The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-11-14
EVENT WAS GRAND
Last Nights Demonstration a
Splendid Success,
THOUSANDS WERE OUT
Glorious Ratification of the
Great Victory,

When It comes to a ratification Wichita
is the greatest city In America Polia.
oal strife rests so lightly on Wichita
shoulders that a joIihcation after a con
test has IN 1t the good element Of unaHi-
nifty. OF the thousands who jammed
down into Main street and Douglas ave
nue. last night there was not a single
individual Republican who howled under
the stimulus Of rubbing it in" on any
body. and there was not Democrat who
felt that the procession and the reveI was
IN the nature Of Grow"
For Wichita has had ratidcaions be-
fore and 1T Is the unvarylng custom for
everybody to turn out, 60 forget that a
political dispute ever rubbed holes in the
stree. corners, and to forgive ali the ILL
natured things that bubble out Of divid-
ed sentiment among q people who In
ten months in every year are working in
harness together and pulling Up against
the collar for their own Wichita, the city
they hold and prize in common.
So the big crowd last evening was
above all good natured The tn-horns
under ban during the carnival, were Civ
en- riotous licenses, and took advantage
Of IT, The keen November air let lungs
work TO their fun capacity and they did.
As the procession, In happy disorder.
mostly as is a ratification procession g
wont, charged down Main street under a
sky spangled with roman candle balls, the
pyrotecknics on the corner OF Main and
Douglas opened up These were the best
Bkyrockets ever seen in Wichita Stick
and all they measured seven feet and the
business end of one was az big as a piecs
Of cord wood. They tilted the crowd back
every time one pushed upward with its
fan-shaped tail Of FIRE, and went twice
as high as Jupiterward as any rockets
ever seen here before. They burst into
stars and dropped long INTERVENING
meshes Of fame in some instances and
IN others sent out continuously squirting
stars Of different hues At intervals the
aerial bombs were let fly. These are
effective. and are Of sufficient decorating
power that 4 one should get back to
earth before exploding a good many plate
glass windows would go TO smash. How
ever. al burst on schedule time.
This feature Of the night was the best
Of the year. The procession was a rip
rearing high-tensioned phalanx Of hap
py marchers The dambeau club was
doing itself proud and crowding the air
with colored fire. The bands played with
abandon The crowds shouted and
laughed Every child in the city. not in
bed. was present and the whole event
reached the tip top Of popular enjoyment
Long before the parade moved south
on Main from the court house, Douglas
avenue and Main were lined with people
anxious for the army Of marchers to get
nearer Just after the starting, the fire.
works began on North Main and then on
the corner Of Main street and Douglas,
the sky. rockets went up into the air. and
bombs were sent up and each one burst
with q loud noise.
The rough riders headed the parade.
General Murray Myers with the assistant
marshals and Captain A1nn;ck of the
rough riders rode at the head and after
the rough riders came q drum corps pre-
ceding the old soldiers. This magnid-
cent body Of men who batled for the
union years ago were enthusiastic last
night as just the same that they have
been all during the campaign. Mr.. j.
N Knapp and Captain Burgess We're in
the lead and each veteran carried flag
whic hhe did not forget to wave.
Following the old soldiers was the
Wichita band. The men were playing
as they marched and behind them came
tuenry-four Of the best drilled members
Of the Flambeau club who formed The
fireworks brigade. These men kept busy
shooting Roman candles and they kept It
I'D from North Main street until the Aud
itorium was reached. The dambeau men
did not attempt to drin during the pa
rade but in spite of the fact they pre-,
scented neat appearance during the
shooting Of the fireworks.
one Of tho most merry fun making or
ganizatious OF the parade was the Elm
horn brigade. TAis was organized with
in very short time. but the number
were large and as they followed the
members OF the Flambeau club, each per-
son equipped with a big tin horn. the
noise was something appalling and yet
every one was having q fine time ana
they kept up thar noise last night until
near the midnight hour
Following the young men with the tin
horns were the ward organizations Ths
members were out in fu1 force ana each
man had q torch. The co,ored men were
OUT and they too. had torches and shout
ed with as much zest as any person
could. The wand organizations were not
quiet by any means for the members
shouted and between the sections were
men with shot guns. The guns were used
too and the noise mingled with that os
the rockets and bombs made some think
Of battle or something similar.
The colored marching clubs were mead
ed by the colored band and this band
PLAYED with all rs might and its members
seemed to enjoy &C. After the marchers
had gone cast on Douglas toward the
Auditorium people stin stood on Tho
streets watching the slow. row red. now
blue and with interchangeable c0.ors OF
the roman candles as the fiery balls went
up into TIRE air from the hands OF she
fambeau men. The crowd on the streets
was sorry when the parade Lad moved
along ard after the last division had
,7ssanneared. then the rush for the Aud
itorium began and and &c was rush 100
For the person who tried 70 get along
S. Francis north from Douglas FOUND .
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