The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-10-15
That Number Of Men
Marched Yesterday Under
the Banners of the Holy
Name Society In This City
SIG RALLY AT HAMILTON PARK
MAGNIFIoENT ADDRESSES BY
ELOQUENT ORATORS = MGR.
SHEPPARD BESTOWED BENE-
DICTIoN OF THE BLESSED
SACRAMENT on THE MULTI
TUDE.

Yesterdays parade in this city OF the
Holy Name Societies of Hudson and
Bergen counties was the largest OF any
parades ever held in the history OF the
CITY. There are various estimates OF the
number of men in line. None places 1t
at less than 10000, others at 12,O00 and
still Others maintain that the number
predicted, 1900, is not too high an esti-
mate 1t was a magnificent spectacle
and was witnessed by almost the entire
populace of lower Jersey City AM many
thousands from the Hill section. It was
eppaient from the vast number of men
=, line that the recent squabhle between
> .e bands affiliated with the American
federation of Labor and those with the
K. of L. cut but little figure when it
e.afne down to a. point of showing loyal
" to the church of the unions. There
syere bands galore. Every society was
preceded by one. The parade was one
hour passing the reviewing stand IN
front of the Academy of the Sacred
sIeart, at Pavonia avenue and Erie
Street, and as the various societies pass
) lthe stand the bands played various
Nv and old time popular airs, but the
Sne playing Onward Christian Soldiers"
got most sof the applause. The review
ing stand was profusely decorated with
Sunting and was mainly crowded with
orphans Of the St. MichaePs Asylum
who enthusiastically waved small Amer
iiean flags Throughout the time the pa
aads passing. Directly over the
main entrance of the Academy, from
which point Monsignor John A. Shep-
pard. Nicar-G General of the Newark Die-
cese; Monsignor Charles Kelly. pastor Of
The Church of Oui Lady of Grace, Ho-
beken, and d large number of distin-
tguished clergymen, who reviewed the pa
aade, was banner inscribed Praise the
Holy Name Thousands of people
crowded the sidewalks in the vicinity of
the reviewing stand. These were main
ly women and children and the colors
of their holiday attire seemed to form
Iparc of the general scheme of decoration.
For the houses in the vicinity, as were
most of those along the route, We're gay
with bunting. From every window of
ST. Michael's Orphan Asylum the in
mates waved the national colors. With
these features as setting forgthe scene
of the passing parade the twelve or hf-
teen Thousand men who are pledged not
to take the Holy Name of God in vain
and in every way to discourage blasphe-
my and other phases of swearing march
,ed most of them bearing small American
flags attached TO the ferule ends of canes
and from the canes of all hoated white
pennant bearing the red initials H. N.
.S" AS far as the eye could reach from
lany point of vantage along the route Of
the parade the scene was that Of toss
ing sea of the national colors.
A great crowd was massed in the vi
cinity of the City Hall plaza, from which
point the parade started. After the va
fious societies had taken up their stations
as assigned by Grand Marshal William
H. Foley In the various streets of the
vicinity, preparatory to falling into line
in the respective positions assigned them,
the. scene was one that stirred the inn
agination of all who witnessed it.
The grand marshaPs assistants were
William H. Browning. Jr., and Assem-
blyman Edward A. Murphy. His aides
were Walter Reed, Hugh Carbon, Wall
ter Gleason, Andrew J. Boyle NJ. Sut-
ton. Patrick Barlow, J. f. O'Rafferty,
James Reddy and James Ryan. All
these were mounted and the parade was
preceded by twelve mounted policemen.
1t was formed in two battalions and the
men. il. line marched twelve file front.
After the parade was dismissed a
mammoth throng overfowed Hamilton
Park, where addresses were made from
the decorated be1d-stand by Mgr.
Charles Kelly, the Rev. John j. Sullivan
of st. Aloysius Church, and Former Cor.
poration Counsel John j. Delaney of
Manhatt tame After the addresses the Rt
Rey. Monsignor Sheppard bestowed,
from temporary altar erected in front
of SIS Francis Hospital. the benediction
of the Blessed Sacrament. With him on
the altar were Mgr. Kelly, Rev. John e
Ryan of st. Bridgetss, Rey. Bertrand
Barry of ST. Michael's Monastery, West
Hobokef; Rev. H J. Wattefsom Of st.
Lucy S, and other well-knewn clergymen.
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