Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-01

Majority OF the windows Decorated
with Them.

Yesterday was the first flag day
that patriotic Americans have ever cee-
brated in connection with a political
campaign. In every large city in the
United States the stars and stripes
were displayed by the side of Nc
Kinley and Hobart Autographs as an indl-
cation that the patriotic sentiment of the
people is for sound money. protection and
prosperity" They piacarded the business
blocks and were draped in patriotic profusion
from the windows of residences. Even the
farmers caught up the sentiment and
along the country roads the insignia of the
ropublicanism of 1896 wss conspicuous in the
windows of the farm houses. The idea
was origin ated by Chairman Mark Hanna
OF the republican national committee and
was promulgated October II in the following
proclamation:
The American flag has been in the
present campaign the emblem or insignia
Of national honor Its influence has been
for great good in the cause of
good people. Its display in many
cases has been potent in the advancement
of the country's battle for the maintenance
Of its honor al home and abroad
Il therefore suggest that Saturday Octo-
Der 81 all who intend to vote November 8
for the preservation of our national honor
for sound money and the advancement of
the peoples interests and general prosper
lty, display the national colors at their
homes, their places of business. and wher-
ever they may be seen in order that the
voters whose hearts are for their country
may be strengthened in their purpose. and
those who are undetermined may the more
patrotically and intelligently conclude how
best to perform their duty as citizens"
The judgment Of Mr.. Hanna was immedi-
ately endorsed by the chairman of the popo-
cratic national committee, who issued
similar proclamation to his followers. The
result is now everywhere apparent. As the
sentiment Of the voters is expressed in the
windows OF Omaha, ii is for Mckinley by
three times Is to l. All through the bust
ness district and on the residence streets
the same proportion may be observed Few
houses are without some indication of the
sentiments of their occupants, and the BRYAN
decorations are so few as to be scarcely
noticeable In trip over some of the
principal streets of the city yesterday morn
ing Bee reporter kept accurate tally of the
ia6S and lithcgraphs which adorned the
windows. The result was AIS of
the sound money emblems and thirteen
Bryan Autographs.
the demand for these decorations has been
something extraordinary and is a striking
indication of the aroused sentiment that Is
IN evidence in this campaign. The county
central committee received 1000 Mckinley
and Hobart Autographs and 10000 flags,
which also bore portraits of the candidates
They were received early in the week and
they did not last twenty-fouT hours. The
people knew that they were to be obtained.
There is a humorous side to the display
which arises from the existence of a decided
difference of opinion in some families in
regard to the issue. There is a north side
family in which the husband is an ardent
Bryan shouter. His wife happens to have
better judgment, and early in the campaign
they agreed to differ They got along with
cut an open declaration of war until the
other day when the head of the family
brought home a lot of Bryan Autographs
and proceeded to display them from every
window in the house This was too much
for his long suffering helpmate to stand, and
with the assistance OF the milk man she
secured supply of Mckinley flags When
her lord came home in the afternoon he
found the flags had superseded the litho-
graphs, and then there was trouble Ii lasted
All the rest Of the day and nearly all night
but compromise was finally effected and
peace restored. Now Mckinley looks down
on the passersby from one side OF the house
and Bryan's smile is in evidence on the
ether.
Yesterday afternoon a citizen made a
canvass of a section OF the city, taking the
following route: Along Poppleton avenue
from Twenty-siXth street to Twentieth. along
Twentieth to Pierce, thence to Seventeenth
thence to Leayenworth thence to sixteenth
thence TO Howard thence to Tenth, thence
to Farnam and thence to Fourteenth. Along
this route he counted PSI Mckinley and
sXty-fve Bryan pictures, the ratio thus
being greater than four to one.
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Left HIS Family Destitute.
Mrs. Hannah Davis, possessor OF nine
children and an empty pocketbook. has
been reported In destitute circumstances to
the police. The woman and her children
live at 1912 Cass street. She stated to
Matron Bennett that her husband left home
July II, last, and that she had eked out
scanty existence by odd jobs given her
formerly employed at the smelling works.
He assigned no reason for thus deserving
his family exceDt that ha was tirol nf