Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-11-15

Hoor Ior Mastee Harrison" President r. A.
Oiinsfead commanded the republican league
20: l. Richard johnson, vice-president, and S.
| L. Jones, secretary, acted as aides There were
nearly $50 members in line. Next in line came
the South Washington consolidation of social
| G!uos, OF which NJ. NJ. Smith is president, Chas
| boss vlce-president, and Walter Brown secre-
| tary- The number of persons in these clubs
was Variously estimated at from 500 to 1000.
| mere were boys of all sizes from FIVE
| years OF age up. They carried many
| trahsparencies, some of which bore the follow
| ing inscriptions: Three cheers for Tippecanoe
| ana Billy Malone, too;' "Danviile massacre;
| Carrotton. Miss, massacre; Copiah, Miss, mas
| sacre atiambnrg, S. c., massacre" The clubs
| represented We're: Cowboys, Dauntless, Social
! club, Rose of Sharon, Black Diamond, Mace
| domains, Lively Eight. Osceolo, Sweet violets,
| Athletics, and Early Rose. The fifth district
| Republican club followed the ''socials." The
| members were under the command of Charles
johnson, president; Robert Jones vice-presi-
| dent: Columbus Freeman. secretary. and Ran
4 dali Bowie, treasurer. There were about 200
| men in the club, and along the line they
| made themselves heard singing campaign songs
aud shouting ''Hurrah for Harrison and Nor
| ton" The Harrison and Morton club of the
| fifteenth district followed with 80 men COM
| manded by George Hicks, president assisted
| By Abe Smith, vice-president, and Ned Smith,
| secretary. There were in the club several
/ transparencies, on which appropriate free trade
notices were inscribed. The Virginia repnb-
| lican association, with II. Singleton, president,
in command, with about $50 members, brought
| up the rear of the third division.
TIE FOURTH DIVISION
! The fourth division was marched from E
| street in the following order: Capt. Patrick
| OFerrall, marshal, and f. W. Evans aide.
Lewinsville, Va, Harrison and Morton mounted
| guards, fifty men, commanded by Capt. John s.
] Croker, jr.. with Lieuts John Shafer, w. b.
| Dodge and w. =. Croker. The latter had
/ transparency with the representation of a dead
rooster labeled, "Free trade killed him." and
the name of the club. They were wen mounted,
! each horseman wearing a tri-colored sash.
Full Marine band and field music. The next
| was the republican national league. marshaled
| by j. ". Howell the members on foot, and
| Gen. Beale W. W. DanenhOwer, W. A. Cook.
DIR. A. p. Pardon, H. ID. Brown and other
| officers in carriages. They had over 100 men
in line, each wearing neat badge and bearing
| a handsome national flag. A carriage contain
| ing W. q. Finney, A. c. Winslow and
| j.. ID. Hart followed, and Transparency
! labeled Veterans of 1870" informed the spec-
tators that they were among the supporters of
| Mr.. Harrison's grandfather in 1910. A car
| rage, with the American quartette club
Messrs. G. ". Stewart, W. It. Benjamin, Walter
| Coakley, and 7. T. Benjamin-next appeared
| A log cabin in float and Uncle Sam on horse
back followed. The Lemon Legion. the en-
ployes of G.. Z. Lemons law and claims offices
! and of the National Tribune, also formed part
| of this division. The line was headed by f. T.
| IettlngaIe sdnd III. W. Rollins on gayly deco
! rated tricycle.. There were l75 men in line,
commanded by Capt. Fields with W. i. Thomp-
| son adjutant. The company commanders were
| Capts. II. T. Weaver, W. J. Martin, f. s.
] Seamans. J. L. DeJester, G. J. Lowell and
! Morris Weigle. They were uniformed in silk
/ hats and dark clothes. with white gloves. There
were numerous transparencies, flags, and
| torches in line. One representation was that
| Of Murchison. of Pomona, Cal. sitting back at
| his ease, reading paper with the inscriptions
| s.W hot a he mot h.
