The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1888-11-10
NEW YORK LETTER.
New YORK. Star Syndicate Letterto the
MAGNOLIA GAzErTR.l

= CAN = ~ q Stlt0 Vi lCNeT-
lsh excitement in this crowninc
week Of perhaps the most sharply |
contested political fight of our /
tunes. Every maa in both arrnles
Is at his post. All the big and
little guns are booming for what
they are worth, banners ale aut-
terlng everywhere, ana LONG files
ofleuthusiastlc waaiots are skir-
IN every direction to |
strike terror into the hearts Of |
their antagonists. Not only every |
day,ibut almost every hour Of the |
day, and farlnto the night, there
Is a big demonstration, Ia parade, |
mass meeting or blowout of some
sort. The comparatively few
people who don't take part IN
them, line the streets and public
squares to look at those who do,
and asa consequence the business
Of everyday life is seriously inter-
rupted. A gentleman who en-
|ploys no more than dozen peo-
pie in little establishment over
looking Broadway, Informed ME
that he had lost at least 5000 this
month 10 time thrown. away by
his help watching passing parades.
"WhY dIdn'tyou prohibit lt?''
$50 DID, bnt what ) the use 1?
Everybudy else's help was either
parading or Watching, aud what
everybody does becomes the priyi-
lege and lpresoga!iye of the Amers
lcan citizen, ,---aHd you can't sup
lpress 'em. Besides, who could
woikana all that noise and CHATTER? 70
That tells the whole story,-a
story that involves millions to the.
business men OF the Metropolis.
But they are far from complain
ling. Ia fact, they are doing very
lmuch of the shouting and tramp
ling thcmselves--much more than
IN former years. l'
This was strikihgly Illustrated
by the big parade of the Demo-
cratic Business Mems Clubs, on
Saturday. In this way i6 was un-
lprecedented. The newspapers
estimated the nunlbe. Of men in
| line all the way, from 10000 to
$4,000. ALI day long the rain fell
lin 4 drIzzle, literally punctuated
with brisk showers. The festive
Emud oozed up from between the
Ipaying stones, so that the middle
Fof the streets rescmbled n sewer
, in Il state ofactivc eruption. But
Ithe parade. went on just the same
: Afilliopaires who rarely trusttheln-
selves to anything below the rant
OF a hanson cab, tramped in the
wet and slush four sulid miles, K
: be reviewed by the President
Stockholders and dry goods prIn
ces jostled their clerks aud potter
In tie same line and did their full
J share of the shouting. Sp-uc'
silk tiles and nobby new suit
: were sacrificed by the thousands
but the spirits of the paraaer
7 were Waterproof If their coat
were not. Thereswlll be one othe
I monster Democrats parade be
fore the close of the season.
vail take place on Friday evening
: fne Republicans will have thei
parade in the afternoon and th
naughty Democratic manager
I couldn't resist the temptation a
!, forded by the opportunity of
= contract. ht
y Next week the cold, concrei
y figures of result will take Il
= place Of speculation, but while v
> have still The chance of indulgir
y the latter, it is not without |
y attractions as a past-tine. Ne
D York city's registration clost
y Saturday. The totaIls enormou
e quite beyond the expeetatio
D. of the Democrats who. are elate
e by it correspondingly' as the r
e pubhcans are depressed. III
figures in round numbers are 2S6
600, an Increase of $4,000 oy
= four years ago. This means th
$ Cleveland aud Harrison will dlyll
Z; about 100000 votes between the
y The Democratic managers are co
a fident that Harrison will lot g
4. more than 10000 votes, WIN
~ !" IS 10000 more than Blame g
= = four years ago. ibis would gi
= Cleveland 20, 900 majority in 3
! city. The Republican calculate
4. - is that Harrison will get 100
= votes, which would give Cleyela
y so, 900 majority, or 1000 than
~ ~ got here in 1884.
"a Brooklyn's registration
crease of 10000 would norma
indicate Il net Democratic incre'
|ly of 5000. Not since 1884 hi
the Republicans in the State 0