The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-19

playing. the lights moving and the people
cheering.
THE PROCESSION.
The line moved of as follows:
Detail of police.
Marshal and twenty aids, mounted,
Guests and committees 10 carriages.
First float with pictures Of Cleveland and
Stevenson on each side.
/ Butchers, mounted.
Tho second float, representing the Chicago
aud Minneapolis platforms, life-sized mule
standing trlumphantly on the Chicago plat
| form, while poor elephant lay tangled in
the wreck Of the republican platform.
| No. 8 float followed. On one side il bore
broad belt of black inscribed above
/ All Black On the other side Tom
/ Watson was pictured ia a dazsd condition
exclaiming, 'Mr. Speaker, where ON l at.
The Gleason Club came next in carriages
with orooms and tin horns. The fire de-
paTtment float was next. IL was the most
elaborate float in line. A big hat orna-
Inented the front with pair Of feet stick
ing from under it with the inscription be-
meath. "Whers is Bennie." Ga one side
Harrison was being unceremoniously kicked
from the white house and on the other
Cleveland was invited to nail bis plate to
the door. There was a profuse decoration
of collins, ROSTERS and other paraphernalia
hEuuuQ the HOdU. Inc UF6 department. CLUB
of boys followed the float.
Floats Nos. aud followed The first
represented Cleveland as Hamlet in mis-
soliloquy, standing in a graveyard with
skull in his hand, and exclaimed "Alas,
poor Horiok, knew him we'll" The tomb
stone beside him WAS Inscribed &c. o. p,
died Nov. s, 1892" The reverse side repre-
sented Uncle Sam as Diogenes with the
lantern looking for the Republican party.
Another float portrayed the democratic
| cannon preaching the Mckinley tariff wall.
| Then came the Screven Club, swinging
their Cleveland and Stevenson lanterns and
headed by the Fourth brigade band from
| Charleston.
The club made fine appearance.
CAPT. BROOKS "THIRTY-EIvE."
Capt Brooks "Thirty-fve" followed,
making very military appearance with
their long overcoats aud big brooms.
They were followed by tremendous
rooster borne aloft.
The next float was on the third warty.
One side represented Weaver and Mrs.
Lease too late to catch the train, while the
conductor waved them a good-by from the
rear platform. On the other side Weaver
and Mrs. Lease were taking to the woods,
pursued by a shower OF rotten eggs.
On the next float was tiger rampant
with an inscription below, Don't Buck the
Iammany Tiger. New York city $4,000
majority"
The John schwarz Club, 100 strong, and
the Pooler democrats, 90 strong followed
The Forest City Gun Club came next, so
strong A transparency borne aloft an
nounced, ave are the shotgun democracy,
The Plant System Club with its 800 mem
bers and numerous transparencies came into
| line, followed by the First District Demo-
| cratic Club, headed by Alderman Mcclure,
200 strong. Each club was headed by a
band.
The next float, representing the fox and
the grapes, was wedRed in with great dif-
fioulty. numerous clubs striving to secure
places in line.
RAN TO oBLIGE THE BOYS.
A fox with tho head OF Whitelaw Reid
was Looking up and saying, ~ did not want
the vice presidency. / only ran to obligs
the boysn
The Robsrtsville boys, the Lester boys.
and tile Madison square democrats fol-
lowed.
The Central Railroad Club came into line
200 strong with several humorous transpa-
rences.
The Tammany Club followed, 200 strong,
and made good showing.
The Stevenson boys, Capt. Edwin Ryals
were next in line, sixty strong.
The Conley Crackers Of Tsttnall, 100
strong, attracted considerable attention
along the line OF march.
The Savannah Brewing Com pany had an
elaborate float, with brass band and sixty
men.
Winters band was out with the VOTERS
brewery float, which attracted much att
tention.
A number of minor organizations brought
up the rear.
Thousands OF people were gathered In and
around the parade ground when the
Tern al nrn vkO
packed on both sides and the side
walks could hardly hold the peo-
pie. The number OF country people in
the crowds was especially noticeable. The
! railroads reported last night that large
crowds came in on all the lines yesterday.
THE LAMENTATIONS.
The buildings on Drayton street were
beautifully illuminated. The Telfair hos
pital, the residences Of y. Krouskof, NAL
Butler, j. A. Einstein, w. H. Baker
| Thomas Daniels and Capt. john r.
| Dillon we're brilliant with lights, lanterns
and decorations.
AT Drayton street the parade turned into
| Gnston. aud marched west on CASTOR to
Jefferson, down jefferson TO Jones and
down the full length Of Jones TO East
| Broad.
| When the head of the procession reached
East Broad the rear had only Just left
| Drayton to turn into CASTOR.
| The procession was over mile long. with
| over 5 900 men in line. Nearly 10000 peo-
| pie viewed the parade from some
| point or other on its march
Down Fest Broad to Liberty and
west on Liberty to Bull the procession came,
The whole of Liberty stree. was lined with
people, Every house almost was illuminated
and in front Of every door and at every
corner fireworks were set off and red lights
| burned. The De Soto was lighted from top
| TO bottom. The Hussars' club was also
illuminated, and so was the Brigham resi-
| dence opposite, and DR.. Wells residence ad-
joining. Capt. D. G.. PURSES residence.
opposite the De Soto, WIS most attractively
| decorated and Illuminated.
SCENES AT THE DE SOTO.
The people were massed around the
neigborhood of Bull and Liberty streets by
thousands Hundreds OF ladies occupied
the balconies OF the De Soto and Of the
Hussars' club.
The transparencies were greatly admired
Tom Watson was caricarured in every con-
ceivable manner and at least a
dozen collins were dedicated TO his
memory. The most striking OF this class
was regular funeral procession, headed
by black coffin transparency and followed
by twenty mourners In black rubber over
coats