The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-18
Republicans Held Another Mon
ster Political Demonstration.
Forty Gross Of Roman Candles
Set Street Ablaze.
MANY MARCHING CLUBS
They Parade on Kansas Avenue
With Bands Of Music.
Gov. Stanley Speaks to ThOus-
ands In the Auditorium.

the campaign Is quiet. and that there
is not the enthusiasm that there used
to be when the great political struggles
were going on
But q politician could not stand on
Kansas avenue last evening and say 50
with IMMUNITY, for the sidewalks were
packed. and part of the street, with
crowd waiting for the parade and fire
works There were Democrats and Re
publfeans. .Populists and Prohibitonists
Socialists and Mugwumps, women and
children. all out to see the show Then
when the parade did move with Mar
shaus band in the lead, it moved in an
actual blaze of glory The three bands
and the drum corps pounded wind into
their Instruments as best they could and
the Boys Bugle corps trumpeted loud
as a herd Of elephants. but the music
was only heard now and then above the
yeils of Rough Riders and the sputter
and smoke OF Roman candles ana
rockets that sized and screamed
When the hambeau club commenced the
work OF burning up forty two gross OF
candles the street looked like a fiery fur
mace and the parade seemed something
like a great dragon slowly craving up
the street. emitting great gobs OF ire.
Major Tom Anderson, leading the fam
beaux, dressed as Uncle Sam, looked
like Abednego just on the edge Of that
extra hot Turkish bath. "A man on
horseback rode before i'll true circus
fashion warning the people to look out
for their horses" The HoltOn flambeau
club took part.
The parade turned east on Ninth street
to Quincy and then north and paraded in
front Of the Auditorium as long as the
fireworks lasted. The Auditorium was
quickly filed and the overflow stood on
the outside and watched the display.
From the stage where Governor Stanley
sat one might believe he was in MORO
castle while the bombardment was going
~aaf- md oar nd
past the windows, the powder smoke
waited in through the doors. the rattle
of the nuskets echoed and re-echoed
through the hall. and suddenly in
marched a company Of Rough Riders.
as though they were about TO capture
the place. and seated themselves di-
rectly in front of the speakers table.
The old soldiers marched in and sat on
the stage at the rear of the speakers
stand. and the three and a half years
old son of c. NJ. StOCkham. dressed in
his Rough Rider costume, sat in the
center of the stage. The six thousand
people in the building gazed at him and
he stared back without the least embar-
rassment- Then Major Anderson sat
down beside him, the audience applaud
ed. and the young Rough Rider looked
at the major in open-mOuthed wonder
The Twenty-third regiment band, sta
toned on the platform, played medley
of patriotic airs. When the band got to
Marching through Georgia. the old
soldiers yelled, clapped their hands,
pounded their red, white and blue UNI
brellas on the floor and waved their
hats. Tramp, Tramp, Tramp" brought
SO much applause that the music was
lost in the tumult. A large flag was
suspended directly oVer~ the speakers
stand, and when Governor Stanley re-
ferred to it in patriotic phrases he lit
tie thought that Hugh Benner had to
shin up an inch and a half iron rod
straight up for 20 feet to tie the cord
MP NTITTJ.E,I SPEAKS
When the last Roman candle had been
fred, Chairman James Z. Lsrimer of the
Shawnee county Republican central
committee called the meeting to order
and introduced James Mullen. of the
santa F'e shops as chairman Of the
meeting Nr. Mullen said:
-Four years ago we were engaged in
a national campaign in this country, and
the two great political parties Of the
nation were asking for the suffrage of
the voters. The Democratic platform
demanded a low tariff and free coinage
of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1. William
Mckinley, the leader of the Republican
party, stood upon a platform demand
ing the protection of American labor
and an honest dollar. Mr.. Bryan told
the people that If Mckinley was elected
president and the gold standard pre-
dominated that ruin would be the 1neN-
liable consequences Mr. Mckinley SAID
that If Republican principles prevailed
that American labor and industries
would be protected and we would have
an honest dollar We look back upon
the past three years and see which pre-
diction came true. Mckinley was right.
THE Democrats fear that the Repub-
1ican party viii prepetrate standing
army. The Democrats do not hge
standing army. they went moving
army of 5000 900 Iaborers moving over
the country begging bread and march
ing to Washington to ask a Democratic
congress for chance to earn a living.
sfhey saw the sign keep Off the grass
on November are we going to support
a man whose policy is to pull down
American industries or vote for a man
who has stood by American LAHORE That
man who like the immortal Washington
is first in war, first in peace. first in
the hearts of his cOuntrymen, William
Mckinley. VIII we support for vice
president a man that during the Civil
war was going around organizing
knights of the Golden Circle or win we
support that magnificent statesman, that
gallant soldier who sought not for
honor nor life's shallow fame, nor glory
nor hope Of renown, but who battled for
God. his cOuntry's fair name and the
flag that never came down, Theodore
Roosevelt"
GOVERNOR IS INTRODUCED.
Following the chairman the Little
Prim" quartette of colored singers sang
two political songs which won even
more applause than the mention of
was introduced by Chairman Mullen as
ian executive whose administration has
been one of the best If not the best
Governor Stanley said: This magnif-
cent meeting is not personal. I take it
that it as an expression of the people of
the interest they have taken in my weak
ATTEMPT 80 give a decent, honest admin
Sstratfon Of state affairs. I have nothing
to saw about the state affairs but viii
speak on issues presented by the nation
al committee.
-Four years ago" he said, I'VE were
almost at the close Of one of the most
memorable campaigns in the history of
the country Everywhere there was dis
satisfaction Labor was unemployed
business depressed and factories closed.
We all agreed as to conditions but