The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-18
St. Patrick's Day Parade
This Morning Was
a Big Success.
HIP HURRAH FOR ERIN GO BRAGH I!
Two Thousand Men in Line March
ing to Lots of Music.

Iue f1Ou Hdtr1cK II. " NELL WAS SdluIeu
as Alderman O'Neill on the City Hall
steps this morning.
sI'll let you call on me, Paddy today
he said, with the emphasis on today.
That was because this is ST. Patrick's
Day.
1t was also because this is St. Patrick's
Day that the green was the all prevailing
color.
The Shamrock was the button-hole
decoration any one wore.
Commissioner Dugan sported a ruby
stone in his collar. but beneath was
whole field of green necktie.
The harp on flags of green fluttered
from the windows of Mathew & Co.'S
large furniture establishment.
Furniture Dealer Hanley put an array
of desks on the sidewalk. The baize that
covered their tops was green.
The red, white and blue hoated over the
City Hall.
There was no green there.
"That's because We know only one flag
here, y said City Marshal Tim Long. And
Tim is a pretty good Irishman, too.
The streets were filled with women and
children. Every female that owned a
green dress felt it to be her duty to don it
this morning. Those who hadn't paid
Difference to the sentiment of the hour by
sticking green ribbon around their bon
nets. or tying green band around their
collars.
Mayor Cleveland counted the minutes
in his Office in the City Hall and the Alder
man helped the clerks in CITY Clerk Scott's
Office arrange the papers for the use of the
clerks OF registry at to-morrow's polling
places.
They were all waiting for the paraders
who We're to pass in review before the City
Hall steps at noon.
THE PARADE.
The paraders assembled at St. Johns
Hail. on Gregory street, all the way from
half-past ten until a quarter to twelve.
At half-past eleven the leaders set out
through Van Worst street for Grand
street, where the column formed. They
kept on leaving from the meeting place
for Grand street until after twelve O'clock.
The real start was made at about quar-
ter-past twelve, when the column marched
down to Warren street, down, through
Warren to Essex, thence around through
| Washington to Montgomery street, up to
Newark avenue and past the City Hall,
| where stood Mayor Cleveland to review
| the line
ON TILE CITY HALL STEPS.
On the steps with him were Alderman
| Max Salinger, O'Neill, Prigge and Rear
| don, Police Commissioners Smith and
Nugent, Commissioners Of Public Works
| Cannon and Kern, City Clerk Scott, City
| Marshal Long, Clerk to the Board Of
Finance George F, McAneny, City Treas
| urer Nugent Henry Keeney, Justice of
| the Peace Schwenk, Christy Smith, School
| Commissioner Dugan, and host of other
| officials, past and present.
HOW THEY MARCHED.
The police must not be forgotten, for
| oh nf
Inspector Smith marched ahead and
| behind him marched platoon of thirty
| men, and they did the best marching in
| the procession.
Then came the line, preceded by Grand
Marshal Owen Carroll and his aides,
| William Barry, Thomas Lenahan, Bernard
Farrell, Owen McNally, William Travers,
| John O'Brien, John Meany, Michael Far
rell and John Tierney.
| First i'll the line came the Hibernia
Rifles, 140 strong-S0 in Company A, Cap
| tain Thomas Graham, and 60 in Company
B, Captain Patrick Devine They were
preceded by McGrath's military band, and
| Marshal Keron Murray had them in
charge. Behind them came Ancient
| Order of Hibernians No. l, under the
leadership of Marshal John Flavin, some
| rs men in ALL
In the second section, preceded by the
cadets of Our Lady of Grace, of Hoboken,
| came A. o. HI. No. 2, Marshal James Dill
| lon, aided by James Wrenn, and A. o. H.
| No. 3, Marshal Laurence Sutton; aide,
| James Moore
| Weber's cornet band led the third sec
| tion, consisting of Division No. A, A. o H.,
Marshal, John Burke; Aide, John Corri-
| gan; No 5, Marshal Thomas Crane and
| No 6, Marshal, Edward Luby. This sec
| tion consisted of about 200 men.
| In the fourth section, with the fine fife
and drum corps of Van Houten Grand
| Army Post, were No. z, Marshal james
| McKernan; aide, Daniel G. Hawkes.; and
| No. g. Marshal John Sheehan.
In section five there was but one divis-
| ion, No. 8, with Marshal John Quirk,
| brought all the way from South Amboy.
There were about 130 of them.
| Dwyer's band led the sixth section, and
| behind came No. IL, marshal, James Fitz-
| patrick; aide, Thomas Furey. Then Nc
| Carthy's fife and drum corps, of New
| York, led No. 13 and Marshal Robert j.
| Murphy, who saluted Mayor Cleveland
with flourish of his sword never equalled
| in St. Patrick's parade. His aide was
Patrick Monahan No. IA, marshalled by
| Patrick Brady, and No. Is, marshal, James
f. Flannigan; aide, Thomas Egan, closed
| this section. The section carried the hand
soonest banner in the column
| Section seven, the last of the parade,
| consisted of Division IL, A. o, H., with
| Bayne's Sixty-ninth regiment Band. They
were mafShalled by Patrick Dillon, aided
| by Charles MCGEE.
THE CARRIAGES.
The whole line was broken up by car
riages loaded with people of greater or
| less note. In one were Monsignor De
| Concilio and the Rev. Father Boyian. In
another were State Delegates Pat
rick Dugan and William Sheridan;
State Treasurer Dominick Reynolds, and
| State Secretary Patrick LilIis. In third
sat Recording Secretary Martin Geer,
Financial Secretary James Burke and
| Treasurer james Carroll
| Altogether there were some 1000 men
| in line with ten bands Every man was
dressed in full regalia, and the president
| of each division with his great gilt mallet.
and the secretary with his huge quill pen,
and the treasurer with the monstrous key,
| attracted great attention.
Everyone was in full rcgalia and the
scarfs were of all shades Of green. Some
wore the regulation chapeau, and some
thought it enough to put green ostrich
| feathers in their hats
And everywhere there was jollification
and cheering.
ERIN 90 BRAGH.