The Norfolk Virginian

THE OHIO DEMOCRATS
Ten Thousand Men Composed of Sixty-Six Clubs Formed in a Grand Procession.
CLARKE'S ALLUSION TO SENATOR BRICE.
The Parade Was Six Miles Long and in Seven Large Divisions. Great Enthusiasm Reigned at the Meet-
ing Which Was the Largest Ever Seen in Ohio.
Columbus, Ohio, September 28.-The Democratic State campaign was opened here to-night with an imposing demonstration. It is believed that the procession of clubs was the greatest in point numbers participating in it, ever seen here on a similar political occasion. The procession was in seven large divisions and was composed of sixty-six different clubs, representing the principal cities and towns of the State. The Randall Club, of Pittsburg, was in the line. There were six bands and besides these fourteen drum corps. The parade was six miles long and contained probably 10,000 men.
The marchers carried Roman candles, which were discharged as they went, while rockets were fired and colored fires burned along the route, making a brilliant scene. Eighty Democratic editors of the State rode in the procession in two brilliantly lighted electric cars, and two large camels from the Cincinnati zoo gardens had prominent place in the line.
The speeches were made from stands in the State House grounds, the orators being ex-Gov. Campbell, John Peaslee, candidate for Lieutenant Governor; L. T. Neal, Col. James Kilbourne, of this city; J. A. Norton, John F. Follett, of Cincinnati, and John I. Clarke, of Youngstown. The latter in his speech made severe criticisms upon Senator Brice by the following allusion to his vote on the Wilson Tariff bill, at the conclusion of a resume of Democratic legislation:
"Yet I confess frankly that all was not done that might have been done-that should have been done by the Fifty-third Congress-nay, that would have been done had five United States Senators not proved recreant to the trusts reposed in them by the people.
"And to what purpose should Democrats refuse to vote their party ticket because five Senators have proved recreant to their trusts? When these men had done their worst they were found side by side with thirty-eight Republican members of the United States Senate: they thus clearly establishing the position that the worst kind of a Democratic Senator is as good as the best kind of a Republican Senator."
The meeting was very enthusiastic, and it is generally conceded to have been a success. If it can be regarded as a reliable indication, the Democrats of Ohio are certainly alive and enthusiastic.