National Republican., 1885-03-04
THE SIXTH STREET DEPOT.
A Crush OF People All Day and Night
The Organizations That Arrived.

The ORGANIZATIONS 11hnt hrrtNcu.
The scene around tho Baltimore and
Potomac railway depot yesterday aud
last night was one OF bustle and activity.
From the time that the train having Mr..
Cleveland arrived, crowds began to
gathor, and confusion raigned. Trai ms
began to arrive every five minutes, and
people waiting for friends, baggage, rail
way officials, aud trains were mixed up
in what SO cmed to be inoxtricable con
fusion. The public comfort committee
were busy, and the boys with the little
red badges were running over tho city
all day guiding strangers TO places whore
accommodations were to bo had. The
committee think that they took care Of
| 1000 people, although many more were
compelled
TO sR1RM1sH FOR QUARTERS.
The organizations that arrived early
| yesterday were tho 37th separate COM
/ pauy of schenectady, n. Y; Company d.
| 1st regiment Minnesota National Guard;
the 9th Maryland regiment. of Baltimore,
who are quartered at Marinps; the Ames
Zouaves, of Minneapolis, Mimi; the
Hornets Nest Rifles, Company b, 10th
Ohio National Guards the Forsyth Rife
men, Of Winston, n. c.; tho Meagher
| Guards, of Providence, Il. !. The AL
bany PhalanX arrived early, and went to
tho Arlington.
The Duckworth Club, of Cincinnati,
arrived about $50 p. m, and were re-
ceived by the Young Mems Democratic
Club. They have quarters in their own
Pullman cara. The Now York veteran
fire department arrived at 10 a. m. and
went to the Owen House, The Demo-
cratic Inaugural Club. of Portland, Me-,
arrived at 2:30 o'clock. The First New
Jersey Democratic Battalion arrived at
1870 o'clock.
THE CoLoRED TROOPS
that arrived were the Garfield Light In
fantry Volunteers, Fredericksburg, Va,
Capt. Benjamin Scott. They will be quar-
tered at tho navy yard. The Second Bat
talon, Virginia Volunteers, Norfolk, Va,
Maj WIN. Il. Palmer. five companies, will
be quartered at tho navy yard. The
South Carolina Volunteers, Charleston,
s. G., Capt. Allen. will be quartored at
l4l2 Seventeenth street northwest.
As each of the bodies came in the re-
ception committees took them to the
quarters provided for them. Many OF the
organizations had arranged to occupy the
cars they came in, and these cars were
run on q side track on Virginia aven 10,
and that street for three or four blocks
was loaded with cars. having on their sides
huge white signs on which were the
names Of the clubs.
THE COLUMBIA CLUB
in their neat white uniforms, went down
to the depot shortly after 3 o'clock and
received the Americus Club, of Philadel-
phia. The Samuel j. Randall Club, OF
the same city, came at the same time, and
both bodies paraded to their quarters ut
Willards. The Irving Hall Democracy
were escorted to Drivers and the Centen'
NAL Club, of Philadelphia, went to tho La
Pierre House; tho Moyamcnsing legion,
of Philadelphia, were taken to the Lafay-
ette House; the K, $. Pattison Associa-
, tion were taken to the American House;
| the Eleventh Ward Democratic Club, oi
Philadelphia, were escorted TO the st
Charles Hotel.
The rush at tho depot became tremon.
i dous at 4 o'clock, as half dozen trains
: were arriving at tho same time, and al
WAS confusion.
Company A, American Rises, Of vii
, mington, Del, arrived at o'clock, ant
/ paraded to their quarters. There was |
flaring oil torches and yells when
! THE COUNTY DEMOCRACY OF NEW YoRE
= arrived ht O'OO u CLOCK. ne 1Ouuk Nun
I Democratic Club went down to Maryland
; avenue aud Ninth street and waited fol
3 their guests for over an hour The pei
5 organization of New York came in thre,
! trains, and when they spread out on tn
: street there were 800 of them, all IL
! tall hats. The young democrats escorted
4 them up the avenue in good style. will
a blaze OF calcium lights aud fireworks
J and landed them in the rink on New Iorl
avenue. The party were under the mar
shalship of ex-Chiof of Police Kelso, an'
there were in the party Juliu7 Simon
n Bernard Castigan, eS-Aldermau Farley
Il ex-Alderman Bernard Riley, County
Clerk Keenan,, Excise Commissione
Mitchell, and James McCorky. The,
had Gilmore's band Of 100 pieces.
Kings County Democracy camo at tn
}, same time. There were 260 of them
They were marshalled by Col Fury
They were escorted to their quarters a
Willard's.
THE MAINE DEMOCRATIC LEGION,
Of Portland, arrived at o'clock. Their
were sevonty-fvo men in line, who wer
marshalled by Capt. John Lynch; Ma
Babcock, q septuagonarian, carried til
clubs banner, that the club owned Il
Folks time.
Al 7;l5 the Central Democratic Club, @
Harrisburg Pa, arrived, 12j stronI
J, They were marshalod by j. T.. Einsteir
and had the State Capital band.
The other organizations that arrive
y were tho Kruger Engineers, Of Newark
n. Ji the Hancock Veteran Association
of Pennsylvania; the Joel Parker Assoc
alton, Of Newark, n. j.; the Germa
g. Democratic Association, Of Philadelphia
the Cleveland and Hendricks War Voter
ans, of Brooklyn; the Thirty-iirst Sepal
ate Company, of Mohawk, N. Y; II
IS Plintch Rifles, of Augusta, Ca aud Il
k Governors Guards, Of Columbia, S.
> The other organizations that will partic
pate will arrive early this morning.
v Mr. Cleyelnnd'a Rooms,