St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-28
Rain Does Not Dampen the
Enthusiasm. of New York
Democrats
They Turn Out Fifty Thousand
Strong to Honor President
Cleveland.
The President Reviews the
Greatest Parade Ever Held
in Gotham.
Commercial Interests Demon
strate a Preference for DEM
ocratic Government.

Strate a Preference for DEM
ocratic Government.
Special to the Globe.
New YORK, Oct. 27.-"Rain makes
10 difference to Democrats is what
Allen g. Thurman recently said at a
great meeting. A western storm that
would have prevented a Republican
| gathering swept over New York to-day.
But rain does not make any difference
| to Democrats OH such occasions as the
great parade of to-day, because it shows
| the earnestnesS of their Democracy
that surpasses all obstacles, and pays
10 attention to considerations OF
| comfort OF convenience. The rain was
constant. Thd pavements were wetted
| and the atmosphere humid, heavy and
extremely depressing. Under these
conditions $4,000 of New York's busi-
ness men assembled at the extreme
lower end of the city to testify their
its principles. and to pay honor to the
| president of the United States, who
was elected by their votes four years
/ ago, and who has SO we'll deserved the
verdict of approval that will be given
by their votes this year. Excepting the
music of many bands, including every
one that could possibly be obtained,
and the universal wearing of badges
and bandanaS, there was no effort at
theatrical display about the whole
| affair. 1t was an earnest, dignified
enthusiastic demonstration of RESPONSE
bic, thoughtful men teStifying their de-
termination that the country should be
saved from the consequences of bad leg
isiatiOn and that the party of their
choice should have full opportunity to
complete the good work upon which it
has entered. There were in the ranks,
despite the storm, more men than
in any procession of 1884. The march
ing was very rapid, the
COLUMNS CLOSELY MARSHALLED,
would be by the same number of buSl-
and there was not the slightest
evidence of desire to magnify the
affair any more than there
ness men going to their accustomed oc-
cupation any day in the year. But the
fecorum, dignity and business-like as
peet of the display did not in the leaStmil
itate against its enthusiasm. There was
constant cheering from one end of the
route to the other, and the use of sharp
campaign cries crystalizing the issues
of the canvass was very general as the
great procession moved up Broadway.
There was a sudden cessation of all
noisy demonstration when the head of
the column approached the New York
hotel EYerV band was Silenced
No drum or fife tones heard,
and there was not single
voice in the whole line raised above
whisper. The reason for the Interrupt
tiOn of the great campaign demonstra-
tiOn was the presence of the sOrely i'll
lady, who was the wife of the son of
James G. Blaine. The crisis of her
present dangerous illness was precip-
itated by the noise made the other
night by the Republican paraders as
they passed on their march to
law was to speak to American voters of
her race. For reasons best known to
himself, he left town without seeing
her, and the poor lady alone i'll her
great distress has since been near to the
point of death. There was no pre-
arrangement about this thought
fui act of the Democrats Of
New York. 1t was the sudden
sympathy of considerate men for one in
misfortune. The march of three miles
in the rain and slime proved, of course.
too much for many of the paraders, but
there was no appreciable reduction in
the numbers of the paraders until after
the column had passed the stand at the
Worth monument. There were many
venerable citizens who for many years
hoH accoXnA cnnh n taSy in
weather, and gray locks were plentiful
as their hats were raised. AS they
passed the president on the grand stand,
there was a single female farm. 1t was
that OF
: MRS. DELLA STEWART PARNELL,
the mother of the leader of the Irish peo-
pie, vino came there to-day, as he said, to
express her contempt and indignation
at the dastardly efforts of the Repub-
licau cOnspiratOrS with British ennis
saries, and to make campaign capital
through the Sackville incident.
When she came OIL the stage
the president turned to her
and said: Il saw plucky woman
crossing through the mud, and thought
it must be yOu."- A significant circum-
stance was the presence in the group
surrounding Cleveland of Mayor Hewitt,
plolIt3 INV
for, mayor, and ex-Mayor Grace.
The three men typify as distinc-
lively as possible, the shades of
Democrat opinion now united heart and
soul in support of the continuance of
Democratic good government. With
alt three the president exchanged pleas
ant greetings. With Mayor Hewitt
he had long and earnest chat
while waiting for the head of
the column to approach, in which
Mr.. Grant joined for some time.
evidently in token of the truth that the
Tammany hatchet is only flourishng
in municipal warfare. Another inter
esting incident of the scene at the grand
stand was the presence of large num-
ber Of
UNION VETERANS OF DISTINCTION.
Prominent among them were Gen.
Henry II. Slocum, Gen. Daniel E.
Sickles, Gen. Franz Segel, Gen. Will
liam III. Cathen, Gen. HOrotiO King,
Gen. Martin L. MacMahOn, Gen.
Francis B. Spinola, Gen. Ben Le-
fevre, Col Cavanaugh, Gen. Gait,
Col. j. E. Campbell, Maj. John
Beirne, Col. E. B. Dickinson,
and Col. Mcclellan. There were not
great many senators or congressman
present. For the same reasons as COM
peHed the absence of Gov. Hill they
are too busy just now making Demo
cratic campaign speeches throughout the
contested states, using every hour left to
them by the adjournment of congress in
the discharge of this paramount citizen