The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-10-21


Of St. George, and then there was shift
, ing Of nationality again. and two Thousand
members of the Austrian and Polish socie-
! ties and ten times as many Of the yellow
haired sons of Sweden.
I In carriages were sixteen pretty girls
representing in their attire the national
female costumes of Sweden 6nd Norway.
Then came TWO thousand boys from the
city schools. Then representatives from
every Grand Army post in Chicago and
Cook county and many from adjacent coun-
ties, in all about eight hundred, followed by
a float representing the famous old Monitor
as she appeared before fighting the Merrl-
mac. The Sons Of Veterans, Modern Wood
men of America, uniformed ranks OF fh5
Royal Arcanum and Knights of Pythias,
/ two thousagd in ali, closed the division.
The third grand division was headed by
/: fifty mounted men, members OF the uni
! formed knights OF st. Patrick. Next
f, were the uniformed ranks of the Catholic
! Ocrder of Forrssters, $50 strong; then
forty five courts of the Oorder OF For
restert with 4, 440 men as subdivision,
thirty-four courts and 2. $50 men as another
subdivision and thirty-one courts with
Z, GA men as another subdivision. Follow
| ing them came zoo men of the Htberian
Rifles and then 1000 members of the
Ancient Order of Hibernians, next 1000
Catholic Knights OF America, 500 members
of the Catholic Benevolent union, LOCO of
the Polish Catholic orders and 1000 MEM
bers of the Society Of St. John the Baptist
and miscellaneous Catholic societies num-
boring 1,200 closed the parade.
The reviewing stand was on the north
front of the government building fronting
north on Adams street, between Clark and
Dearborn. 1t was fanked by additional
stands on the Dearborn and Clark streets
front All, as well as the government
building itself, were superbly decorated.
In the absence of President Harrison,
ice-President Morton was given the
place of honor as reviewing officer.
Grouped with and near him were the
governors of the various states assembled
here, foreign diplomats, other dignitaries
and distinguished guests, while on the
side stands on Dearborn and Clark streets
were ], 400 school children. dressed in ma
tional colors, who sang patriotic songs
from time TO time as The procession filed
past. In all about six thousand people
witnessed the parade from these stands.
This was essentially peoples day in the
series OF ceremonies. Last night the grand
ball at the Auditorium was for the upper
ten in Official and social life, for governors,
legislators and diplomats. Tonight the
grand military ball will be- before the same
classes but led by men in uniforms, gold
lace and shoulder straps, Tomorrow's
military parade will be confined to the
limits of the fair grounds, to which admis-
sion will 0s only by card OF invitation. but
tsdsy's show was wide open to whoever
could get point from which to see; to the
bootblack and roustabout; to the laborer in
blue SIS free as the millionaire or pet of
society. There were no gates at which uni
formed officials stood to demand passport.
So as it was their day the common people
turned out in full force. making q holiday
and elbowing whoever came in their way
whether aristOcrat or plebelan, with demo-
cratic impartiality.
Balls in brilliantly lighted rooms and
parades behind high walls could not signify
TO the great masses the dedication of q
great work which has been preparing many
months, but unbending files of civic socie-
ties, maoe up of psople whom they in part
know in every day life, tricked out in the
insignia OF the organizations to which
they belonged, led by many brass bands,
playing martial music and some not quite
martial, that indeed meant something big
transpiring and every one OF the onlookers
was assisting to make 1t the biggest thing
ofsthe kind.
From early morning they poured in
countless thousands towards points of van
tage along the line of march, on foot in
vehicles, by street cars, on rail way trains
from the suburbs, and surrounding coun-
try, till not an inch Of room was left on
side walk, telegraph pole, doorsteps or other
available station for another foothold, and
yet there wasn't room for all.
Stands were crowded, windows, balloon
les and roofs were crowded. and in the
bleak October weather multitudes sat
while the endless file OF marchers moved
past. Ten miles long was the great parade,
and the streets were full wide, and hour
after hour, with ever changing character
ii moved like mighty river, and the whole
multitude looked on and wondered that
the world contained SO many people.