The Press., 1883-07-12
Issued Every Thursday Evening.
[Contributed.l - .rs . THE FOURTH AT ROSELAND PARK.

~>~-~~O~S~~N~S and lasting obligations by atfording from year to year such independence day treats as can be enjoyed no where else. The celebration of 1883 was in no respect be- hind it's predecessors. A reception at MT. Bowen's summer home in Woodstock will lage was greatly enjoyed by hundreds who can never forget its hand-clasps and brief chats with distinguished people. Before nine o'clock on Wednesday morning the crowd began to gather from far and near, and no one could doubt that the people of the whole region thoroughly appreciated their privileges in this matter. Aside from some delays the programs, thousands of copies of which were distributed gratui- tously in the Rosebud" was carried out to the letter. Hon. J. T. Wait, M G., from the Sd congressional district, in Q very neat and fitting address, introduced the exercises of the day, and moved the election of the
 OFFICERS OF THE DAY.
 President-Senator Orville H. Platt
 -presidents-Fr Putnam, J. w. Man ming, J. A. Carpenter, E. H. Bugbee, G. W. Phillips. Thompson, c. E. Searls, J. Olney, l.. Briggs. Killingly, c. Russell, B. Martin. Pomfret, R, s. Mathewson. c. Osgood. East ford, s. O. Bowen, H. H. Burnham. Ash ford, D. O. Lombard, D. A. Barker. Plain field, J. J. Penrose, R. H. Ward. Chaplin, J. w. Lincoln E. M. Loomis. Hampton, H. G. Taintor, R. Robinson. Scotland, M. l.. Barstow, A. M. Parkhurst. Sterling, A. A. o11rof0 A Ho11 Hayo% %ap.t,r1 r Sanger, J. P. Kingsley. Windham, J. M. Hall, D.. A. Buck. Brooklyn, P. B. Sibley, John P. Wood. Willimantic, B. B. Sumner, E. Boss. Woodstock, H. c. Bowen l.. Litch- field, J. Paine, z, Marcy, o. H. Perry.
 Secretaries White, J. o. A. Stone, J. Cort, G. M. Whitaker.
 In accepting the chairmanship, Senator Platt said that his colleague, Gen. Hawley, was to have presided, but, having been called to Europe, had requested him to oc- cupy the place, but had not left his speech, so there would be no address by the chair man. He presided with dignity and with perfect ease. Rev. Wm. H. Ward, DID,, of NewYork acknowledged the divine hand in national and local blessings, and sought their continuance in a fervent, compre- hensive and appropriate prayer. The chairman alluded to America as the only country in the world in which its highest officer when he ceased to be such steps back to his place among its humblest citi- zens, and introduced Ex-President Ruth erford B. Hayes, who was received with three rousing cheers. | President Hayes showed himself master of the situation by at once putting himself Zen rapport" with his large audience who heard him with close attention, and ire quently and enthusiastically applanded. His theme was National Aid to Educa tion." The necessity for universal educa. tion, if this republic shall continue to be 6 successful experiment ill sef-government, the vast number of voters unable to read the ballots they cast, nearly 1,400,0O0 in the reconstructed states alone, and the fact there were some 100000 more illiterate voters in 1880 than in 1870, were among the well put arguments for increasing at tention to popular education. The impos. sibility of such education at the expense of the states where the greatest need for il exists, but where the people have not re. covered from the desolations of the war, and especially the loss of their chief prop erty-their slaves-and the precedent in the early action in this direction by the national government, were presented as arguments for action by congress looking to compulsory education at the expense o1 the nation. The president insisted that congress will do only what its masters, the voters, demand, and urged that the people should require their representatives to act in this matter. The address was master l ly presentation of vital question. The spectacle of man stepping from the chie1 magistracy in the nation to the rostrum as special pleader in behalf of the education of its humblest citizens, added weight tt the forcible and well-chosen words, whicl made profound impression. .s.-.
 Rev. Leonard Woolsey Bacon of Nor wich, next upon the program, was intro duced with happy allusion to his father the late Rev. N. Leonard Bacon. The so1 said the compliment would have been al the more acceptable to his father because Woodstock was the native town of his grandfather. He then gave 8 most effective rendering of an original poem, prepared for the ocsasion, abounding in patriotism in felicitous allusions to heroes of the pas and earnest men of the present, and il facetious hits that held attention,-all ex pressed in smooth rythmic verse. It was Il we'll IcCOlNcu. l .. t.r.. .I I After the reading, in response to call from all parts of the audience for Mrs Hayes, the chairman went to that lady, SC universally admired, and offered her hi arm. She rose and with bow acknowl edged the burst of heartiest applause witt which the whole audience greeted her. I The closing address of the forenoon wa. by Hon. Nelson Aldrich, son of Wind ham county, now U. s. senator from R. I It was tribute to "New England" ant bore marks of careful preparation as vel as real interest in the theme.
 The recess gave the multitude the op Iportunity to enjoy the delightful grove the beautiful lake, and all the surrounding of the charming "Roseland Park, " and t. lunch. If the supplies and the helpers 8 the Bungalow" could have been doubled if not quadrupled the satisfaction of al concerned would have correspondingly in creased.
 IN THE AFTERNOON
 Right Rev. Arthur Cleveland Coxe, D.D. T lL.L.D., bishop of western New York, wa the first speaker. His theme was s'Na tional Perpetuity." The venerable ap pearance of Bishop Coxe added interest t l the chaste yet forceful words of an addres replete with wisdom. The roots of na tional prosperity were traced back to tn time of good King Alfred, a thousand year ago. Many characteristics of that patriots