New-York tribune., 1903-03-14
NEGRO MAY GET POWER.
DIR. Lor1mer Asserts There Nay BE
Lilly White" Party in North.
ADDRESSES pATR1A CLUB.

! At a meeting of the Patria Club held at the
Hotel Savoy, last night after the annual election
! of officers the Rev DR.. George c. Lormer, pastor
! of the Madison Avenue Baptist Church, delivered
an address Liberty In America" Many mem
| bers of the club and their guests present.
| The annual report shows that the club now con-
| ststs of 165 active and honorary members, The
| club was organized in 1891. The objects are 10
awaken more positive interest In an honest and
patriotic administration of public affairs, and to
stimulate ard foster the spirit of patriotism Six
| stated meetings are held each year.
i Jacob F. Miller. president of the club presided
| at the meeting Frank c. Loveand introduced
| DR.. Lorimer who said in part:
Liberty in its true sense be conveyed by
| an act OF Parliament or government. Our fathers
were not waging war against England, but against
| its government. Our constitution gives liberty in
an s organized form; Government may. be compared
the blood bio h The b9ay has brain and it Gontr9hs
waste, and furnishes the new: All power should
e1s proceed ! from the people, and the name OF God
than in the constitution where it has been said it
machine % a0d fe bo m to
bear his part in purifying is unloyal to his State
but When nixed T ome PaTr m
GATES exPosves Liberty with edpfa1n f aF6
anarchy and crime is disastrous.
protecting the people The large interests are driv
Ing out the smaller 1 and the people TuF p
ings These large combinations may be right In
lawless movement exists all over the country:
The recent murder in Waterbury awful
aF9 T which d m is tEqe non as M
out out men tG Who Want T to Work supposng ' we form
Ge ueG can get man n He walks
down the street and receives various brick bats
not Be Knocked down " and Killed but p protected BY
!. Fy e fg9 IN tbs ss1s 6 fy Fs
party in the North as well as in the South The
proclamation signed by Abraham Lincoln gave gave
a Shfs g IS ts %
t5e ashg Of ths coed vos
you get the negro convinced that he has the
power from the political party to which he is allied
ko M M y z3 paaa W Peo4 @
come disgusted and vote the Democratic ticket
to what we are all anxious to avoid.Tace antag
SoInrv csm ps 1hf to D The
In closing his address DR.. Lorimer spoke of the
Cars proclamation said that the Greek Church
and the Roman Catholic Church have never spoken
a word for liberty, but that they may come to that
by and by.
The following officers were elected at the meet
ing: President A Walker Otis; first vice-president
James Talcott; second vice-president, Samuel P
Avery; third vice-president ]. Edgar Leaycraft
secretary, Edwin A. Jones; treasurer. George Chn-
ton Batcheller; members of the executive commit
tee until April, 1906. Jacob F. Miller, Louis
Stern and John A. Dutton; to serve until April
1905. Dr. George T. Stevens and Mrs Warren Hig-
ley ana 10 serve unIl Apfll. lSV4 JOih
Among those present were Wilmore ANYWAY and
Mrs. ANYWAY George C. Batcheler and Mrs
Batcheler. George R. Bishop. Charles H. Denison
and Mrs Denison. John A Dutton. Mrs Esther
j. Herman. Warren Hgley and Mrs. Hgley, Grace w
Houston Alexander j. Howe and Mrs. Howe, E A
Jones T. A. Lamb and Mrs. Lamb ]. Edgar Leay-
! craft and Mrs. Leaycraft, Frank c. Loveland
! Jacob F. Miller and Mrs. Miller. a. Walker OTIS
and Mrs. Otis. Miss Margaret P Pascal. Alfred B.
Prcie, Mrs. BENJAMIN E. Ramsdell. Mrs. + o.
Smedley A. H. Spencer and Mrs spencer James
| Talcott and Mrs Tacott. Mrs. Ralph Troutman
and Gardner Weatherbee and Mrs Weatherbee-