Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-10-20
New York Star Syndicate Letter to
the Beacon.
New YoRK. Oct. IA 1sas

~ 49, AOOOs
Ill IL You had been in this city Saiu
lg day, and had witnessed the monst,
nc parade Of business men for Clevelan
and Thurman and Tariff Reform, yo
" you might easily have come to the col
e clusion that there will be no one leI
TO vote for Harrison and Morton
Is This, however, will hardly be realize,
= but it is a fact that no political parad
OF the year can compare with the on,
mentioned. There were 10000 men il
line with brass bands. drum and fife
=. corps ..sprinkled all about them, Sc
that the head of the procession wa.
several miles in advance of the othe,
end. They were not of the common
Iun of paraders eithcr-silk hats and
gold and silver headed canes FREEDOM
mated in every file. The substantial
commercial interest of the Metropolis
have not been so aroused in a rs
they are IN this Campaign. The man.
ufacturers' section Of the parade was
q striking feature-cmbracing as il
did q large number of that class of
our citizens whose interests are sur.
poscd or by the enemy are represent.
ed TO be) %bOuud:up in the success of
the party which insists upon putting
up the price of their products by the
addition of an enormous import tax.
When the paradcrs reached Wall
Street, the mass of humanity, stretch-
ing away for blocks from the U. S.
treasury steps, was SO dense that no
man could move in his place. 1t was
indeed a sigh: well worth seeing. Sec.
rotary Fairchild and Speaker Carlisle,
The chief orators of the day, were both
received with enthusiastic applause.
Inc Secretary was in weak voice
1t requires a voice of extraordi.
nary strength to reach so vast an au.
nlence in the open air, and probably
not more than one out of ten of the
assembled thousands had an idea of
what. he was talking about, until they {
cad 1t the next day in THE STAR :
'hd other papers. Speaker Carlisle, '
however, had little difficulty in max
ng himself heard even in the out t
klrts OF the great asscmblagc. His L
'oicc is of that peculiar penetrating
far reaching character, which
'ithout seeming loud, falls with en-. o
lrc distinctncss at a great distance i
'om the speaker. The crowd was in c,
Ill sympathy with the views of the 81
's'lngnished orator, and they APP $,
Landed as only such people can. p
AT the National Democratic Head. Ia
narters the leaders find diversion in IT
&c attempts CT the enemy to extricate y,
.emselves from that Senate Tariff e,
dilemma. The well authenticated NJ
port that Senator Allison, who is be
with the paternity of this hv. ,h
Gu INFANT, has given it ont that he M
INKS 1t full time Tor the Senate to ia
'hd up business and go home, is tax. on
as pa'pable admission of weakness. ma
major German says it is playing di. W
'iy INTO the Democratic hands: that PHI
Senate Tariff Bill was only a weak Nc
III and would never be permitted to
10 a vote, 1t is even said that
n"tor A'''son's course is prompted
an ominous rebellion in tho Repub. er
an ranks, which makes it certain fr rn
It the Bill conld never get the full Ian
lciion of the Republican majority. lea
1 would therefore ignominiouslv aol
II ever the roll was called. tnt
Meantime the fight is being done bel
this issue of high or low tariff with. uu,
any let'up. Our captains say that ao 1
y WIN s'"hu or TALL by it., and they ed.
not practiclng the tumbling act rus
year either. sen
p 10 date there are five regularly as S
Minated candidates for Mayor Of "",
city. Mayor Hewitt has the en-. SEW
semcnt OF the County Democracy bic
the Citizens party. Sheriff rant rocl
IDS TOR Tammany Hall and il in %n 81,
Iing in a good deal of intempcrate ski
about Father Abram." Col. situ
b. Erl'ardt has been put up by the age.
light Republicans and It is said that
honor cost him something like -,
'oOO in cold cash, James d. Coo. ~!
has the endorsement of the Labor s;ro
y and the Prohibitionists have Gen
: own Wardwcll. The Socialists. und,
nave been cunning about town nay
'ome one who will take their nom. .Snn
on, but they hayn't yet found n for
with enough blood in his eye and worl
le in his whiskers. we
very copsorvo,;r. macl
...i--.o e'''''a'c places III
otal registration this year 27O,OOO. "Thc
probable that 100000 votes will of "
st for Mayoraltv candidates m mari
,ty Dcmocroo noo.I. -. ment
u. I'm fo"p'0 '"'"h 'hat cOnst
III VIII get nearly half of these. zee n
Tammany Hall folks give him pleas
q third, aud elect Grant, on pa. deco
~ 10000 majority. Erhardt will , ,.se,a
ii he touches $4,000 and Coo. vines
VII not by any,possibility exceed and 4
Fol-
The State and National Tickets, Thos.
Idlcations arc that the total Dem. Miss.
c vote will not fall below 100, 900.
8 what the Democratic managers
on, and IL their hopes are real. Mr..
Cleveland will have a majority in CCnniyIi
y 10000 greater than no had tour CouyI
ago. In ia
re has been less icverish spccula. called
the Produce Exchange during S"a I''
'st week, but wheat still rules WAS n
Ugh. Tho Bakers's Association King'
raised the price of bread ton Al