The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-16
TRIUMPHAL PARADES. |
Illuminated Streets Filled
with Marching Demo
Gratis.


celebrated the recent Democratic victory
last night in a royal manner. The Second
District Democratic Association, with
several hundred friends met at the head
quarters of the Democratic County Com
mittee, where, at eight O'Clock, an i'm
posing line, headed by Begg's military
band and several coupes in which sat
number of prominent district workers,
was formed, and the boys, each with a
white satin badge and cane, started on
on what they were pleased to term Il
triumphal march. Torches and trans
parencies dotted the line and fireworks
necessarily streamed over the heads of
the victorious prominaders. Some of the
inscriptions on the transparencies read:--
Where. oh, where is the New Com
mittee?'
''Kickers in the soupr'
"Horshoe all right
"Hennessy's majority, 1885,"
In the coupes were seated Charles Fow-
Ter, Thomas Lenahan, James G. Garvey.
James Lynch. John j. Kelly, A. Corrigan
and James Dougherty.
THE ROUTE.
The route was as folloWS:-To Newark
avenue, to Jersey avenue, to Wayne
street, to Mercer street, countermarch
down Wayne street to York street, to
Pacific avenue, to Maple street, to Pine
street, to Johnston avenue, to Pacific av-
enue, to Grand street, to Van Worst, to
Morris, to Warren, to Sussex, to Hudson,
to Sussex, to Warren, to Grove, to Head
quarters.
The line was marshalled by Street
Superintendent Philip Tumulty. Prom1-
nent among those in line were Assembly
man-elect Byrne and Freeholder-elect
Hennessy, in whose honor the demonstra-
Jion was mainly given; Director-at-L Large
elect August M. Bruggemann, ex-Free-
holder Kilroy, County Superintendent
King, ex-Assemblym man Patrick Golden;
Clerk Boyd, of the Board of Freeholders,
Captain William Maxwell, Freeholder
Pairson, James Tumulty. Andrew j.
Manning, Captain John J. White, Cap
tain Dolan, of the Byrne Zouaves; James
F. Larkins. Counsellor John A; McGrath,
John McEntee, Freeholder Kimmerly,
John Oxley and many other noted Second
district hustlers.
TWO sERENADEs.
The victorious promenaders were
cheered and saluted by thousands of
people along the route and many private
residences were brilliantly illuminated,
including Mayor Cleveland's, Assembly
man elect Byrne's, Freebooter elect Hen
nessy's and Sheriff Robert Davis.
At Mayor Cleyeland's the parade
halted few moments The Mayor ap.
pc aaed upon the stoop and the band
PLAYED Hail to the Chief" Short stops
were also made at the homes of the
elected candidates. At Governor elect
Abbett's, in Sussex Place. the Governor
complimented the boys on their fine
showing and made other congratulatory
remarks
After the parade was over, the partici
pants crowded into Roche's Hall where
speecn-making, refreshments and g
general jollification was indulged in till
late hour Short speeches of congratu
lation O ~ were made by Counsellor J
McGrath, candidates-elect BYrne and
Hennessy, DR.. King, Thomas +. Cannon
Clerk Boyd, of the Board of Freeholders
and Tom McDonough. Songs were sung
by Messrs. Golden and Carroll.
In the Third District.
The Third District Democratic Clut
took possession of the Third district last
night. With between six and seven hun
dred men in line. with ten coupes, an6
headed by the Tabernacle Cornet BanC
of twenty pieces, it paraded all the prin
cipal thoroughfares of the district. Many
houses were illuminated along the route
an d the display of fireworks was some
thing unprecedented.
The cheering of the "unterrified" was
lOlutu III ny lA0 UIlOuSdA0S VI oPCCtduOIs
that lined The curbstone, and the whole
district was alive with Democratic en-
thusiasm.
The parade started from the hall at No
349 Fourth street. Dick Connors was
chief marshal Assemblyman-elect Muir
ply and Freeholder-ele Donnelly, John
Murphy, Martin Kelly. James Jennings
John Riley, Lawrence Quinn, Anthony
Dwyer, P. J. Murphy. Cap
tain Christopher Prettyman Smith
John. Mckinley, William Moore and Other
prominent District Democratic workers
occupied seats in the coupes.
Fred Sykes house, Peter Donnelly's
and James Murphy's on Fifth street; J.
Carols and Patrick Keogh's Oh
Fourth street; Christie Corcorau's
on Newark avenue; George Harris
corner of Newark avenue and Monmouth
street, and Harry Corfield's, corner oi
Third and Monmouth streets, were bril-
liantly illuminated in honor of the
event.
After the parade was over the club
with a number of invited friends, ad
iourned to its hall on Fourth street. where
collation. was served and a genera
iubilation held.