Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1894-11-13
MANY MARCHING MEN.
Continued from First Page.


front Of the Labor Party's headquarters,
which read "Biggs Pressed thu Button,
We Did the Voting" and the one which
spanned the street in front of w. A.
Hukills house, which bore several
mottoes, among which were This is
Our Victory aud Our Jubilation" and
when the Leaders Kick, Why Punish
the Breech Horses"
The Best of Order Prevailed
Chief OF Police Dolan had made every
preparation for the preservation of order,
but there WAS no need for any police
interference The eel sbrators were given
every liberty, and while thousands of
Democrats, for they could be found de-
spite the result of Tuesday, occupied
positions on 1.-THE sidewalks. they were
tnere to cheer and not jser, and
regular millenial feeling prevailed
Market street was densely packed, but
the ropes, tightly stretched from Third
to Eleventh streets, kept the crowd back
and .gave full swing for the parsders
All the windows in stores and dwellings
were crowded with spectators. the
majority of whom sent off fireworks ard
burned colored fires
The line was fifty minutes passing the
City Hall, but by the time il reached the
end of the route that time had been
materially lessened, many of the march.
ing clubs having fallen by the way and
dropped out to join the army of spec
tators.
THE Route OF March.
The route of march as covered was thar
given in the EVENING JOURNAL, as
follows:
Fourth to Pine, to Seventh, to
Spruce, to Ninth, to Pine. to Eleventh,
TO Walnut, TO Ninth, to King, to Eighth,
to French, to Third, 10 Market, to
Twenty third, countermarch to Four
teenth, to Washington, TO Eleventh. TO
West, to Seventh, to Washington, to
Delaware avenue, TO Jefferson, to Tenth,
to Adams, to Seventh, to Van
Van Buren,, to Tenth, to jackson, to
Delaware avenue, to Broome, to Giipin,
to Scott, to Delaware avenue. to Rodney,
to Pennsylvania avenue. TO Thirteenth, TO
Franklin, to Tenth, to Broome. to Fourth
to Monroe, to Front, to Jefferson, to
Third, to Washington. to Fourth, to
Jefferson, to Seventh, to Market, aud
dismiss.
The Route Entirely Too Long.
About IL o'clock the officers of the
frst division began to realize that the
route as mapped ont, 14S squares, was
fully 100 fquares too long This had
favorably impressed those in the end
division long before they had finished
winding in around Brsndywine
Then, too. some of the inexperienced
marshals had lost he regulation military
step OF thirty inches and. constq uently,
had lost much ground This was partic
ulaIly true of the third division. Along
this line the order for double quick was
given immediately after striking Della
ware avenue and, after q vain attempt
TO catch up with the rear of the second
division, 8 greater part OF which had
dropped out, completely exhausted,
the order was given to countermarch at
the soldiers monument aud the re-
mainder Of the parade wheeled around
with the leaders Of this division and
stepped slowly back into town. Thus,
while the leaders Ia the parade were
tangled through the extreme western
part of the city after having marched
nearly four hours without a minutes
stop, the tailenders were sauntering
| toward the place Of dismissal This they
reached at few minutes after 10 O'CLOCK,
aud from that time until 80 the various
I regiments of men marched into Seventh
and Market streets, where the procession
disbRnded.
Parade Notes.
Restaurants were crowded until 3
O'Clock this morning and did fine bust
1 ness
Thomas Gamble, of Ekton, was taken
violently i'll on the Wilmington Com
pany's steamboat wharf and on being
removed to the Homeopathic Hospital il
was found that he was suffering from
exhaustion. He had walked until he
dropped
The residence of Frank Stidham, Eighth
and French streets was handsomely
decorated and Mr.. Stidham's pretty little
daughter Helen sat in the window, max
ing beautiful picture, as the procession
| passed.
A half dozen well-known young men
of the West Side appeared in the process
sion dressed as clowns and created much
merriment. One of them rode Shetland
pony, jumping off occasionally to make
the little animal get on his own back for
awhile, which it did not seem inclined to
do.