The sun., 1900-11-04

Of march to the reviewing stand the ova'ioh
TO the Governor was continued without preak
and he had no release from he task on oo"ihg
hi, acknowledgements. When he al last took
his place on the stand and the INST outourst
over hi. arrival had died away IL was from 'he
narchers themselves that the ovations came
rs they passed by. And in these %" Governor
WAS not the only beneficiary. Governor-'o-b'
Odell, who was by the side OF Governor-Ihat-l'
Roosevelt. came in for enthusiastic demon
strations on his own account, f'e was cheered
again and again by name ard informed IN all
sorts OF megaphone combination shouts that
"Odell's all right"
Tn. megaphorc, b. the way, was pre-
dominant feature in tho marchers equip
ment: rs prevalent. in fact. us umbrellas and
quite ns much used. Tho megaphones were
hung about the necks Of tho paraders ready
TO hc brought into use a, any instant, and my
instant occurred pretty often Umbrellas.
not withstlndns the steady unr"lnittne
character Of the rain. were raised only at inter-
vals Occasionally VIXEN the d0wnpour was
particularly heavy sections Of the parade
a quarter Of a mile or more In length would be
seen marching under hobblne, undulating UNI
bre Ia awning Then again. no matter how hard
the rain came down, there would be LONG Sec
tions too enthusiastic TO bother with umbrellas
excerpts as implements with which to beat 'lme
70 the swinging measures " tho bands ana
drum and Nfe corps. Another use the UNI
brellas were put to was 20 carry the nags WIN
which all the marchers were provided WIN
these faSs futterinc over the outspread UNI
brclas like the Stars and Stripes over tent
the effect as stretched ut over a long section
Of marchers, was one o! the picturesque rainy
day scenes of the demonstration
Among the incidents 81 GOV. Roosevelts
reception was tho extraordinary enthusiasm
he aroused among tho small boy element. Had
polioo and paradcrs ierrritted. ii Is safe 70 say
that the Governors carriage would have been
escorted from Bowling Green "a Madison Square
by a compact body ~ small boys dense ei oush
to have filed the street from curb to curb and
front md rorr equal to the length ot an
entire city block As IL was. great numbers of
small boys broke through the lines and rushed
the Governor carriage. holding UP all sorts
and conditions Of wet little hands to be shaken.
And Of all the demonstrations In the Governors
honor there. apparently. was none which ap-
pealei 20 him more than this same genuine,
unaffected admiration of the boys. As eaoh
grimy little hand got within his reach he took
II and shook II heartily. lifting his hat cravely
the while and accepting tho humble little hon-
ag, with all due respect its evident sincerity
demanded
Probably the most disastrous effect Of the
rain was upon the elaborate decorations OF
tho buildings. Up Broadway and all through
tho line Of march through Waverey place,
fifth avenue and Fortieth street. nearly every
building had some kind of a iag decoration.
and in the downtown business region many
buildings were covered from sidewalk TO cor
nice with the red. white and blue Besides
this scores OF great American faes hung over
the street at short intervals. making. ~
you looked up the line OF march.
what seemed TO be fairly m arch OF flags.
But It was not merely along the line OF march
that business block and residences we're deco
rated All over the city from the Battery To
The Bronx line on the north. a. well as In the
Long Island and staten Island boroughs there
was general hanging Of the stars and Stripes
on the outer walls which would have been
more nearly universal but for the abominable
weather. The rain. Of course. gave all this
feature Of the day, which would have been
40 conspicuous and brilliant in sunshine. rather
a bedragged appearance although 1t by no
means destroyed its general effect
one thing that impressed everybody was the
splendid police arrangements. II was the
general verdict that never was great crowd
handled better than the police Of New York
handled the hundreds OF thousands who were
In the streets yesterday. Gov. Roosevelt.
who has Just had rather wide experience in the
way big crowds are handled in other cities,
was enthusiastic in his praise Of Chief Devery's
management and spoke OF 1t repeatedly