The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-01
OAKLAND NEWS,
alVatioaistS Fight the Ofoi-
nan &c Against Street
Services.
DECORATING FOR TIE FOURTH
Miss Feltop. the University Medalist
Granted Fellowship
in chicago.

The Salvsdon Army took new oe'
parture at its camp-meeting yes' ~ az
Since the passage of the resoiu'.o-ib -. =,
CITY Cornell prohibiting the n Ib DtIa -
the army from marching on u: So. 800
with banners flying and cue Ois ~ uin
heating they have been eolililieu 10 tneli
barracks. as disobediehce meant arrest
The indionstion of Brigadier keppel and
az + +.i' oticors mas been growing during
+Ilo r, onl, and yesterday it found vent. A
~ Ia If oakland clergymen were in
- ~ attend and at least half a dozen
/ Responded, while others sent letters ex-
ton claiming their absence and denouncing the
Y ordinance as passed by the Council.
The reading of the letters and the pres.
ence OF the clergy was very gratifying tc
Brigadie1 Keppel and the members of the
army because 1t was reported to them thai
Mayor Dayie had said, 1.-The ordinance
was passed at the request of the clergy
men and church-goers of Oakland"
In consequence of all this the regular
Salvation Army service was not held, but
the vast throngs that crowded the assem- bly,
tent were treated to addresses on the OBJ
noxious ordinance. a petition was pre-.
pared, and during the afternoon over 200C
residents of Alameda County signed it
The army officers were very much pleased
and the brigadier announced that before
4 tih}{apweek was out there would be 10000
signatures TO the document.
In opening the meeting Brigadier Keppel
said:
through the streets of Oakland and holding
meetings on street corners. We can no longer
go out into the highways and byways ana
compel them 10 come in" Why I do MOI
know. The constitution of the country guaran-
tees US the use OF the streets and police pT9teC-
tion, butwe cannot get it. What have we doHe
that we should be legislated against IL .I1Is
manner? One OF the Couueilmen told me o9II4s
a few days ago that he looked upon the oa1Na-
ton Army as peace officers, and it is true. OuI
printed orders to every officer instrucls MN 70
stop all demonstrations when nearing pIhce
OF worship or g place OF public meeting -,
We Will go even further than InaI. we VIII
send scouts ahead 10 look out I9I noIses tHat
might get scared by our music. II tue morse Is
tied the soldier viii remain with him until
danger is passed. Ii there Is any sign OF
runaway we will stop playing ana lover our
Tags until the danger is passed, II there Is
anything else in reason that we can 40 we VIII
do 1t; but as we have some rights IN the prem
ises ! think we should be allowed the use OF
the streets TO carry the gospel OF Jesus TO the
lawless and ChTistless elements.
Letters explaining their absence were
then read from Rev. c. NJ. Hill of the
Tenth-avenue Baptist Church, Rev. S. J.
Carroll OF the Eighthavenue Methodist
Church and Rev. w. RAIDER OF the First
Congregational Church. One of the eX-
pressions used in the letters was San I'M
Just law enfoTcedlin an arbitrary manner"
The Rev. c. II. Hobart of the First Bap-
list Church spoke eloquently on the sub
ject for nearly quarter OF an hour. He
said the ordinance was an obnoxious one
and should at once be repealed, because it
violated the liberty of the citizens. He
went back through the ages and showed
how men had always enjoyed the right OF
speech in public places and drew attention
to the, orators Of Greece who spoke where
a1idsfwhen they pleased. He called the
Salvationists "peacemakers" ard referred
to the slums of New York. London and
other big cities which they had reclaimed
and turned the inhabitants thereof into
'Iaw.abiding citizens. He concluded by
urging everybody 10 join hand in hand
and work for the repeal OF the ordinance
and the enactment Of another one that
would restrain rowdy and political gather
ings, but would give the Salvation Army
the privileges it was entitled to.
The Rev. Williams, missionary to the
prisoners in the city and county jails and
peuitentiaries told OF the work done by
the Salvation Army in those places and
advocated a combined effort for the repeal
Of the law. He was followed in the same
strain by the Rev. Briggs of Los Gatos and
by the Rev. DR.. Chapman. The latter Sc
cured promise from every person pres
ent TO get q signature TO the petition.
when you have your 10000 names, said
he, Ego to the Mayor and Council and de-
mand the repeal OF this obnoxious statute.
Put your heels down first. Don't walk on
tip-toe and put your request kindly but
firmly and you'll get it." The Rev. ID. ID.
Rice of the Union-street Presbyterian
Church followed in the same strain AM
then the meeting broke up, with every
member present pledged to secure another
IIgnature to the petition.
Decorating the Town.
r Until late Saturday night and all day
o (7+erday the decorators for the Fourth
laooId assiduously. The early risers on
the can Sabbath morning were surprised
at the eEyened spectacle which met their
eyes on eE,vy side.
EveryWnie the National colors were
hylng. Big ags, little flags, banners and
bannerettes,, Ids and draperles, streamers
and stars, all b.ndad IN = brilliant scene
Every eIectrlI5Jigbt, telegraph and tele-
phone pole on b adwav and Washington
streel Is Delne ecorated in gay colors.
AROUND the pases re fixed redwood sap
lings some elgnt olten feet in height.
ApoVe these are IT,, weed red white and
blue strips OF o lIl ing aught up in bows
at the top, with long wing streamers.
reaching nearly to the ns of the trees
below.
Overhead on Broadway ION, bnildino
to building are stretched mo lines of
gayly colored buntings, smi eaags and
banners At the corners they 20 crossad
AID recrossed in fantastic FORM
T Those business establishme4s which
have already put on their COLI never
looked more attractive. The m,ober t
and substantial men of the town ~ an =
tering into the matter of decoration III a
real zeal.
The Central Bank building, corns 90
Fourteenth and Broadway, presents, .
beautiful appearance. Streams of bunth
extend up and down the columns of tt
five stones.
The block on the corner of Tenth an
Broadway is decked with long streamer
alternating IN color, extending down frol
the second story.
The programme for Thursday is all con
plete, with the exception of few mine
details. The pyrotechnic display on IL
lake is nearly ready. The pines for th
electric fountains are rapidly being Iai,
From now until the great dav the decor
ton committee will be the busiest CON
mittee of all. They report sometime o.
tirely novel in the line Of floats.
New Pleasure Park.
Ayalas Park on Telegraph avenue. Nor
IT, asoal was Nnpnad ~ H. ,,,,l.1:- -.