Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-10
DENIS WERE MILNE
The Local Democracy Makes
Night Hideous
IN AN ALLEGED cELEBRATIoN
Ten thousand FISH Horns Grind Our
Psans Of Praise for Grover and
the Great Unwashsd.

IL was everybody's night last night
IL wAs Principally the demoersts.
They celebrated. L. wasn't an slabof-
ate, gorgeous affair with floats aud red
nre- Part OF the demonstration. how
ever noAted IN ''red hkxer." A. o
o'clock II Was evident even TO the most
enthusiastic and loyal republican that
good share Of his party bad forgot
Ten to register, and tnat the republican
majority N the electoral college Was
cut down somesbaE IA consequences OF
this oversignt. Inat's the reason most
good loyal republicans decided TO stay
a. home last nlgnt and spend the eyen-
ing W.tn their wives and families.
some tend in human form devoted
bis waxIng hours yesterday 10 peddhng
IN hOrns. They sere gwen TO small
toys aad other howling dervishes. By
? o'cioek something less tHan nine
million men aad boys were equipped
with something less Than eight million
t4n horns Iae otner million executed
the anvii chorus ny means or eowbells
and tn pans CAmpau square was
their rendezvous. There they formed
into squads and paraded the streets
and By ways even unto the gates OF the
city They marched and counter
marched through sweets hotel sone-
thing ike seventy times seven times.
lney serenaded the Morton house
and stampeded TIE billiard room.
They marched down to the Salvation
army barracks aud marched with the
christian soldiers to Campau square.
The Mob asd the Army.
Then they surrounded the army and
while the salvation band played Wont
You Come 10 Jesus" the crowd howled
.'1roVer, Grover. four years more of
Grover" The captain prayed that
mems hearts might be sO,tened and
their 10 ts-eps guided from the path
WAYS OF sln. The petition mounted
heavsnward IN company with 10000
JeeEs tor man that appeared IN a
'zrandfather's" hat. Tne salvation
Ists prayers 10 Jehovah were drowned
By the hurTahs Tor Grover anu the
songs of the Masters servants died in
the blast OF 5000 fish horns.
The mob marched oy the republican
county headquarters and a man in the
procession Insulted the picture of Pres
ident Harrison. A byslander slapped
the mans face and the procession
moved on. Up and down the street
the unwsshed marched, and tor five
hours the air was burdened with the
snrIeks for Grover and the yells for
Richardson. The headquarters of both
county committees were practically de-
serted - the democratic entirely so.
At the republican committees rooms
l.. Mcknight Sellers sat by the coal
stove waiting for Belknap's plurality
20 be telephoned IN. The coal fire
went out, and Mac went back to the
Morton house. He did not wait for
Mr.. Belknap's plurality.
Notwithstanding the democratic ex-
uberance, the republicans celebrated q
LITTLE themselves They had won their
county ticket. The republican state
ticket was elected. Harrison had q
majority Of the state electors. At least
SIX republican congressman had been
chosen. Wayne county had gone re-
publican Ii wasn't . very bad day for
Michigan republicans after ali, but they
were overwhelmed by the national
Jonah. The democrats made the
welkiu ring until. in the beautiful
language of William Nye, the sound
"thundereC. down the corridors of time
and three times around q half mile
track" but the republicans went to
sleep conscious OF having made the
most gallant fight Kent county repub-
lIcans ever made.