The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-01
BIG FLAG PARADE BREAKS
ALL SALT LAKE RECORDS
Continued from Page One.

NouEluueu from rage OQe.
through the free exercise of the elective
franchise but through the coercion and
dlctation of church rulers, it meant the
abolition of the power of the rulers, q
Tree people IN political matters. and an
the. affairs Of this people, under free.
enlightened and progressive American
| party.
Assemble at 7 o. m.
As carly As o. clock the participants
J IN the parade began to assemble at the
corner of Fourth South aud Main
streets, from which place the parade
the, leadership Of that efficient mar
| shall Col. 7. p. Murray, widely known
IN this city through his long residence
here and the active part he has taken
In recent campaigns. Never in the his
tory OF politics in Salt Lake has such
gathering of men, women and chill
dren been seen, 1t was a sight to cure
| sore eyes. and the thousands in line
were cheered to the echo by the thou
sands upon thousands of spectators all
along the line of march.
/ The starting point more closely re-
sembled a huge fire than anything else,
the red lights, torches and other In.
lighting the district until at distance
| 1t seemed to be one vast conflagration.
| The sight surpassed even the great
| demonstrations of 1889, when Colonel
/ Murray and his Flambeau club always
! headed the parades.
Starting promptly at S clock, the
! palade. headed by four mounted police
and followed by tho Esprit of '76'
drum corps, moved northward up Main
J street to South Temple, thence east to
State. where the line countermarched
westward to the monument. thence
south on Main street to Fourth South,
where the parade disbanded All along
cannon crackers exploded and cheers
aud songs led one to believe that it was
the 4th of July instead Of a political
parade.
Nothing to Mar it.
Never has a parade moved so smooth
ly. rs that of last night. There was alb
solutely nothing TO mar its progress ex-
cent the frequent interference of the
electric cars, and everything went off
according TO Hoyle The platoon OF
police. headed by Lieutenant Hempel
aud Lieutenant Shannon, and following
tn esprit of '76' drum corps. came
Chief Pitt and A. J. Charon in private
carriage; the patrol wagon, crowded
with ladies and beautifully decorated
the T.. of L.. American club and the
descendants of heroes of the Revolution
IN carriages. They Were followed by
the American party nominees, and from
the reception these received it would
appear that their election is foregone
conclusion. Chief Glore of the fire de-
partment and the mayor and city Off
cials were next in line. and they were
followed by the American ladies Of
patriotic organizations, who presented
2 most pleasing appearance. The
Spanish war veterans and the
Sons of Veterans completed the first
division, which was directly under Colo
mel Murray as commapderin- chief. as
sisted by Col. Matt Daugherty and DR..
Henry LaMotte, who was the command
er Of the first division
Closely following this division came
the second under command of Arthur a,
Sweet. This division was headed by
the Ladies G., 4. Il. band, whose ap-
pearance and, excellent playing made
for them a. host of new friends and
elected hearty applause all along the
line Of march. Leading them was Mrs.
Lawrence, who, bareheaded, carried a
large American flag, which was pre-.
sented TO her at the national eucamp
ment at Toledo. She made a striking
appearance and a grand leader for the
bright young lady musicians, Next
came the ladies' auxiliary, ell in car
Women s American club. The Ameri-
can women voters and the eolored
American women voters were next. and
they were followed by the Colored
American club and voters. The Utah
state band and the American members
OF tho secret organizations were next,
and they were followed by the Ameri-
can railway workers, American mem
bers of the Federation of Labor organ
lzations and the American toilers.
CONSERVATION to Opponents.
l.
izations attracted great attention. their
transparencies provoking the assembled
throngs into crys of eyes, and "No,p
according to the sentiment displayed,
and at the same time causing uneasi-
ness to some of the candidates on the
opposition tickets, who turned out en-
masse to witness the monster demon
stration, which Will have much to do
toward turning victory to the AmeTi-
can party and defeat for them. Each
of the organizations was supplied with
torches, and they made q grand sight as
they marched along with the flaming
lights high over their heads.
AT the head Of the third division rode
A. o. Jacobson, who was division com
band, the American Utah mine workers,
Blinn IS market floats, the American
mounted brigade and the coming Ameri-
can voters,
All through the columns of marchers
were boys, attired in various costumes.
who made lively times for the spec
tators. These youngsters styled them
selves as the coming voters of the
American party, and besides them there
were delegations from all the surround
ing towns, all bent upon American par
ty success. Where upwards of $500
were in line, there were also. dozens of
hacks, private carriages, a score or more
Of automobiles and not less than 500
horses. Such spectacle has never be-