The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 2, 1899, Page 26

S— e ———E T :Qsomvs»o«o:o-o- = e — o ———— fancy. Our possessions were small, our debts large. The men of Seventy-six had won a hard battle from the mother country, but th er struggle was plant the flag of f the shores of the Pacific as well as on to show the world that Ameri- cans could govern as well as fight. POUSOLIGTOTOLS 1 0 L0 B Y [ [ =itetiaiaiataggagoel 1 1 1 ] [ 3 H AS IT WAS THEN. 2 s b The end of the war of Sev- O~ enty-six saw us a free coun- 6 try, but in struggling in- G DICIGDOGID O Sk A Personal day deicated to martial mu- bursting bombs an: n is now close at hand great, the grand, the glo- ay that gave us our na- tional independence. The clamor and enthusiasm of recent battles have ed the spirit of jubi- lation in citizen and soldier to almost prep: ation for the Fi th of 1809, emphasizes the fact that m is a living thing and gives » to <he future welfare of the Union. What the natal day means to us this year and how we can best spend it has been discussed by the leading then—statesmen and soldiers of the nation, and here are their opinions: e CELEBRATE THE DA BY PATRIOTIC LOVE was a time in hen the ay should so imyp f the 1ing There never tion's tory ©dependence ely ren 1 day i of July certain nies in America decl lom and independenc that day the first step s continent toward trusting humar to the control and m ne people to be gove leads to the furth ect could have cept in the faith and that those intrusied with nd cul- cing govern- al to its ge that en expectation zovernment would te that unselfish and s devotion to their scheme t which i olutely ess v and Inasmuch institutions, and d with the suc ver of morate Independence ment for its rejoicing should be xtent to which we countrymen are imbued ELAND, New Jersey. A PEOPLE WHO CAN GOVERN THEMSELVES 1 believe that every year added to the should be an addi- al reason for a greater celebration, d I do not mean by celebration the mere booming of cannon or the parading of civilians.and soldiers upon our thor- oughfares. It should be a greater cele- bration because another milestone has dded to the life of the great re- public, the greatest which ever exlisted. The longer the life of a nation the more complete is the demonstration of the idea that our people are fully capa- ble of self-government. ow how much we have to re- over, we should turn our eyes to poor struggling France, torn once in al- most every twelvemonth by some con- flict, which threatens her very exist- ence as a nation. Now it is Dreyfus, but a short while ago it was the Royal- ists and previous to that Boulanger. On this Fourth of July, in the thank- fulness of our own unity, we should ex- tend to the sister republic our sym- pathy in her trouble. She is becoming better able to govern herself and who shall say that out of the terrible bap- tism of dissension through which she is passing shall not come that love of true equality and justice upon which must be founded a government by the people, The past year has given us additional reason to celebrate our successes in arms as well as our greatness as a na- tion. I believe we should leave the Fourth of July as a common heritage to all mankind; for it brings with it each year a lesson of freedom and shines out as a beacon of hope over all the earth to the toilers for civilization and liberty. It is the day upon which every man should renew his allegiance to his country and promise her the best age of the republi tic We can best spend it by offering up prayers and praises for the living de- fenders of our Union and by cherishing the memories of our dead heros. COLONEL GREENLEAF, Assistant Surgeon General of the U. 8. Army. —_— SHOULD THANK 1776 FOR OUR FREEDOM It is sometimes said that Fourth of July celebrations have lost their inter- ests. This can never be until c#vil and religious liberty cease to be cherished by mankind. But for the events which we to-day commemorate, those -of you who were born under a foreign flag would, in all probability, not be here; d instead of being surrounded by the forts, the prosperit hich distin- ur land, you d still be amid ries gnd the poverty that are the the fruit of ages of despotism. m And you, P my fellow citizens, who McKINLEY — CLEVELAND — GREENLEGF - ALT- " GELD—BYRMES—SHRADY— BRYAN. Expression of Opinion for Last Fourth of July of the Nineteenth Cen of National Patriotic Celebration. The Best boast of a long line of American an- ry, were it not for the events of . you would not be American citi- but you would still’be British sub- i and instead of governing your- selves and making and unmaking Gov- Congressmen and Presidents, of ng to private life of- low, when they rou would h and out your wishes, not carr be humble supplicants of t throne of Great Britain; »u would be humbly petitioning ¢ 1 bar of the British Parliament. JOHN P. ALTGELD, Iilin: Soa THE DAY SEEN FROM POLICE STANDPOINT I have something to say v the Fourth of July should be cele- rated. Noise seems to be a necessary accompanimemt of exhibited patriotism. I hope this year that it will be less dangerous than usual. 