New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-10-30
TRIBUTE OF BUSINESS MEN
n,p,D,yG IN nONOR OF MR.. BLAINE
r,, DEVOTION TO PROTECTION AND
IhI'" REpuBLICANIsM SHOWN.
., 600 JOIN THE PROCESSION Dhsrlih
I'VE" THE RAIN.

ro WITH GREAT ENTHUSIASM FROM bo"
N'."', NA"." oprry TO MADISON soUARE-IHE COLI MN
n,v,rwED ny MIR. BLAINE
,,,'h hrsness mems outpouring yesterday III
- of Mr.. Blaine was a magnihceht sucocS'
- .,;to of the rain and other uniavoraoie ch
.,.,ouces. The merchants, bankers anu
,.saI-ors of Ncw-York have not peen so
,horouehly aroused on any politica' quese
49,, since the War. over 25,ooo VI
uan, turned ont TO show their devotloh
o. Protection. Republican principles ana ~, .no
standard bearer of the Republican party ino
,,a,ade was formed ut the foot OF broadway
aud ns II passcd up that thoroughiarc organ
.a,,,ou nf,e, ofennize,ion Joined It. All the
e,chnnees and MI branches of trade were repre-
srnlod, and the utmost enthusiasm pieNn"e''
The line pnssed from Broadway through 'o"'-
teontli-st, and fifthsnvc, 10 Madison sq""i,
The reviewing stand was near INC WIZ"
Monument, and there Mr. blaiho' WIN """y
monument Republicans nnd ndcefgymeh'oN''"
the column. lie stood In The rain n," "","p
ness for more than two hours uh'h 'no '''''
file had marched by.
GENERAL VIEW OF THE DEMONSTRATIONS
ruv NuMBER OF MEN IN LINE SHOWN ia An
ACTUAL COUNT.
pelted with rain, but peted with flowers chilled
nv the damp wind but warmed by the ueNot'o"
blazing in the hearts of marching thousands Jalhc'
G. Blaine stood yesterday while daylight iaded ln'o
dusk. and dusk became darkness lit by the g'"u
welcome in countless thousands OF eyes ana
,otcbed the greatest and most imposing march oi
business men that has ever taken place IN Ne"i
CITY Twenty five thousand men ldentlDed WIN
+bo material interests of this city turned out and
.f,a a,,,,il i'm n
,o do honor 70 the man whom they will on next
Tuesday night call the President OF the Ihl'cu
States. 1t is difficult to say whether the number OF
+bose naradinr or the enthusiasm displayed by all
concerned either as spectators paItcpator Is the
,,ore TO he maryeled at In neither particular has
any former display of popular feeling exceeded TIE
narade of Yesterday. Compared with II inc SO
called Democratic business mems parade OF IaSt
Saturday becomes almost laughable III ITS weak ana
empty ostentation and its unIepresentatlNe
iuvenllity As viewed from any polnt along Tue Iilo
of march, fIon the Battery to Madison square yes
terlays demonstration instantly impressed the De-
holder with a sense of its importance as thoroughly
representative of the weighticst and most influential
business interests of the city. 1t turnout OF
iuuor clerks college sophomOres, or hreiings
uosouerading as laborers. as was last Saturdays
nrooession II was an enthusiastic protest against
instrumentation on the part of men OF mature age,
who il is safe to say would for no other man ID the
world have marched for several miles through the
rain rs they did in order to DO honor to Mr.. Blaine
The nara e beea2 at the Battery. and the ranks as
Qiey marci Il up Broadway were swelled from TINE
10 time by ne various organizations which formed
on the sid treets far uptown rs Boome-St. on
each side sf the way as they marched they passed
through dep ranks of spectators maSsed on the
sidewalks. who greeted them with loud and ringing
cheers and laughed loud and heartily at each Int OF
humorous satire displayed by the paradeTs At
Union Square they turned and marched down
FourteeYth-st. to Fifth-aye, mp which they
marched until the vast concourse gathered round
the reviewing stand was reached. SO they passed on
until the stand itself was passed, and at the sht
Of the man they came to honor standing sturdy and
erect wi his hat raised from his noble head
now simply waving his handcrkcrchicf. now lean
inr over and shaking hands with some enthusiastic
follower who had broken ranks, they burst file
after file platoon after platoon, into roar Of the
heartlest Oudest, most enthusiastic cheering.
For nearly two hours they passed so rapidly that
thcv almost seemed to run and in such close order
That they seemed to be a solid mass Of men. Such
cheering has seldom if ever been heard before, for
there was absolutely no lulu As soon as the
parader- ceased for brief lieathng-space, the iil
mense crowd which filed the avenue and blocked
M Broadway took mp the crv, mingled with the
marching song of blaine. Blaine, James g. Blame
fnnlly after making several Intellectual attempts
lbe vast crowd burst through the lines kept by the
snn reds If blue-roatel policemen and before the
procession had all passed hockel round the ie-
viewing stand and wildly impuftunp1 NJ Elaine
.,, fspeepi {" just une word only pnr wUi1 I"
ppi u Was impossible, and good hnnripl, shak.
pie his hpad ST. Blaine descended ilie siers
iHf RtABrh vf AIS Whp rAhtntii
40 eaiefHi an estimate "a possible - lhp hnHhat
II men Ia tho parade vas made ti tnW si 90
,orters Who we're assigned - the different divisions
Zach estimate as given below is conservative, and
4 il varies fI0m the actual figures, Il 10 Un'er
rather than over At all points the Numbers were
,ot the same some organizations being strengthened
by additions on tho way up town, and Others beng
seakened by desertions natural IN view of the bad
weather and the muddy streets Full allowance
has been made for such changes on the side of sub
traction. The result shows that over 25.OOO men,
1t the lowest estimate, passed the reviewing stand
,r more than three times the number III the Demo-
,ratic turnout of last Saturday. given from
iu calculations The following table presents the
forces Of the different organizations that were
represented in the parade:
Bankers and Brokers Club ................. ! 500
n Y. Produce Exchange. 57l
A. Y. Mining stock and National Petroleum - $50
n. Y Petroleum and stock Board .............. 200
cotton Exchange $50
Drygoods, etc 5000
Jewellers OTgauhauohs 1000
Insurance Organization. ............... y ono
Paper Men, statiOncrs, ctc.................. 0Ooo
Lower Wall street Merchants ............. 600
Coal and Iron Men, Machinery ana Rway supplies 02O
West side Merchants. 900
Members OF the NewYOrk Bar.................. ZOO