Thomas County cat., 1890-10-23
GALA TURNOUT.
Kansas Farmers in Line With
Banners.

kansas Farmers IN Line WIFI
Banners.
TOPEKA, KAN.-This is big day for the
Farmers alliance and peoples party. The
weather could not have been better for the
occasion. The state alliance, which is in
session in topeka, convened at Representa-
tive hall at 8 O'Clock a. IN. and held two
hours secret session, adjourning in time to
allow the members to participate in the big
parade, which was one Of the features OF the
day.
The parade -, to have taken place at 10
O'Clock. but the farmers and their families
were slow in getting in and at exactly Y
O'Clock the parade moved, in the following
order:
Chief of police, John Gardiner, and q
platoon of police commanded by Sergeant
O'Rourke.
The colored Dispatch band.
L. L. Polk, president of the National ALL
ance; ]. F. Willis, candidate for governor;
visiting delegates, speakers and officers OF
the state alliance, in carriages.
The Usage county alliance came next. and
float from North Lyndon with colored
band.
Then followed seventeen wagons contain
ing farmers and their families.
A large float followed by eighteen more
wagons.
A float containing children representing a
country school house, followed by thirty five
boys and girls ON horseback came next.
Then came two companion banners. One
carried by young man well dressed, wear
ing silk hat, said, 81 am Bankers SOM
| the other in the hands OF small boy; poorly
clad, had the motto, Pap Pays Ten PEI
Cent
Next in line came fourteen wagons. In
one of the wagons WAS eighteen small boys,
and the banner carried said, 'Over Produc-
tion."
Float of Capital alliance No. 101 was next
in line, followed by forty young men and
women on horseback. Then came twenty.
seven wagons, one containing choir OF
| country boys and girls, who sang several
songs along the line of march. Another car
| ried a banner, 'When Election Comes, We
Will All he There"
The next attraction was the hit of the pa
| rade, and was an old broken down white
horse, being led by two young men. On the
| animals back was broken umbrella and
card bearing the words, ''This is the Remains
of the G. y. p"
Then came twenty-five boys on horseback,
and eleven wagons followed by float repre-
senting the Goddess of Liberty surrounded
by little girls.
| Next in line were four floats representing
| farmers productions.
Six little girls on nOrSeOdck were IOiOWeO
| by nine wagons of farmers and their families.
Then following in line came twelve wagons
with several floats. followed by the member
of several local alliances and the delegates t6
the state alliance on foot, thus ending The
procession.
| The line of march was from Tenth to First
| street, on the avenue, and counter-marchina
to the far grounds, where a basket dinner
was taken.
There vas in the procession 11S wagon.
and buggies. 131 men, boys and children or
| horseback and about 200 voters on foot
Total number of people in procession, men
women and children, $50.
AT THE FAIR GROUNDS.
| The grand stand has a capacity of 500
and the crowd occupied scarcely more thar
| one-third of its seating space IN the centel
near the speakers stand, while both end
we're empty.
President B. F. Clover presided over thu
| meeting, which was called to order at
O'Clock.
Colonel L. L. Polk. president of the Farm.
ers' alliance, was the first speaker introduced
He spoke nearly two hours.