New-York tribune., 1900-11-04

inscriptions which Mr.. Croker had stretched
across the streets along the route Of march.
Mighty impudent they looked over the ennptv
streets late on Friday night but when that vast
marching. cheering roaring multitude was max
ing It's swift way up Broadway and the avenue.
sweeping under them and past them and hIlinS
the channel between the crowds on the side
walks till the little signs were scarcely seen IN
the stream of waving flags and gay flowers and
bsnners-then they showed to those who
noticed them at all, the pitifu little cries OF
futile rage which. indeed they were
The coercion Of the poor paraders into the
making Of this weary march became the stand
ing joke with the crowd before the line had
been passing the reviewing stand for fifteen
minutes. Doubtless it was the standing Joke
further downtown earlier than that For II was
thoroughly happy, JOYOUS. energetic looking
line. be it known. after ies two mile march 1t
did not look as If it was marching because Il
had to. 1t evidently enjoyed it, in spite Of
everything The beauty of il was 70 see how
everybody did as he pleased and how many
different things different persons pleased For
some would march past in. the most dignIned
manner, with sticks flags or umbrellas IN
correct military position. while others would
come up with frantic yes Of Three cheers for
Teddy" each line giving them as if they were
something that nobody had ever thought OF be-
fore, and the line thereupon going to pieces.
And other yet jumped out of their places
and danced and shouted as they passed the
stand, and this happened not once or twice or
hut
estimate. Never did wretched, coerced helm
less. oppressed workingmen play their parts
better. You would have thought that they
really meant TO vote for Mckinley and Roose
Welt, as the banners so kindly explained to
! them that they were not obliged to. One thing
seems pretty certain-although nobody is Obliged
to vote against Mr.. Bryan. hundreds will vote
against him. just because of these same ban
ners.
| One banner which was carried in the parade
was inscribed: Don't be fooled by talk OF
coercion; march and vote joyfulIy for McKin-
ley and Roosevelt On one building on the Linz
of march were several huge placards, one os
| which had this piece OF prose: Don't mind the
| Tammany banners; they're all wind, just Ike
1t don't need glasses to see that you are right.
| so SUCK 10 II, men, and you will win tha light.
And these for reason or other, were noe
fastened to the building. but were held I'D by
women who stood In the windows to do e. and
relieved one smother they got tired. u"ssrbrs
they were coerced. too.
TURNED BACKS ON BRYAN MorToEx
A happy thought struck one OF the captains
Of the lawyers division. When his platoon ap-
preached one OF the Tammany inscriptions ha
ordered the line to about face, and It walked
under the suspended strip backward Other
| captains caught the notion and did the sarae.
and the evolution was repeated as often a. one
of the inscriptions reached, to the unspeak.
| able joy Of the multitude.
There was apparently nobody who enjoyed tho
parade more than Governor Roosevelt. He stood
with his hat of through almost the whole Of it,
while those who were anxious that he should
survive the election. If only to avoid confusion,
shuddered to see him do It. One OF the march
ers went so far as to shout PUT your hat on,
Teddy; We need you" whereat the crowd
cheered, though cheering had come by that t1rne
to stand merely the expression Of its normal
state of mind. but the Governor was unheedfuL
He stood there at the corner OF the reviewing
stand and beamed on the whole OF the passing
line and waved his hat till his arm must have
been lame from tie mere exertion OF holding it
out straight.
There doubt in the mind Of anybody
who was in position to look at all this OF
the magnetism of the Governors personality.
AS each battalion caught sight Of him it was
as il an electric current had suddenly been sent
through it, and it set to shouting and
dancing. and it continued so TO do till 1t had
passed so far along that it longer
venient to twist heads around to see the stand.
And all the time Teddy Gt only three or
four times in the course of the day that mis-
guided persons called him RooseveiO was
smiling and bowling and waving his hat and
recognizing those whom he knew. now and
then calling TO some one in the line to come
paid any attention TO him before in his life. and
| he was quite intoxicated by il.
A RIVER OF RED WHITE AND BLUE
Although as has been said. a political pro-
cession of this size is bound TO be monotonous
there was really more variety and gayety OF
color to this one than is usual There were no
uniforms of course. except and then uni
form hat or a conspicuous badge. but the line
was full of color for all that First. of course.
there was the multitude of flags. which always