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ATKINSON DAY AT ATLANTA.
THE GOVERNOR THE LION OF THE
HOUR IN GEORGIA.
The Outpouring at Hi* Inauguration
the Greatest Seem In the State la
Years—The Inauguration Parade
an Imposing Spectacle—The Par
ticipation of the Educational Con
tingent One of the Noteworthy
Features.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 31.—The second inau
guration of Gov. W. Y. Atkinson to-day
was the most imposing inaugural demon
stration thct has been witnessed by the
present generation. Thousands of visi
tors crowded into the city and the mili
tary pageant brought together in line
more of the state militia than has ever
before participated in a parade at the
same time. Regiment after regiment ar
rived on the early trains, coming from as
far as Savannah and Brunswick, Thom
asville and other distant points to do hon
or to the occasion. In addition to the
state militia the Fifth regiment, United
Stales troops, stationed at Fort McPher
son, 500 strong, took part together with
all the civic dignitaries of the state and
the city officials of Atlanta and other
cities.
Added to these was the presence of
school girls and boys from the colleges of
the state at Athens and Milledgeville, to
gether with delegations fr.om many pri
vate institutions of learning, which deem
ed it an opportune time to pay a tribute
to Gov. Atkinson on account of his efforts
in behalf of educational advancement.
Along the line of march from the execu
tive mansion, where the parade was re
viewed by the governor, to the capitol
thousands of people lined the sidewalks;
and as his carriage passed he was cheer
ed enthusiastically.
The legislature sat in the open air upon
a great platform erected for the occasion
at the west side of the capitol building,
and from that point the inaugural cere
monies were conducted. It was the first
time since Atlanta has been the capital
that it was found necessary to hold the
inaugural ceremony in the open air to
accommodate the crowds that came to
witness it.
The ovation received by Gov. Atkinson
has given his senatoral boom a tremen
dous start. The central idea throughout
the whole demonstration seemed to be the
effect of it upon the senatorial situation.
The opponents of the governor watched it
to see some evidence of disapproval on the
part of the people, while the friends* of
his excellency only had their enthusiasm
hightened by the grand demonstration of
the day. To-night the talk about the
hotels where the politicians gather, and
which have been packed, all day and far
into the night with the military and the
multitude of visiting citizens, is all of At
kinson. The great display in honor of
his .nauguratlon has apparently complete
ly demoralized all the other candidates,
and it will take all the' time between now
and the reassembling of the legislature
next Thursday for them to rally.
The military formed in the northern part
of the city and passed in review
Peachtree street, the governor ano
party standing upon a largo platform
. reeled in the front yard of the executive
mansion. With the governor on the re
viewing stand were Chief Justice Sim
mons and Justices Lumpkin and Atkin
son of the supreme court, President Ber
ner of the Senate and Speaker Jenkins of
the House, Dr. I. 8. Hopkins, who acted
as chaplain in the exercises, the legisla
tive committee, composed of Senators
Redwine, Blalock and Cook, and Repre
sentatives Hall, Felders and Charters,
Secretary of State Chandler, Treasurer
Speer, Controller General Wright, State
School Commlsisoner Glenn. Commis
sioner of Agriculture Nesmt, State Geolo
gist Yeates, State Chemist Payne and
Principal Keeper Turner, and Mayor King
with the general council of Atlanta.
The procession was about a mile long,
and was passing for a half hour. First
came the marshal of the day, Col. - Wil
liam C. O’Bear, and his staff. They were
followed 1 by the first division, composed
of the United States Fifth Infantry, Lieut.
Col. H. B. Russell In command.
Next was a dlvison of cadets from the
Georgia military colleges, commanded by
First Lieut, A. B. Scott, United States
army. This division Included the Dah
lonega Cadets, seventy-five strong, com
manded by Lieut. Bullard, United States
army; 100 cadets from the Middle Geor
gia College, at Milledgeville, and twenty
five cadets from the College Park Acad
emy, in command of Capt. L. H. Kenan.
The third division, including all the
Georgia volunteers present, was made up
of six regiments of Infantry, the Atlanta
Artillery, a battalion of cavalry and the
naval reserve battalion. Col. John 3.
Candler, by virtue of his rank, assumed
command of the brigade, in accordance
with the orders of Adjt. Gen. Kell. In
the division were:
The Fifth Regiment of Infantry Os At
lanta. Lieut. Col. Pa'rk Woodward, com
manding.
