The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-10-24
GREAT (s) DAY
For Logan. Gen. Grosven-
or, Ex-GOy. Ira Chase
and Mr.. Morrison
Address n Monster ~ Meeting Of Re.
publicans mt the Opera House,
Saturday Afternoon.


gotten. The day was one fit for
the gods; the sun shone In his
splendor, the breeze fitted from
tree to tree, waiting the leaves
hither and thither, but not a stream
er, decoration or flag did it get
a chance at. The roads and high
ways of the county were in the pink
of condition but not an extra farm
er drove over them; in fact there
was at least fifty per cent less
farmers in town than as usual on
Saturdays. Just before the arrival
of the 1.15 p. m. train the Logan
band made their appearance and
discoursed some music in front of
the Mccarthy building. This, to
the casual observer was the only
indication that anything unusual
was going on in our midst. The
band wended their way depotward
and there awaited the arrival of
the speak ers. Besides the band
there were not over half dozen
voters to receive them. The train
pulled in bearing music from the
| Jacksonville colored band. The
speakers and the fifty eXcursionists,
of which twenty-five were young
people taking advantage of cheap
rates topay our city a visit, stepped
from the train. 1t reminded one of q
funeral instead of a political meet
ing with an Ex-Governor of q great
state, Congressman of national
reputation and a gentleman inn
ported all the way from New Mex
leo, as speakers. Not a cheer went
up; flatter affair never struck
Logan. The Nelsonville colored
band took the lead with the Logan
Band in the rear, the paraders,
twenty-five and all from Nelson
vile, not Logan man among
them, between, AS if to keep them
from escaping. AT the Opera House
the scene was but a trifle better, the
house two-thirds filled, half with
ladies, half of the remaining half
were children; balance divided
about even between Republicans
and Democrats. Mr.. Woodwork
was made chairman. Here Mr..
Pursell protested; he wanted and
asked that he might have the chair
manship, and when asked why,said,
he wanted to vindicate himself as
certain rumors had gone broad cast
that he was going to bolt the tick
ct. Mr.. Baird, the new boss, said,
that if he wanted to vindicate him
self, to do it through his paper. Mr..
Woodworth accepted the honor (?)
and started in to make 2x4 war
speech, but pride and patriotism
swelled his manly bosom to such
, an extent he forgot it and had to
introduce the first speaker, Ex-Gov.
, Ira B. Chase, of Indiana. Mr.. Chase
having forgotten that the war was
over, some 80 years ago, started in
with regular old-fashioned war
speech, telling some funny stories
and wound up by springing on the
audience some old pension figures.
Mr.. Grosvenor followed with mo, G
funny stories, telling the people he
had voted for four tariff bills dur
ing his terms in congress and that
he voted to protect the miners
every chance he got, but he forgot
to tell of his famous Nat Coai
scheme and how he was going tc
get the miners pay for the nut coal
Mr.. Grosvenor having exhausted
himself, took his seat. Mr.. Morri
: son the imported speaker from New
Mexico: 1t will be impossible tt
3 follow this gentleman in all of hi'
j speech as he touched on every
;. known and unknown subject-ever
Q argued on the result of what woult
5 happen if an immovable body com
J. ing in contact with an irresistible
body-but the questions of the day
Y Not one of the speakers got nea
enough to the silver question II
make a jingle. We don't wish Il
v roll up Democratic majority IL
8 this county of 1900, our old tint
700 is good enough, but if the Re
publican committee imposes sucl
. another speaker like Mr.. Morris
son on the Logan community w
d are afraid the Democratic MAORI
ty in this county in November will
! be nothing short of 1900. The au
, dience, even to the children got 81
y disgusted that they began to leav'
the hall, Mr.. Morrison not havin,
o experience enough to see that tn
+ people were Disguised, actual,
n