The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-09-11
Preparations Complete for the Great
Annual Parade OF the Grand Army
of the Republic To-day.
CAMP FIRES AND RECEPTIONS
SPEECHES BY GOV. MATTHEW'S AND
OTHERS IN JEFFERsoSvILLE.
Gossip About Candidates for Conn
vorite-Women's Organizations.
,eclal to the IndIanapolis journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
JEFFERSONVILLE. Ind, Sept TO-
Louisville. Jeffersenville and New Albany
are full Of people tonight. and the be-
lated trains are bringing thousands more.
Never was a city so decorated with ma
tional colors on such an occasion as are
the three cities. Out in the suburbs OF
Louisville nearly every residence is elab-
orately decorated TO greet the visitors.
Louisville Is making good the pledge given
at Pittsburg. 1t now looks as IL the at
tendance would be one Of the largest ever
seen at an encampment.
Sunday and Monday the contingents OF
other States came in more largely thar
Indiana, but to-day the Hoosiers have lit
orally poured across the Ohio river into
Kentucky. The trains have been some
what delayed. The headquarters train over
the Big -Four did not reach Louisville until
o'clock this evening. several hours late.
General Wallace and the Wallace battal-
ions got in about o'clock. On Main street,
near the Gait House. is piratical look
ing picture in charcoal, bearing the in
scription. ''Indiana's Favorlte." II is in
tended TO represent General Wallace.
There is a quite general criticism because
headquarters are not opened earlier. and In
as good form a : those of other States. II
there had been close contest for the COM
mander-in-chief, this failure TO have ade-
quate headquarters would have counted
against Colonel Walker. but as 1t Is ad-
mitted that Indiana's candidate has walk
over. this oversight simply causes ehagrin
on the part of Hoosier veterans, who know
that they by right have place in the front
rank on such occasions, when Indiana is
much in the encampment as 1t Is this year.
1t is feared that the weather viii be so
hot tomorrow as TO interfere with the
parade, but IL the heat Is not intense 1t
will be large a demonstration as has
been made by veterans for years and In
diana viii have the largest number Of
men in line of any State. There is reason
to believe that no other name will be pre-
sented for commander-in-chief than that Of
Colonel Walker There is an earnest con-
test between st. Paul. Buffalo and Dem
yer for the next encampment. with the
chances decidedly in favor Of St Paul
at this stage in the struggle
Fully six thousand persons crowded into
Wander Park this evening TO attend the
grand camp fire, which was the event or
encampment week on the indiana side or
the river. Governor Matthews. one OF the
principal speakers of the occasion. arrived
i'm Jeffersonville at noon over the Pennsyl-
vania road. and was the guest OF Hon.
George Voight. During the afternoon
he received the citizens and visitors
who desired TO call. At 7:30 O'Clock the pro-
cession formed for the march TO the park.
with Governor Matthews and Mayor White
sides in front. The guard OF honoi for
Governor Matthews was five companies OF
tho Indiana National (suard-K of Terre
Haute; @. of Jeffersonville; H. of Bloom
ington; L, of scottsburg. and A.
of yincennes. On the programme
was the address OF welcome by
Mayor Whitesides, who was followed by
Corporal Tanner Governor Matthews and
Gen. Lew Wallace. The size of the crowd
in attendance was limited by the capacity
of the park. All of the speakers referred
to the pleasure It afforded them TO see the
blue and the gray mingling happily to-
eether. for the first time. at the meeting
of the G.. A. r.. south of Mason and
Dsxon's nne
Fully forty thousand visitors have In
vaded Jacksonville and to-day over 1900
visitors passed through the Prison SOUTH
Warden Hert and his new force of men
handled the crowd admirably and no
trouble or confusion resulted among the
conyicts who would naturally be excited by
the great influx of visitors Tonight the
most unique camp fire of the week was
commenced in the chapel of the prison.
and was participated in by the convict
veterans. numbering forty-five, by special
permission of Warden Hert. The ambu-
lance corps was called out several times
to-day but no fatalities resulted.