Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-10-26
CLIMAX OF THEJUBlLEE
About a Million People See the
Parade at Chicago.
BRAVE VETERANS OF THREE WARS

Join with Civic and Semi-Military Or
Peace and the Chief Magistrate of the
Nation--Fifteen Thousand Men in Line
and Hundreds of Thousands of Cheering
Citizens.
Chicago, Oct. 19.-The great day ofthe
jubilee. That's what today is. Never
mind what sort Of weather the Audi
forum tower man supplies, today Is
THE day Of the jubilee. For it is the
day of the great parade. and that's
what most of the people are here for.
The start Of the parade did not take
place until II am, but by sun up this
morning those who were to take part
were getting ready and those who
wanted to see were hustling down.
town. And the latter had reason to be
early. For without taking account of
the necessity to be early If you wanted
to see 1t all, the cable and all other street
cars were stopped outside of the scene Of
the parade, which for northsiders meant
north Of the river. and for westsiders
west of that odorous stream.
Procession Starts on Its Way.
And at IL a. M. as the head of the
parade started on Michigan avenue,
there was salute fired, which sent
thrill Of expectation along the miles of
street packed to the curbs by waiting
multitude; for 1t meant the procession
is coming. And 1t was. This is the
course it took: Right resting in Michi-
gan avenue at Van Buren,, west to
State, north to Randolph, west to Dear
born, south to Adams, west to LaSalle,
north to Washington. west to Franklin,
South to Jackson boulevard. east to
Michigan avenue. And until it had
come and passed the people held their
positions. They wanted to see the presi-
dent ride in triumph through the streets
OF Chicago. They wanted to cheer the
heroes of three wars who passed in
review. And they did it. You bet they
, did.
Some Features of the Show.
The faded blue Of the Grand Army
veterans marched at the right of the
column. Over seventy carriages were
required to carry the distinguished
guests. Chicago's Democratic mayor
rode with Republican president. 1t
was a non-partisan procession Of pa
triots. General Joseph Stockton was in
the saddle as chief marshal. There
were ten bands In line. The County
Democracy marched 1.500 strong, and
Captain James H. Farrell said 1t was
the greatest triumph ever scored by the
famous marching club. which laid poll
tics aside for day and marched as
patriots.
Passing Panorama of Heroes.
The procession moved In five divisions
as follows:
First Division-Grand Army posts and
Ex-Confederates' Association.
Second Division-President Mckinley
and distinguished guests in
carriages.
Third Division-Quasi-m military organi-
cations and the County
Democracy.
Fourth Division-The letter carriers.
Fifth Division-Soldiers and sailors
Of the Cuban war.
It is estimated that there were from
$4,000 to $4,000 people in line. 1t was
passing panorama Of the heroes Of three
wars. All the regiments in Chicago
were In line. The uniformed ranks Of
civil organizations all accepted an op-
portunity to march with the military
men who made history In 1861 and 1898
Along with them tramped veterans Of
the war with Mexico.
Cheered from Front to Rear.
And weren't they cheered! OF course
the notables-the president, General
Miles. General Shafter and others were
the objects Of loud acclaim. But the
cheering did not stop when these
had passed by. The soldiers and sailors
should have been and were proud of
the way those people-along the side
walks, on balconies. In windows, on
housetops and on stands built for the
purpose-went on. 1t was a cheer that
simply was as long and continuous as
the line of marchers.