The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-11

Last night was red-lettcr event in the
history of Roanoke Democracy. The
whole city was thoroughly alive to the
occasion, and people flooded to the CEN
trail portion of the city last night by the
thousands.
The streets in the vicinity of the Terry
building and the Junior Hose Company
clear out Jefferson street to the railroad,
and up Salem avenue to the Academy of
Music, were packed with people, many of
them ladies, who were waving handker
chiefs and their sweet hrill.,voices raised
to cheer the enthusiastic troopers in line
for Bryan and Democracy.
BY O'Clock thousands of people had
gathered in the vicinity of the Terry
building, although the hour for moving
had becn--set ut O'Clock.
At 7:20 the Roanoke Machine Works
drum corps arrived ut the place of rem
devious, followed by the Fourth ward
Club. The Machine Works Band next
arrived and started up "DiNie,n amidst
the widest enthusiasm.
The various ward clubs soon arrived
in bodies, marching with waving ,Iapa-
ncse lanterns
The Fifth ward club was preceded by
the Park Street Band. The Bryan lick
DRY Club was out in force, although many
of It's members had joined in TO swell the
ward clubs. TGesc young men were well
supplied with lanterns, and kept up IL
continual yell, which was instrumental in
arousing much enthusiasm. The yell
was rs follows:
"Who are we? Who are we? We're
| for Bryan, don't you see
The parade was formed with the Roam.
| oke Machine Works Band in the lead.
| II he First ward fell in next to the band,
| carrying transparencieS with the follow
ing inscriptions: care we going to let
, Wall Street dictate orr financial policy?
Not much. of it, you bet" Govern
ment by injunction means imprisonment
without trial by jury. We don't want
it," "Votc for Bryan, the workingman's
friend" down. with the Mckinley
| monopolies. ="
The Second ward club Followed next,
with banners bearing such inscriptions
as ''Hanna's money won't buy us, "'All's
not gold that gltters, - .'There is II sill
yer lining to the cloudsn
The Third ward club was the next in
order, followed by the Fourth
The Park Street Band then fell in line,
and were followed by the Fifth ward
club, with the Bryan Hickory Club next,
with their continual.yellinga and cheering.
The Vinton club, with about seventy five
lllcU Ill line, DGOuSnb up blt rear.
In the vicinity of the Terry building
and at the street crossings much red light
powder was burned, and on Jefferson
street it cast weird shade and pallor
over the Mckinley and Hobart banner
swung over Jefferson street.
The following are more of the trans.
parcncy inscriptions, carried by the var
ious clubs: care our dollars worth 81
cents? Nit, "Who is Radford? | don't
know " Well take the lead, let other
nations follow, Bryan and prosperity,
Mckinley and scarce money" Iii Hung
Chang, Annoy China, John Hampton
Hoge," Bryan for the people, Mckinley
for Hanna. will Hanna win? Nit, .
"What is the matter with the Chicago
platform and income tax? Nothing, saws
the people"
One hammer had figurative motto,
which read rs follows: "No cross OF
gold, no crown of thorns."
Some time before the procession cam,
in sight of the Academy of Music q
scething, pushing and hustling crowd oil
humanity clbowed their way into the Ell
trance, and by the time they reached the
doors, had it not been that seats were
provided for them, only limited humble,
could have been comfortably seated, Il.
all available space was taken up by the
very large crowd Of intelligent people who
were anxious to hear the gifted orator.
With no exceptions, last nights audi
ence was the nest refined that has ever
greeted any speaker in this city during
this or any other campaign. Old men
young men, middle aged men, and quite
a number of the fair sex graced the occa
sion with their presence, while the young
men were greatly in evidence, and II NOR,
enthusiastic crowd could hardly be seen
While they were pouring into the build
ing the Machine Works Band played
lively air
w. a. Glasgow introduced James Lind
soy Gordon as Virginian from New
York, and when that gentleman stepped
to the fnotlights he was greeted by an APP
plause that could have been heard fol
squares, and which lasted nearly three
minutes, while men waived hats ard la
dies threw their handkerchiefs TO the
breeze. Never before did a Roanoke
audience give an orator n mo1e rousinG
reception, and neser before did an audi
ence listen more intensely to an ORATOR
that thrilled their very being. Dir. Cor
dan is young man, but his speech,o of last
night at once stamped him as one of tht
foremost orators of this country-indeec
his marvellous flow Of language, his mag
nificent elocution and his ingenious ar
rangement of the fabric that formed his
speech were so magical that his audience
was held spell bound, and the two hours
seemed not one fourth so long.
Mr.. Gordon said that nowhere outside
of New. York has he seen more enthusi
asm than was shown here by the Central
Democratic Club. He at once paid his
respects to the hard times and the over
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