The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-15
THIRTEENTH WARD MEN.

f'ern, LIT. j. 81. lNODsrtS, W imam Mcr-
san and Franl; Bevan.
THIRTEENTH WARD MEN.
a mounted squad. some of the riders
dressed in fantastic costumes came first
and then followed Crump's band lead
ing the West Side Central Republican
club, marshaled by WIN Mears and car
ryiug red. white and blue lanterns. This
club had.nearly 500 men in line. One of
their transparencies read Free Coin
age Win Reduce our Wages Fifty Per
Cent" .
The West Side Republican league had
l25 men in line and was cuptained by
Harry Decker. Among their transpa'-
enciss was this. Sound Sense, Sound
Cents. is to J. Nit
The Pleasant View Republican club
which comes from the Bellevue district
of the Sixth ward had so men in iine
Walker Harris was their marshal They
carried one of the most novel tranSpar-
encies in the parade. 1t represented
large bug labeled Gold" and had un-
derneath the classical quotation There
Are No Flies on Me"
Select Councilman Toratio T. Fellows
led - men from the Fifteenth ward,
WHO are not aTiliated with any of the
West side clubs.
THE MOUNTED SQUAD.
Select Councilman George Sanderson
marshaled 10 men from the Thirteenth
ward and behind them marched forty
other residents of Green Ridge under
the name Of the Railroad Mems Me-
Kinlay club OF Green Ridge. All the
members are Delaware and Hudson en-
ployes and their carried various rail-
road lanterns. George Geary was mar
shal. There is Nothing to Worry
About, Mckinley IS the Engineer" was
the very appropriate legend which the
railroad men bore.
The South Side clubs were assembled
in the third division, which was mar
shnled by Hon. Alex. r. Council, who
had for his aides Philip Wirth, Charles
Stone. James McGuinness. Fred Miller,
Charles Neuls, Charles w. Westptahi,
George Wirth, Louis Schwass. Peter.
Nehr, William Smith, Charles Simrell,
James Toohil. Fred Jones, Fred Hewitt
and Charles Kloss.
Then came the Ezra Ripple Republican
club of the Twentieth ward, numbering
12O men and captained by Thomas Grif-
fiths. Protect the Man Who Protects
U.s." and "Oratory Does Not Increase
the Value of Silver" We're among the
behests and declarations on their trans
parencies.
The Nineteenth ward Mckinley club
numbered 100 men and was led by
George Wirth.
The Eleventh ward Republican club
carrying the significant banner THE
Solid South is Broken" marched 40
men behind Philip Wirth, who gave the
banner the peculiar significance by
carrying that ward in the councilmanic
election. The Germania band headed
this club.
THE FOURTH DIVISION.
Colonel e. II. Ripple marshaled the
fourth division which contained the
Dunmore delegation, the colored clubs,
the Ninth ward club and the Central
Republican club under whose auspices
the demonstration was held.
First came a carriage drawn by four
horses containing the officers of the
colored clubs. William Simpson. Fl. A..
Patterson. John A. Walker and George
W. Brown. Then followed the Key
stone Republican club numbering Is
men, officered by G. W. Brown, Frank
Thomas, and w. II. Johnson. One of
their banners read "Only one Choice for
Congress" and the other was the one
above referred to "A Boy Orator Is o.
X. but q Boy President is n. c.
The Central Republican club headed
by Bauer's Band and captained by Mil
ton w. Lowry came next. They num-
bered $50 men, including many of
Scranton's most prominent citizens.
Then came the Ninth ward Republi-
can club led by George Marshall and
numbering 60 men.
The Dunmore delegation under the
leadership of Charles Savage followed
200 strong. being one of the strongest
clubs in line. They carried trans
parency reading Major Mckinley now,
but President Mckinley next March,"
The left of the line was brought UP
by the William Connell Mckinley club
composed Of 45 colored men, led by John
w. Muse. "There is No Color Like
Mine" was one of the legends
which caused people to take a second
look. Another read Honest Vote,
Honest Count, Honest Money"
AT THE COURT HOUSE.
Whatever there was of red fire. shouts
and enthusiasm during the march, all
those things We're several times multi
piled at court house square, around
which the parade wound Itself and came
to close. Here was located the speak
crs' stand. on the lawn facing Linden
street, and here was let loose all the
pent-up noise, fireworks and hurrah
that had been reserved since the pro-
cession started. The speakers stand,
made conspicuous by the constant burn
ing within it Of colored fire. was the re-
minder or the encouragement for YER
liable river of fireworks. wave OF cheers
and outburst of music which encirclnd
the whole square. The paraders and
their lanterns and torches, the immense
crowd occupying the big lawn and the
streets that encircled it combined to
make the scene an ausDcious ana en-
thusastlc curtain-raiser to the now
present campaign. The campaign Ger
tainly began with vehemence which
argued well for stiff and earnest fisht
by Republicans.
The long line of bicycles which head
ed the parade halted and arranged Itself
in two lines. one along each curb from
Spruce street and Adams avenue. along
the latter thoroughfare and through
Linden street to Washington avenue
Between the two lines thus formed the
main body of the paraders passed. this
movement. together with the fireworks
and music which encircled the SQUARE