The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-01
FEATURES OF THE PARADE.

1t was 10 O'Clock when General Porter
grand marshal. gave the order TO march.
After the grand marshal, his staff and aids
followed detachment of mounted process
sionists. Next came Mayor Strong and ex-
Mayor Hewitt and their escort, the latter
being afoot When the Mayors carriage
had passed Worth street the dry-goods d.
vision wheeled into Broadway headed by
a band and silk banner with gold letters
reading: "Dry-goods Observation-Disclosures
and Hobart, 1896 The two reviewing
stands were in Madison square. The stand
on the easterly side of the avenues. extend
ed from Twenty-third to Twenty-sixth
street and was divided into two sections
one of which was the space allotted to the
reviewing officers and the special guests of
the occasion. Stretched along the side of
inscrntion was no No TINS
Country in this Fair Land of Ours"
Chairs had been placed in the Enclosure re-
served for the reviewing officers and the
invited guests. To provide the necessary
illumination for the evening portion of the
parade seventeen lime lights were dis
trlbuted on the grandStand. By 10 o'clock
both the stands were filled to their utmost
capacity, the one on the westerly side of
the avenue being occupied by the families
and friends of the Business Mems Repub-
hcan and Sound-money Association.
There were no distinctive uniforms. but
still those in charge of the various divisions
matter of making their special commands
attractive. No club or body but what had
It's distinctive mark, sometimes in hats. but
more frequently in badges and banners.
Flowers were worn by many of the down
Town organizations. yellow chrysanthe-
Coffee Exchange Club wore silk hats and
yellow chrysanthemums and carried silk
flags- The Columbia College boys, number
ing about 800, wore white sweaters, on each
or which a light-blue letter, arranged so
.haI each line of the company spelled Co
luInbia University Sound-money Club" One
hundred students of the University of New
York also paraded in their mortar-board
caps and college gowns. The Cotton Ex-
change Club carried cotton balls in their
buttonholes. White badges which ap-
peared pictures of Mckinley and Hobart
and the club name in red and blue letters
were worn by the Bankers and Brokers'
Club This division was led by the Seventh
Regiment Band. The members of the Iron
EXCHANGE Exchange and the New York, Protective
Machinery, Railway Supply and Metal AS
ISOLATION wore red badges. White silk
badges Surmounted by yellow silk bows
bearing the club name and pictures of the
republican candidates were worn by the
members of the Drug and Chemical and
RANT Club. There were at least 10000 men
SInaIi American flags bearing portraits of
Mckinley and Hobart in line under the
nanner of the Wholesale Dry-goods Repub-
mean Club and the Central Dry-goods Me-
hlnley ton. The plain attire of this
DOdy OF men was relieved with MANY
padSes, flags and banners, and no division
In the parade won more applause as they
marched along. The retail wine and liquor
dealers wore gold colored silk hats and
red, white and blue badges. The merchant
talIorS appeared in silk hats, dark clothes
olue badges and carried flags and canes
while the Wholesale Fish Dealers Asso-
clatlon wore white badges sustained by
small gold-plated fish
While the parade was in progress Secre-
tary William NJ. Osborne, of the national
republican committee. sent the following
telegram TO MAJOR Mckinley:
The largest and most impressive parade
OF the business men, clerks and laborers
tnat was ever seen in the world is now
taking place in this city. Twice as many
men are in line as took part in the military
parade OF 1860. Have heard from North
carolina and Tennessee friends to-day
They are Sanguine of victory. [ congratiI-
late you on the greatest campaign ever
made by a presidential candidate. We feef
certain OF overw helming victory. put the
figures at from 81 to 364 There is no douht
as 10 your election expressed by any mem
her of your committee"