The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-01
New York Aglow with Flags and
Bunting, and NearIy 100000 Me-
KinIey Voters I'm Line.
ABOUT $4,000 At ST. LOUIS
AND LONG LINES AT PITTsBURG,
KANSAS CITY AND ELSEWHERE.
thousands of Starry Banners Flung
to the Breeze or Carried by Chi
Cages Patriotic People.

NEW YORK. Oct. 31.-A mighty host
tramped Up Broadway to-day. The tramp
of the tens OF thousands Of feet will echo
through history. Republicans and gold
standard Democrats united to form the
greatest procession that has ever been wit
messed in the city of New York. There was
10 glitter of FURNISHED helmets no flashing
OF bayOnets, no clang of swords; its only
arms were a hundred thousand flags, the
stars and stripes, the red, white and blue
on its banners were sound money" Nc
kiulcy and Hobart. The great army of
voters was composed of men in almost
every walk of life. The procession began
10 move somewhere in the vicinity of 10
o'clock a. m. and. without halt or break
Of any kind. marching at a rapid pace, it
was not until about eight hours later that
the end had passed the reviewing stand.
That army marched past hundreds Of thou
sands of persons. who gathered the side
walks. stairways, at back windows, on
stands-everywhere they could get a place
which commanded a view. The paraders
were hTled with earnest enthusiasm Their
banners proclaimed their principles. The
''sound-money'' army was made up of men
who are known from one end of the coun-
try TO the other. Lawyers who are the
leaders in their profession marched with
the pOrters in the buildings where their
offices are. The merchant prince tramped
with his truckmen- The great bankers and
their messengers were in the same rank.
Ii was truly a business mems parade. 1t
moved with that precision which is the
great law in business. 1t was fol med with
out confusion. 1t moved on time and with
out interruption. II disbanded without dis
order.
The procession moved forward. at times,
at the rate of 10000 men an hour. The head
OF the procession passed the reviewing
stand. which were vice presidential
candidate Garret a. Hobart and Governor
Morton. at 1850. IL was exactly seven
hours and thirty minutes in passing that
point. In point Of numbers the Wholesale
Dry Goods Republican Club was far in the
lead. having 21.O men in the line. The
Central Dry Goods Mckinley and Hobart
Association had 5000 and the Paper and
Associated Trades 1000 more. The colleges
were represented by some 1900 students,
while fully as many as thirty-five or forty
Industries were each represented by thou
sands of men. Tonight the town is illu-
minated and the streets crowded with the
tens of thousands whose enthusiasm was
not checked by their efforts of the day.
THE DECORATIONS.
The streets of the metropolis were
ntver before SO profusely decorated. Fully
100000 American flags were waving in the
breeze and millions of yards of bunting
were used TO decorate buildings. At short
intervals huge flags, bearing the names of
Mckinley and Hobart and in some in
stances appropriate campaign legends, huns
from wires stretched across the street. Each
OF these big flags represented an organiza-
ton OF business men and some of the le-
gends we're; Law and Order" For Hot--
or and Prosperity" The National Honor
Must be Preserved "A Nations Credit is
a Nations Life" lone Hundred Cents on
the Dollar"
y noticeable feature OF the decorations
was the absence of the pictorial political
banners and transperencies which formed
50 conspicuous u part of the decorations ia
former campaigns. Only occasionally was
d picture of one or both of the Republican
candidates exhibited. and then it was in
variably framed in flags. The resources
Of the flag and bunting makers in this and
neighboring cities were taxed 10 the utmost
TO supply the orders that poured in. One
large dealer estimated that not less than
half a million dollars had been spent by
the business men of New York in decorat-
ing their establishments. Broadway was a
vista Of flags. The draperies on the big
Office buildings I'm the lower part of Broad
way were in many instances very elaboT-
ate and expensive. some Of the decorations
costing as much $1,000. Al least one
church on the line of march WAS decorated.
This was the Marble Collegiate Church at
the corner Of Fifth avenue and Twenty
ninth street. over the main entrance of
which were draped two silk flags.
Speaking of the profusion of flags a dealer
said: Il have been forty years in the bus
mess of making flags and bunting and
never saw 30 great a demand for my goods
rs has existed within the past few days.
] should say that not less than 500. O00 Amer
lean flags are waving in New York at this
moment Many of the Sc flags are 40xSO feet
and cost as much as $40 each. There are
no, less than 500 flag dealers IN this city
and not one of them has been able to fill
all the orders that he has received. We
have been applying TO one another for ma
terial and hep and have drawn upon the
resources of dealers in neighborlng cities,
but in spite of our efforts thousands of per-
sons who were anxious TO decorate have
been unable TO obtain flags or bunting"
SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS.
1t was next 10 impossible to get any
"a lire. The multitude vast that
the mind could scarcely grapple with il.
An estimate of the list follows. but the
number was probably augmented at least
q. 900:
Wholesale Dry-goOds Club ..-......... q. 900
Central Dry-gOods Mckinley and Ho-
bart Association ....................... 5000
Merchant Tia lorS SOUnd-money
Railway and Steamboat SOund-money
AAlD .-.---.-. O,ouO
Paper and associate trades 5000
toal-tTade SOund-mOney Club 1890. go
Wine and Spirit Traders Society,". $40
Produce Exchange Sound-money club 1000
Architectural division ................-. $50
Cotton Exchange SOund-mOney Club. 6DG
Coffee Exchange and Lower Wall
street Mckinley and Hobart Sound
money Club Observation-Disclosures. 1000
CuSlOm-hOuse Brokers Sound-money
tluD OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 900
Leaf-tobacco Trades Sound-money
club -. -.....-.....-.. 1000
Club ........,...................r......e.. 5000
Lawyers Sound-money Campaign
Club $500
insurance SOund-money Club ......... 1850
Real Estate Sound-money League. -. 1.500
New York Protective Machinery.
Railway and Metal-supply Associa-