The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-03-17
ERIN'S DAY.
Jersey City Irishmen Parade
Here and There in New
York--Sympathies
With Beers.

The parade of the Ancient Order Of Hi
beTnians, Board Of Erin, was not prevent
ed by the threatening aspect of the
weather. Nearly five hundred members
of the faithful and true in uniforms glis-
tening with green and gold paraded the
Horseshoe this afternoon preparatory to
joining the great parade in New York,
which is to form at Abingdon Square.
ARRANGEMENTS for the parade were al
completed at a meeting in Cayanagh' :
Hall, Seventeenth and Henderson street,
the headquarters of Division No. 4, yester-
day afternoon. AT the meeting the follow
ing resolutions were adopted:
Whereas. Great Britain in her re-
IaoEs eaess pursuit t-sef ass era >f =
determination against the South Afri-
can republics, the Orange Free State
and the Transvaal. has outraged the
principles of morality and civilization;
and
Whereas. Great Britain's relentless
course is engendered purely by a lust
for gold and power, the qualification
of which she seeks to attain by the
wholesale devastation of property ard
the sacrifice of the lives of innocent
women and children: and
Whereas, Civilized nations throughout
the world have. through the medium
of their newspapers, if not their gov
this cruel war of conquest. and their
admiration of the, indomitable courage
and determination of the noble army
Of men who are fighting for home and
country against the most rapacious of
foess5 be it
Resolved. That we, the County Board
of Hfbernians, Board Erin, in Hudson
County. express our sympathy for the
people of the Orange Free State and
the Transvaal. and hope that their
cause. being just, Great Britain,s head
may be soon lowered in the dust, and
she herself become the most despised
nation on Gods footstool; and be it
further
Resolved. That we rejoice at the re-
cent success of the Boer forces and
numerous British reverses, and pray
the latter may come so closely on one
another hereafter that the people of
Great Britain will rise en- masse and
demand of their government that it
bring to a close strife not sanctioned
Resolved. That a copy of these reso-
litions be transmitted to President
Kruger, of the Transvaal, President
Stein. of the Orange Free State, and
the Boer delegates now in this coun-
try.
john Cavanagh was marshall of this
parade. His aids were Pat
rick Smith. Patrick Farrell and Patrick
Costello. Al wore ehapeux surmounted
Dy iCffS green IeaIners except Tire iiai- :
shall, who wore imposing white piumes.
His shoulder scarf was of green silk
velvet. heavily embroidered in pale green
and gold. The aides also wore rich re-
galias and each was mounted. on gayly
and spirited horses. There
were several bands in the procession
paying Irish and American airs. The
turned out in great numbers
and gave the paraders an ovation.
sfiae route of the psrade- was from the
headquarters of Division NO. 4, at Seven
teenth and Henderson streets, up Thir-
teenth street. to Jersey avenue, to Ninth
street, to West Hamilton place, to Eighth
street, to Jersey avenue. to Sixth street,
to Henderson street, to Pavonia avenue,
to Grove street. to Ninth street, to Hen
derson street, to Seventeenth street.