The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-05
Clouds 9 Appearing on
Political al Horizon. He
Declares.
CONFLICT BETWEEN
CAPITAL AND LABOR.
Habit Of Living Too Fast Making
This a Nation Of Gamblers
and Thieves concentra-
ton of Wealth An
other Danger to
Peace.
tBy Associated Press,

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(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, July 4.-The Tammanv
3society's annual Fourth Of July t,elebra-
tion, in front OF the Wlgwam In Eo,,r. /
teenth Street. constituted about the only
public exercises In Observance OF tha
Fourth in Manhattan. The chief speak
ers Of the Tanmany programme were
Governor Robert B. Glenn, OF North Car
u.'ie' " ana Lieutenant Governor Jared
(. Sanders. Of louisiana. Goyernor
Glenn said: A. q $3.50
! esteem 1T both an honor and q pleas
uro to meet and greet you to-day. ana
! appreciate. more than mere words
can express. the invitation to your Wig
wan to make and address to the warriors
or your tribe. That you have made mis-
takes, none will deny; that you have ],
elevated to office and put into positions Z
or trust, some who have been untrue to
their oaths, unworthy OF your order. and
menace to society and good govern
ment. YOU yourselves will admit but
while this Is true under the leadership
or such sachems as Daniel Tompi1ins,
the great John Kelly, Richard Croker,
sheehan. Hurphy and others with few
Interruptions. you have controlled, direct
.SA hA0p 6OFcIItu2lG 2lGSoeF ana greater NOW
York. until to-day It has in wonders.
wealth. and power. out-st1pped
every city under the sun. and stands,
4 not In numbers, but in progress and
achievement, first OF all.
Political Clouds. 5s
The subject you have assigned mo to- I
day. Our Country, Is vast and unlimited.
Our past. telling OF victories and achieves
ments. can be studied and read in story
and history. Our present stands as the
fruits Of the creative minds OF our great
But with these smighty-achleve-
ments and grand results. there are forces
to-day at work that, unless checked. y
will destroy our nation and bring shame
and disgrace on our wonderful people
Political clouds, now no longer, per-
thaps. than ones hand. are arising on tile q
political horizon. First is the conflict be-
tween capital and labor. Another great
danger Is the concentration OF all wealth
in the hands Of a few. the few controlling
the many. third danger is. we are liv-y
Ing too fast, both as nation and as indi-
viduals. 1t Is making us a nation Of gam
blers and thieves. Let us right about
face. Honesty Is the BEST policy, and We 4
can live within our means and still be Z
happy. ffs q
One moro danger, and this Is the dah-
ger OF the great cities-unrest, anxiety.
never ending ceaseess strain on body N
mind and soul. No time for Sunday and
rest Vice stalking abroad in the day
and shame without fear walking at night.
For all these evils there is q great and
mighty remedy. the message OF Christ,
the King: AS ye would that men should
DO unto YOU. do ye also to them like
wise E, 5{ SEys
The Land Of Dixie.
But there Is one section OF this fafr
land. much talked about. little under
stood and often misrepresente ted, and that
section Is the land Of buckwh heat cakes
and Indian batter, Dixie Land. our own
sunny South, your South well 1, =
mine. glorious section OF this grand
country.
Governor Glenn reviewed the history
of the South lndustrially through the
ante-bellum days and tho Civil War. ana 4
during the period Of reconstruction, or
the latter, he said, 1t was worse than the
war because Of the enfranchlsed negro's
being made tool of the vicious carpet
bagger. The progress In cotton raising
and agriculture was extensively covered
by the Governor with the accompanying
subject of slave labor. Tho history Of
his State in tho War of the Revolution
and In the Spanish war, was reviewed BY
Governor Glenn who, In conclusion said: K
Come to the Old North State and see
us. and YOU will find the latch string will
hang on the outside of our homes and our
hearts, and every Tammany brave viii
have a worm and cordial welcome, and
We will give him hog and hominy, buck
wheat cakes. and Indian batter and
smoke with him the pipe of peace"
Letter From Parker.
A letter from Alton B. Parker, former
Democratic candidate for President, In
which he advocated the divorce OF busi.
ness and politics. was read.
Judge Parker's letter was In part as
follows: l,&
Because greed, left to run riot. has
produced some bad conditions in cities
and In great corporations, we are advised
to run headlong into municipal or gov
ernment ownership and operation. This
policy Ia advocated In spite of the fact
that, In other countries. and In the sur
roundings far more favorable for these
experiments than our own, they have uni
formly interfered with development and
curbed Initiative, The only alternative
thus presented for the curhing OF greed
Is that OF rushing wildly into all the perlls
OF over-goVernment.
"It Is thus made Incumbent upon US to
recognize, In the first place, that as tho
dangers which confront us are now, they
require nothing but the old respect for
law. demand for its rigid execution, and
n recognition OF those doctrines and prac-
tices which fix unalterably the limits OF
right and wrong, We do not need to
look for new cures for Tho old diseases;
we have only to apply the old remedies
In drastic doses
'.Eoiiowing tho recognition OF this fact
comes tho necessity for tho divorce OF
business and politics. Sunlon which
has been so long continued and so fertile
In evil progeny that the process OF sepa-
ration will be long and difficult. The
Democratic party must do all that lies
in its power TO promote an end so auspi- Is
cious Only In this way can 1t give new
In haA fv,ri trlnu totn