The state chronicle., 1888-10-19
GRAND DEMOCRATIC RALLY.
<O,OOO Democrats In I,ine..POIiticnI
Chat In The Pivotal state
Especial Cor STATE CHRoSlcLEl

Especial Cor. STATE CHRONICLEI
NEW YORK, October 10, 1SSS.-If YOU
had been in this city Saturday and had
witnessed the monster parade of business
men for Cleveland and Thurman and
Tariff Reform, you might easily have come
to the conclusion that there will be no one
left to vote for Harrison and Morton.
This, however, will hardly be realized,
but 1t Is fact that no political parade of
the year can compare with the one men
toned. There were 10000 men in line
with brass bands, drum and fife corps
sprinkled all about them, so that the head
OF the procession was several miles in ad
vance of the other end. They were not of
the common run of paraders either-slk
hats and gold and silver headed canes
predomlnatng in every file. The substau-
tlal commercial interests of the metropolis
have not been so aroused in years as they
are in this campaign. The manufacturers
section of the parade was a striking fea-
ture- embracing as it did large number
OF that class Of our citizens whose interests
are supposed (Or by the enemy are repre-
sented to be- bound up in the success Of
the party which insists upon putting up
the price of their products by the addition
of an enormous import tax.
When the paraders reached Wall street.
the mass OF humanity stretching away for
blocks from the L. s. Treasury steps was
so dense that no man could move in his
place. 1t was indeed a sight well worth
seeing. Secretary Fairchild and Speaker
Carlisle, the chief orators of the day, were
both received with enthusiastic applause
The Secretary was in weak voice rather
1t requires a voice of extraordinary
strength to reach so vast an audience III
the open air, and probably not more than
one out of ten of the assembled thousand
had an idea of what he was talking about
until they read 1t the next day in the Star
and other papers. Speaker Carlisle how
ever, had little difficulty in making
himself heard even in the outskirts Of
the great assemblage. His voice is of that
peculiar penetrating and far reaching
character, which, without seeming loud,
falls with entire distinctness at "a great
distance from the speaker. The crowd
was IN full sympathy with the views of the
distinguished orator, and they applauded
as only such people can.
AT the National Democratic headuuar-
ters the leaders find diversion in the at
tempts of the enemy to extricate them
selves from the Senate Tariff Ijll dilemma
The well authenticated report that Senator
Allison, who is charged with he paternity
Of this hybred infant, has given it out that
wind up business and 90 home, is taken
as palpable admission of veal ness. Sen
ator German says it is play Ing directly
into the Democratic hands that the Sen
ate Tariff Bill was only week bluff and
would never be permitted t. come to a
vote. 1t Is even said that S.nator Ali
sons course is prompted by an ominous
| rebellion in the Republican ranks, which
make it certain that the bill could never
get the full sanction of the Republican
majority, and would therefore ignomin-
iously fail if ever the roll were called
Meantime the fighting is b, ing done on
this issue of high or low tariff without any
! let-up. Our captains say til they will
stand or fall by it, and they are not prac-
ticing the tumbling act this year either
Up to date there are FIVE regularly
| nominated candidates for Mayor of the
| city. Mayor Hewitt has the endorsement
of the County Democracy and the Citi-
zen's party. Sheriff Grant stands for
Tammany Hall and is indulging in a good
! deal of Incorporate talk about : Father
| Abram." Col. Joel B. Erhardt has been
| put up by the straight Republicans. and it
is said that the honor cost him something
| like 800, 900 in cold cash James ID.
| COOgan has the endorsement of the Labor
Party, and the Prohibitionists have their
own Wardwell. The Socialists, too, have
been cunning about town for some one
who will take their nomination, but they
haven't yet found man with enough
blood in his eye and tangle in his whls-
| kers.
A very conservative estimate places the
total registration in this city this year at
100000, 1t is probable that 250, 600 votes
will be cast for mayoralty candidates. The
County Democracy people think that
Hewitt will get nearly half of these. The
Tammany Hall folks give him about a
third and elect Grant on paper by 1000
majority. Erhard will be lucky if he
touches $4,000, and Coogan will not by
any possibility exceed 10000.
On the State and National tickets the
indications are that the total Democratic
vote will not fall below 100 900. This is
what the Democratic managers count on,
and if their hopes are realized Cleveland
will have majority in the city 20, 900
greater than he had four years ago.
| FRANK +. VAUGHAN.