The herald., 1896-06-15
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ST. LOUIS, June 14.-The unusual va
riety and elegance of the badges and
buttons displayed here strike late ar
rivals. They are naturally more Nc
Kinley badges than those of any other
candidate, but other candidates are well
represented in the variety. The favorite
Mckinley insignia is a buckeye with
portrait of Mckinley attached Very
beautiful badges bearing in relief the
portraits of Allison and Morton are
worn by the respective followers of
these candidates. Reed and Quay but
tons and badges are also seen in large
numbers upon the lapels of their friends,
while street-hawkers, handling the en-
blems of all impartially, are encountered
at every turn. The Massachusetts dele
cation brought with it today button
of the shape and color of gold nugget,
bearing the words Gold basis"
M'KINLEY PARADE
A monster Mckinley parade that has
been arranged for Wednesday night is
to be the largest of the kind ever seen.
The parade, which will move at o'clock
Wednesday evening, will be reviewed
by prominent men from the balcony of
the Southern hotel. 1t will be in four
teen divisions, under the direction of
General James c. Howe of Kenton, o.
In the parade will be clubs, many of
them uniformed, from every state and
territory, and all the Republicans in st.
Louis have been invited to take part.
General Howe, as grand marshal, has
announced a staff for the parade, in
cluding +. J. Miller of Columbus, adju-
tant general, eight assistant generals.
and a large number of aids, including
Mr.. Pratt of Oregon, H. j. Cleveland of
Arizona, c. N. Akers of Arizona, and
T. w. Collins of Lincoln, Neb.
PREPARING TO REJOICE
ALLIANCE, o., June IA. - Twenty
years ago in this city Major Mckinley
was first nominated for congress. The
people propose, if he shall be nominated
for president, to celebrate the event by
the firing Of cannon, the blowing of
whistles and the ringing of bells. 1t
has been arranged to run two eXcur-
sion trains to Canton within an hour
after the nomination is announced, and
it is expected 1900 people will take ad-
vantage of the opportunity to congrat-
ulate him.
THE NOMINATION
ST. LOUIS, June 14.-W. e. Riley, who
has been selected as the first assistant
secretary in the temporary organization,
said tonight a nomination could not be
reached before Thursday, and that the
convention would last through Friday,
owing to the fact that there would be
day or Thursday the hall having been
given up for other purposes on those
nights.
HELP FOR REED
The Reed men are jubilant late to-
night over the results of colored mass
meeting held today at which represen-
tatives from Florida, Alabama and
South Carolina declared for Mr.. Reed
and practically withdrew their names
from the Mckinley column. The meet
ing was called by Congressman Murray
of South Carolina, the only colored rep
resentative in congress. About 200 dele
gates and alternates attended, and there
was great enthusiasm when Delegate
Johnson of Alaska, who has been count
ed as a Mckinley man. spoke for Mr..
Reed, as did Caleb Simms of New York
and Mr.. ]. c. Christopher. The meeting
was adjourned until morning.
FEELS VERY SURE
CANTON, o., June 14.-Senator Gull
lom reached Canton this morning and
spent the day with Mr.. Mckinley. He
left tonight. He says there is no doubt
that Mckinley will be nominated and
he thinks the past twenty-four hours
have insured a sound money platform
He has no choice for the second place.