New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-10-30

~ eat thorougiifarc found that their windows were
be- Timing to darscn about o'clock. People strovo
! 70 reach and maintain good elevated positions,
| clmbiag IN windows. bracing themselves upon
| window stills aud in doorways. Wherever bulid-
inc had broad entrance by a III ght of steps it was
iar,rned 30 that ingrcss and cgress were alike mat
ter, of trouble and delay Mothers. wives daugh-
t,rs fnmilIes Of merchants walked and rodo from
their homes 20 the stores along Broadway. ana long
before the parade began bright dresses and pretty
faces adorned thousands of windows all along tho
line Employors closed their office doors. and went
ont TO iou tic proces sion with their clerks. The
stores left in charge Of the women and children
| who filled them. Flags hung from windows banners
were placed in front of doors, and in windows
mottocs and legends were everywhere. Men dashed
| hither and thither with canes and badges ana
pumcs..
A truck drawn by six bay horses represented the
| new Navy. 1t carried brass cannon. surrounded
bv flag. and other National cmblcms, knlGhts
ornor and two sailors with Constitution on their
caps.
4 conntryman on the sidewalk shouted, You're
marchin fur an honest man" the cry was taken mp
and spread along the line. Could the honest man
have looked down the windngs Of Broadway, lac
would have seen line of men thrcc-qnarters OF the
way to the Battery, waiting to Tass before hlm
FROM CANAL STREET TO UNION SQUARE
Long before the procession came IN sight ana
despite the falling rain the sidewalks IN hroad-
WAY from Canal-st, tn Union square we've packed
hv n sureing mass If men aud women, who put mp
with the delay OF the procession aud the many an
noyances Of great crowd with the usual good
ia uro of an American gathering, Broadway IN
this section was prolusey decorated with
flags. hunting. aud pictures OF hlalhr
aud Logan ari,ticny arranged, When
4 hal a
Now.Notk Produce and Maritime lN'hnngn hls
prarcd, marching ~ solid pntoonS that reached
from curb to curb, with tilos ~ ~ttarhl 90 an
arrow. aud with thc step ct soldiers instead "i CIV
ilinus, u cheer went mp from the mighty thtons
thrto assembled that was taken NJ 10y those IN inc
distance until one vast general cheer went up ltoW
broadway that must have struck terror IN every
cleveland soul In the whole city. TINS inanliosta-
ton. such rs New. York has never seen before
| or dreamed could happen. was kept up
from the time the head of the procession appeared;
| until the a,t man of the Dry Goods Division had
| passed out of sight. II seemed as II the whole
! nopulat.on Of Nov-lork city had cmptlcd lt'eu
| mon Broadway. and that every man aud woman
! tired to manifest greater enthusiasm and cheer
! louder than his nclghbor. 49,
windows aud steps OF almost every building along
! the line of march were pac ked with follower Oh
and llandkerchefs as ME after ne oi
| the solid business men Of this city passed
| by. was never seen before. The slogan baine-
| Blainc-.Iamcs- G.-l}lalnc, and " o. Ono
| of the marching columns WAS taken mp by me as
| scmbcd thousands. and when the Jewellers club
passed along with the cry GGomng IRON : @,UUG
! was absolutely frantic. one overlooking Demo-
crat NJ Eighth-st. and Broadway shouted, SloOt TO
$50 that Cleveland is the next PrcsIdcnti' ~ the
New- York Cotton Exchange club was PASSING
\ member Of the club left the ranks
aud went T., The, shtqnting cleyelaod ,n,p
ai the sight of which the lusiy Democrat sneakcd
of amid The iccrs of the bysianders.
Among the many business houses handsoneiy
] 4 4 \ ~ Ian O.
! & : Warmer q Co. Hodgcmap & C.. Mills & Glib,
the Brainerd aud Armstrong Comnany. w. fieGbcr
! Goa Gott.chtlk d Albright, l.. /rrmrl, ,John IS
! striqor & o.. :. shelter & Co.. Nichols Brothers
bow w" wood " co., NS Whiiruor" ' Brothers Wa
son 4 Cocirau Plat 4 Comrort N. Goodkind,
tic Quaker Ci,y Shiri coppanyi pIlznl 4 Grrgn'
! / E,ilrl Wantt X a.. Urotrc II. Clatk 4 ru., th.
! Kryp Maintaining in'ppahE IiriEi hiuihHs =.
Ns,s,ci qthiii ,i' ,rG ''' slo1nr, '1
! iiritr,. =. ila.tircs 40. lH''ie llnrn9 isk.
iinit g. S'ffr y uE1i ' Tti, Sjt,o' ~.
! ". arrinr, 49, ciNtiaii iiWqt ! n, y .lrrrHn.
! 80 iUuti eiars siaNisl tiiAW twMtaNt
! Mislfi,ai, Nrani hahf't NArrdi'o ihWus'"ul'
ialhg ffanels sNjsel \ fui iaeb~i's lHsi'-
iuir, lhr Methodist irh iNHrfi'i an lH'''r' Aip-
! iter"af = in.
fto'l 'NloN squAtt 80 HAnIs"N aQ' Anf.
From an early hour ~ the afternoon Union
| square Wura an ain of expectancy which clearly
|
sidewalks were crowded with groups Of excited
citizens, windows were filled with eager faces
there was something in the very air which be-
tokened the suspension of ordinary pursuits and
| the all-absorbing interest which awakened by
! the coming procession. As o'clock approached,
the whole southern portion OF the square was
crowded with dripping men and women. Those
who had umbrellas used them; those who had
none we're fired by an enthusiasm which the rain
,,,Il mot m
clear along the southern side of the square INTO
Fourtecnlh-st. No vehicles were allowed to enter
! Broadway. and University Place became blocked
up with the unusual traffic OF which II had thus
became the thOroughfare. At 40 the first strains
of the approaching band were heard ana few
minutes later a troop of horsemen wheeled into the
square announcing that the procession HAD arrived
Cheers went up from the crowd hands were clapped,
| handkerchlefs and flags were waved from the WIN
| dows and the demonstrations were renewed
and redOubled as each successive orgahl-
zatlon came into -, sight. For an
! poured uninterruptedly through the square. As
The evening came on and the rain fell heavily
| the crowd steadily increased, and the enthusiasm
turned into what, to a foreigner, might have
! seemed fanaticiSm. In the southwest corner of
| Union square waves Cleveland and IL 'ndrlcks
| standard and Just i'm front. but with his back
| turned toward the Democratic banner, stands
Abraham Lincoln. As the procession passed this
spot, some of the ranks expressed various sentl-
| Democratic candidate some contented themselves
with keeping significantly silent, but all sent mp
rOuSlug cnctfS LOT ou ADc, no Sf'llr'l 10 SLllIc
compacently upon those no stll carr eel the stand
ard of his party, and upheld the principles which
he so vigorously enumerated ana eXempliied
| On the corner of Broadway and Union Square
! the line of march solid aud
! that the unlucky pedestrians VINO attempted 10
force n passage were not infrequently carried along
| by the marching torrent. One woman, after ant
ing some time III the hope of hndng an opportunity
! 10 cross at last drew her handkerchief from her
| pocket waved IT above her head and shouting the
| war-cry of BLAINE and Logan" plunged bodily
! forward. Her sound political principles were con-
| sidered n sufficient excuse for her temerity. The
| column halted wbilc she passed A. the last limos
| entered the Square, towards q o'clock, the crowd
Joined i'm the rear and followed toward tue review