The daily gazette., 1876-11-06
FIRST EDITION!
The Radical Parade.
A BIG EFFORT TO BEAT THE
DEMOCRATIC RALLY, BUT 1T
COULD NOT BEDONE.

They Spread Their Ranks and Form, Separ-
ate Utcisi0ns and still Their Line is too
i&ort-Negroes and Grotesque Figures-
The "DecN" toiM Horns and q Long
Tail.
The Radical parade, Saturday night,
was, of itself, very creditable demon
stration, but in its special efforts to ex-
ceed the grand Democratic rally of Fri
day night it was complete failure.
The line of march was not taken up un-
til $40 o'clock, and the parade occupied
just 25 minutes, to q dot, in passing a
point on Fourth street, between Walnut
and Poplar. In this time, no allowance
was made for stoppages, which were
quite frequent.
In passing the City Hall the parade
occupied just "a minutes by the big clock
This included several halts and the di-
visions were over square apart; 1t was
only four deep, and about 10 or ~ feet
apart, which had the effect of greatly
stretching out the line, and imparting to
the parade fictitious size.
A count made at Eighth and Market
streets showed 1860 men in line, more
than half of whom were negroes. The
horsemen numbered about 800, and made
| the finest appearance of any in the pa
rade.
lhC Mdo NCly
and in contrast with the solid, military
tread of the uniformed Democratic clubs.
on Friday night, was made painfully no
| ticeable to those who witnessed both pro-
cessions.
The Democratic Headquarters, on
| Market street, above Sixth, were COM
plimented with repeated groans, as the
| various companies filed past. No re.
sponse was made, however, to this Radi
l nal t,,ns s,rtlt lr.,.,I hon m,
while passing the headquarters, dehber
ately charged his horse into the crowd
| along the gutter, and almost run down @
| number of men and women.
The right of line, which had been 6
subject of discussion between the viii
mington clubs, was divided between the
" Boys in Blue" and the "Black Guards,
q file of the former leading, and a file oi
the latter following Immediately after
One company of negroes retired from
the parade because they were not pro
vided with a band.
NOTES ALONG THE LINE.
Marshal Dunn's horse slipped and fell
in front of the Union Bank, but the gal
liant marshal kept him well in hand, ant
escaped without injury.
Howard M. Jenkins, Republican can
didate for the Legislature for this city
marched with the parade. He felt yer.
; tired and sore when it was over, but tina
is no circumstance to the way he wi
feel on Wednesday morning.
The managers made great efforts t
hire the City and United Cornet Bands
both of which had been engaged by tn
Democrats. They offered big induce
/ ments, but the bands were true to thei
J engagements and could not be bougf
: off. The Newport Band, on being as
signed to negro company, left the pa
rade.
The large number of white and colore
i boys in the line ofparade was particular
i. noticeable.
. The negro women swept the sidewalk
during the parade, and white people ha
Q to stand back.
o Large sums of money and the best ban
: in Philadelphia were offered the Bayal
J. Club if they would turn out in the X
7 publican parade. They scornfully refuse
4 and joined in the grand Democrat
d demonstration at New Castle.
"Therc will be men in line, to-nigt
and no clowns or buffoons," said Satu
days Commercial. Some people thong
Il the number of buffoons was very great.
II A prominent feature of the parade W
an individual representing the devil. II
Satanic Majesty, Judging from his a
tions, seemed greatly pleased with b
10 Republican associates.
o. The parade, we frankly admit, excell'
'e the Democratic demonstration in thr
,r points-in horses, in negroes and
children. And still we are happy.
Now let the people wait for the graz
Democratic jubilee after the election.