The Evening critic., 1884-09-12
THE TORCHES TRlUMPHED,
so DID SMALL BOYS AND OLD MEN


Very Fine Therefore tho Crowd
was Large, ana there were Many
Blaine and Logan Men Out-As for
the Capitalization Meeting It was n
Qualification with Big &c" for
the Speakers and Officers. ana N
ratification with q Little "r" so
FIR nv the People were Concerned.
With torches, brass bands, transparencies
fireworks, noise and small boys did the
Democrats rstify tho ticket Of Cleveland and
Hendricks. The last in the list of acces.
sories-tho small boy-was the most i'm.
portant of all. By his aid was tho process.
sion strung out for many squares. Over
half of
The TOrch-Bearers Were Boys.
And then another element In tho crowd
that carried coal-oil lights was the old
man.
There was great many of him.
He has been so long in tho habit of carry.
ing oil once every four years and then dis
appearing until four more twelve months
have rolled around that he could not help
coming out last night. He looked tired and
hungry, but he was not thirsty. He knew
that when Democrats jubilate their thirst
Is unknown.
The Smallest Element I'm tho Pro.
ccbh1on
was the active man old enough to vote If
he had that privilege.
Ho was very enthusiastic, but there was
not sufficient Of him to go far enough
round to give tone Of solidity to this
whole outfit. Many Of tho old patriarchs
came in from Virginia and Maryland. Com
spicuous upon their backs was the linen
duster the duster of the ancient and long
variety. Those amiable old gentlemen did
great deal of perspiring. Their perspira-
tion was very wet. And then there was
come dust kicked up round about. The
combination of
Patriarch, buster, FERMENTATION and
Adhesive Dust,
made picture under the dripping coal oil
torches that will long linger in the memory
of those who saw it. The Democrats had
cavalry, too. But they were not consist
ent in their selection of steeds. There was
only one mule in the whole cavalcade.
This cavalry was like locomotive run.
ming wild. 1t did not seem to know ex-
actly what to do with itself; and nobody
seemed to know exactly what to do with it.
After it got into line 1t kept there pretty
well. Its yclls were not infrequent and
its voice was not low
Peculiar SwayIng Motion.
Many of the cavaliers had a peculiar
motion they swayed from side to side in
their saddles. Many explanations as to tho
cause of this popularity were made, but
only one was satisfactory-that was that
the cavalry had now and tott way of do
ing the equestrian act. Some people Thought
that it was even more than tot, and reached
the next degree Of tottcr.
But the Show Presented was u Grand
The avenue was crowded with ladies,
gentleman and children at an early hour,
They promenaded up and down for two
hours waiting for the head of the line to
show itself. turning into the Avenue from
Fifteenth street. There was an unusually
man had no less than seven distinct and |
emphatic girls with him. An acquaintance |
who had no girl ut all walked up to this |
fortunate young Turk aud said, pointing to |
the bevy Of beauty, an take some of 'em,n |
The offer was declined. As the procession |
came down Fifteenth street the fireworks |
let themselves loose in all their variety of |
form, color and noise. The buildings were
lit up queerly in corners and grandly on
their faces. The Treasury building es.
specially was thrown out in so many ways
and by 30 many cOlors that to look at IL was
very bewildering. 1t changed as often and
quickly as the most accomplished protean |
artist.
The March Down the Avenue
was undera continuous arcade of sparks
and under perpetual reflection from red, |
green and blue lights. When the head of |
the column passed the Democratic head
quarters cannonading of fireworks com.
menced. The firing was all along the line.
1t was kept up until the whole procession
had passed.
Fully 10000 people witnessed the pro-
cession, in which there were fully 5000
The City Hall was reached about OILS.
Then the usual routine was gone through
with. Resolutions cut and dried were
adopted, and vice'presidents and secretaries
many OF whom were not there, were elected,
and then the speech Amazing went on.
The speech-making could not be called a
bowling success. There was plenty of the
howling, but the success was very absent.
About the only cheering was on the stand,
when the festive voice-lifters became hoarsc
by II o'clock. The crowd out on the street
could not hear anything
SO they took to talking among them
selves. with frequent adjournments to
welcome resorts. The overflow structures
On Fifth and FOur-and-a-half streets were
points from which good deal of wind was
'et agoipg. That overflow meeting on Fifth
street was great thing. The street-cars
passed right in front and within few feet
u 1t. When car would 60 by--and it had
70 go slowly-the speaker was entirely cut
'ff from his audience. 1t was
Now You Sec Him, ana Now YOu
Don't, Kind of an Arrangement.
Under the flags and bunting Of the grand
stand Mr.. John L. Norris, Representative
J. S. Murphy, Senator Jones, of Florida;
jeneral Bradley T. johnson, Representa-
i've George A. Post and Representative Il.
John Ellis grated Democratic oratory.
At tho Fifth street stand General Rose
Grams, Judge j. T. Goodrich, of Fredericks-
burg, and General Eppa Hunton, of Vir-
ginis, furnished verbal fireworks.
At the Four.and -a.half street stand L. b.
Prettyman, Of Montgomery County; Col
mel M. b. Ball, of Virginia, and State SEN
ltor L. L. Meredith, Of Virginia, did the
discussing. 1t was long after midnight
before the streets were quiet. The District
Democracy will not do the Rip Van Win
Sle act for another four years. Moro
pockets than any other fireworks were used
asst night. This was appropriate to how
,he Democracy goes up and how it comes
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