The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-30
SEATTLE CELEBRATES WILSON DAY WITH
 GREAT ENTHUSIASM


 SEATTLE, June 25.-If the reyerba ton of the cheers given with hearty good will and feeling in the Grand ! Opera House yesterday at the Wilson Day meeting could find their way to the White House the President would know that the people Of Seattle are solidly behind him in his efforts to maintain the national dignity and the neutrality of the United States.
 The Wilson Day celebration, with its parade and mass meeting, was a success and was marked by an unus- ual outburst of enthusiasm. created ! because Seattle residents, ike cih. zens an over the country believe in the patriotism of peace as Mayor Gill expressed it yesterday
 While President Wilson will not llmow directly the spontaneous feel ! ing aroused in support of his policy he at least will learn that Seattle took pride in the Wilson Day ceiebra- ton and is behind him. Resolutions were formally adopted by the mass meeting declaring loyalty to the Pres ident and confidence in him.
 Cruiser Fires Salute.
 The Wilson Day celebration began at noon yesterday, when the cruiser South Dakota in Elliott Bay fired tue Presidential salute or twenty-one guns The parade was formed in Che rear of the Washington hotel and citi. zens, soldiers, sailors and municipal officers participated Mounted police led the parade and were followed by the police automobiles. The Fort Lawton band and two companies of regular infantry followed Then came the marine band from ihe navy yard and the sailors in shore duty uni. form. The members of the city coun. cil rode in automobiles
 Platoons Of flremen. headed by the firemen's band, the pnliceman's band and the Tillicum fife and drum corps were next in the parade. Officers of the navy yard rode in automobiles.
 Citizens, styled by banners as "or dinary gynks," willing to express their support of the President by marching in the hot sun at tue tail of the parade. composed the last call cf the procession. The majority of them attended the exercises in the opera house when the parade dis persed.
 The theatre was crowded All of the seats downstairs were taken and few remained in the balcony Ed-l mund S. Meany professor of history at the State University presided Pol. itical partisanship was disregarded and the speakers program included Republicans and Democrats
 Mayor Gil was the first speaker and advised against giving heed to the iingo. There is a patriotism of peace that is greater than a patriot l. ism of war, he said, and this remark l brought cheers
 Tn the hour og stress am one of I those who believe that every Ameri- ! can should stand by his oath and sup-l port the President, said former Sen. ator Samuel H Piles "I come to the meeting not as a Republican. but as a citizen O. the greatest republic in the world lt is for followers of alll political parties to unite when the nation needs internal cohesion and support for our foreign policies
 "In organized government we sub, \ init our lives, our liberty and prop erty to the court when disputes, diff faculties and suspicious arise. So we should submit our quarrels with oth. er nations to g court of arbitration md forever do away with war"
 Man of the Hour
 The man Of the hour is in the White House, said Rev. M. 4. Mat l hews Tt is fortunate for us that man is not in the Presi lents chair Woodrow Wilson is a nan of prayer and peace lf this