The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-07-05
TAMMANY HALL
Celebrated the 4th by fListening
TO Some Noted Orators.

ina more excursion boats running than
u any previous Independence day and |
therefore, the police and fire departments |
expected to- have more than their usual |
roubles.
Tammauy hau celebrated with formal |
Exercises ia the wlgwam Joseph J. |
Wiliett, president Of the Alabama Bar as
ISOLATION, made the Grafton Of the day.
Fellow Citizens
II Is fortunate fof us and for our coun-
try that we assemble upon this day alt
over this broad land and again deiioat.
and our country TO the causes
of liberty and independence. We thereby
replenish the lamps Of patriotism with OIL
by which the flames burn steadily theI
rema nder OF the year. ] know Of no one
having IN rc oc'a ION of greater right
to celebrate this d7y than a follower oil
thar Wrrlas Greatest Democrat who
pen1ed the famous Declaration which
made thfs day immortal In this meet
ing 10 do honor TO the day We DO honor
70 the man ant to the principals repre-
scented. Nor 90 1 Rsew any organization
of Democrats having better right 10
celebrate this day than Tammany Hall
which has for a century and a quarter
burning and during that time has never
failed to assemble ana read tie Declara-
uon of Independence on the 5irthday of
our independence it affords mo genuine
pleasure TO meet you end to acknowledge
the debt Of gratitude the South has al
ways felt to the democracy Of New York
and especially to Tammany Hail for It's
friendship and help when the Republican
Party sought to annihnate i ana crush
Il with Force Bills
our party has been buried by its enc
mics many times. but like Antacus Of cio
&C rises from defeat each time stronge'
than before No party could do this that
did not deserve to live or that did not
advocate principals which found lDds
ment and sanction deep down IA the IA.
man heart Il Is when chastane6 by de.
feat that we put .or'h our besL efforts
and win our greatest victories This Z.
because we are then nearer The greai
heart OF the people than when we are IL
power and IN the flush of victory. Oul
enemies sometime staunt us wl.n the fac
that we lack conference. and when in Dow
er we split dp and begin 10 hshJ amoni
ourselves, whereas they always presen
"a solid front. There Is some trith n ihi
accusation. but It IS easily explained
The Democratic party Is a national party
the only national party. It knows n,
East no West no North and no South
ard in framing tariff laws and othe
measures il consults the interests of O.,
cry part OF our common country. Thi
necessarily brings about more or less con
tention and strife, where as the Repub
| fr. fro q a.
laws 10 suit only those who contribute,
TO 10 the campaign fund, and there Is on,
third OF our great country south OF thl
Potomac with twenty-five millions o.
people for which the republican party
neither cares or legislates exsept 10 leg
SLATE adversely. Unity and coherence arr
not hard TO accomplish under thelS ci
| cumatances Thank God that we do no
| belong to a party which consu'ts oul!
| the campaign contrlbuers IN framing
the laws. and Ignors and treatsun justl,
ono third of our great country. Their
ls nothing about our party we are proud
er OF than Us broad nationality and ab
seuce Of secuonallzm theEeih.
Right here ] viii state our party has NJ
crusade or unholy war 10 make agalns
| wealth Nor have we any desire 10 bull,
up a party Of sanculoues: In many see
tious of our country, notably In my OWL
me men OF wealth IN nearly every in
stance are democrats and We have no
idea or thought OF driving these men
from the party or excluding them from
party councils We would that al men
we're democrats. and we welcome the rich
and the poor An that we ins.t upon Ia
that tho wealthy and the poor should be-
treated with even justice. and stand equal
before The law: but because one man Is
ruch gives him no right TO think for the
many and 90 write laws for them. Wa
must Doe pordoned II we do not always
agree with our rich men, and events
sometimes proves that We are right and
they are wrong II has only been a few
years when those OF us who did not be-
lieve in high tarin laws. or that lie for
eigner paid the duty. or that you could
make a people rich and prosperous by
taxing them were designated by our rich
manufacturer with the gentle names OF
docuina.re, fool aud idoiL. Notwith'tand-
.ug our vehement protests and warnings
am Infamous tariff law has been caused
bv them to o. enacted which they had
purchased before the election by cam
paign contributions and which breeds an
annual deficit OF millions OF dollars and
unumerable trusts al home. and constant
retaliation abroad. within two years
thereafter we have the walls OF Carnegis
Havemeyer and other manufacturers,
praying the Democratic party TO deliver
them from the body of that death which
they had deliberately fastened upon them
selves and the people OF the United
stats
1 know OF no more striking NlustTation
of their utterable folly than IA ms own
state OF Alabama where there IS a high
duty on pig iron 10 protect the Ameri-
can manufactures against European
competition. while the Alabama furnaces
are exporting ana selling more than 50
per cent OF their output in the open mar
kets OF Europe, and have been for sever
al years
A great duty conffonts u.s. that os
driving from power the party which con-
amptuousy ignores the rights OF Ihe
great mass of people and makes laws for
the favored few And 10 win this victory
AN that rs necessary is that we should
come together in the old time sorit on
mutual concessions and toleration for
eacn others views; when we stand thus
shoulder 20 shoulder and our Republican,
enemy gives us battle we usually lsavsI
him very much In the condition NJ thossI
spanards who went up against Dewey 81
guns al Manila and schleys at Santiago.
But 10 get together with the old time
spirit and with the old time enhus asm
wet mus fight the coming campaign onI
living issues. The American people are
as -,uetIfufaH whether hann1v or nm