1 hope that wer buildings wiil be burned because of it, and fewer fingers and toes blown about the off by the explosions which go with it. 1 am also opposed to the too free use of firearms on Independence day. Firearms culti and not alwa lets The Fourth, being a holiday ate a desire to shoot, ys to shoot without bul- also of- fers a good opportunity for merry- making among that class to whom liquor is a necessary ingredient of a good time. The combination of fire- works and fire-water always gives us an unusually large number of crimes to look after on the Fourth of July. About the best way that I can think of to celebrate the Fourth of Jul to refrain from burning buildin mutilating yourself with the pistol that n't loaded, mutilating other folks with the pistol that is loaded, and get- ting drunk. THOMAS F. BYRNES, The World-Famous Detective and Former Chief of Police of New York City. HAVE A BIG PARADE AND ROUSING FETE The fact that crops are bad or that icgislation 1s slow is not a good reason for forgetting to be proud of our big- gest achievement as a nation. It !s true, however, tha: we are losing our enthu m on the occasions when we ought most to displav it—the Fourth of July and Decoration . Each of these, in my opinion, deserves about as much celebration as the other. Although I do not believe in mere noige on the Fourth, we ought at least to have a big parade and a soul-stir- ring fete. When I was a boy these things were a delight and an inspira- tion to me. On Decoration day every veteran who can march should march, and every other who is able to be out at all should have place in a car- riage in the line. To me the grandest expre of patriotism is a limping veteran with a Grand Army button in his lapel. Ni hard times or not, we should celebrate the Fourth of Juiy. Perhaps we won't all of us be able to buy as many skyrockets, pinwheels, and Roman candles this year as usual, but patriotic enthusiasm costs nothing, and is absolutely the most nourishing food that can be fed to a nation. GEORGE F. SHRADY, M. D, The Doctor Who Attended Grant and Garfield. two SR ALL MEN MUST HAVE LIKE CONSIDERATION The celebration of the Fourth of July will be of little use unless it leads us to consider what legislation, if any, is nec- essary to continue and increase the prosperity of our people. It is well on each Fourth of July to have read and considered the Declara- tion of Independence, especially that part declaring as one of the self-evi- dent truths that “all men are created equal.” In these times, when special interests and more influential classes are demanding, and too often obtain- ing beneficial legislation, we . cannot keep too constantly in mind the fact that the humblest citizen is entitled to the same consideration from the Gov- ernment .as the greatest. WILLIAM J. BRYAN, Nebraska. Sai g GIVE THE CHILDREN A GLORIOUS FOURTH My most glorious Fourths are theones I.spend with my grandchildren on the ‘Western farm. But the trouble with the day is that its patriotism and mine collide. I am trying to preserve the Western trees and where plains now are. And how can 1 do so with a company of mischievous voungsters around? My most glorious Fourth of July was one year when I took them all in a carryall off to a desert spot where no vegetation could be injured, and there let them set off a litle fortune in fireworks. They fired off crackers from morning till night, and on the way home little Joy delighted my ears by saying: “Grandpa, this is to make forests, FRANCISCO GHIOOPOPC LTS & GOBOOHDETS O SOIGHDDO ® GOOOGIFO G0 S VOGS 5 2 2 = o 5 b S O SQPUOUOTH GOV OSHOVE VO & UOLOGSV QP DOVITIVIOIVIOQ © QIQICIT 3 BBP ¢ G IFOLONG DAY JULY 2 @@ DO S TP CUINEGIEE SEAM'S @RS Not to Dewey nor to Sampson, Not to Lawton nor to Schley, Shall be my toast! But to the host Who went to win or die. The general had his meed of praise, The admiral his applause, But here’s my thanks to the blue ranks That marched into death’s jaws. And with shut lips pressed up the hill, And fought on land and sea, Here's to the sons who manned the guns That won the victory. DOOOLISTOTE & DIoixd OUR PRESIDENT'S SENTIMENTS. ‘What a mighty nation has been erected upon the immortal principles of the great declar- ation, the signing of which we celebrate the day! We have in- creased from thirteen to forty- five States—from 3,000,000 to 70,000,000 people. We have arisen from slavery to freedom. Liberty, labor and love have accomplished it all. Labor has been dignified and has vindi- cated the truth that the best citizen of every community is its best citizen. All men have equal rights, and that equal- ity must ever be preserved and strengthened and everywhere recognized. We are all Americans; we are all sovereigns, equal in the ballot, and that citizen is the best who does his best; who follows the light as God gives him to see the light; who con- cedes to all the races of man- kind what he claims: for him- self; who rigidly respects the rights of others; who is ever ready and willing to assist others; who has the best heart, the best character, the great- est charity and sympathy, and who withholds from none of his fellow men the respect, privileges and protection he claims for himself. This is the citizenship that is the need of every age, and to which we must educate ourselves and those who are to come after us. This is the citizenship and hope of the republic, its se- curity and permanency; which is the hope of mankind, our own best hope; a citizenship that is faithful to home and family, devotedly loyal to country, that encourages the truest and broadest national