The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1884-10-02
The Largest Democratic Gather
ing in Fifty Years.
The Crowd Estimated at One
Hundred Thousand.
Five Thousand Torch Lights in
Procession.
The Orators of National Repute
Make Enthusiastic Speeches.
s,oc,a, p,snatcb TO the ENQUIRER:


The Democrats had the greatest
mass meeting and demonstration
of the period here to-day. 1t is
said by the older politicians to
have surpassed the great events
of 1910.
The assembling of the Buck
eye hosts to day was one of COM
mon interest and enthusiasm
They did not travel for days in
wagons, but one excursion train
after another rolled in with
shouting Democrats and banners
for Cleveland, Hendricks and Re-
form.
The streets were blockaded
with the moving currents of en-
thusiastic and earnest workers.
The bands were going it from
early dawn. and the local clubs
were kept busy doing escort duty
till late in the day. The large
mass came in as visitors, but
many of the clubs were uni
formed, and others in county del
egations wore badges.
At two o'clock the meeting
opened with Judge Thurman pre-
siding, and making am introduc-
tory speech and happy hits as he
| introduced the different speakers
There was grand array of great
| men on the stage, which was
tastefully decorated with bun
ting, Cleveland and Hendricks
banners and floral designs. The
house was packed and enthusi-
asm ran high.
Senator Thomas F. Bayard
| made the most brilliant speech
that has been heard during the
campaign, being a philosophical
view of the situation. and an ap-
peal for an honest and cOnstitu.
tional administration of the Gov.
ernment. Great events. he said
and the cure of the evils in the
body polite, was thing of nc
sudden work. He gave a graph
ic history of the growth of the
Democracy since the war, its
struggle against Corrupt lesisla'
ton and spccia! ars! nnronstitu
tional enactmonts. f. he'd seer
the Senate with or!v r;Ee Dem.
ocrats-not enough 10 demand
the yeas and nays-and since il
had been controlled by the party
of HE people, the party had at
tanned control of both branches
OF Congress. and of the Execu
tive. but it had been defraud' d
once Of the latter. 1t would &C
on ,ill-it had the military, naval
| ju Iiciary. and all civil branches
of the Government, and reform
would be real in the country
The Senator reviewed the records
Of both parties very eloquently
aud took up Blaine's record. dis
cussing the Mullisan letters. and
other pubffc acts from which he
showed breach of public trust
which was typical of the Repub-
lican patty.
He said that Blaine was the
choice of his party, and that he
fully represented the organiza'
ton which is entrenched with
corrupt powers and beings. Com
pared to this, he developed the
g-and idea of American honesty
and integrity.
Senator Bayard was followed
by Senator Payne, Elk Senator
Doolittle, of Wisconsin. and Gov
NcLane, of Maryland.
TIE EVENING MEETING.
The meetings at night were
from four platforms in the Cap
it0l grounds, with Chairman anG
full organization for each. Or
the east side Governor Hendricks
Senator Pendleton, George NJ
Jewett and others spoke, and OF
the west side Ex Senator Doolit
tie, Hon. Charles ". Bovey, o.
Wisconsin, and Congressman
John Follett. On the south sid.
General Mansen, of Missouri
Speaker John G. Carlislg of Ken
lucky, Mr.. Goodling of Indiana
and General Durbin Ward, ant
on the north side General j. w
Denver. Congressman z. A. Coll
ins of Boston, Governor Hoadl!
and General J. T. Mccarthy O
Pennsylvania.
The Cleveland and Hendrick
lGlee Club rendered music at in
tervals in the rotunda of the Cap
itol, and the meetings continued
with enthusiasm and glOwin!
demonstrations until midnight
The Democracy have been ex
tended the full freedom of th'
city, and. while there is not thu
least disorder and no carousing
they are painting it red to nigh
in their halo of glory of the com
ling success of the party of thu
people.
The street parade. of whlcl
Grand Marshal P. J. Sullivan
with a large corps of Aids, hat
charge, was grand success
There were about ten thousant
men in line with torches, ant