The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-09-13

iDteYvas engul1ed BY the bellovings OF brass
cannon. The exhibition OF fireworks was very
fine, both in point OF variety and quantity. FIRE.
quently the whole neighborhood seemed kindled
INTO sulphur0us glow, and the eject, a. rejected
from the faces Of the wondering and admitting
crowds and fron the house fronts, was peculiar In
the extreme. r al t...gr O. ftis a.W
About nine O'Clock the fret OF the orgsniza-
THE rORoHllGHr PROCESSION
began to march In review past the stands, and
with them came dense crowds OF followers nom
all parts Of the city that soon made
pedestrianisIn in the square or on East Four
teenth street matter OF considerable difficulty,
The three most prominent organizations were
the Twenty-frst Ward Democratic Association,
marshaled by Alderman Richard Croker; the
M. 7. Brennan Central Association, headed by Mar
shall william H. Burns, with John M. Tracy and
Alderman Kraus as mounted aids, and the
Nineteenth Ward Tammany Hall Ass0cia-
ton. The Twenty-nrst ward turned out
about seven thousand men, comprisin NJ
among others the John Doran Association, the
Crystal Association, the James Heating Associa-
ton, the James Pagan Association, the Thomas w.
Byrnes Association. the william Dunn Association
and numerous other local clubs. They carried
Rgstling array of torches fireworks and Transparent
cies, among the latter being one inscribed ''vote
for Honesty" and another bearin picture Of the
old ''white hatn with the legend beneath-"Wear
it," The Brehnan Association turned out about
seven thousand men, but for originality Of deyices
and AM display, though smaller IN hunters,
enc Nineteenth Ward woodchorpers' car
ried on 'the palmn Nearly oil the
members Of this organization, the Nineteenth
Ward Tammany Association. wore broad.brimmed
hatc thaivc
the ceutrc Of their line was van drawn by
four horses, in which was erected a tree
some fifteen feet In height with . lusty wood
chopper" gray-haired and white-hatted, dealing
mimic blows with glttering axe at its trunk.
Among the inscriptions borne by this body were
''Chappaquan and prince Fred, Come Home !"
Among the numerous
LOCAL CLUBS
taxing part In the display and bearing torches,
banners ana transparencles were. the VII
Assembly district, the Eleventh Ward
Young Mems Pemocrstic Club, sixteenth an
Club OF the Tenth Assembly District, the War DEM
Ocrats of the Fourteenth Ward, Tenth Assembly
Greeley and Brown club, Sixteenth Assembly Dis
trict Democratic Association Tenth Ward Deutscher
Greeley and Brown Club, and many others.
THE STRIKING NOTICES
borne by some Of these associations embraced
among others the following campaign sentiments
Horses Or Farms" mo Cigars without duty
paid" Universal Amnesty" the Emgrant's
About twenty bands Of music on the
stands and in the procession made the air reso-
pns to Se the
gatherings Of apple, peanut and chestnut vendors
were congregnted, anxious to drive roaring
trade with liberals, radicals or democrats, and 1t
the rostrum shouted, swhat do we pay in taxes
for our present system OF misgOvernmentSn to
hear peach pedler in the distance unwittingly
aea IN the nscss
warning, and urchins and loving couples stroled
alike carelessly over the forbidden ground amid the
1all OF sparks from ascending rockets.
ALONG FOURTEENTH STREET, N
anu In and out of tile halls where the chief
81 rammany wsSe% 'n% 0n
asns to Az ns
and every now and then some enthusiastic indi
vidual in an upper story might be seen discharging
in the street below. The three most unmoved poll
ticians in the entire assemblage were beyond doubt
tIon and 't the Father Of kis Country on bronze
horse, in the act Of giving orders which may never
the display was the large number Of quiet
business people, with wives, daughters and sweet
sion Of political clubs was not q generally
organized org display, each ward or delega-
tlOu actlug Oh It's own responsibility
| merely, and as a consequence 1t did not pre-
sent the imposing appearance which Tammany
the dead Tammany-wOuld have exacted and paid
for with dched money. The police arrangements
We're such as would have proved very effective had
action been required on their part but Captain
Burgen said to HERALD reporter, "lt
was very orderly crowd and no arrests were
made" The force comprised about four hundred
men composed OF details of fifteen patrolmen drawn
from each precinct These were under the chief
command OF Captain and Drill Instructor copeland,
assisted by Captains Burden, Of the Twenty ninth
precinct Walsh OF the Seventh, and Byrnes, of the
Fifteenth There was also full force
OF detectives in citizen dress minging with the
crowd, and with eyes especially open for the "cly
taking" and pockettouching fraternity. AS a
was fatterng tribute to the candidates and to
the principles they represent and fitting opening
to the heavy work Of the campaign.
1t is estimated that not less than forty to fifty
thousand people took part In the demonstration in
the halls, the streets and the square.