The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-10-30
REPUBLICAN, AND DEMOCRATIC
MARcHERs GET MIXED.
Great Gathering Of Republican
voers Representing Men
of All Vacations.

Chicago, Oct. 27-For six hour
and a half today, workingmen from
every branch OF industry In Chicago
lawyers. merchants, railroad men
and financiers marched through thu
down town streets Of the city I'm fhs
parade of republican voters which WA,
planned ~ a culmjnation OF the ma
fioiiar campaign Ia Chicago.
Between two solid lines Of specfa,
tors stretched from the starting poini
OF q long march on Michigan avenue
10 ifs disbandiDg place on jackson
Boulevard, near the river and under,
meath thousands Of flags and banners
stretched between big Office buildings
aud waving from windows and roofs,
the praders framped from 10 O'Clock
IN the morning until 1870 IN the after
noon,
There was practically d holiday Ia
Chicago. The board OF trade, banks
and many stores were closed,
The day NJ a perfect one, Hardly
. cloud ieeiad the sky, while o cool
breeze from the lake tempered the
warm rays 0f the u and kept 1lt-
teying the flags and steamers which
decorated the line 81 march and lifted
high In the aN scores of immense
kites from which were suspended
MCKINLEY and Prosperity" banners,
Promptly nj 10 O'Clock the head of
tlle parade, composed of 4 double line
Of police, and followed BY CoL ", ~,
Young, chief marshall, and staff
moved from the starting point M
Michigan avenue and Randolph street,
and from there the marcIlers, with
scores ~ bands playing All kinds ~
music, good, bad and indifferent,
tramped steadily over granite pave
menfs, past the reviewing stand IN
Jackson Boulevard W jackson md
Market streets, where they d%isbapded,
Az nearly every point along The
line of parade tho marchers were
cheering, waving flags, blowing horns
and singing campaign songs, and ~
they fled by Were cheorad In return
by depsely packed masses Oh tho side
walks, bur here and there . counter
demonstrations IN favor Of Bryan,
was mado by big throngs, and III one
instance almost . riot took place In
consequence,
w front of Tho city ball, on Wash
ingtOu street, were gathered . crowd
~ enthusiastic Bryap shoulders, pll
waving pictures ~ the Democratic
presidential candidate, Some one Iii
tho crowd on the walk threw u potato
mo the Wpks ~ the west side march
ing club going by, The potato hit 4
mareller IN The eye md forced Inn 10
leave the Hnks, Another mgrGhnr
plunged into the crowd and forced his
WAY W fle throweI
w np Instant there WAS free for
light Three companies Of tho
mprchnrs broke ranks pnd with up-
llfted canes, rushed into the sirpg-
Cling, shouting mass on fhn sidpwalk,
" BOOK vigorous work by thirty police
men before things were lnieted down.
pnd IN thp meantime, black eyes and
gory n0ses Ind accumulated W nn
ilnEmlng degree,
The ppFRle was rnplete with Wniqpe
Enatnles, VOL np towards tho haad
,f We 5pqradn and preceding tho NOM
0f NO Mnrqnette elpb, who were
y fnlly Thos, lWo elephants numbered
ll0nE bearing on their huge sides ban
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labollod ~ am u sound money
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