The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-11-01
THOUSANDS WERE
IN THE LINE
Republicans Close the Campaign With
Monster Demonstration.
RAILROAD MEN TURNED OUT
Realistic Float Of the Believers in Sta
ble Currency-Expositi0n Build
ing Packed by Thousands.

Portland, October 3i.-The Reppbli-
cans closed their campaign tonight with
monster demonstration. II was fit
ting close 70 the most exciting cam
palgn in the history Of oregon. The pa
rade was the largest ever seen in the
state. II being estimated that 1900 men
marched In the procession. The line Of
march was brilliant with pyrOtechnics
and thousands Of people lined the
streets along which the procession pass
ed. 1t took exactly one hour for the
marchers to pass given point
Many. Of the large wholesale houses
were represented in the parade by their
employees. A feature of the parade was
the display by railroad men. who were
nearly one thousand strong in the pa
rade.
They had mounted on truck drawn
by six horses locomotive with an en-
gineer at the throttle and the fireman
shovellng coal into the engine.
The display by the Portland General
Electric Company was much admired
by the thousands who passed Sixth and
Alder streets.
The parade ended at the exposition.
where short speeches were made by
Senators Mitchell and Mcbride. ex-Sen-
ator DoIph. Congressman Ellis, Hon.
Blnger Hermann. C. W. Fulton and
others.
II is claimed by shrewd political OBJ
servers that Multnomah county will
give 5000 majority for Mckinley.
SLIGHTLY DEMoNsTRATlvE.
1 San Francisco, October s1.-Thirty
thousand men. representing every in
dustry on the Pacific coast paraded the
streets OF San Francisco today as evil
dence OF their allegiance to Mckinley
and Republican principles. 1t was the
biggest demonstration OF any kind ever
seen on the Pacific coast. and there
were not enough American flags and
yellow chrysanthemums in the state Of
California to supply the thousands who
wished to show their political prefer
ences. The parade started at 2 o'clock
and for three solid hours a solid column
OF men. marching eight abreast. march
ed through the streets, a crowd Of peo-
Pile estimated at $4,000 lining the thor
oughfares and cheering the marchers.
Nearly every one wore a yellow badge.
and men, women and children shouted
for Mckinley
Special trains were run from all sec
tions Of the state and people poured into
the city by thousands to see the great
demonstration.
Tonight Thomas b. Reed spoke at
Woodward's Pavilion. The building
holds about 5000 people, but before
o'clock twice that number were clam
oring for admission to the hall. BY s
o'clock it was impossible to get within
a quarter Of mile of the pavilion. The
crush was something frightful. People
stood wedged together unable TO move
and a hall ten times the size of the pa
viion would have been inadequate to
accommodate the men and women eager
to hear the Maine statesman.
Mr.. Reeds address was an able pre-
sentation of the principles of the Re-
publican party. He was listened to
with marked attention and frequently
interrupted by bursts of applause. He
paid glowing tribute to Mckinley and
Hobart and the cheering which follow
ed lasted several minutes He said he
was positive California would find a
place in the sound money column.
SEVERAL NEW WORKERS TURNED
OUT.
New York, october S1.--Probably new
er in the history OF political campaign
ing i'm this city have the streets of New
York presented brighter or more ami
mated aspect than today, the occasion
being the parade Of the Republican or
ganizations. Practically no business
was done in mercantile establishments,
interest in the mammoth demonstration
obliging those even not in sympathy
with the Republican cause TO suspend
operations. The number in line ex-
oeeded one hundred thousand.
THE MARKETS.