Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-11-04
TAMMAYl'S DEMONSTRATIONS.
The Tribes CT the Wigwam Pass Before the
Goyernor-Rank and Tile Loyal.

The Tribe, Of the Wigwam Pass Before the
Goyernor-Rank and File Loyal.
The LcraM Of sunday saws There are
two things people will De curious about this
morning.
one is what the Tammany parade WI
like.
The other l. what it signticd.
For the first the Timmany parade was a
biz turnout. with glowing lights, elancing
uniforms. abundant pyrOtcchnic,, Old-tIme
fire machines. mounted wagons. flowing
colOr>, and cpigTammatic notices. There
were sachems IN carriages. on horseback,
and on foot, and the tribes following had
their war-paint on and We're bursting full
Of that uncurhed enthusiasm which /,
owned and operated by the untcrrted on
all state occasions. Campaign cries re-
sounded from van 10 rear. and cheers
wciled up from practiccd throlts on the
slightest proyocltion. The line WAS hur-
random incarnatcd. and in it-meaSured
With temperate eyc-twcnty-thrcc thou
sand men marched.
The significance OF The parade could best
he Judged by it, incidents. The tempo.
rary leader OF the Tammauv Democracy
rode at its head. and on passing Governor
Cleveland. arose.. uncovered hi, head, and
stood OstcntaiiOusly bowling while The
courtesy was in the same WAY retGrned.
The cordUct Of the district leaders varied.
some dciuon,tIatiVcly ,Iluted thu Demo
cratic candidate with 4 loyalty unmistikl-
bic. But others--and they were the old
time, dyrd-in-the wool Ianmany variety
marched slllly by. and their >llutrs i'll
pressed an onloOkcr - pcriunctOry. OF
the rank and hlc there could be- but one
opinion.
TIE RANK And FILE LOYAL.
No more whole->oulcd ard hearty attc,tl-
ton ofloyalty was ever shown on such an o.
ca>IOn than some Of the passing tlc- cvinced
last night. All chcercd, nearly all dipped
their banners. national or local. thousands
hune up their hat, or wildly waved them
on canes or batOns. and The height OF cX-
citCm.nt was reached when one en-
thusia>t sprang from the ranks. stretched
up TO the purplc-hung pavilion and rner-
getically Wrung the Governors ont
stretched hand. The example was Infec.
tiou,. Unmindful ~ the marching. music
aud the Tile captain orders. the
whole district representation broke
ranks * they reached the stand.
and while cheers went mp all along the
line, t:cy Struggled with one another 10
gain the coveted privilege. \, the platoon,
came on the excitement and emulation in
creased. and II was long before the band OF
the next organization, coming upon them,
drove the last ,tragglcr> away. leaving
Governor Clcycl1nd nursing IN his bosom
the limp and hard.shakrn hand. This in
cIdcnt. emphasized by score a. sugges.
tive, showed last night. what the H.rdd
has always held. that the rank and file OF
Tammany Hall are loyal at heart. and moth.
lng but extreme measures on the part o.
Stiil-necked leaders can make them I'M
faithful.
THE CcNCOURsE.
Perhaps the metropolis never witnessed
so many people 80 continuously in the
streets ~ il did yesterday. The multitudeS
that had been abroad in the afternoon were
out again at night, and it did seem that the
immense demonstration Of the dly had only
lent fuel 10 popular enthusiasm instead OF
cXhaustlng II. How lungs and LEGS stood
the wear and tear of their eXertlon> was a
msNel in itself. Everywhere along the
line the masses Of people were almost I'M.
peneiralIc, but about the reviewing
stand the COncOurse was incalcda-
bic. In every direction il spread-oyer
the park, up and down Fifth avenue and
about Broadway. StOOps. windows, lamp
posts, houSc-Iops, telegTaph-pOles, every
conceivable vantage spot was occupied
The guests stand was one compact mass OF
faces. The reviewing stand was blaze OF
royal purple and blue satin, with golden
trscery, and hedging both in and drawn all
about the line the police stood on guard
The inferior OF the square was clean swept
where Inspector ThoIne aud Captain
!. Williams stood issuing orders. while a ill.,
ure ~ civilians clothes vas by who kent
receiving and sending on other such
figures in different directions. The latter
were the detectives who infested the crowd
with an eve for professional evil-doers, and
their director was Inspector Byrnes. For
while the scene was unchanged, and the
spirits OF the crowd were loOsened sud
denly the refrain OF Wen hang Jim
Blame TO sour-apple tree - arose from
the guests stand, and the whole concour>e
around took up the chorus OF GLORY,
glory, Grover Cleveland" Then the cam.
paign iibes were ratified about. and hnaly
enthusiasm found vent in cheering the po-
lice officials.
CLEVELAND APPEARS.
Suddenly rockets cleaned down the ave.
nue. aud the distant rattle Of the drums was
heard. At this a platoon OF police went
quietly away. They returned so silently
that only sudden uproar out OF sight pre-
pared the people for sensation. Then as
the line came on, walking beside Captain
williams, alone aud without any ether