Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-10-11
A ROWLING SUCCESS.
DEMOCRATIC RALLY LAST
NIGHT THE LARGEST
IN YEARS.
DUNLAP, wOODBlNE AND L0-
GAN IN LINE
TIE LIN E or TORCHES REACH
Ed FROM SECOND ST.
TO SIXTH ST.

TO SIXTH ST.
Enthusiasm Unbounded.
Never has there been such COM
plete utilization uf thu democracy Of
Harrison county as that which now
the organization of the
party for the campaign of 1900 Mum
erous times i'll the years past the
democratic candidates have gone
down to defeat at the hands of their
own party owing to the stay at. home
vote caused chiefly by not thorough
organization. etc, but this year the ex-
listing conditions are vastly different.
Although they have been working in q
quiet and unostentatior manner the
party leaders in every district III the
county have been emerge tically at work
completing the organization of the
party aud adjusting any differences
that might exist and the attendance at
the Cheseman meeting last night evi.
denced the fact that their work has
been served good purpose as every
voting district in Harrison county was
represented by deleg cation ranging
from ten to fifty voters, while from
Logan, Woodbine and Dunlap the
voters came in hundreds.
While the members of the local
democracy, who had charge of the
parade portion of the rally, had but q
few days to arrange for that feature,
the torch light procession which para
ded the streets of Missouri Valley last
night which demonstration the equal
has not occurred in Harrison county
in years. The members of the Bryan
and Stevenson Marching Club of this
city, headed by Mayor James, the Hon
& u Kirkwood, M O'Connor and w II
Wit'lrow, formed on lower Sixth street
and there awaited the arrival of the
special train from the east. Upon the
arrival of the train, which had aboard
it the delegation up the road, the pa
rade started. led by George Cullivan
and w Y Fensler, chief marshals The
procession started down Erie street
and as it turned the corner at Sixth
street. the four bands in the procession
playing patriotic airs, the national col.
ors waving in the breeze and the floats
and numerous banners each bearing q
motto having direct bearing on the
issues of the day, it made a most i'm
posing spectacle and was one of a
most portentous nature for the out
come of the battle of ballots in this
county this fall. The number of mer
parading is variously estimated al
from $50 to 500 torch bearers, while
some place the total at 600
But while the exact number of yo-
tiers in line is matter of controversy
for partisan reasons, it is a fact that
the parade, inclusive of everything
bands, floats, etc, extended f.om Sixth
to Second street. After parading the
streets for about an hour the marchers
dispersed and assembled at the Theatel
to hear the speaker OF the evening
Rev Cheseman. Throughout the eve
perfect order was maintained.
The opening of the Democratic cam
paign in this County proved a grand
success from every point of view.
The town was filled with people from
rural istricts and neighboring towns
The local Bryan Marching Club ovel
one hundred strong, wearing their new
uniforms, presented very neat and
pretty appearance, and led the parade
which met the train from the east with
delegations from Dunlap, Woodbine
and Logan, bringing with them brass
bands in full uniform, the parade
then formed and marched according t.
the presrranged plan, displaying al
the while great deal of enthusiasm
and saluting every time the picture OF
their Chief presented itself to theil
view. A great many of the house.
along the marching route were brill
iantly illuminated and bore elaborate
decorations.
The opera house was profusely anc
artistically draped with the colors anl
emblems dear TO every patriotic Amer
lean heart, no matter what his politl.
cal affiliations may be. Many picture.
of Mr. Bryan we're used in the decora.
tions, presenting him from the perioe
when his features first became famil
lar to every school boy, to the one ia
ken last by the world renowned artis
in our country's Capital.
The house was filled to its uttermos
cspscity, it was crowded, it was jam
med, and enough people remained OF
.he outside to make respectable over
flow meeting.
After the parade, Judge Harris, in
few fitting remarks, introduced Rev
r. w. Che eman, of Ashland, Neb AZ
the last word of Mr.. Harris the cur
tain was: by magic, run up,sdisplay
ing magnificent portrait of w. j.
BRYAN, draped with scores of flags, a
which the widest enthusiasm was dis.
played, before the cheering subsidized
the leader of the WoOdbine band waved
his baton and the band forthwith
burst forth with the strains "Hail tt
the Chief"
Mr.. Chesman, in opening his address.
comp!imented the local committee OF
its success in the orderly conduct O
the rally; then passed to tribute tt
the work accomplished by railroad
men in the development and progress!
of the country.
Mr. Cheseman stated that he regard
ed the issue of paramount importanc,
in this campaign to be whether thi
country is to become monarchial anC