New-York tribune., 1896-09-05
uNFURLED AMID CHEERS.
,,.xy M'KINLEY AND HOBART BAN
NERs fN :sHDADwAY.


,,xc no THE BREEZE WITH IMPRESSIVE CERE-
vo>y-rHE EMBLEMs GIVEN BY MERCHANTS
Navy OF WHOM ARE DEMOCRATS.
..rs than FIVE thousand people thronged
,-.ady,av between Union Square and Madison
s-,,.,e Yesterday afternoon when hve handsome
.sSv,n,ey and Hobart flags were unfurled to the
'..ompaninent of music and cheers. So great
o.. the crowd that many spectators could not
y. rsarer thar three blocks TO the scene
o rrfurljng The windows in every building
,rc the Street we're crowded with men and
'.oren leaning out, waving handkerchefs and
a.os and cheering the Stars and Stripes as
NV gracefully unfoided and waved in the
.-..ye with the names Of the Republican nomi-
zoos stamped at the bottom.
GREAT crowd had been expected, but no one
.orssaw the immense gathering which greeted
,a unfurlinr Of the banners Chief Conlin had
,.sr requested to provide police protection and
nod arrangements were made TO prevent
.cc,dent Of any kind The district is one of the
nost heavily traN eled in the city, with the ca
x,o-cers and vehicles making it difficult for pc
aas,r,ans 10 cross Broadway. Captain Chap-
ar ~ the Nineteenth Precinct. had squad
:, ,h;rtv-six policemen on hand. and everything
was conducted without friction
.-,,,e ~ the flags each banner had been put
- rooa,,ess the stay ropes fastened and the
g.. hels inside the windows. ready at the sig
-, - ba eung 10 the breeze At o'clock the
- beean 10 gather and in half an hour
n.o.a,rav was thronged from Seventeenth 10
rwenty-third 81
- o,.er, block IN that locality the American
e.g streamed from windows and waved from
.,sNs The buildings were a glory OF color IN
,s6 white and blue Ii was masnihceh' re-
.nonse 70 the invitation from those IN cnarse
a, the Republican banner-raisng that the mer-
chants display their flags
prornr,tlv al the appointed time the oth Resi--
nent Band struck up in the oeVeh'ee'i'"-''
nlsza at Union Square. The crowd lhcredssu
every moment AS the strains OF Inc o'ai
c,ans,es Ranner" rose the first flag, stretched
,,.aar tho establishments Of Marcus q Co
ara 1a,kson & Co. was shaken loose, ana its
haou,, unfurled 10 the thousands of spectators
Who as the names Mckinley and HOBART
osne into view on the banner. cheered ana
cheered again
For half an hour patriotic airs were plaSru ''
the band Then the musicians anu Poii0o
moved in procession up Broadway. marching pe-
tween columns of people crowding the siue"aiN'
and street
the next block where a rope stretched from an
unner window 10 the Maclntyre building, the
hand again struck up The Star Spangfed
psnner" on the instant the second Mckinley
e,d Hobart haC was unfured. and cheer after
chasr arose from the crowd for blocks along
Rroadwav The greeting was carried 10 the
hundreds in the windows Of the surroundinS
buildings. and they took it up with mere cheers
and waving Of handkerchiefs and hats and mass
MUSIC AND CHEERING
The music and cheering accompanied tine un-
fur,ine Of all the banners. The only difference
uss ,rat. with each new flag rising proudly
ehove ,ha throng the cheering increased in vol
u,,e third banner twenty by thirty-six feet.
-he size Of the others was unfurled between
Lord & Taylor's and Herts BrOtherss. An ther
bstveen c Dorfingers Sons and the Charles
Jones Building The fifth was uniuried between
Brooks Brothers and Van Gaasbeek " Arkeils S.
This is just a block from the Popocrato mead
quarters in the Hotel Bartholdi, where the BOY
Orator" was recently on exhibition tefore
crowd Where that other crowd stood there was
throng yesterday which spoke It's sentiment
for sound money in q tremendous burst OF cneer-
inr that had no uncertain ring in H. Nhen the
fifth Mckinley and HOBART flag futtered in tn,
breeze men waved their hats high above the'
heads and cheered till they were hoarse. and the
rouen who ordinarily. have monopoly OF
this the shopping district. caught the Infection
Of the patriotic enthusiasm and cheered for the
Republican nominees
The scene was in striking contrast TO 'he de-
,srted appearance of The Popocratic headauar>
sr> and especially the desolate. forsaken pole
On the sidewalk from which some time ago
Bryan and Sewall banner hung. One night the
ponocrat,c banner fell into the street ana int
portrai,s of Bryan and sewall trailed in the Dirt
Since that William =. ST John. the fopocrauc
rsas,rer has never had the heart to unfuri me
Aanner again and if he did now. II would he lost
in the long line Of Mckinley and Hobart nags
Sling Broadway as far as the eye can see.
The Eve banners raised in the shopping district
we're the result Of the earnest euor's OF ""ia"
P Montague. the hat manufacturer. VINO ehiist>
"a the aid NJ the merchants in his nelghpornooI
10 raise the flags Among those who subscrined
TO the cause were twenty Democrats VINO Hi>o
declared their intention 10 vote Tor Mch"''ey
and sound money. The nature of the nag
ng and the circumstances surrounding H. Hi~
cadnp the union Of persons hitherto OF opposite
political belief are without a parallel IN the
city's experience.
THOSE WHO SUBSCRIBED.
The superb ilag decorations. in addiuoh 10 'n'
Republican banners. were exhibited py prom"