The First Regiment of Infantry from
Havunnah, commanded by Col. A. R.
Lawton, came next. Col. Lawton was
accompanied by the brilliant regimental
staff of the First.
In succession came the Second Infantry
from Macon commanded by Col. G. D.
Huguenln; the Fourth Infantry from Mid
die Georgia, commanded by Lieut. Col.
Hopkins; the Sixth Infantry from Au
gusta. commanded by Lieut. Col. Calla
way, and the Third Infantry, commanded
by Llest. Col. R. J. Guinn.
The Atlanta Artillery, dismounted, fol
lowed. in command of Capt. J. F. Kemp
ton. Following the artillery came the bat
talion of cavalry, dismounted, command
ed by Maj. J. M. Barnard, senior officer,
including troops C. 1. and G. of the First
regiment and troop C.. of the First bat
talion.
Th® Governor's Horse Guard and the Lib
erty Independent troop, the third oldest
cavalry company in the United States,
were tn the battalion.
The battalion of Naval Reserves in their
picturesque uniforms came last. It was
commanded by Lieut. F. D. Aiken, and in
eluded the companies from Savannah and
Brunswick.
1.. W. Happ of Macon. Phil Byrd of
Home. W. H, Harrlsson, Hugh Dorfcey,
Edward Callaway. Frank Callaway of At
lanta, A. R. Burdett and Harry Fisher of
Newnan. W. J. Harris of Cedartown, J.
F. Stone of Savannah. Ed. Messreck of
Atlanta. 1., Blalock, Turner C. Thomas of
Augusta, M. W. Dixon of Savannah. Lieut.
Oscar Brown U. S. A., acting adjutant gen
eral of the state, Lieut. Col. Knight of
Brunswick, Col. Joseph of Columbus,
Churlee Johnson of Columbus. Col. Frank
West and A. J. West of Atlanta, rode in
carriages. In th*’ governor’s carriage was
Mrs. Atkinson. Chief Justice Simmons
and Senator Redwine. The carriage was
drawn by four dapple grays.
Following them were the other civic dig
nitaries and the mayor and etmncllmen of
Atlanta in carriages.
The governor arrived at the casitol at
o'clock, and was saluted with 17 guns
from the Atlant* artillery as the party as
cended the steps.
Gov. Atkinson did not make * act inau
gural speech. It was not prepat~<i before
baud, but «»» exuaxporantvus. Ho ha*
been so pressed with work in his office
and by the senatorial campaign that he
did not have time to prepare a speech.
The opening of the governor’s speech was
of a personal nature, in which he made
indirect reference to the fight that is now
being made: “I cannot forebear,” said
he, “to thank the people of Georgia for
their kindness and their generosity to me.
My life has been peculiar—out of the us
ual order of most men. It has been my
bitter lot whenever I have offered for po
sitions of honor and trust to have to face
those forces which tend to thrust the
heart rather than to inspire the hope. I
would be ungrateful if I did not say to
these people that I thank them for the
confidence they have shown in me and
for the loyalty they have ever shown to
me. When the hand of the destroyer was
uplifted against me you have vindicated
my fair name and stood between my chil
dren and dishonor. I take the appearance
•f this great audience to indicate that
the time has arrived in the history of
Georgia when the memory of Alexander
Stephenj and other great -defenders of
local self-government are to be honored,
and the people are to magnify the state
government and to increase its power at
hpme and its dignity abroad.”
-rGov. Atkinson then spoke of the divis
ions and the differences existing between
the state and national governments, and
said it was the <Juty of the officers of
the state to resist the tendency of the
age toward centralization and t® assert
every right of the state, and he appealed
to the representatives to assert the right
of the state and to stand by the gover
nor in everything that would give the
state power and prestige. “The power of
the state, and I say it deliberately,” said
the governor, “should be the guardian of
the people. The federal judges are the
power which are now threatening the lib
erties of the people and the power of the
state government. These judges are but
men, as you and I, placed in office with a
life tenure, recognizing that there is their
sphere and there their career. It is but
the yielding to a natural \weakness for
them to reach out for greater power, to
construe their power to mean what it
should not mean, and when there is no
appeal from power there is the power to
legislate. I stand here as a Georgian, un
der the flag of the union, under the flag of
the state, and declare to you that th®
time has come for the American people
to call a halt, and to tell these judges that
the powers of the state must be preserv
ed and must be invaded no further. I ask
you all to give me in the future that
loyal support you have given me in the
past, so that the powers of the state as
Intended by Jefferson and Madison may
be preserved in the fullest measure for
the happiness of the people.”
