Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-04
THEIR PARTING SHOT.
REPUBLICAN SPEAKERS TURN TO FIRE
ANOTHER VOLLEY

Before the Battle of the Ballots Begins To-
Day in Allegheny County - Eloquent
Addresses to a Small Crowd at Old City
Hall.
If empty chairs could only cheer, what
an enthusiasm the Republican orators might
have awakened at Old City Hall last night!
But they couldn't, and it remained for the
little handful of men and boys to furnish the
applause to keep the ball a-roling.
There sat that little army OF 200 patriots!
From the window on every hand could be seen
the red fire of the evening, and the closed doors
could not keep out the stirring music OF the
band of the besiegers. Cheer after cheer could
be heard-on the outside. As a truthful
chronicle of facts, this story would not be com
plete without picturing the countless number
who followed the brass band-countesS be-
cause they left SO rapidly that ii was impossible
to count them. But the orators remained man
fully at their tasks, and poured forth consola-
tion to those who remained. One colored man
became inspired by the remarks of Chairman
Porter, and arose to say a word. Put him
outr from every part of the house where there
were people, the cry was heard, and the col
ored brother had to go, the policeman VINO
escorted him to the door remarking that he mad
made a vote for Pattson.
ANOTHER MAN IN BLUE.
Later on, while the Hon. Miles Humphries
was speaking, another patriot, James Fielding
a man who fought to free the same colored
man. arose and wanted to make speech. He
declared that he had worn the blue during the
war, but a man who wears the blue now. cop
per- proved to be too much for him. and he sat
down and listened attentlyely through the rest
of the evening
At the close of one of the speeches three
cheers were called for for Mir. Delamater, and
they were given right manfully, but when
jimmy ONeil that spirit which haunts all
political meetings, no matter of what falth
called for a tiger" that coy animal proved to
be ruminating in Lis own native Jungle and
refused to come forth for the edltication of the
Audience
The first speaker was Chairman Porter. who
made an eloquent effort to rally his army to
the fight He declared that the county was
flooded with bogus tax receipts, which would
be used to put in votes for Pattison; He de-
clared the report would come out wednesday
morning that Allegheny county had piled up
good majority for Mr.. Delamater, and the
grand old Keystone State will swing into line
with big majority. He introduced Mr.. A. M.
lmbrie as the Chairman of the meeting, and he
in turn introduced as tile leading speaker the
gentleman who made it SO warm for Emery
and his " Y. u. friends one night at the Opera
House. and who is always gladly greeted by
Republican audience, Major A. NJ. Brown.
HAD THEM ON THE RUN.
The Major opened with the statement, 1--WE
have them on the runv' and that awoke all the
enthusiasm that could be crowded into that
little aggregation of voters. He continued:
THE few Republicans who had deserted the
party are now Sinking in the back door, hoping
that we did not know that they even sympa-
thized with the rebel Democrats Mark the
men who vote for Patlison tomorrow. There
is no trouble among decent Republicans.
They are kicking on the bosses, are they9
They wear the collars of the little bosses who
want on top" Major Brown continued with a
strong appeal for the Republicans to stand to-
gether.
Colonel Stone and the Hon. Miles Humphries
also made excellent and entertaining addresses,
covering about the same line of thought as did
their predecessors. The McCleary Glee Club
added to the pleasures of the evening by rem
dering some excellent political hymns"