Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-11-27

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tnov which vsy ''shs ess b eoing .
jump soms Repnbiisazs szy thss
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fear tbsf Cssvsland willbs sissssd: Wills
oshsrs are zrm IN the ballet that Blaine,
- tbs Piumsd knight" wiil Be our nsxf
President. Il b the same with ths DEM
ocrsts and Indspsndents. Dcubt and
uneertsinty prevail sssryvhsrs.
For the iasf month politics has been
The prindpai topie Of sonvsruuftou- Is
Is By no means souHnsd 70 NE mals por-.
ton Of the cpmmsnity. bat h ihs par
Isr, % church and Sunday school a. the
theatsr and on the stsam and ho<ss or
people Of al kinds dissuss DE- intsfest-
ing subjsct, and aFor whom are jon
going 10 vots7'' b In every circle the
leading que<aiou; or :. For WHOM would
you throw yoar ballot, had yuu that
priviIegeg- ID asked By one woman Of
another.
How strange 10 seems that the inhab-
itants of remots ontof-the-wsy plaes
like Washington Territory, 20 most pec-
pc herssbouts in their ignorance Coz
sidsr yoer country, should be % far
ahead Of those here in the " Athsns Of
America" as regards the ballot!
Many Of the Uaitarian clergy of this
city land this scot, ron know, is eas Of
the most powerful and influential IN
New Engiand) have quite devoted them !.
saves 10 politics; bat unfortunately, -
far a. their influence goes, they are -
divided in their spinions a. the ret Of
the world. One of the oldest and ablsst
exponents Of Unitarianisn and ad-
vanced thought, DR.. James kreeman
CLARK, Of the Church Of the DsecipiH,
has taken q raost active part IN the In
dependent movement. Before coming
out strong In bis advocacy OF Cleveland,
however, be went on 70 Buhalo. y. T.
and, In q personal interview with the
Democratic leader. satisfied bis con
science as 70 the present moral charac-
ter Of that gentleman, and the actfye
measures which be has since taken In
his behalf proved that biz fears we're ct
Fsnsuil Han. one Of the old historical
iandmarksof Boston. has bean the scene
Of Numerous rallies daring this falPs
campaign; nox occupied by prosainens
Republican speakers, and again BY thsir
opponents, bat always filled 20 Overflow
ind by q sympathetic following. One
occasion must, however, be excepted,
and that was when Gen. Butler drove
up 10 the Hall In his carriage for the
purpose Of making one Of his humorous
political addresses; but AZ the audience
collected there 20 listen to him was com
posed principally of newsboys and hood
lums, the General drove away 10 the
Lowell depot "a speedily a. possible.
The Democratic torchlight procession
came of on Thursday evening last.
There were said TO be twelve thousand
men in n; bat not long after It began
filing through the streets O drizzliuR
rain came on, which dampened the bril-.
liancy of the torches, IL not the spirits
of their bearers. Did 10, Iwonder, pres
age the end of the Cleveland boomF
The grand torchIight procession In
h0nof of Blaine (onr next Presidentl)
tr6nspired 10 she satisfaction OF all.
The night was magnificent. a beausi-
fal moon shed forth her silvery Fadiance
over the excited city and environs. As
] wendell my war, In the wake OF small
gathering Of torch. bearers, across the
| far famed Boston Common and past the
Public Gardens. 1.-THE latter place seemed
10 DO slccpina, such an air Of rspose
prevailed there In comparison with the
adjacent neiQhborhood) could see frag.
mentso Of the procession marching hitheI
and thither. assembling from all parts
Of the city and towns adjoining. TO the
starting point on Commonwealth ave.
fares In Boston. 10 vas q beautiful, In
spring scene, heightened by the music
Of the bands There were said to have
been twenty seven In the procession
and by she exhilarating sounds OF tho
| ffe and drum.
The Common and Public Gardens
cover an area of about seventy two
acres. In che former the tall, spectral
looking elm trees, over one thousand II
number, their naked branches, or soms
still clothed with the golden or ruby
tinted leaves of autumn, illuminated by
myriads Of gas and electric lights
through the long winding avenues inter
sectina IL, and ON the six streets encom.
| passing u and the Gardens were TO b.
seen parts Of the torchlight procession
ell Fastening TO the rallying point and
each followed by an adniiring crowd
as neared the Hotel Berkeley, which
IL q stones throw from the Brunswick
where Blaine, upon stand erected fol-
the occasion. reviewed the procession Al
IL passed, the crowd became 30 dcns<
that Il was with difficulty that sue
ceedcd In working my way through, and
l felt q sensation Of relief when onc<
The portals OF the hotel had closed upon
me and ] found myself IN the elevator
and on my way 10 the third door. And
what mass OF human beings 10 wal
upon which I gaxed from my perch In
the little balcony on the front Of the
building! Peanut vendors had found
means, Notwithstanding the jan. 10 In
sinuate their wagons Allied with tht
highly scented roast peanuts into the
most conspicuous places, where, during
the two hours or more the procession
occupied In passing. they did lucrative
| traffic.
And now the head Of the procession
comes into view. as 10 turns from q sids
| street into Boylston, half mile distant
Soon IL reaches the Brunswick, then Oh,
Berkeley, where 10 again turns, 90 that
have ane view Of ID M 10 advances
steadily from altar and wheels arounc
one corner of the hotel.
The numerous branches or depart
ments Of learning In this -icinity ar,
well represented in the parade. In,
Rsxbnry Latin School. the Institute o
Technology, the CLANCY Hall School
the Harvard Medical and Law Colleges
and the old mother. Harvard herself
by her four GLASSES Of 1885, sc, 81 ana
-.
The Belva Lockwoods and Mothe
Hubbards, arrayed In female attire
carrying small japanese umbrellas
from the center OF which protrudeS
torches. were very comieal, az were alss
q company clad in What seemed to b
robes denuit, With atransparency whics
read Good night" upon 10, and will
frilled niehtcaps upon their heads
The Law students of Harvard, thei
Young looking faces surmountax1 h,