Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-10-15

claimed by the repub 'icans and the
count given out by the national COM
mittee headquarters of the democratic
party. Putting aside all questions of
numerical strength, the parade as a
parade was a distinct success 1t
started on the time scheduled II
moved swiftly and without one halt or
break from start to finish, and in all
respects it was handled with the Skill
and thoroughness of detail that would
have been highly creditable in the
conduct of a procession Cne-tenth of
its size. The police arrangements
were perfect. After o'clock in the
morning not a single street car, not
single wagon save those carrying the
United States mail and police ambu-
lances. was allowed to cross the river
from the west and north sides, and all
those coming from the south were
turned back at Van Bulen streets This
left the down town districts free from
all impeachment to the marching col
umns. General Joseph Stockton was
marshal of the parade. The reviewing
stand for the national &C mmittee was
erected in front of the Union League
club. Here Mark Hanna, Senator Gull
lom and the various members of the
committee reviewed the parade 1t
was exactly II o'clock when the head
of the parade began to pass the stand
and at the same instant Hanna
stepped from the window Of the club
house upon the stand. For five hours
Hanna. with the single exception of a
brief interval, stood with his hat bow
ing acknowledgements to the cheers
of the marching column. From a
stand in front of the Palmer House
General John NJ. Palmer and General
Buckner reviewed the parade. The
two white-haired veterans were recog
nized by the marchers and constantly
cheered.
There were Ill 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 Tippecanoe clun,
composed of men who voted for Will
liam Henry Harrison, provoked loud
cheers as did number of crippled vet
Grams of the war who bore above their
first carriage I'VE fought with Grant
and will with Mckinley"
A unique feature of the parade was
the use of the long distance telephone
to carry the sounds of the cheers that
rose from the parade to other large
cities of the country. Across Wash
ington street in front of the telephone
exchange was stretched a banner bear
ing the inscription: Your cheers will
be heard throughout the nation. mat
they We're not, it was no fault of the
men in the street. AS each detach
ment passed under the banner they
emitted loud double jonted whoops.
In many places along the route great
mouth pieces were fixed over the
streets and concentrated the sound
waves upon diaphragms and sent cheers
to every waiting ear. Major Mckinley
in his library at Canton heard the
cheers and Hobart, in his home at Pat
terson, n j., also received assurances
of shouts.
The crowd that witnessed the parade
was tremendous. 1t filled every side
walk from the wall of the buildings to
the Grub stone and every widonw that
possessed view of the line of march
was damned full of heads. On roofs
of buildings large crowds were gath
cred. The many stands erected by
spectators were filled to overtiowing.
All the morning excursion trains
brought people to the city helping to
swell the crowds. The depot master
at the unon depot estimated that be-
tween a. m. and noon 81 900 people
came in through that depot alone. ..e
business done at the other depots was
proportionate. The total number OF
people who saw the parade, based upon
statements OF the railroads and street
car companies regarding fares collect
ed was 100000. Considering the
size OF the crowd there were very few
accidents and nothing of serious ma.
tu.e.
Secretary of Agriculture Morton
spoke in the auditorium in the even
ing Under the auspices of the sound
money league. The hall was filed to
the extent of its seating capacity. and
when Secretary Morton appeared upon
the platform he was greeted with
loud and enthusiastic cheers by the
audience. He was introduced by Da-
vid B. Jones of the sound money
league, who paid a faiering tribute to
the secretary as a politician and as
man. Before beginning his address
Secretary Merton anEt uuced that an
invitati IN had been sent to President
Cleveland, requesting his presence a.
the meeting. but lie waG sorry to state
that President Cleveland was unable to
be present Morton then read the
presidents letter Of re gret which was
as follows:
Il am so much interested in the
work which the American Honest
Money league has undertaken that
would be glad to d. anything that /