The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-21
DEMOCRATIC DAY.
Arrangements Perfect
ed for the Grand Pa
rade Wednesday.
THE PROGRAMME As FINALLY DE
CIDED ON.
An Imposing Demonstration Promised


Next Wednesday, october gath, is
democratic Day," and every Democrat
ic club In the city will be in the parade.
Each club will be ia uniform TO large
extent, and those who don't purchase the
uniform will march anyhow There
are many Democrats who do not ieg
able TO buy white hats, etc, but all oil
them will be in line.
TIE PROGRAMME
is as follows:
All clubs 10 be in line az II O'Clock.
First Division--Composed Of city clubs,
which will include the Fulton, Marshall
and Union Clubs, Jefferson Ward Club,
Madison Ward Club and the several
clubs from Monroe and Clay wards.
The Second Division was arranged so
as to consist OF the Petersburg, Lynch
burg, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Hampton,
stanton, williamsburg, Charlottesville,
Gordonsyille and clubs from the counties
and other tOws not enumerated.
This division will assemble on Eigh
teenth and Nineteenth streets north of
Main.
Third Diyision-Buslness mems pa
rade. The first section will meet on the
north side Of Main on Eighteenth. All
these parties, merchants, clerks. com
mercial travellers, etc, will be under the
charge Of Mr.. George II. Poindexter and
his aids. They are the business men
who are north of Main.
The second section includes all the
merchants and clerks on the south side
of Main street. They will form in line
on South Seventeenth street approach
ing Main under the command OF Mr..
Edgar d. Taylor.
The third section will be composed OF
all Broad street merchants, and will be
under the charge of Mr.. Powhatan f.
Dupuy. II will assemble at the corner of
Main and Fifteenth streets, the right rest
ing on Main street.
The fourth section will be Of all busi-
ness men in the city who do business
south of Main street 1t will be in charge
of Mr.. Charles l.. Brown, with Mr.. f. A.
Saunders, assistant They will form on
Fourteenth street. left of Main.
All parties not assigned as above will
report to and march with either of the
sections they may prefer.
All mounted citizens will report at the
headquarters, Main and Eighteenth
streets.
Carriages with invited guests and
speakers will follow, two abreast, the
second section.
The business men will all carry canes.
THE BANDS
will be distributed along the parade, and
every one having a large or small flag Is
requested TO carry 1t In his own part OF
the procession.
The hour of meeting is y o'clock. The
procession will at that hour start.
THE LINE OF MARCH
will be up Main to Fourth. thence to
Franklin, up Franklin to Monroe, thence
to Grace, then down Grace 10 First
street, thence to Broad, and down Broad
to the speakers stand Ia front of Fords
Hotel.
4 CONFERENCE or BUSINESS MEN
was held yesterday in Mayor Ellyson's
Office, and action was taken looking 10 a
large representation Of the employees Of
merchants and manufacturers on Demo
cratic Day.
Committees were appointed to circu
late among the business men paper Oh.
tsining their signatures pledging them
selves 10 suspend business on next
Wednesday from II a. m. to p. m.
1t is understood that the Tobacco and
Grain and Cotton Exchanges will sus-
pend business during the parade II is
also understood that the faculty of
Richmond College will suspend lectures
on next Monday, and all the students
who can do so will join in the parade and
listen TO the speaking
The committee appointed to get the
BToad.street merchants 10 turn out are
Powhalan L. Dupuy, Joses h Laube, VIII
liam Heller, A. Gunst and T. Ii. Elicit.
CHIEF MARSHAL.
The following order was issued yester-
day.
DEMOCRATIC DEMONSTRATION,
OFFICE DIRECTOR-GENERAL,
RICHMOND, October 20, 1883. }
General Order No l.
General c. J. Anderson Is appointed
chief marshal of the Democratic prcces-
sion for October cath.
Presidents of clubs and other organi
cations will report 10 him Immediately.
JOHS A. CURTIS,
Director General.
THE MOUNTED MES.
Al a meeting last night of the confer
ence committee, held at the rooms of the
Old Dominion Democratic Club, Director
General John A. Curtis presided. Re
ports of committees showed that one
hundred aud nifty men would appear in
line as mounted club Mr. W Fred.
Peasants was selected to command these
clubs, and among other things the follow
ing resolution was adopted
Resolved, That all persons who desire
10 iOin in the mounted club in the Demo
cratic parade are hereby requested 10 re-
port to Mr.. W Fred. Peasants on Broad
street in front Of the City Hall at 1890
o'clock am. on the oath instant, pre-
pared to fall in line.
II you want to live quite happy and