The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-04

Schnibben, in his official conveyance,
We're waiting to fall in line when the
procession started.
The head of the procession was at
the corner of Third and Chestnut
streets, the first feature being a for
midable corps of police, mounted and
on foot, under command of Chief of
Police Parmele. The police preceded
the Second Regiment band.
The candidates did not join the pro-
cession until it had moved down Chest
nut street to Front, where they await
ed them in carriages in front of Orton
hotel. At this point the corps of police
and the Second Regiment band took
positions in front of the carriages,
7 the other features of the procession
| bringing up the rear in their allotted
| order
The candidates and committeeman,
! as they were assigned to the several
| carriages, were as follows:
First carriage-Hon. G. B. Aycock
| candidate for governor), Marsden
| Bellamy. Esq, Mr.. E. F. Johnson.
! Second carriage-Hon. w. D. Turner
| Candidate for lieutenant governor),
| Mr.. D. Nc Eachern, Mr.. G.. Herbert
Smith, and George L. Peschau, Esq.
Third carriage-Mr. S. L. Patterson
| culture), Franklin McNeill, Esq. (can-
| didate for corporation commissioner,
Mr. w. A. Wright and Mr.. ]. G. L.
| Gieschen.
Fourth carriage-Mr B. R. Lacy
| candidate for state treasurer) r. D.
! Gilmer, Esq, Candidate for attorney
| generaD, Iredell Meares, Esq, and B.
| G.. Empie, Esq.
| Fifth carriage-Mr. T. F. Toon (can-
| didate for superintendent of public in
struction), Mr.. G. j. Boney, Mr.. J. c.
Stevenson and Mr.. M. w. jacob.
L
| joined the procession the column
moved down Front street for the gen.
| eral parade. The procession, following
] the lead sf tie corps Of police, the Sec
! ond Regim.lt band and the candidates
! carriages, presented an imposing ap-
| pearance.
| Three military companies followed
| Immediately in the wake of the candi-
| dates. They were the Wilmington
Division Naval Reserves, under the
command of Lieutenant A. B. Skeld-
! ing; Col. Walker Taylor's Boys Bri-
gade. commanded by Col. Taylor, and
the Baptist Boys Brigade, under the
| command of Captain w. A. Whitney.
Following the boys brigades there
was quite a squad of young Ameri-
| cans bearing torch lights. Then came
a long line of citizens mounted on
horseback. Following the horsemen
came the city street hands, many of
! forms and all carrying torches or ap-
propriate transparencies, There were
| probably 125 or more of the street
| hands in line, nearly half of them on
horseback. They were led by Superin-
| tendent of Streets j. A. Perry.
In the wake of the mounted street
hands and rough riders came the Fifth
| Ward Band comfortably seated in a
profusely decorated conveyance and
every man of them wearing flaming
| red shirt.
The apparatus of the Wilmington
headed by Chief Charles Schnibben,
Captain c. H. White riding with him
in his fire chiefs buggy" AS the
! procession moved along there was a
brilliant fireworks display from the
chiefs buggy, and innumerable torches
burned on all the fire department ap-
paratuS
Following the procession, in which
there must have been 1000 or 2,50(
| people, there was another throng OF
people not really part of the parade,
but following to watch the beautiful
| spectacle as the long column moved
through the streets.
The column of the procession extend
ed over fully six squares or more, and
was a demonstration the eQua l Of
which has scarcely ever been on the
| streets of Wilmington before.
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especially significant and deserves spe-
cial mention was the transparencies
which were borne high above the heads
of the paraders all through the col.
umn. There were many of them es
| pecially conspicuous ones being New
2 Hanover County, $500 Majority fo1
Democracy" will the Negroes Regis
: ter? Mo-" Democrats, Do Your Duty
and will All White Men Vote? Yes,'
f | Then there were others referring to tn,
| various candidates for state offices an(
: | illustrating the zeal of New Hanove
: | democrats in their behalf.
The line of march from the last star
, at the Orton House was down From
| street to Nun, up Nun to Third, III
Third to Princess, and thence to thi
> ! opera house, where the speaking wa
, held.
+ Too much praise cannot be accordet
, | Chief Marshal Oldham, ASsistan
= Chief George Harriss, and their corp
] of aides for the manner in which the.
: organized and directed the course o
: | the procession.
The demonstration was a "howlini
> success" in every detail a fitting pre-
/ amble for the tremendous ovation sub
: 4 seQuently rendered the candidates II
, | the opera house and for the brillian
! and forcible speeches which followed
= AT THE OPERA HOUSE.
i One OF the most tremendous audi
/ ences ever assembled in the opera hous
was packed in the parquet, the dres
circle and the gallery. From the stag
: there were seen the faces Of thou
sand people, including many of tn
$ fair women of Wilmington. Most of tn
audlence, however, was composed O
earnest men, and il is estimated tha
E | fully 5Ot or more We're on the outside
!. finding II impossible TO get inside.