The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-05-10
OLD GLORY IN
HONOR OF DEWEY
Displayed on Every Street aud Every
Residence In the City,
GRAND PARADE AND RALLY
Patriotic Speeches aud Great Fable Dem
onstration Of Personal Tribute to Nd
miral Dewey and His Brave Nen.

Old Glory was thrown to the breeze
IN Astoria yesterday.
Patriotism ran wild.
Men, women and children vied with one
another in their eagerness to show 10y
atty 10 the government and personal
homage to one % the greatest naval COM
manders OF this or any other age.
Admiral Dewey was the hero OF the
hour. and the greatest demonstration and
largest procession ever seen IN the streets
OF the city gave evidence to that warm
personal feeling ever ready to burst FORM
from the hearts Of Americans In recogn'-
tlop OF the patriotic services Of her naval
or military officers
In pursuance OF the call OF Mayor Berg
man. promptly at o'clock the parade
formed at Commercial and Eleventh
streets and proceeded over the line OF
march. Thousands OF citizens lined the
streets in every direction and eheered
the marchers as they passed by. Captain
u. ]. wherity, grand marshal, with MS
aides maintained admirable order and the
Astoria band and various drum CORPS
kept the marchers in step.
First In the procession came the ehle'
Of police and a squad OF his men in dress
uniform. followed by the mayor In a
barouehe. The Grand Army OF the Re
public the naval reserve, the Elks' h'u
Men. A. O. L. W. Scandinavian society
sneakers in carriages. various clubs OF the
city women and children in carriages
I, v,omen's club and all the school child
rem OF all ages and sizes swelled the pro
eess,on. Near the rear came about y"
blcycles. each wheel being Handsomely
decorated in the national colors In hun
dred different devices. Following the d.
cycle division was 4 large number oil
single and double teams belonging to
Nelson q Goodln. the contractors on the
grade OF Eighth street. Each wheeled
scraper was decorated with iiags and
bunting. and the horses carried flags al
their heads. The outfit made a splendid
showing. and convinced every one who
saw II that the laboring man was in full
sympathy with the principles Of the gov
ernment and the supremacy Of the United
States. The ere department was out IN
fun force and the splendid horses step
ped along under the gay flags as II fully
aware OF the importance Of the occasion.
Special trains from Seaside and boats
from the country brought in crowds anx-
ious to participate in the festivities.
Along the line Of march the notable
decorations were those OF Foard & Stokes.
Herman Wise. c. II. Cooper, Petersen &
Brown. Grimm & Reed. the Spa, Estes
Conn Drug Co. John Hahn. Charles Rog-
ers. E. c. Hughes. the Parlor. Western
Union Telegraph office, Postal Tele-
graph and the occident Hotel. which
was the rendezvous for the jubilee gath
ering and perhaps had the most unique
and artistic decorations in the city.
The procession halted in front OF the
occident Hotel. where speeches were
made from the balcony. The Columbia
Marine band furnished some excellent
music Mayor Bergman announced a
speech by Hon. c. W. Fulton who talked
at some length on the valor Of Admiral
Dewey and his men. Hon. John II. Smith
was the next speaker and made some pa
triotic remarks on the defeat Of the
Spanish squadron by Admiral Dewey.
Judge Frank j. Taylor and John f.
Gratke spoke briefly on the brilliant
achievement OF Dewey. Harrison Allen
spoke on the naval reserve Of this city
and their usefulness as a military organi-
cation. and recited the following, which
he composed for the occasion:
Hurrah for the boys Of the Naval Re
serve.
Honor their patriotism;
In war and in peace let their lives be pre-
served.
Their fame reach as high as the heav
ems
Astoria's heart with affection Is warm
For the members OF Company Two;
They'll be warriors in battle and sallori
in storm.
And they'll fight for the Red, White
and Blue
The Glee clubs singing was enthusi
astlcally received. and they sung the fol
lowing original song. for which they re
ceived deserved applause:
from Manila.
When we heard that our squadron hat
conquered the Dons,
When the much boasted ships Of th'
Spanish lotilla
Were sent to the bottom by the Balti
more's guns;
The Olympia. the Boston the Raleigh anC
Concord.
Grand cruisers that carry the Red
white and Blue.
VIII long be remembered in the hearts
Of the nation,
And the noble blue Jackets whose ain
was so true
Then hurrah for our squadron.
The grand little squadron,
The cruisers that carry
The Red White and Blue.
There's man on the Olympia whom tn
whole nation honors.
Whose undaunted valor and pluck wol
the day;
Whose daring and bravery, whose cour
age in danger
Took the forts by surprise, for hi!
ships cleared the way.
His name will be honored Throughout
coming ages
AS the hero who struck the first bloy
against Spain
For freedom for Cuba, for American
honor,
To avenge the foul death Of the boy
on the Maine.
Then hurrah for our Dewey.
Our brave Admiral Dewey.
who flies on his flagship
The Red, White and Blue.
George johnson and Johan Young mad
a few patriotic remarks on the war stu
alton which closed the exercises.
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