Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-03
STRONG ~ SOUND SENTIMENTS.
Railroad Wen Wake nm Important
Feature of the Column.


with the exception OF the Omaha High
School Uniformed cadets the second divis-
ion was composed entirely OF railway en-
poyes. The latter class attracted unusual
attention, not alone because of their encr-
nous numbers their fine appearance and
their timely notices. but also because af
the one-sid,d controversy regarding their
division OF the parade that the publisher
OF free silver paper recently attempted
to wage with judge OF the federal court.
II is not saying too much In praise Of tEo
railroaders to state that their division was
tho most notable In the entire procession.
Omcial rank and position were thrown aside
for the evening, and freight traffic mana
gers walked alongside II their clerks gen
eral solicitors with their stenographCrs aud
even general managers with their messen-
gers.
Frank ID, Brown. local treasurer Of the
Union Pacific, was marshal of this division,
and he had every reason to be proud of
his fellow raiirnadGrs. They marched In
ranks of four and kept close t.gcther None
was without designation OF mis- political
preference. Many carried canes with gold
cOiored flags attached. Others had torches.
Yellow chrysanthcmums were common, ard
the Union Pacific employees wore large yell
low badges with Mckinley and Hobart
in large letters above the handsome shield
of the Overland route Estimates OF the
number of railrUadcrs in line ran as high
as 1000, and 500 is an exceedingly con
sentative figure. The clever and appropriate
notices on the transparencies OF the rail
way division were feature OF the parade
Some of them were as follows:
"Fifty-Cent Dollars Don't Go with. Us
Great Bargain Sale OF Silver at Sl.29 pen
Ounce: Como Up and Buy, Dear People
We Are Coerced, Nit" "l6 to l job
Sound Money and Prosperity Have tn,
Right OF Way" Main Line-Sound Money
Side Track-Frce Silver" safe Track ana
Sound Roadbed to Washington" sixteen
to One Means Nothing to Eat" MCKINLEY
and llobart-NO More Experimenting. NC.
kinley Special. -Sidctrack Everything d
protection Means Work for the Unem.
ployed." Sound Money Means National
Honor" I'm Mckinley We Trust-In Bryan
We Bust" Last Call for Supper in the
Sound Money Dining Car" Under Coer-
cion of Honesty" do You See Any Ropes
on Us?" Honesty is the Best Policy
Under Coercion OF Protection" I'VE Know
Where We Are At" "a Cheap Dollar Means
a Cheap Man" mo Crown OF Dishonor
No Cross of shame" Omen Mills-Not
MINIS" Dave Mercer and the Exposition. -
Bryan Has Flat Wheel" Law Can
Scale Down Debts. but Not Make Money
No Money ON Earth is Too Good for the
X. II. Boys" "ThCre'll Be a Snow storm
Tomorrow" THE Prodigal Son VIII BE
Slain Tomorrow" Free Silver Won't
You, Dave" Can We Prosper when our
Employer Does Not?" whats the Mat
ter with Nebraska?" Country Before
Party" Vote for Sound Money and Ma
tional Honor" What's the Matter with
Us?" 1--WE Are All for Jack MacColl for
Governor" what's the Matter with Dave
Mercer" Railroad Mems Sound Money
Division" Bound for the Scrap Heap,
Bryan" "Greasers Dollars Not Good
Enough for Us" Bryan Needs Repairs
Sidetrack Him" Mckinley and Hobarr
Mean Sound Money and Prosperity" "The
BRYAN Alrbrake win Bust Tomorrow. "
Didn't Need Shop Lanterns to SHOW tho
Fallaces of the Chicago Platform" No
body Has Told Us How to Vote. our Com.
mon Sense Told Us That" Neither CO
creed nor Crazy" Not Coercod, Simply
Rational"
Marshal Frank Brown led his fellow rail
readers ON handsome steed, and was i'm