New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-27
M'CARREN FUNERAL
IN UNUSUAL TRIBUTE
Thirty Thousand Persons Line
Route TO Church.

The funeral in Brooklyn yesterday of
Senator Patrick H. McCarren brought to-
gether men prouanent in politics in the
city and state and others well known In
various walks of life. In the Church of
ST Vincent de Paul, in North 9th street,
near Bedford avenue. services of a most
imposing character were conducted. Hun
dreds were unable to gain admission TO
the church and thronged the sidewalk
and roadway on both sides for more than
block
So many spectators crowded the streets
along the route of the procession from the
McCarren home, No. 81 Berry street,
to the church that the force of three hun
bred policemen was inadequate TO handle
the crowd and fifty reserves were pressed
into service 1t was estimated that thirty
thousand persons lined the route from the
home to the church.
Among the first TO appear at the Berry
street home were Norman f. Mack, Ed
ward NJ. Shepard, Judge Alton b. Parker.
Colonel Treadwell. military secretary, rep
resenting Governor Hughes; william J.
Corners, of Buffalo; Timothy L. Wood
ruff NJ. Linn Bruce, Frank Campbell, An
drew Mclean, Herbert Parsons, William
+. Sheehan, Mayor Mcclellan, Charles F.
Murphy, Controller Metz, J. Sergeant Cram.
L. r. Gilman, Lafayette B. Gleason clerk
of the state Senate: President MCGOWAN
of the Board of Aldermen, Timothy d.
Sullivan and Christie" Sullivan.
Several moving vans were required 90
convey the floral offerings to the cemetery.
The removal of the flowers was watched
from an upper window by Mrs. Mary Nc
Carren, the aged and invalid mother of
the Senator. 1t had been decided that il
would be unwise for her to go to the
church. 1t was her lengthy leavetaking
at the casket side which caused a delay
of half an hour in the start for the church.
Mounted policemen led the procession
followed by a delegation of members OF
the state Legislature. Next came the
Tammany Hall executive committee, fol-
lowed by the Kings County Democratic
General Committee, the Seymour Club,
delegates from the Elks. the Eagles, the
Knights of Columbus and the Foresters
OF America.
The hearse was followed by the hon
orary pallbearers, who were Mayor Me
Clellan, Controller Metz, President Nc
Gowan, City Chamberlain Martin, Senator
Thomas f. Grady, Senator John Raines,
Deputy Controller John II. McCoOey, eX-
Mayor Hugh J. Grant, Justices Almet +.
jerks and Luke d. Stapleton, of the Su
preme Court; James d. Bell, an Assistant
! Corporation Counsel; Thomas NJ. Mulry,
| president of the Emigrahts' Savings Bank;
/ Anthony n. Brady, of Albany; Joseph HUI
Der, president of the First National Bank
! of BROOKLYN; ex-Fire Commissioner Ber-
nard Gallagher; ex-Bridge Commissioner
John W. Weber. Owen j. Murphy, Deputy
| Street Cleaning Commissioner; Henry J.
Haggerty. Congressman George H. Lind
- -,
sioner James H. FULLY and ex-senator
! William H. Reynolds.
The requiem mass was celebrated by tie
Rev. Thomas Z. Carroll, pastor of tho
church, with the Rev. John T. Woods
deacon, the Rev. Francis Ludeke sub
deacon and the Rev. Thomas Flynn master
| of ceremonies Monsignor Edward J. Nc
| Carly pastor of St. Augustine's Church
Brooklyn. delivered the eulogy, in the
course of which he said:
He was a typical American. lie was
| Graded in poverty; by native apllll!;;
splendid courage, tireless energy and
! upward prominence in city, state ana
| country, and now he passes OF the scene
! royalty robed in the honors bestowed py
! the thousands here and the other thou-
/ sands elsewhere q,
Our public men are too often censured
! and are too severely criticised L Know
| of no country in (which This is so mercl-
Iessly done as here in our own. The
work that these men do in legislatlns
! for and in managing the immense inter,
ests of city and state calls for skilled
handling and expert leadership. 1t is not
reasonable TO expect that the gigantic
transactions in public affairs will be con-
Quoted with the nicely of care ana eco
nomy that is often found in private b4sl o
ness. There men live their lives in the
strong light of public observation and
| often criticism points to faults In them
! that pass unnoticed in other men. and II
sometimes happens that their critics more
| than duplicate in their own lives the sins
/ they think they see in the lives they
4 criticise. Public men are not all angels
1 of light, nor are they all angels of dark
/ ness Just like the rest of us, they are
| mixture Of light and shadow, and. like
| ourselves. they need and are entitled TO
! Justice and charity.
The services lasted more than two
hours and at the close several hundred
carriages and automobiles followed the
coffin 10 Calvary Cemetery.