The governor called attention to the fact
that all law rested on the force necessary
to enforce It. The laws of Georgia rest not
on the sheriff, the judge or the civil au
thorities as the power of these was ex
hausted when the law was defied. They
rested on the military, the last appeal for
the preservation of order and enforcement
of the law. The military was the reserve
force to come forward when all things else
had failed to preserve order, and he called
on the legislature to keep up this impor
tant branch of the state government.
The governor called the attention of the
legislatures to the common schools of the
state and asked that they be well looked
after. He advocated industrial training for
both boys and girls, and even thought that
the state should give her children the
benefit of as great an education as was
possible. The most powerful nations of the
earth had been the most enlightened and
he would be glad to see the day come
when Georgia would be regarded as the
most cultured and the most powerful state
in the union, s
The governor drew a picture of thirty
years ago arid to-day. ai d made a con
trast between the He dented that
the south had been rebuilt by northern
money, but said the genius of her people
had asserted itself, and then, when it was
patent that a future awaited the state,
the men of the north came in with their
money and had thus helped Georgia to
rise to her present position of honor, for
all of which the people of Georgia were
deeply grateful. <
At the close of Gov. Atkinson’s address
he bowed toward Chief Justice Simmons
and said: “I am now ready to take the oath
of office.”
A Bible was handed to him and placing
his hand upon it he stood looking at the
chief justice while he read the oath of of
fice. At its conclusion the governor pressed
the book to his lips and then handed it to
an attendant.
President Berner said that the secretary
of state would deliver to the governor
the great seal of the state. Secretary
Candler came forward and handed the
great and ancient seal of the state, all
decorated with new blue ribbon, to the
governor, who delivered it back to the
secretary, with a caution that he should
keep it safely.
The schools of the state were well rep
resented at the Inaugural ceremonies.
President Bernwell brought in 210 young
ladies and young men from the State
Normal School at Athens.
President J. Harris Chappel of the Mil
ledgeville Normal and Industrial School
came with the faculty and 265 young la
dies. In their Oxford caps and brown
uniforms the girls presented an attrac
tive appearance.
The state university sent 250 students,
and the Georgia Institute of Technology
about 150. The students occupied the lawn
on the west side of the capitol during the
inaugural .exercises.
Six hundred people came from Milledge
ville, besides the students.
One hundred people were left at the col
lege in Milledgeville. In those who ckme
up, 100 counties in the state of Georgia
were represented.
The foot ball team of the state univer
sity was also here, and gave the univer
sity yell as Gov. Atkinson appeared on
the Inaugural platform. The ceremonies
ended to-night with a brilliant reception
at the executive mansion, attended by the
civic dignitaries, military and society peo
ple.
WHOOPING IT I P AT WHEELING.
Vice President Stevenson Addresses
Three Large Meetings.
Wheeling. W. Va,. Oct. 31.—Vice Presi
dent Stevenson and his party arrived
here from Massillon, 0., early this morn
ing. From 10 a. m. until noon the Vice
President was given a reception at the
Hotel Windsor, thousands of democrats
being in line. This afternoon, in com
pany with Gov. MacCorkle and other
speakers, he addressed three big mee’ings
tn this city?
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THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK): MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2. 1896.
FORECAST OF THE BIG FIGHT.
STORIES ON THE OUTLOOK IN SEV
ERAL OF THE STATES.
The Balance of Power in North Car
olina Held by the Populists and
the Result in That State Very Un
certain—Florida, Alabama and
Louisiana All Regarded as Safely
Democratic—The Democrats Also
Confident That There Is no Dan
ger in Tennessee.
Raleigh, N. C., Oct. 31.—The populists
absolutely hold the balance of power In
North Carolina. They have fused with
the democrats on the electoral ticket, and
upon their adherence to that contract de
pends Bryan’s success. They have fused
with the republicans on the state ticket,
save governor and lletenant governor,
and on the congressional, legislative and
county tickets. The republicans are to
an almost equal degree dependent upon
them. None of the chairmen, republiran,
demodratic or populist, will venture an
accurate prediction of the result, state or
national, and all admit that the mystery
is fin the silent rural vote. Evidence te
that both republicans and democrats are
to secure populist support. W. A. Guthne,
the populist nominee for governor, an
tagonized his state committee by arguing
in all his speeches that the populists
stultified themselves by voting for gold
republicans. The matter came to a crisis
this week, when he issued an address to
the populists, calling on them to stand to
their principles, and not support republi
cans. His committee responded In an ad
dress which was intended to virtually read
Mr. Guthrie out of the party, and de
clared the populists were under no obli
gations to vote for him, and that his vote
must by no means be considered a test of
the populist strength. Republicans have
shared with populists in sending out these
attacks on Mr. Guthrie, and it all forms
the exciting episode of the sensational
campaign.
