The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-20
MANY WILL MARCH
 IN THE PARADE Member of 1ammany Wanted
 10 Take Part
GREAT VAUDEVILLE SHOW
Minstrel Parade Will Appear Tame in Comparison and the Inaugural Procession Will Be Better
 Than Circus.

1 The committee in charge of the inaugu- ration of President Roosevelt has about completed the list of political organiza- tions that will participate in the pa- rade March 4. Nearly 2OOOO republicans will fall in line to do honor to the man | they have elected to lead them through | another admnistra ton. And among this number there will be politicians of all sorts-ward bosses, stump speakers, men whose names are on the roll of honor, | of the republican national committees l finance department, men who worked quietly during the campaign and finally men who did nothing but exercise the simple prerogative of the American cit zen by casting their votes. In fact the only persons barred from the parade will be prohibtlonists, populists and | democrats.
 | Considerable exctemen. was furnish l ed a few days ago when the local papers announced that the inaugural commit tee had received a letter from the chief of New York's Tammany hall request ing place in line for about thousand stalwart Tammany braves. All Washing
 
 of Tammany marching in honor of Pres | ident Roosevelt, and one sage official suggested that a corps of insanity ex- l perts should be sent to the metropolis | Immediately to conduct a wholesale ex- animation of the members of New l Yorks leading democratic organization. l It turned out however, that one over | enthusiastic democrat up in New York | had written to tho committee suggest | ing" that a Tammany delegation in the l inaugural parade would add to the gem 1 etal attractlveness of the show The Suggestion was laughed to scorn, even | by the inaugural officials, who are look | ing for unique and novel features. Tam many marching in republican process | sion, would be too extraordinary, even | for this parade.
 Pennsylvania Takes the Lead. Pennsylvania takes the lead in sending political clubs for participation in the | festivities, having a representation of | twelve distinct organizations. New York | is second with eight. and Ohio comes | third with [, Maryland will send Ave clubs for the parade. and New Jersey | four, while New Jersey and the District of Columbia split even at three each. Massachusetts, Delaware, West Virginia
 
 ization each, making a grand totals to date of 47. It is probable that a dozen | more will be added bringing the ap- proXimate total up to sixty.
 Besides these regularly organized po- litical clubs, there will be several inde- pendent parties, not strictly political, whose members want to march just for the fun of the thing and to do what they | can to add to the success of the day. First among this class may be mentioned | the members of the Tennessee legislature, | who have chartered a special train and | will swoop down on Washington Zen | masse" on the evening of March 3. Gov | ernor McMillan was invited to join, but | respectfully declined This will be the first time in the history of ,-ie country | that a state legislature has attended an | inauguration. Tennessee also will be rep resented by "six long, lean and angu- | lar musicians. as they describe them selves who will march down Pennsyl- vania avenue keeping step with their own music played on six violins each over BOO years of age The musicians are over feet 2 inches tall, hut just what particular difference this will make to the inauguration no one seems tc know How ever 1t will add to the vaudeville. | Of Pensylvanla's twelve political organ izations which will be In Washington on the eventful day, perhaps the most re- nowned is the Americus club from Pitts | burg. The members are all supposed to be wealthy and as they have leased an 1 entire floor in one of the leading hotels for Inauguration week. the suspicion may be well founded. They will come down 200 strong with a band, and will be In charge of Maj. H. w. Mcintosh, With | their red white and blue umbrellas and white high hats they are sure to attract more than their share of attention.
 Other Organizations.
 Other Pennsylvania organizations will be the Young Mems Republican Tariff club also of Pittsburg. the Union Repub- 1 ican club of Phildalphia the Citizens | Republican club. of the same city; the Carlisle Indians from Carlisle, and 150 students from Grove City college. Be- sides these there will be the following | Philadelphia marching clubs: Peter B. Smith, Israel w. Durham, d) and @, James L. Goodal, David Martin and Ho- ratio B. Hackett
 From New York the largest organlza | tion will be the New York City Republl- can club. led by Hon. B. B. Odell. Jr., | and composed of 1000 marchers. There will be the Conkling Unconditionals from | Utica who were to have had the right of line in ,ne -Svic division, but who | relinquIshed that honor to the New York | City Republicans The Unconditionals will be the escort of honor nevertheless. and as such will lead the civic parade Two Italian clubs are coming, the Italo- | American Republicans. and the Central Italian Republicans. They will be follow ed by Hungarian "Hussars' in Kossuth hats, from New York city. and the l Burgesses from Albany. The Ulster County and Hamilton Republicans also will be In Inc.
 Ohio will be represented by the famous Railsplitters of the Lincoln club at To- ledo But there will be others includ- | ing the Tippecanoe club of Cleveland. the | Buckeye and Republican Glee clubs of | Columbus the Knights of Maccabees. the old guards of the G. O. P. and the Fleischman Republican club of Cincin- 1 natl.
 Minnesota comes in from the lonesome | west with three organizations and Is showing more enthusiasm than many of l her neighbors The Flambeau club in | Mexican uniforms will come from Min | neapolis, and the original Roosevelt club will come from St. Paul. The Roose- welt club of Minneapolis will come with 150 members and drum, fife and bugle corps.
 New Jersey Delegation.
 New Jersey will have fin line the Ere linghuysen Lancers of Newark, with a band of thirty-fve pieces: the Union county republicans and the Phelps Guards from Paterson. with a band of twenty club of Newark also has slgnihed it's in- tention to attend.
 Maryland will lead off with the Union n