, 1879-03-23
THE REDS.
Extraordinary Turnout at the
Exposition Building.
It Is Jammed by the Hardest Ele-
ments Of This City.
4 Crowd So Great that the Programme
Cannot Be Executed.
Turnout Of the Military Companies
Their Strength. and
Appearance.

Appearance.
The Riotous Festivities to Be Con,
tinued Ali Through
To-Day.
<cre but few Communists in our midst, and
that they were not worth taking notice of,
could have easily satisfied themselves Of thei,
error il they had gone to the Exposition Build
iug last evening and Witnessed the Commune
celebration held ia that structure. The whole
north half of the immense edifce was packed
almost to sutlocatiou as early as o'clock The
main floor, the galleries, the platforms and
stauds-in fact every foot Of available space
was covered with a dense mass Of humanity:
eyen the rafters under the roof were
occupied. Still the crowd kept on COM
ing until there was danger of the
galleries breaking down, when Mr.. Reynolds,
the Secretary OF the Exposition Building, suc-
ceedcd in getting the leaders of the Commune
to place q company OF the Lchr und Welr
Vercin at the doors and prevent more people
from getting into the building. Not only did
all the male Communists and their sympathiz-
ers in the city turn out to take part in the
demonstration, but they brought along their
sisters, their cousins, their aunts, their wives,
and their children. The alleged
cACsE OF THIS GREAT DEMONSTRATION
was to celebrate the anniversary of the estab-
lishment Of the Paris Commune in 1913
and again in 1871, but tile real object
was to obtain funds to dcfray the ex~
penses Of the spring campaign, and to
ret the means to transform their German
organ in this city, the 4r1cterzeitung, from
triweekly into dailr paper As only $500 will
be deroted towards dcfraring the election cx-
penses, no doubt large amount will remain for
the newspaper fund. It is estimated that there
we're no less than $1,000 persons in the building.
The men only had to pay for admission, while
their cousins, their aunts, ETC., were allowed to
come In free, yet there must have been about
15,000 paying persons, which, at the rate Of 25
and 50 cents each, will amount to over s., 900.
The expenses to be deducted were not heavy,
and could not have amounted to more than
about $500, which will leave a net profit
Of about $500, which will be available
for the above-named purpose. They had to par
but 500 for the building and the cost Of the
Cas, while the damage to the fixtures, stands,
etc, which were broken down by the great
crowd can hardly be less than $500, which leads
one to think that the managers OF the EXPOSE
ton Building were unwise to rent the building
for such nominal sum.
TILE PROGRAMME
stated that the festivities were to commence
with the band PLAYING 1.-THE Star-Spangled Ban
uer," which was to be followed by "1he March
Of Liberty" Then there was to be an aero
Datic exhibition. and this was to be fol-
lowed by the triumphal entry into the hall
by the various military organizations Of the
Communists IN this city, and au exhibition drill
BY the notorious Lehr and Nehr Terein. Then
the band Tas to play "Wil1komm " (Wclcome),
which Was to be followed BY the Grafton to be
delivered in English By Mr.. i. R. Parsons. The
band was then to play "Homc, Sweet Home"
after which the Socialist candidate for Mayor,
DR.. Ernst Schmidt, was to make a speech, at
the close Of which the band was to strike up the
"Marsei1Iafse~" The concert programme to
conclude with the "Seyeuth Of May Sone," to
be sung BY the following singing societies:
lledertalel LaSalle; Socialist Maenncr-
ehor Of the North Side; Schiller Lied
ertafel; Freier Saengerbund; Liedertafel
Forwacrts: Liedcrtafcl des Eocia1en Arbeiter-
Vezeius; LiedeFtafel Internationalc; anu Senne-
fielder Licderk1anz. The rest Of the night was
to be spent in dancing.
Owing TO the immense crowd 1t was found i'm
possible to carry out the programme. The
bands performed their parts; Or. Schmidt made
about thTee-minutes speech IN German from
the tor Of the elevator which could be heard by
but very few, aud the military organizations
marched or rather squeezed through the crowd
and tried to 60 through some evo1utions, which,
however, was failure. Right here
4 LITTLE "uSPLEAsANTNEss"
occurred. The commander Of the Lehr and
Nehr Vcreiu gave the commands in English,
and the jaeger Guards refused to obey unless
the commands we're given in German. The re-
suit was that the 'Jaegers pushed through
the crowd into another part OF the hall and had
drill By themselves. Mir. j. r. Parsons, the
English orator, could not he found, and fears
are entertained that he has been obiterateu
while trying to get into the building. Air. Par
sons is but small man, aud it takes much less
squeezing than most people were subjected to
At the door to squeeze him into nothing.
There we're no other English speakers present |
who had prepared 4 speech for the occasion,
and hence there vas no English talk. Not much |
sorrow was expressed On this account. At about !
10 o'clock the omnipresent editor Of the 4rte.-
ter Zeftu'tg Mr. Paul Grottkau, made his appear
ance at the galiery-entrance to the elevator and |
said German that this was glorious outpourng /
VI ING hn1TntS Ol Llbefty 10 celebrate The dawn !
OF liberty. This demonstration would strike |
terror in the hearts Of the capitalists, who
would no longer dare to dispute the power and |
strength Of The Communists. Be proposed t
three cheers for the noble toilcrs who had this
evening shown their devotion to the cause.
terrific yell re-echoed through the
building, Mr.. Gyottkau then intro
duced their candidate for Mayor, DR..
Ernst Schmidt, whowas very enthusiastically re-
ceiyed. His speech WAS very short, and was iu-
hubble to most persons in the building. He
Said this was demonstration for liberty, fra
ternity, and freedom. He hoped they would
Keep on in the good fight, and not lay down
lileir arms until they had obtained their rights
and made this free country in fact as well as
p namc. He finally proposed three cheers for
|Ac cause Of liberty. freedom, and brotherly
love, which were given with will. Besides this
10 attempt was made to carry out the pro-
zra:nme. Later in the evening Efforts were
made to carry out the dance programme, but
sith ill-sucecss. Not until an early hour in the
morning could sufficient space be obtained to
give the tclebrants chance to have decent
lance, which was the principal object for which
hey had come