The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-03-08

ing the invitations issued TO them to par
ticipate in the parade: Guards of Honor,
st. Jean Baptiste, Leagne les Patriots of
Central Falls, Branch William O'Brien,
Irish National Foresters, Association St.
Jean Baptiste, Guard de Honor st. Jean
Baptist of Central Falls. On motion the
communications we're received.
Chief Marshal Farrell, reporting for the
executive committee. said that he was very
much gratified at the response from the
French societies and other organizations,
as the more that accepted the invitations
the larger the parade would be. Very little
definite work had been done by the execu-
tive committee regarding expenditures for
the parade, as all the collectors had not
been heard from. The marshal remarked
that yesterday John f. Quinn and himself
had visited Providence and had been well
received. He had met the chief marshal
of the Providence parade, and he had in
hand nearly all the funds necessary for the
parade in that city, and the parties inter-
ested i'm the Providence parade did not
understand why it required more funds TO
conduct parade in Pawtucket than it did
in that city. The marshal explained that
the additional cost in this city was in
Cured In entertaining out-of-t town dele
cations and others, which Providence,
confining her parade to her own societies,
did not have to incur. By next Sunday
the marshal would probably report that
the arrangements were about complete
He hoped the collectors would exert their
best efforts, as while they had received
much encouragement the amounts con-
tributed were smaller than in former years
The more money collected the more parade
there would be.
The secretary was then requested to call
the roll Of collectors, and the reports from
all present were encouraging. John f.
Quinn turned over $50 and expected to
collect $50 more.
Grand Marshal Farrell reported that he
had collected $40 without asking for it.
He had found that the people who con-
tributed the most were those benefited the
least. In Providence the people contribu-
ted willingly to keep the people at home,
The remaining collectors reported collec-
tions ranging from $40 to $50.
The delegates from the following socie-
ties reported the following persons had
been selected to act on the chief marshars
staff In the parade: Division 1, A. o. H.,
James Rody; Division Q, A. G. H., Thos.
+. Lowry; Sarsfield Association, Austin
O'Malley; Keraney Literary Association,
Michael McCaughey.
The chairman then called upon J. Osfield,
Jr., for remarks, stating that he had been
a chief marshal In former years. Mr.. Os-
field said in substance that he could add
but little to the remarks of the chief mar
shal. "I have noticed that complaints
have been coming In that the contribu-
tions are not coming in fast enough. You
will find that the same people contribute
every year. There can be no success with
out money. / understand that Il requires
from $500 to 5000 to conduct successful
st. Patrick's day parade, and in city the
size of Pawtucket, with it's numerous
Catholic societies, It should not be diff
cult to collect this amount"
"In old times the societies contributed
the amounts necessary to conduct the
parades, and furnished their own bands.
There is little expense beyond the cost of
the music. The event Is OF importance
enough to have everyone interested strive
hard to make IL a success. II Is the one
days of the year for the Irish Catholic
Societies to show their strength. My idea
would be not to go among the business
men for contributions at all, for believe