New-York tribune., 1909-07-06
SACHEMS IGNORE BRYAN
Not Mentioned at Calm Celebration
IN Tammany Hall

Without mention OF The name Of William j Bryan
or any reference To the peerless leader in lit
erature of the occasion Tammany Hall celebrated
the Fourth of July yesterday. Il was the 12oth
time the Tammany Society had celebrated the
birthday Of American independence Charles +
Murphy graced she platform: Daniel 7. Cohalan,
fsy-aad saclem. presided over the exercises: Muir
phys personal and political following filled the
stage and boxes and after the exercises drank
icha-npasne with the elite in the sub-cellar Of Tam
MANY Han while the ordinary herd drank beer and
claret lemonade with the homeless OF the Bowery in
the big room outside
strange calm arooded over the celebration not
even the enthusiasm which might have been gener-
ated b. the expectation Of the feed 10 come being
manifest When Murphy marched into the hail
with the other sachens. following the ancient lib
erty cap. enthusiast prined for the occasion
lsho,ted a demand for Three cheers for Charles
F Murphy" The audience. somewhat thin at that
time looked with astonishnent on him: there Were
thalf a dozen cheers and many Kisses from per
sous who conceived the enthusiastic individual 10
5aaave desecrated the sacred calm Of the occasion
: Daniel F. Cohalan, grand sachem by the grace OF
Chief Murphy. made address Of welcome, in
(Which he declared that the OF the Revolution
had looseed the chains Of slavery in every country
I'm the world. The Declaration Of independence
was read by Municipal Judge Roesch after which
lsThonaas r smith secretary OF Tammany. read
tietters OF regret from many distinguished Demo
tc-ats In all the hatch there was no word from
Bran. though Secretary Smith said that all dis
g.inguished Democrats" were invited 10 the Inde-
r5andence Day exercises. John Sharp Williams
fs-rote that Z he could have come he would have
chosen . his subject When Democrat Is Not a
Democrat: Some Recent Illustrations.
; Governor Albert W Gilchrist Of Florida delivered
zhe cong talk In q period just under two hours
tTIe gave an elaborate compilation Of statistics re-
lartrz 10 the material prosperity Of the countS
worked out faaciful computation Of the popua-
zion Of this country 100 years from now, based on
;she increase Of the HebTaic tribes from Genesis
;slrough Exodus, and by degrees arrived at the
Civil War About the time he arrived at Exodus
some musicalIy inclined person in the rear Of the
hall started up the campaign ditty, oh he ram
tled but was Inercilessly suppressed by the police
Governor Gilclrist attacked the present tariff re-
vision and the concentration Of wealth IN the hands
Of a few, which condition he said was getting worse
each year. Also he said the Republican party with
its boast of having freed the sAves, was deceiTng
and defrauGiag the colored brother merely 10 have
the advantage Of his vote. He said he was much
opposed 10 any agitation in the South over the un-
onstltutionality oC tLe Fifteenth Amendment to the
federal Constitution He said that when the Asiat-
ics got united and acquired greater strength in Cal
afornia and Of the ether Western states the
negro dts' urlances manifest al Springfield Ohio,
Springfield. III, and PittsbUrg became more acute
Ilis entire question Of the protection OF the whites
would be settled right b. the Supreme Court Of
the United States. He thought also that President
TRft's patriotic desire break up the Solid South
had better be applied 10 the solid Republic-nisn Of
New England a beginning
F2epresentative George z Burgess. Of Texas, made
the first short talk" ,Ie predicted that the Demo-
Gratis must gain the victory if they quit all side
issues and stuck 10 the issue Of low taxation and
The honest tariff
I hear the doom OF Aldrich and this Congress
ringing in my ears said he
Mr.. Burgess talked at some length on the neces-
Eity for an honest tariff revision, low taxation
and economical administration Of the federal
government. NO Pass" Baker followed him. with
a loud demand that the United States be redeemed
from the rule Of ''plutocrats." Ex-Corporation
Counsel John J. Delany wound up the exercises.