Show REPuBLICANS HOLD Banks Bonks and Stock Exchange Close Help It Chicago Oct 27 For six hours and half today n from every eve of ot industry in Chicago lawyers mer merchants merchants merchants chants railroad men amen and anti financiers marched through the downtown streets of the city in the parade dr which I was plan planned planned ili arlA ned as the culmination or o the national Re Republican Republican publican campaign in Chicago Between two solid lines of spectators stretched from the starting point of the long march marchon on Michigan avenue to its disbanding place on n Jackson Jack On boulevard near the riv nv river river er en and underneath thousands of flags and banners stretched between the big We office buildings and waving from the w ws and nd roofs reefs the tramped from 10 in the morning until 4 in the after afternoon afternoon noon n The rhe day da was practically a haliday hallda in Chicago The board of trade the banks and many of or the big downtown stores were closed and the t e residence districts were partly deserted for hours while the tile people pele massed themselves along the miles mUes of ot tortuous line of or march and applauded applaud to their hearts content The day was wa a perfect per t one Hardly Hard a af f 1 u I hIskes ko I ill K while a breeze breese br frum Lake Lak lU tm the warm rays ra of the sun nUll and kept fluttering the thc O r flags s and streamers which hith decorated the line lino lin of march and lifted high In the th air ar the scores of immense kites from which t were suspended McKinley and prosper ity banners ALONG ALONG THE LINE OF MARCH MARCHand Here and there rC a n In favor of Bryan was made by b the thc throngs throng and ald in n one instance nee Almost a riot took pines in consequence con In front fronte ot of the e city hH hall on ashington street treet S were v gathered a crowd of enthusiastic Bryan shouters all waving win pictures of ot the thu Dei DeJ cratit presidential candidate Some borne one ono In the crowd on the walk wa threw t u mm potato into tho the ranks or of a Vest West Side se marching dub club going goins b by The Tin potato l hit lilt a marcher in the eye ee and ana an breed d him to leave heave the tho ranks Another marcher then Plunged mo zito the crowd and forced his to the tho way Iray av in an instant there a free f for a all tight fight Three was wa the companies of o marchers broke ranks and with canes rushed into the struggling up shouting ting mass on the sidewalk it took vigorous work by bv over oer thirty policemen to quiet things down and in fie meantime m black eyes ces and gory gor no noses es 8 had hart accumulated to an alarming The 1 parade was replete with unique fea lea tures turea vell ell u uy up toward the head of the parade and preceding the members of th the Marquette dub cub who were in wu nos two elephants Image huge sides lumbered along alon b bearing aring on thel their banners inscribed GOP U ii o 0 P These were ivere the contribution of the Mar quette queue club Close behind th the elephants came a donk donkey as y lais was la Ia I am 1 Sound Money IonEY Donkey Donke The hamilton club a float bearIng a stuffed elephant d orated slid and bearing various legends Furnaces In mull lull blast with rows ot of perspiring I took the fancy of oC tin the crowd as workmen did an enormous dinner pall pail mounted and festooned with on trucks canvas hams lo vc ot of br bread d and The Chicago Alton employees host Hoat escorted a representing a 8 parlor chair ar car Near Ner the center of or the parade trade P borne on Doles by a u hundred men was banner Y abi a and block in length in W a huge lc Roosevelt and nd mo mOl f Prosperity tOUr years eurs A Vlot tot Pk plank glided d and i properly rw was as borne on the shoulders n ot of men euW The parade was reviewed b by Senators Senators Hanna Mason and Cullom National Com Corn Henry C Payne Perry S Heath and others from the balcony ot the Grand hotel and sud around this the th of the shown Senator Hania p rade was Vas cheered by the marchers especially And was was kept busy to the salutations Many out ole et town organizations represented in the parade The were most prominent was wa a delegation of WA 16 from the Americas club of Pittsburg who the guests ot of the Hamilton Were mar clubs were alt also present from marchIng Wis is Rockford ills IUs Dixon his IUs burban and towns from man many of the nearby Deeming su so |