! all right" Another representation that of
a coffin. labeled: ''Free-trade killed him" Mr..
| Cleveland was pictured with the legend:
/ November 4th-Gorman to Cleveland
| We've carried New York." Another
! transparency was Inscribed 'Lemon-aid."
| The high school broom brigade. Major Ramey.
! with Capt. Ferree, adjutant. This numbered
| about 80, divided into companies commanded
by Capts. kimbati, Garrett, Grafton, Miller
! and Cough. Each bore a new broom sur
mounted by "a miniature American flag. They
marched in excellent style, and were highly
| complimcnted. They took possession ON l.
! street, between 9th and 9TH streets. Two car
| riages containing Messrs. John J. Ayre, Charles
Lambert John Rae, c. W. Hayes. j. C. Hewes,
W. :. Mason. II. b. James, Vim. A. Ward and
John J. Keenan, followed. The National fam
beau club came next with transparencies
tanning inscriptions as follows: 'Grover Cleve-
! land. attorney-at-law, established 1889. No
\ pension cases taken" Harrison, first in New
| York: first in Indiana, and first to down the
red bandanna.' No pension yetoes'' ''No
/ fishing on decoration day."
National league club, $50 colored men
headed by two Chinese lanterns aud with
numerous flags in the line. Isaac Barnes. mar
| shall. assisted by W. Ball and A. S. jackson. as
| slstants. Delegation of Logan inyincibles
| from Baltimore.
| THE FIFTH DIVISION.
| The component parts of the fifth division
| suffered much before they were brought to-
| gether in one harmonious whole. At $50 the
/ hour appointed Commander W. c. Chase was
! on hand. or on horseback, in front of police
headquarters. This was the point where the
/ right of the fifth division had heen ordered to
rest; but 7:3O O'Clock came, and not only the
| right of the line, but the left of the line and
| the center also. had failed to put in an appear
ance. About 745, however. the clubs COM
| menced to arrive. just as Commander Chase
left the scene of his lonely vigil to look for his
missing charges. Very rapidly the organized
enthusiasts took their positions, and after
| few brief wrangles as to precedence Ga point
| settled by reference to the order of parade in
| yesterday evenings starr the column was
| ready to march. 1t was only few minutes
| before O'Clock when the rear end of the fourth
lewiston swung past the head of the waiting
and impatient fifth. and then the two divisions
| merged into continuous chain. linked together
| by calcium light, Commander Chase and Aids
| Frank Joyce, Il. b. Robinson and Robert Brown.
| and a calcium light and Herberts East Washing
| ton Band of thirteen pieces. Following closely
after the music was the Washington star pion-
| Ger company No. /. The twenty men in line
were uniformed and each carried a deadly
! weapon shaped after the fashion of an axe.
| Capt. j. III. johnson was in command and his
| subordinate officers We're Lieuts. W. III. john
son and William Jones. Fifteen more uni
/ formed men. also bearing battle axes and known
rs the East Washington star pioneer company
followed as second platoon. commanded by
| Capt. r. G.. Gray and Lieut.. w. Smms. Then
| came 400 members of the Harrison and Morton
| Club, of the twenty-first district East Wash
| lngton). The officers of the club were: William
| III. Brooker. president; A. 2. Clark, vce-presi-
| dent; Lewis King secretary Thomas Scott, treas
/ urer. The principal decorative feature of this
! portion of the parade was an illuminated scare
crow or effigy on which was fastened Il card
| inscribed Poor Grover" The Virginia re-
publican association mustered 65 men and a
| number OF transparencies, most of them devot-
| ed 10 praise OF Gen. Malone, one of the can
vases declaring, with emphasis of black
paint and illumination that billie is still in
| the ring. The officers of the association were
Ralph singleton, presidents r. J. Shelton, vice.
president: L. ID. White, secretary; ]. H. Har-
RS, corresponding secretary; Richard Edmunds,
treasurer.
CaldwelPs band of eighteen pieces preceded
| the Virginia republican league, an organization
! which turned out 125 men. 1t was Differed by
{. w. Martin, president; G.. II. Seymour and
| Peter X. Jones. vice-presidents; g. L.. Barnes.
| secretary. and G. w. White, marshal The