The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-11-08
MARCHED IN THE RAIN.
Republican Parade in New York
City Saturday Interfered with by
Unpleasant Weather.
LARGE NUMBER OF FLAGS DISPLAYED.
Downtown section of broadway - Blaze
of C"lor-Bryan Hammers on Poles Along
the Route Were Guarded by Poicemen
-Whole-ale Dry Goods Trade Alone
Had $4,000 Men In Line.

-WholesaIe Dry Goods Trade Alone
Had $4,000 Men n Line.
New York. Nov. 4-Much to the
disappointment of all interested in
the parade held under the asupices of
the Business Mems Republican club
and Sound Money association. Satur-
days weather was very unpleasant.
The early morning opened with cold
rain falling and the streets We're in
bad condition for the marchers. Gov.
Roosevelt. the reviewer of the parade,
arrived in New York ut eight o'clock
n an Erie railroad ferry boat. He
went Immediately to the Lawyers
lab. where he breakfaSted The
--rerts along the line of march were
beautifully decorated. The down
town section of Broadway was Il blaze
+ color from the enormous number
flags displayed. In some OF the
-ky-scrapers each window displayed
he stars and stripes, and in each
lock from the battery to Fourteenth
rect there was a large flag bearing
he names of Mckinley and Roosevelt
- different points along the line OF
march were wooden poles about -
r 80 feet in height, erected 10y the
amocrats, on which there were such
-antcnces as follows: The trusts can
Ial<e you march. but they cannot
make you vote against Bryan" This
$ a trust parade and not Il republican
,trade." On some of these poles were
portraits of Bryan and Stevenson.
Zach of these poles was guarded 10y
} policeman.
After breakfasting Gov. Roosevelt
cent to the Produce exchange, where
he was given a reception. He was
net there by Gen. McCook. the grand
Eaarshal of the parade, and his staff.
After about Il minutes delay the head
Of the line started. with the candidate
for vice president in an open b;4Touche-
It was suggested to him that il would
he advisable to raise the hood of the
harouche, but the governor declined
to shield himself from the rain. say
ing that he could stand it as we'll and
better than the thousands who were
10 march in the parade. rs the ba-
rouche started of, surrounded 10y an
escort and led by mounted police. the
governor stood up 10 acknowledge the
applause of the crowd. at seems To
take something worse than ordinary
transforms to dampen sound mon
ey crowd" he said. as the procession
started away from the exchange al
@:35. just p minutes behind schedule
t.lne.
The reviewing stand was al Madison
square. The formation of the parade
consisted of single pIatoons Of 10 files
front. including right and left guides
and each platoon was commanded by
captain.
The first business organization in
the line was the wholesale dry goods
republicans. which marched in Is sec
tons. They We're followed by repre-
seutatives of the clothiers. merchant
tailors. retail DRY goods men, the
haberdashers. milliuers. matters. flo
rists. builders. the paper trade. the
coal trade. the shoe trade. the cotton
and coffee exchanges, the tobacco
trade, the furniture trade. the hide
and leather trade. he bankers and
brokers republican and sound money
club. and in fact representatives Of
practically every branch Of business
in the city. Included in the marchers
was a division from Brooklyn. The
honor of having the largest number
of men in line was claimed by the
wholesale dry goods trade. their mar
shall estimating that they numbered
$1,000 men.
The continuous cheering. mingled
with the music of he bands. made d
din ut the reviewing stand that
drowned all other sounds. \ few Of
the marchers carried umbrellas. and
these were generally lowered when
the governors box was being passed.
The comparatively narrow opening IN
the Dewey arch diSorganized many Of
the companies and some Of The lines
were thrown ont Of alignment Each
paroder wore IN his buttonhoie car
nation. out Of compliment 10 President
Mckinley. whose favorite flower r l..
Some of the SITUATIONS that greeted
the governor amused him greatly and
he Invariably rewarded the men IN
line with ii hearty response.
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