The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-04
REPUBLICAN MARCHERS
BRAVED THE RAIN.
ZIG DENOMINATION IN NEW YORK
DESPITE BAD WEATHER.
Thousands Joined the Parade of the
Bussness MEMS sound Money As
ISOLATION and Cheered Lustiiy
for Mckinley and Roosevelt.

NEW YORK, Nov 3-Much TO the dis
appointment OF all interested In the parade
held under the auspices of the business
Mems Republican Sound Money Associa-
tson, today's weather was very unpleasant.
The early morning opened with cold
rain falling and the streets were In bad
condition for the marchers.
Gov. Roosevelt. the reviewer Of tho pa
rade, arrived in New York at o'clock,
and breakfasted at the Lawyers Club.
The streets along the line OF march were
beautifully decorated The down town sec
tion Of Broadway was blaze Of color
from the enormous number of flags dis
played. In some Of the sky-scrapers each
window displayed the Stars and Stripes,
and in each block from the Battery TO
Fourteenth street there was large nag
bearing the names OF Mckinley and Roose-
welt.
Along the line Of march were wooden
poles about twenty-five or thirty feet in
height, erected by the Democrats, on
which were such sentences as; The trusts
can make you march, but cannot make
you vote against Bryan" This IS trust
parade. and not Republican parade
On some Of these poles were portraits
OF Bryan ana Stevenson. Each OF these
poles was guarded by a policeman.
After breakfasting, Gov. Roosevelt went
10 the Produce Exchange. where he was
given 4 reception. In response to repeat
cd calls for a speech. Gov Roosevelt said:
"Gsntlemsn: ! shall not attempt. to
GLAD s1 am to see you. In this contest
we appeal to all good citizens, and not to
party lines. That is our idea throughout"
Procession starts.
Gen. McCoox. grand marshal Of the pro-
cession, ana his stan. were at the Produce
Exchange and at the close Of the recep-
ton the lines started up Broadway. The
Auo tn MI n
Fifth avenue. to Fortieth street The re-
viewing stand was at Madison square. The
formation OF the parade consisted of sim
Tile platoons of sixteen files front includ-
ing right and left guides, and each pla-
toon was commanded by q captain.
The first business organization In the
line was the Wholesale Dry Goods Repub-
licans. which marched In sixteen sections
They were followed by representatives OF
the ciothiers, merchant tailors. retail dry
goods men, the haberdashers, milliners,
matters. florists. builders, the paper trade
the GOAL trads. the Cotton and Coffee Ex-
changes. the tobacco trade. the furniture
trade. the aide and leather trade. the
bankers and Brokers' Republican and
Sound Money Club. and in fact. represen-
tatives Of practically every branch Of bus
iness In the city.
The horror OF having the largest num-
her Of men In line was claimed by the
Wholesale dry goods trade. their marshal
estimating that they numbered 900 men.
when Gov Roosevelt arrived at the Bat
terry there was prolonged cheering. He
was accompanied by First Vice President
Charles Homer. Second Vice President
Frank Brainarti and Secretary ~ A.
Drake. OF the committee which had ar
ranged todays demonstration. The gov
ernor appeared to he In excellent spirits.
and bowed repeatedly I'm acknowledgment
OF the reception.
Dravea the Rain.
After about fifteen minutes delay the
head OF the line started, with the candi-
date for the vice presidency In an open
barouche. The governor declined to shield
himself from the rain. saying that he
could stand II better than the thousands
who were to march. The governor stood
up TO acknowledge the greetings OF the
crowd
ut seems to take something worse than
an ordinary rain storm to dampen a sound
money crowd he said AZ the procession
started away from the exchange at 1925
a. m, just twenty-five minutes behind
scheduled time
The number OF patrolmen on guard on
the line of march for today was 25ss or
this number. els were around the review.
tng stand These men were In command
Of six inspectors and all the deputy chiefs
were along the line OF march
The immense crowds which were EXPECT.
Cd TO gather In and around tho reviewing
stand In Madison square early IN the
morning had not appeared at 1870 o'clock
The drixzlinE rain which had fallen for
hours had soaked the seats In the stand.
and save the decorations a hedraga,ea ar
pearance. The committee in charge OF ar
rangcments. hopeful of fine weather. had
made no preparations for adverse eondi-
lions. therefore no ueana vxnra AZ ha,.t