The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1896-06-20
GREAT Rh7lLF DAZZLE.
.THE ORIGINAL M'KtNLEY GLUE
FATtFlES IN GREAT SHAPE
A SIGHT TO MAKE THE GODS WEEP
s Struggling Fruutasinu ~ Ntgrotr aud
Boys Lei by the Health Omcet-Crc,t
Array OF iIo Hunters on the Ilat-
form Orntory sal,e-EbthuI-
asm Son Est.
A SIGHT TO MAKE TIE GODS WEEP

Guthrie have always been m doubt as
TO who constituted the Original Me-
Kinley Climb" and turned out largely
J to find out. 1t is needless to say that
they were all enlightened and went
home ne-disgusted At half past seven
! the military band marched to the gov
erument acre, aud then took turn
around several squares seeking in vain
to locate the Original Mckinley
Club" Then the West Guthrie drum
corps came to the assistance of the
band, and several hundred citizens in
carriages drove aimlessly about and at
several points blockaded the streets
completely, all seeking the "Original
Mckinley Club " In the meantime
Governor General Commander in Chief
OF all the Mckinley forces on land,
water and beer, Philip Cutaway Rosen.
baum was frantically riding a spirited
charger about the city trying to get
some Republican business men to turn
rour-apd parade, but nary a one did he
get President Widmer tried his luck
at it next but with no tetter success,
for they would neither parade, turn
out to cheer, nor shell out to pay for
coal oil and fireworks In fact ma
jority OF them intimated that there
was nothing worth ratifying and that
they had in all probability turned out
for the last time for the Republican
party Finally after an hours delay
and many bitches the procession
formed and marched down Harrison
avenue.
At the head rode City Health Officer
Bruce and Grand Marshal Rosenbaum,
while just behind the band vas Presi-
dent Wldner and Secretary McCabe,
but not in carriages as had been an
nounced, but in Mrs Widmer's phm.
ton. Then came John Mathews, bear
ing aloft a banner with the inscrip-
tion "rhe Original Mckinley Club"
and following him came the club
three white men and forty-four negro
men and between City and sixty small
boys, white, black aud red, on foot
and carrying torches, while strung
along in the rear were twenty-one
buggies containing in all eighteen
men, twenty three women and thirty
seven children, prominent among
those in carriages being Cole Martin
and his ruan Friday, "Frink and His
self" Judge Perkins Judge McCarver
and Judge Carter. The health officer,
who has been under instruction for
some time to take all garbage to Capt.
tai Hill and scatter it, tried his best to
do his full duty, but only part OF the
procession scattered while up there,
the balance coming along back to the
government acre ia hopes that that
other barrel did not contain coal oil.
The city was decorated handsomely
and profusely, two yards of bunting
being draped on the back OF Widmer's
buggy. nine lanterns being out at
Widmer's house and seven at Sheriff's
grocery, on East Oklahoma, and the
line Of march led up around these Ian.
terms and back to the starting point
while every small boy in line was
chuck full Of enthusiasm and some OF
them cheered as much as three times.
Arriving at the government acre, Pres.
ident Widmer and Secretary McCabe,
who had so valian'ly obeyed their own
order 10 ride in a carriage while the
common mem bers OF 1.-THE original
Mckinley club" had walked behind,
mounted the band stand and placed In
prominent position magnificent
Transparency bearing the portraits OF
four eolored men looking very much
alike but one labeled mckinley" "
one Hobart" one president Wild.
mer Of the original Mckinley club, "
aud the other "Our next Governor. c.
M Barnes, Of the original Mckinley
club"
Mr. Widmer took the platform and
said; "Gentlemen, this is the proudest
moment OF my life Gentlemen, / am
happy. Gentlemen, the original Me
Rinley club is here. Gentlemen, it
gives me great pleasure -" here he
paused, for nowhere could he see any
Of 'the great orators Of the original
Mckinley club, but finally he espied
L. L. Bridges in the crowd, and rush
ing 10 him said: "For God sake,
Bridges. come up here and talk awhile
and keep the crowd from scattering"
Mr.. Bridges is the gentleman hailing
from Missouri who last spring
scratched all the white Repu bleans
on his ticket and voted only for ne.
groes. lie is always ready TO talk aud
at once mounted the platform aud was
introduced as one Of "the originss Nc
Kinley club lie said: Truth crushed
TO earth will rise again. We have
risen" and then launched forth into
a regular spell binder"
Following the gentleman from Mis-
souri, came Harper 5. Cunningham and
Meetrs Cotteral, Gardner, Mccabe J