The Brookhaven leader., 1884-11-27

Scenes of the Late Election.
HOW MEN TALKED AND ACTED WHEN
CLEVELAND was DECLARED ELECT
ED-JUBILANT DEMOCRATS, De
sPoNOENT REPUBLICANS.

New YORK, Nov. 18th, 1888.
Editor of the State Ledger:
The ten days Immediately preced
ing election day in New York. ar,
to a stranger full of interest and ex
citement. 1t is almost impossible
to go out on the streets at nigh
without striking torchlight pro
ceSsion of some kind.
This year there was a new kind
of procession inaugurated-"th
business mems parade" We had
three of them-the drst and last
we're Democratic-the second Re
publican. These parades are whal
they pretend to be-composed oi
business men and their clerks. Men
who count their wealth by hun.
dreds Of thousands walked through
the rain, mud and slush four miles,
and were in line from three to four
hours. The last Democratic parade
had from forty to fifty thousand
men in line and were nearly four
hours passing the reviewing stand
where they were enabled to get a
good look at the next President OF
The United States.
The campaign cries are very
amusing. The principal Repuhli
can cries we're "No, no, no free
trade" "Ma, ma, where's my pa"
The Democratic favoritcs were,
mo, no, no Jim Blaine, what we
want is honesty" "Blaine, Blaine,
Jay Gould Blaine, Continental liar
from the State of Maine" "Soap,
soap, Blaine's only hope"
When men as far up and down
the street as you can see are singing
out one of these sayings, you are i'm
pressed by the volumn of the sound,
with the large number of men in
line.
Election day is very different
from all that precede or follow it.
1t is quiet and peaceful. The aver
age New Yorker goes to the polls
early, votes and then goes home OF
out into the country. All the down
town business houses are closed
anl nearly all Of the retail stores
Some few are open and few ladies
are out shopping. You can net
help but think that the vote will be
light, as you see so few men, but
that night YOU find that vou were
mistaken. Ont Of 24I 900 voters
who registered, 222, 900 voted, a rr-
'narkably tall vote.
BY seven O'clock that night every
dining was changed II was raining
very har,t, but that did not keep the
crowd in doors. Broadway and
Fifth Avenue, at their junction, were
crowded with men anxious TO 60,
the returns. Returns were given by
ie World, at the angle formed b,
the junction of Broadway and FIT i
Avenue. by tue Herald, one block
above, in front of the Hoffman
House and by the Republican Ma
iOnal Committee, at their headquar
tfrs on Fifth Avenue All of thes.
being very near together neces<aril,
brought a large crowd Ia that vicin
ity. Cheers were given for CLEVELAND
and Hendricks, Henry Ward Beech
er and Carl Schurz, by the Demo
Gratis, which the Republicans re
ceived with grOans and Kisses
When cheers were given for Blaine
the Democrats met it with roar o
rats, rats"
The utmost good humor prevail
ed. | only saw one man who want
ed to fight, and he was a defeated
Republican candidate for the Legis
laLure, and when a Democrat OfferoC
to accommodate him he declined.
The returns from New York Cit,
came in first. 1t so happened tina
the wards which were the strong
holds of the "dudes and pharisees
were the first to come in. They
showed large Democratic gains-ir
some instances, Cleveland's majori
|tyjwas as large as Garfield's. En-
thusiastic Democrats immediately
began to claim the State by ma
ljority as large as the one Cleveland
had in 1882. Republicans conced
ed the State. When the returns
from New Jersey and COnnecticu
came in showing that they had gon'
for Cleveland, men went wild. TheJ
shouted, hurrahed, hugged on'
another, rushed to the telegraph OF
fee to send kilograms to absen
friends, and did every conceivable
thing to show their joy. A stree
Arab stare ed the cry, "Ma, ma
where's my pa2 up at the Whit
House, ha, ha." II was taken ul
and yelled al the Republicans unit
the Democrats were loo hoarse t.
shout any longer. They burnt let
iers, and, as q Republican said
"ralsed The devil 10 general" Ev
cry body went 10 bed believing tha
Cleveland was elected. The absenc'
of drunken men was noticeable
not a,it stand;ny tho fact that th,