New-York tribune., 1900-07-08
RATIFICATION IN HARLEM
q BIG PARADE AND ENTHUSIASTIC MASS
MEETING.

parade a banner raising and ratification
meeting accompanied with red fire, calcium lights
and fireworks gave some expression last evening
10 the enthusiasm felt in the XXXIst Assembly
District over the nomination Of Mckinley and
Roosevelt. The parade started from One-hundred-
and-hfteenth-st. and Madison-ave.. the lower limit
Of the district about o'clock II was led by Cap
tain John D Walton OF the 9th Regiment, as grant
marshal. and headed by Bent's Band. There were
about five hundred men in line at the start. and
their numbers were quickly added 10 as they
ueared the clubhouse Of the Central Republican
Club. at Observation-Disclosures and
Lenox-aVe. after marching through the eastern
and western portions OF the district.
The paraders reached the clubhouse about 8
O'Clock wher q handsome political banner. pro-
vided by the Republican organization Of the dis
trict run across LenON-2Ve. Il bore the por-
traits Of Mckinley and Roosevelt, and heartily
cheered by an enthusiastic crowd Of spectators
The club also ran Mckinley and Roosevelt banner
across One d-twenty-seventh-st- op-
posite the clubhouse.
On q platform brightly decorated with flags and
colored lanterns the speakers faced the paraders'
who crowded LenoX-ave at every availa bic place
in the neighborhood Assemblyman Slater pre-
sided and said that the Republican platform stood
for everything that American, and, above
all for honesty common honesty. in paying ones
debts at 100 cents the dollar.
Senator John Ford spoke at length on the Chi
ese crisis so far as it affected American citizens
stold US we must not send any troops TO China
NE declared that there could be redress for the
reported Chinese outrages except by force OF
arms OF the American Army and the American
Navy"
Job 2 Hedges made a characteristically witty
Sand entertaining address which was frequently
sappIauded. He said in part:
am not very much worried about the Chinese;
Den0sEae party Is G0Ge ORE serious n saP Of later
If there were no Democratie party IN me Unltea @
we would be it, The Democratic party is a part
of the scheme OF infinite wisdom, Every four
party It costs lots Of money and takes lots of
time, but the vote always goes about the same
Outside Of vaudeville the consent OF the gov
erned IS the funniest thing Imagine
The people Of New-York consenting TO be governed
as they are now! They haven't any chance to con
sent
noticed the temperature at Kansas City was 100
oo1Id have lowered the temperature Of that Con-
this town that is for anything on earth that has
saG genean @ u united for mutual nancaf advantage
They can get up any sort OF a platform ana gel
IF you ask a Democrat Il he is in favor of paying
Hof in favor Of imperialism Great Cod / don't
know what the Democrats are not opposed 70 4nc 4
Z Na+fonaI a. n5Iic While The DemocTatc party can
only tell you why the Republican party is always
The first public utterance Bryan If elected Presi-
dent might make might cost this country a DltLon @
dollars. Personally, 1 like Mr. Bryan. nave never
met him. I think ne is the real thing He IS The
only Democratic leader in t7enty-nYe years years VINO 4
believes IN something. He believes N sixteen lot
Bryan and one for Us 49,.
lean people as people are willing TO brand them-
selves before the entire world as idiots
New York bad IL is is the real place 10 live IN,
because We are buoyed up with the hope that some
time we shall get control of il again A majority
Of the people Of New-York for all I know. may be
in favor Ice Trust but they are not IN favor
OF the way in which the stock was distributed
Tell the people of New-York that their Mayor Is
all right He got in first His brother is all right,
TOO.
a H Steele predicted the election Of Mckinley
and Roosevelt by extraordinary majority.
What's the matter with Bryan?' somebody in the
crowd asked The Lord only knows don't" was
Mr. Steele's retort