The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-11-13
WILD OVER
sTRATIoN LAST NIGHT.
II msptead Happy, and Dallas
Fires One Hundred Guns
Excitement Subsiding
THE ISLAND CITY.

Grand Demonstration on fremont stree
Grains Speech.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.
GALVESTON, November S.-The day
was heralded by the booming of can
non giving another national salute BY
the victorious democrats. at noon
the crowds which, up to that time
throDged the streets adjourned to the
GreenWall opera house, and, in mass
met tiag assembled completed arrange.
ment9 for a grand demonstration Of
tonight. AT dark the multitudes
again came forth and by O'Clock
fremont and Market streets wereiI-
Illuminated, with the glare Of wide
awake torches, red fire and transpar-
encies. The arrangement committee
had apparently left nothing undone
and when the signal to fall into line
was given, almost the entire demo-
cratic populace, irrespective Of age,
responded. The sturdy voters of the
young democracy, the democracy of
the present and the democracy of
the tuture-four thousand strong
side by side marched III triumph
through the principal thorough
fares, each bearing wide
awake torch. A Transparency bearing
some suggestive and appropriate in
scIiption, such as give been elected
and am going to take my seat" "We
prefer Grain to crow Blaine& Logan -
Are there any channels out west ia
which ] can be useful?" "Tell the
TRUTH" "McSweeney is safe;" Texas,
the border state, 100000 for CleVeland;'
f0T lnT
After the grand parade, which in
point of numbers is unparalleled in the
local history of Galveston, the partici-
pants again assembled at the opera
house The meeting was calledto or
der by Gen. I. A. Waul. Judge Bal
lenger was elected president, and
Messrs. r. L. Fulton, Henry Green
wall and others were elected vice-pres-
idents. Addresses were made by Hon.
Seth Shepard, Congressman-elect W.
III. Grain, Judge Ballenger and others.
a series of resolutions offered by
Mr.. Leo n. Levy we're adopted. At
ter declaring their belief that Cleye-
land and Hendricks were honestly
and fairly elected, the resolutions
conclude as follows: eve view with
regret the effort made by the republi-
can candidate, Mr.. Blaine, to inject
sectional feeling in this already too
heated controversy, and we pledge the
country that in any event the people
of the south will merge their locality
in their nationality; and we declare,
further, that we rejoice in victory
that will enable US to prove that We
are tolerant of our political adverse
ries, and are, especially, friendly TO
the colored man as citizen and a
freeman"
Mr.. Grain in his speech gratified his
hearers in ASSUME g conservative
grounds, declaring that the triumph
OF democracy was not partisan one,
out due to the uprising of an honest,
patriotic and Virtuous people, ire
spective of party in their demand for
honest government. The election of
Cleveland, Mr.. Grain said, meant re-
formation, not revolution. 1t meant
protection to American citizens,
whether native born or naturalized-
either at home or abroad.
a feature Of the demonstration was
the badges,of which there were several
in variety, and some of very rich and
pretty material. Under this head the
Galveston Evening Records badge
can be included. It consisted of pink
satin strip bearing an excellent like
ness of Cleveland and Hendricks.
A CLOSE RACE.
The missing returns from the Boil
war precinct, Completing the returns
of Galveston county, gives Owens a
plurality OF votes over Jennett for
the sheriffality. Jannett has expressed
his determination to contest the cleo
ton, and has already take1 steps for
an official recount. The election OF
Mr.. Owens returns the entire county
ticket of present incumbents to office.