Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-07-06
THE FOURTH OF jULY.
4 Dsnosrasis Isvs Fsat VIA Dsns-
sszfie spssches Fnn e psnous1tis
Adalasian Ihs Dag q tDsnrer
ana San Frunrneo.


NEw fonK. July 6--Ihs Tamnany
Society eelebfatsd Independence Day
focsy Is 3 8odF. Fbs mnizi1uda haQan
% ansemhle baloEa 10 e'elock. and uhan
the neubeln marched Ia IN full reRalia
a Tie Ihmmany Hall wna packed with
psorle. Who aat ikKonnh Z uEoQRnn Of
long and ahort salha lasting four h0nFs.
AmanR ihs pEomsuenf paEao1aGss Were
Senator Vance, Samael Randall, Gen.
=. Il. Fiele and OonoEeazman DcWnfeg,
Grand Eaaham Henry p. DuQEo pre-.
sided and the DeclaEAfioa 81 fndausnd-
enoa Waa rad. after which aha speaking
bsRzn. The general sanfiment uas enc
Of eonGRatulstian oEBE ths sstnEn of aha
Democrats party 90 power. AspaFli-
uuiaHly appFopriate 70 an Amariaan In
dependence oelsbrntion, eash upeakar
dwell upo1 o1e phase o. aRc4her 0f the
home rule contest ebgoa2.
The 6F6t speaker Was senator Vance,
Of North Carolina. He vas pat down
On the proNram for one of The alona
talks." Cougrutnlaking the sosisty upon
She return Of The Democrafia party 70
power in the National GoveKumenf, be
aaid hat they had elsoted 8 Preaidsnt
with purposes 20 high, honeaa and pure
tkas already the expsnses Of the ooV-
eEnmnnt bad been cat down and FinQs
had been drixen out. II the course Of
. discussion upon the fundamsnfal
pFincipieg Of the DomoeEatie party, he
said: ~ln the hour Of victory We have
had sono little demaraIizafie1 and wo
have permitted tendencY towards b.
reaaoEatio administration 20 appear n
Uhai Is called civil services reform. The
action of thts system Il uncons1ltutional
and undemoaFafia. The action Of tie
Civil Service Board 10 20 secure privi-
leges % few, and eonsa-
queu&ly Il IL unconstifutiona
% pay cut public money for
ifa aupp0Ff, since the Constitution pro-
vides that the people shall Be taxed only
for the general wslfaro, and Il Il IN.
domoeFatic 10 have the Board examine
applicants fer positions and thon de-
eide whieh Of the successful applicants
shall have their passes sent IN. Talk
Abont getting upon the highest level. II
thero b any higher level for q Christian
gentleman 10 walk upon than one IL
which be likes his friends and prefers
bis friende 70 bis enemies. / 1ont want
10 60 upon it. Isead applaussl. II
the spoils don't belanR % the viotora,
10 whom do they bcloQRf Do
shoy bslcnQ 70 those who Sight on The
other sids, or 30 those who doht on no
side bat lie ea al sidesG Iauehtar and
applaasel. Il is unsafe and absurd 70
undertake % rEn q government upon
principles opposite - human nature,
bat although the Democratic party hes
been a baokslidsr IN this regard, Il viii
retEace ita etepa and recover from ifs
demeralizakion. In speaking Of the
decentralization Of the party, ! feel all
the more eaEneat because / speak IL
New YeFk. In the 4oath the party has
not been = haekslidsF beeause Il has
bean purified through Suffering, bus
here 10 the North the party has followed
after the Moabltish woman Of expe-
dienoy. If commerce we're attracted
here. II trade were free, New YORK
would soon be the greatest city Ia the
wh0ls World In eonolasion Esnator |
Vance paid glowing tribute 20 the e. |
forts IN behalf Of liberty nov being |
made BY Gladstons and Parnall, and |
10 tkis bis example uas followed By ell |
the other speakers.
TIE next speaker was Congressman
Randall. Of PennsyiyaniA, who w6s 40
corded an ovation. He spoke bat eight |
minutes, o0nQratnlating his bearers /
upon The administrative reforms al. |
ready accomplished under the Demo-
cratic adminislFatien. without any
change in legislation" be said, Aths
revenues Of the Gogernmant have been |
increased SO. 200. 900, and by economy
IN management $1,000, 600 have been |
cut Of frsm the expenditures and the |
Government is now e28. COO geo better |
OF for the Democratic administratio lon. /
assert that the administration Of the |
Treasury Department By DaRLsl Man
ming will compare favorahly with that
Of Hamilton or Gallatin.n
j. Randolph Tucker, Of Virginia.
next spoke. He dWelt upon tie funda-
meuiat principles Of Democracy. he
kept the audience 10 good humoE, not
silhstandinR the fast thai he was at
times intensely philosophical.
Hon. 8. J. Tilden, General B. Z. Batter,
the Governors ef New York, Indiana
Virginia, PennsylvNnia, Fiorida, Mis-
aissippi, New jersey and California,
GecFstaKy Of War Endieotk and large
number Of United States Senators, Rsp-
Fsaentativss, and other prominens man.
coGOaApo's pouRER cE1KnAArIoS.
DExvKn, July g. Colorado today oel-
ebtated the tenth anniversary Of her
admission as q Stats into the uniOn
and also the National birthday. The
daY in Denver vas most appropriately
observed. All the Government and pub
&c Offices, as veil as baalneas hoases,
weFs clssed, the people IL general tnrn-
inc oat 20 nagiaf in the oelebrafion. In
the evening the dneaf display Of ere
worka ever witnessed in the West was
exploded from Capitol Hill.
THK cKEMnRaTEoN AZ san FnAN0Isco.
BAn FnAncInoo, Jaly s. B.--Indepandanos
Day was eeisbrated here in The usual
manner-by q display Of fireworks. he
erAKy exereiaas, eto.--and was notice
able fer the laek Of saFioua hres and 90
oident. The day waa also generally
celebrated throughout ths elafa.