Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-05
AT POMONA.
How The Glorious" was
Observed at the Place.
THE GODDESS WAS UNVEILED
Rev. Chas. +. Loops Fine Marble
Presented to the City with
Appropriate Ceremonies.

The Fourth of July was celebrated yes.
terday at Pomona in most fitting man.
ner. When the train from Los Angeles
arrived, at about hslf-past ten, all the
citizens of the lovely place, and all from
the country for miles around, were
waiting at the depot. Hon. j. De Barth
Shorb, Mrs. Shorb, Miss Shorb and
Mr.. j. De Barth, Jr., stepped from the
cars and were all greeted by the CON-
mittee in whose hands the affairs of the
day were.. Gen. John @. Fremont and
Mrs. Fremont also alighted and were
duly cared for, as was also Hon. Calvin
Edgerton, the orator Of the day. The
Pomona military band and the local
company Of the Seventh Regiment, N.
G. c., were at the station. AT once the
line of march was formed. 1t reached
for more than mile, and following the
band and the soldier laddies, the main
streets OF the city of Pomona
were marched over, in the eyes Of great
concourse of people. A large carriage
was filled with pretty girls, each of whom
in appropriate costume, represented one
of the sovereign States of this great ma
tion. This was followed by truck bear
ing full-rigged ship, manned by lot Of
sturdy youths of the town, who repre-
sented the American navy. Besides these,
there was long procession of the girls
and boys of Pomona, dressed in the Ma
tional colors, which made very pretty
picture. Some imaginative Yankee boys
had donkeys, which they had arrayed in
red, white and blue, with "legloons" a la
Mrs. Jenness Miller, which probably
were not satire on the new dress-reform
movement.
After the procession had passed
through the streets and reached the
grounds of the High School, F. d. Joy,
Esq, President of the Day, proceeded to
outline the programme for the occasion.
A large platform, prettily decorated,
seated those who were to take part in the
ceremonies. A large American flag COM
pletely covered it, and it was embellished
with many punches of the lovely flowers
for which Pomona is noted. Mr.. Joy g
pointed and brief remarks being closed
he promptly introduced Rev. Lucien FL.
Frary, Chaplain of ths occasion, who
invoked the divine blessing on the
Nation, State and people of Pomona
Then followed the song, America" !"
by the Pomona Choral Union, led by
the band, which was rendered with great
spirit and animation. The audience
Joined in the grand and stirring str aims.
This done, Mr.. G. d. Ambrose read,
with enthusiast emphasis the immortal
Declaration of Independence whose un-
dying truths always make 80 deep an
impression on the minds of true Ameri-
cans.
Hon. Calvin Edgerton, the orator OF
the day then proceeded to analyze the
sentiments of this paper in the most in
teresting manner. His Interpretation OF
its principles were both sound and lucid.
He set out by telling story of an old
Vermont farmer who went to the county
seat to ioin in Fourth of July celebra-
ton. When he returned his neighbors
asked him how he liked it. "Oh first
rate" he said. "There was fellow
there who made long speech with little
or nothing in it. He reminded me of my old
mule when ne gets his head in an empty
the world was listening to him. Then a
little fellow came out and read speech
out of book, about some Declaration Of
independence. l tell you, neighbors,
that was the best speech l ever heard.
It ust lifted US off our feet"
The speaker likened the Declaration to
he Sermon on the Mount as a parallel
in the political world, to that in the
moral and spiritual world. The diction
is grand and the flow of language ftly
stands for the flow of logic, the mighty
argument for liberty, and the grand con-
clusion of the equality of man. The
speaker dwelt on the lofty courage of the
fathers of the Republic. 1t we'll might
sound like mere rodomontade at the
time, but viewed in the light OF the history
OF hundred years, it is sublime. 1t
does not deal with speculation. 1t
is not made up Of what the writers
thought. 1t does not say eve believe" /"
Its statements are positive, "We hold
that all men are created equal! !" 1t is
we'll to remember this, and to under
stand what it means in these days when
the air is filled with crude theories Of
government. 1t will be best to go back
to these principles of the fathers and
solve these difficulties by the light of
the principles laid down by them. La
one sense equality is the end they aimed
to reach. From a theoretical point of
view, as an underlying principle equality
is the end of government. So far as the
government is concerned, equality is the
6uu VI lIs puIpooco, tLo iuihiihOhe VI ieo
being. To the individual this equality is
the starting point, the beginning OF all
his enterprise. To the citizen it
is the means Of happiness. "He referred
to Belamy's book, entitled "Looking
Backward" and claimed that the Gov
eminent could not be more than the
guardian of human liberty, of personal
equality in the eyes Of the law. sit in
sures to each man an equal opportunity
before the law, while he pursues his
happiness as he may elect. Government
cannot deliver all men from all the evils
that oppress them in life. That is all
beyond the power of human government.
The schools ought to teach this Declar.
alton. They ought to inculcate it's
teachings and interpret its principles" "
Mr.. Edgerton closed with warm
eulogium upon the character aad SER
vices of General John @. Fremont, who
was on the platform.
The band then followed with charm
ing rendition of "Ths Red White and
Blue" by the excellent local band.
THE UNWILLING OF THE GODDESS.
Hon. j. De Barth Shorb then was in
troduced to the people and proceeded to
deliver q most finished Grafton in con.
nection with the unveiling OF statute oil
goddess Pomona. The eloquent
speaker sketched the history OF clvillza
ton from it's sources by the Nile II