Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-06
BANDS AND TORCHES.
Both Parties to Formally Open the
Campaign Saturday Night.
THE FIGHT is ON TUE DEAD QUIET.
People Evidencing Marked Interest in the
Contest.
QUAY AND MAGEE HAVE GONE EAST

The Presidential campaign in Allegheny
county will be formally opened on Satur-
day night when the marching clubs of both
political parties will turn out and parade
the principal streets Of the city. So
far during the campaign the parades
have been confined to the small boys, but
Saturday nights demonstration promises
to be glitterIng success, as the managers
of both parties are industriously working to
have all their forces in line, and each party
is watching the other to prevent anything
like an eclipse. At the headquarters OF
both political parties considerable work
is being done and both parties seem to be
conducting still-hunt campaign.
sIt is true there has been no music. no
flourish of trumpets, no flashing of torches, I"
Chairman Gripp said yesterday, "bpt there
is strong undercurrent and the campaign,
while it is on the quiet, is just as hot now
as ever I saw it I have never known a
campaign where so much interest was mani
tested by substantial people of both par
ties"
Very Peculiar Campaign.
sTt is to me the most peculiar campaign I
have ever known" County Commissioner
Weir said yesterday. "Our Office is practi-
cally crowded every day with people who
come there to inquire about the election
laws, the Baker ballot system or to see if
they have been registered. Our clerks have
been unable to wait upon all our visitors,
and we have been compelled to keep the
registry lists where the people can examine
them for themselves"
The marshals and staff officers for the
Democratic parade Saturday evening met
last evening at Democratic headquarters to
complete arrangements tor the demonstra-
tion. Chief Marshal Rutledge presided
He announced that the coIors of the Chief
Marshal and staff would be red, white and
blue; for the Pittsburg division, red; for the
Southside division, white, and for the Allie
gheny division, blue.
Marching Clubs VS.. Street Cars.
Colonel Rutledge stated that he had
called on Chief Brown for the purpose of
learning just what rights the parade would
have in respect to street cars, etc. He had
done this because of the trouble there has
frequently been with motormen, ETC., and
he wanted to know just what rights the
parade had. Chief Brown at
first said he didn't just know
when one division has passed the next
division should halt few minutes and let
five or six cars pass, and so avoid too big a
blockade. In regard to marching parallel
with street car line, Chief Brown said that
where there was room between the tracks
and the curb the procession should take
that. Where there is not room between the
track and curb they can take the whole
street.
E j. Frauenheim asked if there were any
streets where there is room between the car
tracks and the curb for a procession.
Colonel Rutledge replied that he Knew OF
none.
Officers of the Parade.
Colonel Rutledge, as Chief Marshal,
issued general order No. 1. He finally as
sumed command and appointed the follow
ing: Adjutant General, E J. Frauenheim;
Chief of Staff, j. j. Flannery; Mar.
shall of Pittsburg Division, DR.. c.
c. Wiley; Marshal of Southside Di-
vision, Joseph D. Jae; Marshal of
Allegheny division, Alexander Wilson.
The marshals of the divisions are ordered
to report their divisions to the adjutant
general at the Monongahela House at
o'clock sharp Saturday evening. The East
End Democratic Troop, Captain G. M.
general for escort duty. The
Pittsburg. or First Division, will
form on Water street, right resting on
Smithfeld street; the Southside, or Second
Division, will form on First avenue, right
resting on Smithfeid street, and the ALLIE
gheny, or Third Division, will form on Sec
ond avenue, with its right resting on Smith
field street. The line will move at sharp
over the route as published.
The Iron and Steel Workers Cleveland
and Stevenson Marching Club, composed of
workers in the keystone mill, was added
to the list Of clubs enrolled for the parade.