Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-10-15
ECHOES OF THE BIG RALLY.

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delegation.
There was almost as much mud as
enthusiasm.
The man who yelled for Mckinley
met q sad fate.
1t was a line of cheering as well as a
line of march.
The procession was witnessed by
hundreds of people.
Many of the horsemen wore broad
sashes of red, white OF blue.
The Liberty club made a fine show
ing, as did all the county clubs.
VIM. Smith had charge of the dele
cation from the Seed Tick district.
The country boys r all good horse
men and made a good showing in the
saddle!
If the weather had been fine the
crowd would have filed Mexico to
overlooking.
One of the clubs carried an attract
i've banner hung with sixteen silver
and one gold dollar.
The weather might have been bet
ter, but bad weather can't keep down
enthusiasm for Bryan.
Many of the visiting horsemen stayed
over and took part in the torchlight
procession in the evening.
Gross scruggs and Marvin Bruce
were in command of the Skinner club,
which made a good showipe
Several former Republicans YER
noticed riding in the procession. They
are all beginning to see the light.
No one has yet been found who
counted all the men in line. A LEDGER
reporter tried to but his breath gave
out.
The Bolts school house club was
captained by Mr.. McCue, than whom
there is not a better horseman any
where.
AS the clubs came in town they
were provided with large and small
American flags by the Mexico Bryan
and Sewall club.
A noticeable feature of the parade
was the number of young men in line.
The coming leaders are all for Bryan
and free silver.
Prominent among the features of the
parade were the sixteen white horses
and one bay ridden by members of the
Moline club.
The LEDGER cannon helped to in
| crease the noise in the morning and
at night. The LEDGER cannon is al
| ways ready to be heard for a good
cause.
The broom brigade from Cant was
one of the features of the procession.
There is no longer any doubt about
how clean the country will be swept
for Bryan.
Chairman j. E. Sims, of the Demo-
cratic County Central Committee, rode
at the head of the Cant club. He wore
a coon's tail in his hat and yelled lust
lily for Bryan.
A brass band, two drum corps and
thousands of voices raised for Bryan
and free silver can make a good deal
of noise. If you don't think SO you
should have been here.
Benton City fairly outdid itself. The
delegation from that place was by far
the largest from any part Of the coun-
ty, there being over two hundred OF
them, led by r. II. Brown. The mem
bers all wore attractive badges. BEN
ton City never does things by halves.
w. w. johnson was the leader OF
the Moline club and A. d. Biedsoe
captain. This club made a fine show
ing. Each Of the members wore a
neat badge, and there were some
strong voices among them that made
plenty of good old Democratic noise.
The Benton City girls were the big
feature OF the procession. Their sing
ing was ine. A good many people
said they did not know there were so
many pretty girls in Benton City and
were surprised when they were told
that there were others who did not
come. Miss Collard represented the
Queen OF Beauty on the float and
among the fair ones were the Misses
Lang, Tratchel and Collard and Misses
Mullen, Day, McGraw and Flittner.