The sun., 1900-11-04
Under Three Miles Of Dripping Flags
March On Seven Hours.
ROOSEVELT THE STORM CEN1RE4
Imposing Muster Of the Sober Men
Who VIII Have None Of Bryan.

uunoreus OF inousauos Out 70 See-h0 Eveey
Man Flag and Over III, Head Thou
sand Flags-A River Of Umbrellas win
Flags on Them-Iimp Hats. Drenchsd Goats
aud Mu ddy Shoes Iucase Lawyers. Mers
chants. BANKERS. Manufacturer. Archi.
tects. Publishers, Men OF All Professions
and Trades-Messphoses and sauswkers
Split tho Anrisht.d Air-Rain BE Tor.
pedoed-Every window Rains Cheer, and
on and on and on from 10 o'clock Ia the morn
ing until the street lamps had long been shin
ing and the night had come that astounding
Republican parade of yesterday swept through
the street in a steady stream that seemed to
have no end. II was Ike a river rising out OF
the ground In the far downtown regions and
melting away somewhere in the fog and mist
and rain Of the north That Is the impression
it gave ~ seen from the grand stand in Madi-
son square where Gov. Roosevelt saw It. Be
yond ell question it was the most impressive
political demonstration ever seen in New York.
and thar means that it was never equalled on
the American continent.
II was not merely tho numbers-the tens
upon tens of thousands Of men in line. that
:, irr-d all the vast throng- that saw IL and
went away and ca me back and saw II again
and again, always finding IL steadily streaming
a.. 1. al a ha irra
si-ti1lr overwhelming enthusiasm which
marked its entire course Enthusiasm In the
face Of weather conditions that would have
been fatal 10 any ordinary public demonstra-
ton Fog and mist aud mud and a continuous
dri72c Of chilling November rain-that was
what the elements did for the occasion. The
sky IN the morning had face as sour and
,e"viSh as Nr Cookers hn" been every time
the great sound money porade was mentioned
20 him within the pas, two wecks
And if there was one thing wanting TO bring
out the tremendous enthusiasm and earnest
uess Of PURPOSE that was back Of this last final
demonstration Of Republican strength and
Republlcan resolution IL was just such niser-
able decreasing weather. The very fact OF
In. opposition of tic elements seemed TO rase
the spirit of every rnarchcr 10 concert Pitch.
The bnsinesS men Of New York were ont TO
show the might OF their opposition 10 the Bryan
doctrine of bogus dollars and national cis-
honor ard whether the SHES were fair or
whether they were foul had nothing ia do with
the case On through the mud and the drizzls
thcy swept under an arch Of red, white ard blue
miles in length. laughing, cheering. wn'ing
their tens OF thousands Of American flags and
every now and then breaking ont into insrfrit-
ing songs. Nothing quite like II ever was seen
in New York before.
Tremendous as was the sound money demon.
s,ration of 1895 1t fell behind that Of yester-
day The marchers four years ago had every.
thing In TIA. way Of weather that man could
wish II was Thought to be one Of the foriil-
nate features ~ the occasion. As mater
Of fact il was in the nature 81 a hardship. 1t
il cl-v enough for n procession to be bhl
lilnt aud full Of dash and enthusiasm under
radiant skies ANY Republican procession can
do that What measures the real length and
breadth Of the spirit that is back Of an out
door demonstration Is mud and chilling driS-
PIE and leaden skies that give not 80 much
A. even pale him somca here around the
horizon of n lct-up before the day is over.
Swing oil through the mud and the wet
and the fog with n sprinsy step and with .
biz, hearty ringing cheer for anything and
everything along the route which touches
or even hints # a patriotic sentiment when
n political parade does that it means business;
il reflects "A strenuous frame Of mind that will
he l- heard from at tho polls
And that is precisely what the great parade
Of Yesterday did Nothing In all the spectacle
wa, 80 deeply stirring this feature Of the great
demonstration Gov. Roosevelt. a. he stood
fer seven hours on the reviewing stand and
responded 10 tho cheer, al ! enthusiastic shouts
that came from tho stream Of fnce- giis,enlng
with wei bat radiant with 'hc splendid ameri-
can spirit he like so well, that swept hy him.
II wa right there, that American spirit. shin
ing In every uptIrn"d face as II passed II.
TORI edues be- damned. said one" upon
trlc the grim Old Admiral farraS''. whose
statue looked down upon IN" Stirrlne sceue.
Rain and muck and mud b" damned
was in the swing and rh''hu ~ every rair of
marching ;ert that tor hour after hour went
hv II would sem ~ tho.r.' oven u Bryani'e
might have .osn something N the spectacle
W stir him little