spirit, the most thorough and genuine Americanism, that is ever moving onward and up- ward toward the highest ideals of modern civilization; a citizenship that respects law and constituted authority, that loyally upholds, guards and supports the Government of which it is a part, in whose administration it has a voice, and that rests upon the free choice and content of the ma- jority of the people. These are the characteristics which possessed the souls of the men who landed in the Mayflower, who resisted Brit- ish oppression, who promul- gated the immortal Declara- tion of Independence. WILLIAM McEKINLEY. the first time in all our lives that you did not switch us alil on the Fourth for blowing up a pet tr: J. STERLID 3 MORTON, Ex-Secretary of Agriculture, U. S. A. EXTOL THE DEEDS OF 5 OUR BRAVE SOLDIERS @ he Fourth of July this year has @ special rificance because it is the @ first Fourth since the promulgation of ¢ peace with 1in involving the tri- 7 umph of our arms by land and sea and & the contemplation by the country of 4 the “spoils of war.” When our coun- & try is fighting, and especially on jubi- it s not timely to be crit- for us to know It ical. that our Government is waging war in a remote land and that our soldiers are fighting and dying for their coun- try’s cause. The national dignity and honor must be upheld and the officers and men who are engaged in the con- flict should have our encouragement and support and the officers and men who have died fighting should be held 1 GBSO & o in patriotic thought and reverent mem- o Their deeds should be the theme of public & re and their should he olled as reflecting honor & on their familles and their country- ¥ men. No soldiery the world has ever I known has shown more endurance, 2 courage and energy than the young men who went from their comfortable g homes to brave the dangers of an un- & known and hostile land. History will > enshrine their virtues, but we, who live £ in the vear of the war, should give en- % couragement to the men at the front by song, triumphal processions 1 monuments. On the breast of every returning soldier we should place a medal honor, which he can hand down to his remotest generation as a testimonial of the appreciation of a grateful people. JAMES D. PHELAN, Mayor. e SNEERS NO LONGER, RESPECT ENFORCED Natal day is the one day of all others which should be fittingly remembered by the American people. The birthday of our republic, the day upon which we threw off the yoke of the mother country and formed a government for ourselves, should be made even greater than it is. Every year is adding to its glory, as it gathers luster from its vie- tories. The memory of Washington and the heroes who struggled with him are ever with us—examples to emulate. Ours 1is a history of wonderful achievement and great growth. We stand as one of the foremost nations in the world in science and literature, as well as in might. The Spanish war the first evidence that we give to others ors of our power and to them it came as a revelation. We will no I treated with sneers as to our strength to enforce respect. The unity of our energy has forzed a weapon of war that no foe can withstand. Not only will the Fourth of July of orate the illustrious deeds of our fore- fathers who gave their lives for liber- ty’s name, but it will mark the deeds of valor, courage and pluck of our present heroes. As to hcw we should glorify, it seems to me, should be a matter of individual preference. GENERAL STERNBERG, Surgeon General U. S. Army. e THE WORKINGMEN ARE OUR NATIONAL BRAWN 99 commem- O & BOGGEOHTS O GOVBVHHID & OoTD LG Gt GG PO & B If there is any day in the calendar that workingmen ought to celebrate, it is the Fourth of July. The workingmen are the brawn of a nation. No great battle was ever won without them. No great battle ever can be won without them. With- out the men who work with their hands we would never have had in- dependence, and we would never have had Independence day. Without the men who work with their hands we never can keep independence. The workingmen of America should cele- brate the Fourth ot July this year and every other year, because it is an an- niversary of the birth of the means by which they can maintain their liherty, defend their rights and work out their own emancipation. They have in the past demonstrated their ability to defend themselves against those who doubt the wisdom of government “of the people, for the people and by the people,” and because of the Fourth of July and what it stands for they will be in a position to do it again, if occasion ever demands, as long as the world lasts. SAMUEL GOMPERS, Chief American Federation of Labor. DS A GREAT VICTORY, GLORIOUS PEACE ‘What does Independence day mean to us this year? It carries a greater significance to the civilized world than ever before. On Fourth of July one year ago we rejoiced at the annihila- tion of the Spanish navy by Sampson's fleet, and since that time we have left no vestige of naval or mlilitary pres- tige to our erstwhile antagonist. We have won a glorious peace in a glo- 1 GO NS DHG PO LIRON & BOUPGIVEVEL DOO GBIV & BETODE BB o0ede PHELAN — STERNBERG — GOMPERS — SHAF- TER — RAY — MORTON — YOUNG. the Readers of the Sunday Call on Why the tury Should Be Appreciated and Made a Day Thoughts and Wishes of Leading Patriots. rious fight. celebratic While we