Omaha daily bee., 1885-07-06
LlBERTY'S VOICE.
Fifty Million People Remember Its First
Grand Call.
Mormons Insult It's Day and Dis
honor the Flag 1t Created,
Cleveland COrrects a Tammany I'm.
presslon-Tho Usual Number of
Distressing Accidents.
THE GLoRIoUsFoURTH
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SALT LABE, Utah, July 4.-When the sur
rose this morning the national flag hung at half
mast on the city hall, county court house
Desert News Office, Mormon tabernacle, Office
of John Taylor, residences of Mormous,
church offices, and the Salt Lake theatre,
The flag at the last named building was put
up of full mast rs as soon as Manager Rossi-
ter saw it, but those on the other buildings
hung limp against their masts. No one could
be found to explain it. About noon United
States Marshal Ireland, o. l.. Haines, Maj
Wilkes, Capt. Evans, the two last ex.confed.
ates, went to the city hall and demanded that
the flag be raised to full mast. Meeting with a
denial Evans started to raise it himself. The
door was shut and locked by the ponce, who,
with pistols and clubs, made q rush for Evans,
but quiet was restored by the United States
marshal, The city officials said the 18th of
July was a day of mourning to them and
this people," whose best men were in the
penitentiary by acts of officials subversive of
all principles of law and liberty. They init
mated that any man who undertook to dis
turb the flag at half-mast would be shot. A
committee of citiz9ns then went into the
street where a crowd had gathered, some of
whom wanted to raise the flag at all hazards,
but were warned by the police not to attempt
it on the pain of being dropped" In a pri.
vate consultation with United States Marshal
Ireland, the city marshal consented to
either raise the flag at f ull mast or take it
down within thirty minutes. The 9th
marshal then consulted with Mayor
Sharp, who was attending o Mormon priest
hood meeting, and within thirty minutes the
flag was run down amid the jeers of the city
officials. A grand army of the republic post,
celebrating near the city, were informed of
the difficulty and came in after the passing of
resolutions to run the flags in their proper
places. They met q crowd of angry citizens,
and the crowd wanted to go and by force put
the flags where they belonged, but the coun-
sci of Gov. Murray prevailed. Finally q
committee of five was sent to see the mayor,
and a few minutes later the flag at the city
hall was sent up to masthead. The citizens
committee made the same demand on Sheriff
Grassbeck, and he hoisted the flag at the
county court house from half to full mast
without demurring. The others were not
touched and still remain at half mast
New YORK, July 4 - Tammany celebrated
the day by gathering at Tammany Hall where
speeches were made by prominent Braves.
Among the letters read was the following:
"WAsHINGToN, July ITO the Hop. p.
Heory Dugro, Grand Sachem, Dear Sir:-I
beg leave to acknowledge the receipt of your
invitation to join the society of Tammany in
its ninety-seventh celebration of the Fourth
of July, the birthday of the republic. l re
greet that the pressure Of official duties and
engagem ents prevent the acceptance of this
kind invitation.
"Of the purposes sought to be accomplished
by the people in their choice of a chief magis-
trate, recently referred to In your note OF
invitation, | am seriously mindful. In order
that the hopes of the people may be fully
realized every member of the party in power
should yield a cordial support to all efforts on
the part of the administration to restore a
pure, free and honest government. The
contained in your note that the
administration should 30 discharge all its
as to merit not only the appreciation
of the people bnt at the same time to insure o
harmonious party united in Jeffersonian
meets my approval, although
my, conception of the true purposes
apa sh me that a'i # the present oi m nGminl paray
ton merits the intelligent approval of the
people this result of itself certainly should in
sure a harmonious rarity united in Jefferso-
MAN democracy.
while the coming celebration will revive
and keep alive the memory of patriotic devo-
ton and sacrifice for the sake of free %institu-
tions, no occasion is more %propitious for a re-
of our pledges to a true and progressive
democracy so essential to our country's safety
and prosperity. Yours very truly,
GROVER CLEVELAND"
DIES MONIES, Ia, July 1.-The seventh
district soldiers association. in camp at Adel,
to-day sent the following dispatch to Gen.
Grant:
HEADQUARTERS CT Col. RHDFIELD Posi-,
ABEL, Ia, July 4, 1885 To Gen. Grant,
Mount McGregor, Nav York: Ten thousand
liberty-loving people of Iowa, assembled at
Adel, send greeting; their prayers; their
hopes; their desire that you, their great
leader, may recover from the affection that
brings suffering to you and sorrow to the ma
tion. L. II. CoNGER, Col. CoMD'G."
To this the following reply was received;
"MouNT McGRRGoR, N, Y, July 4, 1885,
E. I'll. Conger, Colonel Commanding, Adel,
Ia: I return ten thousand thanks to the peo-
pie at Adel." u. S. GRANT"