The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-04
Nearly $1,000 Used i'm the Great DEM
onstratiOn, which Marked Close
of Cass County Campaign.
A GREAT DAY AT PORTLAND
MORE THAN TWENTY THOUSAND
PEOPLE IN 4 FINAL RALLY.
Windup OF the Campaign at Anderson
Draws an Immense CrOwd-COI.
Durbin Receives an Ovation.
s,scia1 10 the Indianapolis Journal.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
LOGANSPORT. Ind, Nov. 3.-This day
will go down in the political history of
northern Indiana as memorable in more re-
spects than one. 1t has not only witnessed
the greatest political gathering in the
northern part Of the State during the cam
paign Of 1900, but also the most novel one
Fl the West. Since early morning the Full
Dinner Pail' brigade has had possession Of
the city. and the town has been packed and
damned with visitors as never before in its
history. At dawn the crowds from the
country surrounding began arriving to at
tend the Republican clam-bake, and these,
shortly after o'clock, were augmented by
the crowds which the special trains all
the railroads began pouring into the city,
so that by 1890 o'clock. the hour for the
starting Of the big industrial parade, which
was the feature of the morning, the streets
were packed and crowded until it was al
most an impossibility &c force ones self
through the throngs.
The novel feature of the occasion was the
"Full Dinner pail" a carload of CLAIMS
was procured from the Eastern markets,
and last night these were roasted at River
side Park, and this morning were loaded
in express wagons and hurried to the
Broadway Rink where 200 men and women
placed them in the already partially filled
dinner pals.
The work of filing the dinner pals be-
gan yesterday noon. when a force of nearly
2OO men and women commenced the task
OF placing in each of the 144OO pals piece
OF chicken. pickles, a buttered bun and a
-, he riD a
spectacular one. On immense tables were
piled the chickens. fried or roasted to a
turn, and at each table were two or more
colored men with carving knives. under
whose skillfuI manipulation the chickens
were carved into halves and quarters and
turned over to the women to be placed in
the pals. Nearly three thousand chickens
from the fourteen Cass county townships
were placed in the pals
After tbs clans had been put in this
morning the pals were placed on long
tables at the side Of the street in front OF
the rink, and 200 men stood by until the pa
rade should pass, when the pals were to
have been given out But the demonstra-
tfon so far exceeded the expectations of the
managers thai they We're outdone, and
there came very near being serious balk
at the start. The parade was to have
started from Eighth street, on Broadway y,
and at Sixth street the dinner pals were to
be given TO the marchers The attempt was
made TO carry out the programme, but the
immensity OF the parade caused this
scheme to be abandoned after ii was seen
that to carry it out would delay the march
unreasonably, and after the first section
OF the parade had passed the giving out OF
the pals was discontinued. they being dis
tributed TO the crowd from the rink after
the parade There were, at a conservative
estimate, 5000 people in the line of march,
1900 Of whom were Rough Riders on horse
back. with fully 1000 in the floats from
the different townships and the industrial
floats and I'm carriages. careful and con-
servative estimate OF the crowd in the city
places the number at more than 10000. The
Panhandle brought in 5000 people on its
regular and special trains, according to the
reports from the ticket receivers office in
this city. The Wabash brought in 1900,
while the Vandalia brought i'm nearly as
many. Fully as many more came into the
city from the surrounding country by other
means OF conveyance, so that. added to the
city turnout, the city has never before in
its history seen such demonstration as it
witnessed to-day.
From an oratorical standpoint the day
could not be the success that had been an
ticipated on account of the crowds, al
though at all three of the street stands
and at the opera house large crowds lis
tened TO the speakers as well as they could
because OF the noise on the streets. The
speakers OF the day were Mayor Dunlap, of
And rson, Col w. T. Durbin, George w.
Steele. X. III. Langford. j. #. Scanlon, OF
Chicago. and Charles Z. Scholl, and to-
night Patrick ODonnell. of Chicago. j. II.
Bedford, of Colorado. Robert S. Taylor and
J. +. Scanlon addressed the crowds at the
rink and the opera house Prior to the
speaking there was an Illuminated parade
equaling in point of numbers that OF the
morning.
Never in the history of Logansport has
the city been so deliberately decorated. The
downtown district is a mass OF bunting and
color. while throughout the residence por-
tion nearly all the houses have contributed
20 the general effect by some show OF flags
or bunting.