The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-11-03
VOL. XLlV.-NO. Ga.
THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE.
WRITTEN ~ LONG LINES or FIRE ~
THE UEdRI or THE CITY
The t;rnnde., Of n !, the TorcbIieh, Proccssions
A Dazzling spectacle IN Union square
The Inst Of the Great Popular Demons
rretion. Tor samuel J. Tiidcn and reform.


A Dazzling spectacle IN tnion -d""re
Tho In.t Of the Great Popular Demons
stration- Tor samuel J. Tiidcn ana REFORM
For more than an hour previous TO the
time for the start Of the great procession last
evening, the scene In the streets opening into
Warrington square Were brilliant with torches'
md torches soot>ed to be In solid mass
~ far as the eve could penetrate, and
II was thought that inextricable confusion must
follow the Grand Marshals signal to march.
1t was nearly o'clock before the Grand Mar.
thai President Thomas :. Brennan, of the Com
mission OF Charities and Correction, wi h his
aids. arrived In the square, and tho whole area OF
nine acres was mass Of uniformed men bear
ting torches, tran.parenccs. and banners The
arrival OF the Grand Marshal on the scene was
tie signal for cheering from all parts Of the
great square. There was no delay In tho square
when no raised his baton. good band was In
the advance, and the immense procession be-
gan to move In regular order. over 800 extra
police officers had reldy been sent into the
streets through which the great pageant was to
pass and as the column moved 1t found every
thing prepared for its unohstructed passage.
The procession was headed by a platoon OF
police officers, and they were followed by Ora
fulias full Seventh Regiment Band, then Grand
Marshal Thomas $. brennan. his chief of stan,
Col. Edward l.. Gaul, and bis special aids, Col.
Smith, Christopher Flecke, william W. Cook,
Col. George D. Scott, Col Alfred wagstan, Jr.,
William Van wyck, Jefferson NJ. Levy, Joseph
Il. Lawrence, Maj. George W. Van Syck. Daniel
A. Bostwick, Jr., Albert W. Orr, Lewis Lewis,
Isaiah Rynders, Gen. +. u. Spinola, Lawrence L.
HUI George J. Kraus, Thomas Cooper Camp
bell. George II. Sullivan, Maj. A. p.
Garen. and BellinGcr White, escorted by the
Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Ward
,dar and or sFuttt nj
owen aud WIN. Moore. Msrshals. These clubs
were handsomely uniformed. were very strong
In numbers carried bright lanterns and several
handsome banners, and were loudly cheered
Then followed the First Division, composed OF
clubs, Sc, from the First Assembly District,
under command OF Marshal James Healy; the
second. from the Second Assembly District, Mar
shsl James oliver; the third from the Third As
sembly District, Marshal John Gleason; the
fourth. from the Fourth Assembly District, Mar
ehal Thomas Shiels the 1fth. from the Fifth As
eembly District, Marshal Joseph II. Rogers; the
elxth from the Sixth Assembly District, Marshal
Dennis sullivan, and the seventh. from the Sew
enth Assembly District, Marshal A. l.. Thomas.
Banners Of rare device, full-rigGed and manned
ships, and all kinds OF brilliant transparencies
followed each other at short intervals, and the
John j. Byrne Association, In old time nremcn's
rig, dragging the piano engine OF old volunteer
ton. The 1iiden and Hendricks Club OF the
Fifteenth Assembly District, under command of
Its President, Col Truman a. Merriman. turned
out with very full ranks. aud was heartily ap'
-Four thousand torches. held by members Of
h''fHhs ih. Eisnth 'fSS ps.Sn Marss w %sts
head ed the line with large stan OF horsemeD.
Then followed one OF the most UNIQUE features
In the entire procession. 1t was one hundred
members OF the ID. Gale Club clad IN Knicker-
booker costume and carrying STATS. The cooked
h.lr
legeings. and lowered walstcoats were truly
decorated wagon bore a carrousds that was
hred every few minutes. Hundreds OF men
clean sweep" company OF ed-sbirted nre-
men dragged the old engine, No. ., on winch
Jinentals There were several other wagons and
devices. among them an enormous shield and
small model OF a full-rgged snip.
