The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-04
INCIDENTS OF THE DAY.
Democrats Had Insulting Banners
Guarded by Policemen.


ton of Broadway was blaze of color
from the enormous number of flags dis
played. In some of the sky-scrapers each
window displayed the stars and stripes.
and in each block, from the Battery to
Fourteenth street, there was a large flag
bearing the names Of Mckinley and Roose-
welt.
AT different points along the line Of march
were wooden poles about twenty-five or
thirty feet in height, erected by the DEM
ocrats, which there were such sentences
as the following:
THE trusts can make you march, but
they cannot make you vote against Bryan"
This is trust parade and not Repub-
lican parade
On some of these poles were portraits of
Bryan and Stevenson. Each of these poles
was guarded by a policeman.
After breakfasting at the Lawyers Club.
Governor Roosevelt, who arrived In the
city at a. m, went to the Produce Ex-
change, where he was given a reception.
He was met there by General McCook.
the grand marshal of the parade, and his
staff. and at the close of the reception the
line started up Broadway only a few min
utes behind the scheduled time. The route
was up Broadway to Waverlcy Place, to
Fifth avenue, to Fortieth street. The re-
viewing stand was at Madison Square.
The formation of the parade consisted of
single platoons, sixteen files front, includ-
was commanded by a captain. The first
business organization in the line the
Wholesale Dry Goods Republicans, which
marched in sixteen sections. They were
followed by representatives of the clothiers,
merchant tailors, retail dry goods men, the
haberdashers milliners, hatters, florists,
builders. the paper trade, the coal trade.
lumber men, the furniture trade the hide
and leather trade. the shoe trade. the cot
ton and coffee exchanges, the tobacco
trade the Bankers and Brokers Republican
and Sound Money Club. and. In fact. rep
resentatives of practically every branch of
business in the city. Included in the march
ers was a large division from Brooklyn.
The honor of having the largest number
of men in line was claimed by the whole
sale dry goods trade, their marshal esti-
mating that they numbered IS 900 men
When Governor Roosevelt arrived at the
Battery there was prolonged cheering. He
was accompanied by First Vice President
Charles F. Homer Second Vice President
Frank Brainard and Secretary f. A. Drake.
Of the committee which had arranged to-
days demonstration. The Governor seemed
10 be in excellent spirits, and bowed-re-
peatedly in acknowledgement of the ap-
plause
Inside the Produce Exchange, while Mr..
Roosevelt was shaking hands with the brol-
erS there were repeated calls for a speech,
to which he responded as follows: Gentle
men, / shall not attempt to make a speech.
/ shall merely say how glad 1 am to see
you. In this contest we appeal to all good
citizens and not to party line. That is our
idea throughout.
DECLINED TO SHIELD HIMSELF.
After about fifteen minutes delay the
head of the line started, with the candi-
date for the vice presidency in an open
barouche. 1t was suggested to him that il
would be advisable to raise the hood Of the
tarouche, but the Governor declined to
shield himself from the rain, saying that
he could stand it well and better than
the thousands who were to march IN the
parade As the barouche started off sur
rounded by escort. and led by mounted
police, the Governor stood up TO acknowl-
edge the applause Of the crowd. 1T seems
to take something worse than an ordinary
rainstorm to dampen sound money
crowd" he said. as the procession started
away from the Exchange al 9:S5 a. m just
twenty-five minutes behind schedule time.
The number of patrolmen guarding the
line of march for to-day's parade 2,53S.
OF this number SIS were around the review
ing stand. These men were in command
of six inspectors and all the deputy chiefs
were along the line of march The drizzling
rain, which had fallen for hours, had
soaked the seats I'm the stand and gave the
decorations a bedraggled appearance. The
committee IN charge of the parade, hope
ful of fine weather. had made no prepara-
tions for rain, and in consequence there
was no means at hand to erect a Sheltering
canopy over the seats.
Platoons of police, in charge of captains
and inspectors, were early on the scene
The first persons TO take seats in the re-
viewing stands were women. Half a dozen
vclI-dreSsed women braved the east wind
and arrived shortly before O'Clock and
&c ok seats under the shelter of the trees,
around which the stand was constructed
Within less than block of the spot where
the Governor was to take his place as re-
viewing officer was stretched one of the
many strips of muslin, put up by Tammany
Hall and bearing the words:
They may make me parade, but they
can't make me vote against Bryan"
This was stretched across Fifth avenue
at Twenty-sixth street, and like all others.
was guarded by a policeman instructed to
keep any one from damaging it or tear
At 1915 the sounds of music were heard
at the reviewing stand and several blocks
down Fifth avenue the head of the column
was visible. AT that time the big stand
designed TO hold 5000 persons, contained
less than a third of that number Rain
continued to fall in fine cold drizzle. In
the space reserved for the Governor were
Benjamin b. Odell, Senator Scott, of West
Virginia. Franklin Murphy, General John
III. Brooke, Oscar s. Strauss, G. S. Fair
child. ]. ID. Crimmins G. a. Schiren, John
A. Mccall, General F. V. Greene and
others.
A big banner was stretched in front of
the stand from a street across TO POS Fifth
avenue. bearing President Mckinley's
words to the late ex-Mayor Strong: I'VE
know no class distinction in this fair land
of ours
ROSES FOR ROOSEVELT.
Colonel Roosevelt reached the stand at
exactly IL o'clock. Cheers went up along
the line when he appeared. He stood in
his carriage and waved his hat right and
left to the shouting throngs on the curb
The Governor, with his escort, hurried to
the place on the stand. big bunch of
roses was handed to the Governor.
The Governors daughter arrived at this
time and took seat near her father, who
discarded the chairs provided for him and
the other reviewing officers. and stood By
this time the first band. playing an in
Stirring air, reached the stand. Behind il |
was the wholesale dry goods men. The
vacant seats on the stands had rapidly |
filed up and the long review Of the huge |
commercial army commenced. The men |
who filed past the stand, in quick step barred |
their heads despite the rain, and the Gov
ernor, in compliment. did the same.
next Vice President" You're all right" |
were the shouts that greeted Governor |
Roosevelt The continuous cheering. min
sled with the music of the bands, made |
dir at the reviewing stand that drowned |
all other sounds. few of the paraders |
carried umbrellas and these were generally |
lowered when the Governors box was be- |
ing passed. The comparatively narrow |
opening in the Dewey arch disorganized |
cor,nopias and MANY lines