The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-07-05
KEPT FREEDOMS DAY.
Continued from Ffrst.)

| internal dissensions and too powerful
| to be overturned by an enemy from
/ without il.
In America none is born to power:
none is assured of station or command
except by his own worth or UsefuiL~>s
| II has long been demonstrated that the
| philosophy of Jefferson is true; accept
| 10 governmental standards but our
own; We viii have no flag but the gio-
rious stars and stripes.
Workingmen OF Chicago. let me ad-
jure you 10 be faithful TO the acts. ira
ditions and teachings of the fathers.
, Make their standard Of patriotism and
duty your own. Whatever the difficult
ties Of the present problems of the fu-
ture. meet them in the same spirit of
Unfiinching loyalty to country, the same
devotion and love for home and fanli-
ly, the same acknowledgment of de-
pendence upon God which has always
characterized those great men. Therein
rests your greatest prosperity and hap
pineSs and the surest attainment of
your best and dearest ambitions. Have
confidence in the strength OF our free
| institutions and faith in the justice of
your fellow citizens.
TAMMANY CELEBRATES
New York, July 4-Independence Day
was celebrated by the Tammany so
ciety in a manner commensurate with
former celebrations since the founda-
ton of the Columbian order, 1l9 years
ago. There was no diminution in the
enthusiasm manifested by those pres
ent, although the audience was smaller
than on previous years. Ex-Governor
James Z. Campbell of Ohio and ex-Gov-
ernor Thomas N. Waller were, in Tam
many pariance, the long takers" while
well-know men from all over the
country delivered short talks" One
feature of the celebration was the read
ing of letters from distinguished Demo-
Gratis
HILL WRITES TO TAMMANY
New York, July 4.-Senator Hill
wrote as follows declining an invita-
ton to attend the Tammany celebra-
ton of the Fourth:
"Wolfert's Roost, Rensselaer, Boule-
ward. Albany. n. Y, July l. 1895.
Hon. Frederick Smythe. Dear Sir
/ regret I shall be unable TO participate
with you in your celebration of the
Fourth inst. You have, however. my
best wishes that the occasion will be
one of the most useful of all your time
honored demOnstra tons. The present
is indeed fitting time for the revival
of revolutionary matters and the renew
al Of patriotic pledges for the promo
ton of the best interests of our common
country. 1t is useless to disguise the
fact that the spirit of socialism is I'M
fortunately abroad in the land demand
ing among other things a more liberal
construction of the federal constitution
than our fathers were ever willing to
sanction; insisting upon odiouS schemes
of taxation foreign to the genius of our
free institutions; proposing to ignore
or belittle the reserved rights of the
states; seeking an extension of the func
tons or jurisdictions of the federal
Judiciary by the gradual and insiduous
absorption or exercise of powers hereto
fore invoked in violation of the spirit,
if not the letter, of the constitution;
persisteutly insisting upon special leg
islation for the benefit Of private inter-
ests and clques rather than for the gen.
eral welfare and for pblic purposes:
clamoring for fiat or deprecated cur
rency in the place of the coined money
of the constitution; urging the assump-
ton on the part of the states of the