1he eighteen hundred men in red, white, and
blue, forming the Ninth Division. wore soldiers
caps, cclorsd oloaks' oueyes jackets, and
Shirf." NO Military Rule" mo Ragged
I.dgo." " No Sife Burglary. expressed the neg
ative, and - Reduce the Taxes, ." GIVE US a
Change" West virginia has Fixed lhem' and
Empire state solid for lllden,' were the affirm.
nrve legends. large wagon bore temple OF
liberty with the national colors entwning II.
pretty eirl reform" WIS the watchWord Oh
the dome Of the temple, and reform shone from
wording on one transparency was "Cham ber
lain to Grant Help me. L seless or sink"
led 10y owen Murphy, composed the renth Di
vision. Many II tue men were uniformed, ant
decorated wagons were lntelSperseo mere ant
there IN the lines.
The Owe clubs OF the Eleventh Division, mar
Hhalled 10y Major j. NJ. CoOney. turned out / IL
men. Ihe binners aud u.nsparences wer'
numerous.
seventeen clubs, numbering three thousand
men. bore torcnes Ia the Twelfth Division. Pat
rex q Conner was Marshal. he sloop yach
"ArrivM' was propelled through the blazin.
streets by the stout arms Il hundred Bremen
a brass cannon rumb'ed on behind ana at In
tervals lent It's roar to the shouts ol the popu
lace.
Tue three clubs OF the Thirteenth Division
pbiIaded se.en Nnt hundSfd men, he question
picking question that Transparency asked o
the thoussnds Of speeiatoIs on tho sidewalks
william Dali was .he Marshal.
Twenty eight hundred reformers with torches
made d good snow for the Fourteenth Division
Fire bfsAdes ana ornamehled wagons were nu
meruus. IAN voters, no boys" showed VIVA
ttun Tue Inc was composed Of. on deck ever
Grantlsm bounce" meant business on rues
day neIt. New Jersey shines Tor Iilden,'
WORK ior Iiden.-Nno York iimcs, Oct s, ISL.
spoke for itself Peter Gilespe was the Marsha
The Fifteenth Division WAS headed by thi
mounted men longing to the Young Mem
tious to the number OF 1900 tofches OF IA,
ffteonth Assembly Dis rict made up the pa
rade, Ihe f"voiile representation OF Mr.. del
standing erect in a broken hoop with III
legend " ilden the Ring breaker" aud Of Us
tots, the suggestive motto the Bloody Shr
Fon't wash" were among the transparencics
The most noticeable things on wheels we're
chinese pagOda we'll wrapped up In the Ameri
can nag but with 40 strange device to eXpalI
lts meaning aud M ancient hand bro engine U
the Oldeu time also with no device.
Tho Sixteenth Division, comprising clubs from
the sixteenth Assembl, distr Ct under the mar
shal4hip - Patrick Crowe,tad between 200 aui
300 men In line. and made = good showing .
trans pafcncirs, Of which the names of the ma
uonal, State, county, and city candidates WeTi
more a feature than suggestive notices.
The John h rrigHn Association, followed b
tho George HSde, led the Seventeenth Division
which, at the time II fell In line numnere
gO0 but It's Marsh | laimed 1900 as ITS hgur
al me start, the weary minutes each caiiiln
of it, several score OF dcserters. Inis diVl,ln
bris leu with political trophies. 1he Germs
Reform Association lad blacksmith an
WAselfight's shop on wueels IN bolh of nhlc
Ieniucr, # those profession, we're pylug ihrl
trade ior dear life. IhIe Was pefambulalin
temple " uOruy, too, nd living c2unteIlel
Iiesentu,ut 4 Uncle samuel. An old canno
That mao = en- service at Fort M1ultrie tnun
dered along though entirely al home In MO-
York.
1ne Eighteenth and Nineteenth Division
each representing districts OF the same numhe
Wero rcpeutiOus both ha to number Transporter
ries, ana Cnatacier ~ their legends OF muc
that had gone before them, the first max II
perhaps an unusual display ln tue wagon llhe.