The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-01

Gen. Porter, grand marshal gave the
order to march. After the grand mar
tshal, his staff and aides, followed a
detachment of mounted processionists
Next came Mayor Strong and ex-
Mayor Hewitt and their escort. the
latter being afoot. When the mayors
carriage had passed Worth street. the
dry goods division wheeled into
broadway headed by q band. and a
costly white banner with gold letters
reading DRY Goods Division McKin-
ley and Hobart. 1885,
NOTABLE DEMONSTRATION.
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
Twenty third to Twenty sixth street,
and was divided into two sections in
one of which was the space allotted to
the reviewing officers and the special
guests of the occasion. Stretched along
the top of this stand was a huge
banner, bearing this inscription: we
know no enemy's country in this fair
land of ours" Chairs had been placed
in the enclosure reserved for the re-
viewing officers, and the invited
guests.
BY 10 o'clock both the stands were
filled to their utmost capacity, the one
on the westerly side of the avenue be-
friends of the Business Mems Repub-
lican and Sound Money association.
The mounted escort to Grand Mar
shall Horace Porter was imposing. All
were mounted on magnificent horses.
De Reuter- Hollins was. in command.
Among the escort were: Rev. DR..
David II. Greer, Simon j. Drake, Rev.
Abbott Brown, Frederick T. James,
Charles H Flint, Theodore H. Price,
F. c. Hollins, Henry Swords, William
and H. C. Beadlestone, Samuel c. Blag-
den, Jr., d. Beach Emmett, William
Leowen, Henry Bull, Richard Law
renee, Henry w. McVickar, Freder-
Schuyler Sheffelin, F. H. Van Rens-
selaer, Lawrence Robinson, Edward
T. mas, John Plummer, Walter G..
Peck, Samuel Walter Taylor, William
A. Jamison, E. II. Barles, E. w. Lit
tie, Col. F. B. Parsons, Charles Strau =
theirs.
There were no distinctive uniforms,
but still those in charge Of the various
divisions and associations had not
been idle in the matter of rendering
their special commands attractive.
No club or body but had it's dis
tinctive mark, sometimes in hats, but
more frequently in badges and ban
ners. Flowers were worn by many OF
the down town organizations, yellow
Chrysanthemums predominating. The
members Of the Coffee Exchang club
wore silk hats and yellow chrysanthe-
NUNS and carried silk flags.
The Columbia college boys, number
ing about 500, wore white sweaters on
each Of which was a light blue letter
Il hot ooh inn nf he
pany spelled Columbia University
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 button holes. White
silk badges surmounted by yellow silk
bows and bearing the club name and
pictures of the republican candidates
Drug Chemical and Paint club. There
were at least 10000 men dressed in
dark attire, all of whom carried small
American flags bearing portraits OF
Mckinley and Hobart, in line under tho
banner Of the wholesale dry goods re-
publican club, and the central dry
goods Mckinley and Hobart associa-
ton. The plain attire Of this body OF
men was relieved with many badges
and 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 Fish Dealers association
wore white badges, sustained by small
gold plated fish.