The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-10-21
THE REPUBLICAN PARADE.
Speech at Liberty Hall by Ex-Gov. Woods

Speech at Liberty Hall by Ex-Gov. Woods
The clerk of the weather tele.
graphed a special invoice OF that
commodity to northwestern Oregon
yesterday. The sun shone out al
the afternoon, drying the streets and
giving promise of a fine evening
which was fully verified.
At eight o'clock the Blaine club
and Garfield club from upper Astoria
came marching down with torches
preceded by the Western Amateur
band and cheered along the route
At the armory they met the main
body of the procession, and ranks be.
ing formed the band struck up q live
ly tune and headed by the Blaine
club, with drums beating and banners
flying, the first parade of the cam
paign began.
Crowds lined the sidewalks, but
the middle of the street was kept
clear and as the long procession filed
by cheer after cheer went up, and the
notices, floats, transparenciss, etc.,
came in for their share of the ap-
plause.
Carried on high over the heads of
those who carried a torch and
vote could be read in the
bright glare of the many lights
81, ,4O7 in June, 10000 in November" !"
MaFtl' Mort : ON to Victory
my address after Nov. 6, 1888 will
be plain G. Cleveland, Buffalo, N. Y"
I'VE want a decent mail service"
"Where is that surplus gomez" at
is not msxims, but markets." Ben
Harrison. "The Republican senate
made Cleveland sign the Chinese ex-
clusion bill" "a solid north, Oregon
leads the van." Harrison risked his
life for his country; Cleveland hired
substitute" "Down with pauper
labor, English wages and free trade"
Free trade makes low wages"
Cleveland took away our protection
at FITS. Candy and Stevens" Upper
Astoria will give Harrison 100 ma.
iority." "The Republican party has
always been the friend of the labor
ing man." and many others.
The procession paraded the princi-
pal streets and coming to o halt in
front of the Occident, three rousing
cheers were given for Harrison and
Morton, after which Ex-Governor
Geo. l.. Woods, the speaker of the
evening, was escorted to Liberty
hall, which was crowded to its ut
most capacity.
The speaker was introduced briefly
and eloquently by F. d. Winton, who
said that the silver tongued orator of
the west would give the audience
some reasons for the return to power
Of the Republican party, that majestic
party which would never furl its
standard till every man in every Sec
ton had the unchallenged right to
cast one vote and have it counted.
ex-governor Woods who is a man,
OF fine presence rose and gracefully
begged the indulgence OF the audi
ence, the arduous duties of the cam
paign being wearing. He said we
meet not as partisans, but as patriots
as intelligent American citizens to
decide how our ballots shall be cast
in the great national contest. Elo-
quently and powerfully. he drew a
true picture of the past and present
of the two great parties and asked
that they be judged by their record; !;
he dwelt at length on protection,
tariff for revenue only and free trade,
and citing the effect that each had on
the nations prosperity argued that as
the protective tariff had best devel-
oped the nations wealth and placed
money in the hands of American
workers, the Republican party, the
champion of protection to American
workers should receive the votes OF
American freemen. For nearly an
hour he held the audience and
moved them at his will; sarcasm,
hunior, eloquence, facts, logic.
added to the charm of his voice and
the earnestness OF his manner made
up an address that has been seldom
equaled in Astoria, and one of the
most convincing of political speeches.
He was loudly spplauded through
out, and at the close the audience
gave three cheers for Harrison and
Morton, and three more for Hon
Geo. L. Woods.
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