The record-union., 1896-11-01

dates were worn by members of the

dates were worn by members of the
Drugs Chemical and Paint Club.
There were at least 10000 men
dressed in dark colors. all of whom
ca. ried small American flags bearing
portraits of Mckinley and Hobart, in
line under the banner Of the Wholesale
Dry Goods Republican Club and Gem
trail Dry Goods Mckinley and Hobart
A: ISOLATION. The plain attire of this
hody of men was relieved with many
badges flags and banners, and no diviS-
ion in the parade won more applause.
The retail wine and liquor dealers
wore gold colored silk hats and red,
vl.ite and blue badges. The merchant
tailors appeared in silk hats, dark
oie thes and blue badges and carried
flags and canes, while the Wholesale
Fish Dealers Association wore white
badges, sustained by small gold-plated
fish.
AT ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, Oct 31.-The national
campaign closed to-day with parades
and speech-making. From almost
every residence. store and business
house the stars and stripes were swung.
Sixty-five thousand hand flags were
given out to marchers in to-day'S pa
rade, and an additional $4,000 received
this morning were also distributed.
Shortly after noon, under the auspices
of the Merchants and Manufacturers
Sound Money Association, one of the
largest parades that ever marched
the streets of ST. Louis formed and
marched through the business section
of the city. Business was almost en-
tirely suspended during the afternoon.
1t took several hours for the process
sion composed of twenty divisions, to
march past a given point. 1t is esti-
mated there were not far from 10000
0: the organizers there were many
thousand more. The railroad men alone
We're represented by 5000 men, There
were so many applications from clubs
outside st. Louis to participate in the
parade it was found necessary to adj
wise them not to come. Samuel NJ.
Leonard was Grand Marshal
General Palmer, National Democratic
nominee for President, reviewed the pc
rade and tonight will address mass
meeting at Music Hall in the EXPOSE
ton building
Preparations are being made Cor an
immense parade tonight by the Bryan
free silver organizations.
AT SAN FRANCISCO.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 31.-Thirty
thousand men marched in line and
cheered for Mckinley and the Repub-
lican party this afternoon. Though it
was daylight procession, it los. none
ard was, with its waving banners and
standards, its picturesque groupings
and splendid floats, a more gorgeous
pageant than any political party had
ever given before in San Francisco
What it lost in spectacular effect
through the absence of flaming torches,
it made up in the massing of
forces and the flags flounting In the
breeze or carried by the men in the
ranks-for every man in that long pro-
cession carried a small American flag
or else displayed the national colors
The uniforms varied. The old capes
and caps of the Mckinley Invinciblas
that they wore when Grant was first
running for the Presidency, and which
had been changed so often that they
were heavy with paint were laid away
for more striking costumes. Some men
wore suits of white duck-very pretty
and catching to the eye, and these white
suits were the principal uniform with
slight variations in cut and trimmings
to SUIT the different divisions The rear
Club improvised a uniform of band of
golden ribbon around the hat a gold
badge and a chrysanthemum and in
some form or other huge silken badges
Of golden hue inscribed For Mckinley
and Hobart were worn by all the par
Elephants in the procession, exceps the
aids to the marshals. Grand Marshal
Stone was respondent in golden sash
and star that covered his breast, but
the other marshals wore sashes of blue
and the aids wore red
The Republican Alliance of Oakland
with it's uniform of blue coats, white
trousers, white caps and shining black
boots, it's officers with swords and the
men in the ranks carrying brightly
FURNISHED torches, tied with red, white
and blue ribbons and surmounted by
chrysanthemums, was far and away the
most striking in it's makeup. 1t showed
the best drill and was cheered along the
lire as it escorted Chairman Frank Nc
Laughlin and the members of the State
Central Committee. The floats were all
more or less striking