Evening journal., 1901-06-25

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"What the Ell do we careg
To the strains Of this inspiring song The
Liars Club OF the State of Delaware met
the other evening TO devise plans of en-
tcrtainment for The LIARS Club, of Phila-
delphia. which. according to the news re-
port is TO visit this fair city IA the near
future.
Tha. much interest had been aroused by
tho announcement was evident from the
large attendance. IL is a rare occurrence
that two bodies having for its membership
persons so distinguished meet I'm joint
solemn conclave. The rumor ,hat the
visiting club proposed to bring along
Mayor Ashbrldge ass IT'S CHIEF attraction,
caused the members Of the local ofganiza-
ton 70 grin broadly at the Thought Of his
discontinue when brought into contrast
with the man from Claymont
When reporter for the Evening Journal
Appealed, something of a wranglc WIS I'm
progress. owing ITO difficulty IN assign
inC he stage seats for the convocation.
The matter finally was adjusted by allot-
Ing the places To those who had received
the $50 degree. Those favored were
Ewing Layton, Barnard. Alice, Groves.
Abbott Baynard and Marshall Press
tickets were given to the editors of The
SUM- Republican, Sentinel Union Rcpub-
llcan and Chronicle.
Tho assonblage then rose and sans the
following song, composed for the occasion:
How sweet It is TO gather
Before the nights repose
10 brag and lie and blathur
To strut and swell and pose:
To swap ombellishcd falsehoods,
Evadc the grasp Of truth,
And in our ways of darkness
To educate our youth
How sweet it is to wrange
And only to agree
ON things that never happened,
ON things that cannot be.
Oh. when we meet our brothers
Ven feel no onvious pang;
Won back our noble leaders
'Gainst Ashbridge and his gaugl
There was something of a stir when
John Edward O'sullvan arose TO speak.
All knew that they should have taste
.ot the true quality, but they were doomed
to disappointment since anyone can see
that the following remarks cannot com
pare with many Of the public utterances
.of that gentleman. lie said i'm part:
1--WE are here to uphold the honor Of
our little State; we have become famous
for oar peaches and our politics. We are
to have the honor OF entertaining club
composed OF some of the greatest liars in
the city OF Philadelphia. What greater
honor could be ours? These people come
to us 20 learn TO sit at our feet and ac-
ga re- il may be, our SKILL Ii Is for us
to Instruct them and to perform feats
which shall show the possibilities OF our
powers. I shall address them somewhat
as follows.
Gentlemen: You are doubtless aware
that am the proud possessor of a record
never duplicated in American politics. so
famous have / become that my name is
a hougehold word from Canada to Mexico
The leading journals Of this country have
used barrels Of Ink in ouogy of my career
and character. Recently two popular
magazines have devoted large space Ia
me. Why all this publicity? Because
have cndeavored to redeem the state from
misrule. The people demanded my lead.
ership' I shrank from IL, as ] have d
shrinking nature They said that ms
record on an great public questions, wa.
such as to demand my leadership finall,
accepted on the condition that we wer,
10 have absolutely clean politics. re-
FUSED TO allow "a dollar to be spent to de.
haucn voters. ] made no promises re.
garding the offices to be filled. but AWAY.
declared that the best men should be Sc
lccted. AT various times men offered 4,
support me without favor. but I was ser