Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-05
Great Demonstration in New York
Last Saturday.
ALL BUSINESS SUSPENDED
Nothing Like It Ever Seen in This
City.
THE DISPLAY AT NIGHT

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| NEW YORK, November 5.-Ta a native
Washingtonian the sound money demon
stration here Saturday was revela-
| ton in the way of parades. And this, too,
IN light of the fact that the national capt.
tai is the scene of those mammoth, spectac-
ular imposing street pageants every four
years the occasions of presidential in
augurations.
| The sound money turnout yesterday was
the opposite of snowy. To the ordinary
spectator who had no particular reason for
being more than casually interested 1t
proved, after an hour so. monotonous.
| But nevertheless 1t was, to the non-voting.
non-political individual, born and bred in
| Washington, eye-opener of great
breadth: huge object lesson.
| The parade in itself was merely con-
! tinuous performance of marching men. Not
| soldiers or uniformed bodies, but men. in
the attire common to everyday business
| life. There was an army, or, rather, sever
| al armies of them. 1t seemed inconcevable
| that the spectator. after viewing the pro-
cession for several hours, could go home
and dine. indulge in a nap perhaps. pc
ruse the evening papers and then return
to the line of march and find that stream
| of singing, cheering, enthusiastic humans
| ty yet there and in motion. In rapid mo-
| ton, too. And it to be in evidence for
many hours longer.
| " as obJect
| The parade was object lesson. and a
| most enlightening one, because 1t gave to
| the stranger some sort of idea Of the
size OF the city and of its great population.
| The demonstration was a local affair.
! Where the integral components of that vast
marching host came from-where they are
slowing themselves today-remains mys-
| terry to the uninitiated.
| Quite a turnout, | remarked to a resi-
| dent of the city Saturday evening.
1T would have BEEN he replied noncha-
! lantly. eff the weather had been good
| And this in the face of the fact that there
were probably close to 100000 men in the
column, which was moving from 10 o'clock
in the morning until long after dark.
| The big demonstration was carried to a
| successful conclusion under a drenchng
downpour that continued increasingly all
| day. Incidentally, the followers of Bryan.
| by the putting into practice of some occult
| science. must have secured a hold of the
lever that operates the weather bureau, for
the prediction had been. Saturday, fair
| and cooler, with prevailing sunshine" AS
| 1t turned out, the forecast could not pos
sbly have been more completely erroneous.
| Through the rain and mud. wet through
and through. but unqueStonably Jubilant,
| that immense concourse of citizens In num-
bers more than twice the size of the regular
army of the United States. marched onward
| and onward Tor hours and hours With the
| rain beating down upon him, Governor
Roosevelt stood, with head uncovered.
smiling, and returning, with a bow, every
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| millions of them.
The day was completely given over to the
sound money demonstration. This asser-
ton be illustrated by an incident that
| came to my notice. well-dressed young
man forced his way through the crowd on
the sidewalk at the intersection of 9Th ave
nue. and 29th street. and addressing him.
self to one of the policemen on duty there,
said:
rs there anyway I can get through the
parade the other side Of the street? l
have business of Importance.
| "Business?' queried the guardian of the
peace in tcnes that denoted much surprise.
You have no business having business TO-
day, young man-
Keynote of SIf1atiUn.
The policeman gave expression to the
| keynote of the situation. The Broadway
and crosstown cars, the cabmen, pedes-
TRANS, and, in short, everybody, it GER
tainly seemed, had business having
! business Saturday. Traffic of every char
acter on Broadway was suspended all day.
| The cross-town cars and vehicles of all
| sorts were not permitted to pass 9TH ave
nue. east west from an hour long be-
fore the head of the parade appeared in
! view until late at night. At each street
crossing along the route material squad
| of policemen stationed. 1 maryeled at
| the number of bands in the column. 1t
| seemed to have so many in attendance the
| entire country must have been secured for
| musicians. But the aggregation Of police
| men was even more astonishing. They
were everywhere, ana IL Is needless 10 say
the acme of good order was maintained
| throughout the entire period the procession
| was passing. At Madison Square, a long
line of bluecoats touching elbow to elbow.
| stretched along 24th street from 9Th avenue
| to the west side of Broadway. and uobody
| and thing were permitted to proceed
| south on Broadway. An insect would have
| experienced difficulty in getting through
| that line of cops" People who had desti-
nations down town We're forced to go west
| as far as 9th avenue before they could turn
southwark. In TRUTH the sound money
men owned the day, and everything Incl
dental to It.
| most active wind-up of decidedly
notable day was what Saturday night
turned out to be. The darkness 'liffsred
somewhat from the daylight. so far as good
| order was concerned. Early during the
| evening a really gorgeous display Of fire
| works occurred at Madison Square. The
| bombs and rockets and set pieces were the
| real thing. and were enjoyed by thousands
| of people. And pyrotechnfcs of a spiritual
| character were at the same time being en-
joyed by thousands OF others.
| Antfdote for the Weather.
| The rain and the wet feet and the drench-
| ed clothes perhaps warranted the bibulous
| Indulgence At any rate, men with flags
were having parades by themselves and in
| twos and threes all night. The line of
| march was, in most cases, from one saloon
to the next nearest bar. And all these
| marchers were loquaeious. 1t is safe to de-
|
day records of both Roosevelt and Bryan
for campaign speeches hundreds did so.
The night was made hideous.
About 8 o'clock Saturday evening free
| fights We're in progress on every street cor
ner along Broadway from Madison Square
| for a good distance uptown. And for some
| reason the giants of the Broadway squad
who had been so very efficient and SO
much in evidence during the day, were en-
tirely missing. 1t was noticeable that at
| least 80 per cent of those bibulously and
pugnaciously inclined persisted in inquir-
ing:
whats Their matter with Bill Bryan?'
Then too, they wore Bryan badges con-
spicuously displayed
Throughout the republicans display of
fireworks Saturday night notices in sup
port of Organism were instantly flashed on
the Dewey arch and every other avail
able background in the vicinity of Madison
Square by means of searchlight stereop-
ticon.
Quiet Washington-quiet, notwithstanding
the holding of indoor meetings by its few
political clubs-would certainly be amazed,
could 1t of sudden gaze the turmoil
that prevails throughout the length and
width of the metropolis. The climax will
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