The sun., 1916-11-01
n. n. P. Committee Forced to
Revise Plans When En-
rOlmcnts Begin.
BIGGEST AFFAIR OF KIND
Procession Saturday Night to
Have Marchcrs From All
Industries.

biFA'NE
yesterday. win have to be revised. It's
eolne to he such a great AFFAIR that It
ranno, he handled on the original scale.
The parade committee. It appears. had
only figured or having $4,000 marchers
IN line. But yesterday. when the dele
yates OF all the industries interested
gathered on the eighteenth floor Of the
Yale Club and began to report. there
was a hasty changing Of estimates.
well have $500 at least. with four
hands and a locomotive announced the
railway transportation delegate.
'rhree thousand for the Insurance
men," went on their representative. And
400 for the college men, and 5000 for
the downtown dry goods trades" So II
went until the uptown dry goods trades
man knocked them all on their seats by
announcing calmly that he had enrolled
from his associates 1000 marchers.
with six bands and fory wagons. making
nearly 5000 In all"
E1pect 10000 Mes to De In Line.
There are now more than $4,000
marchers enrolled IN the industrial d.
visions Of the parade. not including their
hands. Between $1,000 and 10000 more
are enrolled from various political or
san!zations. This makes between $1,000
and $1,000 enrolled already. and with
four days more to 60 the committee con-
fdently expects to have at least 70.ooo
men bearing fiambeaux In the biggest
torchlight parade ever held In the United
States.
Police Headquarters records show that
" ,.ux, .nr,hliuht prassasipu ever
held in any city until now counted some
10000 men. Even at the present esti-
mate Of $1,000. the previous record Is
more than doubled. These figures are
for torchlight parades, but the coming
even, will compare favoraPly with many
~ the greatest demonstrations OF the
mast at whatsoever hour they were held.
II will double the record OF the great
Dewey parade Of 1899. II will excel the
showing Of 1850 who took part In the
TAT. paradc Of 1908, and II IL not 20
many thousands behind the granddaddy
Of all political marches, the famous
sound money parade OF 1885 when
there we're ss.i95 in line. In fact II 10
, half as enormous as the Preparedness
parade OF last year. for there were 1867
900 In hat. not; including inc "o"'e"
and the National Guardsmen
0,hers Were Daylight Parades.
All OF these were daylight parades
and In most of them business was sus'
p.nded to allow the marchers 10 game.
when IL is considered that this Is 70 De
AZ Enthusiastically night. 100 ~nem
= moet men want to be at home or OH
yor the week end, after an ordinary
saturday's business In shop or ofhce-
,ha n%olitical effect of the demonstration
takes on q significance thht the men y.
! charge OF the parade believe VIII ny
New York definitely out OF the DOUBT
ful' list and furnish an ihoeA W P"'N
lar opinion every where. AL.
"a prominent Tammany man OF this
city asked me this morning now many
We expected to have IN uhe, ~
charles II. Sheriff. said at the meeuns
yesterday. II expected about tV.oov
then. Said he: II you get to''1D rhe
saturday night, then Wilson Is licked
more surely thar any man who ever rar
for office ~, IN.
Republican State committee. assured m'
OF a 100000 upstate majority 10
reported that Tammany's az
moi give this city to Wilson by NOR
than 10000. It's easy to see how thi
State is going.
\ Sees ass Hughes Electoral Votes
Tn general. reports Of the variou'
, business mems branches ~hrougn IN
country show ss5 electoral ,v xT.e
to ours are TO be held everywhere
There viii be $1,000 in line next Satur
day night In Columbus, Ohio. and IN
betting there has Jumped TO 10 o,
Hughes. Chicago has 10000 enrone'
and other cities are In proporuo,
Waterbury. Conn.,, 10 to have a paraa
and the fireworks alone will cost $4,000
In 81. Louis there will be 1000 automo
biles in the parade. It's the same every
where.
\ "Rain will not cripple tho parad'
Well carry umbrellas. and l tell yo
that one-fourth Of our strength march
inr AT night in the rain. will have NOR
political effect than 100 per cent on
clear night"
II has been decided to call Saturda
not only Hughes day. but the spirit :
rs day" This slogan. conceived oy VI
j parade committee. has been taken u
throughout the country and Is Tespohs
bic to some extent for the tremendou
enrolments reported. IT Is a direct sla
at Secretary OF War Baker for his RI
mark comparing the men OF the Revoi'
ton to Villas bandits.
esprit Of '7s IL stili Alive"
ut Is TO show Mr.. Baker that he can
make statements OF that SUIT aooN
George Washington's heroes n g
away with It In this country" Mr., shel
rnl declared. 'The spirit OF 70 Is s''
alive. and we're depending on H. -,
II was the last business meeting OF u
committee before the parade. MT She
| rll announced at its end that this Is u
last parade he will organize. put u
= statement was not taken seriously.
The meeting closed with a serlo'
agreement to work constantly that the
may be no !nvective on n OF the bal
ners used or In any other part OF u
demonstration. Al the very end-it WI
almost like a consecration-the m
tee stood and. after an invocation, y
heated the Lords Prayer with the ne
DR., Herbert Shipman of the Church
I the Heavenly Rest. chaplain OF the pr
paredness parade and of this.
The 1000 men will march fourtet
Mes abreast instead Of ten. owing to u
Increased numbers. This, considering u
torches TO be carried. will equal eightet
hles under ordinary parad!ng condition
and will change the whole formation
each section.
Parade to Form ."Wheel Of Fire.
There will be eight sectors. fornSr
the spokes Of a wheel of Are" and I
of them will march from their startf
point TO Madison Square. the hub OF q
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