The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-11-14
TEE REPUBLICAN PARADE
BIG EVENT CELEBRATED LAST
EVENING.

Three Thousand Men I'm Line--Fint
Showing by Winchester Repeattn
Arms Company Great Enthusiasm
Along the Line of March.
Inc big republican parade that had
been talked of so much for the past
week took place last night, and from ali
standpolnts it was a great success. TIE
| weather, which is such an important
factor on a parade night, was perfect,
this fact having in a large measure to
90 with the success Of the occasion.
The republican victory of last week.
which was the cause of the demonstra-
ton, was celebrated in a manner that
speaks well for the enthusiasm of the
members of that party, as a more noisy
parade has never taken place in New
Haven.
over three thousand men took part
IN the procession, and many times three
thousand people witnessed the process
sion along the line Of march. The side
walks on either side of the streets
through which the parade moved were
crowded with spectators, and all along
the line of march the onlookers Joined
In the demonstration by cheering and
setting off fireworks. There were red
lights to burn, and they We're burned
every few yards from the head of the
procession to the crowd of small bows
that brought up the rear. Many of the
houses along the line of march were
decorated with flags and bunting. Bril-
llant ftraWOrkG 6iGnIayaI OF
Blakeslee home on George street and
also a the home of Henry c. Rowe on
Orange street. Congressman Sperry's
home was in blaze of red fire and fire
works, and was also prettily adorned
with flags, On the Elm street side of
No. 3's engine house an immense flag
was draped, and as the different organ
izations passed hearty cheers were Civ
en-. AT the place of Colonel l. M Un-
man there We're several transparencies,
and he was loudly cheered as the pro-
ceSsiOn passed by.
The particular feature of the parade
was the fine showing of the Winchester
Arms company, Almost every depart
ment In the company was represented
by it's full number Of republicans, and
in all about thirteen hundred employees
of the company We're in line. Perched
on the big Smedley tallo-ho We're about
fifteen men with the noisiest kind of
Winchester shotguns, and once or twice
in each block they shot off their guns
with noise enough to be heard for a
number of blocks. Farther down the
line was another body of men with Win
chester rifles, and they, too, We're not
asleep.
Sargent & Co., the Candee Rubber
company and the New Haven Sawmill
company were also represented, and
nearly every republican organization in
the city was on hand. The Wide
Awakes and the Gold Legion were out
In force and carried their torches as
usual. Several ward clubs, the Rough
Riders, Yale Republican club, Italian
club, colored organizations
and every available band and drum
corps in the city formed the rest Of the
parade.
At promptly s o'clock the procession
started at the corner of Temple and
Chapel streets and moved over the fol-
lowing streets: Elm to Howe, to Edge
wood avenue, to Sherman avenue, to
envy, to Greene, to Olive, to Ed, to Or |
ange, to Grove, to Church to Elm, where |
1t diSbanded.
OF course there were hundreds of
small boys that followed the parade on
It's rounds. The transparencies were
many and funny, and attracted consid- /
erable attention all along the line of I
march
There were eleven hacks that carried |
he prominent local republicans, among |
hem being William e, Morgan, General
Registrar Hamilton, Mr.. Granniss, j.
Y. Rattlesdorfer, ex-Mayor Farnsworth,
William Fl. Ely, Postmaster HoWarth,
Sperry, Frederick A.
Belts, Attorney Chase, General George
L. Ford Frederick l., Averill and d. A.
3lakeslee.
The grand marshal Of the parade was
Major McCabe and he was followed by |
tbout fifty mounted aides.