New-York tribune., 1896-11-01
AN UNPRECEDENTED DISPLAY.

AN UNPRECEDENTED DISPLAY
From river to river. from end to end. the fair
island Of Manhattan shaken all day yes
terday by the tramping feet Of the hosts Of Ma
| tional honor and the country's faith. Early
morn showed the patriots hurrying to their
! places, and the shadows Of the evening found
them marching shoulder to shoulder through
the fields OF the red white and blue 1t was
the most stupendous array Of marching men
ever assembled in like space In the New
! World Although General Porter's estimate was
considerably larger several careful calculators
in the grandstand agreed that something over
900 men passed that point between IL
o'clock and $50 p. m, when the parade ended
! The line passed the stand sixteen abreast at
varying rates OF speed General Daniel Butter
fed's estimate for one hour 1880, but at
other times the rate not so large.
They came by companies and battalions. and
to them. The head OF the procession had passed
the reviewing stand almost eight hours before
the rear had taken up the line Of march. Be-
tween the start and the finish express train
could have run almost to Boston and back
All this array was in the cause Of Mckinley
and Hobart as the champions Of sound and
honest money.
FLAGS EVERYWHERE.
The city presented sight never before seen
and never to be forgotten The flag was every
where. 1t Haunted from every window; 1t waved
/ from every portico: II flew frori every roof: it
noated over almost every street. and many times
in every block The marching thousands
tramped between walls Of human faces that were
! almost entirely folded In the stripes and dotted
with the stars. while every man In the whole
vast line carried a flag OF his own. which he held
aoft in token that 1t for the flag and all that
| 1t stood FOR that he was marching In peace as ne
would willingly march in war; II need should be-
Many OF those who marched yesterday In peace
bav. known what 1t is to march in war under the
sor,e eag that covered the city In its folds yes
tertay all the day long.
SUCCESSFUL IN EVERY RESPECT
of the parade Of the Business Mems Sound
Money Association was unqualified success
a success that has never been approached. a
fa,rer day could not be imagined than that which
sr,,ed unon the marching thousands from dawn
to sunset. There was not single cloud to mar
the soft blue Of the sky. and the air was just cool
enough to suit both the paradsrs and the specta-
tors while a brisk breeze blew from the west
| that filled the folds OF TIE myriads Of banners
and flung them out against the sky till every star
and every stripe stood out distinctly by itself.
PERFECT PLANS MADE BY GEN. PORTER
Thor. was no flaw In the plans that were laid
b., cersra, Porter and his STAFF for handling the
immense numbers Of paraders and dismssine
,he,r at the finish The line started from Worth
ct and Broadway on the stroke OF lo O'CLOCK ana
from then until the last man had passed Madison
co,ors there was scarcely break in column
that was passing the reviewing stand FOR seven
and half continuous hours. At the point OF dls
m,ssal. at Ffth-ave. and Fortieth-st.. where Gen.
ora, Porter sat his beautiful horse all day ana
,.ou into the evening the divisions got quickly
ont % the way OF those who pressed on from the
roar and turning down Broadway and sixth
,.o come down TO see part Of their own pa.
rade.
No small part Of the smoothness with which
tho entire programme was carried out IS due 70
the perfection of the plans laid by Chiei Oh fo-
Ito. ConlIn and the exactness with which they
ysre executed by his subordlnates. The mounted
ncl,ce again demonstrated. II such demonstra-
,ion were at all necessary. that they are
valuable addition TO the force In times when
,bere arc large crowds to be managed and kept
orf from defined line Of march.
Sergeant Cannon was In command of the pla-
toon that headed the procession, and finer lot
of horsemen or more spirited, graceful lot OF
horses are seldom seen together.
1t should be remembered that such gigantic
demonstration as that Of yesterday means long
hours and much excessive labor for almost every
single man who wears the police uniform OF
Father Knickerbocker. That the prvates OF the
force. wearied as they were. showed as much tact
and skill in the discharge Of their tusies toward
the crowds. many Of whom were unreasonable