The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-10-13
The Series of Parades I'm New York
Culmintes In Monster
Demonstration.
Thousands lin the Line Of March and
Millions View the Spec
tacle.
Among the Latter Were Ex.Presidents
Hayes and Cleveland and Lesser
Lights Galore.

NEW YoRK, Oct. 13.-The military
parade capped the climax of the most
successful series Of consecutive public
demonstrations in the nations history.
Everything in this wonderful week Of
Columbian celebration has progressed
in sliding scale OF increasing merit.
The fervor, earnestnsss and universally
of the religious exercises of that sstwin
Sabbath" day Saturday and Sunday last,
were followed by the remarkable school
and college procession. That, in turn,
yielded in interest to the great naval
pageant, supplemented as it was by the
demonstration of the Catholics OF New
York, in the evening; SO successful and
SO startling in its strength. But, to quote
the official orders, the assembling,
movement and disbandment Of the
forces of the army, navy, and national
guard, the organizations of the Grand
Army OF the Republic, and of the various
societies participating in the military
parade, under the marshalship OF Gen
eral Martin T. McMahon, in celebration
of the 4OOth anniversary of the discov-
cry OF America"
Eclipsed All Preceding Events.
The governors OF i've great states
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Connecticut and Massachusetts, ex-
presidents Cleveland and Hayes--the
entire state national guard of New York,
and powerful provisional brigades from
Pennsylvania, Connecticut and New
Jersey, strong forces Of United States
troops and blue Jackets, reinforced by
such majestic civic parade as only the
great cosmopolitan city OF New York
can produce, all combined to do honor
to the occasion.
Assuredly that mysterious light
which history says Columbus thought
he saw on the eve Of this day, 400 years
ago, and anxiously waited for the morn
ing TO verify, may now be said to have
fully dawned, and in the lustre of its
beams the country enters upon the fifth
century of its known history.
How much longer this fever of excite
ment could be kept up without public
danger, might be asked, If these demon
etrations were to continue. 1t seemed
Tuesday as If the city never had been
90 full Of strangers before; yet they have
continued to pour in. All the railroads
connecting with distant points the
Pennsylvania, New York Central, Erie,
Delaware and Lackawana. and Lake
Shore were taxed to their fullest ca.
pacity and had to run their trains in
sections. But good order and good
humor everywhere prevailed.
Distinguished Strangers Plentiful.
Distinguished strangers are plentiful
as blackberries in September. Without
referring to those enumerated elsewhere
as participating in the parade, among
those who viewed the proceedings from
different points along the route were
Mrs. u. 8. Grant, Mrs. Cleveland, Mrs.
George B. Mcclellan, Secretaries Foster
Of both the state and treasury, Secre-
taries Rusk and Noble, the Italian min
lister, Baron Fava, whoof right has been
leading and interested spectator OF the
honors paid his countryman; the Turk
ish minister, Mavroyeni Bey, and many
others.
The saying often ascribed on very
doubtful authority to the old Duke Of
Wellington that it required military
genius to march 10000 men through the
gates of Hyde park, and march them out
again without hitch, was illustrated in
the elaborate arrangements made for the
mastering of this immense host, the
order OF procession being reversed
from that followed on Monday, and
Tuesday, and the parade beginning
down town and marching up, instead Of
starting in the upper portions Of the
city and marching down, all the leading
streets of older New York were laid un-
der contribution as assembling grounds.
The numerous staff OF Grand Marshal
Mcmahon met in Washington square,
near Broadway at $3.50 o'clock. Troou
A OF the New York national guard, &C.
iected as the escort Of the grand mar
shal, formed ON Whitehall street, with
its right resting on Beaver street, at .
o'clock.
The first division-2, 900 troops Of the
United States army-commanded BY
Colonel Langdon, Colonel Finley Ander-
son, chief Of staR, formed on the bat.
tery and moved up whitehall street I'M.
til the right rested on Bowling Green,
which point they were timed to make al
0:45.
The second division, selected men Of
/ the United States naval brigade, blue
Jackets from the warshipe PhilAdelphia,
Miantonomah, Atlanta. Dolphin and
vesuvius. under Lieutenant Commands
Asa Walker, fo1med in Bridge street,
with the right resting on Whitehall
street.
The first brigade, State National Guard
ct New York, ., 900 men, who acted u
escort to The visiting troops, assembled
ct Battery place. State. Greenwich and