Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-02
Candidate Guest Of Grand Army
of Republic on Big Day of
Encampment
MEETS FORAKER AMID CHEERS
Three Thousand Children Attired in
National coIors Make Human Flag
Order Of Procession by States =
Stirring Scenes When Foraker and
Taft Shake Hands.

Toledo, O., Sept. with flags fly
ing, bands playing, crowds cheering
and "a bright sky over head the veter-
ans of the Grand Army of the Republic
for the forty-second time marched thru
the streets in the encampment city to-
day.
Thru two miles of streets guarded by
the younger generation of soldiers, the
Seventh regiment, 0. N. G., who re-
strained the throngs of sightseers a.
the ropes, the old campaigners with
Grant and Sherman moved to the blare
Of bands and the roll Of fife and drum.
At the official reviewing stand, where
stood William H. Taft, the republican
candidate for president, Governor Har-
ris, Senator Foraker. Mayor Brand
colors were dipped as each department
commander joined Commander-in-
Chief Burton in the stand.
The parade being the leading feature
of the encampment, many posts timed
their arrival for that event. The crowd
of visitors was augmented by thou
sands during the night. The day had
been proclaimed a holiday by the may
or, and a majority of the business
places as we'll as all public offices, were
closed.
6ombarded With Flowers.
AS the veterans marched past the
reviewing stand they were saluted with
a bombardment of flowers and greeted
by an immense human flag made up
nearly 5000 children, who wore arsssS
es of red white, and blue, and swayed
their bodies so the emblem seemed to
sway as in breeze. The old soldiers
saluted the picture with many a wave
Of hat or hand and thurnmed as they
marched to the patriotic songs the chill
dren sang.
Formation Of Parade.
First in line came a squad of
mounted police, followed by the mar
shal of the parade, w. v. McMaken,
and staff. Next was a brass band. fol-
lowed by Commander-in-C Chief Burton
under escort of the Toledo post, and
past commanders in chief and invited
guests in carriages. In the order given
followed the posts Of various states:
Illinois, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania. New
York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New
Jersey, Maine, California, Nevada,
Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Ver-
mont, department of the Potomac, Vir-
,ginia, North Carolina, Maryland, Me-
braska, Michigan, Iowa, Indiana, Col
orado, Wyoming, Kansas, Delaware,
Minnesota, Missouri, Oregon, Ken
lucky, West Virginia, South Dakota,
Washington, Alaska, Arkansas, New
Mexico, Utah, Tennessee, Louisiana.
Mississippi, Florida, Texas, Montana
Idaho, Arizona, Georgia, South Caro-
lima. Alabama, North Dakota, Okla
lhona and Ohio. Then came the asso-
citation of ex-prisoners of war, and the
battle flag of the division.
AT the rendezvous points Of the var
ious departments coffee and sand
witches were served to t1le waiting
veterans. Long before the parade
started the streets were packed with
humanity to degree that made 1T
almost impossible to move along the
sidewalks. Every window along ths
profusely decorated streets was filled,
and the public grandstands had no
vacant space. A local newspapers es-
timated that $780, 900 visitors are In the
city.
Taft Cheered by Veterans.
Governor Harris and Senator For
aker, in carriages, repeatedly acknoWl-
edged the cheers of the crowds: Taft,
in the reviewing stand, was cheered to
the echo by the veterans as they
passed. He was kept on his feet con-
returning the salutes OF the
old soldiers.
William H. Taft and Senator For
aker, meeting for the first time since
the republican convention, created a
hurricane of cheers today when they
shook hands with each other in the
OFFICIAL reviewing stand, as the G. A.
r. was passing.
Taft-Foraker Meeting Fitting.
The scene of the meeting between
the erst-while political rivals was
fitting one. In the most prominent
seat in the reviewing stand stood the
nominee. flanked on either
side by prominent citizens of the city.
while below him there marched the
veterans of the civil war, saluting and
mingling their cheers with the music
of many thousands. Taft bowed again
and again as the carriages passed, and
in one of those carriages sat Foraker.
himself acknowledging cheers from
those who recognized him.
At the stand Foraker. with Senator
Dick and Governor Harris. alighted
and Joined the line of men passing be-
fore Taft on their way to seats. AS
approached and THE crowd
recognized him. there was seconds OF
hush and then mighty cheer as the
senator and former SECRETARY of war
shook hands. Hello, there said
Taft extending his hand as he saw
Foraker approaching. Both men smiled,
and the crowd was now fully eeg-
infant that the anticipated reconcllia-
tion between the former political toes
was now an officiai fact, and increased