New-York tribune., 1880-09-26
WORK OF THE CAMPAIGN.

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| NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS INDICATE.
| Last evening there was n great parade
| in Philadelphia, in which $4,000 voters are
said TO have taken part General Weaver has
| telegraphed to Solon Chase. complimentipg
the courage of the Maine Greenbackers Sec
retary Sherman has answered effectively the
claim set up by Senator Bayard that
the Democrats aided resumption. The letters
received at the Republican National Head
anarters here show great activity among Re
publicans everywhere. The result IN Maine
seems 10 have aroused them to the neces-
sity of doing hard work John Kelly ycster-
day demanded that Irving Hall withdraw
its demand to name the Democratic candidate
for Mayor.
SENATOR BLAINE IN PHILADELPHIA.
, GREAT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. THOUSAND
PEOPLE on THE sTgEErs-A MAGNIFICENT RE-
PUBLICAN MEETiNG-EIGHr THOUSAND VET
ERANS IN LINE.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 25.-The Republican dcui-
onstraiion this evening was in point OF numbers,
| the largest ever witnessed III tins city.
| Broad-st the centre Of attraction. was crowded
with people from Coiumba-ave. on the north I'D
| E!lsworth-st on the sOa5h, II distance OF over
| folr miles. With torches, banners and trans
parencies bands of music and fireworks, tho
scene forcibly recalled the Repnb lean demon
STATIONS in the fall of 1860. The process
sion WAS under tile command of eX-GOv-
ernor Har!ranft aud was composed OF two dlvisoas,
| one under General Latta and the other under Col
onel North. These divisions countcrmarehci
the whole length Of Broad-st., and returning en-
side streets to SiaTket-st. dismissed. When
the heads of the columns were each within short
distance of that portion of Broad-s i'll the vicinity
of the Union League Club House. where three mass
| meetings were being held they halted for fifteen
minutes TO allow the police time TO clear the street
| of the thousands who had assembled to hear the
speeches.
| At the main stand on the balcony of the Union
| League House, in front and around which ut least
| 6 600 people were gathered, George II. Boxer.
| President of the Union League. introduced
| Senator Blaine who addressed the asscm5lage. He
was followed by Thomas NJ Marshall, OF Ptt.burg,
and r. Stocl1ett Matthews, OF Baltimore Wayne
| McVeagh and others. Upon signal
| from the roof of the League House, the
| columns moved over this cleared space with
| fronts of eight. When the League was reached.
Grand display of fireworks took place The esti-
mate made BY the managers of the demonstration
was that 35OOO persons would participate in the
! porade ard il IS believed that that number comes
| near 10 those actually in line.
The procession was headed by the Union League,
which on this occasion turned ont in plblc parade
! for the third time since its organization in 1861.
These divisions were all made up of various Gar.
| field and Arthur clubs and otler organZ itlons OF
the respective wards of the city. and the number OF
| clubs IN line was estimated at over 100 Each ward
| club was preceded by the veteran organization OF
| that ward and low estimate for the number OF
veterans paradng was 5000. .
There were many noticeable features IN the line,
the most striking being canai-0oat drawn by
| m;Ies one of which was ridden by boy supposed
| 10 tvpfy General Garfield in his youth The BAN
neIs and transparences bore Inscriptions satircal
and patriotic Besides the regularly organized clubs
| in liue there were delegations Of ununifOrmed
men.
A majority Of the dwellings along BrOa1-st. were
brilliantly illuminated, the streets were packed
| and the enthusiasm IlnbOundcd Con-
! aratulatorv telegrams were sent by President
| Conrmittees IN Indiana. New-York and other places
The following, which was scut to Marshall jewell,
! of New-York ~ a sample of the others: "Grandest
! Republican demonstration ever known IN Phlla-
| 0elphIa; immense assemblage in 'front.' OF Union
League House; Blaine is speaking; $4,000 voters III
| procession; the whole city aroused"