the even
ng was the arrival and reception of
,an Raaver His coming was her