The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-01
A PARADE OF $4,000.
(ConcIuded from First Paxe)

rattle-trap that looked like 1t might fall
down any minute. In II rode an old farmer
with long flowing hair and beard that
would excite The envy OF PETER himself.
seated with him was his wife, woman
wearing calico dress and showing all the
signs OF wretchedness and distress so COM
mon half century ago. AFTER tha crime
or 'I3'' was represented by float contain
ing bevy Of pretty girls. dressed In COM
Portable clothes and giving happy cheers.
In the delivery wagons of the abattoir
company rode other employees. On the
wagons were tackled such banners as. IF
Mckinley wins you eat meat; II Bryan
wins you eat free soup" Another wagon
passed containing a man hard at work
sending off fireworks. and EXPLANATIONS OF
wonder and delight greeted him as golden
sparks from fiery fountain fell over the
heads OF the crowd. Next came the en-
ploye9 Of the fiotr mills. A banner they
carried answered Mr.. Bryan's assertion
that the price Of wheat. and naturally flour
also. will go up with free coinage. Free
silver it read, will increase the cost Of
living, but not our wages" The Fifth
Ward John A. Logan Colored Club had
striking banner with the words, pitch
forks in the field. but not in the Senate
Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Mr..
Tillman," yelled somebody in the crowd.
What fine looking set of men they
are" said one woman. as the head or the
Commercial Travellers Republican Club
passed. They made a very striking appear
ance. They marched four abreast those
OF the outside carrying burning fuses.
which showed to advantage the flags the
others carried and the bright yellow bits
Of ribbon and red. white and blue badges
pinned on coat lapels. One man who trav-
els for firm that deals in rubber goods
carried a monster golosh fastened at the
top of long pole. Yellow was their favor
lite color. Yellow chrysanthemums. yellow
ribbons. gold bugs and other emblems
adorned their coats. One Of their trans
parencies asked the question, Bryan. Till
man. Altgeld, Mary Ellen Lease, which,"
Express company employees, riding in an
express wagon and made up to represent
the popular idea of long-whiskered Popu-
lists. had a banner declaring, mo more
Bryan. We can't be fooled twice.
CITIZENS SOUND-MONEY LEAGUE.
The Citizens Sound-money League came
next. This is an organization composed
mainly of business men. They like the
commercial travellers. made an impressive
anxious than the others to display the ia
vorite color. Their most striking transpar-
ancy declared "Bryan's speeches are six
teen miles long and one foot deep"
Another wagon spouting skyrockets, Ro-
man candles. golden showers and red fire,
was followed by the McElwaine- Richards
company employees and wholesale grocery
clerks. the latter carrying pretty japanese
lanterns. The wholesale dry-goodS and
millinery men carried a big banner of yell
low silk announcing that they are for
sound money. A very small boy marched
with his father. He carried small trans
parency which said on one side, II am half
ner Bryan was pictured Don Quixote.
On the dome of the Capitol building at
Washington was pictured the four wings of
a giant windmill. The picture was labeled
organs last tilt" Another banner OF the
dry-goods men read "ThirtysiX inches to
the yard, 100 cents to the dollar The
Sound-money Club of the wholesale dis
trict, embracing men from the hardware.
tin. queensware and leather and other
hardware men had big church bell swung
In wagon, and 1T peaed out a knell to
Organism reputation and disaster as the
the jewelers., followed by employees from
Arthur Jordan's ice plant. number of
them riding in an ice wagon half hidden
beneath flags and bunting.
THE DRUGGISTS NOTICES
ties Painted on them made it an easy mat
ter for the crowds to identify the drug
gists of the city as they passed by On
one OF the banners were the words, Pop
ocratic Pharmacy Under a skull and
cross-bones was painted 'Poison-Free Sill
ver." Under a picture of Bryan were the
words, Gold Cure for Bryan" "Chlori-
form rather than Bryan read another,
;<
One of the druggists shouted: We've got
a dose fixed for Bryan which will settle him
next Tuesday"
The lumber men were headed by band
and behind them came employees of the In
dianapOliS veneer works. They had float
representing a house in course of construc-
ton and underneath it was a big banner
saying: Work, not wind, is what we
want" I'VE know good plank when we
see it," A hundred colored transfers. rid
ing in gravel wagons, preceded the o. +.
came a man riding a peculiar farm imple-
ment that had u lot of legs behind kicking
like s kans .S grasshoppssrs; The man had a
crowds that his rake was kicking against
free silver.
THE OLD "CONSTITUTION."
A great sensation was created when the
Overstreet Sixth Ward Club came in sight.
marching behind full rugged model of the
famous war ship, the Constitution. A small
gun rugged in the black hulk was dis
charged occasionally and the crack Of the
cannon sounded out above the din of cheers
and shouts for Mckinley. Then came the
Columbia Club marching behind another
band. Each man OF the club carried burn
ing lights, while their coat lapels were or
namented with yellow chrysanthemums.
Following them came the Marion Club,
headed by several colored boys carrying q
small brass cannon. which was discharged
at frequent intervals.
The boys of the Marion Club were out
last night to make themselves heard and
in addition to their lusty cheers for Nc
Kinley, each carried Mckinley BOOM
err" metallic continuance attached to the
ferule their canes. in which blank car
tridges we're inserted. By striking them
against the pavement the cartridges ex-
ploded and when score or more of them
were set off at once the explosion that
followed was deafening. The Marion Club,
in the neat uniform of duck trousers and
blue coats, made a fine appearance. Be-
side their Mckinley boomers" each car
ried a burning fuse. as, in fact. did most
of the clubs marching last night
There were many men marching with the
Third ward and the club attracted much
attention.
Several colored clubs, headed by the Nc
Kinley CoachmenS' Club, and including the
A. a. Young Club of the Third ward and the
Herculean Club, came next. There was a
little confusion when the head of the fifth
division appeared at Market and Pennsyl-
battalions coming from the direction of
the monument, but the marshals soon got
the crowd back out of the way and there
| was no break in the line. In the last ranks