The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1884-11-20
SQUIZzARINCTUMS!
A NOndGSCriDt Mob Painting the Town !
DECENT DEMOCRATS DIsGUsTED
REPUBLICANS AMUSED !

For some days it had been given out
that on last Friday night there would be
grand jubilee, to celebrate the alleged
election of Cleveland and Hendricks. 1t
was intended to have been fine affair,
and the announcement was made that
several hundred ladies would march in
the procession. But the respectable
Democrats found that the whole thing
would have to be turned over to the more
reckless and noisy Democrats, and the
more respectable portion at once got out
of it. There were some good Democrat
ic citizens in the procession, but they
were precious few.
Shortly after supper the "prOcession''
began to move. This consisted of per-
haps hundred torch-bearers, bowling.
blowing horns, ringing bells, and making
all the noise possible. Attempts were
made to caricature the candidates on both
sides. For instance, our old friend AL
Brown represented Blaine. AL. is
is good fellow, but he looks about as much
like Blaine as shitepoke does like an
eagle. But the hardest knock was Adam
McClung representing Hendricks-and
not altogether inappropriate One no.
ticeable feature of the procession was an
owl, recently captured by Irve DUNCAN,
and kept for this occasion. Irve is will
ing to testify that this is a Democratic
owl. because he caught it stealing his
chickens. Some of the Democrats wore
gray plumes, while we noticed some two
or three who felt the weight of soldiers
brogans during the war, for their treason
able utterances. This, like other Demo-
cratic professions, could not march, but
went along the street like scattering
drove of sheep. They marched more like
Champ Ferguson's gurrillas than any
thing we now think of Those engaged
in it were heartily ashamed of it.
Capt. Stockman was dressed up like an
Indian, to represent "Black jack but he
looked more like a wasp. Irve Jacobs
tried to look like Logan, but brave old
Black Jack never wore such looking
mug as that Irvine DUNCAN rode at the
head of the mob, but he kept far enough
in the lead to keep out of the light
of the lamps. Frank Bertsch repre-
sented Cleveland. Frank and Cleveland
look good deal alike. The best looking
transparency in the procession was an adj
vertisement of BILLY Weaver's Star
Show" The whole thing was a bully
side-show, and respectable Democrat
don't like to talk about it.
After the mob had moved around
while, gang of drunken, maudlin, slob-
bering hoodlums went around to the
houses of citizens, trying to sing ribald
songs, putting in good deal of time at
the residence of Mr.. Powell. While they
were bowling at our gate, we had no fear
for ourselves, for we have seen better
Democrats under Joe Johnston, and
Hood, and Forrest, and ROddy, and
Wheeler But we were little uneasy
about the old "dominecky" roos-
ter up in the coop, but he es-
thanks. We recognized two or three of
the voices, and we knoaC that the rooster
has cause to feel grateful.
Taking it all together, this was the
richest treat our citizens have had since
the parades of the Scioto Township Cav
airy, during the war, and the worst be-
haved crowd of Democrats since John
Morgan's horse-thieves passed through.
This mob of hoodlums attempted to
sing some song to the tune of "Rally
Round the Flag" but they were not used
to the tune-they couldn't sing it. One
of the Johnnies dropped his flag, and we
now have it as a reminder of the raid.
When our young Democratic friends
start out to engage in drunken howl at
the wives and children of Republicans,
we wish they would be little more rea-
sonable. When they called at our resi-
dence there was one whom we wanted to
hear sing the solo: do you love me,
Mollie darling?" but the rest of the boys
kept such a racket we couldn't hear. If
we had photo of that crowd, we are sat
isfed that any of them would give us
large sum for it, in order to destroy it.