The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-28
A BIG AFFAIR.
Republican Demonstration
On Saturday.
Organizations From All Over
State to Take Part.
An Imposing Trades Procession TO
Be One of the Features.


Republican demonstration, to be held
next Saturday evening, under the
auspices of the Republican State central
committee, are now well under way and,
as enough encouragement has already
been received to assure the success of the
| event. the chief IN marshal, Harry G.
| Curtis and his assistants are determined
tnat it shall be one of the most brilliant
affairs ever. held in the city of Provi-
| dence.
A meeting was.beld at the Narragausett
| Hotel last evening, at which the plans for
| the demonstration were discussed, and
the line of march decided upon. This
minister street TO Jackson street, Broad
| way, Eaker avenue, Westminster, Parade
street, Dexter street, Westminster street,
Bridghsm street to Trinity square, Broad
! street to Weybosset, street Custom House
street across Crawford street bridge to
| South Main street, South Main to Wick
| enden street, Benefit street to NortbMain
street to Exchange place. The line will
| be dismissed at the Soldieie monument
and rations will afterward be served to
each of the companies.
Colonel Frank s. Arnold the chief of
stat has issued his first orders in which
ne requests ell citizens along the line OF
march to decorate their houses and to
illuuinate as elaborately as possible.
The following citizens have already
accepted invitations to act as members
of the chief marshaps honorary saff:
Colonel Il. Il. Rockwell, Colonel Theo-
man, Colonel Isaac l.. Gof, Alonzo w.
Williams, Aurion V. Chevers, James
Warren, Jr., Roswell q. Smith, Frank #.
Freeman, II. A. Drummond, George M.
Turner, Samuel l.. Carpenter, Howard
ID. Wilcox, Charles Z. Gray, Jr., Hoffman
s. Dorchester, Harris ID. Brown, Ii. w.
Sackett, Robert +. Fuller, John w.
Smith, James Nj. Anthony, +. A. {.
Hill, Charles X. simpson, II. W. REM
ington, Louis II. Murphy, Z. Fred
Cooper, Frank Il. Carr, Maitland Min
sher, A. j. Cushing, DR.. A. II. Eccle-
ston, ID. ID. Bucklin, Jr., W. s. Hackney,
Joseph ID. Grinnell, Il. Is. Ccocker, Fred
w. Allen, George l.. Robinson, Louis
Schmidt, Charles K. Hawes, l.. N. Fidler,
Charles o.. Freeze, George A. Haupt, T..
A. Pomroy, George A. Youlden, Herbert
s. Thompson, William X. Potter, j. w.
Bond, John Ii. Eawley, Irving T.
French, Martin :. Tanning, George n.
Kipgsbury, Robert f. Brown, Dr. j. +.
Haller, Milton y. Brown, George Hebden,
Ralph b. Earle, ii. Fred Prev,
Charles ID. Anderson, Francis w. Miner,
Jr., Colonel j. IA. wetherell, William
A. Burt, W. II. Sanford, Harry A. Earle,
George s. Gardner, Herbert Gardiner,
h. Hoxie, +. p. Eddy. Waiter J. Eddy,
Samuel +. Darling, Charles q. Pratt. +.
IA. Lewis, G.. +. Gladding, X. Il. Sails
bury, Edward q. Dubois, Thomas j.
Leonard, M. w. Gardner, John b. Lewis,
Jonathan Barney, Charles Il. Hancock,
Marx G. Bennett, Henry W. Harvey,
ID. J. Dwight, Charles Atwood, f..
Brown, George 4. Tillsn ghast, A. p.
Miller, Jr., William ID. Gon, Walter NJ.
Carr, Joseph Franklund, James II.
Walcb, James b. Hathaway, Charles IL.
Mathewson, Albert 4. Potter, George Il.
Tillinghast. Eugene +. Lnwton, Edmund
Is. Turner, Colonel Reginald Norman and
Frank W. TiIlinghast. Charles q. Reed,
VIM. III. Earle, Jr.
Every mail is bringing 10 Mr.. Curtis
letters from the commanders OF political
clubs in all parts OF the State and all are
most enthusiastic in regard to the DEM
onstration. In fact, not one OF the COM
panies pave yet declined while the fol-
lowing have already accepted the invita-
tion to participate:
The Fourth Ward Republican Club,
Fifth Wprd Republican Club, Is. X.
Bruce Republican Cluh, Burnside Repuh-
liam Club OF the Second Ward. Young
Repu blican Club OF '92, Brown University
Republican Club, Sixth Ward Republican
Club, Second Ward Republican Club.
Sixth Ward scandinavian Republican
Club, oil Of Providence; the Garfield
Guards, Pawtucket: - the Mckinley
Guards, Jericho; the Lonsda;e Gold
Bugs, LoDsdele; the Rocham beau Repub-
lican Club, Pawtucket; the First Ward
Mckinley aud Hobart Club, pawtucket; /;
the Fourth District republican Club,
Warwick, and the George +. Tingley
Guards OF Pawtucket.
Many of the organizations VIII bring
their own bands and drum corps, and
besides these uniformed companies there
will be host Of organizations that wiz
appear in citizens attire, but who will
march I'm the line.
Up to the present time the number OF
men vho will come from Newport Is not
known. Letters have been received from
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