Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-09-30
A BIG SUCCESS
JERRY AND UTLEY ROYALTY
WELCOMED.
One-Third More People Than
Anybody Expected.
Banners and Flags.
A Lively Alliance Corpse.
Plenty to Eat, and Everybody
Welcome.
Banners and Flags.
A Lively Alliance Corpse

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The Peoples picnic yesterday was
big and bowling success. The rain Of
Saturday and Sunday had put the
ground IN splendid condition for plow
ing and planting, and 1t was expected
that very many farmers, who had beer
waiting for ram, would stay at home
and work. Many did 80 who otherwise
would have been here. But there wa!
a big crowd, estimated at from 900 tC
200. We believe LOO fair estimate
There were Isl vehicles in the process
sion, and II more were out of line be
tween the postoffice and Harmon's
| store. Besides these, there were doz.
els of vehicles OH each side of the street:
and when we reached the ground we
saw 10 more come in from the south
which had not been up in the city; and
there was number that had gone to
the grounds before the procession form
ed, and picked out good places for pic
mic dinners. 1t is safe to say there were
800 vehicles on the ground at noon.
There was number of boys and men
on horseback, and hundreds of men and
women walked to the grounds.
At about IL o'clock the parade, under
John Sparks, as marshal, began to
move, headed by our band. One-third
the way down the line was the Forest
| City Glee Club, and near the end of the
line was the kid band. There were
many notices, and flags without num-
Der. Among the banners College Hill
and Forest City were conspicuous.
There was one marked "sub-treasury;''
another United we stand, divided we
fall" another Funk and justice;" an
other 'Pinkston for the people," anoth-
er I'VE are solid for the ticket" anoth.
or representing demo-republican fus-
ing; and John T. Jesse had ''sock''
about the size of 5O-pound -four sack
After getting to the grounds the first
thing was dinner. The country people
had brought big baskets, well filled, and
were generous enough to invite every
body to eat with them. The INDEX
editor had dozen Invitations, and we
took more than dozen persons to din
ner, scattering them among the parties
on the grounds.
After dinner Capt. Garrison, of Shar-
on, spoke about Is minutes. He is al
ways interesting, but this speech was
the most vigorous and pointed we eyer
heard from him. At the close of his
speech Rev. P. J. Pinkston was about
to begin speech, when the band, which
had been sent to the depot to meet
Jerry and Utley, was heard coming on
the ground, and the crowd began cheer
ing and hurrahing for Jerry. There
was no more speaking to be thought of
until all had seen Jerry. About twenty
minutes were consumed in handshak-
ing, and then Rev. w. II. Utley was in
troduced. He spoke for an hour and a
half, and his argument was so plain
that nobody could possibly misunder-
stand him and there was no way ofEavoid
i ng his logical conclusions. His chief
aim was to refute the CRY of ''unconsti-
tutional," which the old parties put UP
in regard to every movement of the PEG
ple's party. We cannot attempt to
sketch the speeches, for we lack both
time and space.
At the close of Mr.. Utley's speech
and after selection by the band, the
crowd was restless and excited, getting
impatient to hear Jerry, and when he
stepped forward to address them, there
went up one of the old-time yells that
made his heart feel good. Jerry occu.
pies warm corner in the hearts of ouI
people, and they love to show their ap-
probation of him.
| Jerry spoke for about an hour, and
the people listened closely, and cheered
HIM often. He gave the people sketch
of his visits over the county, how he
had been received, and how he had
heard about the death of the alliance
and how PETER and Simpson would be
reDudiated when they got back to Kan.
sas. He had been ''repudiated" every.
where just as he was at this time. He
kept the audience in good humor. to
the close Of his speech.
NIGHT MEETING.
The simple announcement on the
/ picnic grounds that there would be a