Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-07-17
THE ALLIANCE DEMONSTRATION.
A Large Gathering and Telling Speeches
by Prominent Men in the .
Work.

by Prominent Men in the .
Work.
1.-THE inconvenients muItitude.''
They came, with ponp and glory.
With banner and with song .
And as they strung theirohOsts along
The busy streets, their numbers told
"A story that naaght else but. such Ahrong
Could tell Strong in che right, 90
And conscious of their might,
The 'hayseeds'' captured our fair town,
And 'ready for the fray %
Their hosts in bright array,
Were marshalled, taere to win the day. 60
Thursday last was another gala day
in the history of Great Bend: On that
day the members of the farmers aIli-
anceocame to town and took posses
sion of our. streets and thorougheares.
They came in carriages wagons bug
gies, carts. ON horseback and afoOt;
; they came from all parts of the county,
and they came prepared to haye a good,
d 'Old fashioned time. %.
90 90 THE PROCESSION. q
e AT eleven they formed in parade at
the college west Of. town. The Great
Bend band went out and met tnem and
the procession into and through the
principal streets of the city. With
flags and elegant banners, notices and
emblems: with music and song they
entered the city,.a string of vehicles
over half mile long, and loaded to the
gnItwales with earnest and enthusiastic
men, healthy and modest women and
happy, rosy checked children. 20
There were at Least one hundred and
ter vehicles in line, some persons
counted as high as. one. hundred : and
fifteen; obesides many people on the
streets who came in early and were
looking after their business and did
not get.outoto fall in line, and many
other wagon leads came il later in the
day. The yehicleseheld on an average,
five persons. % % @
e. AT the head of the procession, Jake
thinner. marshal of the day, and 9Mr
Mc(9uillen. county organizer, rode on
g horseback with'as mein that showed.
q they were proud of the handsome
+: aggregation of mind and muscle follow
ing in their wake.
Next came the band wagon contain
ing tine Great Bend band, and the boys
blew and blew again until the welkin
rang. Then followed. a. large wagon,
drawn by four handsome horses, eand
bearing the banner Of Buffalo Ali
ance." In this wagon were asdozen or
more young ladies dressed in white and
wearing the badge of their alliance.
Then followed the wagons containing
the members OF the Buffalo alliance
and their families, one wagon bearing
a banner with this quotation from tile
ingalls, intrview: THE. .Deca1ogue and
the Golden Rule Have no. place in
Politics. s,.s y
Then came Eureka AHiance's with a
. handsome banner and many teams. :.
''Pleasant .IIil} Alliance followed,
with an appropriate banner and healthy
delegation.
''Pawnee Rock Alliance bore BAN
ner, Il transparency on which was
inscribed ''We' are the. inconvenient
:, 'Murtitude.'' And there was quite a
multitude of them. >
'::Commanehe Alliance came. next
with very elegant banner bearing that
name, and GA the reverse side the
inscIip iption: 'sUnited We Stand.'''
Then cauie Great Bend Alliance
with q large Turnout and many flags.
The delegation from s~Buena- Vista
Alliance followed. with an elegant
banner and goodly number of people.
South Bend Alliance was there also
in force. e.
Many other alliances were repre-
sented, but having no banners could
not be named by. our. reporter. One
wagon and team presented'a unique
appearance, being literally smothefed
in foliage, and looking like veritabIe
shady grove on the move.
1t is estimated there were from $500
to 5000 people on the streets, and tax
ing into. consideration the fact that
mnnu ti,rorI,infr orouc uara at work