The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-28
PARADE NASGREAI
1000 Republican Voters March
and Cheer for Sound
Money Ticket
WITNESSED BY THOUSANDS
All Of the Pent.up Republican En-
thuSiasm In This Section Gave
Itself Vent. The Affair viii Sur
ViVe With the Memory Of the
Blaine and Harrison DemonStra-
tionS-The WilkeS.Barre DiYiS-
ion Contained a Thousand Men.
WITNESSED BY THOUSANDS

1t seemed as though all the pent-up
Republican enthusiasm in this section
OF the state, gave itself vent in last
nights monster Republican parade.
Nearly 1000 men who will cast their
ballots for Mckinley and sound money
were in line and q throng which was
variously estimated to contain from
$4,000 to 100000 persons were spirited
witnesses.
From 7.3O O'Clock, an hour before the
parade started until just before 10
O'Clock when it dispersed itself in all
directions in the vicinity of court house
square the streets in the business sec
ton were filled with a seething, push
ing, hurrying good natured mass of hu-
manity which had been poured into the
city since early evening. The crowds
came in every conceivable way, by
railroad, by street car, in wagons of
all descriptions and on horseback or
afoot. Certainly when they had packed
themselves into the scores of street in
tersections and along the line of
march they made an army which the
police We're hardly able to handle.
OF the parade, it was in numbers,
equipment and ardOr enough to silence
those older voters who have been tell
ing of the glOries Of the Blaine and
Harrison demonstrations of twelve
and eight years ago. Those were men,
orable marches but they cannot live
in future history as being greater than
last nights splendid spectacle of red
fire, blue fire, torches. prancing hOr-
ses, aching legs and the thousands of
cheering throats.
The parade was divided into four
marching and one bicycle division each
numbering from one to two thousand
men. excepting the bicycle contingent
whose numbers We're somewhat less
The divisions formed on Lower Lacka-
wanna avenue, Franklin avenue and
the streets intersecting the latter thor
oughfare There was not the confusion
usually experienced in holding In check
such enthusiastic bodies and in having
them conform in makeup and move
ment programme, but the management
of the affair taxed all the experience
and ability of Major James w. Oak
ford, chief marshal, and his chief of
staff, d. b. AthertOn, and the several
division marshals who We're chosen as
much for their proficiency as their
prominence.
From the main balcony on the Lack
awanna avenue side OF the Wyoming
House the parade was reviewed by Will
liam Connell. congressional candidate;
John r. Farr and Dr. N. G. Mackey,
legislative candidates in the First and
Third districts. resp pectively; a. f..
Kiefer, candidate for auditor; John II.
Thomas, chairman Of the county COM
mittee Major II. r. Penman, treasurer
of the county committee: William Nc
Clave George Okell and James L. Con-
nell. After passing up Lackawanna
avenue the route Of march was up
Adams avenue to Spruce street. to JEFF
ferson avenue, to Pine street, to Wash
ington avenue, to Mulberry street, to
Penn avenue, to Spruce street, to
Washington avenue, to Linden street,
to Adams avenue, to Spruce street
where the first three divisions and a
part of the fourth were reviewed by
Chief Marshal Oakford, his staff and
the division marshals. After circling the
square the paraders broke ranks.
When 1t was all over the opinion of
the crowds voiced that of those who
had executive charge of the affair, in
that the parade was one of the biggest
and best in ScrantOns history and that
much compliment was due to the
Wilkes Barre division of 1000 men
commanded by Captain Il. c. Parker.
This division had the right of line and
contained ten distinct clubs, nearly all
equipped with the best of trimmed
sound money uniforms.