The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-11-01
HURRAH FOR THE FIFTH!
a Big Parade Last Night by Enthus
astIc Republicans.

Iuc SeNeHJu w ara runs dlOng tue west
side of Broad way, and 1t rejoces in the
possession of hosts of sturdy Republi-
cans.
The Fifth Ward is father down Broad
street, aud lies more To the east, but
when il comes to Republicans il has
Just as ardent ones as the Seventh Ward.
Last Saturday night the Seventh Ward
Republicans had "A great turnout, aud
raised flags and things and had great
hurrah.
Last night it was the turn of the Fifth
Warders, and they improved the occa-
sion in way to make folks stare. The
News is altogether too wise, if IL is only
"A yearling, to say whether the Fifth
Warders did or did not have better
parade than heir Elmwood neighbors,
but without infiimmatory comparisons
they did have big time.
They didn't stay in the Fifth ward all
the time, either, but started out at EX-
change Place, where all the world might
see, and a very respectable portion of the
world did see, and marched through the
following streets: Dorrance, Westmin-
ster, Weybosset, Chestnut, Clifford To the
junction of Ship, up Clifford, Claverick,
Butler, South, Chestnut, Point, Plain,
Friendship TO junction of Point, up
Friendship, Somerset, PROVIDENCE. Dud-
ley, Friendship, Linden, Pine, Beacon
avenue. Broad to Trinity Square.
That's quite march, you see, but the
sturdy Firth warders hoped by exercise
TO qualify for a victorious conflict with
Quartermaster Rice's appetizing rations
30 they brought their tin cups-Ameri-
can tin cups, let's hope-and they stood
very straight as they marched off in great
shape.
First came the marshal and his eight
aids sitting very straight ami tall in their
silk hats aud white gloves and with frock
coats buttoned tight across their manly
bosoms. Then came the band, aud then
three companies of the Fifth Warders, in
busters and white hats and the Boys in
Blue, very fierce looking with an axe man
who wasn't Adlai in front; and the
voters OF '96 some of whom will vote
in 1900; and the French Republicans,
headed by Honorable NJ de Vcq de
CumptIch, who used to run a Democratic
pap but now repents; and the Eighth
Ward Progressive Club: the Harrison
aud Reid Young Republicans, the Fourth
Ward Club with their red umbrellas
headed by the uniformed rank and the
four tigers the Second Ward Club whose
uniforms-please. nobody read this but
Second Warders-are about the best in
the State except the Apponaugers; aud
the Henry Is. Anthony's with their red,
white and blue friuged umbrellas.
But here is the whole thing shipshape:
Mounted police.
Aids, John II. Lynch, Isaac Il. Turner, Harris
w. Brown, harles Gray, j. Federer.
Whites Military Band, - pieces.
Fifth Ward Republican Club, President j. III.
Smith: Capt. John Greenhalge; Lieuten-
ants William Nj. Green, Roswell G.. smith,
J. G. Schott, Louis Schmidt; 100 men.
Voters of WI, 9th ward. Marshal Clinton Smith;
~ torches.
French Republican Club. A. Deslauriers, Pres
ident; Marshal j. Il. de Nicq de Cumptich; 40
Eighth Ward Progressive Republican Club,
Frank Ashley, Marshal: 33 men.
Young Republican Club Fife and Drum Band,
Young Republican Club Ward 4, Capt John
Paine: p men.
Fourth Ward Republican Club, President
George +; Barsiow; J0men.
Seventh Ward Republican Club (colored),
Capt. James Grim; Son
Second Ward Republican Club, Henry Mason,
Marshal; 20 men.
Second Ward Uniformed Republican Club,
Capt. George lhurber; 80 men.
Carriages containing Councilmen and other
distinguished Republicans OF the ward.
Seventh Ward Henry Is. Anthony Club; Is
men.
And all the girls. thousands of 'em,
stood on the sidewalks and sat at the
store windows and felt like the fellow in
the inspired poem, who
felt 40 awful Jolly when the band began 20 play
For he had an ear FOR music he could listen all the
day
and 1859 boys ran along beside and be.
hind the procession adding to the cheer
full and patriotic din.
Along the line of march many houses
were decorated with flags and lanterns,
in fact IL seemed as il two houses of
every three wore gala dress. In one place
on Pine street three householders united
in their decorations and got up great
design Of festooned lanterns.
Everybody was out-bicyclers by the
hundred, horsemen by the dozsn. There
was one family of six on horseback-man,
woman, two girls, two boys, one of tn
latter on piebald pony-who swept up
Pine street "A little in advance of the pro-
cession. At Trini square, where the
line countermarched, was the most fun.
There were crowds of people, girls i'm
tam o. shanter caps, twelve boys sitting
on the Gem terry gate posts like patience
on n monument more boys, visitors ia
carriages, more boys and one young fell
low who streaked his way through the
crowd, leading by her dainty gloved fore
finger the prettiest kind Of young wo-
man In n gray ulster
But this il wandering from the subject.
When the clubs reached Trinity square
they countermarcbed and burned red
fire, and when the sandwiches had been
eaten and the bystanders had rubbed of
all the fresh paint within reach on the
little red and brown church on their new
fall overcoats, everybody went home.
That IL, some OF 'em did Some were
entertained by Mr.. aud Mrs. j. Edward