The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-25


ed so closely upon the lines that, the
marchers were forced to break from
columns of Fights to columns OF Tours
The makeup of the procession was
composed as follows:
Northern Pacific employees ................ SOO
Great Northern employees ............... i 600
Northwestern employees .................. 4Q0
Great Western employees .................. sou
St. Paul & Duluth employees 5oU
Milwaukee employees ...................... !o0
Burlington employees ...................... l0O
Minnesota Transfer employees .--.... 2 ee0o
Minneapolis & st. Louis employees ........ oU
Union depot employees .....-.............. 6V
Scattering railway employees ......... 2oo
Total railroad employees in line. .....S $40
Marching clubs. total men ............ zOuu
Manufacturers employees ............... o oo0
UnorganiZed voters ....................-.. o'oVo
Toto, :, line IL. go
The number Of railway employees in
line was reported to each assistant
marshal in charge of the employees or
each road so that the number of rail-
way men in line is very accurately
given. The other figures are considered
very fair estimates. The general office
employees marched in a body. 10 abreast.
This formation was given to prevent
friction and unnecessary rivalry as
several of the roads signffied a desire
to be at the head of the procession.
Among the officials of the road were
seen general managers, general super
intendents, general traffic managers,
general freight and passenger otfi-
Gals, private secretaries and chief
clerks rate men, soliciting agents,
stenogra piers, and in fact every branch
of the service. There were scores and
scores of conductors, foremen, engi-
neers, firemen, brakemen. sWitchmen,
car shop men, master and subordinate
mechanics, etc. The railway division
was headed by Seibert's Third Regi-
to-. hoY A he i0i q n c
in the Twin Cities found work to do
last night.
The jam in front Of the Grand opera
house was terrific, and the performances
which was going on within was sadly
interrupted by the incessant music of
bands and cheering. Upon the balcony
of the Grand the Pickanniny band at
tached to the "Old Kentucky COM
pany took it's stand and played a COIL
slant programme Of enlivening mar
ches. The band was repeatedly cheer
ed. The Pickanninies filled up many
a long gap in which bands were scarce.
The first man in the parade was
Lieut.. William Budy, of the mounted
police. Behind him rode a platoon OF
blue coats sweeping the street from
curb to curb. Next came Grand Mar
shall Gen. w. B. Bend and his staff.
Then Seibert's band came laundering
along followed by the head officials Of
The first division was headed by
Chief Marshal John Finehout and back
of him the Hibernian band. The march
ing organizations of the First ward
came next and upon their heels came
the noisieSt crowd in the parade the
University Sound Money club, ]. T.
Gregory, chief marshal The univer-
sity men had everything their own way.
They kept up an Internal din with lungs
and horns, and made frail women nerv-
Gus with their eccentric ziz-zag move
nlents. Some Of the yells were trite and
typical of college enthusiasm. few
samples show their tenor.
Rah, rah, rah, --.--s.
Skf-pyTMah. III
Hoo-fah hoo-rah
Varsity. Varsity.
ass Min$so7tals tolls . sza 80
Rah. rah, rah So
Rix, rix. rix. qs-s
Mckinley and Hobart, -.,-
Ninety six.
Well Welt well 81
=. This beats Bryan meeting
, Well Well Well! s--s .s7e&c
And a ftw others of like ilk, The
Varsity enthusiasts numbered 300 anG
came oyer on three special interurban
cars from Minneapolis, making the air
blue with their yells.
Following the university men came
g CTS, carrying red, white and blue UNI
brellas. @SThey gave vent to vociferous
yol1s aid lifted their umbrellas to the
Ihythme cry of "up," keeping time
with the music.
Close 3ehind came one of the features
z OF the parade in the shape of G. o.
q II. elephant. home made, and hailing
: fl omf Granite Fails. inside of the ele-
g,Ehantg WeBe two sound money enthu-
as; s:sts from thatd town, who believed
g tie. caIsel was more important than
their personal comfort The crew
which mad charge of the domesticated
child of the jungle was composed of
A. c. Bennett, r. r. Hotchkiss, Will
SChellbach, r. Henderson, Charles
hall and J. E. Mccarthy.
The West Publishing company
brought up behind the elephant and
200 nice:y uniformed employees stepped
If the footprints of the noble animal.
Tie suits worn by the employees of
that firm were of yellow, black and
white and were novel in design
Mannneimer's battalion of sound
money voters came next 200 strong.
nd dressed in black, with yellow hats.
Hney marched in close order and In
excellent formation. The White Bear
club followed with 100 members. The
American Hoist and Derrick company,
with F. G. Drake at the head of it's $50
employees, came along filled with en-
,thusiasm.
The walters of the Ryan hotel were
very gay. They tramped with the con-
Tc1ous tread of men who knew their
duty and how to do it. The CoIored
Republican Sound Money club also
had many men in line and no division
was noisier than theirs.
The insurance men came along with
ctC men Ill line and numerous trans
parencies of suitable inscription. The
knights Of the Grip lad : scores of
rlen in line. GJiterman Brothers
marched at the head of 100 employees.
Other firms represented were the Som
mers company, Field, Schlick & Co.
konantz Saddlery, company, Mime
sofa Provision and Packing company.
Inc two crack clubs were the Young
Men's Sound Money Club of st. Paul
and the Sound Money and Good Gov
s1nment Volunteers Company, No. 1. of
Minneapolis. Each company was about
80 strong. The Young Mems Sound
money club was uniformed in white
Guck trousers, dark blue. coats with
yellow trimming and little bonnets..
Which they cooked over their right
cars after the manner; of Tommy At
k1ns off 1Ity. The Minneapolis march
ers We're arrayed in black pea Jackets
fnd yellow SOU westers, giving them
true nautical appearance The Still
water marching club had 200 or 900
men IN line under command of John
Zelch. &E ~ ! -
The real estate men played an i'm
Portant part in the parade They took
large interest in getting 1t up in the
nrst place and contributed largely to-
"ard oe1raylng the expenses of the