The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-10-12
A Big Demonstration at
Indianapolis.
PLUMED KNIGHT THE HERO
The Street Parade, Review and
Meeting at Night at Tom
1inson Hall.
Blaine at Indianapolis.

of the largest and most successful ever
held in Indiana. Early trains poured
their thousands into the city. Nearly
all of the fifteen railroads ran special
trains. Some of the roads were not able
to bring all the passengers who desired
to come. Not less than 1000 extra pas
senger coaches were employed. 1t is
estimated that by noon over 10000 Wis
itors had arrived. Early in the day the
streets became blocked throughout the
business district, and pedestrians found
it tedious matter to travel.
Scores of bands and drum corps were
marching to and fro, and the scene
during the morning was one of confu-
sion and noise. The hotel corridors
were crowded, and the din. of fife and
drum was to be heard everywhere Z
Towards noon the streets around the
Republican headquarters at the New
Denison Hotel began to fill. and at 1
o'clock nothing but a solid wall of hui
mainly was to be seen for two squares
up and down Pennsylvania Avenue.
HARRISON AND BLAINE.
At 1.3O General Harrison, accom-
panied by Mr.. Blaine, arrived at the New
Denison and made their way across the
crowded balcony to the outer ratings.
Their appearance was the signal for
tremendous outburst from $4,000 peo-
pie, packed like sardines in the streets
below. Beside General Harrison stood
Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. Dimick, &C
companied by Mrs. Judge Woods, and
a number of other ladies. Among those
on the reviewing balcony were ex-
Senator Forney, General J. W. Foster,
General Hastings, Ex-Governor Porter,
Judge w. F. Niblock, Judge Woods,
press representatives and a couple of
hundred of others. The tumultuous
cheering on the appearance OF Harrison
and Blaine continued several minutes,
the cheers being first for Harrison and
then for Blaine. Both men repeatedly
lifted their hats in acknowledgement.
At Ito o'clock, the boom of a canon
told the waiting thousands that
THE COLUMN HAD STARTED.
1t was clock when the battalion of
police made its way through the
dense crowd. AS Grand Marshal Mil
lards, followed by fifty mounted aides,
passed the review stand, they haulted a
moment with military precision and
saluted. The column was an hour and
half in passing. 1t is estimated that
there were nearly 12,0O0 in line, a large
majority of which were in uniform.
There were not less than forty bands in
the procession.
At the head of the first division, came
the gigantic Harrison and Morton ball
drawn by four horses and rolling con-
tinuously in Its frame work. This is
the first campaign ball seen IN this city
and its passage solicited storms of ap-
pleuse and cheers. One of the most
demonstrative organizations was the
Irish Club. Their banner reading,
PROTECTION, ITS IRISH, YOU KNOW"
They also carried a mammoth
streamer a hundred feet long, inscribed
in big green letters.
Perhaps the club that elected the
greatest applause was fifty young girls. |
ranging from IL to 15years, "Harrison's
Daughters" from Connersville. They |
wore. jackets of blue, with stars and |
stripes of red, white ami blue, with blue |
caps. AS the little beauties passed the
reviewing stand, they gracefully lifted |
their caps, holding them at salute
while they passed, and chanting: I'VE
are for Harrison, etc." General Har-
rison and Mr.. Blaine saIuted them re-
peatedly.
From Illinois there were a dozen
clubs, aggregating nearly 1000. The
Manufacturers Oriole, Illinois, club
carried an old tattered flag of the cam
paign of 1876, which drew cheers wher-
ever it passed. ss.,
After the review General and Mrs.
Harrison took a carriage and were
driven home. Blaine was driven to
THE EXHIBITION GROUNDS,
arriving at the speakers stand just as
the rear of the great procession
reached the ground. A crowd, esti-
mated at $4,000 were around the stand.
AS Blaine appeared a mighty shout
went up from the multitude and the
din of so many voices mingled with
thirty or forty bands and drum corps
was almost deafenlng.
General Hovey and Rev. Ira J. Chase,
Major Calkins and other speakers had
preceded Blaine to the Exposition
Grounds. General Hovey made brief
speech followed by Reverend Chase,
for Lieutenant-Gove
Blaine entered as Chase was speaking
and the latter discontinued his address.
After several minutes the din and
cheering subsidized, when
BLAINE SAID:
Ladies and Gentlemen-A man might
as well take bis position at the end of
Cape Race and address the Atlantic
Ocean as to attempt to address this vast
crowd. hope to speak to small sec
tion of it in town this evening, but {
I came out here simply to exchange ]
greetings, to exchange congratulations /
and to say to you, as you know before {
1 say it, that this great concourse of
people means 14000 majority in Indi-
ana for Harrison and Morton, and,
further. that demonstration like this
of ali Indiana is worth 800 speeches
from any man living. Goodbye" J.