Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-05

Nv rnercenarv motives, for the salary then,
as now was a mere pittance. Their desire
was to labor where they felt they could do
most good. Like sentiments and men Of
like caliber prevailed when the Wings of 40
Issued a call for the state convention to meet
at the capital to nominate candidate for
governor. For weeks before the time ap-
noiuted for the convention the citizens OF
the capital made extensive and hospltable
preparations to entertain the vast crowds
which were sure to be drawn to the city.
As early as Thursday morning, Feb. 20,
felegates from all parts began to pour into
he town I wish you could have seen them
coming in carriages and wagons, by coach
and on horseback, spattered with mud and
soaking wet from the rain, which poured in
oessantly throughout the day, and made the
roads almost impossible. In great crowds,
from Licking county and all her old towns
from Washington, Athens and Meigs they
como, singing as they plod through rain and
mud The streets are mass OF moving,
excited faces, whose ardor cannot be damp
aned by any freak Of the elements.
All through the still hours of the night is
ueard the tramp Of incoming legions
From Ross, Pike and Jackson counties, in
she south, they come, and from the west they
come, gayly singing as they plod through
the mud Of the National road. From the
north, hear the jubilant cries Of eight jolly
Yankees, their coloKs flying from full
rigged brig drawn by six spirited horses
From the shores Of Lake Erie and tho fertile
banks of the Ohio, Scioto, Miami and
Maumee come the river men and the tillers
of the soil, making procession Of log cabins
two miles long In the rude cabins are the
primitive weapons and eInblems OF pioneer
life-the gun, az, deer skins and other spoils
of the hunter,
Who follows the stag TO his slippery crag,
And chaSes the bounding roe
In the open doors stand barrels Of hard
cider, and within there is plenty OF ginger
bread, hoe cake and bacon, on which the
hardy veterans feast with right good will
And as they make their way into the heart
of the town, listen, how Justify they sing:
We have had hard time on account Of the road,
But we looked not behind, for cause was good;
The object of our journey is plain to discover,
vris to row Mart Van Buren, way up the Salt river.
o ching ring, ching ching ring ching.
vention,
Then we'll learn more fully Con Harrison's in
tention.
Wen compose such body that the Locos will
lock sour.
For they will know we are como to see their last
hour,
o ching ring, ching. ching ring. a ching.
The procession is forming. From private
dwellings and public houses gay banners and
floating ribbons faunt on the breeze. The
house tops are black with people. From
every direction come bands Of music, to the
number of twenty, in gorgeous gilt cars.
with splendid trappings, each drawn by six
beautiful white horses, and to martial
strains escorting various military compa-
MES, while the stirring notes of Hail Col
umbia,n "My Country It's Of Thee" 'The
Star Spangled Banner" fill the air and thrill
the hearts of all. The city vibrates with the
roar of Niagara. 1t is impossible to make
ones way through the mass of human beings
blocking the corner OF Broad and High
streets, where on a raised pavilion, the con-
vention meets at 9 O'Clock, with Gen.
Beall, an old war friend and companion
Of Gen. Harrison in the chair. Whitened
with the SHOWS Of seventy-one winters, Har-
rison's venerable war friend rises and elo-
queutly tells of their leaders hardships and
triumphs in the wild western territory, when
the war whoop and bloody tomahawk of the
savage threatened the settlers lives and filed
tho hearts Of their wives and children with
O horrible fear With breathless attention
they follow him to the famous victory Of
Tippecanoe When the loud cheers and deaf
ening plaudits had subsidized, Hon. Thomas
Ewing, the great statesman, and Gen Muir
ply, prominent politician of the day, make
q few happy aud eloquent remarks.