The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-08-10
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Let an ordinance be passed by the
Common Council of Moo York, provid-
ing for the appointment NV committee
who shell hev sole control of professions
and all public displays, said committee
to consist NV ten Catholic priests uv r.
ish birth, and the Catholic laymeH also
of Irish birth. To this committee all
these matters shall be referred. They
shell have the power to say wat societies
shell, and wat societies shell not parade,
and also wat banners, colors, and insignia
a shall be displayed. wat toons shell be
played, and on what days SIGH displays
be made
| Wv course this committee would be
liberal They wood never object to the
celebrashun Nv the Fourth of July per
ticerly eff the percession would pledge
themselves to carry the green flag, and
hev their bands play Irish national airs
only
The following, | suppose, wood be the
tenor Nv the answers to applicashuns for
the privilege NV paradin'
To the .Superintendent--of the St.
Methodist Sunday School.
| Permission refused. On the route
| proposed for rhe procession lives three
| hundred Catholic families which would
| be offended at 1t. The committee does
not want TO be bothered with SIGH appli
cashuns, ez none Nv EN- will be granted.
his
Signed, PATRICK x MCGEE,
mark.
Chirman,
| This wood save riot ard bloodshed,
fur Nv course the procession could not
take place, and the Irish people couldn' t
be offended, unless it wuz at the presum-
ton Nv the Methodist in making the re-
quest. Then again.
70 the Committee on Percession uv Lodg
40, Knites 40 Phythias
The committee hevin carefully exam
lned the ritual Wv sed order, and fndin
nOthln therein offensive to the Irish cit
liens Nv the United States, and nothin
pertikerlary offensive to the Holy Catho-
lie Church, the sed order is hereby per-
mltted to parade Jooly 81 1871. 1t is
suggested that to ashoor the Irish citizen
hyln along the route, that the society
has nOthln In it offensive to EN-, that
the green flag NV Erin be displayed abov
the banner Nv the order, that the men,
bers Nv the order wear green sashes, that
an lrishman be employed to act as Mar
shall, and that the band be instructed to
play nothing but the ''wearin Nv the
Green
his
Signed PATSY x. MCSHANE,
mark
Chairman
There mite be cases wher the same So
ciety mite receive the following notice
afore the intended parade
To the President no Lodqe No.,
Knites uv Phythios:
1t hevin come come to the knowledge
Nv this committee that the Ancient
Order NV Hlbernians and also the Young
Mems Society Nv the Church Nv the
immaculate Concepshun, intend to mar.
rade tomorrow, and ez both of thes.
professions viii cross the streets named
ez yoor route, the order perm ittin YOU
to parade is hereby revoked.
In addlshun TO this, 1t might be well
to make St. Patrick Day legal holiday
the same ez the Fourth nv July, and
that our Irish fellow citizens mite no.
be annoyed, SIGH days ez the church holds
servis on mite be made Sundays Nv.
Let this be adopted, and no troubles
like that Nv July 18th, will ever occu,
| IN
strong Protestant mite question the JUS
IT'S Nv 1t. This plan merely leg Allies what
hez been pract iced in loose way for ten
years. shell have this rule adopted at
the Corners, for our Irish friends not
only vote vigorously, but they hurl stones
with wonderful precision.
PETROLEUM Y. Massey,
witch wuz Postmaster.