The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1912-09-14

THIS paEeant has zone doNn In the
history % Louisville az an uuparaleIled
event both In sire and IN meaning.
Let the reader bear IN mind that this
parade vaa three fold. military. aym-
bolical and norAl some idea of the
size % thia threefold denoustration
may Be gained hon its lenrth, for on
that aunakiny Sunday nearly eight
miles of defiant homnnism clothed in
nesh and blood wound In q serpentine
path nmong the streets of the city. AZ
Conservative estimate more than one
hundred thousand people thronged
these thorouhfares from end 70 end of
the long parade route. lining
the sidewalks and dotting the
houaetops and cruwdlng the lawns.
Nineteen bands. numbering two
hundred and eighty-aeven music.
ians poured forth strains sacred
10 Catholics and desecrated our pa.
triouc music and even profAned poor
old Casey jones'"
One hundred and four automobiles
giided along In this parade Seventy
decorated hoats symbolic OF Catholic
history and sentiment was one OF the
greatest featurcs. There we're two
thousand SIX hundred and nlnety-six
women and children In this parade.
Scores OF these floats. automobiles
and carriages were magnihcently
decorated. being literally covered with
bowers and gaudy bunting. Great In
roads had been made upon the store
houses OF Louisville florists and prl-
vate conservatories had been literally
robbed 10 furnish the tons OF beautiful
blossoms that wilted and died under
the pitiless southern sunshine. Skill.
ful hands OF artists had interviewer
bowers, nags and the Inevitable yel-
low and white bunting around and
above and below a multitude OF fig-
ures, statuary and scenic designs,
bringing TO life again from the grave
OF her criminal past tho traditions
and superstltlons OF Romanlsm.
The head OF this vast exhibition OF
defiant loyalty 10 a foreign potentate
was lead by Col. II. Watson Lindsey.
tho Louisville chief OF police. In his
automobile. who drove down Broadway
at fifteen minutes past two o'clock.
followed by a platoon OF thirty.seven
policemen. Closely following
these marched two hundred soldiers
OF the First regiment, Kentucky Ma
tional Guard, led by Col w. A. Coils
ton. Behind the soldiers rode a de-
tachment of mounted artillery and In
their midst two gllttering rapid fire
cannons flashed back the sunlight with
baleful glare.
Col Whallen and hIs star OF twenty
NNA l..
rode Just behind the cannon. This Col.
Whallen was perhaps the most unique
feature OF this parade. He Is the
political boss Of Louisville
and II is but fitting that the Catholics
here should give 10 him the chief place
of honor In this celebration as his
vas the guiding hand behind Il all.
tells us that man in his
lie plays many parts-strange that
bizarre life OF the boss-as We are in
'ormed running the gamut In a short
.hirty years from section hand
% theatrical magnate. owning
he largest burlesque theater in
louisville, and absolute dictator
OF the lives and in.
'omes Of his puppet city officials!
Next week we shall present two more
arge parade photos. one OF which win
how Boss Whallen In all his dubious
ylory as he rode that day. himself a
tool in mightier hands, |
hough he knew Il not. Next week |
hall probably also give you something /.
Il the sensational inner history OF |
Tohn Whallen, OF whom Catholicism /
las made an unconscious cats-paw.
Among the floats symbolic Of fea-
ures OF Catholicism especially inter |
sting TO the unbiased onlooker of /
tudious mind was that OF the Holy I
ross" parish. 10 which John Whallen Z
'elongs, a float prepared under his I
lwn personal direction. This symbolic /
Gene on wheels showed the falls OF I
he Ohio river when LaSalle, the 4
french priest, caught HIS first glimpse /
4 the Ohio: Indian maidens awaiting /
he coming of their chiefs and braves /
Sho were approaching in midstream |
n their canoes, the jubilant priest
II were there.
Another striking float was that rep
esenting the three councils, Y. NJ. /. /
{ Trinity, Mackin and Unity, a bower
Z white bunting trimmed with green
sparagus. from which rose four
loman columns. one at each corner,
{ the base OF each column stood liv-
lg statues. these figures represent.
ne the various virtues outwardly
laimed by this order-Faith. Hope,
harity, Prudence, Justice, Fraternity,
and EDucATIoNl Notice
he extreme modesty Of these claims.
nd their consistency with Catholic
Iistoryl
That "fighting arm OF the church."
allied Knights Of Columbus was repre-
ented by another strikingly modest
oat depicting poor old over-worked
olumbus caught in the actual act OF
lanting the Catholic cross upon
merican soil. surrounded by members
his crew and a few wondering ma
ves-by the way, some Of the natives
re wondering yet! But Il was beau
full object lesson--for the dupesl
And ever and anon the muffied toll
g OF the huge bell OF the Cathedral
Dove us mingled with the boisterous
leering and salyos OF hand-elapping
the thnong Of black-robed priests
I'd servile state ofiiceholders in that
viewing stand across the street.
hat muffled booming of the great bell
as like an iron-mouthed requiem
ilnd IN rnfd-air ahova the fnnaral -