The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-15
the starry flag and the civil and religious

arcby Is allowed TO be unfurled than TO live
In one where freedom of speech and ex-
pressed thought Is not allowed"
The banners presented were very pretty In
themselves, without counting in the merit
attached to the receiving OF them. The
class of 1893. which will be in the place
which was occupied by the recipients of
the banners next year, had seats on the
platform during the ceremonies. There
were about forty of them. young men and
young women who have successfully
passed the examinations Of the preliminary
studies. After the adjournment of the
afternoon session the members of this class
met at the Denison Hotel and made ar
rangements to effect q permanent organi-
cation.
A brief interim was filled in by music
from the chorus and orchestra, and a solo
by one of the members of the former, and
then q five-minute speech was made By Sec
retrary w. Fl. Gilbert. of the local branch
of the Children's Home Society. Mr.. Gil
bert simply aimod TO get the fact that the
society had q branch in this city before the
members of the convention. and to let
them know o little of the work which 1t
was doing. The society has it's general
headquarters in Chicago. and branches all
over the country. He said the society had
gotten homes for about 5000 children un-
der nine years of age in this State alone.
and that it vas steadily progressing in the
work.
An amusing incident occurred while he
was talking. A bare-footed. ragged urchin
6ollin8 AFTERNOON papers got INTO the nhli
and was coming down the aisles proclaim
Ing that fact with a voice that he had evil
IDENTITY been used to elevatlng above the
din and roar of the crowded streets. A
delegate got mp in the hall and asked the
chairman to ask those who were selling
papers To stop until the speaker had IN
lshed. Chairman Wilkins evidently did
not grasp what was being asked OF nim. or
selling. for he said: ANY who are en-
gagged In selma papers or ans thing of
that kind will please desist until
the speaker has finished" The street
gsmin looked mp at him . moment and
went right along with his selling. Such
language was beyond his comprehension,
and it was not until some one had told him
to clear out" that he understood what was
meant.
OFFICERS
The convention then proceeded TO the
election of OH GERS. The report OF the
nominating committee was read by its
chairman, Rev. Gambrell. The same off,
GERS as were at the head of the union for
the year which has just closed were named
in 1t. with a few minor exceptions. and the
report was unanimously adopted by the
convention. 1t was as follows:
President-John III. Chapman. Illinois.
First Vice President-Frank Ii. Field, New
York.
Second Vice President-G. B. Eager. Alabama.
Third Vice President-H. S. Stark, Toronto.
Recording Secretary-A. NJ. Princkle, Penn
sylvania.
Treasurer-J. o. Staples, Illinois.
Vacancies in the Board of Managers Caused
by Expired Terms-A. L. Baten. Texas; Thomas
Urquert, Ontario; George Anderson, Mississippi;
c. II. Holden, North Dakota; President South
land. Nebraska; d. B: Oviatt, Wyoming; W. 8.
Pennick, louisiana; w. 5. Roberts, Vermont; e..
b. Taylor. Georgia: Z. W. White, Wisconsin, and
s. Price, Minnesota
EX-COMMISSIONER o CAMS ADDRESS.
The address of the afternoon was made
by L. J. Morgan, d. d.. late Indian Com
missioner under President Harrison, and
now general secretary of the American
Baptist Home Missionary Society at New
York city. His su bject was The PeriIs of
the Republic from q Christian Standpoint
Mr.. Morgan is q prepossessing man In ap-
pearance. Tall and straight as an
arrow, giving him the appear
ance of having been mill.
tary man, with aface denotin0 firmness and
purpose. and an earnest way of speaking,
his bearers at once OWNED that he was 90
ing TO say something ont or the ordinary,
and ne did so. AT the beginning of his re-
marks he said: IF were to name the six
greatest words in the English language il
would be In this order: First. God. which
Is the symbol of all that is human and di-
vine. Next would come man. who is made
in the likeness of God. then the family. the
i ChuIOn, VINO oChOOi Wv bhO obAGC. SOuIC
times the question arises and is asked,
Which Is the greater. the church or the
stateT. Both are divine. and both repre-
sent the will of God. The state is a neoes-
sity. Men cannot live in isolation. Poll
tics Is the science of living in communities
The highest point reached in human gov
erDnent is expressed In the word 'repub-
lio.' of which Bacon has said in that brief,
terse way of his. The republic Is a govern
ment of the people. by the people. and for
the people, In speaking of the dangers of
the republic, religion will come within it's
range"
At this juncture in the speech some one
on the platform interrupted the speaker by
saying 10 hin, that his remarks were too
deep for the understanding of those " no
were listening to him.. Mr.. Morgan replied
by saying that he had travelled over O
Thousand miles to give expression to his
thoughts on the subject, and that he had
come to talk to the intelligent men and
women Of the convention and TO the ones
who had the thought to devote to what he
said. He said that lie was talking on q
grave subject. and one which needed care
fui thought, aud that he did not propose
to make his remarks anything else. Con-
tinuing, he said:
My ideas of the republic are embraced
In several things. One is the absolute
freedom of conscience. This Is the guide
of orr lives. No nan has a right to say to
me that | shall do this or that. No church,
no priest. nor no body of men shall dictate
my actions or say that | shall not do so
and SO as long as my conscience says that
/ am right. As one brother has said on
this platform to-day, 1 had rather see the
red flag of Anarchy DaradiDg our streets
than to live in q country where absolute
freedom of speech and thought is not
given"
The speaker went On to say that he de-
plored the fact that there was bad lit
esture IN this country, that too mach Police
Gazette matter was allowed To- creep into
the daily pa pers. but said that the absolute
freedom of the press was necessary TO the
republic. and TO free government. He said
that he believed in free ballot TO all men,
and that he was about ready TO strike out
the word man and say free ballot to all. no
matter what their color OF sex. He was in.
terrupted there by prolon ged applause from
the feminine portion of the audience. Con-
timing. he said:
IL know that there were men who went
to the polls at the last election whose hands
were tied by priestly orders. want to
say that the greatest peril of the republic
to-day lies In the fact that these men are
denied the freedom of the ballot. They are
not allowed to follow the dictates of their
consciences."
In mentioning the perlls of the republic
he said: First of all is that of vice. Ii
destroys the body. obscures the mind. dulis
the conscience and renders impure the
heart. The saloon is the greatest enemy
that the country has. Another thing that
is threatening the country is its material
ism. The great exposition at Chicago is AT
example of this. There is gathered TO.
gether the greatest exhibit of the world't
material products that the world has ever
known"