The populist leaders claim that Guthrie
will not now get over 12,0Cri votes. The
question is whether the leaders control
the rank and file, and their state chair
man admits that he is not positive as to
this. He says he is reasonably sure Dan
iel R. Russell, republican nominee for
governor, will carry the state; that the
fusion part of the state ticket will be
elected by a very heavy majority; that
five populists and four republican con
gressmen will be elected in accordance
with the agreement, and that the legisla
ture will be anti-democratic, the larger
number of its members being populists,
and that the latter will see that a silver
dfenator is elected to succeed Senator
Pritchard. The populist chairman also
expresses the belief that all the Bryan
electors will be elected, but he declines to
estimate the majority.
The republican state committe estimates
that Russell will receive 30,000 plurality;
that the democrats cannot possibly elect
a congressman, and not over thirty-six
out of the 135 members of the legislature.
They decline to make an estimate on Mc-
Kinley’s figures, but declare that he will
carry the state and offer odds that Bryan
cannot get all the electors.
The democratic state chairman says to
night that if the untrammeled vote of all
those who favor Bryan is cast his major
ity will exceed 30,000. He admits that the
gubernatorial vote will be very close, but
expresses a confident belief that Cyrus B.
Wai«cn will wifi, and also; that the demo
crats will elect at least two congressmen.
The situating is so strange that the ol<l
est politicians dare not attempt accurate
prediction.
WIND UP OF INDIANA’S CAMPAIGN.
The Democrat* Claim the State by
40,000 Majority.
Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 31.—The cam
paign in Indiana closed to-night with the
return of Gen. Harrison from his second
tour otf Indiana and big demonstrations
by both parties in this city. Every ham
let in the state has had at least one rally
for each party, and many notable ad
dresses have been made.
For the republicans, Gen. Harrison,
Thomas B. Reed, Senator Allison, Gen.
Sickles, Gen. Howard, Gen. Alger and
Corpl. Tanner, Bellamy Storer, Senator
Burrows and Representative Dingley have
been among the notable speakers.
For the national democrats John P.
Irish, W. D. Bynum, W. E. Everett and
Simon Stern have talked; Bourke Cock
ran and Carl Shurz have represented the
McKinley democrats, and Mr. Bryan.
George Fred Williams and Thomas Pat
terson have talked for the silver demo
cratic cause.
Chairman Martin of the democratic
state committee figures Riat Bryan will
carry the state by 40,000. He starts with
the state as it stood In 1892, that is 7,000
democratic. He says he expects 20,000 pop
ullst votes, the fusion being satisfactory-,
10,000 silver republican votes and 8,000 pro
hibition votes. From this he deducts s,voa,
his estimate of the gold democratic vote,
thus obtaining the result of 40,000.
The republican managers claim the
state by from 50,000 to 60,000, basing this
claim upon their poll and their expecta
tions of capturing the large doubtful vote
shown by it.
An estimate by counties, based upon
their last poll, giving the democrats 60 per
cent, of this doubtful vote, gives the state
to McKinley by 26,700, elects nine of the
thirteen republican candidates for con
gress and gives the republicans seventy
nine of the 150 members of the legislature
on joint ballot.
The democrats claim eight of the con
gressmen and a majority in the legisla
ture, due to fusion in thirty-nine legisla
tive districts.
HARD FIGHT IN KENTUCKY.
Democrat* and Republican* Each
Claim the State by 25,000.
Louisville, Ky., Oct. 31.—The bitterest
J political campaign ever waged in Ken
tucky closed to-night, with excitement at
wholesale. More speeches have been made
in Kentucky this fall than in any two
previous campaigns. Violence has been
of frequent occurrence at political meet
ings and several killings have resulted
from quarrels which arose at these gath
erings. The principal free silver demo
cratic orators were Senator Blackburn.
ex-Gov. John Young Brown, Gov. Stone
of Missouri, Gen. P. W. Hardin and Mr.
Bryan, who made uncut fifteen speeches
in the state.
