The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-10-06
THE HOOSIERS AWAKE.
A GREAT OK ROAST At sHsLBYvILLe,
mo.
Gov. Gray and Vice President Adlsi
Stevenson the orators-A Great Day
For DAmooisoy, But Hard on Beef
CATTLE
Special to the Chicago News Record

Special to the chicago News Record
SHELBYvILLE, Ind, Sept. 3O.-It was
about daybreak when q striped wagon
pulled up in the center OF the public
square and the martial band from Sugar
creek began TO play "Basten to the Wild
wood,n An old man with an army coat
played the fife and four stout young DEM
ocrats hammered the drums. The one
that worked the big drum bad two sticks.
BY humping on each head of his instru~
ment he worked in double stroke that
became very distressing TO people who
were trying to sleep at the hotel. That
was the beginning of the barbecue which
has been raging all day, SO that the town
has been cloud Of dust and a confusion
of noises.
This has been called a quiet campaign
and 1t is said the voters take no interest
in the presidential fight. Shelbyv vile
began to contradict that before 8 o'clock
in the morning., by which time
the streets were jammed with people.
IL was an imposing army that kicked up
the dust along the white roadway, crossed
the bridge and marched into the fair
grounds. The grand marshal and drum
major went ahead, then came a band and
drum corps and the Peru club, that wore
cape coats and silk hats. The next dele.
CATION wore Uncle Sam suits and false
whiskers and one club had big picture
of Cleveland pinned the back Of each
man. Another wore long linen busters
and white hats. The noisiest band in
line had six horses to the wagon. Another
float represented a man sitting in the
front seat playing fiddle, while six men
with faces blackened, executed a war,
dance. After all this escort came the
carriages containing the Hon. Lawrence
d. Neal of Ohio, the Hon. W. ID. ByDum,
the Hon. Claud Matthews and nine of the
Il l. Il. -. n A 4. n.
populace in a cloud OF dust. Men, wo
men and children wearing badges and
rushing each other to get at the
roasted beeves. Perhaps there were
| 10000 people on the grounds by the
time the speakers arrived at noon. Shell
| byville claims that $1,000 were here. Col.
Mckenzie, who arrived late and made a
| speech, said he never saw anything like IT,
Ii was the first intention to save the
beef and the 4,0OO loaves of bread until
| after the speeches, but the crowd over,
ruled that plan. About the time the
| orators began to talk tariff from the scat
| tered platforms, mob made a rush fol
the long tables. The beef had been cut
up and laid in heaps along the center oi
each table, with a breastwork of sliced
bread on the outside. There was room
| for 6,G00 people TO eat at one time, and
the array looked like three. acre dining
| room. A dozen sections of prize COW
were still dripping in the hot trenches
when the Democratic host was let in a
the spread. Two hours after that moth.
| ing was left, except mussed'up surplus
/ of bread.
| When Gov. Gray arrived be could no
| get the smallest kind of a snack. Half o.
the crowd ate up thirty beeves, while III,
other half listened to denunciations Of the
| force bill.
The grove of thirty acres was like Q
/ ,.FI Ian a n,.
tors had TO contend against side shows
hand organs and steam whistles. Sever
stands had been erected for the speakers
| and they were numbered in order. Ada
| Stevenson talked at No. 1, which wal
| planted under a big tree just south of the
sea monster and within one hundred fee
| of a merry 20 round that played "Aunit
| Rooney" whenever the wheels were NOV
ing. A great crowd lacked in around thu
national candidate.
| At the time when four crowds were lis
| tening to four different speeches in thu
| grove Claude Matthews, candidate fo
| governor,i induced 1,500 people to climb III
| presented the tariff gospel to them TO
nearly an hour and half.
| L. was nearly 2:30 when all the speeches
| we're finished, but that did not end tn,
| programme, for the Democrats had I,
visit all of the shows and Try their strength
on the hammering machine. They als'
threw rubber balls at colored man VIII,
stuck his head through piece of canvass
and every time they hit him they got
cigar with picture of Mrs. Cleveland ol
the box. The martial bands from Suga
Creek and Blue River townships went al
around town plaping "Jay Bird" while
double quartet sung on the veranda of tn
Ray house. One verse went:
"The voters from the states around
Have come at Growers call
| They're sure 1t is q tidal wave
| That's coming IN the fall.
| They'll eat and talk and march and walk,
| The country they'll pass through
And tell the people everywhere
They've seen barbecue"