Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1886-07-06
ursr. Mamie Flynn. oodas. Of Liberty,

sncs Of the Department was dssidsdl
striking.
The fifth and last division embraced
Eugene GERMAN. marshal; Q. p. Thur.
ton, II. M. .Eewmark. HehrX Basr. J
| N. SewAll, Henry, Leck, J. w. Mont
gomery, @. 3. Gait, Freeman Stewart
aids. b..s
Ia this appeared great trucks, Al GOV
cred with AAgs; alIog house. with "a
legend. ssOId Times" then on
marked. "Old '4o.' Then cam
the soda companies. beer companies
fruit arms, buggy and wagon dealers
| ave works. stove and tin etoress see
stores. wind mills. fences. lps
DER hanaoru, butcher shops. he
nreases. restaurants and veterin
sry doctors. Gen. Shields. came Il
With & biz wpgons trishmsd 10 fine silEp'
with all fha wsSith ,of the wild wood
Is they bloom 10 lovely Crescenta Ian
ada. The idee was novel and It wa
we'll carried out. The tout ensemble o
| the long line as II stretched for mile
down the street was artistie and beau
tifui ~ 1t could we'll be made.
rHR xlrRRAHY KxEBoIsks.
At about noon the head Of the greA
procession reached the, corner sof Mai
and Fourth stfes<s,l where IL filed Int
the Tabernacle to assist in the literar,
er srcises. The whole building was fille'
to the doors with crowd OF pstrioti
citizens who came 10 have their heart
warmed with brief reminissences Of tn
day celebrated. Hon. H. 4. Hazard
Ia q few neat sentencss, introduced tn
| President Of the Day, Mr.. A. w. Potts
| Mr.. Potts stepped to the front and ad
! dressed the assembly briefly and to th'
point, saying: ~, -
FELLOW ClTlxEns:, Al Presidsnt o
the day 1t Ia my pleasing duty to 10
augurate the exercises OF this august 90
cssion. Without -trsspassing upon III,
| provjhoe of those who are to follow
will briefly indulge in the congratula
| tions which the suspicious return O
this day enkindles within every patri
| otto breast. ~
Under the combined action Of 10
united people our Government has ad
vsnced with an impetus unparalleled In
the onward. march Of civilization.
There are those present whose manner
and deeds are lnseparsbly interwoven
with The early history Of our houriehlnG
and rapidly growing city, to whom the
changing soenea Of the past half century
are more wonderful than those Of 'uagic,
and more brilliant than any recorded by
the historian n their period.
The predtstion neds In Csngrass by
en- eminent statesman near three quar-
k.r~ - . oaofursr ~un that the finn
would come when che Anerican Eagle
would dip one wing in the waves of the
Atlantic, and with the other fan the
fair bosom Of the Pacific ocean, although
then regarded q . fanoiful fight Of
orstory, has been fully verified under
our observation, and has proved . fer
seeing and prophetic prediction. II
any portion Of our happy Republic has
occasion to rejoice on the return Of this
Anniversary Of our Nations birth, we. Of
Tho Pacific shorss, are tbat favored PEG.
Ne. Let ~ then take VI 10 heart, and
eonduot tho exercises Of ~ day IN keep
log with thu occasion which we have
assembled to commemorate.
now have the honor to introduce to
jon
NIB. 4. ". POTTS.
Mr.. Potts then introduced Rev. Rabbit
Schreiber, who opened the exercises
with 8 few thoughtfuf remarks and B
brief prayer, - follow:
: "Thanks to God, IN the history Of
every ago and nation, amidst the raw.
ages Of ambition and the mean aims Of
selfshness, there have broken forth
nobler sentiments and the evidences Of 8
heavenly virtue. Every sgs has been
illustrated by men who bore themselves
like men, who were animated By. the
spirit Of God and vindicated the cause
Of humanity; men who. In hours Of
great trials and struggles. have adhered
to moral and religious principle. 10 the
cause of persscuted truth and justice;
men who have trodden the fairest gifts
Of fortune and have withstood ths Turing
temptations Of the world IN the pursuit.
Of duty. It Is the greatest value Of
history. that II Introduces Us to persons
OF this iliustrious order.
First and highsst among such men,
rank the founders Of this great Rspub-
lie, the trainers Of the Constitution Of
the United States, those brilliant dia-
dsms upon the head Of the human fami.
y, those glory-orowned prophets whom
the spirit has lifted high abovs the
material pursuits Of lifey thoss noble
sires who sent forth tho ssDsolaration Of
Independence, that sublime instrument
which, next to The Ten Commandments
proclaimsd from Sinai, has exercised the
most bsnsdcial influence upon the
worlds history. For IL II they, who Z
century and . decade ego. when this
country was feeble and struggling with
population of less than three millieu
OF people scattered throughout the
length and breadth OF this vast tsrritpfy,
and not even uaited In their political
opinions. took II upon themsalvsa. In
the face OF the British lfon ard other
mighty foes, to declare tie undergraduates
Of this continent forsvrl By thls b.
roic act they revolutioetred "a existinG
forms Of government, orepsd ueW efa
ia the worlds history, lad the foandn-
ton for . nation which t6-d1y nuIAbegs
nearly sixty million Of frto ~ ind6Pead-
ent men and women, 81 vhfoh tnisrlte
OF some imperfections 4 the ide4i end
pattern OF free governn18nt. Il u they
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all Esropssl institutiogs, snd the fruit
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