Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-11-17
Monster Demonstration of Jubilation Over Success
 in Battle Last Week.
l5,000 OR MORE
 WITNESS PARADE
Senator Joe Robinson and COneress. man Sam Taylor Tell of Beneficial Laws They Helped Pass; Defend
 Eight.HOur Law.

<. Democrats of Pine Bluff and lief
 ferson county, to the number of sev-
 eral thousand, with hundreds of their
 friends and neighbors from adjoining
 counties last night celebrated. in
 old-time style, the great victory cf
 Woodrow Wilson and the Democratic
 party at the polls of the nation. on X election day. Nov z.
 A Leading Democrats of the state ey-
 plained why the victory had been won
 and let It be known that continna
 ton Of the administrations policy of
 legislating for the masses of the neo
 pie and not for the special interests
 will be the result, for another four
 years
 The crowd heard the speakers at
 tentlVely. cheered them frequently
 and vocl1erorsly, and made it plain
 that the good. old Democratic doctrine
 still has it's firm hold on the affec
 tons of the people. The weather was
 almost uncomfortably cool. and t grew cooler as the night grew older. but the crowd remained until the last or the sneakers had concluded his re- marks. despite counter attractions of more than ordinary drawing power,
 United States Senator Joe T. Rob- lnson and Congressman Sam NT Tay- LOT, were the more prominent of the | speakers. Judge w. D. Jones was chairman of the meeting introducinr the speakers after making a short and interesting talk bimse]f to exnIain the purpose of the gathering. Governor Bays was unable to come. because of tpe oeath of a relative at Camden. WDl'e former Congressman Stephen Braunddge was uraNle. at the last moment to carry ort his plan to come here and make 8 speech.
 Paradn a Feature,
 The big torchlight parade was tho opening feature of the celebration. ard was a vivid rer,inder of the parades of past years, hen the Demo- crats often had occasion to display that satisfaction and qualification which belongs to the winner at the polls.
 There were several hundred men n !lne, all carrying torchliehts or 1usees, and with two hands, Williams bard Of Pine Fluff and Esposito's f band of the Sol's & Rubin's shows. f who had been rendered for the oc- z casion. Sheriff R. H. Williams acted i; as grand marshal of the parf de and . at the very forefront of the process c sion was great American flag. fol- I lowed by a large banner Tearing 2 !lfellke painting of tho president. i, Woodrow Wilson. n There were more than a score If i, in the parade, all with O of sentiment of one kin1 c, )r another, and many bearing the a James and electoral votes of the n tates which went Democratic in the b. 'crlptions on the transpagencies were, tl IS follows: n, "Plutocracy in Comatose Condi- ion." q1 'New York's Prestige Gone.' W Wall Street Stunned and Silent" p] Feminine Voters Helped Do it. co 'od Bless the Women Ill -Four More Years of Wilson and 'r0sperity." "Organized Labor was for Wilson. ds "29-Count 'Em." (Referring to the th tates carried by the Democrats.) fo Ohio Bucked the Line; California Jade the Touchdown - New York's Cash Register Poilcy = las Been Spat Upon." ,| Human Rights Before PriVllese' /, The Age of Miracles--Back on the ob." III Edison and Ford. They're All ight."
 "The East Slept While the West - 'orked."
 Vale T. R." pa Wire aDown to oyster Bay" hs "But e South and West Did It.. te, n "There Is Something New uhoel fn1 e Sum- oo Hughes and Party Die Hard, bu' fin fin ill Be Long Time Dead" ole "Vox Populi Vox Dei." Tn "Functus Officio (Hughes) lou '!rhe West Spoke" the "A New Era Dawns." fife "A Victory for American Demoe Mo cy: The World Welcomes It." cal Somebody Sulked in California. drt Too Much Johnson" lief Wilson and Eight Hours Jef -.- the
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