The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-05

tons in Kentucky and Tennessee that
was interesting. lie said that his inspira-
ton today was the fact that the Union
and Confederate soldiers were there to-
gether 70 celebrate. He created a laugh
By pointing out ex-Chief of Police VII
liam Campbell as one Of the Confederates
he helped to capture. He was making q
good speech, but his memory Of the bat
ties Of the rebellion got the best OF him
and he gave strong intimation of his
political belief and threw a wet blanket
over a portion Of his audience by CIV
ing it az his opinion that a very large
per cent Of foreigners landed on these
shores would never make good American
and limiting right straight that the Cath
Ole church did not favor our system of
government. It was not the intention OF
the managers of the affair to have any
thing of this kind said, but the speaker
was not one OF those who had learned to
use language for the purpose Of conceal
ing his sentiments.
J. Il. Shields was. introduced as the
Confederate soldier who would make the
next speech. There was a good many
people there who had never heard a Con-
federate soldier make Fourth OF July
speech and they crowded around the
stand like sardines in a box to hear what
he would say. He manipulated the Con-
Tolerate hosts in fine style and took them
off the field with flying colors. He won
the sympathy Of his audience from the
very start and people said it was a good
speech. He said, to people who would
ask Of his religion or politics he would
say ask another day. Now he was just a
plain American citizen and proud Of It.
He said he had been told that he had
given the best four years OF his young
manhood to destroy the best government
on earth, but he was there to deny that
he ever fought TO destroy this govern
ment, he just fought to establish another.
He had failed and now he was glad of it
because he believed that It was best as 1t
IS. His idea that the soldiers OF the Con-
federacy were not fighting to destroy
this government was something new to
most Of the people present He said the
soldiers Of the south at that time did
not care for this government. They were
letting the other fellows take care of It
while they were trying to take care Of
their own government. He thought the
Declaration Of Independence had more
far reaching influence on the world for
good than any other political document
ever issued. He read from slips the splen-
did tribute OF DR.. Taylor Of the instru-
ment and then commented on the tardi-
ness Of some Of the states in signing it.
He believed that when the continental
army was first mustered they never had
any idea Of independence, but a form of
something like that Of Can
ada, under the protection of another
country. Captain Shields was cheered
when he closed his remarks.
Mr.. ]. n Knapp was called for an
apology for not speaking IN the fore
noon. He did not have to apologize. he
said and made a nice little speech. for
which he was loudly applauded John
Fisher was called and made one Of his
speeches which pleased the
crowd. The speeches were sandwiched in
between music and Rotations by Miss
Lulu Dalzen, Miss Winnie Lane,
Adolph Wendell, Vaneta Tucker, verna
Springate, Mrs. Lena Fuller, Miss Estella
Burke, Florence Wnhoit and Mrs. Cope
land Some of these Rotations We're
simply grand, but lack of space to men
ton them ell IS a sufficient reason for
letting the people woh heard them speak
Of their merits.