The sun., 1896-10-10
CuICAGo'S MARCHING HOST
ooo urv ptRIDE ~ THE CITY
roR NATIONAL HONOR

,, ro-mer Denominations IN
u,,r II MUTTON PEOPLE Saw
a.. Go,d Advocates FrociA'm N"e"
. ,ountry- yellow Prominent
,.oor,tion-- The Banners and
La. - popocrnts' Parade small.
c,,c,co oct O-ChicaEo outshone herseit
ao, Memorable as have oeeh the eNehts
,ioh have focused the eyes OF Americans TO-
-nrd chicago on each recurring OCT. u to-oays
war .,,or o will rank as the greatest The tor
ao ~ fire which swept away village land-
',s l"1 from the city quarter of century ago
MA, No ,o, ,he pagentry of Chicago day In
,',| "na ,,bs, the Worlds Fair dazzled the coun-
,hi,.go then bore her honors well. To-
W. b.r memorable anniversary, she stood
-, .,be champion OF n nations honor. To
,,,,. ,o- the cause of sound finance. and to
-, with her power the voice OF political
I.na,icism. Chicago today summoned her citi-
so,dirrs sixty thousand strong and her
populace by half million.
Ga,aom has an October sun illuminated a
.,an. comparable to that which greeted the
hra.t Of day when young Chicago arose to cele-
tro,s her twenty tifl h great anniversary. From
.ur.a, last night to sunrise to-day thousands Of
husv hands had been engaged decking out the
,,,v for the days celebration. Through the
nirh, workmen toiled on scaffold, roof and bal
rnnies stretching great banners. stringing gay
Uar,and,, or weaving huge streamers.
Miles and miles OF brilliant bunting. thou
a.nds upon thousands OF national flags, count
less shields trophies and devices marked tho
progress of the workers in the night, and when
the sun peeped over the level OF Lake Michigan
Chicago herself awoke to q realization of the
scene.
The people came out by the hundred thou
eand that they might see the parade. Every
cable or trolley car, every train brought its
quota OF eager. jubilant, patriotic Chicagoans
10 swell the early morning throng. Trains
from cities and towns for o hundred miles
around began at daybreak to unload swarms of
visitors whom the attraction of Chicago holi-
day had ent!ced to the city.
Fully half million people crowded the walks,
curbs windows, and any other post Of view they
could obtain and watched tho giant procession
as it passed The line of march was taken up
AT 0 o'clock sharp on the lake front at Michi-
gan avenue and Van Buren, street. Gen. Joseph
Stockton was in command and with the stirring
blare OF bands, the cheers of the hundreds of
thousands. and under the countless flags of all
descriptions the procession moved through the
principal business streets. 1t would be difficult
to say how long the procession was, but it was q
hours to pass o given point To say that it was
ten miles long il not an overestimate.
Red. white. and blue dotted the parade from
front to rear but the color that was never lost
to view was yellow. Yellow badges fluttersd
from hundreds of horses. Tens of thousands of
men and women wore the color. Armour's em-
poyees wore yellow caps. There were floats
decKed out in yellow and gold. and there was
not a part of the parade in which clint of
yellow was not to be seen.
The iron and steel trade alone had 10, 900 rep
rcsentatives in line. Employees Of Armour &
Co., Nelson Morris & Co., Swift & Co.. and
other houses of worldwide reputation made n
mighty regiment separated into companies by
the many floats they had prepared. Mounted
onitheir wiry and supple mustangs. and wearing
white sombrero hats. the cattle buyers, dr2yers.
Company created wild enthusiasm wherever
they rode.
blocks along the line Of march were gyaly dec
grated. The city and county officials viewed
the parade from stands especially constructed
for them in front of their respective buildings
size of the crowds; A few persons were knocked
down and tramplsd on and one one woman no5i,, i fell
Otherwise the accidents were trifing.
From the Palmer House balconies the parade
was reviewed by Gen. John n. Palmer and his
running mate. Gen. Buckner. John K. Tanner.
Republican candidate for Governor of Illinois,;
Chauncey NJ. Depew and Robert Il. lnRersoll.
and other distinguished men, stood by Chair
man tianna's side at the Union League Club.
and glowed with pleasure as they stared at the
panorama of II Western city's progress and
marvelled how 1t could he possible. Mark
Hanna looked on and smiled, while Popocratic
Chairman Jones less than a block away, also
looked on and didn't smile.
All claims by the Popocrats that the working
men OF Chicago were cuerced into taking part in
to-day's sound money parade were blown to the
winds like pun OF smoke. More than six
~ thousand men were in the line os march.
and 1t is safe to say that $4,000 Of them were
men who earn their bread by the sweat of their
brnws through daily toll. There was not man
among them who was Coerced into marching
and shouting for Republican Presidential can
o'date. II there had been one man who could
make affidavit that could he substantiated that
he had been intimidated by his employer for fear
OF losing his situation 1t would have meant
10000 converts 20 Bryan and free silver.
but there w tens of thousands Of pairs OF
iusty lungs. and they rent the air with shouts Of
Mckinley and Hobart" The sound OF their
voices swept not only over the land but all over
the nation. Il reached Canton and there is no
aaouot that Major Mckinley smiled when he
hWeard ~ 1t was heard by Mr.. Hobart in New
sound money and the upholders OF national
h9nor in ether places.
, by comparison with the great parade Of to-
oAy the feeble demonstration on the streets to-
night by the PopOcrats seems puny affair
lhd-ed II scarcely deserves mention In connec-
tph with the great day demonstration. Tho
most striking, and at he same time the funni-
est' banner In the parade was one which read:
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