The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-16
MILES OF MARCHERS.
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MILD VI MHhCT1EhO.
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the whistle and mechanical effects. The
small boiler is covered with a false boiler
of wood, the Whole covered with galvanized
iron. The driving wheels are propelled by
belts and pulleys operated by electricity.
AS the engine passed, the crowd saw the
engineer and fireman at work, and as 1t
lighted up by the many electric ~incandes-
cent lights on the rear of the tender,
grouped in the shape of a large maltese
cross.
Behind their engine marched the Terre
Haute Railroad Club. Most of the men
carried their lamps, some red, others green
and blue. A great feature of the parade
last night was the hundreds of Transparent
cies carried by the marchers. A few of the
UNIQUE and expressive sentiments expressed
on them were noted. All of them, in one
way or another, We're sharp reprimands to
by the Terre Haute boys read: w have
got the right of way and Bryan cannot
i break ak it, Ices TT" T ! q rai! h r 7 mems Rrysn club bas is mo on
than his rates" Another showed the kind
OF a dollar advocated by the free silverites.
Painted on the white canvas was a large
American dollar. On its face was a por-
trait. of Bryan and around the edge the
W Wasa anot feren ran n9,taeT SHOWN Gu5yG ssg me pIeI
ture of a dollar cut in two from top to
bottom. It was accompanied with the com
mandment, Thou shalt not steal" Other
transperencies noticed in the first division
read: Fill our cars with farm products
and see the farmers, pockets 5 bulge" IF
vote for free silver" "A cheap dollar
never bought cheap bread" We never
money to pay their employees with "There
will be no air brake on silver slide Nov.
g." We can use split switches, but not split
dollars" "Maxinn-Labor for al honest
dollar" Keep off the grass One huge
transparency was a semf-circle with stars
cent dollar" At the bottom of the frame
work were the figures. 1896. Numerous
transparencies expressed the contempt and
Indignation railway men feel when Bryan
and others of his ilk intimate that they
have coward hearts and are afraid to as
ssert their rights to political independence.
The boys from Upton carried a transpar-
ency saying. We are coerced-Nit." The
sentiment of the large turnout from Lo-
What we want is an honest dollar and a
chance to earn it,
ent towns of the State did not have ban
ners to indicate what towns they were
from. and as there was a little change in
the order of march. it is impossible to give
in detail the names of all the clubs march
ing in the first division. and the towns from
which they came. Among them: however.
Haute, Brazil, Dillingham;, Peru, Upton
and Logansport.
TERRE HAUTE AND LOGANSPORT.
Terre Haute and Logansport perhaps
sent the largest delegations In the first
division. The former club hit on q very
app Opi late 1lluSl dlON OF the true cO6f-
cion Of labor. 1t was a picture of a man.
called Labor, throttled in the clutch of
a strong right hand, labeled free silver.
Above the picture were the words, This
is coercion. Do you want to experience
it?"
AT frequent intervals throughout the
parade We're stationed wagons, from which
brilliant and novel pyrotechnic displays
were made. The fireworks consisted of coll
ored lights, sky rockets, Roman candles,
were set or. They exploded with deafen-
ing crashes, while the sparks flew high in
the air, deluging the spectators with show
The big L. e. & w. club, of Peru. at
tracted a great deal of attention. Instead
of a banner, the club carried an attractive
mascot 1t was a huge insect. half mos
quito and half butterfly. The head and
body were as large. as those of three fat
men in Il side show. 1t was supported on
a framework carried by six men. The
creature was formed on n wooden frame
work, inside of which lights were burning.
On the canvas stretched over the wooden
frame were traced black lines, giving the
appearance of the large veins seen in in
Sects. With long antennae and big green
eyes and wings half spread it had a very
life-iike appearance.
What is that-a gold bug?' asked g. re-
porter.
You bet it is" answered the railroad
boys. Its a Peru gold bug. Put that in
your paper in the morning."
Everywhere that gold bug was seen it
was regarded as one OF the most amusing
and effective features of the parade.
AS their guest OF honor the Logansport
men had with them q club of young ladies,
riding on the high seats of a taIly-ho drawn
by four handsome black horses. The girls
nave a battle cry of their own. The words
were not all distinguishable in the din of
scores of brass bands, thousands of fox
horns and the loud shouts of the great
throngs of people. but the cry includes the
name Mckinley. and ended: W. can't
vote, but We will help you"
AT times the parade marched slowly, as
the great press of the crowds that filed the
streets made it almost impossible to march
on, and at times the men came to a halt,
generally for only an instant. Once a man
in the Logans9ort delegation said: Five
minutes for refreshmentsr"
Yes, that's all the time we get on your
road said a travelling man, who had ev-
identity been to Logansport.
Nearly every delegation from other towns
was headed by either a brass band or drum
corps, many of them made up of clerks in
the offices OF the roads.
A couDle of Indianapolis boys, one of
them a little colored fellow not more than
seven years old, rode a "double-deck' bicy-
Gle. The little colored boy, James Brown,
seemed to be sitting on nothing. but that
did not prevent him from beating away in
dustriously at q drum. The other boy was
Cecil Gibson. People wondered how he
managed TO keep his equilibrium. The Lo-
gansport club marched at the end of the
first division and the club had just fairly
turned off Washington street down South
Pennsylvania. as the locomotive passed the
Denison Hotel.