The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-02
THE DEMOCRATIC DEMONSTRATION.
A Creditable Parade in the Rain-The
Meeting and Addresses at Englishs.

The last grand rally" of the Democrats which
was intended to be State affair, but was alto
gether local, took place last night. Earnest
efforts had been made to get every Democratic
voter in the city to turn out in the parade, and
majority of them would probably have done so
had not there been continuous rainfall during
the early part of the evening. Under the cir
cumstances the procession was creditable one.
Probably $500 men and boys were in line. and
the rain apparently did not dampen their en-
thusiasm if it did their uniforms, for they yelled
for Cleveland and Hendricks with much vigor and
frequency The line of march was necessarily
curtailed, and comparatively few people got to
see the procession.
The meeting at English's Opera-house was a
disappointment in every thing except numbers,
for the theater full Glaring announce
ments had been made that Senator Thurman
and Hon George H. Pendeton of Ohio, and
Senator Voorhees,, would be present and speak
but all these gentlemen failed to show up-for
some unaccountable reason. The meeting was
called to order by Joseph Nchol-who intro
duced Hon. Will E. English as presiding officer
Mr.. English spoke at great length, much of
his speech being taken up with protestations
that he was now and had ever been the warm
personal friend of William d. Bynum, the Dem
ocratlc nominee for Congress, and there was no
truth in the frequently repeated assertions in
Republican newspapers that he had antagonized
Mr. Bynum's nomination. He had as honestly
supported Mr.. Bynum in 1884 as Mr.
Bynum had supported him in 1882
Mr. English spoke of his services in Congress-;
that during the time he had occupied the seat
he had ever been in his place, voting on every
question-and voting right He said he held
the seat fairly, that Congress had decided that
question, and he held the seat despite ballot
box suffers. springback trcksters and jail
emptiers." He made an appeal for the Democ-
racy to stand by the entire Democratic ticket
national, State and county, making an especially
strong appeal for John j. Cooper's reelection to
the State treasurership. In this connection he
denounced Rhody Shiel as IAN ignorant ward
hummer, an Irishman who is traitor to his
race" He also advised the faithful to ''give
great attention to the legislative ticket that you
may be sure to return to the Senate your grand
leader Daniel W. Voorhees,"
Mr.. W. ID. Bynum then came forward, and if
his last song, like the swans was not the
sweetest, those who waited to the close of the
speech of this piccolo statesman certainly came
to the conclusion that it was the longest Mr.
Bynum said the Democratic party is not free
trade party, and that he was not free trader
and then, at great length, proceeded to give sub
stance to both charges, so that there is little
doubt that when his speech was over probably
every man in the audience was convinced that
he had thoroughly made out the case against
himself Mr.. Bynum spoke of the Democratic
tarIH-for revenue only period from 1916 to 1860,
being a period of great prosperity and of good
wages for the laboring man, and that all the
distresses of the country were brought about 10y
the Republican system of protection He also
spoke in high terms of England's method of con-
Quoting business, and the exceedingly good con-
dition of the British workingman. My Bynum
seems to have been reading about Mr.. Blaine's
South American policy lately, and appeared
very anxious that this country should be in a
condition to open up trade with Chill and other
South American countries.
The inference drawn from Mr. Bynums speech
is that, if he is elected, all sublunary cares on
the part of the people not only OF this district
but of the United States, will be at rest
Bayess w. Hanna, of Charlottesville then
made speech, and the meeting adjourned.