The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-28

SUPPORTERS
ON OUTING


(CODIlnutu - RbH 49,
Clerk George NJ. Mccarthy. who is a Vlra-
lent antf-Fagan man. to make the race
but the president of the s. P. c. A. de-
clined to lead the forlorn hope.
Dickinson EARLY on the Scene.
The sun peeped out as the parade formed
on Jersey avenue in the vicinity of the
Dickinson clubhouse. Colonel Dickinson
arrived early from New York and was the
centre of attraction in the clubhouse. lie
viewed the formation and declared TO close
friends that the attendance was a public
vlndication Dy his friends in Hudson Coun-
ty. He asserted that he was not politi-
cally dead and buried as some enemies
were trying to make people think.
1t was after 10 o'clock when Assistant
Prosecutor George T. Vickers, who acted
as grand marshal because Of the death of
former Fire Commissioner John Brennan,
gave the command forward and the
bands blared and each battalion command
aat echoed the word.
Colonel s.. d. Dickinson led the way with
his staff. which had on 1t Republicans
ranging in degree from Postmaster Peter
Farmer Wanser, on the right, to Patrol
man Alexander Gallagher on the left
Port Warden John ]. Toffey. Edward W.
Woolley, former Chief Of Police Benjamin
Murphy, who renewed his alliance with
Colonel Dickinson when Mayor Pagan and
the colonel fell out: Herman Walker,
Judge Frederick J. Stuhr and Mayor Pierre
Garven, of Bayonne. all three of whom
are on the harmony committee that failed
to bring the New Idea Republicans to
terms with the machine. Sheriff John Z.
Kaiser marched on the left of Colonel
Dickinson.
More Than 1000 in Line.
An accurate count of the paraders was
mnde on MONTGOMERY street, near Wash
ington street. and there were 1927 men In
line. There was an absence of decorations
along the line of march, although efforts
had been made to get people to hang out
flags. and among the paraders there was no
enthusiasm except in isolated cases, where
'laughing water had got in its fine work
early in the day. 4
Some of the Republicans In line, ana
there were Democrats seen there, 100,
walked along with heads down, as IL pick
ing out the soft spots in the paving, while
others held their heads erect and gloried
in their leadership. Each parader had a
small American flag.
Excluding the bands, of which there
were a number, with plenty of music to
keep up the spirits of the paraders, there
were 14 companies in the parade by actual
count. These companies had men in them
running from six in several companies to
Is in Others. There was such a wide vari-
ance in the number of men that 1t was
hard to count the paraders. A fair aver
age was twelve men to the company,
which made the number 1,24S. This esti-
mate exceeded the actual count, which re-
suited in 1,227.
Police Captain John Cody headed a line
of Dickinson police officers, all of whom
had paper parasols over their heads.
County Clerk John Rotterdam did not
walk with the elect, but headed a COM
pany.
Former ~Assemhlyman Joseph Calvin was
a private instead of a captain. Constable
John Hanlon, Of the Horseshoe had nine
men in his company. Former Police Court
Clerks Peter Donnellan and Charles w
Levefing were in a con pany. There were
two companies CT colored men who had
free tickets; they numbered thirty.
Martin Finck, clerk in the State prison,
,.as a captain. Police Sergeant Thomas
Finnie was an aide. There were two CON-
panles OF Italians or twenty-five all told
The Fifth Ward. the home ward of Mayor
| Pagan, had four companies behind Con
| stable Charles Reincke, with six and seven
men to a company.
Former City Clerk George M. Mccarthy
headed exactly "a men from the Seventh
Ward, of which he is Dickinson leader
These men were easy to count, for eacf
had a large red ''7'' on his gray outing hat
A baseball team from the u. s. Grant Clut
headed this contingent.
Bayonne had 10 companies, or about ID
men, and the Ninth, Tenth. Eleventh ant
Twelfth wards were so intermingled tina
it was impossible to distinguish how many
men each had. Assistant Collector of thu
Port John Doscher headed the crowd. 1
was after II o'clock when the o pulled
out.