The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-05

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New York, July 4-Tamnany Hall
celebrated independence day, as GUS
tomary, at the Fourteenth street wig
wan. The gathering was remarkable
for its unexpected features. There was
a dearth of prominent men, ex-Presi-
| dent Cleveland, ex-senator David 3.
Hill. the Hon. William ]. Bryan and
ex-senator Murphy failing TO make
acknowledgment of the invitation to
attend.
| Ex-Governor Hogg Of Texas created
a sensation by the manner in which he
introduced the name of William j..
Bryan and the Chicago platform TO the
meeting, the mention OF Mr.. Bryan's
name being received with tremendous
applause, which was long continued.
The boom that was launched for
Augustus Van Wyck had a. very in
| different reception.
1t had been arranged that Congress-
man James D. Richardson of Tennes-.
see should speak, but he was unable to-
attend and Governor Hogg was asked
to speak. When Governor HOgS arose
he received a hearty welcome, and he
| INDUCED in a few remarks that seemed
to please the Tammany men immensely
After a few moments. which he used
in outlining the well-establiShed and
time-worn principles of Democracy,
Governor HOgg began a phillippic
which set the house in an uproar. The
applause began when he asserted that
next year the Democratic party would.
declare for the free and unlimited coin
age of silver at the ratio of 16 TO l.
Men who had appeared 10 be half
asleep woke up with a start and joined
in the applause. When the speaker
promised a plank in the platform of
next year in which Imperialism would
be denounced, the applause broke forth
s2ew. 1t was very evident that these
utterances were not only astounding TO
Tammany leaders, but displeasins<, and
disple assure became more apparent when
the speaker in his speech exclaimed:
Wild at Mention of Bryan.
I'm this great contest We want the aid
of united Tammany-the'g greatest local
political organization on earth We
want you to close up ranks, to settle
your local differences if they exist, and
TO go arm in arm with the Stalwart
breadwinners OF the south and west to
victory next year. under the leadership
of the chivalrOuS. the dauntleSS. the
matchIess great American, William ].
Bryan
AS the last words fell from the lips of
the speaker the audience was carried
applause. Cheer after cheer arose. and
what had started out as Tammany
love feast became a bowling silver dem
onStration-
The other speeches of the day were
in keeping with the Tammany princi-
pies Joseph ]. Willett of Alabama and
State Senator Thomas f. Grady, Tam
many's star orator, made two of the
best speeches. the latter making an
attack upon the civil service system,
which aroused his hearers to great en-
thusiasm-
In the course of his speech, Mr.. Will
lett launched the presidential boom for
Judge Augustus Van Wyck. He de-
clared that it was Judge Van Wyck
who inaugurated the movement against
trusts He said that the southern peO-
pie are all for Van Wyck. Mr.. Willett
also said:
Roast For Alger.
81 see that man Alger is running for
senator from Michigan on an antitrust
platform. Is it that rich Alger, the
friend of Mark Hanna, of Armour. or
Eagan. running on an antitrust plat
form2"
Mr.. Willett then told story of a
southern negro who was fooled into
selling his masters farm for $3.50, and
added:
Won't the people of Michigan be
lifted out of everything they own IL
they left Alger play the game on
them?"
Mr.. Willett's reference to Judge Au-
gustus Van Wyck and his remarks
about the trusts were the occasion of
outbursts of cheering by his audience.
Mr. Willett was followed by ex-Con-
gresham Asher c. Carruth of Ken
lucky. Among the other speakers We're
James D. Richardson of Tennessee.
ManI- nf RuffalO Thomas
F. Grady of this city. James w. Ridge
way of Brooklyn, William E Gouley of
New Jersey, A. CASTOR of PennSyl-
vania and Cevey Holman of Maine.
Croker Sends Congratulation.
The following cable dispatch from
Richard Croker, who is in London, was
read:
Congratulations on the glorious
Fourth the day we celebrate. My
heart is with you always. Let us re-
joice over the coming triumph of De-
and the peoples rights
General Joseph Wheeler regretted his
absence from the Tammany celebration
in the following letter:
Il regret very much that / cannot be
present at the anniversary of your So
ciety, whose existence is co-equal with
that of our government When your
ancient society was formed we were the
SliuSSiiiS anu do lCSehAU bS
the world, weak nation. We now stand
among the first of the powers of the
world, and we can truly say that this
young nation. whose existence COM
menced little more than a century ago,
has exercised an influence in the cause
OF civilization. progress and humanity,
such as has not been done by any other
nation since the beginning of the his
tory of man."
New York, July 4.-Ex-Congressman
Asher G. Carruth. who spoke at the
Tammany celebration. said tonight:
The remarks of Ex-Governor Hogg
Of Texas electrified the audience, and
the enthusiasm accorded him satisfies
me beyond a doubt that the rank and
ile of Tammany hall are practically
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