Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-06
At Conan che,

CoMANCHE, Tx, Nov. Saturday
| marked the grsndest turn ont ever seen
in this county. The Comsrche Democ-
rscy juss hied itself and reached the
climax responsibilities in enthus ssm and
demonstration. Ii rent the Vaulted skies
and parslyz ID sll opposition. Tho pro-
ceedlngs Of the dag beggsr descIip-
| zion. Hon. S. W. T. Lsnhsm is
credited with saying that IL YVES
the biggest thing OF the kind he
| hsd seen In tbs state. There Is no eues-
tion that he IS well rs others were CONS
pletely surprised by its grandeur. The
rally was ssid to have begun Friday night
| when st called meeting ct the local
Democratic Club the ladies' OF Cornanche
presented the Clue with IN elegant s.sr
| spangled bar per. Miss EffleStone delivered
the presentation speech, snd Colonel N.
r. Lindsey responded for the club. This
took place on the equsre, Snd in the
presence OF IN audience estimated
ct 5000 people. The effect
Of Miss stones speech was electric, ana
many sn old Democrats heart got into
his throst before che concluded. The
Stephenville band was on hand, and at
the close @. her remarks struck up D.xe.
| Colonel Lindseg's speech in response
contained most beautiful ard touching
tribute to woman and glowing sppesl
| for loysity and devotion 70 Democratic
principles.
He WAS followed by Captain T. P.
| Hutchinsop, WhO addressed the crowd
about h.lf "A hour on the Issues Of
the day.
Saturday morning early the t0wn was
elNbustle ard sc:iYitY and At l O'Clock ,ha
various Democratic clubs Of the county
| formed liz s 5iogle procession and msrc5eC
to the ground a0ous 8 half mile He'd By
the band Then followed the presenjs-
ton OF flag to the county Democracy OF
behsH OF tbs ladies OF Cjmanche, repre-
sented by Mics Ella Lowry, County
| Chairman Ms2on responding. The feet
WAS even more profound sud sensational
than the similar occasion the preceding
| evening owing to the lsrgely increased
numbers OF people present.
Colonel LSIhsm then address sed the PEG
pie something mora than two hours, aftet
which inner was served by Accurate es-
timste to over 5000 people spd abundance
OF bread and meat was left.
Lsrham'5 Rpeach was generally con-
ceded to oe one OF the best ever delivered
here and had marked effect on the audi
cree.
He wsa folloWediu the afternoon by Col.
onel q. T Sims, candidate for S.ste Sens
tor, who handled the fallacies Of the Nom
Psrtisans without gloves. He is 6 clear,
fluent speaker and evidently has future !
Should he live.
The torch light procession at night was /
the grsndest elimination in the history |
OF the county. Organizing below Mrs. |
Holmes, me half mile east from the |
square, it marched through the principal
streets Of the town, taking some two
hours TO complete the round. AS fer IS
the eye could discern IN the darkness,
down the line was an unbroken double !
column of torches, the horsemen being in
front, and The vehicles and footmen be-
hind. The spectators remained on the
public square, and the marshal OF the
procession slowly ordered o
way through the dense crowd.
AS they passed the squsre the cheering
WAS desfening. 1t looked and sounded |
like pandemonium broke loose. About J
10 O'Clock the march wss completed and |
the procession was thrown into Q solid
msss of humanity in front Of J. "
GREEN'S building, where, after 81 Hum
iuation Of calcium lights t1r about ten
minutes, the band succeeded II guieiiug
them, and then NJ, o Hamilton closed the
festivities as we'll SIS the cam
paign by few remarks, in which
ne said few days since the
the Democracy Of Comanche couaty were
ct the mourner's bench, but now they
were rejoicing. He closed with An ex-
hortstion to the Democrats 70 work for
the ticket next Tuesday and bury She op
position so deep it will never know a
The general verdict Is IA
vorable.