Omaha daily bee., 1890-11-12
THEY BLAzED AWAY FOR BOYD
The New Governors Election Noisily Ratis
fed by the Unterrifed.
THE PROCESSION THROUGH THE STREETS.
The Pageant Brought to an End by
Display of Many Kinds
OF Fireworks on the
County Hill.
II was democracy's night.

Several thousand wildly.enthusiastic sups
porters of James Il. Boyd, the governor elect,
| turned out to celebrate his election They
| were aided by more than twenty thousand
small boys with large horns and more people
| than were missed by the census enumerators
| thronged the streets as witnesses of the
| demonstration.
| From signal service standpoint, the night
| was dismal one and II required good deal
| of democratic cnthusiasm-if nothing else
to brace man to the point of making n long
| march through the muddy streets in the
| chill night air.
| But the enthusiasm and the other require
monts were apparently equal to the occasion.
An hour or more before the time for tho
procession to move the crowds began pour
ing In from all directions, seeking desirable
| locations from which to view the parade.
The horn-blower and kazoo manipulation who
began exercising his lungs at o'clock soon
succeeded in getting following and
at the hour for parade the streets
were packed to suffocaton ana the
noise was simply uproarious Men, women
and children crowded each other and good
natured ones fought for points of vantage
| from which they might view the other turbu-
lent yelling mass of humanity that had the
right of way along the street.
On account of the short. notice of the
| demonstration and the disagreeable weather
of the past few days, there had been but lit
| tie attempt at decoration along the limo OF
| march. At the opera house n portrait of the
| govemor-elect. draped with the national COLI
ors, was suspended in front of the building.
| Across the sidewalk ut this place also was
banner bearing the inscriptions
| "DOuglas county voted for Boyd because
| they knew him.
douglas county voted for Richards bo-
cause they knew him"
| ''Its n great thing to be well KNOWN
| The residence and grounds of General Lowe
at Sixteenth and Harney streets We're brill
| liantly illuminated with Chinese lanterns
| creating very pleasing effect
The parade was advertised to form and
| start at o'clock sharp, but as usual thero
was delay of nearly an hour Notwith-
| standing too, the explicit and frcQuently-re-
| peatod directions of Marshal Heimrod the
| participants in the demonstration became
| woefully tangled up in their line Of march.
Capitol avenue on which the procession
| was to form, was dark and gloomy. and the
clubs and delegations that We're to assemble
| on streets west of Seventeenth street never
| reached their destination.
| The Samoset association was on the ground
early and in full torce. II was headed by d
platoon Of blue coats in command of Sergeant
| Tom Ormsby. -,
Then came the A. o. H. band twenty
pieces strong, under the leadership OF r. q,
Douglas. The Samosets walked four abreast,
| and i'll the ranks were such stalwarts rs Con
Gallagher, Pat O'Toole, r. II. Morrissey. J,
c. Crawford, Colonel Floyd, Andy Moynf-
han, Colonel G. S. Higgins Jack Morrison,
jim Kelkenney. Samoset banner was bornc
| by Pat O'Toole, and nearly every brave car
ii d transparency. Noticeable among tho
| Illuminated muslin boxes were these inscrip.
| tions:
''The Dark Cloud Has Passed Away"
"Boyd in Nebraska, Boes in Iowa. Kansas
| Next"
''It's Cold Day for the Colonels.n
| HBOyd and rOsDerity.n
Jim Stephenson brought up the rear OF the
Somoset delegation. In a carriage drawn by
a magnificent pair of blacks, he carried q
| large picture OF the governor-elect on an im-
mense canvas, surrounded by the notices.
''The man who made the best mayor will
make the best governor"
mo empty houses and no convict contracts
| in Omaha for the next two years.
The personal rights league formed tho
second feature of the parade The differenS
ward leagues met at Washington hall and
marched in a body to the place of formation
on Capitol avenue, paying no attention to
by the Musical Union band, thirty pieces
strong. President Lund Of the Douglas
county league, John Banner, Charles HUI
burts and William Segelke occupied car.
riage and following them came fully 5000
members of the league allioudly enthusiastic.
Among the transparencies carried by them
were the folloving:
"OurPresident, Louis Heimrod."
"We were born without chains.n
"James e. Boyd, Our Choice"
equal Rights and Personal Liberty
Granted Us by the Constitution"
| "Personal Liberty Has Triumphed.n
The First ward and south side clubs formed
on Eleventh street, north of Capitol avenue.
The former was marshaled by Councilman
Lowry and the latter by George Kingston.
| They comprised ABOUT two hundred men.
Each club carried a large flag and transpar-
ences bearing the names Of the winning
democratic candidates. Here and there q
man carried torch'and several wore Boyd
| badges.
The Union Pacific band headed the Second
ward organizations, which formed together
on Twelfth street, south of Capitol avenue.
George Holmes, lr., was marshal OF the Eng
, lish organizations. The men numbered $50.
| A transparency showed fairly good
picture of the governor-elect and enunciated
the aphorsm, ''rhe state is safe" and Pro-
hibition is knocked out forever in Ne.
| braska."
The Third ward club failed in coming ia
time so far as numbers were concerned. Ed
Rothery and three others made a struggle to
redeem the ward by occupying an open car
riage which struggled into line after the pro-
streets. Arthur Rothery was down TO do
the marshal act for the ward, but owing TO
his associate club men failing TO put in an APP
pearance in body he had veIy easy time
of it.
The Thomas Jefferson association, an Or
ganization new to even the most enthusiastic
democrats, was in the line. There were sixty
five of them under the command Of Daniel
O'Connell. They helped to make the night
hideous with the blowing OF sixty-four tin
horns, while the sixty-fifth man carried Q
small sized "fioat"
There were forty-fve of the South End
| democratic club. Il. o. Trainer was in
, charge. This organization had float, ON
either side Of which could be read the words,
1.-THE Prohibtionists are in the Soup"
Joe Miecks was In command Of the Bo.
hemian democratic club, an organization Of
250 members. Each man carried broom and
exploded Roman candles along the line Qt
| march.
The Fifth ward division was in charge OF
p | Marshal Jack Conway with William Nc
Kenna and p. w. Sherlock as aids. There
were 100 men on foot and about seventy-five
on horseback. All of them wore red bandan-
mas and carried brooms and tin horns. The
sparencies were numerous and were in
5 scribed with the following notices; Fifth
Ward Democratic Club, No Prohibition
IN Ours" ~, Ei Boyd for Our
Next Congressman" "W. j. Bryan the
Workingman's Friend" ''Every body Knows
y Where Richards Stands Now.n "God ana
, the People Hate u Coward" "How Does
! this Sound Governor James Il. Boydiy
| ind M IA q.