New-York tribune., 1890-05-31
THE DAY IN THE SUBURBS.
ELABORATE MEMORIAL CEREMONIES IN
MANY TOWNS.
, STIRRING ADDRESS IN JERSEY ClTY~FlNE
DEMONSTRATIONS IN NEWARK AND PAThR-


sox-Two MONUMENTS UNVEILED.
Memorial Day was observed in Hudson County.
q J. Yesterday more generally than usual. Rags
orc Nyng at hafmaSt from all the puDhc ana many
N.,r.te bindings Many Grand Army Posts decorated
o,diers graves in the various cemeteries Ihere were
,wo p,rades of veterans in Jersey CITY. There was
,,nucnsc attendance at New York Lay Cemetery
-, ,be services were elaborate. District Attorney
Charles H. Winfield. who delivered the oration created
. sansation by his undSgiised references 10 the
huo, box frauds which have brought the name ana
,me of Hudson County into disgrace ana ne sOuhded
arinc Of the dangers which menace the institutions
49, ,he prescrvation of which much precious blood wiN
.,,,rcd and many valuable lives lost. Mr.. Winfield
said in part: , -. 80 -,
1, can it he said that Government rests on the
.,snt Of the governed that consent is corrupt How
w. ,h Government exist If this corruption becomes gen
~ - = adopt.d by even majority OF the voters We
,,alv defy the world in arms. open Toes internal or
"I ". nm; who without fear and trembling can con-
.snlate such corruption creeping Into the ba'loboN
prhl,c disorders riots and lnsurIectoS h"Vr'N lo"o"
the debaSing practice ,.
Mn and fcllow.ctzcns. to YOU appeal In behalf OF
tn,tpt,ons founded by fathers i it not time to
,v a halt with YOU remains an effective weapon Al
the man who buys, sells. coFruptS or nu'e' VOC point
'h Onger OF scorn that his name may become kissing
na a bvword Let us 60 back to the principles oil the
,, w dav. when manhood and not Mammon ruled the
land
Tho unvoilinC of the Joseph Schedler monument. in
the Weehawhen Cemetery. attracted many people.
The monument was erected by the German singing
societies in memory of Mr.. >chcdcr, who in 1545
organzcd The New York >angcrIuhdc' one "f the
fn1 German sias.rg sorieiieS ' tine country.
William l. Frankenbach. president of the United
singing Societies of Hudson County, delivered the
opepipg address aud unveiled the monument II Is
bronze bust of Schedler, on granite pedestal nine
feet high.
The demonstration in Newark was the finest
that has ever been held in that city Memorial
Day. II consisted of parade by two regiments OF
the National Guard the Grand Army posts. the
r,, Donartment school children and the police force.
the line being formed at Military Park al a. m
At tha, hour the business streets of the city IN
which business was entirely suspended were gay
with bunting and flied with crowds of people.
Early in the morning details from the Grand Army
posts decorated the statue of General kcarny. in
Military Park and later de als were sent to decorate
tho soldiers graves in the cemeteries. The cel'-
bration ended in the evening with literary and
musical exercises ~ the First Presbyterian Church,
the Rev Dr. J. Clement French being the orator
Paterson had the most general and brilliant 0b-
servance Of Memorial Day in her history Inc u''p'dN
Of bunting from her buildings was universal Inc
parade of Grand Army posts and other ORGANIZATIONS
was a great success, and the largest ever seen III
Paterson on this holiday. The fifth division of the
parade was the most interesting. II was made up
OF 1000 public school children. headed 10y the HiSh
School Cadets in gray uniforms. The children a.!
carried flowers: there scores Of banners ana
nags, and the little sang heartily patTiouc
chor1scs A. they trpped along The most unique
dispav was made 10y the pupils Of No. :. They
cayr,ed nine rac, each Of which fac smile hand
somcv executed Of some historic colonial or early
National flag used before the present emblem was
adopted The orator al the sandy Hin Cemeteries
was Father Isaac p. Whean. OF ~. Nary's Calhopc
Church. The school children and veterans ste"ed
flowers on the graves.
The Grand Army posts in Pl3infeld. y. y. united
for the first time in the history d their existence ior
the Observance of Memorial Day. At : O'Clock III the
morning details Of veterans visited the several GENE
tcTics and decorated hundreds of soldiers graves
At o O'Clock there a parade of G. ~ r. posts
soldiers and sailors and various societies and cIeu'
At Elizabeth y. j.. there parade III the after
noon taken par, in by Uric Dahgren and JudSoh MI
patrick Posts and Major Iielhed and Uric Dah!Sren
csuitees and decorated the soldiers graves.
The. observance of the day i'm the oranges was a
ouiet one In the morning there public parade
~ the Third Battalion. y. 6. y J. tzal D0dd POST
decorated the graves Of soldiers -,.... v......o
tor Comfy In every hamlet and village yesterday
where a Grand Army pos, houriShed NJ Mount eI,,
Fansworth Post ATTENDED to the Ge.oron .nd q"
I'm the afternoon Joined ~ parade WIN ue lOCui n'c
companies and other military and civic org,IlzanolS
The soldiers monument cree ed In sleepy Hollow 'eH
eterv al Tarrvown unveiled with appropriate cerc
monies in the presence Of several thQusano pI9"i,
The monup%eni % w'1 If VA, TaTtoxn is Of bronze and
represents a soldier standing At ease Inc daE wa
also more or less clabOTatey observed az Nhtc fla
Yonkcus Rye. New Rochelle. Mount kNco' kat"nah'
sing sing and Peekskill. .o.,o.o.,o. -, 1orc
Island were literally decorated with flower ana nag1
Special ceremonies held at Long lslald Guy fiuN
ihe BABYLON, Patchogue Jamaica ana Nnrr ID h%y: ~
Calvary and Cypress Hilis cemefHcS "c'o >iS'oo ~
many thousands Of people