The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-22

The crow'ning feature of the second
day Of the carnival was the parade
Of the Salt Lake travelling men. re-
inforoed by a goodly representation
from the leading business houses of the
city. There was no friction between
the B. p. o. r. and the L. c. T. There
was fight for first place in the march
ing column between the purple and
white of the Elks and the blue, old gold
and white of che Utah Commercial
Travellers. hut 1t wols impossible to tell
where the one set o. colOrs left off and
the other set began.
The magnificent parade demonstrated
again that peace hath ner victories no
less renowned than war the boys
who carry the grips stepped out as
proudly and kept time as we'll as any
soldiers who ever won fame on the
field of battle. The city was proud of
the showing they made and the people
cheered them on throughout the whole
lenStn OF TIE line of march The COM
mercial travellers are the fellows who
are driving back the opposition in the
field OF business ana establishing the
supremacy of salt Lake as a jobbing
center throughout the entire inter-
mountain country. There was no fun
ny work in the parade on this coca
zion; IL was intended to demonstrate
the strength Of the city as a business
center. and was the best showing in
ttAAS way ever maze mere. The men,
perS OF the T. C. T. were out in fine
style, although not so strong as de-
sired; many of the boys were out on
the firing line end found il utterly i'm
possible TO get in to take part in the
demonstration. There We're "A ,un5ber
Of knights Of the grip in the CITY from
other places. and they were given
places OF honor in the line The show
ing made by a number Of the business
houses with gaily dec<ed carriages was
a h
ctsiol. with which the column moved
was highly commendable.
Start os the Parade.
The form alton Of the parade was on
Market street in 'front.' of the EIks hall
the start was made Just a few min
utes sitter 10 o'clock and the column
swung into Main street like veteran
Solulefs Tor the tramp through the
business section. and the strains of
me Tale OF the Kangaroo from,
Held's fun band informed tha thou
sands or watchers who lined the streets
tpat the boys were coming. IN the
leitQ, wen mounted ard riding ahroaer
came Marshals Louis Kahn. J.. u. Nm,
ming. henry klcnkc and Jacob Greene
Wald. members of the lsll1s' r,.~-,.s
committee. Then followed the had
aattired in white and spouting forth its
Thv-oembers OF the L. c. T. on foot
came next. They were uniformed in
derby hats. Each carried a cane from
winch Heated elaborate streamers ~
the associations colors-blue. white
and old gold. This column was led by
J. Z. Gleason. senior counselor OF the
aSsociaton. sam NJ. Barlow the past
senior counselor. and the irrepresSfbIs.
Wlliiam McAilister. jr. The boys made
me snolying, marched ike Veterans
ana took in porfsct -geed hulnor the
fusiiade Of jokes that assailed ts.em
from ali sides.
Business Houses il Line.
riages of the Different business houses.
These were nicely decorated. the r-,rpie
and white predomiaating as TO coieirs
IN the carriages We're seated MANY
more OF the members of the L. c. =
end t.any of the most active business
men II the city. The posstI0n of honor
IN this section was given to.f,le 4. c.
NJ. /. This house had six canfiages N.
line. each drawn by q team Nf white
horses. and each horse bearingNa bril-
liant scarlet banner with thet we'll
kncwn letters. Z. G. NJ. Z. The fifet OF
these carriages contained W. A. Med