The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-11-05
ALL PARTIES
LOOK ALIKE
TONIGHT.
Tho "Mother Hubbard" Parade Will
Interest Thousands of
Spectators.
Il WILL Be THE LARGEST
Affair OF the Kind on Record-chief
Marshal Church Issues Gem
erall Orders. b

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This Is Mother Hubbard" night, and
the boys of both parties will dress
themselves in their big sisters clothes
and Join In one grand procession In
honor Of the woman's suffrage move
ment.
The idea was Matched In the brain Of
come unknown twelve years ago, and
since that time every presidential cam
palgn has been closed with Mother
Hubbard" parade. Beginning with n
turn out OF only fair size. each succeed
Ing one has been larger and better than
the others, and It Is expected that to-
nights parade will be the greatest Of
all.
4 Political marching clubs OF both par
ties Will participate. and they will come
from Bellalre. Martins Ferry, Bridge
port. Bcnwood and Moundsville tonight
to join with the Wheelingitcs in the
"big doins."
The members OF the various clubs
will meet at their respective beadquar-
ters and under command of their Off
GERS march to the forming place at the
Terminal depot, where they will be as
signed 10 position in line. All who are
not members of marching clubs will
form at the Terminal.
MeIsters band has been engaged to
appear at the head Of the column In
skirts. The following general orders
OF Chief Marshal Frank Church will
explain the details and route OF the
parade:
General Order No. J.
An clubs and persons Intending to par.
ticipate in the Mother Hubbard parade
tonight will report at the Terminal depot
at 7:30 o'clock, where they will be met by
the chief marshal and aides. who will con-
duct them to their position in line. AS
the clubs arrive they will be given their
lead the 1.arade.
Tho E,archers will parade In sets OF
fours, anu Will please remain so through
out the procession. Officers Of the var
enforced. Fs =. srf. -.
Transparencles and mottos are of course
welcome. but nothing OF a political or suS-
gestive nature will be permitted II line.
themselves with .'lady-like" demcanor and
In no case say or do anything to offend the
spectators along the line. The marshals
nre instructed to enforce this rule, and
any violation will result In the arrest Of
the offender.
The parade will form on Chapline street,
right resting on Sixteenth. and move over
the following route: Up, Chapline to Four
teenth, down Fourteenth TO Market. up
Market TO Ninth. down Ninth to Main.
down Main to Twelfth. up Twelfth to
Market, down Market to Twentieth, UP
Twentieth TO Chapline, down Chapline to
Twcnty-fourth. down Twenty-fourth TO
Main, up Main to T%enty-iirst, up Twen-
ty-first to Market, up Market to Eleventh
and dlsband.
All carriages Will take position in the
rear OF tho line. Those intending TO ride
horses will please report to the chief mar
shall. and be assigned place on his staft
rs aides. y
Jesse aIcCauslnnd has been selected
chief OF staff. and Charles II. Ge!ger mar
shall OF the First division.
Tho parade will move promptly ut
o'clock, headed by Meister's female"
band. -.
Chief Marshal.
Those having the affair in charge are
anxious that the participants observe
the rule to do nothing In line to offend
onlookers, and the police have been re-
ouested to assist In keeping the boys
straight.
The finance committee Is hard at
work raising funds to defray the cx-
penses OF the parade. and is meeting
with fairly good success.