The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-10-20
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.

From our Special Correspondents
Ma YORK. October ll. 1850.
How glorious Is thy name. o. Victory
Following So closely on the most successful
political demonstration ever held in this
city comes the glad tidinr- from Ohio and
Indiana that even the most lukcwarm Re
publicaus cannot help but De thrilled to the
heart. last Monday night torch-fehtpro-
cession Of the Boys in Blue, which was re-
viewed by General Grant. was the grandest
thing of the Kind ever witnessed in thi>
city. There were fully titv-fyc thousand
men in line. The organizing and directing
the march of such p vast number Of men
with little oruo military experience was a
task that required no little trouble and skill,
and 90 Gen. Lloyd ASuinwal. the Chief Mar
-hal, belongs the credit of maxim. the affair
. as successful as ). was. III ,hcdidercnt As
Scmbly Districts were represented by march
I ing clubs of the Bows I'm Blue and all wore
uniforms OF caps and eapes. No two clubs
/ had the same uniform, thus making the dis
play all the more imposing. The most no
/ ticcable feature was the delegation of brl,i-
ness men. The bankers and brokers were
represented iy from ~cventy-five 10 one hun
/ drcd men. who elected much applause as
. they marched along. Among the number
+ were old mon with white boards who were
/ not ashamed % turn out and show to the
people that they were convinced that the
election of GARFIELD and Arthur would be
f the best for the whole country. and that
. they were willing 90 lend their influence TO
further this end. The dry goods and other
business were represented ly hundreds Of
! thc best men In the city. AIl along the line
af march up Madison and down Fifth Ave
uues houses were Illuminated and some of
them presented quite handsome appear
mce. The Union League Club House was
very prolu-elv decorated, and all the time
the procession moved hy. +: was ablazc with
culareI lights
Ialfrhe population Of tie city was ON
the streets from six o'clock until three the
next morning Madison square where the
reyicwin---taud wa- erected. wa. one mass
of human beings. and IL was impossible %
20 from one side of It To the other. From
the time General Grant tool, his place upon
the review-,tdud the crowd surged around
and clamored for an opportunity to shake
the hand Of the Hero Of Appomattox.'
II required O strong detachment Of police TO
keep the swaying mas, i'm check. and they
were compelled quite often 10 use violence
20 prcven, tine people from taking the stand
by storm Men climbed one auothers backs
in or,ler 10 get a sight Of the silent Man"
Il took just five hours for the procession TO
pass review. and when General Grant left
the street a strong detachment OF police cs-
cortod him To the hotel in order to keep the
crowd from overwhelming him and crowd
ing into the hotel
The Democrats turned ont cu muse pre-
sumably 10 ridicule the parade but when
they saw thousands upon thousands Of well
drilled men march by, they were quite taken
back All along the line Of march, where q
dozen or more men Of this class had congre-
gated, they amused themselves by Missing
and making sarcastic remarks.
The Democratic parade Of a few weeks
ago was put 50 far in the shade that even
the participants acknowledge that ss com
pared with the Republican demonstration It
was nowhere. a most diszraccful scene oc-
cured in 'front.' Of the Union League Club.
here a number Of Democratic rUughs had
gathered. one division ofthe Boys in Blue