St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-02
the SECOND CENTURY
Of American Constitutional
Government Brilliantly
Begun.
Another Parade, in Which
Floats and TableauX
Predominate.
All Previous Exhibitions of
the Kind Exeelled by
Long Odds.
hIp. Harrison Reviews the
Pageant--A Big Drunk at
the Ball.

New YORK, May 1.-The third Gay of
the great Washington centennial broke
clear and cool, and better day for a
parade could not have been wished.
The crowds along the line of march
were as large as yesterday, but there
was a difference in their appearance.
Yesterday the soldiers were all march
ing and the observers were citizens;
to-day the visiting military are scattered
among the onlookerS, and the citizens
are doing the walking. The various
churches all had stands for the parish
toner's. The stand at the Roman Cath
olic orphan asylum was well crowded,
the lower portion being set apart for
distinguished clergymen. An arm chair
sat in the center Of the space and
was occupied by Archbishop Corrigan.
The stand OF the -Four Hundred" with
the one towering above it, erected by
the common council, was filled when
the grand marshal reached that point at
1920. The parade started shortly after
10 o'clock, with Mayor Grant and repre-
sentative delegates from the civil, in
duStria and commercial societies and
organizations in advance. When the
reviewing stand was reached, the
mayor presented an address to the
DItSluGJlt. lIllS DOuy lllCH tOOh lIlC
places which had been reserved for
them on either side of the president,
and after him. received the hOn0rS OF
the parade. Next came Gen. Butter
field, the chief marshal, followed by his
staff.
THE FIRST TABLEAU.
"The Declaration of Independence
was intended to represent the reading
of the Declaration of Independence by
John Nixon in the state house yard.
Philadelphia, July s, 1716. This float
was surrounded by an escort of 100
members of the society of veterans of the
regular army and navy. The next float
represented "WaShington and His Gen
erals Mounted" Washington, as COM
mander-in-chief, occupied the center of
the line; Maj. Gems. Ward, Putnam,
Philip Schuyler and Charles Lee on
either side; closely following were the
nine brigadier generals, the number ap-
pointed by the continental congress at
Philadelphia in 1776: also Marquis de
Lafayette, Baron Steuben, Inspector
General Count Rochambeau and others.
This tableau was guarded, as special eS-
cert by Weir battalion, School No. 10,
Brooklyn, uniformed, number Is; Maj.
+. II. Nichols commanding. Following
this tableau came the float representing
"Washington Crossing the Delaware"
with its guard of several hundred cadets
In uniform. Then came 1850 school
children escorting their center tableau
of "Washington at Valley Forge,
Winter of 1777 and ITS" 1t repre-
sented winter quarters at Valley Forge
and the meeting of Gen. Washington
with Baron Steuben: sick and wounded
soldiers. Several temperance societies
and Knights of Pythias. preceded
the feat "The Resignation OF
the Commission" and the YOnk-
ers cadet corps :. escorted 'sIhe
First Inauguration" Between the
Washington Continentals and 1000 Sons
OF Veterans was the elaborate tahleau,
"The State of Virginia" representing
ship of the sixteenth century, with ad-
venturers in Elizabethan costumes,
crOwding the poop-deck. deserving the
land. Then followed series of tab
leau representing different states, as
follows: New York, boat load of
Dutch sailors and vOyagers; MasSachu-
setts, ''Anchoring of the Maytiower;"
Delaware, "ChristianiZing the Savages;"
Maryland, Lord Baltimore and George
Calyert;" Pennsylvania, "Penn's
Treaty." Georgia. THE Last Pre-Revo-
lutionary Colonial Settlement After
these came
THE MOST INTERESTING FEAT URE
the CaledonanClub of NewY ork and the
Seventy ninth Highland regiment of
veterans. The Scotchmen in their kits
and skirts attracted great deal of at
tention. and their pipes stirred up con-
siderable enthusiasm all down the
avenue. The Swiss centennial COM
mittee, with the Swiss tableaux, were
escorted by the Centennial sharpshoot-
ers, and then came the firemen's di
(Il,iAf fhnSn tSlaH6ipc;'
were the 600 members of the New York
Folunteer Firemen's association and
ten veteran associations. The engine
and hose companies from out of town
presented a fine appearance with their
highly polished machines and bright
new uniforms. There were about 1000
men in this division, the rear being
brought up by the Brooklyn fire de-
partment The 400 Brooklyn police
who came along just after the firemen
also presented fine appearance.
THE GERMANS
had determined to lay themselves out
on this parade. and they did it, The
marshal of this division was Emil
band of forty pieces. First came the
German-American Sharpshooters to the
number of over 5000 men. Then came
the singing societies, of which the
Schillebund was the largest in the first
division with $50 men, while the
Iorelei society had over 500 in the sec
ond division. The feature of this part
of the parade. however, was the great
number of tableauX and floats which it
presented, nearly all the important
historical events and the progress OF
the last century in the arts and sciences
finding each its respective place. AL
most every trade known to man had its
representatives among the German
population, and at least a few artisans
from each were in the line.
NOW CAME THE HIBERNIANS.
They numbered quite 10000, some
uniformed and some were not. Irish
and American flags alternated all over
the division, and the elaborate float ''The
World Moves On, ''added another feature
to that part of the column. After
number of trades organizations had
passed, the united Polish societies came
along, one of their floats showing how
paper boxes are made. A little later
the air was rent with the exceedingly
noisy band music that preceded the
COLORED CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE
with the George Washington coach.
drawn by four horses, in the midst:
After the colored delegation had
passed, Gen. Martin II. MacMahon ap-
peared at the head of the regular irish
section of the parade. This included
nearly all the Irish-American societies
of New York, the Papal veterans, 5000
members of the Society of the Holy
Name, 5000 more of the Ancient Order