Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-04
Spellbinders Help Sachems and Braves
to Celebrate the Day.
EX-RBPRESENTATIVEC ECARUTH'SSPBECH
Oemocracy's Cardinal Principles Are
the Chicago Platform.
A THRUST AT THE TRUSTS

conditions, with much noise, merrymaklng,
a profusion of flags and excursions and
sports of all kinds. 1t was stated that
there were more fireworks sold and more
excursion boats running than on any pre-
vious Independence day, and, therefore,
the police and fire departments expected
to have more than their usual troubles.
Tammany Hall celebrated with formal
exercises in the wigwam. Among the
speakers We're Joseph Willett president of
the Alabama Bar Association ex-Represan-
tative Asher G. Caruth James d. Richard
son of Tennessee, Norman E. Mack of
Buffalo, Thomas F. Grady of this city
James W. Ridgway of Brooklyn, VIM. E.
Gourley Of New Jersey, A. CASTOR of Penn
sylvania and c. Ney Holman of Maine.
There was the usual musical program by
the Goth Regiment Band and the Tammany
Hall Glee Club
Croker Cables COngratuiations.
The following cable dispatch from Rich
ard Croker who is in London, was read:
Congratulations the glorious Fourth,
the day We celebrate. My heart is with you
always. Let us rejoice over the coming
triumph of democracy and the peoples
rights.
"(Signed) RICHARD CROKER
Ex-RepresentatIve Caruth's Speech.
After speaking of the day then being cele-
brated throughout the Union and the les
sons taught by the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, Mr.. Caruth announced his al
legiance to the principles of that great doc
ument, the Charter of American Liberty,
and sounded note of warning against any
departure from the theories of government
therein contained. Proud as he was of the
glorious achievements of our army and
navy, he would think that those victories
were dearly purchased if they had to be
paid for by departure from the funda-
mental ideas on which the Union has been
formed and had grown so great and mighty.
He thought the doctrine of human liberty
announced in the Declaration which Jeffer-
son wrote and Adams advocated intended
for all time, and he stood ready to say with
the latter, Sink or swim, live or. Die sur
vive or perish, l am for the Declaration.
1t is my living sentiment, and by the bless
ing of God, it shall be my dying sentiment,
Independence now, and independence for
ever"
He announced his adherence to the theory
of the Monroe doctrine and his opposition
to Imperialism. In speaking of the terri
tory acquired under the treaty of Paris he
expressed regret at the acquisition of the
Philippines, but trusted that when the flag
hoated In peace over these possessions we
would with wise craftsmanship regulate
the affairs in those far-away isles of the
Pacific so that the people would be learned
be intrusted with the management of their
own affairs. Coming down to and speaking
of the issue of the campaign of 1900 Mr..
Caruth said:
The Defeat in 1896.
Eighteen hundred and ninety-six lies in
our re$ar; 1900 is In front of u.s. 1t is use
less for us to talk Of the causes of the de-
feat in 1896. We know that we cast nearly
one million more democratic votes than
We're ever given to our candidates for Presi-
dent before, and yet we lost. Everything
that human ingenuity could contrive, every
expedient which desperation could suggest,
We're used in order to corrupt the franchise
and to secure the presidency of the repub-
lie. 1t Is not necessary to particularize but
the 'Votingest people in the Union seemed
to live in Ohio, where one out of every three
OF the population was a voter in 1896, a
proportion startling, previously unheard of
and grossly untrue. Take old Kentucky
my state, which gave Bryan in 1896 217 900
votes to 1fo,oD1 votes given Cleveland in
1892, an increase of ~. 900. and yet in 1892.
we carried the state by 10000 and lost it
by 2Sl in 1896. 1t was the desperate effort
on the part of the moneyed and corporate
powers of this country ITO accomplish the
defeat of the will of the people by false
clamor, and, failing in that, by a false
count. But 1896 lies in the past and no
regret, repentance or repining' can bring
~ biSh d5dill.
Let US cease to lament for that we can
not help,
And study help for that which we lament
Nineteen hundred is before us. and TO
that year we must turn for succor
The Issue in 1900.
We cannot, men of Tammany. expect
that o'ooo,oVo votes of this country will ig-
more the principles for which they cast their
slIffrageS bnp
Although defeat came to them, democrats
over this country believe or at least ma
Jority Of them believe, and democracy is
but the will of the majority that the plat
form laid down in Chicago in 1896 states the
cardinal doctrines of the democratic faith
and on that platform they propose to fight
the battle of 1900. Although you may not
be in thorough accord with the principles
or faith therein enumerated, those principles
are so far better and so much more prefer
able to those of the republican party that l
believe the people will rally around our
standard and carry it to triumphant VIC
tory.
The Trusts and Protection.
But there is one issue,' said Mr. Caruth,
which has become more permanent in the
years that have gone since 1896 than it was
when the great popular convention assem-
bed at Chicago and constructed the demo-
cratic platform, and upon that subject we
must speak with no uncertain voice in 1900
The evil of which we complain is the
natural offspring of the miscaled American
policy of the republican party. The evil is
upon US because, as nation we have been
false to the principles of equality proclaimed
in the Declaration of Independence 1t is
because we have not given equal rights to
all men and exclusive privileges to no man.
we fostered manufacturers and encouraged
infant Industries until, warmed into life
and strength, they have turned to strike
with their poisonous stings the generous
bosom which nourished them. All through
a life co-extensive with the life of the re-
public, democracy has sounded warning
to the people, yet inch by inch, step by
STEP the so-called doctrine of protection
has advanced. Its advocates won their way
by fnsidious pleas and false representations
but now, conscious of strength, they boldly
throw off the mask and demand protection
for protectors sake
"On the floor of the House of Representa-
tives of the United States, in the session at
which both the Mckinley tariff bill and the
antitrust measure were passed, 1 heard
Representative VIM. l.. Wilson, a demo-
cratic leader. a thoughtful and scholarly
student of public affairs, warn the country
that the Mckinley bill would be breeder