Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-19
TIE WRONG PARADE


The shamrocks In the buttonholes and
the harp emblem Of OLD Erin on the streets
today remind, me Of something" remarked.
on st. Patrick's day in the morning 4
New York contractor who came down to
washington to see some members Of the
New York delegation In Congress.
"One forenoon last summer called upon
certain Tammany leader In New York
upon little matter Of business. He II q
genial enough Irishman when his way ID
smooth. but a mighty testy and even vio-
lent individual when he meets up with any
thing that looks like an unnecessary or
malicious obstruction.
round him In q pretty craggy mood
that forenoon. He was In such a foam Of
wrath, In fact. that I instantly saw that
tnere would be no use in trying to talk
any business with him. Nor did consider
1t polite to make any inquiries as to what
allied him.
so I simply took him as found him.
keeping on the business topic that / had
In mind. and only interfering an occasional
generality to give myself countenance dur
ing the visit. He paced up and down the
moor OF his library. clenching his fists and
muttering to himself. 1 stood this until
became nervous, and then rose to take
my departure, having concluded to post
pone my business talk until more favor
able hour.
Don't co. he said. when ne saw me
rising Let's take a drive
acquiesced with nod. and he stepped
over to the telephone and phoned his
coachman to hitch one of his high-steppers
to the trap and bring the rig around to
the front Immediately.
The trap was in front inside Of ten min
utes. and we got in. My Tammany friend
was still! In a lather Of wrath. but still I
didn't take 1t upon myself to ask him what
n ho ufi neytv hfvv1o oh rrIx Va
drove through the park. The Tammany
man used to be known as a swell whip and
all-around horseman, but Of late years his
eyesight has been going back upon him to
such an extent that he really should not
drive by himself at all, on account of his
inability to see teams advancing from the
other direction. He Is 80 near-sighted that
everything IL more or less formless and in
twenty feet Several times, tn going
through the park, he narrowy missed TAX
ing a wheel or losing one.
He was still In state OF mutterfng
anger as we drove through the park, and
began to be able to distinguish few Of
his under-breath CALCULATIONS. Among the
words that I caught. spoken with the very
hnai tnhexton Of contempt, were 'Boyne.
hey?' and 'Skulking Orangemen.'
This. Of course. let the light In on me.
I remembered that It was arrangements day.
and the reason underlying my friends in
ternal wrath became obvious. But still l
said nothing, and asked no questions The
Orangemen, or their celebration of the an
niversary Of the battle Of the Boyne.
weren't disturbing me any.
"As we emerged from the park at the
circle the blare of a band caused the skit-
fish horse hitched to the trap to lay his
ears back and to prance some.
'Ha! there they are. the black -heartea
renegade ruffians! growled the Tammany
man. getting a good clutch on the reins.
Gallivanting through the streets Of de-
ctyy 81 u nd
their Internal Boyne water music By the
soul Of Pat McCool. I'll teach the yellow
streaked sons OF guns!
1.-The parade was marching around the
Columbus statue at the circle.
'Gitapp. you beast, and through 'em!
clucked my Tammany friend to the horse,
and then. blamed IL he didn't drive clean
through the startled paraders, cutting the
procession in two parts. He almost ran a
number of them down SO sudden was the
horses dash through the bunch. and there
was an uproar at once from the whole line
of paraders. But the Tammany man Only
chuckled gloatingly and drove on down sth
avenue. A number Of mounted policemen
who had seen the incident had gallopsd to-
ward US. but when they rec ognixed tho
Tammany man they only stared at him In
amusement. and then rode back to their
places in tho procession. 1t Is good deal
self elected to Congress than to get hirnEeif
arrested by o New York cop. no matter
what he does to deserve VIII 1t Is coiioQuial-
ly known In New York as a pinch.
say something, -. .ss
"'Most astonishing performance that
I remarked to him, for a man Of your ma
tivity and faith
HE gazed at me resentfully
1.-THE divvle it Isl he bawled at me.
How in blazes do you make 1t out an as
tonishing thing for man Of my breed to
drive through an Internal arrangements
parader
IF you had only done that 1t would be
different I told him.
TT was his turn to look puzzled.
If had only done it. you mystery
mounting cuggermuggerer?' said he to me
inquiringiy. Why, confound 1t ALL didn't 1
You didn't drive through any Orange
mems parade I said to him. as dry as I
could make 1t for the better effect
didn't, hey?' he asked me- beginning,
suppose. to think was looney. Whose
parade was It then. prayT
oh. only the parade of the Knights Of
Columbus I told him. which, was the
They're having their session in New York
today you know, and that was their pa
rade that you smashed to smithereens.'
HE relaxed his grip On the lines and al
most fell out OF his seat of course He had
not been able to make out the banners Of
the Knights of Columbus the parading
Catholic organization. owing to his near
sightedness. and. as 1t was Orangemens day.
he had of course. jumped to the conclusion
that the paraders were the Orangemen. He
reproached me frenziedly for not having
told him in time that the procession was
not that Of the Oransemen but 1 told him
that had had no idea OF what he was aim
ing at. and that I had considered the mat
ter none OF my affair.
THE Knights of Columbus In the parade
had recognized him. of course, and there
was an angry deputation Of them at his
haf 10
what he had meant by trying to run their
paraders down. He had the time of his life
trying to square himself. Somehow or an
other, he hasn't taken me buggy riding
since. Now. wonder why that is?''
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