The herald., 1894-07-05

judge, and said the department believed
in law and order, and would enforce il
honestly, willingly, faithfully, and would
ever remember the day and the present.
alton. No emblem on the face Of the
globe could compare with the beauty of
our own stars and stripes. 1t shoud be
carried in an honorable way and to the
credit of the people who had presented
| it. Three cheers were then given for
the police department.
The presentation OF the flag was fol-
lowed by the singing OF the Red. White
and Blue by Mr.. Jeffries. which was
heartily applauded. as was also the read.
ing OF the Declaration OF Independence
by Major w. A. Elderkin, and the eing-
ing Of the Star Spancled Banner.
Spencer G. Mliard, n mince of the
Republican party for lieutenant gov
ernor, delivered o short address. He
said they had met to stimulate our pa
triotism, to be inspired with deeper
love OF country and deeper lovs for the
flag. He touched on the duties of citi-
zenship and his confidence that in this
time Of distress the people would act
wisely, aud closed with a quotation from
Longfellow's beautiful poem, The
Launching OF the Ship.
Will A. Harrie, a former citizen OF
San Bernardino. followed He touched
principally on the times and the strug-
gle between labor and capital. He in
voked the spirits OF Jefferson, Jackson
and Lincoln ir these times when
strength and wisdom are needed. He
repudiated anarchy, but believed in
settling this question by the law. in
accordance with the great American
principles of freedom for the people.
Col. A. E. Messmore followed He
said that the all important and al
mighty present was before us. Quea-
tions go difficult to handle had never be.
fore been bsfors the people. A etrife
between unholy capital and ambitious
labor. 1t must be settlsd by the silent
force OF the ballot. The people ore the
government. In the fundamental law
OF the land there nust be wise iegisa.
tion. We must realize the conditions in
which we are placed. There WAS no
need for soldiers to interfere with the
people, for the settlement should be
made wisely aAd in peace.
Mrs. Lucy D blanchard followed.
Mrs. Blanchard believed in the educa.
tion of our youth of today in pure lives
and good habits, in temperance and 80.
briefly, and by their example and power
of manhood helping the nation in it's
needs.
Mrs. Kate Upper Galpir, who sat on
the platform, was called on for an i'm
promptu speech. and responded in an
earnest five minute talk. The recogni-
tion OF women in theee later days, size
urged, was proof that our nation was
growing from boyhood into manhood.
She deplore1 the talk of war and the
readiness with which men expressed
themselves as ready to lay down their
lives for their country. 81 voice the
sentiment OF every woman in the land
when | say that bloodshed should be the
last and not the first thought in the set
tement of the tremendous difficulty
with hich our country ia confronted"
She CO ommented on the fact that all the
speeches of the morning had dealt with
the history we are making today, rather
than with the history of the past.
We need steady heads and stsady bands
in this momentous hour, for carelessness
and haste will but mar the beauty OF the
pages that have been written in the
past. She counseled patience, consider.
alton and faith in the ultimate good
which would be the outgrowth of theee
troubloua times. The boy who tosees in
his sleepless bed is soothed by the aseer.
tion that the pains he su fers are grow
ing pains"-so we may comfort ourselves
that the agony OF this no ur ia the agony
OF growth. and that libert shall attain
through it q higher stature than it has
before known.