The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-11-02

night, unknown, unlighted and forsaken.
a delegation or two occasionally turned
the wrong corner and got lost, but were
always called back by the dligent mar
shals.
Finally the parade swung into the well
| lighted streets again, the bands began
Paying and the marchers began shout
| ing bit.
GIRLS MARCHED, TOO.
Cantonians were responsible in the
| main for an innovation. Dozens of girls
| marched with the Canton boys. Some
| wer Canton girls; some, alas, were
| damsels of Alliance. When the parade
| started on lower Main street there were
| fully $50 girls, each trotting along in the
| Column of fours'' with Canton escort.
| The rumor that there were not $50 single
men In the Canton delegation was au-
| thoritatively denied late in the evening,
so that nothing can be proven on the
Canton married men.
The genius in the Canton delegation,
who conceived the idea of getting the
| girls into line may never be known.
But 1t was infectious. Half a dozen
young fellows found congenial maidens,
linked arms, and started out There was
a general scramble for girls then. The
! Alliance girls who were looking on
| caught the enthusiasm and the rest was
, easy. The formation of fully half the
Canton delegation was two men and two
I, girls abreast.
/; The parade started in a careless, easy,
disorganized style, and the marchers
| from the start caught the spirtit and de-
| a In n ina hnNr
were not particularly inclined to shout
for Mckinley, and almost any old yell,
political or otherwise was Joined in
heartily. There wasn't the old time po-
litical ardor, but more Of the happy-go
lucky spirit of crowd that was on
thoroughly good terms with itself.
THE ORDER OF PARADE.
There were eight or nine bands in line
| and about the same number of drum
| corps. The parade formed in the fol-
lowing order:
| Speakers and committees In carriages.
East Palestine band.
East Palestine club, 80 men.
Youngstown Military band.
Youngstown. 210 men.
Massillon band.
Russell works employees and Massillon
club, 442 men.
Canton clubs, 1882 men.
Quaker City band, Salem.
Salem delegation, three clubs, 1872 men.
Citizens band, New Brighton.
New Brighton and Beaver Falls, 80 men.
Alliance band.
| American Steel Casting Co. employees,
"a men.
| c,ana A,,,,x, lxa,S1 Co.to,,
Morgan Engineering employees. 4S2 men.
Thayer's Military band, Canton.
Morgan Engineering floats.
New Berlin band.
Niles delegation.
First voters, Alliance, AZ men.
Columbiana drum corps.
Alliance club mounted, 50 men.
MANY WORE UNIFORMS.
Many of the delegations were uniform
ed. the khaki being the favorite with
the clubs. The East Palestine crowd,
which come first. was arrayed in white
| duck. Horace Chamberlain marshalled
| the Palestine host. Youngstown came
| next, headed by it's own band. There
| were rs members of the Montgomery
club in the brown soldier uniform, and
Republicans. They were captained by
II. l.. McEroy. The uniformed march
ers were lively citizens, executing con-
tinual cake walk along the route. Three
hundred and ten Youngstown people
| came on the special from there, beside
| a small Niles delegation. Massillon
followed Youngstown, with the military
band, of that city, led by poor Joe Ess,
who was killed on the trip home. Mas
sillon delegation was about $50 strong
the Russell works employees, who fol-
lowed, making up the 442 men in line.
Then came the Canton clubs with their
same old umbrellas. They marched
altogether. Although two Canton bands
were in the line the Canton delegation
had no music of it's own. The first
voters of Canton, some 40 in number,
| alone preserved a distinct organization.
Salem, which followed Canton, showed
up well. The Salem rough riders. afoot.
with c. f. Lease captain, had As men in
| uniform in the usual brown soldier
clothes The Salem Mckinley and
Roosevelt club, In white uniforms, head
ed by their own drum corps, had 60
men. The colored Republican club also
had Its own drum corps, and marched 2G
strong. The colored boys wore gaudy
uniforms of blue with gold lace, looking
just as though they had come out of a
story book.
Matthew Stanley Quay's county, over
in Pennsylvania, sent a delegation,
headed by the Citizens band of New
Brighton, magnificent organization.
The New Brighton club, 20 strong, wore
the khaki uniforms, and the Beaver
Falls contingent with three times the
number were bedecked with snowy
badges. Then came the American Steel
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