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

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NEW YORK. Nov. Slower Broadway
was thronged with people this evening to
witness the start of the Republican parade
of business men. The weather was much
the same as that of last Saturday when
the Democratic business men paraded.
The rain came pouring down steadily from
out of the leaden skies. but this did not
seem in any way to dampen the ardor Of
| the paraders
Inspector Williams was present in COM
mand of large force Of police at Lower
! Broadway to start the procession and
keep pathway cleared for its course.
Promptly at l o'clock the procession
moved with Grand Marshal c. 3. Mitchell
at the head. Ten mounted police officers
cleared the way. The grand marshal and
his aids all mounted, followed The rain
continued and with the mud on the streets
walking was laborious. The American
| flag was omnipresent in the ranks of the
| paraders and on the buildings and win
dows along the route of the procession
| AIultitudes of people thronged the route
| Crowds of sight-seers stood on roofs, in
windows and doorways and cheered the
|
! the paraders frequently joined in.
Many of the paraders were on horseback,
men whom nobody ever saw astride Il
| horse before, Among them were such
! well known business men as G. b. Mitch
! ell, G. r. Watrous, w T. Schaefer, John
| T. Hazeltine and Frank B. Rich. At the
head of the procession was a line OF police
who served to keep the crowd back from
the street and permit the paraders to
march without being impeded Then
came the marshal and aides and immedi-
ately behind them came a string of
twelve horses in double line drawing a
! truck bearing the model of a steamship.
| The vessel was intended to represent the
| Dolphin, which was at first declared to be
unacceptable to the government, but is
now considered one of the best vessels in
the navy for coast defense. All alongside
the model We're seventy-hYe men in sea
mems uniform. They came from the docks
of the Wards line of Havana steamships
and carried a banner inscribed: The
Democrats killed John Roach, but his
spirit goes marching en-"
One OF the most striking and unique
features of the parade was the appearance
presented by the American club of Pitts
burg. There was 20 men in line, headed
by the Grand Army band of that city, and
each man paid his own expenses The men
wore tweed suits and white hats and each
carried an umbrella around the outside of
which Were stars, while the ribs were alter
nately red, white and blue, thus
making the national flag. When
they wheeled out of Liberty
street to take their place in the
parade behind the Philadelphia clubs they
were preceded by standard inscribed,
'Pennsylvania is at your back. At a
given signal the umbrellas were raised
and opened, creating a decided sensation
The strangers were cheered necessarily as
they passed along Broadway.
When the Wall street business men
swung into Broadway from that street
headed by the Seventh regiment band
there was big shout from the crowd that
lined either side of the street. First cane
the coffee exchange, followed by the to-
bacco men. Every man of the latter had
leaf of tobacco plant fastened to the lap
pei of his coat or mammoth plug of the
popular weed suspended from his neck.
the features of the parade. Each
man carried a cane, to which was attached
a small flag. When they wheeled from
Wall street into Broadway with perfect
step they were loudly cheered. They were
evidently favorites, for as they passed up
the street they were greeted with cheers
from all points. Then came the members
of the Consolidated exchange, the other
associations filing into Broadway from
Wall street being the Produce and Mari
time exchanges, the custom house brokers,
the Cotton exchange, the A x. Whitney
Bowling Green Harrison and Morton
Worklngmeu'S Protective association and
the coal trade. Then came the others in
the following order: The lawyers from
Pine street, the insurance men from Cedar
street and machinery and railroad supply
men from Liberty street; next were about
POO men, all carrying at shoulder arms
canes on which were mounted red, white
ut \ hal no
jewelers. from Maiden Lane aud the whole
sale drug, chemical and paint trade the
hide and leather trade, the wholesale boot
ana shoe trade, hardware trade, west side
merchants and War Veterans association:
the paper and associated trades; the book
sellers and stationerS. the carpet and rail-
way AMI steamship trades, dry goods and
Columbia college students. umbrellas and
parasOls, central division dry goods, hat
tiers. furriers and straw goods; wholesale
milliners, gas fixtures employees, east side
business men, building material, Uptown
Business Mems association, New York
university students and the dental
students.
Above Chambers street the scene beg
CARED description. Crowds INSTRUCTED
the sidewalks and the windows of the tall
buildings on both sides of Broadway were
filled with spectators. In Chambers
street, and for many blocks above marching
head OF the procession passed them before
their right was uncovered by the organi-
cations starting farsher down down. In
fact the extreme left of the line was not in
motion until after ) o'clock. The greatest
enthusiasm prevailed all along the line.
excepting in the vicinity OF the New York
hotel where, on account of Mrs. Blaine. .
Jr.. who lies there III, the music aud
cheering WAS silenced. Here and there the
bewiidering diSplay of the stars and
stripes and Republican insignia were oc-
casionally interrupted by Democratic dec
oratlouS Of DaudanaS, papers bearing Chin
csc characters and pictures Of President
Cleveland. The paraders TAINTED their little /
American Tags and Kissed the bandanas {
aud gro3neI 1T the portraits of the Demo (
cratic candidate. Turning into Waverly /
place the column found the same waiting /
thronS. The windows of the university /
50 far as they commanded view of the |
parade. were radiant with pretty faces and /
resplendent IN patriotic decoration. Up /
tiItn avenue the column moved passing 1
the headquarters o. tue national hepUbil- /
can committee, where the cheering was /
intense. The headquarters were decorated I
ana the banner bearing the portraits of /
tue candidates waved over the cheering /
thousands. II possible the crowds in !
creased as TwenTy-thIrd street was neared !
and there about the reviewing stand in ali l
available points Of observation people /
crowded each other.
Nessrs. Warner Miller. Hon. Levi p. |
Morton. Colonel : V. K. Cruger and Gen /
eral John Z. Fremont reviewed the parade /
from the review stand AT the Worth moau- /
meni, Madison square The pItjsburg |
ClGb in their high white hats. by their /
splendid marching and general 6erleanor |
aroused the enthusiasm OF spectators a, .
the reviewing point and thew were gTven