The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-10


ing of the Sound Money Leagues.
f~s,,cas~c. Oct. e.-rour years ago the
greatest parade the West had ever seen.
PASSED through the streets ef CntcaGo a.
a portion of the celebration OF the stssiica-
ton OF the buildings of the Columbian ssx-
position. That parade was. however, sur-
rassssf today by the purely n<sa<partisan
march of the men who uphold the guaA
standard In questions OF finance and IN
politics The estimates of the dinerent
narties vary widely as 10 the nuRsber OK
men In line. but 7a.aaO Is just half way he-
twees, the number claimed by the Sepuas-
nnans and the count slvsn out by the NJ
tioual committees headquarters OF Ia
Democratic party.
The arrangements were perfect a;ni they
were carried out to tho letter. After
O'Clock In the morning not SINGLE car.
not a single wagon, save thoss oarryin4
the United States mail AMI police aHnhu.
iances. were allowed to cross the West
and North sides. and all those coming
from the south were turned back at Van
Buren, street. Every street between Van
Buren, on the south. thu river on tno
north. the river on tho east. and the river
on the west was absolutely free from AL
impedments. Eighteen lslfldrcd police
men Tined the route of tho parade and tho
was kept firmly hack to the curb.
Gen. Joseph Stockton, the marshal OF
the parade. had announced that 1T ~
o'clock the march would begin. no mattSr
who was ready or who was late. ThAr0
was no delay. and al exactly 10 o'clock tho
advapse guard OF 15o policemen swung
around the corner OF Van Buren, streAt
and Michigan avenue. and Abe parade wan
on. For FIVE hours II swept the streets
from curb to curb. well closed np ana
marching rapidly. The day was all that
could be desired. A crisp wind hew on
the lake in just sufficient force to keep
the thousands OF Tags In the parade and
the tens OF thousands that hung from tho
buildings along the line OF march In q
lively fiutter. and the sun came down with
just sufficient heat TO make 1t comfortable
for the men who tramped the pavemeutn.
The reviewing stand OF the Republican
national committee was erected just IN
front OF the building where tho Union
League Club stands. Here Mark Hanna.
Senator Culiom and various members 0e
the committee took their stand to review
tho parade. 1t was exactly II O'Clock when
the head of the parade turned into Jack.
son street for the march past the etands
and at the same instant Mr.. Hanna step.
ped from the window Of the clubhouse
upon tle stand From that moment unail
a few minutes after O'Clock Mr.. Hanna,
with the exception of one brief Interval.
was standing. with hat m hand. howlpe
his Acknowledgements OF tho cheers Of tho
marching column. ssf
From . stand erected on a level with the
entrance OF the Palmer house. Gen. Palmer
and Gen. Buckncr reviewed &he parade.
The two white-haired veterans, ~ they
stood side by side with their heals hared.
were recognized by the marchers and we're
constantly cheered. As the columns came
up thousands OF hats came on IN homaga
to the venerable men. and all through tiio
hours the parade required to pass that
point the cheering was constant. The god.
standard clubs OF the great dow-1 town
business houses were especially enthu-
siastic as they passed.
There were eleven floats In the parade,
many OF them exceedingly handsome ana
all lavishiy decorated. A string OF carr
riages. bearing the white-haircd members
Of the old TIppceanoe Club, corn rosed cf
men who voted for william Henry Harri-
son, evoked loud cheers. as did 4 number
OF crippled veterans OF the war. who bore
above their first carriage. I'VE ought with
Grant and we stand with Mckinley"
unique feature Of the parade MAS the
use made by the long distance telephone
10 carry the sound OF cheers that arose
from the parade to the other large cities
OF the country. Across Washington street
In front OF the telephone exchange was
ton, .Y0nr cheers here will be hc1rd
throughout the nation"
II they were not. II was no fault Of the
men In the street. In many places along
the route great "mouthpieces" fixed above
the street by numbers OF guy ropes, cen.
certrated the sound waves upon the dla-
phragns and sent the cheers 20 every
waiting ear. Many smaller 'mouthpicces's
which arc really tunnels fvc feet long.
were attached to iong-distanee telephones
a. various attitudes. These helped to
swell the noise In distant receivers. MAJ.
Mckinley in his library at Canton. heard
| II. and Mr.. Hobart. In his home at Pater-
| son. y. j.. also received the assurances
| OF the shouts.
The crowd that witnessed the parade
| was tremendous. 1t filled every sidewalk
| from the wallis OF the buildings to tho
| curhstonea. and every window and nearly
| every roof that possessed n view OF the
| march was iammed fun OF heads. and the
/, many stands erected for spectators were
F, nlied TO the limit. Ali the trains from
! out OF the city were loaded down with
| exrurasonists and the depot masters estI-
4 mate that between 6 O'Clock and noon
| ~ go people came In through the union
| depot alone. The total number OF people
| who saw the parade. based upon the state
| msnt Of street car companies and rail-
| roads regarding tho fares collected. was
| ge.ooe Considering the size OF the crows
| there were very few accidents.
1 A Letter From Cleveland.
| Secretary OF Agriculture J. Sterling
| Morton spoke at the Auditorium t0nix4yU
| under the auspices of the SUgS1 MONEY
1 I.ezyvse. Tire hall Was filed to tfre extent
| sf It's capacity. assi when Secretary Nor
! TOR Appeared upon ffe platform ne was
|, greeted With loud arsf enthusiastic cheers.
/ He was iYstruhiced by David n. Jones. of
the Sound Money League. who paid nat
| sering sributs 20 the secretary - poit-
| ticiau and man.
x-sfors beginning his afb7rcss. 8ecretary
| Morton announced that m invitation hn1
| been sert 70 President Cleveland. requests
| Ing his presence at the meeting. Mr.. Nor
Ton then read the presf6enfs letter. re-
GREETING his Inability 20 30 present. which
| was as follows.
Gray Gables, Huzxard's Bay. Mass -
Edwin r. Smith, Esq. Chairman. MY Dear
/ E4r--I am 80 much lnteresfed IN the work
/ which the American Honest Money
League has undertaken inst a. -. ~ woela y. = -
/ ffs efforts. 1 regret, tnere1crr: ina,
/ must decline your efforts 90 address tns
league on some date prsviDus 70 tne Ap-
proacnanx election Even II fbe pre1surs
ar ofYkctsl dsaty DID not prevent fhoa1i0
snarsils DEEM il eousIstex1t with strict pro-
priety 70 ningle actively In tho psndtn0
w I,iIs il IN impossible that any of NJ
fe!fow-ess.xesss should hsIve sns 1xS dOans
as 4, my sentiments on the vital QuAs-
f1o1 which at this time ADsor0s 80 largely
tna attention OF osfr peopie-fhe work O1
4axaae5ng sound financial tdezs ana the
labor OF enforcing fse lessons or puniac
srd ursTa.e honesty and mcr aiitT--I EEL
/ 1. rtsss< be. f,roassats-l without Nte1s Iar.
! xIcipstsssrs en- rgg part, a. yosf suRxe~s -
Wishing for sfs iessgae TIE utmost x1Be-