Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-11-27
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The Big Celebration Thursday
Efght-Mr. Crothern ON Civil

The Big Celebration Thursday
Nfght-Mr. brothers ON Cavii
Service.
special Correspondence Of Gazette and journal.
BLKyoH, Nov. 2l.-Blkton was all sgog
yesterday afternoon and evening prepar-
log for the grand Democratic jollifoation
Of the night. The torohlight procession
began 10 form about O'Clock, but did
not move until nearly 8. Il is estimated
that there were all OF /, 200 men in line
W lliam g. Purnell Was chief marshal.
The procession started on High street and
paraded in every street oiimportanoe, The
Third district Cleveland aud Hendricks
club headed the line accompanied by the
Blkton COrnet Baud The North RAst
Drum Corps, IL strong, was also with
this large delegation Tbs Citizens baud
Of N wsrk head,d the Fourth district
club which was o,m ed n both foot and
horsemeo. A humber o. Delaware Col
lese boys End other Newstkers ssIe in
this crowd. A boat on Th' els and drawn
By four hcTeea was f,id With email
girls holding flags and toI ohes. Whtls
KRIS band Of North Ras' hesded dslesa-
| lions from North Rsst aud GhAFlest0wn. 4
large band wagon filled with aged Demo-
Gratis came next. The Della sara City
COrnet Band headed q company OF horse
men from Chesapeake City.
Among the inscriptions on the trans.
psrencies scattered throughout the
parade were the following: "Why We
Laugh We've Got Them" "Publio
Office, Public Trust" Down With the
Tariff Iniquities," "No Subsidies to
Monopolies, !" Republican Party, Born,
1855, Died, 1884," can Honor to Hem
bricks All Hail to Indiana" "we
Have Waited for "a Years." 1.-THE Goose
Of the g. o. P, is Cooked. BurohArd
Was Cook" "No Taxation Except for
Revenue" "Honesty and ECONOMY In
the Administration Of Public AffSirs,"
"Can't Count Us 0ut This Time" No
Funny Biz" "Cleveland is Elected by
Honest Votes in Spite OF Gould's
Republican Soap" Down With Land
Mono polies," aoh Glory Glory /
Hsllelujsp," Democratic Party; Born
1880; Sill Vigorous" Republican Party
Born 1856, DIED 1884" "Turn the
Rasoals Out, LIST no Rsscsls Io;" open
ing the Books; Republican Discrepancies
$247, coo, 000," "No Tax Upon the Pro
ducts Of LAbo-," "Trse Raw Material, -
"No North, No SOUTH" "a Redeemed
aud United County, equal Rights
to All" "Me aud jim is Beat, ""The Sad
Slogan Of Logan"
Ga the largest trauBpsre acy OF all
Blaine was Represented as the tattooed
man lying PROSTATE with Conkling on
his body. One inscription which must
have bean written by someone with Lees
knowledge OF grammar than Logan, read
"WheTe is Blkins, Jones and Dudley ~
Another had on i,s four sides the namei
Of ~ sfferson, Jac~scn, Tilden and Cleve
land"
, Most Of the houses In the town wef,
illuminated. The most brilliant display
! was made by William Falls, cost Of tn,
Howard House. The FELTON, House wa
also brilliantly illuminated, as were ala
Mlehei's drug store, r. G Resse & Co
, Dean & Taylor, and ether business
> houses. Among the residences illumi
mated were those OF William s. Byans
8 Roger WitWorth, R. Z. lamar, James P
. Merritt, a. W. Mitchell, DR.. J. q. lamar
John T. Brown, Senator Groome, Mrs
. David Scott and Mrs. Fraz.r.
! After the parade crowd gatheYsd II
0 front OF thu Howard House where IL wa
i announced that prominent speakers fror
abroad would hold forth. None Of thea
being present, DR.. ]. Il. lamar calle
the meeting to order. john 8. Wir,
/, was appointed president, with a long lis
Of vice presidents. Mr.. Writ, who was
member of the Chicago convention an
!, east his vote on each ballot for Cleveland
! 90 tsking tue chGir made an eloquen
! address He WAS followed b
@. c. crolhers, Esq, who made forci
j bio and pleasing address Tie gentle
: man informed his Democratic hearer
4 that the Civil Service law didn't amour
to anything aud that as the Dsmoorati
i party woulG get the credit or discredIt
K the coming administration, honest Demo
ofats Wer wanted 10 all gOveromer
= positions. He slso thanked the Deli
: wareans for participating and expresse
= the hope that Bsysrd would some ia
! OCCUPY the Whl:e House. At the COL
d clusiou 0, Mr. Crothera' speech loud an
Z persistent calls we're mad, for Unite
i States Senator Gfoume who happened ne
y to be at hand to the disappointment
the assemblase. Other speakers spok
Z briefly,