Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-28

well meaning and harmless persons
whose good intentions led them, shortly
after the head Of the procession had pass
ed, to raise a cry Of ssO-O-0-hi-0r
The effect OF this cry was electrifying,
bnt disappointing TO those who started it.
From thousand threats came ssSelll
SELL Sell Blaine SHORTY The cheering
for Cleveland and Hendricks was taken
up by the spectators till the Republican
cry was utterly drowned BY their voices.
As a test of popular feeling il was unsat-
isfactOTy TO those on the stOop. and they
shivered in silence during the remainder
Of the parade.
street, more well-meaning but unwise
persons sought to show their interest in
Blaine by waving a banner from a win
dow of a business building. This time
the answer from the street was more
singing.
s'My, Ny. My dear Flsherv'
Burn! Burn! Burn this letter."
went up in one mighty shout from the
ranks, the paraders timing the words to
their steps. Then, to further emphasize
their feelings, dozens Of matches were
flashed and dozens of letters were east
burning up in the air. Though Fisher
didn't burn his letters the paraders burn
ed theirs by the score, and were applaud
ed every time they did it.
WORKING PEOPLES ENTHUSIASM.
A feature Of the parade was the hearty
manner in which the workers in the great
buildings along Broadway showed their
enthusiasm and their sympathy with the
cause. The upper windows were filed
with men, women and girls in their work
ing clothes. They eheered and waved
handkerchiefs and strips of clothing, evil
IDENTIFY snatehed on the spur of the mo
ment from the work table. In building
near Worth street the toilers had gone a
step further. With strips of red, white
and blue bunting they had turned a
pretty, dark-eyed girl into a Goddess of
Liberty and placed her in chair in
window. She sat with dignity as the pro-
cessiOn passed and slowly waved flag to
express her feelings, while her compan-
ions gave vent to theirs by vOeiterous
eheerings and frenzied wavings of cloth.
MADISON SQUARE.
1t was quarter before five when the
head of the line passed the cheering
crowds that had assembled about the Filth
Avenue Hotel, and a moment later the
reviewing stand opposite the Worth monu-
ment was reached. Here Mayor Edison
and several Of the Aldermen; Senator
Jonas, Senator German and Secretary
Smalley, representing the Democratic
National Committee; Col. John II. Eel
lows and a number of others were sta
toned. For two hours the stream Of en-
thusiastic business humanity rolled by.
No, they were not all men Of business.
Sandwiched in between the broadclOths-
and the fall OYercOats were the blue jeans
and the jumpers Of the lOngshOTemen
and the downtown wOrkmen, and though
all who passed were enthusiastic, none
were more wildly so than they.
The ''bOys'' of the Stock EXchange-all
Stock Exchange members are "bOys''-
vigorously "burned this letter" as they
passed and varied it with
Regard s. regards - reg"~"s to Mrs.
Fisherw
This caused great laughter nd enthu-
siasm. 1t was taken up all a--. the line,
and any Republican who stood near the
grand stand and wasn't heartily ashamed
OF the vote he is to cast for Blaine must
be pretty thiek-skinned. 1t evidently
bothered Police Captain Williams, who
was in command in the neighbOrhoOd of
the stand. The Captain Is a Republican.
He was gOOd-natured throughout the first
part of the parade, and refrained from
punching anybody very hard, but as the
legiOns rolled by and the cutting cries that
told of Blaine's shame seemed to have no
end, the Captain waXed wrOth, and many
suffered by reason thereof.
1t was long after dark when the tail end
of tie procession had gone by. The or
CARNATIONS had ali disbanded after pass
ing the stand. Mayor Edison summed up
the whole affair as he left the stand: cts
simply wonderful" said the Mayor; 'tits
the 9, eatest day Democracy's ever had"
''And long may she waye," chimed in
Col. Fellows.