The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-04
Celebrating the Time When
the Constitution Was
to Have Been Signed.
HONORING KING STANISLAUS.
The Only Day in Polish History to
Feast, and That Recalls but a
Hope.

Yesterday was the ninety-eighth anni-
versary of The day when Polish hopes
rose to their highest level, and all the land
was filled with joy.
Then it was, on the third day OF May,
1871, that King Stanislaus Augustus, the
fourth of the name was to sign the Polish
CONSTITUTION, which was to make OF
the fair land united country with free
people. a
That the Constitution was not signed IS
matter of history, but the day was the
brightest in the recollection of the un-
happy nation, and it has been celebrated
as the great festival of the Polish people
ever since, though it only recalls nope
The Polacks of Jersey City and of the
surrounding country, some five thousand
in number, have been in the habit OF go
ing over to New York to celebrate the
day. but this year, it being great time
for all good Americans-and there are no
more loyal Americans than the Polacks-
the four Polish societies of the city deter
mined to have their own glorification
They invited the Association Polonlc, OF
New York, to come over and help, and
they all had grand time, dancing nearly
all night after the meeting
WHO CELEBRATED.
The Jersey City societies were the hra-
kusy, the association called after Adam
Mickiewicz, the great Polish poet; tnau
called after Bosak Hauke, the great Cen
eral in the Polish insurrection of 1868, who
lost his life in 1870, fighting with the
French against his old enemies, the Prus-
SLAMS; and the Ulany, the Red Lancers.
The day opened with mass at the Church
of ST. Antonio, at half-past ten IN the
morning, when the Rev. w. j. <. A. Mich
nowski addressed the congregation.
Then, at eight o'clock in the evening,
the people gathered in Coopers, Hall,
where, after the meeting had been
opened by Mr.. Stanislaus Krzemensktego,
Mayor Cleveland was elected presiding
officer of the evening. The Mayor spoke
briefly and was repeatedly cheered. Mrs.
Kramer, of New York, recited "The
Polish Bow and was received as beauti-
full woman should be. These were the
only speakers in English. Those who
spoke in Polish were Wladislaw Kamlen-
ski and Count Wodricki. Following is
what they did in full
THE PROGRAMME.
o godz. 1O11 rano; Nabozenstwo W kos
ciele Sw. A1itoniego. Odprawi W. j. x
A. Michnowski
o godz wieczor: Zebranie sic Tow.
Polskich publicznosci w Cooper Hall,.
o godz. 9 wieczor: Otwarcie Obchodu
przez D. st. Krzeminskiego.
Wybor prezesa Obchodu 2 grona zgro
madzonych.
Zaproszenie prezydentow Tow. ma vice
prezesow obchodu.
Wybor Sekretarza Obchodu.
"Hymn Narodowy;" 'Jeszcze Polska
ME zginela" PublicZnose powstaje).
Konstytucje $50 Maja 1871 r. odczyta p.
Ziemkiewicz.
Publicznose przy akompaniamencie mu-
zyki odspiewa stojaco:-"B "Boze cos Pol
ske.'
Nova polska p. Kameaskiego Brook.
Muzyka odegra:-"Boze daj by rably-
snail Sci Maj"
Spiew D. ziemkiewicza.
| Muzyka odegra:-'Z Dymen Pozarow. u
| Prezes Obchodu zamyka poisedzenie.
| Do wziecia udzialu zapraszamy kazdego
| Polaka.
Komitet Arzadzajacy:-St. Krzeminski,
| S. Plzekopowski A. Blaszczynshi, |.
| Nagolslxi, S. Comalewsni, A. Groszewski
| J. Zawadzki, r. Janowski. q. Bobrowski,
X. Maryanski, P. Kuzniewicz, p. Wojtas-
| eek, F. Szumski, S. Stelmachowicz, A.
| Zywicki, J. Bonkalski.
| Po zamknieciu Obchodu nastapia tance
przy doborowej balowej muzyce.