Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-05
A POLITICAL T|NGE
Given to the Fourth by the
Tigers Methods of
Celebration.
HILL WRITES TO TAMMANY
Urging That All Democrats Unite for
the Coming Fray, and
GROVER SENDS A LETTER.. TOO.
Bourke Cochran and Other Orators Arouse
Party Enthusiasm.
HILL WRITES TO TAMMANY
GROVER SENDS A LETTER, TOO.
Bourke Cochran and other Orators Arouse
Party Enthusiasm.
PATTIs0N NOT QUITE so PARTISAN

scale Dy the lammany society IN the Dig
wigwam. Every seat in the body of the
hall and in the gallery was occupied, and
before Grand Sachem Thomas f. Gilroy had
concluded his brief address of welcome
there was not even standing room in the
aisles The private boxes were occupied by
ladies who displayed quite as much enthu-
siasm as the members of the society them
selves.
On the platform were seated the prom
inent statesmen from the different States
who were to deliver patriotic talks. Among
them were Hons. Charles H. Gibson, of
Maryland; w. H. Bryan, of Nebraska;
Grain, of Texas; John O. Pendeton, of
West Virginia; Benjamin A. Enloe, of
Tennessee; L. f. Livingston, of Georgia;
W. C. Maybury, of Michigan; John f.
Heard, of Missouri; John F. Epes, of Vir-
ginia; II. A. Herbert, of Alabama; Adolph
Meyr, of Louisiana; Owen Scott, of Illinois;
Frank E Beltzhoover, of Pennsylvania;
Irvine DUNCAN, of Ohio; C. H. Mansur, of
Missouri; John J. Hemphill, of South
Carolina, and E. j. Taliafero, of Alabama.
Growers Idea of the Day
The address of welcome and the Declara-
tion of Independence having been presented,
Secretary NJ. C. Goldrick read the follow
ing replies to invitations to be present:
GRAY GABLES
BUzzARD's BAY, Mass, June %,
Hon. Thomas F. Gilroy, Grand Sachem:
DEAR SIR acknowledge with thanks the
courtesy OF an invitation to celebrate the
one hundred and sixteenth anniversary
of American Independence by the Tam
many Society on the Fourth Of July.
1t will be impossible for me to take
part in the interesting exercises you con-
template, but hope the celebration will be
abundantly pleasant and profitable to those
who are fortunately able to participate.
believe that Independence Day should be
celebrated with zeal and enthusiasm by the
old and young in every part of our land and
in every condition of life. No man, woman
nor child within the limits of American citi-
Zenship should forget or outgrow the sen til
ments related to the observance of the
Fourth of July. Because there are influences
and tendencies abroad which tend to the
neglect of this anniversary, the valuable and
patriotic efforts OF the Tammany society to
rescue it from indifference should be univer-
sally applauded.
1 notice that my invitation contains the
declaration that the coming celebration by
theSociety "is designed to be of exceptional
significance and extended effect" i have
no fear that this design will miscarry; for
am satisfied that the Tammany society will
not lose the opportunity the occasion af-
fords to teach that the Declare ton of Inde-
pendence was move on the part of people
determined to govern themselves; SO that
the patriotism il inspires enjoins unselfish
care for or couptry.s welfare; that political
endeevofis only safe and useful when un-
dertaken in the peoples interest, and that
political organization is only successful
when approved and trusted by an intelli-
gent popular Judgment. Yours very truly,
GROVER CLEVELAND
Hill in Line With the Party.
Senator David B. Hill wrote defining the
power and purpose of the Democratic party,
reviewed recent political history in New
York and closed thus:
Orr course at the present time is plain.
The Democracy of New York in the ap-
preaching struggle should present a solid
front to the common enemy. Loyalty to
cardinal Democratic principles and regu-
larry nominated candidates is the supreme
duty of the hour.
Governor Horace Boies, of Iowa, wrote:
Occupying. as it does, the position of the
most powerful organization of its kind on
this continent, and welding tremendous
influence that always comes from the union
same object, it is indeed appropriate that on
each anniversary of the nations birth your
society should renew its allegiance to a
Government that has become the pride of
every citizen of the republic and the admir-
alton of those of every other country in the
civilized world.
Pattison Lays Aside Partisanshfp.
In his letter Governor Pattison, of Penn
svlvania, commended as a sentiment the
conclusion of Edward Everett's oration
July 4, 1928:
Let us then, as we assemble on the birth
day of the nation devote ourselves to the
sacred cause OF constitutional liberty. Let
US abjure the interests and passions which
divide the great family of American free
men, Let the rage of party spirit sleep to-
day I,atr rln-x +l,aN ,I,sls
have cause to bless the memory of their
fathers, as we have cause to bless the
memory of ours.
Governor Buchanan, of Tennessee, wrote:
cannot too heartily commend such cele-
brations. Patriotism lies at the basis of
good government. 1t should be cherished
and Iostered, aroused and thrilled by the re-
view of the achievements of this great ma
ton. Its rapid development and its almost
liu,itless resources for future development
even, do not yet portend what manner of
nation 1t may yet become.
Replies were also received from Senator
j. G. Carlisle, of Kentucky; Senator j. L.
NJ. 1rbv, OF South Carolina; ex-senator
John II. Reagan, of Texas; Congressman J.
r. Tucker, of Virginia; Congressman C. r.
Breckenridge, of Arkansas; Congressman
Barnes Compton, of Maryland; John Miner.
Spence Spencer, Seth J. Thomas, Eugene
T. Chamberlain, editor of ALBANY Aro,s:
L l.
Governor Flower, in closing his letter.
wrote thus:
The party is fortunate in having as its
standard bearers in this great contest for
the rights of the people two excellent repre-
sentatives of its principles and traditions,
and under their leadership personal differ.
ences will be subordinated to party sue
cess.
Cheers for the Leaders.
Before Mr. Bryan, the first speaker, had
chance to say word, the patriotic crowd
broke loose and gave cheer after cheer for
Grover Cleveland, d. B. Hill, w. Bourke
Cochran and again for Cleveland.
After apostrophizing the day, the Nation
and the youth as its future defenders, Mr..
Byram said he was glad to see his hearers
applaud so vigorously that sentiment of the
Declaration of Independence that sfall men
are born free and equal" Nothing grander
had ever been heard than those words
penned by Thomas Jefferson, to whose
name they had in turn given immortality.
Il ask lovers OF their country" continued
the orator, ''are these Jeffersonian truths
accepted to-day as they were 100 years ago,
or are they regarded more as a formality
than as reality? Every man should stand
exactly equal before the law, and if we find
that our Representatives are slow to hear
the demands of the poor, but quick to re-
spond to those Of the rich, say that we are
treading on dangerous ground. five find
that the Chlet Executive is in sympathy
with those who least need help and turns
the cold shoulder to those who most need it.
again say we are treading on dangerous
ground"
The next speaker was the Hop. John O.
Pendleton, of West Virginia He referred