The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-11-24
The Whole City Ablaze
With 1t,
A Great Throng Of People
Crowd the Streets
And Witness the Grand and
Glorious Demonstration.
A Monster Parade With Many
Entertaining Features.

fnenced. AT 6 O'Clock, whistles commenced
TO blow. They were tue whistles OF Gan
ton industries. No one knows better tnan
the great manufacturing companies that
the interest of all tue people Ia the inter-
est of the Democratic party. There was
no cnpnpulcliou Of conscience present
with tue man who was blowing that
whistle. Business interests are safe
in the hands OF the Democracy and the
people will all secure representation
without determination
The sult a boy ficst started the tin horn
racket ng q. few miuutes after 3 o'cIocF,
and had greet time Ot ~ all evening
Everything that could be secured when
would m axe uOios was brought into
requisitiou, and she result was lhzt thsre
was no use attempting 20 euRaEe IN an
ordinary cenyersatIou with friend.
By7 O'Clock Thousands Of people were
on che street. Ehs evening 'caius brought
TO the city hundreds OF visitors VINO Dintd
with tue cid2 sns of Caution in the general
Jubilee. Fac &assi.lou cara all brought
their share. j. is estimated that there
were OO0 atrauger5 in ths Guy.
The procession was headed 10y three
Iuarshals ON horseback, following Wulcn
came Jne committees aud speakers ana
prOmineut guests IA t0ur coaches. biala's
Military hand was third In line and the
atrests re- souuded with tu"ir music as
they mau!h-d Il along. Then came ths
pride OF t0A Democracy OF STARK couuty'
rho Canton Young Mems Democratic
Club, carry ing a. their mead transpar-
eucy with excellent liEaucspes Of Glevg-
land and stevenson, the peoples choice,
painted thereon. The club all carried
hrooms aud an ucca5ional game roJsthr
was 70 be seen perCAs on a pD!e a9 rue
column marched 10y. The club turned out
about 100 members. Following came tue
Junior Democrats Of Canton with Hytng
haarssrS and Coy trausUarencIes. The
ciu3 und a drum corps aud about seventy
five in lin" and every boy carried a
LaDtvrn. Iuey made very pretty op-
pc "lDCp.
M ddlcbcour showed up next with u
drum corps aDl ppssum uud over nifty
IN an IN the process slpu.
A great host Of IycDiles and unattached
citizens with strong iuugs and tin horns
were ReNtin order aud then came seventy
seven hOrsem"n, The engine house goat
which 10 slways on hand If anything good
is going on came in the rear of the cavalry
aud lust ahead of II big wagon upon which
a great crowd Of enthusiasu' Democrats
were making 4 terrific din, While couple
Of queer locking chaps evidently disciples
OF Governor McKiliey, Judging from the
amount ut iuSeulgeuce manifested in
bbeir cOunteurnCe, we're wrgstllnR with
few bate red sugets Of tin piaLe, dipping
them Into a kettle Just like the M7jnr did
at Piqua, representing clearly 1nd ytViIly
the great and booming Un
?
0utht upon tB6 Wagon wac faithful rep
Fexentstion Of the wood industry and
the crowd Cuscreu lu3uIy wherever II
went. l. was plain 10 ne sscn that the
people looked upon the institution Rs
grand aifuC aud were pleased % see chat
Canton now had Just as good tin plate
factory 8s any place.
After tie factory came n wagon load
OF roo9tcr5 aui a horse hddle which WAS
truly melodlpus and inapring.
The kicking machine was next ia the
procession aud tuis wa certainly the most
novel and taking thing Ia line. A large
boot wgg fastened upon each arm of hay
FpTeeder and as the machine III )ved tor.
wgCd the arms containing the boots oil
b.yan vigorous kicking. The eli c!
WAS very realistic. A transparency was
CArFiel by tn driver upon the ends OF
wbich were ths names of M. ID. HarteC
and Nom Johnson and on the sides IN
big letters was the Inscription 1--WE kicked
un high toT if.n The crowds upou toe
streets caught on readily aud cheering
Was tremendous wherever the affair went.
A great Icadtverous looking wild cat was
pictured off on a transparency that fol-
bowed, anu right after him came fquad
oS hunters with dogs. The wild car did
not seem to he feeling we'll.
Thayer's band aud drum corps came
in st the bead Of 4 large crowd OF work.
ipGmen ard boys vita tin horns, and
ttiagO were kept lively 10 that part OF the
procession.
Massillon was on hand with the HNr-
moIha band aud about 700 men, and the
Warwick Juniors with a drum corps were
also ID resent. Tue Massillon crowd had a
maraDoth tin horn that reached nearly
baf a block, and took half dozen men
To carry IL, and an Akron delegation was
also in line with n similar wind instru
msas. The parade upon the whole was
graud success. The trausparsncies
rio rna nT,iItan n noy
of Frank BraucheT, A, G, Fries and Sam
Borgert did their work well, NJ. j. Marks
was the painter and some excellent hits
were made. Attorney Baldwin, who
made several speeches and prophesied a
great Republican victory WAS typifi ed with
q coantenAnce showing much eaRerness,
searching with a candle for the Republic
can m j orities he had told about before
election. Mr.. Baldwin's ability to sympa
thiz with bfh cted and shed tears OF Sor-
row at another's misfortune are proverb
iAl aud the artist had accordingly picture d
him off sympath zing with Alliances am
bitious wou'd-he CongTe ,smau.
Tuen j. j. Grant was shown bstOre and
after election and the change noticeable in
the cartoon OF his classic countenance was
truly touching.
Clauucsy, the after dinner orator Of
New York, was also ia line gdz ng sadly 81
Bsnnie's waning glory a. ypiiied in a
thern ometer recording the peoples will.
SNy hill was misunderstood Ia 1890 ~
Mex nley. I'VE understand il better
oW.r-The People. This was the ia
acnpiion on another transparency.
There were severnl on the stu 4tiou Of
certain Germans who cast their ballots
for the Protection humbus and Bsnni-,
Reid ,d Mckinley were depicted true TO
life, gaziug Ia bewilderment at the result
of the recent contest and asking, "Where
are we at?"
T1hev rang the bells and fred the puns
aud Hang the starry banners out and still
khe celebration of our glorious victory
would not have been complete without the
beMutifal pyrotechnic display which took
ptace immediately following the parade.
A temporary stand had been erected JUST
sonth OF the band stand on the square
! and from this was set off the grandest
displsy Of free works ever Witnessed In
Canton.
THE SPEAKING
took place in Schaefer's opera house. As
aoon as the parade disbanded the fires
worka display Isommsuced. A meeting
was held at the name time ia the opera
house, B fore the parade disbanded the
house gas we'll filled With ladies' and old
time Democrats. The crowd was swelled
by young enthusiasts and very succeAsN
ful IN setiDg was bad.
Hon. johnson Sherrick, who led the
Democracy OF Stark county on 10 victory
ma chairman Of she Democratic executive
committee, was president OF the evening.
and made a most admirable presiding Of
ffcer. He WAS In a splendid humor as he
might well be and his introduction OF the
apeakers was in his happiest vein. In
calling the meeting to order he congratu-
lated the democracy on the great victory
6hey had won and ia few laudatory re-
marks introduced the man who beat