The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-20
THE JUB1LA71oN IN THE STREETS.
Music. Illunlnations, and Enthuslasm-An
Harlem Afoot, Despite Rain and Mud.

| THE JCblLAIlON lN LIE CxAIE4Os
Music. Examinations, and Enthuslasm-
Harlem Afoot, Despite Rain and Mud.
Those who won't Harlemward last night as
| far as the high curve and looked out over tho
| expanse OF brick and roof there presented
| saw an appearance Of earth and sky at once
| beautiful and alarming Tho whole OF
| that vast outstretching OF upper New
York was overhunG by great luminous
bank Of cloud. at times red again green. and
then blue. while in dozen places the bright
ness seemed the intense blaze OF a confasra.
ton. There was no cause for alarm except to
Republicans. 1t was merely the Harlem
Democrats opening the campaign.
A man who has lived in Harlem thirty years
and has reared large family there, rs he in
formed crowd in the Stuyvesant club house.
said that in all those thirty years he had not
seen the like. And it's good thing it
rained." said he. or tho whole place would
have been busted and burned up
Harlem is pretty big place. The Twenty
third Assembly district is also big place.
and. when it gets to voting. it outvotes any
other Assembly district in this city. The time
was when the Twenty-third was a toss up be-
tween Republicans md Democrats. But that
time has passed. and last night it seemed
pretty clear that there were nothing but Dem
ocrats in the whole district.
And as the elevated trains on either side got
into the midst OF it the people aboard them
saw street after street illuminated from end to
end. houses covered with lanterns. red and
blue and green fires burning every few feet OF
the sidewalk. while rockets and Roman
candles filed the mir with rain
OF sparks. There were drum corps
lungs until a continuous roar OF jubilation rose
above tho rattle Of tho trains and made the
place below look and sound as though Bediam
loose. The babies in Harom did not sleep
until midnight. and the older people could not
The centre and origin OF the awful npGeayal
OF Mar% h;rs was tine
tRat corner in i6 street r Is the club house Of
the stuYyesant Democrats! Cr{b the laEgestof
o'clock the streets for. blocks around were
packed and iammeI. IT.. The rain was p2o ~ Ing
In, tho middle Of the streets bands. followed
ys Gns rseo Of Mnss wss
horns bloWns msn W21en and sahdren
when ENG" Grand Marshal Burke on big horse s
patriotic sash got to tearing about witt, an
energetic company Of assistants to shout at.
the middle dissolved and even the rain
,d At las. the parade began to advance int int
@ ssFts. ape S S Se" os
nT sds Of III uS 1s5 to te
window III it. red lights burned on ali the sls
rockets asccnded from wagon In front. and
great punches OF nrecrackers exploded from
The parade came down the street emerging
done coming Tho Harlem, Democratic Club
sa Ts " sna so2ss nss
and the Ciermonts and tho Ryan Xssocia,
tGn e ind as the eft to !he number
Almost ali bore torches Of onc!klnd or another
buried rod lights. Every once in Wills there
was u wagon with calcium light or so and
Candles wars rcd nc MS tS'1eS 'n' "0"an
Tranisparssncies dotted dc line AZ thickly. rs
sett Out Of sishtNov aeemcd to on" express
the k general ~ o PIN, o,o o,. ,u.o, ,.
with several flour barrels, sHrmolnted by a
ugs ta va" Ssa
electric lights; As this passed along the Words
Eer sna IL eesty ht Glib Ahs
felt thet Of The Ssiea then
trict to add long section to tho parade The |
Nnrragansetts were in frock coats and high |
hats that Knocked the rain. The David b. Hill |
Club rode In carriages-ilfty carriages or more. |
The parade was blaze from end to end. the |
streets abase and the SKY reflected the
tudcs came from that lined the sidewalks |
march was from 106th street. and Third |
enue to o. 1a4th street. to Third az.
enue. to 125th street. to Eighth avenue, to |
10th street. TO Manhattan avenue. tn Han |
cock square. Thus there were several miles Of |
wide streets trayersed, and the parade was |
sometimes marching In thiee parallel streets
Whenever It passed a Democratic club house
the burst o. fire and the shouting increased. |
At the Harlem Club house the entli siasm was
greatest. From the second-stOry windows
looked Mrs Flower and several Of the ladies Of |
the Flower family and Mrs. William c.
The parade started at 8 o'clock sharp. At
1880 It was lust coming to the reviewing
stand IN Hancock place. where Mr.. Flower and
the other. speakers and eminent Democrats
Here are the clubs that the next Governor
saw pass: Tho Harlem Democratic Club and
the Forty-seyenth Regiment band, the Man
hattanville Democratic Club, the Massasolts.
the Clermonts, the German DEMOCRATIC Club.
the Narragansetts. the Young Mems Demo-
cratic Club, the Daniel Welsh Association. the
World's Fair Chicago Club. the Charles J. Me-
gormick Club; tho John Gnsick Association.
Club the SamHel J. Tilden Club. the Jackson
the David barry Association. the Saga
more Club, the Chrisforo Colombo Itatisn |