The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-11-04
A GRAND PAGEANT.
March Of the New York Bus
iness Men.
FIFTY THOUSAND IN LINE.
A Host 80 Great that Watchers Tired
: Ere the Last Rank Came I'm View
The Puny Efforts of the Democratic
Importers week Ago Made Ri
dteufous.

NEW YcRK, Nov. Slower Broad
way was thronged with people this
afternoon 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 a leaden sky, but that did
not seem in any way to dampen the
ardor of the paraders. Promptly at
O'Clock the procession moved, with
Grand Marshall Mitchell at the head.
The American flag was omnipresent
in the ranks OF the paraders and on
buildings and windows along the route
of the procession. MuItitudes OF peo-
pie thronged the route, and crowds of
sight-secrs stood on roofs, In windows
and doorways, and cheered the differ
ent organizations as they passed, and
the paraders frequently joined in
immediately behind the marshal
came a string of ~ horses in double
line, drawing truck bearing a model
of a steamship. The vessel was in
tended To represen, the Dolphin, which
was at first declared to be unacceptable
10 the government, but is now con-
sidered one of The best vessels in the
navy for coast defense. Alongside the
mogel were rs men in seaman,s uni
form. They came from the docks OF
Wards line of Havana steamships,
and carried banner inscribed, ssIshe
Democrats killed John Roach, but his
spirit goes marching on"
One OF the most striking and unique
features OF the entertainment was the
appearance presented by the Ameri-
caus Club of Pittsburg. There were
2T5 men in line. The men wore tweed
suits and white hats, and each carri ed
an umbrella, around outside of which
were stars, while the ribs were alterna-
ted red. white and blue, thus making
the national eolors. When they
wheeled out of Liberty street to take
their place in the parade behide the
Philadelphia Club they were preceded
by a standard inscribed Pennsyl-
vania is at our back"
When the Wall street business men
swung into Broadway from that
street, headed by the Seventh regi-
ment band, there was a big shout
from the crowd that lined either side
of the street. First came the ceffse
exchange, followed by the tobacco
men. Every man OF the latter had a
leaf of tobacco plant suspended TO the
lapel OF his coat, or a mammoth leaf
suspended from his neck. The
brokers' club was one of the features
of the parade. Each man carried a
cane, to which was attached a small
American flag. Then came members
OF the consolidated exchange and 9TH
er associations, and the produce and
maritime exchanges, custom house
brokers, cotton exchange, A. X. Whit
ney, Bowling Green, Harrison and
| Morton, Workingmen's Protective As.
sociation and the coal trade.
/ Then came Others in the following
order: The lawyers. from Pine street
/ insurance men, from Cedar street !;
machinery and railroad and supply
men, from Liberty street; jewellers.
| from Maiden Lane; and The wholesale
drug, chemical and paint trade, hide
and leather trade, wholesale boot and
shoe trade, hardware trade, West Side
merchants, paper and associated
trades, booksellers and stationers. car
| pet and railway and steamship trade,
dry goods, Columbia college students,
umbrellas and parasols, hatters. fur
riers and straw goods, wholesale milli-
ners, gasfitters, builders, Uptown
Business Mems Association, New
York university students and dental
students.
Above Chambers street the scene
| beggars description. Crowds obstruct-
ed the sidewalks, and the windows OF
the tail buildings on both sides oi
Broadway were filed with people. In
Chambers street for many blocks
above, marching clubs waited for over
two hours after the head of the process
sion had passed before their right was
uncovered by organizations starting
further down town. In fact, the left
of the line was not in motion until 6
O'Clock.
The greatest enthusiasm prevailed
on the line. Here and there were be-
wildering displays OF stars and stripes
and Republican flags, with occasional
Democratic decorations of bandanas.
papers bearing Chinese characters.
and pictures OF President Cleveland.
The paraders Haunted their little
American flags and Missed the ban
danas and groaned at the portraits OF
| the Democratic candidates. The head
| quarters OF the Republican national
committee were profuSely decorated,
and a banner bearing portraits of the
candidates waved over the cheering
| thousands.
Warner Miller. Hon. Levi 7. Nor
ton, Col. Cruger and Gen. John c.
Fremont reviewed the parade from
the stand at the Worth monument,
Madison square. Hon. James G.
Blaine watched the pageant from the
windows of the Fifth Avenue hotel.
and afterwards expressed regret that
he had been unable to get 20 Che re-
viewing stand. Ii is estimated that at
least 5000 men participated in the
parade.
While approaching the reviewing
stand a broker, VIM. ]. Osborne, one
! OF the paraders, dropped dead and
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