Morning journal and courier., 1890-11-11
In. SARGENT Foa MAYOR.

His Boon Started Last ,Night-A sere-
made by His Employees - A Large
Concourse ut the House.
About 1000 of the employees of ]. B.
Sargent, all of whom are voters, assembled
at the Wooster Square green last evening
at 2 O'Clock, and headed by the Second
regiment band, and after q short street
parade proceeded to the residence of Mr..
Sargent, corner of Church and Elm streets,
and rendered him serenade. The route
of the procession was as follows: From
Wooster Square along Chapel street to
Church, to Congress avenue, to Oak, to
York, to Broadway, to Park, to Chapel, to
Church, to Mr.. Sargent's house.
At the head of the line was carried a
large banner on which were the words:
sour Choice for Mayor. B. Sargent"
All along the line of march red fire was
burned by the paraders, but very little
enthusiasm was manifested by outsiders.
F. w. Brockseiper was grand marshal of
the parade. The order of marching
was as follows After the band
came q carriage containing Nessrs. David
Ford, Charles DeForest, James Glacking
and F. w. Brockseiper. This was followed
by the committee on arrangements COM
posed of the following: F. w. Brockseiper,
chairman; John 81. Shaw, Patrick Nc
Carthy, L. F. Burchen, NJ. F. Griffin, E.
E. Lord, Joseph F. Mcfarland, John S.
Hinman and James P. Campbell.
These in turn were followed by the Office
clerks, about thirty-five in number, the
men from the north foundry, the polishers
III - e l.
of the shop. Arrived at the house, where
about two thousand persons were assem-
bled, Mr.. James Glaeking, who was the
spokesman for the serenaders, made a
brief speech, expressing the allegiance of
the workingmen to Mr.. Sargent's candida
cy for the mayoralty. He spoke in brief
as follows:
Fellow-citizens: We are here tonight to
welcome Mr.. Sargent home after his tour
around the world. Upon his arrival home
the first place he visited was the shop.
where he shook hands with every man.
woman and child 1t has often been
asserted that even if Mr.. Sargent was nom
mated for mayor he would not receive the
support of his workmen. We are here to-
night to nail that lie on the head. Mr. Sar-
gent went to the legislature and spent time
and money to have the law passed provid-
We are here tonight to show that
we can make mayor as well as we
can make hardware. [Cheersl Gentlemen,
we will not be satisfied until we elect Mr.
Sargent mayor of this city of elms. and
having done that we will not stop until we
place him in the gubernatorial chair of
this state. Some one in the crowd here
proposed three cheers for Mr.. Glackin.
after which Mr.. Sargent responded briefly
as follows: I am here tonight gentlemen
as your fellow workman, for We are all of
us workers in the same business and are
each and every one of us necessary for the
completion of the same grand workman
ship. am under as much obligation to
you, in business sense as you are to me.
1t does not need this demonstration to as
sure me of your friendship, but neverthe-
less I thank you for It from the bot
tom of my heart. left my
business in your hands for period of sew
enteen months during my absence abroad,
thereby showing my confidence in You;
and want to say right here that my con-
fidence was well placed. CHEERS.
Your presence here tonight assures me
that you believe that will attend to the
business of the Office in which you pro-
pose to place me with equal care and fidel-
ity. can only promise you if put there
that shall do my duty without fear or
favor to anyone. I thank you again for
your visit, and if you succeed in placing
me where you desire You shall never be
disappointed in my conduct of that Office.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Sargent's re-
marks three times three cheers were given
for him, after which the procession moved
to the center of the green and dispersed.