Wichita eagle., 1888-11-09

witness the start of the Republican parad
of business men. The weather was mucl
the same as that of last Saturday wher
the Democratic business men paraded
The rain came pouring down steadily from
out of the leaden skies. but this did no
seem in any way to dampen the ardor O.
the paraders.
Inspector Williams was present in com
mand of large force of police at Lower
Broadway to start the procession .anG
keep pathway cleared for its course.
Promptly at l o'clock the procession
moved with Grand Marshal C. B. Mitchell
at the head. Ten mounted police officer!
his aids, all mounted, followed. The raiI
continued and with the mud on the streets
walking was laborious. The American
flag was omnipresent in the ranks of the
paraders and on the buildings and win
dows along the route of the procession
| Multitudes of people thronged the route
Crowds of sight-seers stood on roofs, in
windows and doorways and cheered the
different organizations as they passed and
the paraders frequently joined in.
Many of the paraders were on horseback,
men whom nobody ever saw astride a
horse before, Among them were such
well known business men as G. B. Mitch
| u, n. 4.
+. Hazeltine and Frank B. Rich. At the
head of the procession was line of police
who served to keep the crowd back from
| the street and permit the paraderS to
march without being impeded. Then
came the marshal and aides and immedi-
ately behind them came string of
/ twelve horses in double line drawing a
| truck bearing the model of a steamship.
The vessel was intended to represent the
| Dolphin, which was at first declared to be
unacceptable to the government, but is
| now considered one of the best vessels in
| the navy for coast defense. All alongside
! the model were seventy-iye men in sea-
mems uniform. They came from the docks
of the Wards line Of Havana steamships
and carried banner inscribed: ''The
Democrats killed John Roach, but his
| spirit goes marching on"
One of the most striking and unique
features of the parade was the appearance
presented by the American club of Pitts
burg. There was 275 men in line, headed
by the Grand Army band of that city, and
each man paid his own expenses. The men
wore tweed suits and white hats, and each
| carried an umbrella around the outside of
which were stars, while the ribs were alter
nately red, white and blue, thus
making the national flag. When
they wheeled out of Liberty
street to take their place in the
were preceded by a standard inscribed,
"Pennsylvania is at your back" AT a
given signal the umbrellas were raised
and opened, creating decided sensation.
The strangers were cheered necessarily as
they passed along Broadway.
When the wall street business men
swung into Broadway from that street.
headed by the Seventh regiment band
there was big shout from the crowd that
lined either side of the street. First came
the coffee exchange, followed BY the to-
bacco men. Every man of the latter had a
leaf Of tobacco plant fastened to the lap
pei of his coat or q mammoth plug of the
The Brokers' club was one of
the features of the parade. Each
man carried a cane, to which was attached
a small flag. When they wheeled from
Wall street into Broadway with perfect
step they were loudly cheered. They were
evidently favorites. for as they passed up
the street they were greeted with cheers
from all points. Then came the members
of the Consolidated exchange, the other
associations filing into Broadway from
Wall street being the Produce and Mari
time exchanges, the custom house brokers,
the Cotton exchange, the A. r. Whitney
Bowling Green Harrison and Morton
Workingmen's Protective association and
the coal trade. Then came the others in
the following order: The lawyers from
Pine street, the insurance men from Cedar
street and machinery and railroad supply
men from Liberty street; next were about
200 men, all carrying at shoulder arms"
canes on which were mounted red, white
and blue plumes; behind these came the
jewellers from Maiden Lane aud the whole
sale drug, chemical and paint trade, the
hide and leather trade, the wholesale boot
and shoe trade. hardware trade, west side
merchants and War Veterans association;
the paper and associated trades; the book
sellers and stationers, the carpet and rail-
way and steamship trades, dry goods and
Columbia college students, umbrellas and
parasols, central division dry goods, hat
tiers, furriers and straw goods; Wholesale
milliners, gas fixtures employees, east side
business men, building material. Uptown
Business Mems association, New York
university students and the dental
students.
Above Chambers street the scene beg
CARED description. Crowds INSTRUCTED
the sidewalks and the windows of the tall
buildings on both sides of Broadway were
filled with spectators. In Chambers
street, and for many blocks above, marching
clubs waited for over two hours after the
head OF the procession passed them before
their right was uncovered by the organi-
cations starting farsher down down. In
fact the extreme left of the line was not in
motion until after O'Clock. The greatest
enthusiasm prevailed all along the line.
excepting IN the vicinity OF the New York
hotel where, on account of Mrs. Blaine
Jr.. who lies there H. the music and
cheering was silenced. Here and there the
bewildering display OF the stars and
stripes and Republican insignia were &C
casionally interrupted by Democratic dec
orations OF bandanas. papers bearing Chin
csc characters and pictures of President
Cleveland. The paraders Haunted their little
American flags and Kissed the bandanas
and groared az the portraits of the Demo
cratic candidate Turning into Waverly
place the column found the same waiting
throng. The windows OF the university,
SO far as they commanded view Of the
parade, were radiant with pretty faces and
resplenoent IN patriotic decoration. Up
Elfth avenue the column moved passing
the headquarters OF the national Republi
can committee. where the cheering was
Intense. The headquarters were decorated
and the banner bearing the portraits OF
the candidates waved over the cheering
thousands. If possible the crowds in
creased as Twentythird street was neared.
and there about the reviewing stand in ali
available points of observation people
crowded each other
Messrs. Warner Miller, Hon. Levi P.
Morton, Colonel s. V. r. Cruger and Gen
erai John c. Fremont reviewed the parade
from the review stand AZ the Worth monu-
ment, Madison square. The Pittsburg
club in their high white hats, By their |
splendid marching and general deneanor
aroused the enthusiasm Of spectators az |
the reviewing point and they were given |
many rousing cheer. In truth this club |
seemed TO carry of the honor for individ- |
nal club display. Fred Douglass exper-
ieuced some difficulty in gaining ad- |
mission TO the grand stand Mr.. White |
law Reid was one Of the interested |