The Evening critic., 1884-11-14
THE DEMONSTRATION
OF tho Democrats Last Night
crowds. Noise and illumination
Incidents Along lho LING.

Incidents Along the Line.
Tbe Democrats may have been premature,
Tut they ceitllnly gave parade last night
that could hardly be excelled In completeness
as to every detail. IL was formed without
trouble and marched with but foW draw.
bacgs.
The great credit Of It belongs TO Mi. VIM.
DICKSON, whose ability as an organizer wa.
brought Into full play. He was the gran l
marshal OF the occasion, and there could no.
there weto about COCO mon In line. Thore
certainly wero many mon marching ... -.
And 1t 10 safe to say that nearly every IN
habiiant OF the city OF washington who was
not in line was out to see those VINO were. Iho
eity last night was made up or nsemorhs, ~
| eyIyaria avenue was packed teyond tho side
Wake. And the people VINO packed II were
deed 10 use them, They cheered everything.
Ivon The ladier, and there wore plenty Of
them out, would evory once In while utter
ehrlll cheers. They waved handkerchief
yaliGntly.
Thefe was no difficulty In seeing the pa.
| rode. Tho nreworks Kept everything In plain
| Wow all tho time. The lights were as varied
| ms tho hues OF tho rainbow. The most en-
thusiae,ic Fourth OF July could not develop
moro fireworks than were SGT Off last night.
| The various shadows cast on the buildings
were very beautiful. The cffcct OF the lights
| on tho Treasury building was especially
striking. The clans began to gather carly In
Preparations had been making all day for
too. II would be hard to point out u single
| defect In the arrangements which involved
such complete success. The formation was
| Tho start was made about y O'Clock.
| The signal for the line to move was the send
| Ing up OF balloon from tho Peace Monument.
| The bands broke forth, tho torches waved,
| the crowd cheered and tue march was COM
| mcnced. Tho procession was by no means q
| monotonous succession OF men with torches
| and transparcnclos. IL was varied by many
| features. Tho rooster was BY no means for.
gotten. He was there in full force. one i'm.
mcnso fellow boro the legend, 'This rooster
| has not crowed for twenty -four years" There
| were immense bells on the floats. They were
| worked for all they were worth.
| wagon with an Immense bell, which
| headed the procession, bore the words, "olear
the way, for we are coming" Right behind II
| came Mr.. william Dickson on q gayly-capari.
| soned horse. Mono of tho notices on the
transparencies were coarse or offensive. About
the uuest one OF them was, 1--WE paint the
| town red" They certainly did paint 1t rcd.
The printers had transparencies which said,
siugs." The ladies were not forgotten. There
was a transparency saying, "dod Bless the
ladies'" "No jay Could" was on one, and
"We are Coming TO Stay" on another Other
transparency Legends ,sN were GOOD old Times
Ing, 210 beats 1872"
"rhe people cay change; lot their will be
| done" There was big boat drawn by Navy.
Yard carpenters. The Belva Ann Lockwood
| Division OF Mother Hubbards was most gro
tesque and amusing feature OF the parade.
Il IL,
and 1t kept going all tho time This, with the
shoute OF those In line aud those watching on
the sidewalks, gave enough sound to satisfy
the most devoted lover OF noise.
And then the success OF the demonstration
was materially added to by the occupants OF
houses along the limo OF march. Many OF
and decorated. In the main the decorations
were arranged very, tastefully. Along tho
ating OF houses was very general. There was
no scarcity, either, OF private residences lit up
Mt every front. Mr.. Diaine's house was one OF
them. The cavalry In line made a splendid
appearance. The visiting contingency from
Maryland and Virginia were good looking
''' SEy.Rocket Points.
AS is bound to be the case when so many
people are out on similar occasions, there
were q number OF mishaps. A herdic, loaded
something happened. 1t was an explosion,
and the herdic was completely burned up.
AT Fifteenth and II streets Mr.. q. t. Danrs
carriage collided with n heavy coupe and was
badly smashed.
A burning rocket fell on Mr.. Merrick's
| house, on L street, and set Are to the cornice
The names did not get much headway. Hose
No. . coon put Them out.
About O'Clock this morning fire was again
| discovered on Mr.. Merrick's roof. II was
cStiDguished, But slight damage was done.
A colored man who cried "Hurrah for
| Blaine" feels sore this morning.
Thousands OF colorod people who usually
come out TO view public parades, appear to
have remained at home last night. The au
centage OF colored folks.
''What pity to carry those poor, tired roos-
tiers IN such little cages!" exclaimed alaiy In
| piled her lady companion, shut, then, tue ex-
| element may recompense the ROSTERS for the
| hardships," she added pathetically.
The fireworks seemed most gorgeous on the
Avenue between Sixth and Seventh streets.
Three or four telegraph wires were broken
| over the Avenue, between Fourteenth and FIJI
tenth streets, by the mast Of the "salt Creek
schooner from East Washington. 1t became
necessary before reaching Fifteenth street to
saw on large section OF the mast.
They did not so homo until early this morn.
Ing. They certainly had big time.
colonel Lew Washington was unanimously
voted the abandonment man In the parade. The
Colonel, though not having ridden horse
| since his college days, appeared TO be at home.
Assistant Marshal Jim Waugh looked every
Billy Price, OF the Harris House, was In hard
luck Last night, Before the procession started
an hour later the saddle was missing. Billy
Is a daring horseman and proudly rode bare
back several squares: His horse was bony
and Billy will take his meals standing for
| como time to come.
John 8. represented Monmouth County,
N. d., In tho parade.
The Hon. Robert Bruce was the recipient OF
more attention from the ladies along the line
than any other marshal. He is said to resem.
| old cavalryman, and he sat his animal In good
style.
Barrister Charlie Walter caught six bou.
by Elk lovely maidens.
Charles s. Moore, esq, was pointed out by
many as "Flghting" Ed McCook. There Is
some resemblance between Mr.. Moore and
General McCook. Charlie, in company with
Major VIM. Dickson aud Hall Colgate, held up
the "fore end" OF the line.
After the parade was over Mr.. Fred 8. New
mans horse tell with him OH the Avenue,
| near Thirteenth street. Fred received a
slight scare, nothing more.
Charlie Shelton rode two squares on O BrOn-
cho pony but recently from New Mexico. The
animal "bucked." Shelton took seat In the
carriage with Judge VIM. Pierce Bell.
Slnsheimer, tho liveryman, handled the
ribbons Last night like the late Hank Monk.
There were few timid marshals In the
| procession, who, every time their horses would
prance, would call Justify for Wash Nailor.
wash acted as protector for more than oness
The Latest.
You are cordially invited TO visitettd inspect
the stock OF paintings, steel angfaSings, etch.
ofalbums al wonde4 aIlyiow prices blush, vel
vel and fancy piciAtP frames. An immense
line OF picture mguHlfhge from which frames
are made toorder any siZe. Also a great us
riety or novelties too Numerous to mentiorfhI
VeerhoHs, ali and 16Seventh street.
| ~
National Bank Charters.
The charters or 72l national banks with m
: aggregate capital OF over $685. 100000 viii
expire during the year 1885. This is NOR,
! than one-thlrd OF the entire number OF ma
tlonal banks now In existence. From informa
tlon already received by tho Comptroller o
| the Currency, it is expected that q large ma