The herald., 1896-10-10
Muster Up a Very Imposing
Procession
HANNA TOOK OFF HIS HAT
10 Acknowledgement Of the Cheers Of
Thousands 1F
Which Was Very Polite of Him, Remem-
bering Democratic Candidates
Were Supposed to Be Honored.
Associated Press Special wire

CHICAGO, Oct. 9.-Four years ago the
greatest parade the west had ever seen
passed through the streets of Chicago
as portion of the celebration of the
dedication of the buildings of the Co.
lumbian exposition. The parade was,
however, surpassed by the purely par
tisan march Of the men who uphold the
gold standard in questions of finance
and in politics.
The estimates of the different parties
vary widely as to the number of men in
line, but $4,000 is just halfway between
the number claimed by the Republicans
and the count given out by the natioual
committee headquarters of the Demo-
cratic party.
After 8 o'clock in the morning not Il
single car, not single wagon, save those
carrying the United States mail and the
police ambulances, were allowed to
cross the west and north sides, and all
those coming from the south were
turned back at Van Buren street. Ev-
cry street between Van Buren on the
south, the river on the north, the lake
on the east, and the river on the west
was absolutely free from impediments
Eighteen hundred policemen lined the
route of the parade, and the immense
throng that passed the walks was kept
firmly back to the curb.
Gen. Joseph Stockton, the marshal OF
the parade, had announced that at 10
ocolck the march would begin, no matter
who was ready or who was late. There
was no delay, however and at exactly
10 o'clock the advance guard of $50 po-
licemen swung around the corner of
Van Buren street and Michigan avenue,
and the parade was on. For five hours
it swept the streets from surb to curb,
we'll closed UP and marching rapidly
The day was all that could be desired
A fresh wind blew off the lake, in just
sufficient force to keep the thousands
of flags in the parade and the tens of
thousands that hung from the build
ings along the line of march in a lively
futter, and the sun came down with
just sufficient heat to make it comfort
able for the men who tramped the pave
ments,
The reviewing stand Of the Repub-
lican national committee was erected
just in front of the building Of the Union
League club, on Jackson street. Here
Mark Hanna, Senator Cullom and va
rious members of the committee took
their stand to review the parade. 1t was
the parade turned into Jackson street
for the march past the stand. and a0 the
same instant Mr. Hanna stepped from
the window of the clubhouse upon the
stand. From that moment until few
moments after o'clock Mr.. Hanna, with
the exception of one brief interval, was
standing. with hat in hand, bowling his
Acknowledgement of the cheers of the
marching column. From a stand erect
cd rx,ith ha M nf 10
Palmer house. Gen. John M. Palmer and
Gen. Buckner reviewed the parade, The
two white-haired veterans, as they
stood side by side, with their heads
barred, We're recognized by marchers and
were constantly cheered. AS the col
umns came up thousands of hats came
off in honor of the venerable men and
the cheering was constant throughout
the parade. The gold standard clubs of
the great downtown business houses
were especially enthusiastic as they
passed. There were eleven floats in the
parade, many of them exceedingly
handsome and all lavishly decorated.
A string of carriages, bearing the
white-haired members of the old Tippe-
canoe club composed of men who voted
for William Henry Harrison, evoked
loud cheers, as did a number Of crippled
veterans of the war, who bore above
and we stand with Mckinley"
A unique feature of the parade was the
use made by the long distance telephone
to carry the sound Of the cheers that rose
from the parade to the other large cities
of the country. Across Washington
street in front of the telephone exchange
was stretched a banner bearing the in
scription, Your cheers here will be
heard throughout the nation" If they
were not It was no fault of the men in the
street. In many places along the route
great "mouthpieces,' fixed above the
street by numbers Of guy ropes, concen-
trated the sound waves upon the dia-
phragms and sent the cheers to every
waiting ear. Many smaller mouth
pieces" which are really tunnels five
feet long. were attached to long distance
telephones at various attitudes. These
helped to swell the noise in distant re-
ceivers. Major Mckinley, in his library
at Canton, heard 1t and Mr.. Hobart, in
his home a. Paterson, N. j., also re-
ceived the assurances of the shouts The
crowd that witnessed the parade was
tremendous. 1t filled every sidewalk
from the walls of the buildings to the
curbstone and very window and nearly
every roof that possessed a view of the
march was jammed full of heads and the
many stands erected for spectators We're
filed to the limit. A 1.-THE trains from
out of the city were loaded down with
excursionists and the depot masters es-
innate that between a. m. and noon
$1,000 people came in through the union