The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-31
I'M MONEYS
CENTER.
Five Hundred Thousand Amer
lean Flags Displayed
And I25, 1000 People March In
the Procession,
IT NEW YORK TODAY.
Broadway and Other Streets
Packed From Wall to Wall
With a Million Spectators of
the Wonderful Scene.
IT NEW YORK TODAY.

New York. Oct. s1.-Probably never in
the history of political campaigning in
this city have the streets of New York
presented a brighter or more animated
aspect than they did today. the occas-
ion being the parade of the Republican
organizations in honor of the party pres
idential nominees Mckinley and Hobart.
Practically no business was done in the
mercantile establishments. the interest in
the demonstration obHging those even
who are not in sympathy with the Repub-
Hcan cause to suspend operations for
the day The parade was to have begun
al $3.50 a. m, but owing to the great num-
Der comprising it there was considerable
delay in getting under way. Hours be-
fore there was any chance Of an advance
Sidewalks on either SIDE of tbe sfraefs
named ign the line Of march were scarce
Al the points where the reviewing stands
had been erected people congregated in
ever widening circles Street cars were
stopped early and drivers of wagons
tours to reach their destinations But it
was down town. along Broadway and the
it, that the press was greatest 1t was
in the section where the 125, 600 paraders
gathered that the first realization came
OF how gigantic the gathering was
Just before the start everything seemed
confusion. The onlookers from the thou
sands OF pnliqlngs wondered how the pa
raiders and the spectators could ever be
broadway from tne pulluing lines was
like q sea which moved from side to side,
swept down obstacles and ob1iterated the
tatnlAaf slsnl or snow windows When-
ever mounted officer of the parade at
tempted to force his horse through the
nal We're swallowed UP as though they
had plunged into water instead Of into
Above all the motion there arose the
thunder Of voice and the blare of musi-
cal INSTRUMENTS, that made the scene
more bewildering, more wonderful, more
real than the city has seen in many a
THE DECORATIONS
Along the route Of the big parade. from
the Battery TO FOrtieth street there was
spectacle presented on Broadway and
Fifth avenue exceeded anything Of the
of American flags of all sizes and thou
sands of yards Of bunting. tastefully ar
roofs windows and dOOrways of the
buildings on the line Of march. At short
of Mckinley ana Hobart and. in some in
stances. appropriate campaign flags
stretched across the street. Zach of these
big flags represented an organization Of
business men and some of the legends
Prosperity:' The National Honor Must
be Preserved a Nations Credit is a
Nations Life. and "One Hundred Cents
A noticeable feature of the decorations
was the absence Of the pictorial political
banners ana transparencles, Whlch form
ed so conspicuous part of the decOra-
uons ia former campaigns only occas-
ionally was picture OF one or both OF
the Republican candidates exhibited and
then it was invariably framed in flags.
Ihe resources OF the nag and bunting
makers in this and neighbOring cities
We're taxed to the utmost to supply the
orders that poured IN one large dealer
estimated that not less than half a mill
lion of dollars had been spent by busi-
ness men in New York in decorating
their establishments.
Broadway was vista of flags. The
draperies on the big office buildings in
he O. % a
instances very elaborate and expensive.
some Of the decorations costing az much
At least one church on the line of march
was decorated. This was the marble coll
nue. and ty-ninth street over the
main entrance of which were draped two
Speaking Of the profusion Of flags, a
dealer said. II have been forty years in
the business of making flags and bunting
and never saw so great demand for
my goods as has existed within the past
500 600 American flags are waving in New
York at this moment. Many of these
flags are 40xs0 feet and cost as much as
$40 each. There are not less than 900 flag
dealers in this city and nOtsone of them
he has received We have been applying
to one another for material and help and
in neighboring cities. but in spite Of our
efforts thousands Of persons who were
anxious to decorate have been unable to
obtain flags. or bunting.
NUMBER IN LINE
Tt was next to impossible TO get any
thing like estimate of the men in line
The multitude was vast that the mind
could scarcely grapple with it. An esti-
was probably augmented by at least 25,-
GOO
Wholesale Dry Goods club. 10000, Cen
tral Dry Goods Mckinley and Hobart as
sOciation. 5000 Merchant TailOrs- Sound
Money league. lO00s Railway and Steam
boat Sound Money club. 5000. Paper and
Associate trades. 5000, Coal Trade Sound
Money club GOO. Wine and Spirit Traders
society. 500, Produce Exchange Sound
Money club. 1000. Architectural division
Geo. Coffee Exchange and Lower Wan
Street Mckinley and Hobart Sound Mon
ey club. 1000. Custom House Brokers
Sound Money club 500 Leaf Tobacco
Trades Sound Money club, 1Q10. Bankers
and Brokers Republican club, 5000. Law
yers' Sound Money Campaign club. $500.
Insurance Sound Money club. 400. Real
Estate Sound Money league. 1.5Qe. New
York Protective Machinery. Railway ana
Metal supply association. 5.lo0- Publish
1000. jewelers. Mckinley and HobarI
club. 5000. Drug Chemical. Paint and on
trades. 1000. Manufacturers and Dealers
in Supplies for steam W ater and Gas. L.
OO0. Wholesale Fish Dealers Sound Mon
ev clubs. 200. CrCckery Beard Of Trade as
s9ciatfon. 200. Hide and Leather Sound
Money association. 1905 Boot and Shoe
Sound Money association. 1.0QQ West Side
Sound Money club. $500. Saddlery and
Harness trade. 800. Millinery division, g.
150 Hatters' Sound Money club. 900.
Cloak and Suit Industry Of New York. l.-
009 West Side Retail Dealers Itepuhlf-
car Sound Money club 500 United italian
business Mems league. sn1- wholesale !
Furniture Trade Sound Money club. 50a
American Authors GuilG. 25. New york
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