The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-09-12
DAvISES' DAY.
Democrats From All Over
the State March in the
Outing Parade
JERSEY CITY DECORATED
Cheers for Leader Davis and
Prominent Democrats all
Along the Line.

| Jersey City today is without its Mayor,
| its President of the Board of Aldermen,
| its Collector, Comptroller, Treasurer and
City Clerk, its President of the Board of
Street and Water Commissioners and
Board of Education, the Sheriff, County
Clerk, Register and Surrogate, to say
nothing about the small army of clerks in
the several offices of the city and county
| Why? It's the Robert Davis Association
outing and nuif sed.
Today saw an incursion and excursion
of Democrats. They came from Newark,
Trenton and the wilds of amden and Pas
sale, and if anybody thinks that the con-
vention in Trenton today is the chief
| thing in Democratic politics that individ-
ual is egregiously mistaken. Conventions
| and State committeeman can go and come
| but the Davis Association goes on for
ever
Wherever you went this morning you
saw nothing but certain style and color
OF nat, badges and canes and the inevita-
Bile sign that something was up Flags
hew from windows and flag poles and
many of the stores on Newark avenue and
Montgomery street had portraits of the
little man." as the leader of Hudson
Democracy is affectionately termed
Half-past eight o'clock was the time fix
ed for the formation of the column on
Mercer street, and at that time, sure
| enough, captains were forming their COM
panies and majors their battalions. The
strets in the vicinity of the clubhouse of
the association were lined with spectators,
and every window commanding a view of
| the street where the column was being
formed had its compliment of heads.
! Colonel r. G. Smith hustled his staff
| around, and with Mr.. Davis and Treas
! urer 7. ]. higgins started the column
, shortly before ten o'clock
! When that stalwart band swung into
Newark avenue led by mounted police
! there was a succession of cheers. The
| little man" of course was the most at
! tractive parsonage in the procession, and
! he had a busy time of it acknowledging
! salutations. Before the march down the
:. avenue the paraders were reviewed by
! Mayor Hoos, who had with him Mayor
! Seymour of Newark.
/; Fine body of men, said the Chief
Magistrate of Essex's big city, "remarka-
! bic gathering; splendid testimony to the
! popularity of your leader, Mr.. Davis
This was only one of the nice things
sdiu dDOut uie m6mDeFS, ana even un-
! reasonable and envious Republicans
grudgingly admitted that the paraders
i looked well.
| Amid inspiring strains they marched
down to Hudson street and when the head
of the column reached a certain window
of the First National Bank there was
seen Mr.. E. F. C. Young. Mr.. Davis
saluted him and every officer in passing
| lowered his cane in his honor
On to the Morris street pier, where lay
the big steamer Grand Republic and be-
fore many minutes that boat was fairly
packed with enthusiastic Democrats. They
crowded the decks, scrambled into the life
boats, and when one saw the people still
| to get aboard it seemed as if it would be
necessary to stow them away in the smoke
stacks or make them straddle the walk
ing beam. But the thousands managed
to get on board and few minutes before
eleven o'clock the gangway was with
drawn. The huge cable slipped, the en-
gines gave a convulsive throb and while
the crowd on the wharf Justify cheered
the steamer glided into midstream.
Tonight when they all return there will
| be a parade, fireworks, and from the
| steps of the clubhouse Mr.. Davis will re-
view his followers, then the column will
be dismissed and THE outing will be a
| thing of the past.