The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-11-02
MIGHTY ARRAY.
Sound Money Hosts Marched Under
Waving Banners.
Over One Hundred Thousand Paraded in
Gotham-Millionaire and Laborer
Shoulder to Shoulder.

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| New York, October S1.-The parade
OF business men to give expression to the
sentiment of this community in favor of
maintaining the national honor by the
election of Major Mckinley started this
forenoon promptly at ten O'Clock, under
circumstances in every way propitious,
the skies being perfectly clear, the air
warm and dry and sufficiently invigorat-
ing, and with palpable spirit of enthu-
slasm abroad among tine people, which
were manifest in the immense crowds
along the streets through which the pa
rade passed as well as In the line. The
whole city present ted gala appearance;
ordinary occupations seemed to have been
given up by three fourths of the popula-
tioh, either for the purpose of marching
or looking on. Yet thsre was little to
suggest the ord mary holiday to which
| New York is acoustom ed; instead of de-
serted streets, such as are usually seen on
occasions when business is stopped, the
| greatest activity prevailed In every thor
oughfare near the centre line of the CITY,
In word, the metropolis itself appeared
to be on parade. The formation of the
line was accomplished with difficulty,
owing to the great mum Der of men who
had to take their places, but 80 far as
was known, there was no disturbance of
any klndi the police performed their
work admirably, but they were not
called upon to do much, 1T being the OBJ
vious desire of the spectators, as well as
the paraders, to make the affair success
full.
| The line Of march was blaze of patri-
otto coiors. The national emplem was
everywhere-from miniature to colossal
size. broadway seemed an endless vista
OF waving red, white and blue. Looking
down that famous thoroughfare from the
post office toward Bowling Green the
scene WAS glorious one. Floating from
roof tops were thousands OF Stars and
Stripes. Buildings were smothered be-
hind them. From myriads of windows
they protruded and proudly hoated to the
breeze in the middle of the street on pull
leys stretched across from building to
building Great lengths Of the colors
were displayed in all conspicuous plao es.
| The whole line OF march was maze of
futtering red, white and blue. Scarcely @
building along the path of the parade
was devoid of decoration. Through this
wilderness of color the big political army
moved. Every man shoulnered flag.
with them too. AS the solid phalanx
marched beneath this bewilderment of
color, each man waving aloft his flag, the
picture presented was stirring and kalei-
| dosoopioal.
Thousands of visitors were in the city
| to witness the big demonstration. They
| came from all sections within a radius
of one hundred miles. Probably not
since the great naval and military parade
of 1899 in honor OF the four hundredth
anniversary of the discovery of America
have such crowds been seen along Broad
way.8 The greatest jams were at the
Washington arch, Fifth avenue and
In the latter place. where the review and
grand stands ere, the gathering was i'm
mense.
The first division formed on Broadway
in the neigh borhood of Worth street, the
various organizations composing it as
sembling in the side streets east and west
of the main thoroughfare, wher they
| remained until time to take the place as
signed to them in the order of the
parade. The Wholesale Dry Goods Re-
publican club, 90 COO strong, had the
right of column. and Immediately behind
them came the Central Dry Goods Mo-
Kinley and Hobart Association with 5000
voters. Next were the Merchant Tailors'
Sound Money league, 1000 men, and then,
following In designated order, came other
organizations. Among the larger organ
izations were the following: Railway
and Steam boat Sound Money club, 5000;
Paper and Associated Trades, 5000; Pro-
duce Exchange. 1000; Bankers and Broh-
ers' club, 5000, Drug, Chemical, Paint
and Oil Trades, 1000: Insurance club,
$500; Millinery Division. 5000; Hatters'
Sound Money club. 1000, ami Metal AS
ISOLATION, 500. Minor organizations
swelled the grand total of men in line to
1875, 900.
From Worth street to Bowling Green
every side street leading Of Broadway
was filed with paraders awaiting their
turn to swing into the moving column.
The time set for the last contingent to
fall in was p. M, which made about
nine solid hours of oeaseless marching
past given point. The route of the
parade was from Worth street up Broad
way to Waverly place, then west to Fifth
avenue, north to Thirty-frat street, east
to Madison avenue, then north to Thirty
fourth street.. to Fifth avenue, and up
that street past the reviewing stand to
Fortieth street where the organizations
were dismissed.
There were in all thirty seven bodies
each representing different calling.
There was the millionaire side by side
with the clerk, the bank president, the
merchant king, and Dlen whose names
are foremost in their branch of business
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