The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-11
HONOR TO THE DEAD PARNELL.
TRIUMPHAL PROCESSION TO THE
MEMORY OF THE IRISH LEADER.

Five Thousand NationnIists March to
Lively Music Instead of Solemn
Dirgcs-COuntry People ThrOng
the Irish CepitoI-BarcfOOted Chill
dren Join the Marching Thou
Snnds-FlOwers Heap the Patriots
Grave.
Dublin, oct. 10.-To-day is the sixth an
niversary of the death of Charles Stew
arts Parnell, Five thousand natlonalists
paraded the streets to the bleak Glasne-
vim cemetery, where they heaped high the
grave of their famous and lamented leader
with flowers brought from all the coun-
ties of Ireland. The denomination was
unique. Previous demonstrations have
had strictly a funereal character; but, in
accordance with the decision of the lead
ers, that Of to-day was divested of all the
trappings and the suits Of woe and con-
verted into a triumphal procession, lively
national airs replacing dirges.
The country people were brought in by
crowded excursion trains. In their hats
they wore ivy and shamrocks, instead of
Grape. IL was emphatically the peoples
day, for the aristocracy held coldly aloor
No flags We're raised on the public build
ings along the line of route and only a
few houses of the poor displayed decora>
tons. The poverty OF Ireland was ex>
hibited not only by the children, who
walked in their bare feet. but in the at
tempts at a uniform for the procession.
ts
faded green sash or spray of ivy ON
the coat.
The day was wet, windy and cheerless,
and the demonstration was imposing in
no respect except in it's spirit. The pro-
cession started from st. Stephens green
at l o'clock, led by a mounted guard of
honor of Irish National Foresters imme-
dately followed by the York Street brass
band, which preceded the memorial car.
The car was the most conspicuous feature.
1t 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 a load of hay.
A bronze bust of Parnell surmounted the
car, and above the head streamed a green
flag emblazoned with a setting sun in
gold.
After the car came the members of the
irish parliamentary party, headed by John
Redmond, NJ. p, for Waterford, the NOV
ing spirit of the celebration.
They were followed by the honorary Of
ficers of the demonstration committee;
the staffs Of the Irish Daily Independent
the Evening Herald and Weekly Inde-
pendent; delegates from the Irish National
League of Great Britain, and then by the
carriages containing Mr.. John Parnell, M.
P; Mrs. Dickinson, sister Of the dead pa
triot, other members of the Parnell fam
lily. though the venerable Mrs. Della Par
nell was unable to be present, and James
Stephens, the lord mayor and corporation
of Dublin, the mayors, sherffs and mu-
mcipal dignitaries of Cork and Limerick,
robed in their official regalia, the maces
being wound with ivy, rode next in gilded
coaches.
After them came the various deputa-
The Farriers Society, The Ba-
kers' association, the Dublin
corporation laborers the Mineral Wa
ter Operatives Societs> The Rope Max
ers Society, the Ancient order or Forest
ers, Dublin district the Regular Opera
tive Cooper's Society," the Friendly Broth
ers of Ireland, The Dublin Whiteners'
Allpig tnt 4 VI allNtI w VI hiiltii y 1iuD,
the ST. James Gate employees the post
Office officials, the Blue Bell Workmens
Club the O'Donnell Gaelic Foot Ball Club,
the Kilmalnham township commissioners,
representatives of the Fitzwilliam ward,
Trinity ward, Rotunda ward, Mount JOY
ward, Arranquay ward, North Dock ward,
South Dock ward, Inns Quay ward, South
City ward, Royal Exchange ward, Man
sion House ward, representatives. Of the
brewing trade, representatives Of seven
building trades, representatives Of the
printing trades, the coachmakers and the
pouleterers.
There were more than thirty bands in
the procession and every county and
large town, as well as scores of smaller
towns, was represented. The procession
was forty-five minutes In passing a given
point. No union jacks were carried, but
nearly every county delegation raised the
stars and stripes next to the green flag
One of the most suggestive features of
the demonstration was the predominance
Of children and aged people, showing that
the tide of emigration is carrying Ireland's s
able-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 pro-
cession, there were no shouts or disturb
ances. Old men remarked that Irish men
seem each year to have lost something
more of their proverbial exuberance.
On the arrival of the procession at the
cemetery the committee and the members
of the Parnell family walked around the
grave and deposited wreaths and floral
tokens, conspicuous among the latter, be-
ing a cross of ferns and white roses bear
ing the inscription I'm ever loving mem
ory Of my husband, X. ParneIl."
There was no speech making and Moth
ing in the way OF formal ceremony. A
smart shower finally sent the spectators
scurrylng for shelter. There were no par
tisan collisions, and the tone of the anti
Parnell press in commenting upon the an
niversary and.the celebration is exception
ally moderate The Irish World saws:
at Is deplorable that great mans mem
ory should be dragged into the arena Of
party politics. Parnell has been dead long
enough for his name to be placed beside
those Of the greatest patriots, high above
section and sect, amid the reverence and
love of a grateful people united in sent
iment here II unfortunately, nowhere
else"