are still engaged fighting the Filipinos, Cuba and Porto Rico been added to our already magnificent country, and absolute peace will be with us ere long. We have gained more glory as a nation in the space of one oshor e year than we had a pect at the outset of ho: I know that the policy of expansion is .condemned by some of our people, who seem to think that in departing from the beaten paths of precedence we are making a great mistake. Upon that head I shall say nothing. But it seems to me that since, by the unani- mous consent and will of the people, war, precipitated it would be only just to commemorate the na- tion’s anniversary by voicing senti- ments of loyalty to the administra- tion. The policy that has been pursued could not to my mind have been rea- sonably different. The responsibilities we have assumed are the growth of rcumstances. It may be good poli- t to hamper and embarrass an ad- ministration, but it certainly exhibits but very little patriotism. We shoyld present a solid front to the enemy un- til he is vanquished and then adjust our differences among ourselves.. The Fourth of July observed in the proper spirit can only serve to accentuate our unity. In that has been our strength, and we should guard it well. As to the manner of celebrating Declaration day I know of no better way than to fol- low time-honored custom. Americans should be taught significance and the remembering it. WILLIAM R. SHAFTER, Major General U. 8. A. its full duty of fittingly THE GREATEST POWER IN MILITARY FORCE Fourth of July of this year means that we shall be placed upon a military footing in the eyves of the world that we have never occupied before—it should mean the annihilation of the sentiment that is disloyal to the admin- istration and a fostering of the feeling that should give strength to both civil and military law. In one short year we have sprung from a factor of zero to the greatest power of any nation in military force. Prior to this time the little that we did have was not ‘considered a factor to be ap- preciated by foreign powers. but now all this has changed, and the celebra- tion of Independence day commemor- ates a birthday of our importance - to the civilized world. Our Fourth of July orations should not be of dead past issues. The past is a closed volume and the affairs of to- day should instill loyalty to our Gov- ernment and support of the administra- tion no matter what course it may see fit to pursue. Wholesome . enthusiasm, whether caused by the battery of words or pow- der, is bound to create courage and stir our brave men to greater deeds of valor. We cannot hope too much; we can- not celebrate too much for the glorifi- cation of the greatest day in the his- tory of our Union. MAJOR RAY, Commander of the District of Alaska. S SPEND THE DAY AS NOISILY AS WE CAN The ceiebration of the Fourth of July will certainly mean more to us this year than it has heretofore, be- cause we will celebrate the victories of the period and not the memory of his- torical a¢hievements. The Fourth of July now commemor- ates a new era of patriotism, a feell which has steadily but surely wane during thesé years of peace, and one that at last has burst into an honest enthusiasm as’ generaus as it is na- tional. It needed, perhaps, a measure as stringent as that of war to stimu- late patriotic devotion in our country’s welfare. It has not been so very long ago since our lack of zeal in this mat- ter was more than demonstrated. I re- fer to the time when the question of raising the flag over the public schools was agitated. Several objections were made, and for awhile such strenuous opposition was brought to bear that it seemed indeed rather doubtful that Old Glory would wave over the institutions of learning. Byt now all of that feel- ing has been swallowed up in the new and all pervading sentiment born of our late victories. It is broadcast, and Americans, whether they be in the countries bordering on the north seas, the tropics of the east or the islands of the southland. are inspired to celé- brate Independence day as it never has been observed before. It is expedient that we spend the day as noisily as we can, for in times of peace gunpowder and cheers may be re- lied upon to evoke the spirit of Patria, when the reading of the declaration of independence might fail. The pyrotechnic display of such scenes as the battle of Manila Bay and the sinking of the Merrimac will do more to arouse the love of country than all of the prayers and orations that could be uttered.. For my part, I would like to see the sky aglow with the blaze of pyrotech- nic art. It is not an extravagance to glorify with bunting and powder the preservation of our Union. Such ova- tions to our flag but strengthen our loy- alty to justice and freedom. MAJOR GENERAL YOUNG, United States Volunteers. That is surely a cause of Young AS IT IS NOW. 5 & & The sons of Seventy-six & & have lived up to the creed of ? ?). their fathers. <@ & Brightness and prosperity <Q & .are before us. Our lands have © - g broadened until now the flag < ¢ of liberty waves from ocean to g' & ocean—and beyond. Our great & - strength, hardly realized even by ourselves, has been more than demonstrated by the sue- cesses of the last year, both on sea and land; and we can now feel with pride that America’s sons hais proven themselves . worthy of their forefathers.