The republicans had in the field Gov.
Bradley. United States Senator Frye,
John W. Yerks, Alger's union generals,
and ex-Chief Justice E. W. H. Holt.
The national democrats were represent
ed by Secretary Carlisle, Bourke Cock
ran, J. R. Fellows, United States Sena
tors Lindsay and Cattery, Palmer aad
Buckner and ex-Congressman W. D. By
num.
Chairman Roberts of the republican
campaign committee claims the state for
McKinley by from 15.000 to 25.000. He also
claims nine congressmen, including Col.
Breckenridge, and a fighting chance for
two more.
Chairman Somers of the free silver dem
ocratic campaign committee avers that
Bryan will como to Louisville with 79,00a
plurality. He concedes Louisville to Mc-
Kinley by 3.000. Mr Somers claims eleven
congressmen.
The free silver and populists I
have fused on the electoral ticket and on
congressional candidates In all but two
districts. The populists have two repre
sentatives on the elector ticket, and these
will bring 10,000 populist votes to Bryan.
Chairman George M. Davie of the na
tional democratic state central commit
tee estimates that there are 50,000 demo
crats who will not vote for Bryan. He
does not state how many of these will
vote for Palmer and Buckner, but the in
dications are that McKinley will get the
biggest part of this vote, especially in
Louisville.
There Is no general state election, but
two judges of the court of appeals are to
be chosen. Jn the Fifth judicial district,
Chief Justice W. S. Pryor, dem., Is op
posed by A. R. Burnam, rep., and in the
First it is Associate Justice J. I. Landes,
rep., vs. J. B. White, dem.
There are eight vacancies in the legis
lature to be filled and upon the result de
pends the control of that body. If the
republicans secure seven which is not un
likely, they will elect Gov. Bradley to suc
ceed Senator Blackburn at the coming
extra session. If the democrats secure a
majority, Secretary Carlisle will be elected
senator by ’a combination of the republi
can and gold democratic members.
MICHIGAN APT TO BE CLOSE.
Both Sides Claim the State, But It
Looks Democratic.
Detroit, Mich., Oct. 31.—The republican
and democratic central committees in this
state make contradictory claims. The
republican committee claims that McKin
ley will carry the state by 20,000,' of which
10,000 is expected from the upper penin
sular. Ten congressmen are also claimed,
two being conceded to the democrats. The
committee declines to state which dis
tricts it expects to lose.
The democratic committee says that its
information shows a Bryan majority of
32,000 in the state. On congressmen it
expects to carry the First, Second, Third,
Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Eighth
and Tenth districts, with a fighting
in the Ninth and Eleventh.
On the state ticket, Pingree, rep., for
governor, is expected to run behind Mc-
Kinley by both parties, and Sligh, fusion,
to run ahead of Bryan. Sligh will re
ceive many republican and gold democrat
ic votes which will not go for Pingree. The
railroad and business interests which Pin
gree has been antagonizing while mayor
of Detroit, are expected to cut into his
vote. Sprague, go.d democrat, for gov
ernor, will get part of this vote. Little
attention is being paid to the Palmer
ticket in Michigan.
Betting on Michigan in Detroit is at
even money on Bryan and McKinJey.
Fusion between the democrats, prohibi
tionist?, peoples and silver republican
parties has resulted in a consolidation or
all the anti-republican element, hitherto a
majority of the voters, for Bryan.
KANSAS CLAIMED BY BOTH.
The Fnsionists Expect 20,000 and tlie
Republicans 10,000.
Topeka, Kan., Oct. 31.—The headquar
ters of the democrats, populists and re
publicans were practically closed to
night. The democrats and peoples party,
who fused on state electoral and congres
sional tickets claim the state by not less
than 20,000.
The republican managers Issued a
statement to-night in which the electoral I
vote of Kansas is claimed for McKinley
by 10.000 majority. The election of eights.;
conKreasm.m »..«! republican legislature J
is also cltdmetF by the chairman of the<
stat* committee. ».
The fusion forces say they will carry
four and possibly five of the congressional
districts and elpct a legislature that will
send a free silver man to the United
States Senate to succeed Pfeffer.
TENNESSEE TO PROVE TRUE.
The Democrats Confident of Carry
ing the State by 20,000.
Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 31.—The campaign
in Tennessee has furnished plenty of ex
citement. Everybody seems to be taking
a hand, and the indications are that over
280,000 votes will be polled, more than ever
before in the history of the state. The
gold democrats, for a while, caused some I
doubt over the situation, because it was I
not known how many there were, but as
the campaign progressed, It became evi- >
dent that their strength was not as great
as at first claimed. Still, it will probably
reach as high as 10,000, halY of which will
go to McKinley and half to Palmer. The
democratic plurality in 1892 was 30,000.
Ten thousand should be taken from this
for bolting democrats. This will be made
up by the accession of 12,030 populist votes.
There were 23,000 populists in 1892. It is
estimated that they will be about evenly
divided between the Bryan and Sewall
ticket and the Bryan and Watson ticket.
The democrats will gain about 3,000 silver
republicans.
This will make a hard lead for the re
publicans to overcome, and they will have
to get an unprecedented vote to do it.
This, they claim, they are going to do.
They are claiming with a great deal of
confidence the election of their candidate :
for governor, G. N. Tillman, over R. L. 1
Taylor, dem. They admit that Bryan
will lead Taylor several thousand votes, *
but now claim that while the race will |
be close, if the tide is running right Mc-
Kinley will easily turn the trick in Ten- ;
nessee.
On the other hand the democratic com
mittee appears serenely confident and
claims the state by upwards-of 35.000. As
to congressmen there are two sure republi- I
can districts and six sure democratic. The i
only two In doubt are claimed by each side. .
One of the hottest races in the state is in
the Tenth district between E. W. Carmack,
silver democrat, and Josiah Patterson, !
gold democrat. Patterson is being supported
by republicans as well as a long contingent ,
of gold democrats. The race will be close. !
Outside of the visit of W. J. Bryan, the I
democrats have not been aided to any j
extent by outside speakers. They have j
kept their own speakers very busy. Both |
Senators Harris and Bate have been quite
isl and have not been able to do much 1
speaking. The republicans have had Seri- :
ator Frye of Maine and a number of other
lesser lights to help the state republican j
speakers.
The gold democratic committee has had
quite a number of celebreties, including
their candidates. Palmer and Buckner,
John R. Fellows and others.
From an impartial standpoint, it would
appear that Bryan is reasonably certain
of carrying the state by 20,000 and over.
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GOTHAM TURNS OUT 100,000 MEN IN
A PARADE FOR GOLD.
"rhe 'Line About Eight Hours in Pass
ing the Reviewing Stand—The
Route of the ProcessioA Lined by
Half a Million On-Lookers—Vice
Presidential Candidate Hobart
and Gov, Morton on the Reviewing
Stand.
New York, Oct. 31.—What undoubtedly
goes on record as the greatest political
parade in the history of this country
was finished at 6:30 to-night, at which
hour the last of the paraders in the great
demonstration in honor of McKinley and
Hobart passed the reviewing stand at
Madison square.
One hundred thousand men marched In
line, Vice Presidential Candidate Hobart,
Gov. Levi P. Morton, members of the re
publican national committee and others,
looked upon the scene from the reviewing
stand all day, and everybody,, including
nearly a half-million onlookers, was unan
imous in declaring that such a spectacle
as was presented in to-day’s parade had
no parallel in American history.
It was 10:55 o’clock when the head of
the procession reached the reviewing
stand and looking down Fifth avenue in
the direction from which the paraders
came the line of vision showed only a
vast sea of undulating American flags.
As the divisions swept closer to the stand
the cheers of the men and the enlivening
tunes of the bands aroused the enthu
siasm of-those gathered in the big square.
This was redoubled by the shouts of rhe
paraders when they caught sight or an
I immense sign on top of the stand read
i ing: “We know no enemy’s country in
! this fair land of ours.” Every del’ega
h tion had some device to prove contempt
to: the white metAiF The men themselves
wtye a well-dcpssed, proagereus-looking
sei. They certainly seemed to be the in
telligent business men they claimed to be.
As a rule their marching was superior,
and not a hitch occurred during the en
tire progress of the parade. They march
ed over the route with military precision
and were dismissed at the end without the
slightest confusion.
Gen. Horace Porter remarked at the con
clusion,that the work was wca-thy of train
ed soldiers. It was the result, he declared,
simply of intelligence. The men passed the
reviewing stand at a rapid gait, and had
the marching order of a regular military
company been maintained it would have
required tw’ice the length of time for the
parade to have passed a given point.
It is calculated that on an average the
paraders passed the reviewing stand at
> the rate of thirteen thousand an hour,
i Gen. Porter had estimated that it would
I probably be 12.000. At this rate the num
ber of men in line was 100,000.
