Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-12
SIX THOUSAND IN LINE.
THE DEMOCRACY CELEBRATES
GLORIOUS VICTORY.

GLORIOUS VICTORY.
a Night That VIII Live Long in the
Memory of the PeOple-Grand -
stou Of Democratic Forces-ihe ~
| Aroused-The Streets Filled Win 60
nile and Ablaze with Light anu =
stasm-Hundreds OF Business houses
1,1@---,-a..5--An Unusual Mass Meet
ing.
In the history Of Savannah there mas
never been such political demonstration
as that BIZ the Democracy last night IN
honor Of the great victory achieved week
ago. There was no mistaking the senti-
ment voiced by the thousands that filed
the streets, and marched from the river
front 10 the park cheering the grand
triumph Of justice and right. Such shout
ing and exuberance has not been heard
in Savannah since the war. The
procession was one Of the longest
over seen in the city, and
No one attempted to fix its bounds. The
chief object Of every individual IN the
vast thrOng seemed TO be 70 declare him
self and announce TO the world the good
it did him 20 see the Dem Ocratic party on
TOD once more. Everybody reco gnized
that the time 70 crow had come, and the
tremendous ovation they rendered the
President elect showed that their
rO-s ters were with them. The streets
were taken possession of from curb 10 curb
and those VINO could not get into the street
took the sidewalk. over and above all
was the great rallying cry, ''Hurrah for
Cleveland and Hendricks" The night
air was impregnated with red FIRE and
the OdOr Of burned powder and on every
hand there were tokens of the wild en-
thusiasm which prevailed.
Early in the day there were unmistak-
able indications all through the city that
something unusual was going to take
place. The streets were ablaze with col
Ors. The lower portion Of the town Was
decorated from the roof 70 the street with
flags and bunting, and lanterns and
transparencies were hung in every Win
dow.
As soon as it was dark drum beats were
/ heard in every direction, and little later
the various organizations began 70 Hle
[ through the streets from their headquar
/ tiers. with bands playing, cOlOrs flying
| and torches blazing, 70 the place OF rem
| devious. The streets were packed for an
I hour before : O'Clock. The sidewalks were
/ a stream OF people, and by the time for the
Z line 10 form. the streets were almost I'M
/ passaDle. 1t seemed as II Savannah had
I turned out en- masse and had borrowed
from other cities for the occasion. There
was almost a continuous line OF
magnificent displays. BrOughtOn, Bull and
/ Congress streets were a blaze of light.
I johnson square was hemmed IN with
wall Of Nominations from the Pulaski
I and ScreVen Houses and all adjoining
I buildings. Whitaker street was light as
day IN the glare Of the electric lamps.
I TIE BAY was lighted up with the
Of and the EnugrHG
I and intersecting streets from the Old
: Fort t. lamacraw were iilumined by bon
I fires. lanterns or candles. Never has Sa-
yannah witnessed such a display Of
genuine patriotic enthusiasm as that
which animated the mass OF moving hu-
manity that filled the streets last night.
FORMING THE LINE.
Long before : O'Clock the organizations
I BEGAN to gather on the Bay, and the crowd
which soon followed sWelled into multi
/ tude as If by magic. lie steps OF the
custom house were filed with ladies, the
Citv Exchange balcony had as many
] spectstOrs as IL could accommodate, and
TIE sidewalks were thrOnged. The street
was muddy with too much sprinkling, but
the crowd which tramped around over
the slippery pavement was IN good
EumOr. and did not care for mud. The
scene was one OF widest enthusiasm.
Mounted marshals dashed up and down,
bands PLAYED lively airs and thousand
flaming t0rch-lights and five thousand
cheering voices made il seem like a good
uaturei pandemOnium. The first OTgani-
zltion az the rendezvous was the
Georgia Hussars, splendidly mounted
and their eyOlutiOns excited frequent
applause. A trio OF young men
our for a lark, driving an OK attached TO
q cart. put in an appearance early, and
called forth laughter wherever they went,
and caused not a little excitement among
the ladies when the unrulY bovine threat
Cued TO charge the crowd. Many OF the
torches consisted OF tin cans nailed TO
Oaken sticks and stuffed full Of Oil-satu-
rated cotton waste. frequently
the contents would be spilled
In the street, making blaze
which at q dis lance seemed TO have alarm
ing proportions. As the various civic or
guniZatiOns, with ridiculous costumes
and more ridiculous transparencles,
marched down the street they were
cheered and cheered again. The Chat
ham Artillery BANG making the
widest discOrd and representing char
mOny in the grand old party" made
such a noise that it frightened pair OF
street car mules until they broke into
run, probably for the irst time IN their
lives.
To marshal in order such a collection
o. DrZdnlLdliOlSs LnlAllNL9s CANACs Po-
Htical and free-and-easy bodies, was no
easy task. but order was finally brought
cut of chaos, and at 1880 O'Clock the
column was put in motion. The line OF
parade was in the advertised order, except
that gang Of small boys. armed with torch
and transparencies took 4 position almost
IN the front and just behind the Georgia
Hussars. who had the right Of line.
THE START.
With marching step to the sound OF
martial music. and amid deafening din
OF cheers, the procession passed up Bay
street. turned the corner OF whitaker,
and was finally of. 1t moved with some
little irreguIarity, there being at the start
a wide gap between several Of
the organizations. This, however,
was soon closed up, and before the pro-
csssIOn had gone far it presented an I'M
broken rank. 1t took thTee-quarters of
an hour for the parade to pass given
point. and from a sober estimate there
were at least 600 men in line
Gen. r. II. Anderson was Grand Mar
shat. with Gen. G.. NJ. SOrel Chief of
StatT. The assistant marshals appointed
were as follows,
Wm Rogers, Luke Carson,