Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-05
.FL0RID ELOQUENCE
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| bftIlOn Oh IlC natal Gay OF our grand re-
| public. Wherever you will find these patriot
| ic gatherings you will find good citizens Our
| young people shall be taught the truths {;
| they shall not be led astray-so that as the
| ages come and go we will have stronger
| and purer and more truly loyal American
| democracy-the very safeguard of the re-
| public.
Acting under the instructions of our
committee l have the honor, and PERSONAL
iy the great pleasure, of introducing to
you the chairman of this great meeting
VINO Is man of the people, a disciple of
Ihornas Jefferson. an American democrat
Joseph G. Sib!ey OF Pennsylvania"
Mr. Siblcy was given Il very warm greet
Ing. He said they had met to commence
rate the virtues of the men who had shown
such willingness to pour out their life blood
Tor the precious boon of freedom. The
day was intended to show that as the ath-
ers had made such sacrifices for freedom
1t was the duty CT the sons to be as willing
to make equal or greater sacrifices in be-
half of the heritage i1;rlIsted to them.
Asking what freedom was he launched into
an eloquent and powerful peroration on
the subject and was frequently Interrupted
by applause. Teen he proceeded 10 show
how the precepts that were handed down
by the founders of liberty were ignored or
forgotten by those whose duty it was TO
cherish and promote them. In whitening
sentences he described the continuance of
the outrases in Armenia which We're not
stopped because Christian Europe and free
America feared such action would injure
the value of Turkish bonds. and said the
cradle of liberty in this country rocked
on while Cuba suffered and fought against
tremendous cdds of tyranny.
Mr.. Si5ey was brief in his address. but
extremely effective. He was greeted with
great applause when he concluded.
Andrew \. LipsCOmD read the Dcclara-
ton of Independence in an impressive man
ner, at the conclusion of which Secretary
Mexican read the list of the officers of the
meeting, who were as follows:
Officers of the Meeting.
TIE officers of the meeting Were as fol-
lows: Temporary chairman Lawrence
Gardner; president. Joseph c. Sibley of
Pennsylvania; vice presidents, Stilson
Hutchins. James q. Berret. Jesse 3. VII
son, James l.. Norris. Dr. Charles A. AL
len. Edward W. Ayres. II. l.. Biscoe. James
w. Barker e V. Brookshire John Boyle.
Victor Boyer. Edward r. Buckley. Cotter
T. Bride j. Mcdowell Darlington. Chas. l..
Campbell. VIM. Mex. Clayton. John A.
Clarke John W. Drew. Henry Darling,
J. Carroll Digs. +. c. Daniel. Clinton Fun
hsh W. j. FriZzcii Robt. l. Fleming, Fred
Freund, VIM. y. Gordon. j. Holdsworth
Gordon, c. W. Howard. Frank Hume, Robt.
\. Harper. l.. G. Hire. VIM. f. Hoffman.
VIM. F. Homead. Chas. w. Handy. Cur
tbs j. Hllyer, o. r. Haliam. Edward Jor-
dan. j. Fred Kelley, George killeen, Hal
lett \i,boCTn. Blair Lee, Andrew \. Lips
comb. John 5. Miller, u. l. Murphy, II, -
Martin. W. Cranch Mcintyre, VIM Nc
NIulTt, JONI l. AbS ian -iIIlSoii ->dIiol, Ji-'
Washington Mailer. f. A. Newman, Jos.
X. Hickey. VI. b. Scanon. Q. Q. Stealey.
NJ. p. sullivan. DIR. thas 6. Stone, $. Mil
ford Spohn. Fhil. b Thompson, John ".
Williams. Jos. + Willard. Jesse H. Wit
taker and Jackson Yates; secretaries, Robt.
E. Mattingly. Z. J.. Anderson and X. e. l..
White.
Secretary Mexican then read a letter
from William Jennings Bryan.
| Letter From William Jennings bryan.
There was great applause when the fol-
lC wing letter from William Jennings Bry-
an, dated at Lincoln, Neb., June -, was
read. 1t was addressed to Mr.. Lawrence
ca rdner:
An engagement at Los Angeles, CAL"
wrote Mr. Bryan. will make it imgoss bic
for me to attend the Fourth of July celc-
Dration held under the auspices of the Ma
tional Association of Democratic Clubs. !
regard the commeInoration of the anniver-
sary of our national dependence day as
a duty, and trust that the Washington
meeting will be useful in stimulating those
present to renewed cXcrtionS to the END
that the independence achieved by our an
cestors may be preserved for posterity. Just
row there is special reason for soictude
lest a SerFt!c acquieScence i'll a for. ign
financial policy may rob us OF the sub
stance OF political freedom and leave us in
the shadow
AT the name of Bryan tie audience broke
loose In this the gathering was a study
all the way through. Probably not more
than 80 Persons present had a right to
cast vote or exercise any of the political
privileges of citizens. but every one was
carried away to greater extent by a
political declaration than by patriotic ut
tttance. The one was tumultuously the
other uproariously received. The mention
CT JcHersCn name merely inspired one or
two hand ciaps; the mere hint Of Bryan :
was signal for outbursts of enthusiasm.
When tbs noise had been ouelled Madam
lrN1I
Spanslcr Banner" Her splendid voice was
never heard to better advantage and sh,
never exercised her rare gift of Oppression:
TO better effect. The audience joined III
the chorus The fair Sonsstress was given
round after round of applause, and was
compelled 10 sing another verse.
General Duncan s. Walker. chairman OF
the committee on resolutions then came
forward. General Walker said that he de-
sired to explain that the resolutions con-
tanned no newly discovered political truths
but stated briefly these timc-honored pru-
ciples dear to every democratic heart enliri-
ciated by Thomas Jefferson, the founder
of American democracy, formulated by
many demo cratic conventions and applied
TO the issues Of the times by that most
honest. me st able and most eIoauent OF
the living disciples of the author of the
Declaration of Independence, William Jen-
nings Bryan
The audience simply went wild again at
this tribute to By
Lengthy Re solutions Adopted.
Al the conclusion of Senator Daniels era
ton. and after the tumultuous applause
which greeted it had subsidized, Gen. Duncan
:. Walker came forward and read res olu-
lions which had been prepared for presen-
tation. They recited that the democratic
clubs and citizens assembled, a. the cap
ital of the United States, TO honor the
birthday of the republic and the living
principles embodied in the Decia ra lion of
Independence deemed the occasion fitting
to recUr to the uniform Endorsement CT
those immortal truths by every democratic
national convention from the first al Bal
timore to the last at Chicago in 1896, and
to declare in the very words of the Balti-
more convention THAT the American de-
mocracy place their trust in the intelli-
gence, the patriotism and discriminating
justice of the American people. That we
regard this distinctive feature OF our
political creed, which are proud to main
Ia before the world as the great moral
element in a form of government springing
from and upheld by The popular will and
we contrast ii with the creed and practice
of federalism, under whatever name or
form, which seeks to play the Will of the
constituent and which conceives no imnos-
ture TOO monStrouS for the popular credu-
iJy."