Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-26
THE POLISH ALLIANCE
DELEGATES TO CONVENTION IN
BALTIMORE
Come to This City to Decorate Statue
of Washington-The Speeches
Made.

| The Polish National Alliance Of the United
| States, which is holding its annual conven-
ton in Baltimore, Nd, took recess today
| in order to come to this city to lay floral
tribute at the feet of the statue of Washing
! ton which adorns the plaza east of the Cap
| tol and to place a wreath before the mar
! BILE busts of Pulaski and Kosciusko, the
| Polish patriots who did valiant services for
| the American republic in the revolutionary
| war.
| The league numbers 10000 members, and
is holding one Of its most enthusiastic con-
| ventions in Baltimore Four hundred dele
gates came over to this city from Baltimore
| this morning, arriving at $50 o'clock, and
marched to the Capitol plaza. Quite a num-
| Der of ladies were in the gathering, and all
were Polish patriots, and Joined in the SIM
pie ceremony of honoring the great Wash
| ington with a deeper realization of what
American liberty means and what was
! gained by the revolution than men whose
national history has not been marked with
| such despotism as that of the people Of
| Poland.
| as they approached within hundred yards
| of the statue of Washington and remained
| uncovered until with reverence they had
! performed the simple service of esteem and
love for the greatest of all American pa
| triots whose work has been an encoura ge-
ment for liberty for all mankind.
The Speeches.
| Former Representative McCleary of Min
neSota, now third assistant postmaster gen.
| eral, accompanied Mr. T. NJ. Helinski of
| Chicago, at the head of the column. Mr..
| Anthony Schneider, censor of the league,
| announced that Mr.. Helinski would address
! the patriots, and first in Polish and then in
| English he told of the love and esteem in
! which the great Washington was held by
| all lovers of liberty in Poland and-every son
! of Poland wherever found throughout the
! world. He referred with pride to the Serv
ices in the revolutionary of Pulaski
and kosciusko, and said they were ever
| ready to promptly obey the commands of
| Washington.
| He referred to former Representative Nc
! Cleary as having been strong friend of
| the Polish people in this country in adj
| vancing the movement for statue of Pu-
| laski in this city which resulted in an ap-
! preparation of $4,000 for that purpose, the
| proposed statue to be erected in Lafayette
| Park opposite the White House.
Col. Joseph SmOlnSki of this city spoke
| eloquently of Washington and of the graf
! itude of all sons of Poland for his work
| in the cause of liberty. He said they were
| all grateful to American citizens, to Amer
/ lean statesmen. to the President and mem
| bers of Congress for their sympathy fer the
| struggling people of Poland, whose ideal
| in government is the American republic
Mr. McCleary spoke of the services of
| Pulaski and Kosciusko in behalf of Amer
| lean liberty, and said the people of the
United States had readily shown their graf
itude for the services of those distinguished
sons of Poland by taking acton for the
erection of a statue to Pulaski in this city.
At the conclusion of the speaking the
honor of placing the floral tribute at the
feet Of Washington was conferred upon
| Mrs. W. Lipzynski.
The delegates then went to the east front
| of the Capitol and were photographed They
| then marched to the corridor on the gal
| lery floor of the Senate in which are mar
| Bile busts of Pulaski and kosciusko, and
decorated those effigies of the two patriots
| The remainder of the day until 2:2O
| O'Clock was spent in visiting the library
| and other public buildings. At go o'clock
the delegates were received by the Presi-
| dent at the White House.