Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-10-11
RALLYING TO CLEVELAND.
xxw roRrs DEMONSTRATION,
n. rhssrasx Eashssssssis Susirsss.mes
assteu % n. r. Tiewss. ExsLsenssna"s'
x,xvsx~>r Dsrsheiyaer. and Others.

saSverwss Dsrsheiner, and Othsrss
We condcpsc the following from the
New York Times's account Of the great
cleveland demonstration In New YORK
Thursday night:
ejtuie OF more than f0,c00 persons when
ahc name OF Grover Cleveland was hrst
SrnsIoued II the business-mcn's mass
wcsiinc In front OF the S1b-Trcasury build.
inv In Wall street YESTERDAY afternoon. The
crowd occupied every foot Of available
suace within hearing distance OF the flag
drxped stand which had been erected at the
vest end oi the Sub-Tfeasury steps, and
II was a crowd fully equal IN size and
quality TO that which assembled az the Gar
field meeting In the same place four years
ago.
The meeting OF yesterday was held under
the Joint auspices OF the SIX Cleveland and
Hendricks clubs, representing the several
business exchanges down town. Bankers,
brokers, merchants, and lawyers eyinced
an uncommon degree Of enthusiasm IN pre-
PAIRING for the demonstration, and In many
Offices The ordinary business routine was
temporarily neglected. The hour Tor
opening the meeting was fixed at 3;30
o'clock. but soon after noon the crowd
btrau TO form. Policemen endeayored
TO keep the steps OF the sub Tfea-
sury clear. but their efforts, which were
only partly successful at first, became
uttsrl, Intellectual when the Seyenth-hegi-
msnt band began an open-air concert be-
hind the speakers sand a little before .
O'clock. The band struck up jingling
melody Of popular airs. and In less Than tin
minutes the broad, steep approach TO the
Treasury building was covered with hu-
man beings. Members OF the Stock bx-
change Cleveland and Hendricks Gun,
wearing little badges Of red and gold, man
aged 60 keep the crowd out oil the space
reserved for the speakers and vice-presi-
dents.
AZ the clock on old Trinity struck 3
about 500 members o; the PRODUCE IN
change. each wearing q crimson badge
hearing the words New York Produce
and Maritime Exchange Independent
Merchants Cleveland and Hendricks
(lub." marched out Of the building and
formed In military column OF Tours. Gen.
ersl John II. Woodward gave the order to
march. the band played Marching
Through Georgia." and the column
started up Broadway. The Cotton En-
change Contingent. about two hundred
strong. wearing Yale" blue badges.
bearing the name OF the txcbange.
fell in behind the graln-men. They were
led by Andrew McCauley Ms marshal, and
President 6. Gruner and Vice-President I.
ID. Miller. Then came the Mercantile TX
change, 500 representatives, under COM
mand OF William II. DuckwOrtb. The
Cleveland men in the New York Mining
and National Petroleum Exchange formed
In their quarters. and headed by band OF
music marched through New street and
Exchange place 10 the Produce Exchange.
thence up Broadway to Wall street.
The oil.men marched In column OF -
foufs. or 36s men. The badges worn by
the members were blue, and bore the pOr-
traits Of Cleveland and Hendricks. The
Merchants Cleveland and Hendricks Club
of the west side started for the meeting
with 400 members. The club was led by
President +. ID. Martin, Nico-President
II. X. Tburbcr, Treasurer John &. Major.
and Secretaries III. A. Dickinson and II. r.
Van valkenburgb. The representatives, OF
the Coffee Exchange came up wall street
from the east side. Each Exchange was
distinguished by handsome silk banner
with gold fringe.
The asscmblage in the streets multiplied
rapidly. At 3:15 O'Clock the banking
houses and brokers' offices contributed
their thousands Of earnest voters to The in
creasing multitude. Wall street, from
Broadway 10 William street, and Broad
street from Wall to Exchange place, soon
became entirely filed wItha crowd in which
for two long hours scarcely an incident OF
rudepcss or disorder occurred. The music
Of an approaching band was heard at
at 3:2O O'Clock, and the crowd parted
lust enough TO permit the Coffee
Exchange Cleveland Club 10 squeeze
through. Cheers, loud and prolonged. rang
ont MS the Club passed through Wall street
and down Broad. The next moment music
sopnded In the direction OF Broadway, and
muscular policemen forced narrow pas
sageway for the New York Produce and
Maritime Exchange Cleveland CluI. Fol-
lowing this club came the Cotton En-
change and Merchants Independent
Clubs, the members OF which organiza-
lions were obliged 10 break ranks IN
order 10 get within hearing distance OF
the speakers. The cheering a. the different
clubs appeared was continuous and voci-
ferrous, The enthusiasm reached It's high
es, pitch when the Coffee Exchange Club.
headed by Joseph J. O'Donohue, counter
marched in Broad street and pushed its
way up toward the speakers stand. IL
was about this time that waggish Stock
Exchange broker. standing on the pedestal
OF the Washington statue. caused laughter
and cheers by quietly taking letter out Of
his pocket, applying lighted match there
10, and holding IL up In plain view OF the
crowd while Il burned.
Crowded within the narrow limits OF the
osakeYs' stand were the Hon. William
1orsheiu.er. Ex-Governor Edward SaIo-
mon. Aigernon 5. sullivan, the Hon, Ros-
well r. Flower, the Hon. Orlando
r. Potter. ex-Mayor william r. Grace,
J. Edward simmons, preslden, oil the
Stock Exchange; Charles &. M,
son, president Of the Petroleum and
Mining Exchange; Forrest II. Par
ker. W William Lummis, Charles j. Osborne,
Joseph j. U'Donohue. De Witt seligman,
Jenkins Van Schalck, -. A. Body, Daniel
#. Worden, Charles NJ. Stead, Edwin NJ.
Cox, II. II. Hart, Henry Allen, George ID.
Mckay. Is. l.. Smvthe, T. W. Il. Hughes,
Henry Meigs, r. W. Myers. {. IL. Wilcox.
Henry Meigs, yT,: and james Mitchell.
There were also present on the steps oil
the Sub-Treasury, on the adjacent side-
walks. aud in the roadways. hundreds OF
members Of the several Exchanges whose
names are well known in the business
world.
When Charles NJ stead, president, OF the
Stock Exchange Cleveland Club, arose 10
call the meeting 10 order there were be-
tween 10000 and $4,000 persons within
view Of the Sneakers stands. The nomiaa-
ton Of the Hon. Roswell Z. Flower rs
chairman was received With cheers.
Mr.. Flower spoke about ten minutes, aud,
among other things, said: "Many OF Us
here are Democrats; many are Repubii-
cans. and many participated In the meeting
held on this spot four years ago TO atty
the nomination Of our martyred President,
james A. Garfield; but we are here to-day
united In desire for change in the ad-
ministration of The Government and til,
election Of those candidates In WHOSE
character we find guarantee Of honesty
and earnestness Of purpoSc-Clcyeland
and Hendricks. [Great cheerlng.] You
all know that since 1881 no bust
ness-man has dared to leave his ollici
during Office hours 10 attend ratitica
tlon or any other meeting for fear tina
come cashier might abscond or some defal
cation or failure occur during his absence
We have been Kept In state OF suspens
and constant fear, and we are here to-da
TO express our condemnation OF that party
no matter bow dear its past may be 10 on
hearts. which at this time-when we =
much need honor In our business, In pol
tics, most Of all IN our political standard
beareT-has dared 10 nominate for the higl
est Office In the GIFT OF the people a ma
xxhosa honor and nrohifv T. mora thu