New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-11-01
SIXTY THOUSAND IN LINE.
The GR4NDESI PARADE EYES 'HN''
IN NEW TORh.
sow THE METROPOLIS HoNoREp iii
REPUBLICAN sTANDARD-REAREh
.,,uNsE CROWDS OF SPECTATORS AND oNI"
WHEIMING ENTHusiAsM


pAsY ruilApKrrHIA, NEWARK And MAN'
oTu.n n, .css-F,rrH AND MADISON AVE.
,p,nuAtEp AND ILLUMINATED AM LINZ" WI"
,,,o,.fous--A GuHAT TnnoN6 w MAph"N
so,.nr-t,t PROCESSION REVIEWED ~ '"'
worm MoNpMrNi ~ Nh htA'Ne NV '''''''
pisuNutishrb MfN' a.. o,oi,.
rh, n.,nde last night IN honor 0f Mf' h'h'"o
~nA "A m m,Rnihccnt success ~ hp'o ~ WV "''
..',',,,,s .o,the, Never hns ~ large and
l,,,,sI,e n demonstration been w'tncHHcd w
No,. .Yn,L. Every district OF the city waa
,,prcsrnlcd by one or m"'o ""'''
and there were organizations ~ '"'
line from brooklyn, Albany. Phi'auc'p"'"'
Newark and other places. bankers oro"'N'
,nsnrnncc men. jewellers aud othor nuS'"'''
o,,,,iyotions turned out In force. 10 IL cs"'
mated that 10000 men marchou' 'no ""'
was formed promptly under the n'aisna's"'P
of General Joseph u. Carr Secretary o' ''"'o'
aud marched down Fifth and Madison a'cS'
bc,wcen sidewalks and houses tnnt "c'c
hacked with men and women. Many houses
aloue the avenues we're decorated with hagS'
md most of them were illuminated. fireworks
and colored fires were lit at frequent Intervals.
Madison Square, where the reviewing s'ahu
was situated was densely packed. Mr. Blame
arrived at the stand about 10 o'clock anna the
,ildest enthusiasm. from that time Oh 'hc
cheering was almost continuous. An espec-
;allv brilliant feature of the parade was thc
Jisnlav of elecric lights by the organization at
the head of which Thomas A. Edison rode.
GENERAL FEATURES OF THE PARADE
A DEMONSTRATIONS WITHOUT PARALLEL IN i'h
HISTORY or NEw-yunK
Npw.york City gave itself M last evening w "
ar Hail an
ua,aae which had been arranged was the tax oi
,ho aav and the event If the night Never
befo,e waa thoto such al ontpouiins :"
.,,atatots ot such general cohtiinn-
tion Of marching mcn from every oiean'h"'io"
thai had hecn called upon for iis quota Ana ~
steotaee pleasing to the eSe ahd ihHpiiitihs '" Wv
AMI A. may be- doubled whether any INNS ~ w"
hottest Wai times eaualled IT, Ia point "' huiho''S
gathered 10 look on Ia the character of W" amor
ent divisions that made np the pfooessl"h' an" !"
the enthusiasm which was shared equally bolwoo"
paradors aud observers, the demonstration ""S
without parallel in the history OF New-ioIh cam
pagnine.
The gloomy weather appeared to act only
NJ a stimulus to the Republicans to do tholr
best In the way Of display The dark skies
md the muddy streets were accepted as "
challenge which tho supporters OF MI
Rlaine were willing TO take up at any eA-
pense of mud bedraegled trousers OF ruined hats'
There is far weather loyalty WIN
u.s." was the defiance flung INTO the 'ee'n Vi
the elements by the Brooklyn Republicans on
Thursday and the fact that the programme OF the
dav had been carried out. rain or shine, had
spread confidence everywhere that the New-ioiX
demonstration would not be abandoned. 80 TN
railroad trains brought in from neishooring 'o"hS
thousands o. people, and tae hotels were carry
assailed with guests no wanted the pest rooins
in the house TO see the parade or barring
that, a place to stay over night, as most oi
them expected that the parade would take Ill'
morning to exhaust itself Long before the time
fixed for the starting of the procession the line OF
march was ihronged with people, and house steps
and windows were blackened as they have scarcely
ever been before under similar circumstances. And
while Fith-ave. was crowded with patient
walters in the ram early in the evening
the de streets were invaded with the flaming
torches and handsome uniforms OF the many
divisions impatent to wheel into line when
the procession started.
INCIDENTS OF THE MARCH.
The streets fairly roared with cheers ana cam
parn cries after the head of the column had begun
10 move BIZ as were the masses packed wherever
n view could be obtained the spirit shown IN and
ontsde of the ranks of the paraders was bigger.
Thick with the music of the many bands were
mingled nj every street corner the cries OF Blame
plaine-Tanes G. Blaine and Il" "O--O--O--hi-0W The
spendor of the line of march. the blaze OF torches,
calcium lights and rockets, and the illumination Oi
MANY houses that the paraders trudged by pleased
the eve but there were thousands OF Republlcan7
aud Democratic opponents OF Mr.. Cleveland VINO
saw more beauty In the hnfrahs " that almost
continuously we're huug into the ali by the people
ON the sidewalks aud the people who waded IN the
mud In the streets.
n would be hard iu discriminate as 10 the e&-
Ten, ~ The applause bestowed on the different mot
,ors borne IN the procession. but the chenfs were
iopd aud long when the banners Of " Protection
and ~ the Irish independents cahie into sieht
iinpnhlipan principles ~ ttehplilrd 10 ~"
woih and woids ~ the alandad'
hnafe,s of the party esoilei VAIN
ct enthusiasm, hul The hiniN ~ lhu
ru,ol, of tha ahofina nau aud iial-AmoiicanH told
Nv many of tho hanuela aud many at The oiganita-
tions, was hailed with especial delight And ihe
spirit of tho great crowds Was not oontontud with
cheers aud orIos, songa were sung freely and music
was made the medium ior the expression ol the
meaning Of the people.
II would be difficult 10 say where the
best feeling of the evening showed Itself, stroller
along the line found Blame aud Logan badges cou-
fronting him everywhere the side streets where
the different divisions formed rang with cheers aud
when Fftb-ayc began 81 glitter with the lights of
the parading ranks q wave Of cheers started which
was kept rolling from beginning to end. And
o. the streets early in the morning took on
the color of the dispensing masses weary and worn
with their contest with mud aud damp the talk of
thousands was but the reflection OF the sprt Whlch
had made the night glad with applause for Blaiue
and Logan.
ACTUAL NUMBER OF MEN IN THE LINE.
RESULT OF COUNTING EVERY oRGANIzArIoN-How
THE TOTAL WAS DIVIDED.
Careful computation by TRIBUNE reporters, as
the various associations stood in line before the