The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-10-10

DRY Goods Repabiseans and : Girl
Sing Tipp<eznse Hynns.

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Sing TfpPexznse Hynn&.
Ses YORK sun.
Just - the name Of the Boy Preach
e. Harrison used to attract clerks and
business men TO the old John Street
Methodist church al the noon hour for
singing religious services. so Just now
does the name Of the Iippeeznoe pres
idsntiai candidate. Ben Harrison. at
tract clerks and business men 10 the
ground floor OF 81 Bro4dway for sing
! ing political services. The building
s2s Broadway i wide and deep. and
the street fieor i nox bereft Of any
furniture except red. white and blue
bunting depending from the ceiling. a
platform at the middle Of the side wall
and small organ at the rear wall.
Twelve o'clock sharp is the time when
| the fun begins At that hour suscep-
tihle young bookkeepers and dapPer
statesmen leave their work in the great
warehouses Of the dry goods district,
and instead Of going 70 luncheon they
hasten 10 81 broadway. That i, men
Of the Republican faith 20 there Its
there that the Wholesale Dry Goods
Harrison and Morton Cinb have their
headquarters, and novel way they
are carrying on their work there.
Yesterday was sample OF many
days First. al noon precisely, a few
Young fellows went into the place. On
the right side a they entered they
found . blond and pretty girl with q
tray OF campaign buttons and pile of
song books. Have a buttonss she
said. and one OF the young men said
he would "Twenty five cents. said
she. and . cents he paid. Have
a song book !" she murmured. and he
murmured that ne would, as he gazed
at her light blue eyes. Ten cents.
please she whispered. and 10 cents
he dropped into her palm. getting in
return 4 song book and smile as
well.
A long-bearded nam escorted a
Tssng woman through the crowd
iFs,a the front to the rear of the
store. They were followed by griz-
zlesi-sace gentleman. The crowd
moved Itself nearer the organ. The
grizzly gentleman seated himself at
the organ and the other one mounted
box by the organ. The girl stood
by the organist.
Come nearer the organ.r said the
gentleman on the box. And again
the 500 moved nearer the organ.
Now let u= sing No. 49, said the
chorister. Then each one OF the crowd
took a leaHet OF songs from his pocket
and at the same time the organ started
the air of ..Good-by' Ny Lover. Good
by" Ii vas the key OF C. and the
blond Young lady led of in the sing
ing. Her voice was sweet and low
and the chorister ON the high box
joined her in the lines. This Is the
way they started.
The traia Is coming around the bend.
Good BIZ, old Grover. good-by.
It's loaded down with Harrison men,
ti0od-by, old Grover, good by.
The 800 came in on the chorus:
Bye, free trade baby,
Rock 10 Grover ienderly,
Bye. free trade baby,
Wen smash the cradle,
tsoSd-by.
Ii was music as ii from the Threats
OF stent5rs, and far out on Broadway,
above the rushing noise OF busting
drays and rapid express wagons and
rambling slow, salmon-cosored cars,
{ Tolume OF song went searching up
an down the busy thoroughfare-
Then, led by the young woman and
the bearded choIister, the crowd
shouted;
Free trade is busted, protection, we say,
Good-hy, old Grover, good byi
Roast bsef 10 eat, two dollars a day,
Good by. cid Grover. go0d-by.
The chorus and more stanzas fol-
lowed, and then another song was be-
gun. lis first stanza was.
He sat up In his old arm chair,
Which he entirely ats,
And there before bin lay pile
OF soldiers pension bills;
With "a hitter scoff aud an angry fTown
Al the name of each hero
He 5featheS u Sigh TO think. IA sooth,
Il was his last veto.
All this was 10 .he tune Of lit was
Ny Last Cigar" and almost every one
knew how 10 sing it and TO sing il well.
Then there wasn't any let-up, either,
for from the several quarters of the
store came calls for this, that, or some
other song Halt dozen were sung
merriiy. aud then most every one was
getting hoarsc. Then a man with a
mellow baritone sang the Cleveland
Lament This has become pretty
familiar at the small Republican meet
ings, and it's a great fayorlte. Every
boay joined IN the chorus. Some one
of the managers of the MONDAY meet
| ings slipped to the middle OF the room
and mounted the platform By the side
wall there Come this way, gentle
men," he shouted, and the crowd
obediently followed. 1t meant that
singing was over for while and some
talking was now to be had. William
+. Fuller, OF Ciafilns, presided. He
trotted ont Or. ]. w. Watts, ol ore
goa. as the first speaker. DR.. Watts
was an elector in 20. He rs a big man
physically, and he slapped his chest
and said he came from the land where
they made big trees and big Repubil-
cans. The so laughed and cheered
and he delivered himself OF many a
prophecy that Harrison and Morton
would lie elected. lie didn't go into
the merits OF the two parties, perhaps
simply because il wasn't necessary
| lust then. for there wasn't anybody IN
| the 500 who had 60 be converted.
Joseph L. 0'IIara, North CAROLYN
| ian with q copper complexion, fol-
IIowesi. He was in the Forty-eighth
and Fortv-ninth congress. Col. Geo.
| T. Clarke, dry goods man, was The
| last speaker. He told funny stories
and made appeals. but left out all ar
| gument. Then there were five more
campaign hymns, and the meeting
was over except for the appearance oil
an exceedingly dapper young man
who iunlped up on the platform and,
unauthorized, proceeded 10 address
| the crowd. The burden Of his dis
| iointed speech was that the young
men should have a chance ia the Dry
Goods Club. in the councils OF the
party, and the management Of AFFAIRS
a. state. lie said he came from New
Jersey. and he promised that the state
would ~ Republican. No one knew
/ the audacieus Young mans name.
When he had been choked of The 90
slowly moved 10 the door. singing as
they vent out TO sell their liaeas and
Iausiins again;
Down in the cora field
I Hear that iaOurEful sannn;
/ All the Democrat sEe weeping.
l Growers IN the cold, cold groena-
The beautiful blond Young lady re-
manned 70 sell campaign buttons
a glimpse Of one possible cause 81
the prevalent diSorganIzatcn 81 tie
| mail service saws the Utica Herifld-
is Afforded by the affidavit oi George
/ y Harrison. Of Rochester. He make
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