The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-05
VIGWAM CHEERS MCCLELLAN.
IITON II. PARKER CALLS SOCIAL
ISM PROJECTIONS CHILD.
GOV, Glenn OF North Carolina Snys That
We Are Living Too Fast and That Our
cities Are Perlis-C nsrcssnnn snlzer
convinced That the Senate Is the Peril.

cities Are Perils-COngrcssinn m snlZer
convinced That the senate Is the Peril.
Asa general custom in the speeches heard
=, Tammany' Fourth OF July celebration
local political matters are tabooed and the
n,tional ca gle screams uninterrupted. But
~ vesterday's festival Walter 8. Logan in
nrasentlng to the Tammany Society an
enerossed copy Of the Declaration of indie
nendence caused an extra flame OF per-
snlrat!on in the heated hall when he ex-
claimed casually:
.D.mocrats in this home OF Democracy,
Ia, us see to 1t that we are in the thiokest
~ the fight Democrats In this city OF
George B. Mcclellan, let us see to It that
We follow our leader no less valiantly than
ar fathers followed his father at Antietam"
The prolonged cheering which followed
the mention OF Mayor McCellans name
would probably have tempted some of the
,ocal speakers whoss names were on the
Ia. Of short takers" to break loose on the
coming municipal campaign had the chance
been given to them. There we're ten names
IN this list but "a the long talks" OF Gov.
Robert B. Glenn Of North Carolina and
Lieut. Gov Jared B. Sanders of Louisiana
we're extremely long the only one Of the ten
who got an opportunity to speak was Con-
gresham Billy Sulzer. And as he took
twenty minutes out Of the three minutes
allotted to him by the chairman to talk
about his pet hobby. the iniquities Of the
United States Senate. he had no time left
To rekinde the earlier enthusiasm Of the
audience.
The SiSty-ninth Regiment Band played
patriotic music e Tammany" was added to
this years repertoire and was encored three
tines, the Tammany Glee Club sang the
national songs its members learne d at school
and then. after the feast Of oratory, came
the feast Of other things from the tables
laid in the basement.
PARKER ON PROTECTION AND SOCIALISM.
Before the speaking began letters Of re-
rret were read. One of these was from
Alton B Parker, who wrote:
Because greed. left to run riot. has produced
Corporations. we are advised to run headlons
me municipal Or soysInIment oTGnersh99
and in surroundings far more favorable for
these experiments than our own. they have
1noJmy Win o,bsr wo1s o an9
Of greed is that Of flushing wildly into all tho
The fact that this inciplent stage Of social
ism finds advocacy ought not to excite sur
prise For nearly half century we have been
han aa'e ever BET Before tried We have thfown
greed, organized as i never was before.
into aGse the with pm one
dollar we have permitted small. exclusive.
saspns fsss to Put into their 9Mn p11Re1s
IN no rHra ear and eStorsonate pro6ts from
the whole body OF consumers of every calling
and employment. II is no cause for wonder
cIuson that no formal socialism could be
much more dangerous, or demoralizing than
the fiscal system, which. producing such re-
The demoralizing effect ~ this, system Is.
seem in the alliance. resulting and necessary
ss ss eve rd sp sh wa oR a
not to be surprised when we see manage
ment in some Of our great hdncary, lnstidi
selfish 1t is then realized that under the
workings Of this system. in which lobbying,
ssd arc on ns the UPON spf hs
q authority. OF the vicious practises in
Se Hnd he a" dSnsess ys us are
not new. they require nothing. but the old
respect for law. demand for its rigid exc
s and pr act which Ak unaltsrably the
limits Of right and wrong. We do not need
to look for new cures FOR the ola diseases +,
Following the recognition Of this fsct
the for the Sss nn
continued and so fertile in evil progeny
that the process of separation will be long
and dfticult
Gov. Glenn says we live too fast. Gov.
Glenn's robust oratory frequently drew
cheers from his audience. For half an
hour or more he compared the beginnings
Of this country with its achievements of
to-day. and. proceeding to dilate upon
the great future Of the American people.
forces at work which, unless checked.
will destroy our nation and bring shame
on our wonderful people," One Of these
forces he said, was the conflict between
capital and labor, and he urged the estab-
second danger he pointed out was. the
concentration of capital in the hands OF
must be protected" said Gov. Glenn at
The end Of this chapter, Combines and
when they crush the feeble and weak
and seek to control or destroy, then in
turn they must be controlled or destroyed
Then Gov. Glenn went on to say this:
IA, third danger is We are ilX1S too faWS
taxes so much money that our Congressman
do not seem to know what to do with it. and
ho, MOI content WIN HOIts' UtIslolISt
which all commend, they are sQuandering
the peoples money in paying out unfair
pensions 70 men who never smet gunpowder
or heard Of battle. They are also sguandcr-
iRe II in opening up harbors and rivers
through which an old bark canoe could not
run, much less vessel. and IT ia now high
tine 70 call halt and TAX" an inventory and
Ifsasry. on H"S so oaf !s In private life we
also I've too fast, We are trying too hard 10
our means II ia making us a nation Of
gamblers and thieves, and then. when in spite
ni our short cuts we fail to make ends meet.
u ends in suicide, disgrace. shame and often
In tishonor and the penitentary, Let us call
q halt Let liz right about face. Honesty
Is the best policy. and We can live within or
means and still be happy
One more danger and this is the danger Of
ne great cities. Once NJ de TocQueville OF
france. and later the Hon, James Bryce Of Eng.
Iand Visited our country, and they declared
our cities were the greatest perils to our
kepphlc. In the country they found God,
sunday day of rest, the people happy and
coh'Nn'ed N our tiles. unrest. an 1iety.
never ending. ceaseless strain on body.
mlEd and soul No tim" for Sunday and rest.
nod not in the heavens. but in business in
none, IN a nervous anxiety to grow famous
shd rich Saloons at every corner. destroying
,ne body, bliehting the mind. blackening the
soul Vice stalking abroad in the day and
name without fear walking at night. They
nave told the truth Our teeming cities.
.rh their restless millions. with their rush
ahd crush. II controlled. rightly conducted
anu governed will be the source OF new power,