St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-03
TUESDAYS TEST.
Democrats Ready to Force
the Fighting All Along
the Line.
Prospects For Success Never Bet
ter in the History Of
the Party.
The Parade in New York City Satur-
day Night the Grandest Ever
Seen in America.
Sbe HalpIn Afidavits Found to be False
Mrs. Halpin Hopes Cleveland VIII
be Elected.
f'Rum, Romanism and Rebellion" Doing
Deadly Work Among CathOlics--Half the
Buffalo Clergy For Cleveland.
A Ringing Address BY the Independent
RepubIicans-An Attempt to Buy
New Jersey for Blaine.
repeaters Going From the Indian Terri
tory to MISUNDERSTANDING the Field
OUer From Indianapolis.
repeaters Going From the Indian Terri
tory to IIidianG-LOOIeiH0 the Field
OUer From Indianapolis.
The Great New York Demonstration
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The Great New York Demonstration
Especial Telegram to the Globe
NEW YORK, Nov. 2.-No scene like that which
occurred yesterday afternoon and evening has
ever been witnessed in this country, and II never
can be exceeded. The size of the procession was
only limited by the capacity Of the Streets and
until the streets of New York made wider no
more men than those who marched yesterday can
be gotten into one line The line OF march was
from the Produce Exchange, near the battery, up
Broadway through Twelfth street to Fifth avenue,
thence through the thoroughfare past the re-
viewing stand at Twenty-iifth street, where Gov.
cleveland stood, to Thirtieth street, where the
men were dismissed. The buildings along the
entire length Of the march were profusely
decorated, with few or no exceptions.
FLAGS, BUNTING AND sTREAMERs
were everywhere, and in all the show windows
along the route, tiers of seats had been erected
Tor the accommodation Of the guests of the store
proprietors As early as noon throngs com
menced to pour in the direction OF Broadway.
Before o'clock the entire tn thoroughfare, from
Madison square TO the Battery, a distance OF
over three miles, was packed with a surging
crowd Of humanity. Locomoton was imPossi-
bic and hundreds who expected to witness the
parade went home because they were unable to
obtain eligible positions from wich to view the
procession. In the parade every exchange aud
every trade in the city was represented. The
procession was divided into
TWO GRAND DIVISIONS,
the first of which formed on Worth street and
the the second at Bowling Green. Each grand
division was subdivided in minor divisions and
nppCpd of climbs and
business organizations. AS early as 1 O'Clock
She various organizations began to form on the
side streets along Broadway, from Worth street
TO the battery. The right of the line OF the First
division was led by the wholesale dry goods men
who form ed on Worth street Sixteen thousand
five hundred badges and bamboo canes were
bought for this division, and there was not enough
10 20 around The dry goods men wer
followed in turn by the car men and porters, VIII
formed in Franklin street, the next street below
From there down to the c y hall park all tn
streets were occupied by the various clubs com
prising the hatters' association, the wholesal
straw goods club, the retail dry goods men, TN
hardware men, the wholesale brush trade, tn
wholesale grocers, wholesale druggists associd
ton, the pottery and glassware association, etc
According to the schedule of the grand marsha
there were 2I69O men in the fr'
division, everyone OF whom voters
and according to calculation 90 per Gel
of whom were Republicans who voted for Ga
field in 1880. The right of the second divisio
was held by the stock exchange people, wi
formed in line at Beaver street and Broadwa
fronting the produce exchange. They were b
tween 400 and 500 strong, and were headed by
section of the Seventh regiment band. Many
them were decorated with huge envelopes i
scribed in broad black characters,
''BURN THIS LETTER.
and as their well known red silk banner, with
gold fringe and lettering, was recognized the
was rent with cheers. The sto
exchange clerks, 900 in numbC
followed next, headed by the Ninth regime
band, and many of the canes they carried we
tipped with Cleveland and Hendricks broom
The cotton exchange people swung into Ii
next. With the Eighth regiment band the
were zoo men in the line, and the cotton sa
piers who followed were 500 in number. Tn
came the exchange brokers, $50, and the produ
and maritime exchange clubs, over 5000 in nu
ber. and three bands. They formed in BOWL
Green, opposite the exchange, and stood The
an hour or more before their tn
came in line. The representati'
of the two petroleum boards a
mining stock exchange, formed on the west s
of Bowling Green and in Exchange place q
marched next in line, over 1000 in numb
Then came the
COLUMBIA COLLEGE STUDENTS
and students Of the School of Wines and
College of Physicians and Surgeons. The sch
of medicine followed, and all were enthusia'
and characteristic in their demonstrations. TIL
were ZOO of them and these were headed
eedgwick Post band. The Distillers' Wine
Spirit exchange Cleveland and Hendricks c
came next, 1000 in number. The lawyers,
eurance representatives, the coal tr
and steamship transportation eli
the coffee exchange, jewellers, merchants
traders, and building material associations,
printers, publishers, and kindred trades.
Iithographers and paper trade clubs followed
turn as the procession reached the streets WI
they were standing in waiting. The grand Il
ahal had complete control of the vast process
shrough an organized system of telephone
section with each division. His personal 1t
quarters were at Worth street, with the prime
branch at the Stevens house IN Bowling Greer
THE ORDER TO MARCH.
vas given at III clock and the heads of
divisions Iioved simultaneously. As the pro
elon moved up Broadway the organizations
waiting in inside streets swung into line.
ahough the head of the procession started
Worth street at 3:17 it was ten minutes o
o'clock before the last section Of the second
vision got under way. At Twenty-ffth st
and Broadway the reviewing stand was loca
There was grand stand on the right of Br
wav at this point for the guests of the citiz
committee. Opposite this stand
small but elegantly draped st
erom which Gov. Cleveland reviewed
Dsrade. He stood upon a small projection
front of the stand with uncovered head du
the entire time the parade was passing,
NEARLY FIVE HOURS.
Reside him we're some of the most di
euisbed men in this country. Among them
Gov. Leon Albeit Henry Ward Beecher,
Hancock, Senator Jones, H. b. Clafin,
Drexel. Dewitt seligman, George VIM. CT
snd special representatives from the val
business exchanges. At O'Clock Mac
square was vast sea of pc
The crowd around the sta md
practically impenetrable and at $3.50 o'c
when Gov Cleveland started from the Hoh
house, accompanied by members Of his stat
Senator o. P. German, the police had great