St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-11
AT BELLE PLANE.
Especial Telegram to the GlObe.l

Special Telegram 10 the Globe.l
BELLE PLANE, Nov. s, 1ss4.-On Satur-
day evening, November s, the Democrats of
this election precinct (who number about
400 votes), responding to the request Of the
State Democratic committee, held jubilee
on the prairie in front OF Judge WhirOck's
residence. And
''Full soon By bonfire and by bell,
We learnt our lege was passing well"
huge bonfire, composed of fourteen
cords of hard maple wood, which was drawn
10 the grounds by patriotic Democrats, was
piled upon the prairie and saturated with
several barrels Of kerosene, (nothiug but
water white would answer for the occasion).
and donated By our merchants, was lighted
at 1880 p. m. by the enthusiastic Democrats.
Under the leadership of our redoubtabIe
townsman, Pat. Calvin, 2l9 munte guns
were then fred in honor of Democratic VIC
tory and honest government The report OF
the guns was saudwiched with huzzas loud,
long and lusty. After the immense multi
tude had gathered around the fire Demo
cratic meeting was duly organized, with
Daniel Callahan president, Robert A. Irwin
vice president aud Martin Keleber secretary,
when the following preamble and resolution
were adopted with unanimity that was de-
cidedly chsraet eristic:
WHEREAS we candidly and verify believe
that Grover Cleveland and ThOs. A. Hen
dricks have been fairly and honestly elected
as president and vice president of this great
Republic; and
WH4RKAs there seems TO be an at
tempt on the part Of the Republican party to
repat the infamy of 1876 in stealing
the Office Of president of these United States,
in the f=ee Of an overwhelming majority
Now therefore be it
| Resolved, That the Democracy of
this election precinct send greeting
/ TO their Democratic Republican
brethern In these United States. That. in
recognizing the fact Of the election of Gov.
Grover Cleveland and Thos. A. Hendricks to
the Offices Of president and vice president of
this glorious Republic, we stand shoulder
to shoulder with the faithful in the demand
that they be duly inaugurated on the 4th day
of March, A. ID. 1885, and that no courts or
commissions be allowed to prevent such a
result"
Loud calls were then made for Judge
Whitlock, who responded in an enthusiastic
speech of an hour and half, firing the
Democratic heart with spirit of party zeal,
and keeping his hearers in a round of
laughter, confidence and patriotic applause
The judge hurled his epithets at the Repub-
licans, and his panegyries and eueomiums at
the Democrats in such volley of words that
even an Edison photograph would have been
left in the lurch had it tried to record that
speech verbatim. At ~ O'Clock the crowd
began to scatter, the hundred pounds of
powder donated by w. H. Weibeler had
been burned, the ten kegs Of lager donated
by the brewer Chris. Schult had bV some
means leaked out, and the fourteen cords of
sugar maple was heap Of ashes, on which
the Mulligan letters were incinerated. The
crowd had imbibed some healthy Democratic
principles with their Democratic beer, and
all went home to dream Of Cleveland and
Hendricks in the places of honor, the
''rascals kicked out" and the country al
last under honest, straight-lined civil service
reform and Democratic rule.