Morning journal and courier., 1884-08-29
DEMOCRATIC FLAG RAISING.

I A Vain Attempt to Create EnthusiaS Sm l Speaking by Local Politicians - 1 Music by the Band - Very Faint Cheers.
 The New Haven Democrats attempted to get up some enthusiasm last evening on the occasion of banner raising from their head l quarters in Clark's building on Church street. A meagre display of red fire and ! Roman candles brought respectable crowd of the Fsunterrifed" to that locality and to the music of Landrigan's band the show was duly inaugurated. The first club to appear on the scene was that from the Third ward with a triangular transparency that had for it's Illuminating purpose what appeared to be lightning bug. There was considerable de- lay in waiting for the other ward clubs to put in an appearance, but at SEQ a drum and fife were heard in the distance, and then there was another delay of ten minutes. The crowd finally began to get impatient, and Alderman Mix, chairman of the town committee, ordered the banner unfurled, and the names and portraits of the Democratic candidates were unfolded to the breeze. Then painful silence followed for
 the space of five minutes, when one more en- thusiastic Democrat proposed three cheers
 for Cleveland and Hendricks. The response was so faint that someone in the crowd sug eested that the choir sing, ''Hark! from the to1nbs a dolefu1 sound" The chorister was absent, and there was no response The
 hand then struck up ''Lanigan's Ball." and
 started for the Green, the crowd of small
 boys following. The ''iberty pole" was
 where the, clans gathered, and around
 this were assembled respectable
 numher of men, women and children, the
 l'''S4a f+ar music by the band Eli Mix, chair
 man of the Democratic town committee, in
 t-odrced Hon. c. T. Drisco1 as chairman of
 marlTs referred to the fact that the county
 was about entering upon great presidential
 oeronaion which he believed would result in
 ros+or;no the grand old Democratic party to
 no1Uer and the busting of the corruptlonists
 who had held the reins of government for the
 past twenty years. lie salo tnaI the hepuo-
 iican leaders were conscious of defeat and were
 resortine to all sorts of schemes to defeat the
 candidate of the Democracy, but in this they
 would fail He referred to Mr. Cleveland's
 record as Mayor and Governor of New York,
 and claimed that he had acted in the interest of the workingmen
 Judoe Blydenburgh was next introduced. Tn his opening remarks the speaker said: I
 e, congratulate u you that this beautiful night
 you are assembled to give expression to the
 nomination of Cleveland and Hendricks.
 The Democratic party ask nothing but hon est action next November. I will not at temnt to discuss the platform, but will say
 one thing for Groyer Cleveland. For weeks
 @ from the time of his nomination his record has been scanned His actions have been broupht m before the fpubic, but not a stain has been found upon his public record. They tell ms that he is a young man, and without
 eTnerience, but we say he is worthy of the s11pIoTt and confidence of the people of this oo1ptTy. o1Hp He stands without stain and re- nroach in the community in which he lives. Pt E +T1st the workingmen will read the two nlatforms for themselves A1da-man James P Barker said he could bor51V hope or expect to interest them after 1Tna4 ndr had been said I am glad that am a neInocrat ne,noT and glad that am an American a;tizen There are certain obligations which e11a-v er.ar, man owes to his country. First he ewes o his obligation to God, then to himself o,'d om 99 then hen to his country. We have right fo t.,'t1 d;sc1ss the great questions of the day 1a1s 19 a questions of vital importance to be d;scrssad 5ncTe in this campaign. The speaker | 4be1, a,eT referred to the nomination ot James SA4S44