Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-01

to dll all the orders that he has received
We have been applying to one another for
material and help, and have drawn upon
the resources OF dealers In neighboring
cities, but in spite OF our efforts thousands
OF persons who were anxious to decorate
have been unable to obtain flags or bunt-
ing"
BY PLATooNs OF THOUSANDS.
II was next to impossible to get anything
like an estimate OF the men in line The
multitude was so vast that the mind could
scarcely grapple with It, An estimate Of
the list follows; but the number was prob
ably augmented by at least $4,000:
Wholesale Dry Goods club, 90 ODO: Central
Dry Goods Mckinley and Hobart as7oca-
tion. 5000; Merchant Tailors' Sound
Money league, 900; Railway and steam
boat Sound Money club. 3.OOO Paper and
Associate trades. s,OOO Coal Trade
Sound Money club, 600; Wine and Spirit
Traders society. 500: Produce Ex-
change Sound Money club, 4,OOj; Archltec.
tural division, $50; Cotton Exchange Sound
Money club 600 Coffee Exchange and
Lower Wall Street Mckinley and Hobart
Sound Money club 1000; Custom House
bacco Trades Sound Money club. 1000:
Bankers and Brokers' Republican club
5000; Lawyers Sound Money Campaign
club. $500; Insurance Sound Money club
1900; Real Estate Sound Money league
800; New York Protective Machinery Rail-
way and Metal supply association 800;
Publishers and Advertisers Sound Money
club, 1000; jewelers. Mckinley and Hobart
club, 5000, drug, chemical, paint and oil
trades, 900; manufacturers and dealers in
supplies for steam, water and gas 1000;
Wholesale Fish Dealers Sound Money club
200; Crockery Board OF Trade association,
200; Hide and Leather Sound Money asso-
citation 1900; Boot and Shoe Sound Money
association 1000; West Side Sound Money
club, $500; saddlery and harness trade
500; millinery division 5 ,000 Hardware Trade
Sound Money league. 500; Clothers' legion
1000; Hatters Sound Money club 1000;
cloak and suit industry of New York 900;
West Side Retail Dealers Republican Sound
Money club. 500; United Italian Business
Mems league, 300; Wholesale Furniture
Trade Sound Money club. 700; American
Authors guild, %; New York Cycle Board
OF Trade. 250 Students college, City of
New York, 300; John Stephenson company.
1876; Rubber Trades Sound Money club.
300; students New York Homeopathic col
lcge. 100; Cloak and Suit Trade Sound
Money club 500; Photographic section 200;
Wool exchange 400; Jackson iron works,
600: Roumaniln-AmeriCan Sound Money
league. 200 Total, ll0.7O2.
The mounted escort to Grand Marshal
General Horace X. Porter was imposing.
All we're mounted on magnificent horses.
Deruiter Holins was in command Among
the escort were: Rev. DR.. David II. Greer.
Simon ]. Drake, Rev. Abbott Brown, Fred
crick T. James. Charles H. Flint, Theodore
H. Price, L. c. Hollns, Henry Swords,
William and II. G. Beadloston, Samuel G.
Blagden. jr., DR.. Beach Emmett william
Lcowof, Henry Bull. Richard Lawrence
Henry w. McVicker, Frederick Bull, II. B.
Johnson. Albert Pease Lawrence Robinson,
Edward Thomas, John Plummer. Walter G.
Peck. Samuel Walter Taylor, William A.
Jamison, +. H. Barles, f. w. Little. Colonel
L. b. Parsons. Charles Sturthers.
PARADE STARTS ITS MARCH.
II was 10 o'clock to the minute when
General Porter grand marshal, gave the
order to march. After the grand marshal.
his staff and aides followed a detachment
nt mounted proce5sionsts. Next came Mayor
Strong and eX-Mayor Hewitt and their es-
cort the latter being afoot. When the
mayors carriage had passed Worth street
the Dry Goods division wheeled into Broad
way, headed by a band and a costly white
banner with gold letters reading DRY Goods
DtyisOn-McKinley and Hobart, 1896"
AS the vanguard marched up the street
the other divisions fell into line until all
were in motion, forming one OF the most
notable demonstrations ever witnessed in
this city. The two reviewing stands were
in Madison square. The stand on the
easterly side of the avenue extended from
Twonty-third to Twenty-sixth street and was
divided into two sections one of which
was the space allotted to the reviewing
officers and the special guests of the occa-
sion Stretched along the top OF this stand
was huge banner bearing this inscription:
I'VE Know No Enemy's Country in This
Fair Land of Ours" Chairs had been placed
In the enclosure reserved for the reviewing
officers and the invited guests.
To provide the necessary illumination for
the evening portion OF the parade seventeen
lime lights were distributed on the grand
stand. BY 10 o'clock both the stands were
filled to their utmost capacity, the one on
the westerly side of the avenue being occu-
pied by the families and friends of business
mems republican and sound money associa-
tions.
SOME OF THE UNIFORMS.
There were n distinctive uniforms. but
still those in charge of the various divisions
and associations had not been idle in the
matter of making their special commands
attractive.
No club or body but what had its dis
tlnctive mark, some times in hats. but more
frequently in badges and banners Flowers
were worn by many OF the down town
organizations, yellow chrysanthemums, and
many carried silk flags.
The Columbia college boys, numbering
about 500. wore white sweaters on each of
which was light blue letter arranged so
that each line of the company spelled
Columbia University Sound Money Club"
One hundred students Of the University OF
New York also paraded in their mortar board
caps and college gowns
The Cotton Exchange club carried cotton
bolls in their buttonholes.
White badges, on which appeared pictures
of Mckinley and Hobart, and the club name
in red and blue letters were worn by the
Bankers and Brokers' club. This division
was led by the Seventh regiment band.
The members OF the Iron exchange and the
New York Protective, Machinery, Railway
Supply and Metal association wore red
badges.
White silk badges, surmountod by yellow
silk bows and bearing the club name and
pictures OF the republican candidates, were
worn by the members OF the Drug, Chemical
and Paint club
There were at least 90 600 men dressed in
dark attire. all of whom carried small
American flags bearing portraits of Mckinley
and Hobart. in line under the banner of the
| Wholesale Dry Goods Republican club and
the Central Dry Goods Mckinley and Hobart
association The plain attire of this body
OF men was relieved with many badges,
flags and banners. and no division in the
parade won more applause as they marched
along.
The retail wine and liquor dealers wore
gold colored silk hats and red, white and
blue badges. The merchant tailors appeared
in silk hats dark clothes, blue badges, and
carried flags and canes, while the Wholesale
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