The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-11-01
IT WAS WITHOUT PARALLEL
One Hundred Thousand Hen March In
Line for Sound-Money.
EVERY CALLING Was REPRESENTED.
Half . Million Oniookers Saw the "H"-
moth emonstration- Coal Miners
College Men and the Best Dressed
Men in New York Commingie.


edly goes on record as the greatest po-
litical parade in the history Of this coun-
try was finished at $50 o'clock tonight.
at which hour the last Of the paraders
in the greatest demonstration In honor OF
Mckinley and Hobart, passed the review
ing stand at Madison Square. One hun
dred thousand men marched In line.
Presidential candidate Hobart, Gov
ernor Levi p Morton. members OF the
Republican National Committee. and
others looked upon the scene from the
reviewing stand all day. and everybody.
including nearly half million onlookers.
was unanimous in declaring that such u
spectacle as was presented In to-day's
parade had no parallel in American his.
tory.
mo ENEMY'S COUNTRY"
II was 1886 A. VI. when the head OF
the procession reached the reviewing
stand. and looking down Fifth avenue in
the direction from which the paraders
came, the line of vision showed only 4
vast sea Of undulating American fags
As the divisions swept closer - the stand
the cries or the men and the enlivening
tunes or the bands aroused tho enthu-
siasm or those gathered In the big snuare
This was redoubled by the shouts. a,
the paraders when they caught sign AZ
an immense sign on TOP OF the stand
reaalng; We know no 'enemy's countrv,
IN this fair land OF ours"
me men themselves were a well.dres..d
prosperous looking set They certaInlv
seemed 10 be the intelligent business r,o,
y Cidihed to be. As rule. their
'',s l''a,ohihs was superior, not n hitch o.
nsrsda ing the entire progress OF tho
r,,.h ,,iey i"ey marched ortr the route
win military precision. ana Uoro a..
missed at the end without the sI,oh,as.
ohiuslon General Horace p,r,en
marked at the conclusion thar tha -
80, worthy or trained soldiers !, -
oa,,.' ar sui ne declared. simply OF ,n,eiI,
a., me men passed the rav,o,.,.-
-, 80 az rapid gait and bad 80
Niarching order OF a regular ,,,t,,.' we
company been maintained IL would h"'.s
isqu'red twice the length of time fo.
the parade 10 have passed given noi,,
10000 PARADERS.
III is calculated that on an AVERAGE
the paraders passed the reviewing stand
at tho rate Of thirteen thousand an hour.
General Porter lad estimated that IL
would probably be twelve thousand. Az
this rate. the number of men In line wac
one hundred thousand.
y remarkable thing about the parade
was tho display OF co.Ors. The Red.
White. and Blue 1oated over everything.
but nearly every man in line wore on iHs
coat lapel big yellow chrysanthemuni.
Many added TO this other colors that
lent great variety 10 the scene. Yellow
and colorcd plumes were also numerous
IN the line, and whole divisions wore
gold-colored silk hats and Alpines.
Perhaps the most striking feature of
the parade was thirty-seyen dirt-be-
grimed. sallow-looking coal-miners. They
headed the coal division. Surrounding
them were the best-dressed men of New
York. The contrast was marked. The
miners looked as il they had just come
up from the bowels OF the earth after "A
hard days WORK. They wore the cos
tune peculiar TO those workers. and car
rled in their hands well-used picks.
while from their hats the regulation
mine lamps gave out smoky light.
Next of interest were the Columbia Col
lege men. They were picturesquely
dressed, and ended up with the fresh
men, class Of 1900. all gorgeously arrayed
in Napoleon hats.
THE LAWYERS.
The large number In the delegation OF
lawyers attracted much notice. The great
jurists OF tho city marched side by sido
with members Of the bar. There were
gray-haired men, some almost at the
totter.ng stage OF feebleness. and with
them youngsters who have yet TO get
their first brief
Great also was the turnout OF the in
suranco men. headed by John A. Mccall
and II. B. Hyde. IL is said that about
every man Of prominence I'm this bust
ness IN the city was In line.
The bankers and brokers were dcm-
onstrative crowd. with james B. Smith.
ex-Commodore OF the New York Yacht
Club. at their head. and. singularly
enough. by his side "A boot-black OF
Wall street.
Considering the great mass OF people
participating. as paradeis and onlookers,
the accidents were few. one man fell
from a stand and had his skull fractured
Another fell from his horse. and was
badly injured. A musician dropped dead
in the ranks from overhead. and n few
minor accidents were reported.
II was a very warm day. end much
apprehension was consequently felt by
the police.
CITY FILLED WITH STRANGERs
Tho crowd lining fhe route was Va
r.ousy estimqtcd al from 3N.Oo9 10 no.
OO0. The city was filed with strangers.
and. though II was lVer at $50 p ".
the paraders filed tho streo.s oll tho
evening. and n has been many n iay
since New York has seen such gay
night