The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-10-17

scene OF jubilee. A few minutes later the
Wellington band led the Clay township
clubs, about $50 strong, into the city,
Washington township was the next, with
every free silver man in the township in
line. At 2 O'Clock the Higginsville club
arrived on a special, with about 800 on
board. Each club carried appropriate
banners and transparencies, and the
scenes enacted were grand.
At 3 O'Clock the crowd assembled in the
court house yard to listen to a speech by
Hon. Champ Clark.
Judge McCausland, president of the
Lexington Bryan-SewaIl club, presided,
and introduced the speaker. A thunder
oil applause greeted the appearance Of Mr..
Clark, and he proceeded to make a red
hot democratic speech. He Invested him
self OF all gloves and went into the Issues
without apology. His speech was fire.
quently applauded, and was a vote maker.
Champ Clark hits sledge-hammer blows
and never wastes ammunition.
His speech closed the afternoon pro-
gram.
The evening demonstration was the
finest eyerlwitnessed in Lafayette county.
The parade formed at $3.50, and a few
minutes later the grand marshal ana his
| aides moved from the junction of Broad
way and Main the grandest procession
that has ever marched our streets. The
procession formed as follows:
Lexington Flambeau club.
Speakers in carriages.
Ladies' Lexington Bryan Cowherd club
in carriages,
Ladies' 10 to l float.
H%iuginsville Military and
Davis township clubs.
Float-"Young America"
Washington township clubs.
Float-HAnarcbists,"
Sni-a-Bar township clubs.
Odessa band.
Dover township clubs.
FIoat-"Crown of Thorns,n
Middleton township clubs.
Welling ton band.
Clay township clubs.
Bloat-"Mark Hanna"
Freedom township tlqhs.
Concordia band,
Lexington B-ryan-Sewall club.
Thousands of free silver men were in
line when the procession started, and the
march through the principle streets of
Lexington, illustrated by floats, transpar-
encies and banners of every conceivable
design, was grand. The fireworks display
by the Lexington Flambeau club was the
finest ever made by that club.
After the parade, the judges, Judge II.
A. Catrou, DIR. j. j. Fulkerson and Col.
Sam'l White, announced that the May
view Bryau-SeWall club was entitled to
the flag. This club lined up in front of
the court house and received the flag,
which was presented In en- eloquent and
appropriate speech by HORACE 2. Black
we'll. Mr.. Glenn Tyree, president OF the
Mayhem clubr accepted the banner In a
short speech, promising that 1t should
never be trailed in the dust or blotted
with defeat in Washington township.
After the presentation of the flag, fully
100 people assembled at the opera house
to hear Hon. A. #. hector, OF Marshall,
make one of the best speeches that has
been made in Lexington in this cam
paigu. The speech was full of fire, logic,
elouuence and facts, and captured the
audience.
NOTES.
Hurrah for Bryan.
Free silver is a winner.
Three cheers for Cowherd,
"Dixie" was pheercd to the echo.
Zach Wright is n prince at a democratic
rally.
The ladies 16 to 1 float captured the
crowd.
Douglas Meng's impersonation OF Mark
Hanna Wa nno,
There was NOT a hitch in tho arrange
ments anywhere.
The Ladies Bryau-Cowherd club won
the laurels, if not the flag.
Four bands-alI good ones-Concordia,
Higginsville, Wellin ston and Odessa.
The next thing in order is to get ready
for the great post election ratification.