St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-11
AN IDOL OF CLAY
Blue-Blooded Ben Harrison
Has No Further Use for
Hoosiers.
He Promptly Declines to Re-
view a Parade in In
dianapolis.
1t Was Raining and He Was
Afraid He Would Get
Wet.
Another jubilee to Occur in
the Indiana Capital Next
Wednesday.
Numerous Demonstrations
Held in Minnesota and Da-
kota by Republicans.
They Take Occasion to Give
Grover Some Very
Hard Rubs.
West Virginia, According to
the Latest Returns, Is
Still Democratic.
They Take Occasion to Give
Grover Some Very
Hard Rubs.
West Virginia, According to
the Latest Returns, Is
Still Democratic.
Senator German Explains the
Causes That Led to the
Landslide.

weather was unfavOrable to-day and to-
night for the great ratification meeting
that was advertised to take place. Early
in the day steady driZzling rain set in
and continued until nightfali. The
sidewalks and streets were consequent
ly deluged with mud, and altogether it
was the most disagreeable day of the
season. In view of this unfaVorable
outlook for an outdoor demonstration
the committee having the affair in
charge, early in the afternoon, called
meeting and postponed the state ratifi-
cation meeting until next Wednesday
night. However, the postponement by
the committee was too late to prevent
the coming in of number of delega-
tions from Charlottesville, Clin-
ton county and several small
delegations from other points in
Indiana and Illinois. The demonstra-
tion tonight was therefore purely an
impromptu local affair. Gen. Harrison
did not come down town at all, the
weather being too inclement. Early in
the afternoon large crowds began to
congregate on Pennsylvania avenue
and Washington streets. 1t was the
same motley looking crowd that has
filed the streets for the past four days,
blowing their tin horns and ringing
bells. AS evening approached they
were reinforced by several hundred out
of town Republicans, notably the dele
cation from Charlottesville, which was
accompanied by fine uniformed drum
corps. The Charlottesville crowd
marched up and down Pennsylvania av-
enue about z p. M, creating great en-
thusiasm. Each man had big
CARD STUCK IN HIS HAT
with the figures 24S, being the majority
that Montgomery county gave Gen.
Harrison. Occasionally they would
stop, and their leader would catechiSe
them as follows:
(which is the biggestvillage on earth? How
much majority did Gen. Harrison have in
Montgomery county? How much edid he
gainf"
To all of which the company of some
300 would reply in unison, chanting that
S'Harrison gained 100 votes in their
county," The Clinton county delega-
reading: ''Clinton is. the banner
county' About o'clock the rain
ceased, and the people began gathering
on Pennsylvania avenue and around
the New Denison, not knowing that
the big state demonstration had been
postponed. By o'clock the jam was
terrific, the sidewalks were simply i'm
passable, and far out into the muddy
street the crowd Surged back and forth,
making hideous din hwith their thou
sands of tin horns, drum corps, torpe
does and lastly their inceSSant cheers.
Within the New Denison the scene was
repetition of Thursday night; the cor
ridOrS and halls were crowded almost
to suffocation with thousand or more
people seemingly wild and intoxicated
with their own enthusiasm. Glee
clubs sang from the marble stairway,
working the crowd up to the very high
est pitch until it seemed the root of the
house would come down. Every other
man in the great crowd was, for the
time being, clown, as both his dress
and manners indicated. All sorts of
Outlandish garbS were to be seen. Some
wore Chinese dolls on their breasts,
others had their plug hats covered with
red flannel, while not few had paper
log cabins stretched over their hats, Civ
ing them
a MOST UNIQUE APPEARANCE.
Many were covered with little flags,
while their headgear rivaled Sioux
chief. Others again wore red calico
pants OF bright-colored coats, anything
to be odd. When the Charlottesville
drum corps marched into the hotel at
O'Clock the excitement and enthusiasm
had reached its zenith. Men cheered
themselves hoarSe. In spite of the post
ponement of the state ratification the
local Republicans who were celebrating
hoped to secure the presence of Gen.
Harrison to review their parade, and
the general had partially encouraged
them to anticipate his presence, but
about s o'clock a telephone from the
generals house announced that owing
10 the disagreeable weather he
would not come down town. Never
theleSS they held their parade, but
curtailed the line of march. Chief
Marshal Rucker headed the procession
with an escort Of about fifty horsemen,
dressed in fantastic garbs, with hats
full of flags and coats chalked with
figures. Following this cavalcade came
band, then about 400 veterans, who
were also covered with flags and pic
lures. Sky rockets, Roman candles and
cannon torpedoeS in profusion greeted
the procession as it passed down Penn
Sylyania avenue INTO Market street.
Following the veterans came nearly
1000 nondescripts, gorgeously arrayed
in old plug hats, and many of them
shooting Roman candles. Perhaps, the
best display was that of the students of
the Indiana dental college. They car
ried coffin, within which sat an up
right skeleton, with feet protruding.
The head of the skeleton was swathed
in bandana, and the inscription on
the coffin was
PRE- TRADE BABY"
The students provoked storms of APP
plause as they marched through the