The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-11
IN MEMORY OF PARNELL
5000 0NATIONALISTS DECORATE THE
 CRATE OF THE DEAD LEADER.

l Procession Lacking in Trappings ot woe It Partook of TriumphaI Character- Poverty of Ireland Exhibited by Chill dren Who Walked in Their Bare Feet | and in Attempts at Personal Adornment. Dublin, Oct. 10.--To-day is the sixth | anniversary of the death of Charles | Stewart Parnell Five thousand na- tionalists paraded the streets to the | helped decorate the grave of their la mented leader with flowers brought | from all the counties of Ireland. The | demonstration was unique. Previous | demonstrations have had strictly a flu neral character, but in accordance with the decision of the leaders, that of to-
 day was divested of all the trappings and the suits of woe and converted into a triumphal procession, lively national airs replacing dirges.
 The country people were brought in by crowded excursion trains On their hats they wore ivy and shamrocks in- stead of crape It was emphatically the peoples day, for the aristocracy held coldly aloof. No flags were raised on the public buildings along the line of route, and only few houses of the poor displayed decorations.
 The poverty of Ireland was exhibited not only by the children, who walked in their bare feet, but in the attempts at uniform for the processionists, who fln ing of green sashes.
 The procession started from St. Stephens green at il o'clock, led by a mounted guard of honor. immediately followed by the York street brass band, which preceded the memorial car. The car was the most conspicuous feature. It was drawn by four coal-black horses and upon it were piled wreaths and crosses, a veritable mass of white and green stacked as high as load of hay. A bronze bust of Parnell surmounted the car, and above the head streamed a green flag emblazened with a setting sun in gold. After the car came the members of the Irish parliamentary party headed by John Redmond, M. F., from Waterford, the moving spirit of the celebration.
 They were followed by the honorary officers of the demonstration commit tee, the staffs of the Irish Independent, the Evening World and the Weekly h. dependent. delegates from the Irish National league of Great Britain, and then by the carriages containing MT. John Parnell, M, F., Mrs. Dickinson, sister of the dead patriot; other mem- bers of the Parnell family, though the venerable Mrs. Della Parnell was una- ble to be present, and MT. James Steph- ens the lord mayor and corporation of Dublin, the mayors, shertffs and munic- ipal dignitaries of Cork and Limerick, robbed in their official regalia, the maces
 being wound with ivy.
 After them came the various deputa- tions, carrying gaudy banners, the Far rier society, the Bakers association, the Dublin Corporation Laborers, the Mineral Water Operatives society. the Rope Makers society, the Ancient Or der of Foresters, Dublin district, the Regular Coopers' society, the Friendly Brothers of Ireland, the Dublin Whit eners' union, the York Street Work mems club, the St. James Gate en-
 
 Belt Workmen's club, the O'Donnell Gaelic Football club, the Kilmainham township commissioners, representa- tives of the Fitzwilliam ward, Trinity ward, Rotunda ward, Mount Joy ward, Arran Quay ward, North Dock ward, South Dock ward, Inns Quay ward, South City ward, Royal Exchange ward, representatives of the brewing trade, representatives of seven building trades unions, representatives of the printing trades, the Coachmakers and the PoultererS.
 There were more than thirty bands in the procession, and every county and large town, as well as scores of smaller towns, had representatives in county or town officials. The process sion was forty-five minutes in passing a given point No Union Jacks were carried. But nearly every county dele gation raised the Stars and Stripes next to the green flag. One of the most suggestive features of the demonstra- tion was the predomnence of children and aged people, showing that the tide of immigration is carrying Ireland's bodied sons and daughters to more prosperous lands.
 Though the crowds were so great that the police had considerable difficulty in clearing the way for the procession, there were no shouts or disturbances. Old men remarked that Irishmen seem- ed to have lost something of their prov erbial exuberance.
 On the arrival at the cemetery the committee and the members of the Par nell family walked around the grave and deposited wreaths and floral tok- ems, conspicuous among the latter being a cross of ferns and white roses bearing the inscription, 'In ever loving memory of my husband-K. Parnell."
 There was no speech-making and nothing in the way of formal ceremony. A smart shower finally sent the specta- tors scurrying for shelter. There were no partisan collisions, and the tone of the anti-Parnell press in commenting upon the anniversary and the celebra- tion is exceptionally moderate. The Irish World says:
 Tt is deplorable that a great mans memory should be dragged into the arena of party politics. Parneu has been dead long enough for his name to be placed beside those of the great est patriots, high above section and sect, amid the reverence and love of grateful people, united in sentiment here if unfOrtlln teTy roourl,ara oloo,,