The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-09-24
MACS In THEIR GLORY.
Biggest Demonstration Of
the Kind Ever Known
in This City.
TWO THOUSAND MEN IN LINE.
Detachments from Every Section Of
Hudson from Bergen Point
to Weehawken.

TO WeenaWKens
The entire county seems depopulated.
The McLaughlins are out. and with the
five hundred members of the association,
named after the genial County Clerk,
there are at the very lowest figure fifteen
hundred of his friends. Every man that
attended the outing was in line. and 1t
took more than half an hour for the pro-
cession to pass given point. The men
marched well, inspired by the presence
Of their leader, County Clerk Dennis Nc
Laughlin, to whom they were doing
honor. and the inspiriting strains Of
several brass bands. The black fedora
hats, the gayly colored badges, the
canes and the white striped neckties
were very neat and the uniform was adj
mired by everyone. AS early as eight
o'clock McLaughlins began to pour into
the Park House In groups of four and
five and the stream became more steady
and heavier as the hands Of the big
clock in the club rooms pointed to nine.
Men. women and children focked to
Hamilton Park in squads and in short
time the streets became almost impas-
sible.
IRREPREssIBLE ENTHUSIASM.
Captain Kelly and platoon of police
endeavored to keep the crowds back, but
it was useless. The crowds were good
natured aud the police were compelled to
be SO. At intervals Of about i've minutes
cheers went up for the association and its
leader. Business was suspended and the
people turned out en- masse to witness
L., 4av< nf fho Ion, 1ts<z
County Clerk may we'll feel proud of the
demonstration. The men were well
dressed and quiet and their appearance
and behaviour would do honor to any
chief.
THE DECORATIONS.
Every business house and every private
dwelling, with few exceptions, were COW
cred with flags ana bunting. Housetops
were covered with people, and from win
dows in every house along the line OF
march dozen heads appeared. All were
anxious TO see the procession.
At fifteen minutes past nine, marching
to the martial strains of brass band.
came Police Commissioner Coyle, with his
band of 800 constituents, and upon the
lapel of every coat was the badge OF the
Mclaughlin Association.
Behind Commissioner Coyle's detach-
ment was Mayor Stanton and number
of friends, and then came no less per-
sonage than King Simon Kelly of Wee
hawken. He was by no means alone. He
demonstrated his loyalty to the leader by
heading a body OF fifty finely formed,
well dressed constituents. While he
Coyles and Kel!ys were taking positions
around Hamilton Park: r drum
rades" six ways for Sunday
loomed mp, and everyone shouted, The
O'Neills, y and they were the O'Neills, by
a great big majority Three hundred
strong, with Justice Davis. President
Edelstein and the little standard bearer
The O'Neills were applauded all along
the line, and finally took position in the
centre of the park. Down from the
Heights came more music. Flags and
banners were floating in the breezes,
and President Kern, of the Fire Board.
peamed up with about 200 men. Then
came the Dennies in all their glory. 200
strong. Justice Kimmerly followed in
their wake with Mayor Farr, OF Bayonnes
Bob" Hudspeth, Justice Puster and an
other hundred Democratic workers.
THE M'LAUGHLINS.
After these associations had taken posi-
tions
preparatory to marching, the McLaugh
| Inns, headed by Holden's big band of
seventy-five pieces, started from their
clubhouse. And what cheer went upl
The earth fairly rumbled and trium-
! pnantly the way was made to the home
of the leader.
On the north side of the park. Colonel
Feeney and observation-disclosures Smith
| and O'Neill formed the men in line. A
| platoon of police on horseback
| headed the procession, and behind them
Holden's band. Then came Colonel
| Feeney and Lieutenant Colonel Q. 2.
| Smith. Behind them marched Tax Com
missioner German, Surrogate O'Neil and
| Police Commissioner Coyle. Next came
a coupe, drawn by four white horses, and
| in it sat the four sons OF County Clerk
Mclaughlin, almost hidden from view by
| an Immense horseshoe, fully six feet in
height, COMPOSED of red and white roses.
THE HoNORED GUESTS.
| The next row of gentlemen were the
| honored guests. In the second one from
| the end of the line was the unassumtng
County Clerk, and next to him his friend.
| Justice Robert Davis. On the other side
| others were President Edelstein, Mayor
| farr, Finance Commissioner Kenny,
Register George B. Fielder and Mayor
| Stanton of Hoboken.
| Cheer after cheer went mp as these
| gentlemen passed the club house of the
| McLaughlins. Following them came an
apparently endless stream of McLaugh-
| Inns in platoons of six sections each. un-
| der command of Superintendent Brown.
| Charles Cassidy. George Brackner, John
| j. Moore, William II. Quinn, Freebooter
Hennessey, John Hughes, Commits
sioner Cook, Commissioner Kern,
j {. J. Donnelly and Henry Keevers.
Major Boltwood and Terry Mcdonald
acted as aides to Colonel Feeney, who
was compelled to engage the services of a
porter to carry the many floral offerings
| that were handed to him. Following the
! McLaughlins were the Hoboken, Wee
| kawken and Bayonne delegations. Then
came the O'Neills and the Fourth Dis
| trict men.
| LINE OF MARCH.
| The line of march was from Ninth
street to Grove, to Eighth, to Jersey ave-
nue., TO Newark avenue, to Grove street.
| to Pavonia avenue, to the ferry. That
two Thousand men were in line Is an as
sured fact, as when the front rows
reached the dock the Fourth District men
| were still on Grove street.
| The crowds at the docks almost paral-
yzed the officers. Everything was natu-
rally hustle and excitement. but without
! mishap and without leaving person,
| the McLaughhns on two tugs, two inn
mense barges and a steamer, sailed away
! for ollege Point, where sports of every
| kind will be indulged in.
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