The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-10-23
REPUBLICAN RALLY.
Tuesday Nights Parade and Speech a
Success in Every Particular.

Shiawassee county republicans turned oat
in force, Tuesday evening, to take part III
the largest and most enthusiastic political
parade and meeting yet held here. The
parade numbered fully thousand people
with seven hundred torches. Main street,
on which the procession formed, was q
blaze of light and the incoming delegations
we're met with cheer after cheer. Music by
bands and noise from hundreds of tin horns
walked up the mourning and lonesome
silverites at the Bryan headquarters to the
fact that the advance guard of the nations
prosperity were on the march to certain
victory. The procession consisted OF twenty
mounted Owosso voters, the Owosso cornet
band, 1st section of the Owosso Mckinley
Club, 1875 membes; second section of the
Mckinley club, 110 torches; the COrunna
delegation, which made favorable impress
sion, was headed by the COrunna band,
followed by twenty knights of the McKin-
ley torch mounted, the young ladies' Nc
Kinley club of fifty in three handsomely
decorated carriages, and singing GOOD bye,
Oh, Bryan, good bye," and sixty torch
bearing protectionists; the Ovid delegation,
with their band, tri-colored capes and caps,
and seventy torches, made fine appear
alice. In front of Barie's market the Ovid
delegation made fine salute of roman can
dies that brought out the applause OF the
crowd which lined the streets and made the
corner of Washington and Main streets i'm
passible; Haskelps drum corps enlivened
the occasion with martial music; the Vernon
and Durand delegation, 140 In number, was
In excellent marching order and carried a
transparency with the words whats the
matter with Scougale?" Evidently he was
all right from the number of his friends
present In the line. Other delegations from
Perry, Henderson, Bancroft and from all
over the county, Joined the procession,
swelling its numbers and increasing its en-
thusasm to the highest pitch. -
- The column marched on west Main street
to the M. G. depot, countermarched to
Water street, thence to exchange street,
east to Park, south to Main, west to Wash
ington, south to the bridge, countermarch-
ing on Washington to Mason street, east
past the armory, turning south on Park
street to the Mckinley club rooms, on east
Main street.
The auditorium of the armory was filled
before the parade was half over and the
gallery which was reserved, held less than
half of those who carried torches in the
parade. The vestibule was crowded to the
utmost, while hundreds could not gain ad-
mittance. These, however, made the best
of it and paraded the streets, shouting for
Mckinley and protection.
Chairman Odell Chapman and many
prominent republicans, accompanied the
speaker, Gov. ELECT l.. Powers, Of Maine,
to the rostrum, which had been built out
twenty feet for the occasion.
Mr.. Chapman in introducing the speaker
was cheered to the echo when he spoke of
Blaine and Reed and how "when the silver
leaves were turning to gold," 1t was fortu-
nate they could listen to man from Maine.
Mr.. Powers is a man of medium height,
with dark, black hair, lth keen eyes, a
simple though engaging manner, and a
voice which could easily be heard in all
parts of the room. Though intending to
make shorter speech he held the atten-
ton OF the audience for an hour and half,
the listeners urging him to 60 on when he
intimated closing, at the end of the hour.
He thanked the people for his welcome
and though coming from far away Maine,
he did not feel that he had entered the
enemy's country. Barring the mining busi-
ness, Maine and Michigan interests were
identical and he expected Michigan to du-
plicate Names declaration In favor OF
honesty, sound money, protection and pros
perity. AS Maine and Michigan had united
to down the slave traffic so they would
unite with patriotic men everywhere to
protect our honor and national credit.
Although he could not understand how
so many democrats remained In the demo
cratic party, he had no unkind words for
them but recognized the sterling qualities
of Grover Cleveland; every former demo
crat, before voting for Bryan, whose crowd
treated Cleveland so opprobriously, should
consider that Grover Cleveland was the
only man who could lead their party to
victory since 1861.
The turbulent Chicago convention had
more evil in it than any other national con-
vention. Abiding to Bryan's visit to Owos-
so he thought 1t very commendable (?) of q
presidential candidate to waste his time
trying to find the editor of some paper, that
he might chew him up. (Laughter.)
Free coinage means favoring of the
silver trust, the largest one in the world, tc
the detriment Of working men whom they
wish to pay In fifty cent dollars. The
crime of '73 Is mere catch word, as Jone:
and Stewart, themselves, voted for 1t. The
republican party advocates dollar that Il