Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-10-18
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily. |
"Hurrah for BIZ" but it was
drowned in chorus Of yells. 1t was
heard but once and then some rough
rider pelted him with shots from a
Roman candle and he kept quiet until
the hundreds of men on horseback and
a-foot had passed, each man with
torch, yelling at the top of his voice
for Mckinley and Roosevelt. II ne
was too hoarse to pronounce a name
he would simply "holler."
It was a great evening for OttumWa.
1t was the biggest demonstration OF
the campaign and told the people that
that which democracy calls lethargy
and delights to talk about, had van
ished and given place to an earnest
desire to support the administrator
at the polls in November. The wealth
er was perfect and the country people
began to come early. because it had
been given out that the famed orator,
Senator Jonathan P. Dolliver would
speak at the grand opera house, and
that just prior thereto hundreds OF
men would march, some on foot and
some on horseback, with torches and
banners, shooting fireworks all the
while. One hundred and fifty came
from Eldon; the same number from
Bloomfield forty-two from Abba, and
hundreds from other nearby towns.
They came from Kirkville, Dahlonega,
Eddyville Agency, Munterville, and
would have come from Bunch only the
train did not make connections. AS
for the country people, they simply
swarmed into the city and swelled the
crowd until it seemed as tho the
streets would hold no home. The
crowd was orderly and no serious &C.
cidents occurred.
At the Grand opera house. after the
parade, the people began to arrive IN
a steady stream until the structure
was filled to overfiowing. The aisles
were filed and many were turned
away. The audience had received an
impetus on the streets and the patriot
ic utterances of the speaker stirred
them until they set the echoes ringing
far down the street. Senator Dolliver
was given the closest attention thru
out his speech and made many friends
for the party and the administration
which he ably and acceptably repre-
sents. He cemented old friendships
and made new ones. He talked for
prosperity and against isms. He told
why the administration needed Major
Lacey's support and demonstrated
why. as between the two candidates in
this district, the Major should be re-
turned.
The whole affair was one of those
things that seem to be spontaneous,
and showed that while the people
heretofore have not made much of a
demonstration, yet they have been
thinking, and when people take the
trouble to reason. they are not long in
reaching a correct conclusion.
The Parade.
At 6 o'clock last night, mounted
men began to come into town. By
z o'clock each man was furnished
with torch and was told where his
company would rendezvous. He re-
paired to the spot and patiently wait
ed for the parade to form. In the
meantime Senator Dolliver, in com
pany with $50 Bloomfield people, where
he spoke in the afternoon, arrived
They were met at the Wabash depot
with carriges by Hon. Calvin Manning
Hon. A. w. Buchanan aud Major Sam
uel Mahon OF these $50 people who
came from Bloomfield, SO of the mum
Der was marching club dressed In
khaki uniforms. Headed by the
Bloomfield band, they marched up the
street and around the east side OF the
park to the court house. Far to the
west on Fourth street the Highland
township rough riders brigade mum
bering 1875 mounted men rested. IL
their rear was the Dahlonega township
brigade with about rs men, the South
Side brigade with 80 men and the bri
gade from this side with about AZ
men, followed by marching clubs witt
bands plentifully interspersed.
At 1880 o'clock Capt. D. A. Emery
and Col. Harry Caughlan, marshals
gave the order to march and the eigh
hundred men in the column were NOV
ing. The column swung down Fourth
street to Wapello; thence to Second
east to Washington, south to Main
thence to Union, where the column
countermarched on Second to Jeffer
son. thence west to Washington where
1t disbanded.
Order of March.
Headed by the chief marshals ant
their assistants and followed by pla
toon of police and the Wapello Chic
band, the first ward marching club
which was formed on Washington
street where it met the column. fel
into line. They were followed by tn
Highland township rough riders, ~
in number, each man carrying torcl
and yelling like Comanche Indian
They rode four abreast and looked
every inch soldier in good cause
Dahlonega township rough rider
came next followed by the North ant
South Side organizations. Then cam
the sixth ward marching club; TIN
third ward marching club. a compan.
of boys; the Bloomfield band headini
the marching club of that city, and {
large company of men from Ottumwa