The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-08-13
A NIGHT OF JUBILATI0N
The Republican Ratification a
Big and ThunderOuS Affair,
Seldom Equalled In Similar
Demonstrations In Topeka.
Fifteen Hundred in the Procession,
Many on Horseback and Bicycle.

Kansas avenue last night are wearing |
Hniment on their tynpanums and their
ears in sings today.
Mr.. Bryan may have had nice time
in New York last night when he
found out he had been nominated for
the presidency, but he probably didn't
make any more noise about it than the
Republicans of Topeka did last night
in ratifying the nominations of Mr..
Mckinley and Mr.. Sewall, and Mr..
Morrill, and Mr.. Carver and all the
rest of EN-.
1t was announced that there would
be a big parade. 1t was a big parade.
1t may have been a. little disjointed at
times, but it was all there if you were
able to stand on both sides of the
street at once, for part of it was going
up as the rest was going down.
Almost Immediately after supper
Kansas avenue began to fill with all
kinds and classes and ages of people,
and tin horns.
The evening WIS one great squawk
There were at least 10000 people on
Kansas avenue between Third and
Tenth streets and the hours of and
10.
And it seems as though fully 5000 of
them were prepared to make some
diStracting noise.
The tin horn was the favorite en-
bleln of exceeding joy, but there were
boys dragging a COterie of tin pans, tin
pan bands, COW bells, triangles, and
y
If a man had any dignity he put it
on ice when he came up town to cele-
brate last night, and if his wife came
she followed his example.
It was not uncommon to see an en-
tire family from the head of the house
to the little ones that could hardly tod
die, pushing and crOWding up Kansas
avenue each with a tin horn in his
mouth.
Age cut no ice" An old gray whis-
kered man and his wife. neither of
fDGT1 1nc-e- han
She held to his arm and both of them
blew tin horns almost necessarily.
There were a good many of the old
friends among the tin horns. The one
with the tin rooster on it and several
that required two or three to carry.
were there. They have been used in
other parades of all political faiths.
It was half past before the parade
began to jerk by.
MarshalFs band of so led, and the
Reform school band of 20 followed
further along in the procession.
It is believed they played some dur
ing the march. a man who was al
that he heard a faint strain of music.
People on the sidewalks a few feet
away were unable to distinguish it.
The parade itself seemed slightly
Besides the bands it consisted of
! Charley McCabe's drum corps, about
/ 100 fiambeau men in their white suits
and with their liam beauX, 200 men on
| horseback carrying Illuminated globes
/ of different cOlors on poles a dozen or
more marching clubs and a cOlored boy
| on a COW.
A good many of the features of the
! bicycle part were very good.
| A single letter transparency process
sion carried by the wheelmen and
| stringing out for two blocks read from
! the wrong side of the street: 'sdaor
| dOOg tnaw eW." Jake Bair and Nor
| ris SchlegeI had perhaps the best illum-
! mated floats and a young man and
! Young woman A tandem carried
| transparency with the picture of a man
| being carried away on a Stretcher and
/ the words: This man said the roads
were good enough
Fully 1900 voters and young men
! marched under the banner of Republi-
/ canism. Captain H. NJ. Phillips was
! the chief marshal and he was assisted
| by A. L. Brooks, Thomas Haskell, Ma
| jOr c. P. Drew, T. F. Doran, NJ. G. Hol-
| man, W. E Brubaker. Frank Blanch,
| w. A. S. Bird. James E. Larimer, Rich
| ard Waters, W. E. Stewart and H. NJ.
! Kenderdine.
George Eagle had charge of the
| horsemen and among them were Eu
! gene F. Ware, George Seward, DR.. s. E.
| Martin, DR.. U. B. McCurdy, D. w. Mel
/ lis, Major E. J. Dallas, DR.. s. G. Stew
! art, Ira o. Howe, Lamont Gregg, D. E.
| Palmer and S. B. Bradford
| Aaron JetmOre, with an artificial nose
! that was too large and a NapOleOnic
! chapeau, rode in a hack and played he
| was Mckinley, and W. f. Schock as
I
AS the hack went by Seventh street
an old man with a tin horn stood trem-
| bling with age and excitement.
! He took one look at Mr.. JetmOre and
| dashed his horn to the pavement.
| I've voted the straight Republican
| ticket now for nigh onto fifty years. he
| said, but if that's Mckinley 1 bolt
| right here" So Aaron, see what you
| have done.
Mr.. Schock was very good imitation
/ of Mr. Hobart, who is remarkably
| good looking man
| 1t is believed the best looking men
| in the parade were Frank Foster. Tom
! Doran, and J. S Collins. But then
| Captain Fuller was not on horseback
| last night. Where, by the way, was
/ General J. W. F. Hughes?
| Mr.. SINNERS Prairie PulImans'
! were in the parade. One was to have
| been filed with long whiskered anarch-
| lists and labeled Democracy" and the
| other with very smooth looking gen
| tlemen and labeled Republicans" but
I somehow the scheme fell down and the
| small boys got possession. A boy comes
/ as near being an anarchist on such an
| occasion as anybody.
/ Here are some of the sentiments dis
played last night.
| Democratic Leaders: Bryan, Leedy,
| Clemens and Hentig''
Republican Leaders: Mckinley, Nor
| rill. Curtis and Hazen.'
| First Ward Repu blican Club: three
! weeks old and 400 strong"
| What's the matter with Charley
/ Curtis? He's all right
I silver DemO-Popocrat; laid in Chi
| cagO, Matched in st. Louis. What is it 20
| A burro was on the street last night.
| He was led by a small boy and on his
| sides he wore this announcement: 7
| am a free silver ass
| The parade was over soon after 9
| o'clock but the noise was not over at IL.
For Over Fifty Years.
Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup has
! been used for children teething 1t