The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-10-09
THEIR BANNER RAISING
THE NINTH WARD M'KINLEY RALLY
 TO-NIGHT.

TONIGHT.
 Patriotism and RedFlre and the Unfurling of a Big er-Distinguished Speakers to be Present--The Next Governor Will be There-Visitlng Clubs From Other Towns.
 Tonight occurs the grand patriotic Mckinley and Hobart demonstration in the Ninth ward. A monster banner will be swung to the breeze, probably the largest and finest of the Connecti- cut Mckinley campaign. The speakers at the banner raising will be Thomas Lee of Augusta, Me. Allyn K. Foster, Kentucky; Lorin A. Cooke and James D. Dewell, republican candidates for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor of our state; John H. Light, South Norwalk; Herbert D. Benton, James H. Macdonald and Frederick B. Farnsworth David M. Davis
 Governor Cooke will arrive in the city early this evening and will be enter tained at the Republican league, where an opportunity will be given as many as possible to meet and greet him. The other speakers of the evening will also assemble there.
 The banner will strung between the tops of two poles seventy five feet high Upon it will be seen ten portraits, five on each side. Mckinley and Hobart, Cooke, Dewell and Sperry.
 Before the flag raising there will be a parade of twenty-five local clubs and visiting clubs from Hartford, Walling- ford, West Haven and North Haven. The Ninth district Mckinley Legion will muster at it's headquarters, 221 Shelton avenue, before z o'clock to- night, and will start promptly at that hour on an Illuminated march down to the Republican leagues house, Chapel street, where all the local clubs and their allies will fall into line, the speak CTS and other guests of honor will be put in landaux, and amid pyrotechnics, cannonading, Greek fire and plenty of music will parade down Chapel street to State, Elm, Whalley avenue, Shelton avenue, Orchard back to Howe, Dix well avenue, Shelton avenue, Read street to the corner of Division street and Shelton avenue, where the banner will be raised
 The parade will be led by Major D. A. Blakeslee, marshal; and his staff James A. Howarth Charles P. Snow John w.. Lowe, A. N. Farnham, E. M Sperry Charles Hoffman, c. J. Atwood V. E. Robert, Captain Luddington, E J. Harrington, H. A. Stevens, w. l. Russell, George Brown, G. T. Pratt, w S. Rowe, Francis Orr John T. Man son, Benjamin A. Booth, Cyrus W X Jones, George Adams, F. A. Atwood N. Turcott and M Hemion.
 Alderman Theron Hull will be chair man ofthe meeting, and will be named by President Hamilton of the legion
 Speeches will be made from the bal cony of Edwin Sweets home, 15S Shel ton avenue. They and the othe guests of honor twill enjoy ban quet and reception in his din ing room and parloi after the exer. cises. The rooms will be patrioticallS decorated in a lavish style Mir Sweet is one of our most patriotic citizens an6 is one of the officers of the legion The music for the affair will be by tht Old Guard band, the Legion's doubl drum corps and the visiting bands The paraders will be feasted in a build ing near the corner of Division stree and Shelton avenue. Ample provision has already been made for 2,00O men as this number will surely be in tn parade.
 David M. Davis of Shelton avenu has had the arrangement of all tn financial details of the event He ha collected all the money that will be ex pended. He nas canvassed the ward i the interest of the occasion using vast deal of time. He has also contrib uted largely of his own means to mak the day red letter one for the republi cans of the Ninth ward. Irving Hamil ton, who has been instrumental in mak ing the event a success, will be i charge of the lunch served to tn marching club.
 Hundreds of householders in tn Ninth ward and other places along tn line of march will Illuminate thei homes and put forth the Stars an Stripes The Ninth district McKine legion's display of fireworks will b grand