The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-25

OCCdSiOn. Iney pore immense illunli-
mated signs which required six men to
carry them
There were G. score of bands in the
parade yet. people cried for more
music. The Third Regiment band from
| the fort took a conspicuous part in the
marching and won frequent applause
AT the corner of Sixth and ST. Peter
streets a poor, lone Bryan tooter was
having a hard time to console himself
over his loneliness. However. he was
valiant. He gave a yell for his pet
candidate and another Bryanite stand
ing a few feet away went to his res
cue. The two kept it UP until they
were Joined by third and fourth.
until in a quarter of an hour they had
secured perhaps a bakers dozen. Try
as they might they could arouse no
free silver enthusiasm and they gave
it up and spent their time in guying
the marchers The young men with
the white pants and bonnets came in
for a hard share Of it. Unfortunately
for them the line was compelled to
mark time right where the silverites
were standing and the crowd enjoyed
the fun.
At the Ryan hotel corner the crush
was terrific. Street car traffic was
paralyzed for. some time. Cars were
surrounded on all sides and their roofs
were turned into impromptu grand
/ keep the crowd from encroaching too
closely upon the line Of march. Thou,
sands of people came over from Mime
apolis and thousands Of others from
surrounding towns.
The Illuminated transparencies were
decidedly clever. Some were ironical.
some to the point and all more or less
funny Here are few:
Let's Have More Work and Less Talk.
We are 16 to /, Nit!
Insurance Companies Prefer to Pay Their
Losses in Good Money.
We Are for Honest Labor.
Good Times in 1S96-Prosperity in 1900
We Want Sound Money and Chance to
Earn II.
Bryan Express Due in Washington in 1900 if
We Are Anxious to See Confidence Restored.
Sixteen to One-l6 Republicans 10 Fopocrdl.
Free Silver Food-Crow.
Vote for Bryan and Eat Snow Balls.
A Dollar for Wheat and Good Times in st.
Paul. oo
1S92.-Frees Trade; 1896, Free Silver; 1900,
ssB" Stands for Bryan, Bulldozer, Buffer,
Blusterer. ''N'' Stands for Nit, Not Novem-
Der.
In Gold We Trust, in Silver We Bust
The Northern Pacific and the Great
Northern each had floats drawn by
horses, upon which were min1ture loco
motives. The Northern Pacific locomo-
tive was labeled the Mckinley Elk
-
lowing this came an old one-horse lug
gage trap, of the year 1890. ut was
marked the Bryan Express, and was
supposed to be doomed to destruction.
It was in front of the Windsor hotel
and along St. Peter street that the
crowd gathered thickest with the idea
Of seeing one end Of the parade-and
the people were generally right. From
1855 until $40 the paraderS went by.
in a s..
OF in no costumes at all save those they
wore in the ordinary walks Of life.
And 1T seemed that there were millions
of them. People stood along the walks
and cheered occasionally, but their
hearts were not in the work for they
were chilled. The delegations from the
Sixth ward were early in the game
and they had to stand for an hour
waiting for their chance to get in the
procession. They lined up in front Of
the Windsor on st. Peter street and
hoped that they might be allowed to
get in line presently, but when the
crowd commenced to: come they had no
chance. And n-.spitei Of the fact that
the parade was zone lOfsthe Hbest that
ever came off inhthBe northwest, the
Sixth warders, who were. first on the
ground, had small chance. That was
because the. main body marched so
smoothly. They came down Fifth
street like SO many soldiers. 1t was not
a, brilliant charge but a steady pres
sure. When the head5sof the division
came sweeping by no one thought
that 1t was the beginning Of the end.
IT was quite a tame affair. First came
Chief Marshal George Hofstetter, and
Eshe did not suggest the fact that there
was a big platoon of police behind him.
But they<came out of the da rkness up
Fifth street and then there cafne along
the paradefs. In line they Seemed to
be endless. In many instances they
took to horseback or foot as they felt
inclined or as their purses would per-
NIT and it is safe enough to assume
that every Republican who could af-
ford 1T and who was not Handicapped
by other Work-7Withs the, exception of
Lou Wilkes was on a. horSesss There was
aP myriad pfsthesei hors eu1en>an and they
led the procession snoblyS iStaid cts
who had1notaridde EN- q horse for years
were in the saddle sacrificing them
selves on the altar Of their country.
And the walking yeomanry. were to be
reckoned. us
The eleventh division followed the
sixth and they came in as they could
after that. If there were 700 in the
sAth, there were at least $50 of the
Sad to be in it, for they .'hollered"
rrost enthusiastically. Among the
country1Ien was one of the best known
rlen about town-AL nittson-and a.
,hcst enthusiastic shouter he was
among tho White Bear people, for he
is a res. dent of White Bear, having
q cottage there. 80 s-s
The eighth division Under John Ho-
ran as marshal was one Of the most
imposing III the procession With a
lend in frcnt and another band to
r.ck up the strains behind, they made
al sorts OF noise and aroused all sorts
of enthusiasm. The division was COM
pc sed largely of railroad men. The
narchers carried red and green Lam
terms, instead of torches, and it was
ssid that there were 2,ttG men in line
The titles of all the railroads running
into st. Paul We're carried, aid most Of
the men were particular about telling
the names Of their roads. But they
We're not noisy about it. KS ~
The First ward turned out nearly ], cor
men and was led by the Hibernian
band. Many cf the factories in the
ard were represented and the trans
parencies they carried announced that
they would keep the factories running
sy voting for sound money. 5+l e
AUDITORIUM WAS pAcKEr,pS.