The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-10
TWO MONSTER
PARADES.
Republicans Vie With Demo
Gratis In Chicago.
Republicans Have 1000 Men
in the Day Parade.
DEMOCRATS AT NIGHT.
Great Torchlight Procession
One Hour and a Half Long.
Republican Marchers Cheer
Gems. Palmer and Buckner.

day the greatest parade the west had
ever seen passed through the streets of
Chicago as a portion Of the celebration
of the dedication of the buildings Of the
Columbian exposition That parade
was. however, surpassed today by the
purely partisan march of the men who
uphold the gold standard in questions
Of finance. and in politics.
The estimates Of the different parties
vary widely as to the number Of men in
line, but 5000 is just half way between
the number claimed by the Republicans
and the count given out by the national
committee headquarters of the Demo
cratic party. Arrangements were per-
feet and they We're carried out to the
letter After 9 a. m. not single car,
not a single wagon save those carry
ing the United States mail and police
ambulances, were allowed to cross the
west and north sides, and all those cons
ing from the south were turned back
at Van Buren, street Every street be
tween Van Buren, on the north was
absolutely free from impediments.
Eighteen hundred policemen lined the
route OF the parade and the immense
throng that packed the walks was kept
firmly back to the curb
Gen. Joseph Stockton, the marshal of
the parade. had announced that at 10
o'clock the march would begin, no mat
There was no delay. however. and at
exactly 10 o'clock the advance guard
Of 100 policemen swung around the cor
ner Of Van Buren, and Michigan avenue
and the parade was on.
For Eve hours it swept the streets.
Well closed up and marching rapidly.
The day was all that could be desired
A crisp wind blew of Lake Michigan,
IN just sufficient force to keep the thou
of ia 81 his
tens Of thousands that hung from the
buildings along the line of march in
lively hutter and the sun came down
with just sufficient heat to make it
comfortable for the men who tranped
the pavements-
The reviewing stand for the Repub-
Ican national committee stood just i'm
front Of the building Of the Union
League club OF Jackson street. Here
Mare Hanna, Senator Cullom and sew
eral other members took their stand for
the review 1t was III O'Clock when the
head OF the parade turned into Jack
son street for the march past the stand
and at the same instant Mr. Hanna
stepped from the window Of the club
house upon the stand. From that mo-
ment until few minutes after o'clock
Mr.. Hanna. with the exception of one
brief interval, was standing with hat
In hand, bowling his Acknowledgements
to the cheers Of the column.
From a stand erected on a level with
the entrance of the Palmer house, Gen.
John n Palmer and General Buckner
reviewed the parade. The two white
haired veterans as they stood side by
side with their heads barred, were rec
ognized by marchers and were con
stantly cheered. AS the column came
UP thousands Of hats came off in hom-
age to the venerable men and all
through the hours the parade required
~ pass that point the cheering was
constant. The gold standard clubs Of
the down town business houses were
especially enthusiastic as they passed.
There were III floats in the parade
many of them exceedingly handsome
and all lavishly decorated.
A string Of carriages bearing the
white haired members of the old Tippe-
canoe club. composed of men who
voted for VIM. Henry Harrison, evok-
ed loud cheers, as did a number of
crippled veterans of the war.
A unique feature of the parade was
the use made by the long distance teIe-
phone to 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 tele-
phone exchange was a banner in
scribed. Your cheers here viii be
were not, it was no fault of the men in
the street. At many places along the
line mouth pieces fixed above the
street by guy ropes concentrated the
sound waves upon the diaphragns and
sent the cheers to every waiting ear.
Many smaller mouth pieces" which
are really tunnels five feet long, were
attached to long distant phones at
various attitudes These helped to
swell the noise in distant receivers.
Major Mckinley, in his library at
Canton, heard it and Mr.. Hobart in
his home at Paterson, N- J., also re-
ceived the assurances Of the shouts.
The crowd that witnessed the parade
was tremendous. Tt filed every side
walk from the walls of the buildings
10 the curbs and every window and
nearly every roof that possessed a view
of the march was damned fun of heads
and the many stands erected for spec
tatCrs were filed to the limit. All the
trains from out Of the city were loaded
down with excursionists and the depot
masters estimated that between 6 a. m.
and noon 81, 600 people came in through
the union depot alone. The total num-
Der of people who saw the parade
based upon the statement of railroad
companies regarding the fares collect 4
ed was 500 600. Considering the size of
the crowd there were few accidents.
The Democrats held possession Of the
streets at night and they improved the
opportunity to the utmost. AS early
as s o'clock. within IN hour after ATichi-
gan avenue had cleared up after the
marching Republicans the leading or
gan to appear for their torchliEht dem
onstraton. They poured in rapidly.
and by o'clock the street was packed
again- One division formed on Michi-
San avenue and IS soon as il had