New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-04
| rick Edward Pearsal, James II. Morgan, Calvin d.
| lakewood and John Valiant
CHANCES AMONG THE GREAT THRONG.
DEPTH OF ARDoR AND CONFIDENCE WHICH PRE-

CHANCES AMONG THE GREAT THRONG.
DEPTH OF ARDoR AND CONFIDENCE WHICH PRE-
sAGEs DELrvERANcE FROM DEMOCRACY.
II may DO confidently asserted that no political
pageant ever turned out in New-York marched along
a moro hospitablc route or ono In which the outward
and visible signs OF sympathy and approval wero
more numcrously and exultantly displayed. 1t
seemed the popuace Of the city had concentrated
itself along the great living arteries from Bowling
Green TO Fify-ninth st. Broadway a surging
mass Of humanity from building to building, and
Fifth-ave., IN parts, was entirely blockaicd. Ii
n representative crowd and friendly one. Every
age sex and condition Of life there. workingmen
and their millionaire employers good-nat ell
bowed each other TO secure cogns Of vantage and the
factory girls waved handkcchicfs In friendly rivalry
with their more fortunate sisters OF Murray HILL
Nor was the small boy idle. He fulfilled his mis-
sion Of making things lively with triumphant and soul-
stirring success The messenger ard telegraph boys
aid some very fine work, but the most active speci-
men was the plain, everyday. street Arab. IL was
noted by many persons significant feature OF the
campaign tlat for the first time since this elhn order
existed in the city, Its bafef0otcd representatives
were shouting with all of their lungpower for the
Republican candidates. 1t would seem as H. by con-
tact and sympathy, they had imblbed the feeling
which plainly showed Itself yesterday among all classes
OF wage-earners.
OF all the vast throng the mechanics and artisans
were the loudest In their war-cres and the quickest
In recognizing approving the telling notices and
emblems They also had the most to say and really
took the leading part In yesterdays gigantic rati-
fcaon meeting, where the whole metropolis was
thinking aloud with the sonorous hum OF Niagara
Falls, and the energy OF *aer-cyclone.
But there countless others In tho whirlpoos
and rlppes OF the eddying throng who were bent
Upon making themselves known, felt and understood
They looked down from windows and housetops all
along Broadway and Flfth-ave with smiling faces
ard they leapcd up from the sidewalk to tr'icks'
fences, lampp any other support which offered
BelmOnts house q compact group Of handsome women
waved flags and handkcrchefs for Harrison and Nor
ton, and the steps of that other stronghold of De-
mocracy, the Manhattan Club, were also captured and
utilized by these fair Republican invaders. Although
the American flag prevailed almost everywhere, the
British banda1na pokcd It's lonesome head out here
and there. But these places were 80 few and far
between that they only served to emphasize the
strength Of the Republican feeling which was abroad
The Kisses at Harrison and shouts for Grover by
which such exhibitions were accompanied were hurled
backward before the deafenlhg blasts OF counter
cheers like puff Of cigarette smoke before nor-
wester.
In fact It was a great day all sides for Amer
cans, both native born and naturalized lrish-Amer-
cans, German Americans. Italan-AmeTfcans, and all
five miles and a period Of five hours with speech
which had many ablal accents but only one meaning,
that OF the confidence and joyous hope re-
cedes paean OF Victory.