Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-10-11


fresbet. Lines OF people presseu 'ne: $1,000: w
I'M ana down the sidewalks and wiggled
tnroucb denae masses surrounding the
stands. A steady hum, now swelling 70
roar. rose up with the wbiz OF rockets ana
the puffs Of Roman-candles, while the
regular natter Of the hoois OF the streeI.
| car horses mingled with the tinkle oil
| their bells. From scores OF windows around
the SQUARE people looked down upon the
scene. and the faces upiurned 10 the rain OF
| fiery spowtlakes from the pyrotechnics.
| The smoke OF fireworks rose up and noated
| In clouds around the electric light, and the
rowdcr.ladena air, gently swept along ny the
north wind, was at tunes sitting. Ana ms
was What they went ous TO see. frihcipaI'y
SINE thousands OF men marching TO SURFING
fumes. with tossing torches and swinging
| lanterns, with banners aud transparehcies,
esy.coored uniforms. and all The poinp ana
| circumstance OF campaign parade. III was
| inst s.30 O'Clock when the roll OF urum In
| Fourteenth street sent wave oil humanity
| hearing down 10 the eastern SIDE OF the
! Son,rc A moment later the head Of the
! Fiehtb. District County Democracy Glove
| land and Hendricks Club turned the cor
ner and beaded for the biz equestrian
statue OF Washington. Around this the
! line wound. and then down Fourteenth
street, up Broadway, and so on around the
square.
District after district followed the Eighth,
winding around and around until the
| Square was blazing with criukliug ribbon
1 of light. stretching clear around the PARK
/ and going wheresoevcr il listed. In five
minutes inextricabic confusion reigned.
I There was neither head nor tail nor even a
procession. Division after division poured
| into the Square from the interesting streets.
and. without direction or aim, driited back
and forth like chip on mii-pond.
The side streets were thr0uged with
people who hadn't the fain.est idea
whether they would see all or none
Of the parade, and thousands eX-
hausted themselves in running from place
10 place In the hope Of seeing something.
Irving place was deserted and Irving Hall
partly emptied in the vain search for some
| thing to be seen, while organizations spit
lip and went hitber and thlther. popping
UP where they were not expected, ana
conscientiously lodging the places where
they were. But wherever they went the
marching men were literally cheered, and
there was leaTty praise Tor Their Inc ap-
peaTance.
men, whose clubs were constantly flourish
ing IN the air in attempts TO keep back the
surging crowd. marched many OF the A..
scmbly district organizations In front OF
the grand stand, with the long row Of
lights on he piazza shining down upon them
and rockets and bombs Kissing and burst
ing overhead. First came platoon with
transparencies announcing 300 majority in
/ Of ri of fnlinNpI hV The
bright uniforms OF the Be1ttie Battery
and the sailor lads o. the Cieve-
| land Legion, who constituted 400 OF the
Thirteenth. The Fourteenth marshalIed
! 500. the Nineteenth hall as many, and be.
hind them the transparency: "DOwn with
Jimmie and Jack" danced ahead OF the
1900 strong sent by the Twelfth. and com
posed of the John J. Farrell Association,
the Irving Hall Association, and the
Thomas Bowe Battery. A troop OF caval-
~, followed by rooster torches, constituted
the LOO representatives Of the Tenth, and
behind these 1000 from the Sixteenth
pleaded keep My Name Quiet" and
announced ave Bend and Twist, but We
Never Brei H."
Indians in war-paint headed the Eigh-
tenth district parade, and with the Ray
mond Xcuavcs, in their red turbans ana
bag2y trousers, and the Robert Hall Bat
tery, amounted to nearly 1000. A boat,
with brooms for oars, and brigade OF
feather busters. brought up the rear.
Among the 1000 OF the Seventeenth base
ball club in white bore "lIOld the Third,
Cleveland. and Wen send YOU home"
Heading the 500 representatives OF the
Sixth were a number Of mounted butchers.
| Behind them came 800 from the Ninth, and
further back the transparencies. "Regard
this as confidential" "Rcad the Multi
gan Letters" "Tell the Truth" 1--WE
Want Fair Count" and "We Will Prove
No Deadheads,7 danced among the Twen-
tieth, the Twen;y-second, and the Seventh
district professions. with about 1880 rep
resentalives In all. The Second district.
with 1900 men, was led by an Italian flag
and an Italian squad, and the Fourth by
row OF tall hussars In big bearskin caps, be-
hind whom were nearly 1000 followers.
Among the ] 500 from the First were the
associations Of Congressman Muller
and ex-senator Michael c. Murphy.
The Third brought out 1900 men.
the Filth 900, the Fifteenth 1000. the
Twenty.firs 1.2j0, and the Twenty-third
600 Among other transplrencies were
such choice extracts as 4" Burn These Let
ters:" Pray Let Me Know What am 10 EX-
meet: al Want Youto send Letter Such AZ
the Enclosed Draft" and" II is Cruel Thus
TO Leave Me Exposed to Suferings." Others
were, liam the Servant and Agent OF the
Whole People" "IIOnesty, Purity, and
Reform ;" "TIonesty is the Fist Issne; :"
,.Bv Hook or Crook" "Wlll Prove No
Deadheads;" "Fll Make it All Right With
You:" "Opcn the Books" "Are You
nv. 4 -. 4. - a. laina
and Logan Will Get Brogan? ?"
Among those who witnessed the parade
from the grand stand were Commissioner
Coleman. Generals Knox. Burke, and Me-
Mahon, Commodore Speed, United States
Navy; Chaplain Boorum, United States
navy; Captain John c. Calhoun, ex-senator
stockton. of New Jersey; Senator Eaton,
ard General W. i. Harvey. OF Baltimore.
While the fragments Of the parade were
marching around the square, the strest.car
lines were blocked for quarter of mile
in each direction, and when drivers at
temrted TO force their horses through the
crowds :.e cars were promptly showed
back. Meanwhile, just before the process
sions beganto march into the Square, speak.
ing began at each end of the stands. Each
stand bore the name OF aformer Democratic
!
letters told the people who gathered a.
Broadway and Inc Plaza that that was
"Tildcn's stand" Tht stand a. 11urihaye-
hue and the Plaza bore General lIancocHs
name, that at Fourth avenue and Four.
/ teenth street General McClellands, and
| that at broadway and Fourteenth street
/ Horato Scymour's. Dense ihrongs gath
/ cred around these stands, but were drawn
away Nv the bits OF parade, and at no time
after 9 O'Clock was the crowd unwicldy at
either stand. Respectful attention was
given the speakers. and there were entlu-
sias,ic responses to references to the DEM
ocratc candidates. SiXtus Carl Kapif pre-
sided at the Mcclellan stand, and among
The SPEAKERS who addressed the people
masSed at that point were Edward Crosse,
! Hugh j. Moyhan, Of California, and
Charles Davis, OF Philadelphia. Col
onel John O'Byrne had charge OF
the Tiden stand aud introduced, among
other speakers, Charles A. jackson. Col
onel George W. Torrance, and William h.
Cook. At the Mcclellan stand the Hon,
James ID. McCleIIand presided, and speeche,
were made by the Hon. Benjamin A. Will:
and Timothy Shea. John L. Lewis pre-
sided at the Hancock stand, aud the speak
ers included. among others, j. 4. Beal and
Adolph l.. Sanger. The parade mate
rally intericred with the outdoor
speech-making, and at times all.eiforts Of
oratory ceased while the audience cheeret
( the missing procession, II WAS after 4