The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-03
WELCOMED BY BLAINE
Tho Secretary's Address to the Dele
gates Of the Pan american Congress.
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sembled at the state department at noon
and pr,s.ectlctl in a bs,tiy to the tliplo-
tn Blaine who delivered a fciicitous ad-
dress of welcome.
MIR. Blaine said: ''(;entlcmen OF the in-
tcrnational American conference: Speak
ing for the government of the United
States hid you welcome to this capital.
Speaking for the people OF the United
States hid you welcome to every section
aud Ia every state i'm the union.
NOu come i'm response tn an invitation
extended by the president ON the special
authorization of congress-. Your presence
here Is no ordinary event. Ii signifies
much To the people of America to-day. IL
conference. of nations ever assembled to
consider the welfare OF territorial pos
seseions so vast, and To contemplate the
inspiring. Those now sitting within these
walls are empowered to- speak for nations
whose borders arc ON both the great
touched 10y Arctic waters for thousands
of miles beyond the straits of Behriug;
whose southern extension furnishes hu-
man habitations further below thc csJtIa-
tor than is elsewhere possible on tlsc
globe. While considerations of this char
acter must inspire Ancricans both south
of future grandeur and power. they must
also impress them with the sense. of
acter and development OF tI,cir respective
natisnalities. The delegates whom am
addressing can do much to establish per-
Inanent relations OF confidence, respect
and friendship between the nations which
they represent. They can show Ia the
world, am honorable. peaceful conference
which all shall meet together ON terms
of equality; conference i'm which
there can he no attempt tO cocrcc ~ single
delegate against his own conception OF
the interests of his nation; ~ conferciIce
which will permit no secret understand.
frasnLs ,ns GS ls, Hs shi ss 9 wrI. os s" %
which will tolerate no spirit of conquest.
bat will aim to cultivate American synpa-
ence which will form no selfish alliance
against older nations from which we are
proud 90 claim an inheritance; "a confer
ence in tiue which will seek nothing, pro-
pose nothing. endure nothing tina. is no,
pcaceful."
get that our common fate has made us in
habitants OF two continents. which at the
close of four centuries arc regarded be-
yond seas. Like situations begct like
sympatllies and impose like duties. We
meet in the firm belief that the nations of
helpful to each each other III r. than ham they @ now % are,
and that each will find advantage
and profit from "a" eni"rg.d sS
believe VIC should In. drawn
together more closely by highway and
seas. and that at no distant day the rail
meet upon the isthInus and connect 10y
land thu. routes of political and co,,,,ncr-
cial capitals OF all America. We believe
the spirit of Justice. common and equal
interests between American states will
leave no room for AN artificial balance OF
power ike unto tina. .,,h which led the
blood. We believe friendship avowed
with candor and maintained with good
faith. will remove from states tin. n.ce-s-
~ of guarding the boundary lines between
themselves with Qualifications and mill
tary force. We believe that standing
public order and the safety of internal ad-
niii,istration should he unknown oI, both
American continents. We believe that
friendship. and not force. spirit of
just law, and not the violence of
the mob. should bc recognized as the rule
Of administration between American ma
tions, and in American nations. To these
subjects and those which are cognate
thereto. the attention of this conference
government of the United States. IL will
be great gain when we shall
be able To draw the people
of all American nations into closer
acquaintance with each other, AN end To
bc accomplished 10y more rapid int.r-coni-
mnnication. IL will bc the greatest gain
when the personal and commercial rcIi-
tions OF American states. south and north,
shall bc developed and 80 regulated that
each shall .,cquir, the highest possible.
intercourse. Before the conference shall
formally enter upon the discussion of the
subjects To be snipnitted to il, L am in
| delegates to bc the guests OF the govern
| during the proposed visit to various Sec
tions of the country with the double view
of showing to our friends the condition of
the United States, and of giving To our
people i'm their homes. the privilege and
pleasure of a extending u warm weicorne.' y
The adtirS,ss received with amount
of enthusiasm somewhat remarkable in n
body of this character.
On motion of one South American del
egatc the following resolutions were
adopted.
I Rssoiref, That the members of the
h.ernatioral American congress- accept
| WI. pleasure the invitation OF the prssi-
! Heht ga the United States of America Ia
| Dc Huess OF the government i'm AN ex-
cursoh nS-.Yh the territory Of the United
Staus, anu TIA. we express our thanks
| for the said invitass.,.
At the conclusion Of yiaine's speech he
\ withdrew. Resolutions ~ers, adopted
naming Blaine president on .h. con
| gress. number OF committees ws-ss- an
| pointed and the congress- adjourned untn
| Monday, November 18TH. Blaine then
| escorted the members to the White House
| The president gave a special reception tn
| the delegates at I'D, one OF the features
| of which was an informal lunch served ia
| the state dining room at 2. The re-
4 ception took place in the blue par
| lor. The members were presented
| 10y blaine first to Harrison then "a
\ Mrs. Harrison and then to the members oi
| the cabinet. After social Interchange the
| party repaired to the dining-roon ant
| partook OF lunch. The centerpiece Of the