Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-07-28

try. Cannon roar and deafening cheer
arise from the Threats Of twenty thousaut
freemen. Mounted Marshals begin t
| gather the scattering clans.
Let us mount the dome Of the modes
little State House and watch the gran,
procession form. Every incident in tn
early life of Harrison has been cleverl,
turned into political fuel All the 10.
| cabins, gunboats and canoes which w
have seen coming into the capital sine
Thursday are in line, with thousands O
other devices, which call forth loud ap
plause or laughter from the crowds whicl
look or, unmindlul OF the rain. The pro
cession moves. First come the gorceou
band cars, with their beautiful horses ant
splendid trappings, followed by the gilt
tering arms of State and local military
Through the mud they plow, gloriousi,
singing to the tune of the Star SpangleC
Banner"
The PEOPLE are cunningham Buren, is down
Let Il loud shout Of triumph be heard in GU
town,
Tom Benton is beaten and locos is loo'd.
The pip and blind staggsrs has reached tn
whole brood;
Huzzal then Huzza! mid the lannon's lout
r0Sr,
Let's resolve to be ruled by Van Buren, no more
Suen scampering of locos was ne'er seen before
Old Honesty's coming to take the command
VI the ship Constitution and bring her to land
! ne whole Kitchen Cabinet viii be set ashore
And Matty and Marcy be heard of no more
Huzza! then HuzzaI once more let us cheer
with such commander we've nothing to fear
See the long line of canoes filled with
yeomen from the West, waving banner.
bearing the notices: ''Tippecanoe for.
ever" "The log cabin and hard cider can
didate," 'The peoples friend" "He new ell
lost battle for you" Putting like great
sea horse, slowly moves the western En-.
pire State" war ship of immense proper.
lions, manned by eighty sturdy warriors
and drawn by eight splendid horses skill.
fully driven. 1t proudly hears the en-
blem of the buckeye tree, AMI rising forty
feet from its stern floats a beautiful DOR
trait of Harrison. Great shouts of ap-
plause greet a banner called THE Farmer
of North Bend" It represents Old Tippe-
canoe with his pillow team hating in the
midway burrows. One hand rests on the
pillow, and with the other he lifts to his
lips cup of hard cider. And there is
the Mad River Trapper's Cabin" hung
with coon skins, Il species OF money in the
earlier days of Ohio. Listen how the peo-
pie shout See them toss their hats
What is it? High in the air looms the
miniature battlements of old Fort Meigs
The deuse clouds of smoke from the
minute guns fired through the openings
in the stronghold awaken thousand
memories Of the hero of the Thames. \
long line of delegates from Lorain county,
shouldering brooms with the notices
reform the Reformers," - clean sweep, y
march under the soaring eye Of a live
American eagle, which
with an eye that fires and spell that charms
VIII guide them TO victory"
The deafening cheers, which the sight
of the bird of broad and sweeping wing
arouses, die away into subdued murmur
while General Washington's empty saddle.
with its trappings of scarlet velvet and
silver fringe, is borne by on spotless
white horse, led by one of the Life Guards
of the Father of his Country.
General Harrison, when parting from Il
regiment Of his soldiers after the war,
said: Gentlemen, if you ever come to
Nincennes, you will always find plate, a
knife and Il fork at my table, and assure
you that you will never find my door shut
or the string of my latch pulled in" 4
clever poet at Cleveland turned this
speech into a rolliclling song, which the
delegates from Cuyahoga sing as they pass
in gaily-rigged boat.
His latch string hangs outside the door
Hurran Hurrah, Hurrah
As it has always done before,
Hurrah, Hurrah, Hurrah
We vowed by Wing he should be sent
To Washington as President,
Hurrah, Hurrah, Hurrah, Hurrah
In all the States no door stands wider.
Hurrah, Hurrah Hurrahl
To ask you in to drink hard cider.
Hurrah, Hurrah, Hurrah
But any man that's given to gIabbiu'
Ne'er can enter his log cabin,
Hurrah, Hurrah. Hurrah, HUrrah
So here's three cheers for honest Tin.
Uurrah, Hurrdh, Hurrah
We've got the locos on the hip.
Hurrah, Hurrah Huirah!
Well row them all far up Salt River,
There to let them shake and shiver,
Hurrah, Hurrah, Hurrah, HurrahT'
All. there smiles the gocd old face OF
Governor Vance, who founded the town of
Finlay, and whose pioneer father built the
first log cabin at Urbana. He stands at
the helm of n crowded gunboat.
1t is now II o'clock. The Convention
assemblies in the open air, amid the rain
and deafening noise of bands, horns and
artillery. Listen! A voice from the plat
form speaks: "By acc'amation, Thomas
Corwin has been nominated candidate for
Governor of the State Of Ohio" To the
heavens soar the plaudits of the delighted
crowd. Now lull, and General Charles
Anthony, of Springfield, Vice PRECEDENT of
the Convention, rises and eloquently speaks
Of Corwin's early life on TIE frontier.
Hear him: When the brave Harrison
and his gallant army were exposed to the
dangers and hardships of the Northwest
ern frontier, separated from the interior,
on which they depended for their supplies,
by the brushwood and swamps of St.
Mary's county, through which there were
no roads, where each WAGNER had to make
his way wherever he could find passable
place, leaving traces and routes which are
still visible for a space Of several days
journey, there was a team driven by a
little, dark complexioned, hardy looking
lad, who was Familiarity called Tom Cor
win Through all of that service he
proved himself good whip and an excel
lent reinsman. And in the situation
which we are about to place him he will
be found equally skiliful."
To the air are flung new banners and
incttoes proclaiming he merits Of the
famous statesman, . Tom C9rwin, the
Wagner Boy"
Immediately in the train Of the ma
tional campaign the canvass for Governor
was vigorously opened. Wilson Shannon,
then serving his first term as Governor