The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-15
BATTLE IS NOW ON
Monster Demonstration Ratify-
ing the Nomination Of
Mckinley and Hobart
ABUNDANCE OF ENTHUSIAST
ABUNDANCE OF ENTHUSIAST
Cheers Greeted the MarcharS All
Along the Line Of March-Bicycls
Brigade Made a Fine Appearance
Ringing Resolutions Adopted --Ad-
dresses by NahlOn Chance and A,
]. C0lborn, Jr.

IF there was any need of demon
stratinS the sentiment of the Repubii-
cans of this community towards their
national ticket last nights notification
supplied that need in the fullest meas
ure. Despite the fact that people do
not enter into torch light professions
and the like. with as much zest as they
did in We olden time. it was one Of the
biggest political demonstra tons the city
ever witnessed.
There were between -four and five
thousand men in line and the streets
over which the procession passed were
literally jammed with spectators. Dec
orations We're profuse and all along the
line of march there was an almost
continuous blaze of colored lights, set
off by the enthusiastic Republican busi-
ness men and residents.
The parade in addition to'its size was
very picturesque and contained many
new and interesting features. There
were twenty-five clubs in line, in addi-
ton to the wheelmen, and all wore the
regulation Mckinley Hobart white
yachting cap, with gold buttons on the
side, and carried a lantern of one de-
scription or another. Each club also
carried one or more transparencies
bearing some very catchy sentiment,
the most commented on being one car
ried by the Keystone Colored Republic
can club. "A Boy Orator is O. r., but
Boy President is N. a."
SUPPLYING FIREWORKS.
Stations for supplying fireworks were
established at regular intervals along
the route and the marchers were thus
enabled to keep up an incessant fusi-
lade of Roman candles and the like.
Wherever they moved the air was fair
ly afire and the sight presented on the
avenues where the procession marched,
for a long distance, was magnificent
The parade started at 500 and was
in motion until after 10 O'Clock. The
four divisions formed on the streets
running at right angles with Franklin
avenue and at the word Of command
from the chief marshal, F. l.. Hitch
cock, moved out Franklin to Lacka-
wanna and thence over the following
route: Up Lackawanna to Adams ave-
nue., to Spruce street. to Jefferson ave-
nue.. to Olive street. To Washington ave-
nue. to Mulberry street, TO Penn ave-
nue., to Spruce street. to Adams avenue.
to Linden street. breaking ranks in
front of court house. where the mass
meeting was held.
First came the bicyclists' division as
escort to Colonel Hitchcock and his
staff numbering, % aides. with j. w.
Oakford as chief There Were 600 wheel
men i'm line and each wheel carried
Japanese lanterns suspended from the
handle bars. forming a most beautiful
picture. Some of the wheels also bore
other decorations and not few We're
quite elaborate.
MANY WOMEN IN LINE.
There were also a number of women
among the cyclists. One girl wore a
bicycle costume made of American flags
and was applauded all along the line.
The clubs represented in the division
were the West SIDE Wheelmen, the
Green Ridge Wheelmen, the South Side
Wheelmen, the Suburban Wheelmen of
Olyphant and the Scranton Bicycle
club. Coming up Lackawanna avenue
they rode four abreast and occupied the
entire stretch of street between Adams
and Franklin avenues. Dolph Z. Ath-
erton was marshal and organizer of this
division and he had good reason to be
proud of it. His aides We're Charles
Kerr. John Atherton. Herbert Hall,
William Woelker, Harry Lucas and
Wallace Ruth.
one of the most applauded transpar-
encies carried by the wheelmen was
"AIl the Worlds Awheel and all the
Wheelmen are for Mckinley"
Il l.. ,,sl oil
mounted, came the Lawrence band and
then the first division, which was mar
shaled by Il. Hunt Brock. with Alfred
Shopland and Fred Widmayer as aides.
The DR.. ThroOp Mckinley club of the
Sixteenth ward had the right of line and
as far as novel display goes deserved 1t.
Their torches were decidedly fin de
steele, being incandescent lights mount
ed on poles and supplied by machine
operated on a wagon which preceded
them as they marched. A big steam
boiler and stationary engine. also car
ried on the wagon. supplied the power
for the electric light machine. Three
ear splitting steam gongs were also part
Of their paraphernalia. The club had
one hundred men in line and were led
by Eugene Strong. DR.. Throop rode at
their head in a carriage drawn by four
horses. .-..'
THOSE IN CARRIAGES.
Then came a carriage containing the
delegates and alternates to the st.
Louis convention. William Connell,
Hon. John T. Williams, Conrad Schroe-
der and James ]. Williams and another
containing District Attorney John Z.
Jones. II. E. Paine, Thomas II. Dale
and Major Everett Warren.
The Polish Republican club of the
South side followed with 12O men. led by
Martin Woyshner and carrying a tran
sparency which read bondage in Po-
land, but Freedom in America" and
another We are in Favor of 1G Repub-
licans to Democrat"
The First. Second and Third ward
Republican clubs marched in body
and We're 200 strong. They enlivened
the marching by singing appropriate
patriotic songs.
The Olyphant Mckinley Club
brought down 10 men and a transpar-
ency declaring for Nick inley and Hard
Money" d. d. Davis was their mar
shall
Throop sent down a delegation Of so
men under Joseph Farringer and We're
led by the Throop band. Their banner
read Good Money. Protection and
Good Times
The second division embraced the
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