The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-05
AT TAMMANY HALL.
Democratic Chieftains Gather to Talk
Politics.

New YORK, July 4-The outer walls of
Tammany hall were profusely hung today
with American flags and its interior was
draped with the stars and stripes filled
with big and little chiefs and hosts of
braves and resonant with patriotic music.
On either side of the platform were hand
some stands of flowers, the one to the
right bearing the figures ''17S9," the date
of the foundation of the Tammany society,
and the other 1880"
Slowly around the front of the platform
they ascended to it on the left and filled
the seats there awaiting them. Grand
Sachem Tappen opened the proceedings by
bidding welcome to to the braves who had
assembled to join in the celebration of in
dependence. Then the Tammany glee club
sang Hail to our beautiful land" and as
encore Columbia, our country" The time
honOred ceremony Of reading the declara-
ton of independence was entrusted to
George B. Mcclellan, son Of the late
General George B. Mcclellan.
The grand sachem then introduced Hon.
William ID. Bynum, of Indiana, whose
chief glory it is that he received the CEN
sure of the Republican speaker of the
house of representatives. Mr.. Bynum
was received with applause and cheers
He said it was an appropriate time to
glance over the past and to endeavor to
discern whittier we are going.
He said he did not believe in nation with
big IN" He did not believe that ma
jority, however large, had the right to de-
prive minority, however small, of its nat.
ural rights. 1t had right to govern, but
to govern only with due regard to the pres
ervation of the rights of the minority.
The danger to our institutions does
not lie in revolt from the minority, but in
the tyranny of the majority. The Repub-
lican majority has undertaken to over ride
the tights of the statutes and the people
and to rob the constituencies of. the right
of self government. In this they were led
by seaker Reed. Mr.. Bynum here pro-
ceeded to review Speaker Rood. Never in
the life of the nation has such deadly
thrust at its liberties been made before as
in the passage of the federal
election law This he said was not
intended for the south alone. 1t was in
tended for New York and Indiana.
Mr.. Crisp and Mr.. Bynum were on the
program for the long talk" After more
music by the band and the singing of
The Flag of Our Union Forever, Secre-
tary McGoldrick read letters of regret
from ex-President Grover Cleveland,
Governor Hill, the governors of
Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, New
Jersey, Montana, Oregon and West
burn, Turpie, Vance, Gibson, Nc
Pherson, Pasco, Carlisle and Payne; rep
Resentatives Vaux, Breckenridge and 9th
ers. The reading of the letter from ex-
President Cleveland was followed by loud
applause and three cheers for Cleveland
were called for and given with a will
There was also loud applause and cheers
when Governor Hills letter was read 4
number of other speeches were
made A resolution was unani-
mously adopted declaring that
mass meetings should be called throughout
the country to denounce the federal cleo
tion bill and to protest apainst its passage
by the senate OF the United States. After
the singing of the Star Spangled Banner
the sachems and braves descended to the
basement to quaff of the spring that was
said to be bubbling thhre.