San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-02-10
BLANKETS AND BOOZE.
BUNS AND BUNC0MBB, BLUFFERs
AND BOOTY.
A Motley Mixture If Voters and
Al,eus-A Typical Callaghan
Picture of Anarchy and
Ruin on the Move.

horns and brass bands, were
drawn into requisition to help out
the parade OF the Mongrel ticket
last night, and for twenty minutes,
as the hungry looking procession
lists passed, pandemonium was
turned loose In San Antonio.
1t was awful, from a respectable
point of view, and the air soon be.
came putrefied with the foul
stencil of garlic and tamales, cigar
cite smoke and gunpowder, inter
MIXED with flying atoms from
hundreds of unwashed, unclean
buuIes, dirty blankets and feet SO
loud of scent that the sloshing Of
the dirty socks could be heard as
tho tramp was kept up.
There was grand sight CD TO see
Uncle Sans military band head
such an army OF corruption over
streets made slippery by heavens
plying dew, which was falling in
gentle sorrow at the plight OF our
fair city in possessing such a class
OF population as rent the air with
every kind OF cry and halloo that
could find way through the thick
shell OF the generality OF the head.
pieces carried on bumped shoulders
anu guided by little wicked eyes,
many of them bloodshot from If.
fects Of fiery mescal and cheap bar
rel house whisky.
The brigade OF marshals on
horseback followed and then four
horse hack, in weak mimicry OF
royalty, In which sat the would-be
king OF the city, with some friends
Following camo few more hacks,
containing colored men and white,
in one OF which sat four negroes
drinking out Of black bottle. The
footmen with transparenci-s, fol.
lowed, two abreast and well strung
out, making their numbers appear
much larger than they reolly
were. The procession was largely
augmented by boys on horse. back
or afoot.
After marching from Travis
park, the crowd passed through
Alamo plaza and down Commerce
street, and naturally drfted to
their haunts in the trans. San Ped.
70 district, where the hurrah was
kept up for long time.
NOTES.
The policemen kept the unruly
crowd well in check.
The blankets were left at home,
except in a few unavoidable in
stances where the owners had be-
come a part OF the blankets and
could not dig them out from under
their skin.
They had orders to leave them
at home.
Many wore old secondhand over
coats and were very uncomfortable
in them.
l.. l.. Marks looked we'll on horse
back as marshal.
Pancho Yturbide walked near
by. Pancho is versatile; he can
write doggerel Mexican, or smoke
a borrowed cigarette.
Every one looked hungry, either
for office or grub.
The naradn wnnId have been in
complete without Charley Mulally
lie was Luere.
Crowds u gDDI Elmendorf
men lined the way, and did not
throw any rocks or filth.
Ex-Policeman G. w. w. carried a
transparency. He looked tired.
The colored band looked lone
some.
There were very few colored men
in the parade.
Weiss street cars stopped to al
low the profession to pass. In the
Elmendorf procession the cars were
forced through the ranks.
One thousand seven hundred
would be a very liberal estimate
OF the number in line.
Some Callaghan men turned q
poor little flo yer boy out saloon
on Alamo plaza because he sold red
flowers, and they did it In very
rough manner.
Nat got excited while viewing
the big Elmendorf parade Friday
night, and hurrahed for Elmendorf
He excused himself by saying
THAT one was slip Of the tongue
boys"
Mr.. Elmendort to Callaghau (at
ter the election)-"WeIl, Bryan
why didn't you get your / 800 ma.
jorIty~ Callaghan-"Well, Hen
ru Won know Onr hova uaro oFrajf