The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-27


the State to measure out the appropriations
Of this great city. to fix its local tax rate or
been given to Under sns T
IT was the scandals aud misgovernment
Of the past which placed in our State Con-
are now n part Of our fundamental law and
Of whose wisdom there is no controversy, 4
Public opinion under these conditions IN
rostrnm, brings about correction OF evils
which the old laws were powerless to reach.
The Mayor Of this city i az potent in meters ,h
State. and wrong indeed must he be il The
LesgTslatnre shall render nueatoIy the veto y",o
hay BEEN me oowed BY pe aorrsspondns
tralizaton OF power in both tho state and
affairs The result has been that govern
ment has become more perfect. more re-
spon1ble and more responsive to the wishes
of the people.
which hive followed il the go years which Gn,i
charter was granted to the earlier settlers, Of
this town, and we do well at this time to cel"-
brate IN an appropriate manner the successes
early burghers for rights which led ultimately
To that freedom OF action and liberty OF con.
science which is the bn,ii and b sptmsth 81
citizens in the future. ~ II has been the object
in the past. to so delnonttrate and carry on
the functions of trade that New York city
the end that our Commonwealth may main
tain its title as the Empire state.
should be no policy given the effect and force
of law which would in any way interfere
with your future progress and growth. IL
action OF alt There should be no discrimina-
ton. no desire to benefit one part Of TIE
state ut the expense of the other. and The
same laws which govern the people OF the
rural portions should guide and control
the actions of these. our cities. Let us hope
may have q still greater advance. an up-
building which is the creation OF intelii,,
forbearance and respect for the rights OF
all which in the past has insured content
lpent aud which will surely bring to is in
the, future IN" c"nsmnmntion OF the hopes
and desires Of II patriotic people.
Justice Gray next discussed the safe
guarding powers Of the Court Of Appeals
The Rev. DR.. H. Pereira Mendes followed
him. saying in part
LESSON FROM THE IMMIGRANT JEWS.
At "a moment like this, when we stand at
ing of what the finger OF God is writing. The
responsibilities that result from our having
been guided here by the hand OF God rest
tected by the arm Of God
by the hand of of" Cod Io il order thai He nav
tender to this great nation tho lessons OF his
own history, the experience OF his own past.
united states governed by their chief mag
istrates. the Judges This, in hose dis
tant days when the plains of Troy first ,trem,,
Hellas and inspired the bards OF Sparta.
His praise and his psalms were clothed in
words OF inspiration which since have taught
but God in human lie
II the jew showed the first republic ests b.
lished in the world, it was to declare that
for the people and by the people. but IT IS
for the furtherance of the cause of God.
If he showed what a monarchy meant. II was
to show that any form OF government must
fail unless it be founded upon righteousness:
Needing the lessons, the outstretched arm OF
land: Having that protection. what shall
We fear? Shall we fear any OF the crises
that have come TO this countty.whsn ne
nation was split between. North and south.
or when. as to-day, capital and labor seem
To be nrminR for the fray? No! SO long
as God is in the hearts Of the leaders OF this
country. 50 long as we understand that the
government Is framed was Iounded. upon
righteousness; 80 long as We hold the same
Puritan fathers as they came hither, CARRYING
with them their Bibles. ms these first Hebrews
came, carrying with them their sacred scrolls,
nation, ' is secure , Nor for $50 yenrs shall
they endure. but for ten times, yea, for ten
times teA:j0 years.
The band played America, Archbishop
Farley pronounced the Denedlction ana
the inside show was over.
PICTURE SHOWS IN THE PARKS.
In the evening there were band concerts
and stereopticon views in the parks While
the Sixty-ninth Regiment Band played MIR
Dooley" and other classics by the City
Hall steps. 1900 people jammed City Hall
Park to see pictures thrown on a screen
suspended from the balcony. The modern
pictures were of the moving" variety.
A little girl puzzled her mother nightly
by asking why Peter Stuyvesant in HIS
picture didn't move too, but was finally
satisfied with the answer that the gentle
man IL dead"
Most of the crowd was less interested
in the First Ferry to Brooklyn and the
Three City Halls" than the police parade
in the figures Of which some thought they
recognized friends.
Maria Poehorus Of go Conover street,
Brooklyn, tainted in the crush. and had to
be carried into the City Hail station. Mar
garet O'Brien of 1915 Third avenue. took
her seventy ive-dollar ring off her finger
and put it in her handbag for safe keeping
open and empty after the pictures we're
over.
About one hundred views were shown
at each of the eight exhibitions through
out the greater city. Supervisor Leipziger
of the city's, public lecture system. who
tainment watched the stereoptieon from
a truck in Manhattan Square, There the
show was held under difficulties, owing
first to there being no stereopticon platform
because of the building strike, and second,
because the band failed to appear But
about 5000 people stood to watch the pict-
urps, which were thrown on a screen sus-
pended on a ride wall Of the Museum of
Natural History.
Tonight at 8 o'clock there are to be
band concerts and stereopticon exhibitions
in Hamilton Fish Park at Amsterdam
avenue and le2d street, and in Abingdon
SQUARE Park in this borough; in Red Hook
and Saratoga parks Brooklyn; at Port
Richmond in Richmond Borough; in Long
island City. Queens borough. and al Central
bridge in the Bronx. Tomorrow evening
and on Friday evening there are to be
similar entertainments in other parks.
CONGRATULATIONS.
These congratulatory kilograms were re-
ceiyed by the Mayor and acknowledged:
Manor Of Ee,c York.
4" Tie Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Coun cillors
Hed ber to offer to the Mayor. Council and
ITEMS of the city Of New York their heartiest
CON 11rntula tons on the 25Oth Anniversary of
the incorporation Of their illustrious city
~ EDWIN GRAY
Lord Mayor OF York
Manor OF Ner York
Rritian and ireland cordially con grn tulate
noration' CONNIE. President l,ondon