A remarkable thing about the parade
was the display of colors. The red, white
and blue floated above everything, but
nearly every man in line wore on his coat
lapel a big yellow chrysanthemum. Many
added to this other colors which lent great
variety to the scene. Yellow and colored
plumes were also numerous in the line,
and whole dlvisons wore gold colored silk
hats and alpines.
Perhaps the most striking feature of the
parade was thirty-seven dirt-begrimed,
sallow-looking coal miners. They headed
the coal division. Surrounding them were
the best dressed men of New York. The
contrast was marked. The miners looked
as if they had just come up from the
bowels of the eartfh after a hard day’s
work. They -wore the costume peculiar
to the hose workers, and carried in their
I hands well-used picks, while from their
hats, the regulation mine lamps gave out
i a smoky light.
Next of interest was the Columbia Col
lege men. They were picturesquely dress
' ed, and ended up with the freshmen, class
i of 1900, gorgeously arrayed in Napoleon
hats.
A large number in the delegation of law
yers attracted much notice. The great
i jurists of the city march&d side by side
with members of the bar. There were
; gray-haired men, some almost at the tot
j tering stage of feebleness, and with them
youngsters who have yet to get their first
J brief.
Great was also the Turnout of the !n
--, surance men, headed by John A. McCall
i and H. B. Hyde. It is said that about
i every man of prominence in this business
I in the city was in line.
The bankers and brokers were a dem
| onstrative crowd, with James B. Smith,
: ex-commodore of the New York Yacht
i Club, at their head, and singular enough,
I by his side a boot-black of Wail street.
Considering the great mass of people
participating as paraders and on-lookers
| the accidents were few. One man fell from
a stand and had his skull fractured.
Another fell from his horse and was
badly injured.
A musician dropped in the ranks from
overheat, and a few minor accidents
were reported. It was a very warm day
and much apprehension was consequently
felt by the police.
The crowd lining the route was various
ly estimated at from 300,000 to 400,000. The
city as filled with strangers, and though
it was over at 6:30 p. m„ the paraders filled
the streets all the evening, and it has been
many a day since New York has seen such
a gay' night
Gen. Osborne, a cousin of Maj. Wm. Mc-
Kinley. this afternoon sent the following
telegram to Mr. McKinley at Canton. O.:
“The largest and most impressive parade
of business men, clerks, laborers of all the
different trades, ever seen in the world is
now being witnessed here. You may well
feel proud off a parade which is greater
even than the military pageant in Wash
ington in 1865. Mrs. Hanna and all the la
dies hatjp viewed the parade. Mr. Hobart
has reviewed the march of the men. I con
gratulate you upon making the greatest
. campaign of any presidential campaign,
j We feel certain of an overwhelming vic
■ tory. I put your electoral figures at from
I 311 to 36d. Such a demonstration as is now
‘ going on was neier seen.”-
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TWO PARADES AT ST. LOUIS.
The Republicans and Democrats
Close Up the Campaign,
St. Louis, Mo., Oct 31.—The republicans
of this city closed the campaign of ’96 this
afternoon with the greatest political pa
rade ever witnessed in St. Louis. Many
wholesale houses, factories, mercantile es
tablishments and retail stores closed at
noon in order te give their employes an
opportunity to participate in the demon
stration in honor of McKinley and Hobart.
The weather was all that could be de
sired for a typical marching day. The
parade, which was proceded by a platoon
of mounted police, consisted of twenty di
visions, representing every branch of
trade, industry and professional pursuit,
hac- division contained handsomely dec
orated floats and the marchers carried
banners emblematic of their occupation
inscribed with appropriate mottoes. Fully
a score of bands furnished music and
dozens of drum corps gave correct measure
to the tread of the mighty hosts.
The parade formed after noon west of
Twelfth street and promptly at 1:30 o’clock
the sound of thirteen cannon shots gave
the signal for the start. The columns,
eight men abreast, swung into Washing
ton avenue and marched through the
principal business streets' amid a display
of flags, banners and bunting that fairly
covered the buildings on each side of the
procession. It is estimated that 50,C00
men were in line and their passage was
witnessed by at least 100,000 persons who
lined the sidewalks and occupied every
available point of vantage.
To-night’s free silver parade was fully
up to expectations in numbers and noise.
It was intended to counterpoise the day
parade of the republicans and the result
is a drawn battle. Torches, calcium lights
and colored fire made luminous the line
of march, and drum corps and noise pro
ducers of every degree did their worst.
