The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-10-03
pAY 1863


dsnr invited his csbinsf associates to-
meet the ADMIRAL. sesrstary Nay
headed the party. followed BY Seere-
tary Dchcock. Postmaster General
Smith,. Attorney General Griges. Sec
rotary Root and Secretary Wilson.
Former Secretary Alger WAS also pres
emit. having been requested By the
president to join the party, and was
among those to meet the admiral. The
greetings Of the members Of the cab
met were brief, and then the president
and Admiral Dewey headed the party
toward the reviewing stand. The
crowd seemed to know that the hero
was approaching, for great wave Of
cheering won't up and Pennsylvania
avenue was bathed In light from end
to end.
The stand had been erected at the
head of Pennsylvania avenue Just
south Of the treasury department
building. and as he moved through the
stand to the PROV built out of its front,
modelled after the bow of the Olympia,
leaning on the arm of President Nc
kinley, the crowd started q mighty
cheer, which passed down the avenue
and was taken up for blocks. The
admiral frequently bowed his ac-
acknowledgements. The president and
Admiral Dewey were Joined at the
front Of the stand by Secretaries Hay,
Root, Hitchcock and Wilson and
Postmaster General Smith. ofiicsrs OF
the Olympia and other naval o6lcials.
As the cheering at length died away
the admiral turned to Mr.. Mckinley.
and the two seating themselves enter
ed into conversation while awaiting
the arrival of the procession.
The Great Civic Parade.
The head Of the civic parade which
had been arranged in honor of the
admiral began to pass in review be-
fore him shortly after O'Clock. There
were many novel and interesting
features, relieving the sameness Of the
ordinary civic parade. The spectacle,
US the marchers came up the length Of
the avenue in the glare Of the red
lights, under sweeping arches of stars
and thousands of Roman candles, was
beautiful and impressive The be-
ginning Of the march was heralded by
the bursting of thousands Of giant
crackers, while bombs along the line
sent showers of fire into the air.
A formidable detachment In the line
was that Of the international machin
lists following great six inch rifled
cannon from the Washington navy
yard, bearing the inscription: I'VE
make the guns for Dewey"
The Catholic societies Of the dis
trict bore great illuminated crosses,
many of the orders were in uniform,
and all Of the marchers carried flaming
red torches.
The letter carriers had all the local
postal cars In line. ablaze with cleo
trio light, spelling words of welcome
to Dewey. One of their features was a
gigantic illuminated envelope address
ed to George Dewey, Manila, and
marked returned to Washington"
The German societies had a most
creditable representation, and alto
gether the parade was a worthy one.
As the rear of the column passed the
public fell in behind and passed be-
fore the reviewing stand for an hour
to get glimpse at their hero.
The Parade Becomes Disoreanized.
The crowd was SO eager to see Dewey
that they spoiled the effectiveness Of
this part Of the arrangements by
breaking through the ropes and surg
ing about the grand stand where they
gave vent to wild cheering and noisy
demonstration that completely upset
this part OF the review. Admiral Dew
ey gave frequent acknowledgment to
the cheers for him and seeing that the
review had lost it's distinctive char
acter as procession, quilted his place
early, and with the president, followed
by the members Of the cabinet, left the
stand, the admiral proceeding to the
home of his hostess, Mrs. Mclean,
and some of the others accompanying
the president to the White House. The
procession was in line for half hour
later, and there were frequent salutes.
in ignorance OF the admirals absence.
1t was $40 o'clock when the ia
tigued recipient of the days demon
strations reached the residence Of Mrs.
Washington Mclean, mother of the
Democratic candidate for governor Of
Ohio Mrs. Mclean welcomed the ad-
mlral and turned over the house to
him for his use during his stay In
Washington Mrs. Mclean and the
members of her family then left. going
to her country residence, Beauvoir, in
= bn NJ Ms N tpn
Later a band came up and serenaded
the admiral, the crowd cheered and
cheered and finally Dewey appeared
at the window and bowed his acknowl-
edgments. Cries of speech, Speech"
were heard on every side, but met
with no response. Luncheon was serv-
ed at $50, and then the admiral re-
tired