The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-10-01
SHELBYVILLE.
Half hundred Thousand People at the
Democratic Rally.
Senator Voorhees,, Governor Gray,
and Judge Holman Speak.
ing simultaneously.
Hons. George II. vending, George w.
Cooper, and Jason Il. Brown on the
Stump-The Crush OF Travel to
and from the Rally-Greatest
Demonstration of the Cam
paign-Enthusiasm of
the Democrats.
SHELBYVILLE.

Senator Dan Voorhees, stood at the side of
the $3.50 train looking up to the top of car.
You're too stout to climb on top; let's get
On the engine" Governor Gray said to him.
State Senator Gus Menzies thought the party
must take the trip afoot. Jason Brown
wanted to append hand-car to the train.
Charley Cooper get into the baggage-car and
was squeezed ont latter that Peelle's hope
Of going to Congress. At length Frank
Mcdonald collared the conductor, and
George Carter threatened him with the Sher-
IFS Office and then another sent
for, and we were part OF the big crowd
OIL for Shelbyville.
in the gladstone sunlight. There were Cleve-
land and Hendricks drum corps, and ban
ners and badges, and caps and shirts, and
shouters Three cheers for Cleveland and
Hendricks" and the car rang with the raj
lying response. The passengers were packed
in the cars like sardines in boxes, and yet
ut every station the packing increased.
Shelbyville!
The depot platforms and grounds made
a sight TO look upon, even before the Indi-
annapolis visitors swelled the concourse as
sembled to welcome them. a uniformed
campaign club was drawn up in line with
band TO lead ii, ana when Voorhees, and
Gray entered a carriage in waiting rous-
ing shout went up in greeting of two of the
speakers of the day.
And the streets
Passage on them was tedious One might
have declared that all the buggies and car
riageS in Shelby and neighboring counties
were in line; that all the hacks in the Sec
ton were plying between the city and fair
grounds, and that all the people who could
possibly be coming to the great rally had
already arrived. The carryall take carries
all who can sit, stand or hang on-twenty-
six passengers. SIS there Blaine man here?"
sings out a merry wearer of a Cleveland
badge. Silence is the response, which is
finally broken by an old gentleman signing
out Poor Blainel" "Hurran for Cleve-
laDdp' is proposed by an ardent, and the
burrah is given with relish. A marching
club of 100 we are passing takes up the re-
Spouse. A bevy OF ladies IN a yard, over
the gate of which a Democratic streamer
floats, wave small flags at the boys, and they
shout again. The road the entire distance
is lined on either side with pedestrians
moving to the place OF meeting. "Hurrah
for Cleveland" again, and the cry is echoed
up and down the line.
Without the entrance to the grounds it Is
seen that all the vehicles were not in the
town. There is field full of buggies, car
riages Jersey aud farm wagons.
Now we enter the handsome fair grounds,
and. great Scott the people, the people. The
tables each $50 feet long, with their ladiDg
of twenty-five large beeves, ffty-three NUT.
tons and . 600 poultry are a show, the four
decorated speakers stands are a show, but a
more striking show than all combined is the
people, the people.
There's million OF them, eXclalms an
excited Indianapolitan.
That estimate is utterly and abominably
false in every statement and in every no,
not in implication" for the crowd is sug-
gestive of enormous figures. l have never
seen so large a one at political demon
stration, No man present ever saw such
one before. There was pith in
Governor Gray's opening remarks,
when the campaign opened, hall would
hold the audiences. A little later the Court
house yard would hold them; but now the
woods will hardly hold them." l rounded
up this audience. and my rounding com.
putes $4,000. questioned score of con-
| servative men as to the attendance. The
| lowest estimate land this by Republican,
was &C, GOO; the highest latter that million
aire) was 10000. The general expression was
not less than $4,000.
ASH entered the grounds one OF the stands
was already occupied by that exhuberent
orator George r. Vending, of Illinois. A
| handsome fellow is Vending, with win
some delivery of brilliant thoughts in fe-
| licltous figures of speech. There has BEEN"
he said, "much in the Republican party
to admire. l have myself admired her.
knew her, though then young myself, when
she was beautiful maiden with rosy cheeks
and honesty in the glances OF her bright
eyes; when her form was comedy and her
heart all parity. Then she had at her side a
Lincoln, q Sumner Wendell Phillips, a
Seward and a Greeley Anon / saw her upon
| the streets in bizarre attire, sneaking from
the presence of the good, but winking at and
keeping company with Stephen A. Dorsey,
a Steve Elkins. John A. Logan; with Star
route thieves and Credit Mobilier thieves.
And now we have seen her glide into and go
skulking down a dark alley. and say that
to day she is a creature whom no respectable
man can afford to associate with"
In strain OF delicious humor Mr.. Wend-
ling caricatured the false pretenses OF the
| corrupt regnant party, commanding at once