The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-14

| fayette newspaper men; Judge ". c. L.
Taylor. r. P. De Hart and j. B.. Miner.
| When the train reached Lafayette the en-
tire party was at once conducted to car
riages waiting to convey 1t to a mammoth
t to ta s m'i nla away Ahead one Of tbe earTiages
marched a large body OF old. soldiers. Some
of those who were minus legs and arms
rode in carriages that had been provided
for them. The line of march was over a
mile in length. All that distance great
crowds of people. thronged the sidewalks.
pushed into the rcadways and sought want
age points in doors and windows, or
climbed up in trees and on. telegraph poles;
The public square was packed and damned
while an enormous crowd covered the steps
and yard of the courthouse. With becom-
ing interest in the event nearly all of the
merchants had displayed lavish quantities
of bunting and flags. So intense was the
schools were closed for the day. teachers
finding it impossible to control their
ment and enthusiasm The appearance OF
each separate carriage. carrying It's load
of distinguished war veterans. called Tor
loud shouts, high above which GOULD be
heard continuous hurrahs for Mckinley.
During the whole day but one man was
heard to shout Bryan name. The speak
ing took place in a tent that is said to
have a capacity for seating eight thousand.
The bds - l9 I'VE t,o estlmat snee OF sh that drG Iagted 9n an
hour and a half was $500. Outside the tent
thousands more tried to get In without
placed close together so that there was not
an inch of space to spare and the only
| LnlnS I1dL COulu DC vas o. nos "
| upturned faces, many of them covered by
long white boards and topped off by the
bald heads of the old soldiers who had
facing the speakers stand. on which We're
seated the distinguished guests; Col crow II
Was ming in n Lem" Wiley, General
| Sickles's bugler during the war. awakened
| old memories in fhe breasts of the soldiers
by PLAYING the familiar calls of the battle
field. AS the soldiers came IN many OF
| them carried banners. One of them read:
Wrecks of the rebellion from White coun-
ty." A group of old men from the Soldiers
Home bore a transparency with the WORDS,
I'VE have not forgotten the past When
the Lafayette Military Band struck up
Marching through Georgia a thrill ran
| eral Alger rose to his feet. Instantly, with
| out a Suggestion from any one. every mar
in the crowd arose to ms 1eet ana TOOK
General Alper was the first speaker
When the last notes Of the song died away
ed. In a very short time the tent was
| comparatively quiet, although there was
W caused by the people trying, to get in:
| General AIger declared that his party
| didn,t come to Indiana intending to stop
un y if had taken the entire State. He
said: II told General Sickles that IN COM
ing to Lafayette he would see a siSmt Iia liz
All NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. all Republican be-
| cause he had never been here before. Gen
nlanse. General Alger introduced General
Sickles as the old hero VINO commdnoeu
the Third Corps ana crd isf5 WIS MAS ie fred cd to Wild
enthusiasm, and arose as one man 10 give
three cheers for General Sickles.
| companies General Ayers, party as the
| representative of the Republican natlonan
| committee remarked that he had meyer
| seen ANYTHING equal the enthusiasm that
was being displayed. General slckles Is
compelled to address ms aud1le leu and can
not sustain his weight on the crutches ne
carries for any length OF ume' MHv d h.
=. - - ~0a nh a "a 4 nT1Sflc lie
fats his left arm rest In the fork OF MS
clutches. AS on other occasions, the Gen
| fact that he is willing to give the Repqp-
iicans another chance at governmsne. =
referred to Indiana; = as ia a pe eome years 91@'G ago 20
the State got tired of Republican hash ana
| decided to elect. Grover Cleveiaila. Jusl III ~
right" This remark was received with q
odd laugh. Cleveland; SAG a1 Ge1 tben
sexes esxt tot Time indiana elected Harrison.
Four years later Indiana elected Cleveianu.
This year, he said. Indiana is Que to eleGt
| through Indiana, he said he had no. no COUP ape
as to what the result VIII pc. h me nueht
to support Bryan, referring with biting
irony to the great experience BTyai mas
nr d q. Zane bearing New York's greeting to
indiana, a promise that. that state wouid
r9hl up he e'V diecIared that indiana ought to
| give a like majority ACCORDING U nSt pVp1
uIation. the cheers that Went up llluot;on
| Mainly how that portion OF her population
General Marden, Corporal Tanner cen
| stewart and General Howard i sppfik1ee p driven
- ~ lain Al. LAFAYETTE a large delega-
ton Of IndiapHap9sIisn citizens attse M amene E.. 'n Men
Judge lieutenant Governor Hanna, Rev
d Ian r. Lucas and others, Joined the party
to- escort it to indianapolis. All OF 5hert
had prominent places on. the stage. Aipsir
Iao Reeveridge. Who spoke at the meeting
last niebt' was also present at the after
RItin,ates vary as to the crowds that
were in Lafayette yesterday. e either MA
Messing or participating IN the os 81 n0n To- @
tic ti9n ne sone psro men thought it would reach
20 600. Members of the party VINO are az
,e o9 q TO Judging crowds say thaI there
cus,o not less than 5000 people in Lafay-
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