The sun., 1896-10-04
THEY, SCORN POPoCRACY.
COTTON ExCHANGE DEMOCRATS
RAISE Il M'KINLEY FLAG.


| Fart or tho General Defencea Again.,
| Repudintion's Freobooteru The En
change ls u Unit for Honest Money
A Mckinley and Hobart banner was raised
| yesterday in front of tho Cotton Exchange by
tho Exchanges sound money club The ex.
change has been known throughout tho country
rs tho most thoroughly Democratic of all the
organizations Of its kind. Tho majority of the
! members were whole.souled, rockcd-ribbed
| Democrats OF tho old school. Many of them
| were born and bred Democrats from south of
the Mason and Dixon's line, and sons of vet
| Grams OF the Confederate army but the adop-
tion Of the Chicago platform has worked a rad
| ical change in tho politics OF these men. md
| they are now heart and soul for sound m.-s-
| Tho movement for an anil Bryan organization
was started few days ago. and. as far as 10
| known. not a single member OF the Exchange
| has refused to enroll In the sound money club.
| There were formallties attendant upon
| tho unfurlng OF the banner. but like magic. at
| noon yesterday when the banner was unfurled
there appeared thronG that choked William
street aud Exchange place. One glance at the
men wna sufficient to reveal the high character
OF tho gathering. The Democratic members Of
tho Exchange We'd with their Republican coll
leagues Ia shouting for the ticket. although 1t IL
said that many will vote for the sound money
Democratic ticket in order to save themselves
from rcpndating their party altogether.
Just before the folds OF the banner wore
shaken out n detachment from the Twelfth
Regiment Band started the -spnngled
Banner" The crowd grew rapidly and sang
with tho band tho national anthem. Then as
the big 55x2S-foot banner was swung out from
tho Exchange there wfs n shout. which In
creased in volume until it became q roar. and
was taken up for blocks around. The banner is
a big American flag with Cotton Exchange
Club" across the top and Honest money aud
the integrity of tho Government in all Its
functions In big letters across the bottom.
THIS legend is the composition Of VI. b. Field
ing. President of the club who will cast his
first Republican vote this year. He had in
mind the attack OF the Chicago platform on the
supreme Court when he wrote the inscription.
AS the banner straigh!ened out there
was n shower Of cotton balls. ticker tapa.
and corn ever the crowd from the windows
of surrounding buildings. Somebody saw
in the crowd Congressman Philip B. Low of
Brooklyn, who has been rcnominated on the
Republican ticket. and called out to him to como
UP on the steps Of the Exchange and make
speech. Congressman Low did not respond to
the invitation with the alacrity which the MEM
bers on the stoop demanded. a delegation Of
the younger members made a rush for him and
soon had him on the steps. MIR. Low said:
Il am not minute man. but ain willing 70
take my stand here to-day at such short notice
and talk to you for n cause which Threatens the
very life of our country. Show a man who
when lie sits down In his home and carefully re-
fleets over the issues in this campaign. bearing
in mind the progress and development OF the
country under the standard OF sound money.
and then decides to vote for "A ticket that is
sworn to impair the national credit and will
show you a man who is proving himself u traitor
to his country"
The crowd cheered and one enthusiastic
sonnd-rnoncy mar who has hitherto been con-
spicuoGs Democrat. called or the Uana to play
:" Dixie" which it did. while the crowd yelled
and sang.
change Club already. and the club expect 10
The officers resides Mr.. FEEDING are:- j. o.
Bloss, rirs,i vice;,PrrS;deent; G w lde. Second
X!ce.Prcsident: II. H. Meyer. Treasurer. and
William V. King, Secretary.
Another c!up which snrang up in a day and
is com?osed OF as many Democrats as Republi-
cans IS the Insurance Mems Sc und money Club.
The members raised n big American rag at Pine
and William streets a little after the Cotton
Exchange banner was unfrried. j. X. McCay,
crat but could not stomach the Chicago plSae-
form. introduced Elijah r. kenned d1pAEho
tiGklfd the ST1wd by beg nning MS speesa with
said that he did mt want To contra
dict MIR. Bryan. who alleged that these
said that Bryan, arguments reminded hin, OF
the business metho is Of tho men who ran rival
their stores from the country. One firm put mp
sign stating that it was seven miles to Xenia
an, ana smooth road noth WAYS; me Tival nrm
down hill both ways" Bryan the down
hill man.
Mr. Kennedy said that ordinarily no party
would be justified in using the American flag as
campaign banner, but in the present campaign
II was not a question OF party. but n case In
which the national integrity was at stake. and
there was no party lie which could induce anv
loyal citizen to vote for the cause OF repud iaton
The Insurance Mems Glee Club ended tho
meeting by singing the star Spang!ed Ban-
ner." and tho crowd joined In.
The Merchant Tailors' Sound money League
raised "A large Mckinley and Hobart banner At
their headquarters. 2il Fifth avenue.
Tho largest American flag ever made. accord
ing to the statement of the maker. will be swung
10 the breeze tomorrow morning on the Broad
way size Of the Produce Exchange. Mckinley
and Hobart" will appear Oh the end of each side.
The flag is 81 test long by - feet inches
wide. II was made in five and half days by
four young women. and cost 5000. The expense
is borne by the members of the Produce Ex-
change This nag will be suspended between
two poles. each ninety feet high.