The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-26

Of the other distinguished gentlemen present.
THE SCENE AT THE FAIR GROUNDS.
| Every available vehicle in Shelbyville, includ-
ing the legitimate successor of the deaeon's fa-
nous ''one horse shay was brought into requisi-
ton to take people to and from the fair grounds,
| but they were not sufficient and the greater
! part OF the crowd walked No attempt was
made at parade but there were several gaily
| decorated wagons, filed with Democratic maidens
arrayed gorgeously as well as patriotically, with
various fantastic impersonations such as tt(1od-
/ dess OF Liberty" Freedom from her mountain
height rather from the ton Of a WAGON etf
MT Wattersons Star eyed Goddess of Reform
was splcuously absent, although several wall
eyed young women were noticed who might have
| assumed the role, temporarily at least On the
/ grounds four stands for the speakers had been
| arranged, with convenient seats surround.
the oratory went forth from all
OF them at the same time.
For the delectation of those who did not care to
| hear the speaking, various other amusements
were afforded notably sideshows and various
catcnpenny games. Besides the curious lockers
| on there were any number of uniformed cam
palgn companies and gorgeously decorated mar
shals and assistants on horseback in awful pro.
Iuslon. There were SO many dram
corps in vigorous operation on the
grounds that it required the efforts Of
nearly all the committees to keep them
quiet enough for the speaking to be heard No
liquors were sold on the grounds and the crowd
was commercially sober and good -natured dur
ing Inc day, but IN the evening different state
OF affairs was noticeable. a dealer said that
l,2O0 halfke of beer and sixty gross of pint
bottles of whisky had been imported especially
for the occasion, and its consumption had the
THE SPEAKERS AND SPEECHES
Among the speakers advertised to be present,
who did not come were Mr.. Hendricks, Hon. NJ
2. ingalls, and Gov Proctor Knott At stand
No !, over which Bellamy S. Sutton presided,
the first speaker was Colonel Pendleton, Of
johnson county. who was not particularly inn
pressiye He was followed by Hon. w D. By.
mum, candidate for Congress, the greater part Of
whose affort was devoted to controverting the
positions taken by his opponent Hon Stanton
j. Peelle, on current issues, the tariff especially
the speaker advancing his well known free trade
views with earnestness and even yehemence
Preclsely at the same time, at stand No. f. over
which u. T. Ferris presided, Hon. W. S. Hol-
man, the great objector was declaring with
equal earnestness that the tariff was not and could
notbean issue;that the Democracy had never adj
vocated free trade, because, he said it implied
direct taxation, and he did not believe that any
body for one hundred years to come would dare
to advocate the doctrine of direct taxation The
STANDS were 80 close together that the voices Of
the speakers blended one declaring that free
trade was the correct principle and the issue of
the campaign, and the other that the tariff was
not an issue. Mr.. Holmans speech was es-
pecially devoted however, to his two pet hob
oles surplus revenue and public land grants. He
was followed by Hon, George w. Cooper of Co
lumbus, young and fiery speaker.
Atthe stando over whichHon. u. j. Hackney pre-
sided the first and principal address was made
by the Hon Isaac p Gray, who after brief
introduction of a local character made substan-
TALLY the same speech that he is delivering
throughout the State incidentally making .
coarse and lndelieate allusion to Mr.. Blaine and
his marital relations He arragned the
Republican party for its alleged misdeeds
and attributed to it the prevalent business de-
preston and nearly all the evils and nisfor-
tunes which had befallen the country for the
past twenty-four years. He was followed by
Jason b Brown, of Jackson county. who inada
violent and virulent political harague in his
wellknown style As no more speakers could
be found for this stand, Joseph Niehol, our own
Joe, filed out the time and likewise the crowd
In theatrical parlance 'sthe hit of the show"
was made by Senator Voorhees,, who was ae
corded the most hattePing reception given to
any OF the speakers. Shortly after being intro
duced lady III the crowd sent up to lin IA
huge four story" cake, covered with little flags,
cherubs and icing which he received with
profuse thanks The gift, it is thought, was
intended as delicate way Of suggesting that
Mr.. voorhees, took the cake" presumably be-
cause he has the assurance to hold so-called
soldiers reunions" throughout the State.
he spoke for nearly two hours
his address being a meange Of
of his Terre Haute effort on Prohibition, and his
arraignment of Mr.. Blaine for his conduct in
the McSweeney case. He made no allusion to
the tariff, and it was evident that his speech
had been carefully prepared At its conclusion
he was given quite an ovation cheer after cheer
being sent up for him, scores of people shaking
him by the hand and holding up their babies to
be kissed-which osculatory duty the esteemed
Mr.. Voorhees, cheerfullY performed 1t leaked
out during the day that he had been especially
solicited to discuss the McSweeney case. so as to
arrest if possible, the disaffection among the
Irish here.
crowds, but all the speakers had good audiences
So great was the general confusion however
that it was very difficult to hear much of the
speaking, and almost impossible to report them.
1t was evident that the great majority of the
people did not come there to hear speeches.
They came to see and be seen. and have good
time After the principal speakers had con-
cluded, some of the smaller fry talked few
minutes, but made no great impression.
SCENES DOWN TOWN
By the middle of the afternoon hundreds OF
those who came in vehicles started home, and
the crowd came down town and filed the streets
and saloons, particularly the latter, for they
could not accommodate the customers who
crowded in Before evening hundreds Of men
and boys were drunk, yelling. and singing and
bowling about the streets. There were few
disturbances and fights, but up TO 10 o'clock no
serious ARRAYS had occurred Such a
howling, noisy mob is not often seen. Every
body seemed to be disposed to Go exactly as he
pleased, and they had permission to do this
from q very distinguished citizen, Mr.. Scott
Ray who in response to a serenade from tho
Franklin hand, said
My Friends-I am glad to greet you tonight,
and think can say that we had the greatest
rally ever held in the State--one that will do us
much good. You are in Democratic city, and
in behalf of the Democracy of the city, now
extend to you the freedom Of the town. Act as
you please and go in on your muscle
On one of the principal streets in front of the
Republican headquarters large Blaine and
Logan banner had been hanging for some time.
About o'clock tonight crowd Of drunken
Democrats peremptorily ordered it to be taken
down, or it would be torn down. It was taken
down to avoid trouble The eofhcers Of the peace