St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-29
THE COON RALLY.
Hung We're the Heavens in Black
When the Oil inspector Tapped
Fresh Barrel.
The Man and Brother, Twenty-Five of Him,
Proceeshed and Struggled, Dripping
and Plunged Whooping 'er up for
Blaine and Logan.

The colored Republican rally advertised
TRANSFERRED last evening and afforded the
would be great one more chance before the
public. 1t was inaugurated by a torchlight
procession and terminated with speeches
from local talent at the club room corner of
Jackson and Sixth streets.
Shortly after dark the man and brother
began to assemble and each grasped the
torch that was already trimmed and burning,
but as the committee was more enthusiastic
than the coon rank and file there were aboEt
three torches to one coon and they were
fain to supply the deficiency with whites.
About thirty-hve of the men and brother
snatched a torch while about fifteen white
men and boys did likewise. They were of
ali colors and shades from the ace of spades
black down to the light salmon colored,
and under the ftful glare of the
torches it was almost impossible to tell where
the coon left off and the white began. The
command was massed on Sixth street with
Dicks band at its head the right resting on
Sibley. The line of march was down Sibley
to Third, up Third to Seven corners, down
Seventh to Sibley and then by way OF Sixth
again to the hall of the club. The beautiful
weather of the afternoon changed as night
fell to a dismal cloudy sky whose inky black
ness was quite appropriate for the occasion,
and which shed dismal tears Of regret over
the line Of march alike upon the plug hat
of the aristocratic coachman and the fancy
dress suit or the hash singer.
Arrived at the hall the business of the
evening began by the escape of one of the
1iofo ole r.-I,r Id 8 4,
by Frederick D. Parker (coon), president of
the club. Before he opened the door of the
cage he made an apology for the Republican
nominee for congress, whose lungs were
weak, he said, and whom he regretted was
notpresent, but who might possibly arrive
yet. At this suggestion the windows were at
Dnce closed and some one in the back part
Of the hall began to shake the coal crate. He
then, as before stated, led out O. |. (oil in
Spector) Castle. He Cthe Greasy at once
began to unwind. lie was glad to address
his colored fellow citizens. The war
was his most fruitful theme
and he worked it for all
it was worth. He said that the great Demo
cratic generals who came out of the war
such were all failures, while those who came
out Republicans were grand success. The
colored men owed their allegiance to the Re-
publican party for it had given them all they
had and were. He knew they would be Re
publicans even when Cleveland was elected,
but if Cleveland was elected they would he
reduced to a condition worse than slavery.
Gratitude should be the burden of the colored
mems song.
The tariff next received his attention,
which, he said, enabled the American laborer
to purchase more food and clothing for 81
than he could in any foreign country, but he
did not state that the usurous policy of the
Republican party had so crippled manufac-
turing enterprises that the American labOrer
who was forced to remain idle so large d
share of his time could not begin
to save the number of dollars
that his English competitor did. The oil
inspector then tackled the currency, which
he said was the best in the world and was
given by the Republican party, no doubt
having reference to the campaign funds
which were being put where they would do
the most good TO the o. ~. He had no
good money, but he had samples of some
other kinds He showed samples of the old
Wildcat bank issue, which were one dollar
bills (there was no oil inspector in those
days and politicians did not bleed as now,
and were all that he lost when the banks
failed. Calling attention to the two candi-
dates, he said that Cleveland was ashamed TO
show himself while Blaine was asking votes
hat in hand. He shook the bloody
shirt Just little and sat down.
Judge James Lindsay, OF Dayton, Ohio,
then arose and told the man and brother his
duty. He said (and very truly that the
negro voters had just redeemed Ohio from
Democratic rule, but did not say whether
they intended to vote them in November
in Kentucky or Indiana. lie said Blaine
represented the American idea (meaning the
Republican idea, nc doubt.)
Major John Espy followed, saying that he
regarded the great decisive battle as having
been fought, and also told the coons that
they owed everything to the Republican
party. He then went into the congressional
matter, and as he desired what he said kept
quiet his wishes were respected
Mr. Glfllan (here several in the au-
dience snored) was friend to st. Paul and
was being cut in Minneapolis on that ac-
count. Fletcher and his crowd had no love
for ST. Paul and they were all sick when the
nomination was made. The people Of st.
Paul ought to vote for him because he had
gone back on Minneapolis. Every Demo
Crat in St Paul was doing himself "A pc
cuniary in Justice If he failed to cast his
vote for him, but he did not want this pub
lshed, for it might DO mischief Closing.
he wanted every man to register and vote
for his city. They had always downed Min
neapolis whenever they had tried and the
battle was 20 be fought again, but he did not
want these private remarks of his published
Col. j. II. Davidson was then
called out and threw himself into
the bloody shirt just as soon as he
got his overcoat off, Coming 10 the review
Of the campaign he blamed Cleveland llrst
for keeping his mouth closed and then for
talking. Euloeiziug Blaine he quoted him
as the friend of each successive president
from Lincoln down, except Hayes whom he
entirely ignored. The colonel having
a very high standard of excel
lence for congressional qualification
thought the popular verdict would be OF one
third Of our present representation that they
must have broke in. He closed with cal
for cheers for the whole ticket, when all tn,
coons rose up and said ki-hi, after which
they sang John Browns body and dispersed
ii was 4 grand and awful time.