Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-10-29
POLITICAL MOVEMENTS.
The Great Demonstration Of New York
Business Men.

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Gone East TO Check the Cleveland
Boom = Hendricks Stirring Them
Up in the Wabash Waller.
New YORK, Oct. 25.-The parade Of the
business men at the various Exchanges to-
day was the most magnificent affair known
in this city since 1860. A majority Of this
class were supporters of the Republican
candidates four years ago, and then 80
demonstrative thatamong the business men
it was impossible to ge. up a counter dem
onstration of the same class in this COM
munity that year. These men supported
Garfield almost unanimously. Their pa
rade was the finest ever known. Now
matters are changed. A majority of the
business men are now supporting Cleve-
land and Hendricks, and to-day's demon
stration was twice as large as that of Gar
field.
The parade to-day started from the
Produce Exchange, up Broadway to Four
tenth street, thence to Fifth avenue, n
up the same to Thirtieth street. There
were over 80. 900 men in line, every Ex-
change being represented by Q Cleveland
and Hendricks Club, which was composed
Of an average Of Go per cent Of those who
had voted for Garfield. There were no
men in the parade who were not voters.
None were allowed in the various clubs
unless they were connected with the Ex-
change which the club represented. The
length Of the march was over three miles,
and Republicans go years old marched,
saying they would do 30 daily until cleo
ton if it would help to defeat Blaine.
Millionaires and brokers marched
shoulder to shoulder with stock clerks.
Dry goods princes did the same with their
employees. A large number of the men in
line were the best known citizens in the
city, representing all branches Of trade.
The wholesale dry goods men turned out
$1,000 strong, carrying bamboo canes at
shoulder arms and wearing handsome
badges. H. A. B. Clafiin, the merchant
prince, was expected to lead the members
Of his house in the parade, but sickness
prevented, and Mr.. Van ~Valkenburg, the
next in seniority Of the firm, took his place.
Broadway, from the start to the finish,
was packed, over 200, 900 people witnessing
the procession. The enthusiasm was un-
bounded, cheers rolling in succession of
waves through the succession Of three
miles. The clubs marched in files Of thir-
teen. The files we're five feet apart, and
moved at q rate of three miles an hour.
The reviewing stand on Fifth Avenue was
packed with representative citizens OF the
metropolis. The parade reached the re-
viewing stand at Ais, and ended after 8.
The scenes here were indescribable; there
was one continued, prolonged ovation. The
men marched like veterans, the old men
in the line vieing with the young in en-
thusiasm. Large numbers Of them, as
they passed the stand, had papers in the
ends of their canes, to which they set fire
in accordance with Blsine's advice, "Burn
this" At times the music from the Du
merous bands completely drowned the
paraders, who were singing the marching
tones OF "Left,' Left, Jim Blaine, Left"
aud "Fisher. Fisher, Burn this Letter"
A noticeable feature Of the parade was
the immerse wealth represented in the
line. The aggregate wealth of the men in
the first file OF the Stock Exchange Club,
according to the commercial rating, was
over Sc, 900, COO. One file of the Produce
Exchange represented nearly as much.
Both were exceeded by the first file of the
wholesale dry goods men, whose aggregate
wealth amounted to over S11 ,000, 900.
The procession would have been twice
as large had there been room. 1t was over
three mi es long, and many clubs were
forced to wait two hours to get in line.
Though the parade started promptly, it
was dark before the last battalion reached
the end and was dismissed.