The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1896-03-11
IFS FIRST GUN FIRED WITH A TRE-
MENDOUS RALLY.
COOPER UNION PACKED.
Bauington Booth Enthusiastically Re
ceiVed by the 5000 soldiers That
Crowded the Immense IfaIl--He
Does Not Want War with
the t-ld Army. I;ut II for
rtace Ills Address.

NEW YORK March G-'Ihe iuaug- |
ural step made hy liallington Eooth,
the depo~cd commander Of the saliva
tiCn Army ia America. ia a rival or-
ganization ON lines similar TO the one
from whose command hr has been re-
licved. met success last night. Copper
Union was the scene where the first
gun was fired. the echo of which,
thrilled the hearts of 1000 loyal sol-
dicrS. who, since the commencement
OF the International strife which has
Suudcrcd ijaiiington Eooths allie
piaucc to his father. Geucral Booth of
London. have rema med loyal to the
depoScd commander and his wife.
Maud Booth Every seat in the big
auditorium was crowded. The aiSles
were crowded and the streets outside
were thronged
The women wore the regular Saliva
tiou army emblem. hut the poke hat
was absent The men, too. had their
badges hut wore no red jackets.
Shortly after : o'clock. aud before the
vast audience had time TO he seated.
Captain Schneider of the Bowcrp
corps. sprang on a chair on the plat
form aul waved an American flag
with painting of George Washing
ton. The audience cbecred Justify as
I they sprang TO their feet and the ut
most enthusiasm prevailed. Order
/ had scarcely been restored when
Mai ior Peter Glen. who was among the
/ first of the officers 10 tender his reSig
nation after Eva G.. Booth had taken
/ command. appeared on thc platform
waving an American nag and placed
/ q life-size craYon painting OF George
! Washington on an CaSe4 iu front of the
1 speakers table. This was the signal
! for renewed outbussl~ OF applause.
1t was only when Ballin@tou Tooth
aud his wife arrived from their Mont
! clair home that the audience lost CON
troll Of itself Their presence on the
platform was the signal for an out
burst of enthusiasm such "a had never
before been vi Messed ia Cooper
mon.
There was some music and con,ld-
era ole singing and the customary re-
lieious invocations, after which Bat
lingtun Booth rose ana said:
Mrs. Booth aud myself have not
come here tonight 10 allude 10 the ~.
cent sad trouble II is quite true we
have. after mature dehneratipn. de-
cidcd to inauguvate new moNemenf
Could We have avoided 1t, 1T would
most assuredlv nave been done uu our
part; but. recognizing the great Amer
lean people believed that we had done
work nine years, Tor which they
were graified, and would not listen TO
the protest that Wc woutd retire INTO
private life recognizing. a. We did,
the largest field In the world, and Stiii
further recognizing that there was
room in America for one. TWO, aye, 100
Z g. t.s. aittsa. 4 20
the best ot our ability. To win over the
middle classes ot the artisan com
munirv of this country. We wish no
strife with the salvation armv-no
strife. either literal or verbal
There is at least a. per cent "f the
, wage Gaming poputaoe of the com
; munitv who are NOT identified with
any church or place OF religious wor
/ ship
1T is them we want to reach. aud
% extend 10 them the love inat inspired
the NaZaVcue on the streets OF Jcruo1-
lem nearly 1000 wears ago.
"Oh! how much hateolo@y aud how
Hitic hcurtoluey there is to-day. Mrs
Booth and myself have. within tn'
last few days. been reading the his
tory of that great american soldier
, George Washington, whose portrat
q stands on this platform tonight We
5 thought of him and his goodness G
heart aud love for Christ "a, he iurnct
% away for moment from the lrightiu
:, scencs of Valley Forge aud repaire'
- 10 the woods where hc knott in pra yei
10 the God of his country.
Whatever be the mission we under
take, it viii boar the right stamp, an'
= will bc directed in the right direc
z, finn