Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-11-02 | Page 4 | The Magnificent Parade

THE MAGNIFICENT PARADE, Tho flag parade of tho American party on Saturday night was magnificent. magnifi-cent. Tho acclaim, the shouting, tho enthusiasm of tho marchers; tho cheering cheer-ing of tho closely-packed ten thousands who encouraged them and gavo thorn applause; tho transparencies, tho banners, ban-ners, tho music, all combined to mako a sceno of beauty, a panorama of living, liv-ing, flowing patriotic effort most glorious to sen and hear. It was a splendid and spectacular demonstration of tho live Americanism which has electrified this cit3 and in three years changed it from a languid town into a hustling, animated, progressive pro-gressive city, whoso growth and building build-ing operations are put proportionatcly at tho head in tho list of cities tho present year, in this country. Salt Lako City, American, is a city whero all foot-looso Americans would like to come, with their rigorous personalities per-sonalities and their wealth. Salt Lako City, dominated by priestcraft, is a city to be shunned, and freo American settlers set-tlers to avoid. Tho American party found the cit- thus shunned and depressed, de-pressed, and lifted it up, put vigor, lifp, and stamina into its frame, pushed public improvements progressively and grandly, and paved the way to a private pri-vate effort that has still moro eonspicu-ousl eonspicu-ousl advertised. Salt Lake City as the most progressive city, by- its being put at tho head of every list of cities in proportionate building progTcss the present season. It was a significant, vindication of tho vital energy thus infused into the life of this city, to seo such a glorious, patriotic flag par3do as that of Saturday Satur-day night. It was at once a splendid sight, and a harbinger of a magnificent victory tomorrow at tho polls.