The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-09-13
indiana RspubliOan psmon.tration.

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 5.-The repub-
licans of Indianapolis held great out
door demonstration tonight. The i'm
mediate occasion Being the the return
of General Harrison from his vacation,
the arrival of General Alvin z. HOvey,
the republican candidate for governor,
and the active inauguration of the
gubernatorial campaign. 1t is estimat-
ed that fully so, 900 people witnessed the
parade, the procession was advertised
to start from the intersection of Ten
nessee and Washington streets in front
of the capitol at 7:45 but owing to the
magnitude of the demonstration and
the consequent confusion it was eight
thirty o'clock when the booming Of
the cannOns announced that
the column had started on
its march down Washington
street to Meridian. General and Mrs.
Harrison, accompanied by theif dangh-
ter, Mrs. Mckee, arrived at the New
DenisOn shortly before O'Clock. Gen
eral Hovey had arrived at the hotel
early in the day and the two distin-
guished candidates met on the halcO-
ny of the hotel where they we're short
~ joined by Ex-Governor Porter.
1t was a quarter of 8 o'clock
when the big column headed by
Grand Marshal George II. Spahr and q
brilliant staff reached the reviewing
stand and as General Harrison and
Governor Porter rose with General
HoVey between them and Mrs. Harri-
son on their right, great shout went
up from the multitude which was car
ried far down the street. The first
regiment cavalry 400 strong led
the procession which was sub-di-
vided into five divisions; following
the cavalry came I. 200 veterans led by
Lieutenant Col. Branham. Among
the veterans were $50 members of the
Seventh Indiana, General Harrison g
old regiment, and as the old comrades
passed the stand the greatest enthuS-
iasm prevailed. The cheers were deaf
ening, while hundreds of skyrOckets
and roman candles Kissed through
the air, enveloping = the reviewing
stand in clouds Of smoke. Three
hundred cOlOred veterans followed,
then came the veterans battery, POr-
ter Columbian club, carrying large
iron hammers. Following these came
the Columbia club, a thousand strong,
comprising the prominent young re-
publicanS of Indianapolis. They wore
white derby hats, white vests and
black suits, and as they passed the
and red lights, the scene was
most brilliant flanked as they were on
either side by an endless column of
moving torches; a feature of this di-
vision was the ffambeau club of 100
members with blue fiambeau helmets
and red jackets.
The railroad men, however, eclipsed
all the other organizations in the size
and brilliancy of their display; at the
head of their division came q
mammoth locomotive drawn by four
horses. The Illusion was exceedingly
realistic with brilliant headlight, ring
ing bell, and the tender flied with
coal; within the cab stood the engineer
and fireman, while from the smoke
stack smitted red light illuminating
the surrounding buildings; the en-
CINE bore the number 544, being the
number of votes cast for Cen
eTal Harrison on the nomina-
ting ballot at Chicago with
the letters III. and NJ. railroad club on
the tender. Following this display
came $50 railroad employees carrying
red white and blue lanterns attached
to poles and marched four abreast As
they passed the stand there was a re-
uewal of the veterans demonstration
Among the noteworthy displays was
that of 500 members of
| the HaughviIle club in uniforms
of white caps, white and red coats. ali
| cSrrying torches, also the travelling
mems club between seven and eight
hundred carrying several paFasols aud
shooting roman candles.
In addition to these organizations
there were Ihirty-two ward clubs in