Morning journal and courier., 1892-11-03
WIDE AwAKES 1860.
HARTFORD VETERANS 1902.

A picture of an open eye on the badge
showed that the wearers were wide awake.
The veterans talked of former parades,
which covered wide range of years. In
one corner was William Foley, the stalwart
standard bearer who had the handsome
banner that the Wide Awakes carried to
Washington when Harrison was inaugu
rated. 1t was presented by the stay at
homes.
At 7:45 o'clock the command marched
out of the hall, Major Rsthbun command
ing. On his staff were Internal Revenue
Collector John I. Hutchinson, the Rev.
Joseph Il. Twichell. Rodney Dennis, R. o.
Cheney aud j. w. Cheney of South Man
chester, Judge Valentine B. Chamberlain
and Ira E. Hicks of New Britain, Charles
E. Billings, President Chase of the Hart
| ford Fire Insurance company, William H.
Goodrich, General Chamberlain of Weth-
| ersfeld, DR.. J. B. Lewis and others. Major
| Hitchcock was the captain of the Wide
Awakes.
A small drum major with high hat di-
rected the drum corps that headed the or
| ganization. There were fifteen ffers in
the CORPS and they played lively music that
the veterans relished, as we'll as the crowd
| that lined the sidewalks on the line of
march. The route was up Pearl street to
Main, to the City hotel, up Main to the
opera house.
Major Rathbun appointed the Rev. J. h.
Twitchell and Judge Chamberlain to escort
General Hawley and the Hon. James G..
PATTERSON to the carriage in waiting. The
Wide Awakes gave three cheers and then
son to the opera house.
MINOR DEMOCRATIC RALLIES IN THIS CITY.
The German-American Democratic club
hold a rally in Turn hall tonight. Fred.
erick W. Brockseiper will preside. There
will be 100 prominent democrats among
the vice presidents and about fifty will sp
pear on the platform as secretaries. The
speakers will be DR.. Emil W. Heeber o.
New York, Luzon B. Morris and James P
Pigott of this city and John SAKE of Wa
terbury.
The Russian Hebrew democrats of tn
city held meeting at Oppora hall las
night. Coroner Levy of New York wa
the chief speaker. Charles We'll, son O.
Paul We'll, presided, and Lawyer Charlie
S. Fowler and a Russian physician, both o
this city, made addresses with Corone
Levy.
There were four dem ocratic ward rallie
in New Haven last night beside the Russian
rally.
/ NOT So SANGUlNE AS USUAL.
Democratic rallies are thicker than hop
at this end Of the campaign. The Regis
ters lecture to our unterrifed and mis-
guided brethren few days ago is havinI
some effect In fact, the meetings ar
coming 80 thick and fast and all togethe
that it is almost wonder the democratic
! committeeman do not get sadly ratified
Democrats are getting worked up. The
,, do not appear 80 confident of carrying tn
state as they usually are. "Gener
:: ally the democrats claim every
,, thing" said a prominent reput
time they are not 80 confident. In fact
they are very uneasy. The Mckinley bi
Connecticut manufacturing interests an
to the tobacco raising interests. "Why,
continued he, ''just take trip, for II
: stance, from here to Hartford and vicinit
and you will see no less than twenty on
new large tobacco barns, either just erecte
I or in process of erection, all on account {
, | the boom given to tobacco raising in Coz
neoticut owing to protection given this in
portant home industry. Samatra tobacc
Q doesn't crowd out the home product no
q and the money formerly spent for the 81
q matra brand is kept at home instead of goin
j. elsewhere; and the Connecticut tobacc
j. raising industry men had such season {
t prosperity as now, under the McKinle
J. bill. The home raised tobacco is full
e equal to if not superior for the wrapper
d | to the Sumatra."
CRAWFORD REPUBLICANS RALLY LAST NIGE
The republicans of Branford held rou
ing meeting last night in the town hal
They were addressed by Arthur Foster
n Massachusetts and w. Fl. Ely of this cit
q The hall was comfortably filed with Bral
ford republicans and others from gu
:. rounding towns.
Not Enth u siastic.
| DEMOCRATIC RALLY IN WASHINGTON Hal
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