St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-05
Tammany Has a Grand Cele-
bration Of the Glori-
Gus Fourth.
Good Democrats From All
Over This Great Country
Participate.
Patriotic Long and Short
Talks Made to the Vast
Assemblage.
President Cleveland Sends
an Eloquent Letter of
Regret.

New YORK, July 4.-The New York
Tammany society or Columbian order
today celebrated its 104th celebration
OF the anniversary of indie pendence.
The enthusiasm lacked nothing through
age. The Fourteenth street wigwam
was profusely decorated and on the
platform where.sat those who were to
deliver ''long" and 'short" talks
several punches of flowers were placed.
Shortly after 10 o'clock The members of
the society wended their way to the
platform, headed. by Mayor Gilroy, who
is grand sachem of the order. When
the applause, which greeted their ar
rival, died away, the mayor and grand
sachem, wearing his hat and decorated
with the emblems of the order, arose
and opened the proceedings with words
of welcome. The society's scribe, Maur-
ice f. Holahan, then read the DecIara-
ton Of Independence.
Then. came Speaker Crisp, in the first
of the long talks. He began with a
burst of patriotism, and said that, al
though on this July Fourth there were
conditions which produced uneasiness,
yet there were still
Many Things to Boast Of
But they had not all they wanted. If
there was uneasiness. uncertainty, stag
Lation of trade, it could be charged to
the Republican party. The laws which
brought about these conditions were
Republican laws, enacted against the
protests of Democrats, but they should
be thankful that, by the votes of the
people last November. the Democratic
party had set up housekeeping at Wash
ington on behalf the nation. w hen
congress assembled on Aug. z, as far as
things could be remeded by legislation,
he was confident that laws would be
enacted which would restore confidence
and bring prosperity again to the I
nation.
Congressman Benton McMillin, of
Tennessee, came next. His speech
briStled with patriotic epigramS and
references to Thomas Jefferson, which
was punctuated by the explosion of
fireworks. What Jefferson did for the
United States, Gladstone, the grand old
man, was now trying to do for Ireland.
Then he turned his attention to Presi-
Z.
had kicked over the dashboard and
thrown out the rider. AT this sally an
ardent Republican, attracted to the
meeting by curiosity, retorted from the
center of the hall: He's a pretty good
rider, all the same"
The Democrats Talk.
Abiding to President Cleveland, Mr..
McMillin said he stood today with the
flag OF the Union in one hand and the
constitution of the United States in the
other. The cid Democratic party, he
said, was given the task of rehabllitat-
ing a country that their predecessors in
office had let go to ruin. They will give
to the country currency that will be
sound and substitute tariff for revenue
for tariff for trusts. .
The next speaker was Congressman
Clark, of Missouri. He said he had ex-
pected to see good audience, but now
was compelled to say, "Good Lord,
what crowd of Democrats" The
speech was of the poSt-prandaI
order and excited lots of fun. The Lou
siaua purchase, he said, vas the most
iniqultouS transaction ssince tile day
when Satan brought the Lord to the top
of the highest mountain and offered
him the world as the price of homage,
but Thomas jefferson appeared as re-
deemer. Speaking of New York
he said the great Empire State
was to the East what Missouri
was to the West. If she went
wrong Democracy's flag was in the
dust, ami nobody thought of inquiring
about Missouri, but New York had been
been furnishing the presidents long
enough, ana Missouri was going to re-
lieve it of that trouble for the next los
years.
Hon. Robert F. DeForest, of Connec-
ticut, came next. He made a long
speech. Postmaster Charles W. Dayton
followed. EX-Postmaster Joseph &.
hendrix, of Brooklyn, also spoke. Con-
gresham John r. Fellows, of New York,
followed. His was the most eloquent
speech of the day, brim full of
Glowing Sentiments
and of smooth and easy dietion. He
uwelt upon the meaning of the celebra-
ton. He made no reference to current
politics. but ended by saying that
mlghtier hand than any human had IN
spired the Declaration of Independence
and guided the nation in its
future destiny. The men of the
the pureSt that ever existed. No taint
or suspicion soiled their hands, and IN
that lay their great measure of success.
France, when she undertook to over
throw tyranny, set up anarchy and
failed. And still, he said, tyranny and
despotlSm were ever to be preferred to
communism and anarchy. And now the
country, with all its hospitality, was not
broad enough for these foreigners who
come here to disturb The fabric of our
laws.
Secretary McGoldrick next read let,
ters of regrets from distinguished per-
sonages. President Cleveland under
date OF June 10. wrote to Richard Cro-
ker, thus:
81 regret that / am unable to accept
the invitation of the Tammany society
to attend the celebration of the ami
yersary of American independence
on the fourth of July next. This is a
day which all true Americans ought to
ceiebrdt3 as often as it occurs. when,
however, the commemoration of the
discovery Of the land we occupy and
the celebration of the day when 1t was
consecrated to liberty and popular gov
ernment are coincident, the occasion
should revive and stimulate all the
ennobiing and patriotic sentiments
which are essential to the safety and
perpetuity of
American Constitutions.
4Atsuch time 1t is fitting that we
rejoice in the dauntless purpose and
constant devotion that have thus far
marked out the way of our great nation.
We sh0ald lose the most important les