The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-15
REPUBLICANS BIG NIGHT
COLORED PEOPLE JOLLIFY OVER
HARRISON'5 ELECTION.

HARRISON'S ELECTION.
Three Thousand of Them March tc
the Park and Listen to Speeches
| by Their Leaders-A Salute in Honor
of the President Elect-Incidents Of
the Parade-Some of the Transpa
rencies and Banners.
Last night was a field night for the col
ored republicans, and to judge from tbs
size of their parading column and tht
| crowds that marched on the sidewalks along
the line of march, few were left at home
AS early as 80 o'clock at East Broad anc
South Broad streets, the place of rendezvous
was blocked with colored people of all a res
and sexes. AS the clubs marched up to the
music of bands the crowds cheered wildly
and women danced the pigeon wing in mud
ankle deep. The torches were distributed
at Wheaton and East Broad streets and
one man drove lively trade in
Reld's square, on South Broad street, SELL
ing them at 10 cents apiece Upward of
ZOO torches were carried in the procession.
Chief of Police Green, Sergt. KIllourhy and
detail of mounted police accompanied the
procession to preserve order in the line and
to check disorder outside of it.
GUARDED BY MARsHALs.
The speakers, the committees, and chief
marshal, Capt. L. NJ Peasants, rode in
carriages. Mounted Assista t Marshals
Robert II. Burke, &. A. Davidson and Ham
Jefferson rode along the line, and 100
marshalS on foot kept the men will in
ranks, and it was due to this fact
that little occurred on the march to
cause any disturbance. The only unpleasant
incidents of the march were trivial ones
and no one was seriously injured.
At the Marshall house a colored boy on
the sidewalk flashed his torch in the face of
white onlooker, who jerksd it out of the
lads hand, but at the instance of Officer
Rogers he returned it, and the boy was
made to fall back into the ranks. AT
Drayton and Broughton a white man at
tempted to break into the procession and
was struck on the head with billy and
badly beaten up.
THOUGHT IT WAS Pistol.
The nearest approach to trouble was at
West Broad aud Margaret streets. whers a
young man shot off a couple of firecrackers
from a second-story wi idow. Some one in
the crowd said, He's shooting
pistol at u.s." and some of the
house, but a mounted marshal, with
rare presence of mind, rode up and ordered
them to march on. Sergeant Killourhy
stationed an officer at the house until the
procession had passed. From that on there
was no disturbance.
AT 9 o'clock an artillery salute was fired
in the park extension as the head of the
procession filed in at the Drayton street
gate. 1t was fully half an hour before tue
end of the line finished its countermarch
around the speakers platform in the south
erp part OF the parade ground. As the
bands played Rally round the fag,n the
crowd Of men and women took up the song
The tumult was 50 great that it was almost
impossible to hear a complete sentence de-
livered by any of the speakers. Cheers and
music in the park extension, pistol shots in
the air and fire crackers, with the noisy
yelling, drowned the voices of the speakers
who could hardly hear themselves the
greater part of the time.
AT THE PARK EXTENSION.
s. B. Morse presided, and ma lie short
the meeting. He was followed by Rev.
Floyd Snelson, who spoke for half an hour.
Col. John Fl. Deveaux followed in twenty
minute speech, and Capt Peasants and ".
II. Matthews followed In brief remarks.
Rev. w. H. Styles of Liberty county spoke
for ten minutes. All the speakers were
colored. Col. James Atkins was expected
to address the meeting, but he was not
present ess oo,Or. II oo, was distinct S
ginning to end. The speeches were
of the enthusiastic order, and Mathews was
particularly howery. He gave them TO
understand that the Lord had painted the
heavens blue and set the moon in a clear
sky and pinned it with a star so that the
boys could paint the forest city with Crock
fire and several thousand torches Wrought
up to the highest pitch Of enthusiasm, he
said that "the colored people must organ
ize, stand by each other and they would
soon rule this southern section" and he
added that the republicans carried At
lanta, but the democrats went behind the
returns and counted us out.n
Capt. Peasants was more conservative
He complimented the authorities for afford
ing ample police protection, congratulated
his people on their good behavior and
counseled them to avoid disorder and go
home peaceably and enjoy their victory in
their homes and be happy.
SOME OF THE TRANsPARENCIES.
There were some very queer notices and
transpareucies in the procession. "By and
By We viii see the King Harrison ""King
Harrison, the Boss" -Four Months More
will Turn Grover from the White House
Door," are samples of the sentiment. There
we're notices representing the alleged ma
jorties in the republican states, and one
claimed tlat The Solid South is Broken"
A pair Of significant notices bear out the
statement in yesterdays MORNING NEWS,
that the republicans are not only organ
izing but intend to run a candidate for
mayo. The significant notices were: PAY
Your Poll Tax Now" and Prepare to Vote
for Mayor in January"
Some idea of the extent of the parade
may be gathered from the fact that when
the head of the line marching east on South
Broad had reached Montgomery street the
last torch-bearers of tho line were crossing
Whitaker going west on Broughton street.
1t is variously estimated that there were
from $500 or 5000 people in line, but
there was a very large number of boys and
quite number of women and girls.
When the meeting in the park broke up
there was regular fusade Of pistol shots
A Half Dozen Thieves Ticketed to the