Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-15
GRANDLY RATIFIED.
Six Thousand Democrats in
Procession.
SEVERAL INSPIRING SPEECHES.
A Line of Torches a Mile and q
Half LOng-Scenes and
Incidents.
SEVERAL INSPIRING SPEECHES.

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| Half L0ng-Scenes and
/ Z Incidents.
AS was expected, the grandest parade
and ratification meeting ever held in
Southern California took place last night
in honor of the nomination of Cleveland
and Thurman, by the National Demo.
cratic Convention, and of the return oi
Lieutenant Governor S. NJ. White, the
temporary Chairman of the Convention
which placed the names of the next
President and Vice-President of the
United States before the people. For a
week prior to last night. committee
headed by Mr.. Sidney Lacey, and consist,
ing of Messrs. A. Osthoff, r. Bilderrain,
VIM. Crawford, M. 9. Marsh, A. Linden
field, P. Jeandeyille, G. Westerman, OF
Pomona; B. S. Smith, of Pasadena; w.
d. Spurgeon, of Santa Ana; B. F. Porter,
of Anaheim, S. A. Waldron, of The
Palms; J. F. Figueroa, of Ballona; 7. A.
Pallet, of Los Nietos; J. NJ. Pitts, OF
Downey; J. S. Isabel, of Whittier; G..
M. Bell, of Ell Monte; }. M. Freyer, of
Spadra; Jno. Griffin. of Burbank; G. D.
Campbell, OF San Gabriel; Jno. G. Nor
gan, OF Santa Monica; A. M. Bragg, OF
Compton; Geo. Kinds, of San Pedro; II
B. Abila, OF Florence s. Barnes, of Mon
rovia; T. Harks, of San Fernando, had
been busily engaged in making the ar
rangements which proved to be so great
success.
The first indication that the celebra-
ton was to be held last night was the
arrival of the Monrovia delegation about
5 o'clock and its subsequent parade
through the streets, headed by its band
and was received all along the line
of march by the greatest enthusiasm
Later on by an hour, citizens hurried
home to make preparations for the par
ade, and at $3.50 O'Clock the citizens,
ladies and children, began to flock to the
streets along which it had been an
nounced the procession would march.
| AT Z 80 O'Clock the windows, sidewalks
and all available places for viewing the
marchers was taken up, and the crush
has never before in the history of the
city been SO great as it was at this time
A Jew minutes later detachments of
Democrats came marching through the
streets toward First and Main,
where the procession was to form,
and it seemed as if there were
Democrats here, there and everywhere.
From every side they came with their
torches lit, their uniforms bright, and
their banners with inspiring notices, in
citing enthusiasm at every point. There
were 80 many clubs and so many people
in them that more time than was
anticipated, was absorbed in di-
directing them to their places in
line, and from until half-past, Main
street, from Market to Fourth, and every
side street, was the scene of the greatest
activity. Torches were distributed to
Democrats who belonged to no club, and
aides dashed here and there in carrying
out the orders of Grand Marshal A. F.
Mackay. Main street was
BLAZE OF LIGHT,
And thousands upon thousands of people
gathered along the sidewalk and even on
/ were sent skywards every few seconds.
hardly be imagined, and the rather long
places in the line first was made less
| as they read the notices and admired the
| pictures.
Main street in front of the Iroquois
Club headquarters, Just above First, was
probably the scene of the greatest
activity and enthusiasm, and at 8 20
o'clock an accident to the wagon contain
ing the fireworks of the club created
considerable excitement. Several large
sky rockets had been sent into the air
to the delight of the crowd, when a
spark from one of them fell into the bed
of the wagon and in very few seconds
nothing remained of the vehicle but the
wheels and bed. This wagon had been
decorated with considerable taste and
bore several inspiring notices. On one
side was the portrait of President Cleve-
land, under which was painted "Grover
Cleveland the Peoples Choice. Honest
and True" On the other side was the
picture of Allen G. Thurman, under
which appeared "The Peoples Choice
Faithful to Every Trust" At the back
was painted in large letters "Reel
B. Terry, our next Congressman,
you bet!" Underneath this was
the portrait of Lieutenant Governor S..
NJ. White, around which was painted
"S. M. White, Our Champion" For
tunately those engaged in attending to
the fireworks were able to jump from the
wagon and escaped injury. The horse,
however, was slightly burned, the ban
nears on each side bearing the words
"Iroquois Club" catching fire.
The excitement over, the procession
reformed and at twenty minutes to nine
O'Clock it moved and then it was demon
strated that it was not only the largest,
but
THE GRANDEsT AFFAIR
OF the kind ever seen in this city. In
fact the spectators wondered where sc
many Democrats came from and began
to estimate how many there were in line
Headed by four mounted policemen, il
m arched up Main street to the Plaza and
then countermarching, went down Main
to Spring, along Spring to Fourth, along
Fourth to Fort, along Fort to Temple
down Temple to New High, and along
New High to the grand stand. More
than one timed it as it passed given
point, and even at the rapid rate which
had been adopted it was generally agreed
that it took from thirty to thirty five
minutes. Many of the clubs marched
four abreast and the members followed
close upon the heels of those who hat
gone before instead of keeping the regu
latiOn distance apart as is the rule il