The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-07-24
GATHERING OF THE CLANS.
Grand Old Fashioned Demo-
cratic Barbecue.
The Falls County sOVcr:Gns
Eat, Drink and are Merry.
MARLIN

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'h' resent rr"'ii carry morning
'ohrN' Rr"hSers Win 'holr lah''Il's
'llcd III wagons more S'NllHh pto- |
'lc III bugg!'e' ahu 'ho ln'Nltanic /.
'"uhg caNallcr on u"rSrDack hlgh' .
hnVc p'eh seen any Wh're from twenty
Iiillcs hro"hl Wchulhe lhrlr way III II
rohNcrgihg me towards ih' narp"ru"
groUiluH' lhcrc were certainty hnI
l'Sc IMAM hN' lhourhhu people present,
anu thc Ia'l 'ha' thls j. gIhhu cam
lhlgh year l"oilicd up on every iahh.
ne hhfb'r'r gf"hhuN are situated
about quarter oi ihlI' rom the
SQUARE. IN a 'orrs,-Shrdrd depression,
from which from early morning the
Nin"k" "l Hr'hl ilrts Wrr" visible ana
ia" grniciul "d"rs "i Ira@fah, roast
pig ana roast h'tl hsc'hhrd
on ,l' warm SUI hif' f'ullh"lhe one
ol thr ascent oi incense from hhclrht
hlaIs' "hlN ~ was incense 10 'lcNt-
lhhu anu iirhdrlck' instead "i baal,
l'hgoli, i'ls or Jupiter romans VINO
are all ont OF the rae" iohg ago. for
IN" expected NlSiiallto I"h2 tables,
o'ciliihsI! covering aii acre "i ground
lad been spread Tor DINNER. Whllr tor
Their convenience while listening TO
ne orators oi th' ua\ an immense
'hcd mate oi iorkrd posts on Which
lphE p"its ana rhltrr7 lihd b'rh lalu
all OF whlch hhd been covered with
green bough> making cool shade
lihd b"cli bulIi ana provided WIN
roiilor'ablc seats Tor iullN wv" tilouN-
ana people. fN"rNthln@ wa ON a broad
ana generous scale, ~ "i l"sl VINO
knows how to- entertain ana Marlin
simply covered herself IN new glory
lhr morning ram iron waco took out
abou, MY visitors, lar I" " small II
delegation either IN view "i courtesy
To hclghnorihR cltN or Tor thr prn''
oi those VINO sthid AT home, thereby
missing GOOD thing
About 10 O'Clock the crowds which
gave thc Str"clS oI Mafllh me appear
ancc ni great metropolitan city
began to stream ont to the picni'
grounds Whlrl were soon overflow ing
with achrcriul W"ll-'irc-Ned ana pleas
ing ihronE conspicuous Tor pretty
ladies Tor winch rails county l. justly
celebrated II was certainly one oi
the iih"st crowds III personnel we hay"
seen III many n dHN. The seats III il"
ulnbraH"ous arh"r drhlcnttd I" the
gods ot'loqurncr were filled III few
moments, ana spcnhlng began at about
10 o clock. Nor was the personnel OF
the orators oi the DAY at all unhcron-
lhg the magnitude OF the crowd.
Richard HARRISON Esq, of Waco, n can
didaic for state senator l.. l.. Foster,
of Grocsbcck, present lloatrr and can
dldntc Tor reelection; senator Hnrnc,
Gibbs, OF dallas, candidate for Lieu
tenant Governor Col. W. j. swain
state comptroller; Judge T.. II. Gerald
ol waco, ll"n. Roger Y. Mills an'
Hon Richard Coke presented an array
of fine and effective orators quite I'M
common AT u barbecue. The arrange
'nchtN were iiiat each speaker to the
two last should occupy twenty min
ui"s, which hrran%cuch, was chrrlc'
out To ihr letter. frl"rNun's hrhS'
band oi Waco, disrolirscd excellent
ana new inlisic between the epcrchrs
y g""d crowd. good speeches. iin'
music ANA the smell oI royalty hak''
dlhh'f III expectancy, made up every
element oi success. and ia" crow,
chrcrcd ana IN" speakers were en-
,hlIS'u llll II reminded ON" ol ole
! times. he -phc" at our disposal pre-
tcrinlts all but slight mention nt th'
before dinner speeches, of which i, i
sufficient I" say that the speeches q
Richard Harrison and Judg" Hcral'
held up the Waco end ofthc procession
Harrison Is fine logical speaker
modest bu' i"rrible, ana "ltll IDEAS
true state policy nS cI'an-rut rs
n'Wly-lllrb saw. Inc prospects ot I
) great National Dem"rratic victory il
| November acts ON Gerald Ike rar" ole
+ vine. lie Is Democratic from the sole
oi ms ittt I" lh' crown oi his head
ana N'stcrlhN ms enthusiastic hope
l Tor I he lohg-dr rlhN'd success OF the ole
platform "1 ne fathers broke int
cl"qurncr ana carnrstncNN delightful
T." wi'h's'' making ms speech highly
. p"rtlchl rs wen aS intensely iorclblc
/ NJ II % clock, al the close OF judge
hcralu Sp''ch, the announcement
that dinh'r was served and that th'
, crowd would repair I" the tables, th'
ladies first, sent plca>urablc thrill
through Tue vast thr"ng, and the i'm
/ m'nSc 'hr"hE ate ana ate and score
nl phsh''lnl> "l fragments might have
pc'il taken up aittr II was over Th'
barbecue was superb III quality and il
lluiliahl' Ill lnnn'iil.
t ~ one O'Clock exactly, the han'
called the wen ird crowd back to th'
speaker s'hnd' ana expectation wa
ON tlp.tn' l" near the champion ora
tor, "i the occasion, Mills and Coke
b"th "l whom are great invoritc
, among the p"pulacr, and as the
speeches progressed during the after
noon applause followed applause n
each rclnrter and hit, till woods an,
= hills rcsonndrd with genuine old Dem
o'ratlc enthusiasm.
senator Narlih' ol Marlin, master -
ceremonies, introduced 10 the expect