Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-19
VAST CROWDS
CHEER LOUDLY
BRYAN'S NAME
DEMOCRATIC PARADE ABLAZE
WITH ENTHUSIASM
COUNTRY CLUBS ARE PRESENT
IN FULL FORCE
Shouts and Cries for Ticket and Plat
form Drown Music of the Bands,
Excitement Being Irre-
presslble


chied one enthusiast as the big ratifica-
ton parade swung into Fifth street
from Broadway on it's way to the Aud
itorium last night.
1t takes a long time to give a million
cheers for anybody, but the crowd did
the best it could and kept on cheering
the last transparency and the last man
with the red fire had halted in front of
the Auditorium. Then the mass of peo-
pie crowded in after them till the
Auditorium could hold no more.
They spoke and sang, and cheered for
Bryan and Kern, and all the Democra-
tic leaders. Such enthusiasm seldom
has been witnessed at a political gath
ering in Los Angeles. The nominees
chosen at Denver and the platform on
which Bryan expects to be elected were
ratified" cheered and cheered again.
It seemed as though almost every in
habitant of Los Angeles and its
suburbs occupied sidewalk space last
night on Spring street and Broadway.
From Seventh and Main streets, where
the parade started, to First and Spring,
and then across to Broadway, down to
Fifth and to the Auditorium every foot
of pavement that afforded sufficient
space on which to rest a pair of shoes
was occupied
1t is estimated that there We're 1900
men in the parade. The number of
people who witnessed the demonstra-
tion can only be guessed at, but it was
doubtless a large percentage of the
latest census of Los Angeles. A repre-
sentative of The Herald attempted to
estimate the number by blocks. but that
method of calculation only resulted In
mental chaos.
While the parade was scheduled to
leave Seventh and Main streets at 7
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hour later before all were in line and
Capt George Cake, as marshal, gave
the signal to advance.
Doyle Heads Procession
First in line was Judge r. G. Doyle,
who In a red shirt and a red bandana
about his neck rode at the head of
Bryanites mounted on mules. By his
side rode Charles Wellborn, son Of
Judge Wellborn.
Then came Porters Catalina Island
band, in it's big band wagon, and the
automobile OF j. Harvey Mccarthy,
president of the Pioneer Investment
and Trust company. In 1t were Mr..
Mccarthy, chairman of the ratification
celebration; Judge J. H. West of
Needles; Anthony Schwamm, chairman
of the local committee, and Senator r..
T.. Del Vale.
Tom Ruto's automobile followed, with
j. A. Craig, chairman OF the finance
committee, and Nathan Ward Fitzger-
aid, who ran for governor of West
Virginia on the Democratic ticket in
1896.
BRYAN and Kern club, led by DR.. Cor
don. followed. The Monrovia Duarte
Bryan club, with seventy-flVe members
came next, and was followed by the
Old Hickory club, with a hundred more.
The Schoenemann-B Blanchard band, a
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and the Los Angeles 6. A. X. tlte ana
Drum corps came next.
The Santa Ana Marching club, with
its own band, followed, and numerous
other clubs and a miscellaneous gath
ering of Bryan admirers who insisted
on joining In though they were not at
tached to any organization.
Interspersed at various points in the
parade were wagons from which red
fire was burned, casting its weird light
1lpon the faces of Antonio Apache's In
dians, who rode in the wagons and
were attired in their native costumes.
No police marched in the parade, but
a squad of six men under Sergeant
Long of central station was stationed
at Seventh and Main streets to regu-
late traffic and preserve order. An
other squad was stationed at the en-
trance to the Auditorium, where the
crowd was thickest.
During the march up Spring street
and down Broadway Marshal Cake and
his aides rode up and down the line,
directing the march. The marshal was
assisted by ]. r. Martin, jr., c. Sand
gren Charles Grider, NJ Munozo and
B. Il. Moore.
Shouts Drown the Music
There was not quiet moment dur
ing the time the parade was in prog
ress When the bands ceased play
ing for a moment the crowds broke
out in renewed cheers, and when the
bands played the cheers for Bryan and
Kern almost drowned the music A
popular yell was "B-R-Y-A-N," spelled
out very slowly and given in stentorian
tones. Then the bands played "Cheer
Up, Mary and "There'll Be Hot
Time in the Old Town Tonight"
Some Of the transparencies bore such
inscriptions as mo Child Labor" For
Postal Savings Banks" Let the Peo-
ple Rrle" and IT'S Democratic
Year"
short-lived panic occurred in front
of the Palace cafe on Spring street,
near First, when one of the mules
threw it's rider. For moment there
was a stampede and the procession
came to a halt The mule was finally
subdued and the march continued.
The greatest crowd was at the cor
ner of Fifth street and Broadway, where
people were wedged in so closely that
The police with difficulty kept the lines
far enough apart for the procession to
enter and pass to the Auditorium. The
desire to see the parade and be sure
of seat in the Auditorium at the same
time made the street almost lmpass-