Arizona republican., 1896-10-21
SHOT GUNS AND BOMB SHELLS
Marcus Smiths Silver Dem
 onStratiOn.
The Democracy of Maricopa Turn Out on Dress Parade and Give Very Interesting Performance-A Love Feast Follows.

The Democracy had a love feast last night and partook of silver tinted pie with evident relish. ]. started off with a parade and wound up with speech making.
 The parade was not what could be called a regular Democratic affair. In fact, it was more of a free silver dem onstratiou, in which the Democracy was joined by tihe Populists There was "a tacit understanding between the Pops and Democrats that the grand parade of the Republicans last week must be eclipsed, and for that reason the Popuists consented ito fuse" for ldhe time being. Though it was a cred ible parade, ito do it justice, it did not, of course, begin to compare with the parade of last week.
 It started off with a band of music followed by about 100 Democrats of Ghis city. Then followed about 100 boys, some of them carrying torches. The bicycle contingent was fantasti- caily dressed and might have done credit to a masquerade ball. The Tempe delegation made a small show ing. After another band marched about 100 men with white caps and butchers aprons tied around Their necks. They may have been taken for cooks, bakers or whiuecaps. They carried in their hands instruments of some kind that emitted walls that sounded like dhe dying means of the Democratic donkey. The portly form of genial Thomas Smith headed the whitecap brigade and his cheery yell made the weIkin ring.
 | Following a band of small boys marched B. A. Fdckas. He carried on high a banner, thus proclaiming to the public that he was for silver.
 The prettiest part of tine parade was the young ladies float It was hand somely decorated, and seated thereon were sixteen of the prettiest young ladies the city could produce. They were dressed in white Silver crowns rested on the brows of the fair ones bearing the legend, ''16 to 1. The sil- yer ornaments on their dresses were very pretty and considerable credit is due Mrs. M H. Williams and the la dies who assisted in arranging the float and the costumes of the young ladies.
 A monster horn covered with lights and propelled along on wheels set the spectators guessing what it exempli- fled. It was highly suggestive o1 Bryan and Mark Smith footing theil little horns and wasting their winG in a free silver tune
 A brigade of about 100 men witl shotguns which they discharged ever! few feet would have led casual ob
 server to the belief klhat a lynchins
 party was on the trail of somebody.
 is an innovation brought from Mis-
 sissippi, and somebody said it wa
 done for the purpose of intimidation
 Who would be intimidated by the dis play of "shootin' irons' the narralo failed to state. A body of small boy
 on horseback ended the procession, bu somewhere in the line four men dresser like Comanche Indians and riding bi |. cycles hauled a go-cart in which com placently sat 'fUncle Sam
 In the matter of noise the demon stration beat anything ever seen hert Shotguns, firecrackers, etc., made u for what was lacking in numbers. . fair estimate places the number in lin :. at about 700, of which about 200 wer 3 boys.