Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-04


smoke from countless rockets and Roman
| candles The pressing crowd moved back
TO permit the big Harrison and Morton
cumberland ball to roll by midst deafen-
ing cheers. AS the great sphere which
mad travelled SO far arrived opposite Gen
eral Harrison it stopped as though to sa-
lutte and the general uncovered. The ball
was escorted by 458 torch bearers. Per
maps the finest display in the Republican
procession was made by the Railroad club
and the Porter Columbian club. The rail
road men all carried lanterns and fred
Roman candles, hut it was their
big realistic locomotive drawn by six
horses that captured the crowd. The Por
ter Columbians numbered 400. carrying
long poles with illuminated balloons.
Among the other leading organizations
We're the umbrella brigade: the Car Works
Clubs, Nanamaker escort tile workers
and Irish clubs in line numbering by
actual count 4, 200 men. The Republicans
had but half a dozen bands, and then
they were compelled to send to the country
and bring them in. The Democrats got
ahead Of them and hired every band in
the city. The column was one hour and
twenty minutes in passing the review bal
cOnV. General Hnrrisou remained through
out the parade and was handed dozen
kilograms, while reviewing the procession.
They proved to be from his friends in New
York. Here are two of them:
NEW YORK, Nov. 3.
General benjamin Harrison:
The greatest political procession ever
seen IL New \ ork has been passing the
Fifth Avenue hotel for four hours and
seems endless.
lSignedl JAMES G.. BLAINE"
NEW YORK, Nov. 3.
General Harrison:
Never in forty years have 1 seen such
cd nf n
procession rs today. Congratulations.
~ ISignedI HENRY G. bowen"
AT the conclusion of the parade General
Harrison was presented with
large glass globe nineteen inches in
diameter and thirty-six inches high
by Frank Skunk, an emDloye OF Covers
glass works at Muncie also two handsome
glass canes. Skunk stated that he made
the articles himself this morning.
Other gifts reaching the general today
were a hansomely mounted caligraph
from the Condo implement works. OF this
city, and paving brick from Urbana, o.,
with note from the donor stating that
he subscribed toward replacing the gen
erals sidewalk.
The Democratic demonstration was
usually as credtable as the Republican
less the novelties, such as the locomotive
and the big bail. 1t was shortly alter s
O'Clock when the booming cannon an
nounced that the Democratic hosts were
under way moving northward on Illinois
s. rect, thence west on Washington 10
West street, counter marching on Wash |
ingtOn to Noble, again by counter march
to Pennsylvania and north no Market. |
Around the grand hotel on Illinois street
the jam was as great as on Pennsylvania |
avenue and enthusiasm ran very high. 1t |
seemed the population of the city, as by |
common impulse. Observed the division of |
territory set aside to each procession by |
the authorities and the friends of each |
side, massed themselves along their |
respective lines of march Thus !
it happened that while the thousands |
around the Grand hotel all cheered /
Justly for Cleveland and the old |
Roman" no discordant cheers disturbed |
the masses about the New Denison. Only |
a big bandana floated from one of the |
upper windows of the Republican hotel, |
silently telling that at least one guest |
was Democrat. From the balcony OF the |
Grand Chairman Jewett and a number Of |
other distinguished Democrats reviewed
the passing host. The column was composed /
Of five divisions under command of Chief |
Marshal Robbins From the balconies
along the route red fire Illuminated the |
streets until from distant housetop it
looked, when both columns were il mo-
ton, as though the city was on fire in a
hundred places. 70 this brilliant illumi-
nation, assisted by natural gas, added to
the thousands of Kissing rockets,
the roar OF distant cannon,
the thousands of moving torches
and the roar of two marching armies, and
the reader gets a glimpse of indianapolis
and the tumult of the night. At the head
of the Democratic column was the Old
Mems Democratic club. They preceded
even tie chief marshal. Including the
township clubs there were about
sixty different organizations repre-
,euted in the Democratic column.
ar unusual number of mounted
men. The Democratic railroad club made
| fine display, numbering about 800 with
anterns and torches.