New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-16

PUPILS WILL PROTEST.
THEY WILL. MARCH TO THE CITY HALL
TO-DAY.
To PRESENT A PETITION TO COLONEL MCLEI-
Ian AGAINST FLYING THE IRISH
rIAG-HE WILL PROBABLY SIGN
ORDINANCE.

THE ORDINANCE.
C,,o,o1 ceo-ce b. Mcclellan. Acting Mayor mas
~, -, anproved the ordinance of the Board OF
Aldermen directing the display OF the irish nag
Tomorrow on the City Hall The reason when ne
oavo Yesterday for deferring action was that ne
had received word that delegation OF Sc"oo'
children was to call him 20 protest against lhe
hosting of any except the American nag on 81
Pa,ricks Day.
This delegation TO which Colonel McCleiian re-
ferred will be headed by pupils OF Grammar S'hooi
No GO in West Fifty ourth-st. strong sentiment
has been aroused among them against having ,n'
Irish flag on the City Hall The parade Will doubt
less attract much attention. Most or the p"P"s
Of that grammar school will take part IN IT, ana
many other children may fall in line Ihe sirIS
are as deeply interested as the boys y !o"'' 'o''
about the parade in these words:
"You see. some time ago. some "rann arm,
pos,s gave four Zig American flags to the SCHOOL
Every morning these flags ar" sauted' anu 81
cal guard has charge of them each Weeh III"
BOYS and girls have got so devoted 10 the nag VI
their country that they want other TO float over
the City Hall They are not merely opPoSe" ~
having the Irish flag there. They want none o"t
the Stars and Stripes. 1t is not feeling against
the Irish for the Irish boys and girls all sished
the potition TO Colonel Mcclellan. Every pupil
signed It, There are about 1000 signatures.
..The petition will be put kind OF stretcher
carried
an Irish boy and German. Every boy VIII carr!
a silk American flag. The boys will march pu'
it's long way from Fifty-fourth-st. TO the ''!
Hail. and the girls will ride in carriages we are
going to have the 9TH Regiment Band ana several
drum and fife corps belonging to Grand ArmE
posts Some German musicians from fourth-S|
said they were willing 20 play for nothing
I'VE tried to get Colonel Ingersoll to present inc
petiton He IS in sympathy with our OBJECTS put
had to be in Ohio tomorrow. We shah Ut! 10
get General benjamin +. Tracy or Emu i'oot u
make the speech. All the pupils OF CoIoreu "Ia'"-
mar School No TO- In West Forty-second-st' nave
signed the petition. and many of them will march
with lis We could get nearly all the pupils III inc
CITY I'm line If we had arranged it in time ana
sunnose y good many will fall in line on the way
downtown The parade will leave the school at .
o'clock"
Colonel Mcclellan received a petition yesterday
from the pupils of Grammar School NO o. po"' i'7
Sl3 signatures. asking that mo other nag t.a"
O,d Glory fly from the City Hall on March H.
The Acting Mayor has been somewhat trouoIed
by the phraseology of Alderman Fiynns fesolu-
ton which directed the display OF the Ir'Sh Ma
,ional flag" Colonel Mcclellan said:
81 have been told by people who pretend to kno"
something about flags that the Irish National nag
is really the Union Jack. because ireland is part
If the British Empire and the Union Jack is the
flag of England. OF course. | understand that M1 NJ
Alderman who offered the resolution had IN mhli
Ihe i,ne5 ,o think that when he referred to il
as the Irish National flag he fell into 'ec"h''H'
The colonel added that 1t was probable he would
sign the resolution to-day and that IL woulH ~ ~
lnT greT ON me th haIvards Of the city Hall sunrise
tomorrow morning An Aldernan VINO he' a., ne b
ing hosted on the City Hall on St Patrlcks Day
said: A.. 20, 10. covernor Flower will
have TO- order ont the National Guard to keep 1t
from being torn down.