The parade was under direction of the
Bryan Workingmen’s Club, which alone
has a membership of 3.300. Extravagant
claims as to the number of men in line
were made by the marshal and aides,
some placing the figure as high as 50,000.
Conservative observers agree that 30,000
is the best estimate.
A notable feature was the presence of
hundreds of men wearing yellow and white
badges, they having marched in both pa
rades. The route was over streets west
of Twelfth street.
.At the end of the march at 10:30 p. m.,
the paraders were assembled about
Grants statue on Twelfth street, where a
dozen speakers made their closing ap
peals of the campaign for Bryan and
free silver.
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BRYAN LAUGHS AT HANNA’S TABLE.
The Silver Candidate’s Advices Ja«t
the Opposite of Hanna’s.
Osceola, la., Oct. 31.—When Mr. Bryan
was shown the table published in the
morning papers, as the estimate of Chair
man Hanna of the republican national
committee, and asked if he had anything
to say as to its correctness, he made this
answer:
"I shall leave the national committees
to issue estimates, but if I were to ex
press an opinion upon his (Mr. Hanna’s)
table, I should say that fully one-half of
the electoral votes which he counts upon
will be found in the free silver column.
Unless the reports which come to us
from various states are entirely erro
neous, we shall have considerably more
than 300 elfectorai votes.
Mr. Bryan also stated that he was con
firmed in the opinion that he uttered some
time ago, that the money question had In
creased the number of republicans who
would support free silver and decrease
the number of gold democrats.
SORE ON MISSOURI.
Palmer and Buckner Badly Treated
in That State.
St. Louis, Oct. 31.—Gen. Simon B. Buck
ner, accompanied by his wife, reached
here at midnight and were escorted to the
Southern hotel by the local members of
the sound money club. This morning they
left for Louisville. Gen. Palmer reached
here this morning to speak in Music hall
this evening. Both nominees of the na
tional democratic party are displeased at
the treatment accorded them in their tour
throughout Missouri.
At a number of places enroute, the dem
onstrations of the free silverites were so
great that Gens. Palmer and Buckner were
unable to make addresses.
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False Reports About His Slayer.
Valdosta, Ga., Oct. 31.—A tragedy occurr
ed last night in the Ousley district in which
a white man named Ben Phillips was kill
ed by a negro named Tom Wood. Phillips
was with his brother Ansi! Phillips, and
both were on their way home from a gin
when they met Tom Wood and a negro
named Rob Gilford. The two Phillips
brothers were armed, one with a gun and
the other with a pistol, and the negro
who did the killing also carried a gun. The
men had had a quarrel and it was renewed
.when they met. It is alleged that Phillips
made an effort to shoot Wood, when tha
latter emptied a load of shot into Phillips’
breast just over the heart. Phillips fell
from the wagon and the negro grabbed
his gun from his hand before it touched
the ground. Ansil Phillips jumped from
the wagon and started around to shoot the
negro, but the negro was too quick for
him, and, levelling the gun in the other
Phillips face, told him to move and he, too,
would be killed.
All of the men connected with the trage
dy have been working on Charlie Scruggs
place and some time recently Ben Phillips
accused the negro of stealing cotton. The
two negroes were at a negro funeral yes
terday when the Phillips boys came by,
and the tragedy occurred, while the fun
eral was going on.
RETURN OF THE REGIMENT.
The Savannah Contigent at Atlanta
Comes Back Home.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 31.—The Savannah
military left for home to-night at 7:50
o’clock, over the Central railroad. The
First Regiment made a splendid appear
ance in the parade, and received many
complimentary expressions from the
crowds, as well as from the other military
men.
The Chatham delegation in the legisla
ture also left for home to-night, together
with Solicitor Osborne, Commissioner Wil
link and others of the local leaders, who
have been here during the week, engaged
in. the solicitorship fight.
BOTH SIDES CLAIM VIRGINIA.
All the Chance* Seen* to Be In Fa
vor of the Bryan Electors.
Richmond, Va., Oct. 31.—Virginia votes
Tuesday for presidential electors and con
gressmen only, and the prospects are that
a very large vote will be brought out.
The canvass has been one of the most
heated in years and personal feeling has
entered very largely in*to it, especially be
tween the regular and national democrats.
Both the republican and democratic par
ties claim the state on the national ticket,
but will give no figures. There is hardly
reason to doubt, however, that it will go
democratic.
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