The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-10-27
THE REPUBLICANS.
Gosd Crowd and . Fair Procession OF
Thursdsy. Synopsis Of speeches.

Thursdsy. Synopsis Of speeches.
Thursday was one Of the finest days in
the month Of October, mild, menow and
smiling. II was the reverse Of TIE day the
democrats were greeted BY, and as far g
weather could cut figure. 1t was obvious
shat the republican day would not be On.
infant. Delegations from the surrounding
territory came BY train and on horse, while
those who came merely 10 see the town were
numerous. By noon the streets we're lined
with scattering strangers, and at half past
two, Q large and we'll ordered procession,
escorted Senator Cullom and Capt. Hill,
candidate for congress, to the park. A
thousand people listened to Senator Cnllom,
whose speech was Of the regular republican
variety. He lodged the tariff issue as to its
main features. and confined himself to
r,dicule Of the Mills bill and ancient history.
The "Goldsn Period" between the passage
Of the Walker tariff bill and the Morril
tariff, received special attention. In those
days he had seen bis father sell corn for
ten cents per bushel, wheat for forty cents,
snd cattle at eight dollars per head This,
said he, was the Golden Era Of Free Trade"
When the democratic party went out OF
power it left the treasury depict ed, and the
republican party found itself with war on
its hands and no money. To-day we are
satisfied people, and the happiest on earth
He went into clothing store in Washing
ton and asked for o ten dollar suit, on the
morning of his tariff speech, and when he
came into the Senate chamber the senator's
called him dude. (Hewore English broad
cloth on Thursday. Suppose you had to
pay twenty dollars for suit? Suppose the
tariff on suit like it was two dollars. an
you paid twenty-five dollars for it herei
Was 1t not better to pay two dollars more
and keep the money in America for Ameri.
can workmen than to send it abroad and
feed foreign psupers! The democrats
wanted to reduce the tariff on steel rails.
The tariff was now 80 low that the rail men
made no money. He was in favor of pro-
lection and the democratic wanted free trade.
The claim that the democracy had restored
thousands of acres of public land to the pee.
pie was false. The republicans had done it,
and the democrats had had nothing 70 do
with it. He shook out the folds Of the
traditional bloody shirt and said that Presi-
dent Cleveland had cruelty and heartlessly
vetoed pension bills, the applicants for which
we're poor and starving, and needed the
money very much.
Mr.. Cullom's audience, numbering over
thousand people, many of whom we're school
children, all the schools having been dis
missed, was attentive, notwithstanding his
poor voice, and cheered frequently. Mr..
Cullen master of ceremonies, then intro
duoed Capt. Hill, candidate for representa-
the. The captain, who was very Rrosy and
dry, had the same audience at the Beginning
of his speech. He started in to describe
the several tickets, and when he got as far
AZ Belva Lock wood half his audience had
DISPERSED. He then bewailed the fact that
President Cleveland had accepted second
nomination, and two hundred people heard
him. Then he told Of the democrats turning
republican oficeholders out, and his audi
enee dwindled down to fifty. When the
captain finally closed, he had not more than
bakers dozen out of the entire thousand.
The evening found nearly eight thousand
people on the streets. and the sidewalks,
from Washington Park to the bridge, on La
Sale street, was perfect jam. The pro.
eeesion was Q long time Ill forming, and 1t
was not until nearly nine o'clock that the
Marshal and his aids, at its head, moved
upon La Sale street. 1t was nearly six
blocks in length, and considerably longer
than the democratic parade, the arrange
nent Of the columns, sill marching in open
order to nearly the full width Of the street,
made it appear to contain many more torches.
Delegations were present from Streator, La
Sale, Peru, Mendoza, Joliet, Morris, Mar
settles, Grand Ridge, Sheridan, Meriden,
Prairie Center, Troy Grove. Earlville and
Freedom. Nearly every club had its band
or drum corps, and the din made by the
dozens of horns and drums WAS deafening.
The features Of the parade were the Tppe'
canoe club of this city, the Flambeau club of
Mendoza, and the mounted club, log cabin
and sheep exhibition from Grand Ridge.
The two clubs drilled very we'll The parade
was confined wholly to La Sale street, where
it marched and counter marched for half an
hour. At its close very pretty display of
Roman candles and rockets at either end of
She street lighted the heavens for fifteen
minutes. 1t was Q very fine parade.
The crowd was 10th toleave the streets,
but after a while speaking began in Wash
ington Park, the Opera House and Turner
Hall.
The crowd in the park numbered about
1000 people, and after some delay, Mr..
Cullen introduced Hon. Thomas Crafty, OF