Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-05-01
ART AND INDUSTRY IN LINE.
The Drowning Feature OF the Celebrate
Given by the Workers

The Growing Feature OF the Celebration
Given by the Workers.
Two days of intense enthusiasm and jubila-
ton, during which all New York city, with
hundreds of thousands from other points,
were on their feet from sunrise to midnight
and later, did not seem 10 have in the least
tired the people, so perfectly had the interest
been kept up and with such clock like preci-
sion had every feature been presented; and
when the rays of the sun lighted up the folds
of the national colors that were hoisted from
thousands of stats to greet him this morning
they also illuminated streets filled with an
ever increasing crowd eager to be par
Elephants in or observers Of the closing scene
of the programme-the great industrial pa
rade, a monster procession in which 81, 900
men were to take part; and the number
would have been 20 per cent. greater had
not the managers issued orders that it must
be- cut down to that figure The parade
started from Fifty -seventh street and Fifth
avenue at 10 IA. m, proceeded down the ave-
nue. to Fifteenth street, through Fifteenth
street to Union square, around Union square
to Fourteenth street, through Fourteenth
street to Fifth avenue, down Fifth avenue to
Waverly place, through Waverly place to
Broadway, thence down Broadway to Canal
street
Accordingly the presidential party this
morning were driven to the reviewing stand
at a little before the time for the head of the
column TO make its appearance, and given
seats at the front of the stand BY this time
every point from which view of the parade
could be obtained was occupied by as many
people as could squeeze into a place House
tops We're black with sight-seers, windows
were full of heads steps were packed and
finally the sidewalk contained a mass of hui
manity that was almost solid, so tightly
were they jammed together.
Living Tableaux in Line.
The character Of the pageant was some
thing that has never been equaled on this
continent Intermingled with banners and
organizations came fourteen historical floats,
representing the eight original states and
the important incidents in the history of the
country, such as Washington and his GEL
erals, Washington at Valley Forge, Wash
ington crossing the Delaware, Washington's
farewell to his generals, and Washington's
inauguration in 1889 in New York These
floats We're living tableaux in the costumes of
the day, and with the closest possible repre-
sentation in figure and face to the characters
great historical pictures Of these events
Among these living tableaux was a beauti-
full one of the Swiss, representing William
Tell with twenty-five ladies, representing the
twenty two cantons Of Switxsrlaod in COS
tune, upon beautiful float all dressed the
whole surmounted by wreath with the
coat-of-arms of Switzerland and the inscrip-
ton, "A Republic of 500 years" This tab
leau was preceded by live bear, the en-
blem Of switzerland.
Address to the President.
The head of the line was held by body of
delegates from the General Society OF Me-
chanics and Tradesmen, an organization los
years old, that participated in the celebra-
ton OF 100 years ago, with all the EXCHANGES
and the various societies. When the head of
the column reached Twenty street it
was halted and the representatives of the
above organizations headed by May
or Grant, dropped out of the line and