The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-10-09

this country; to continue it in this great career
OF prosperity. II 10 by this great law abiding.
noerty-ioving people that they are chosen to
these important ofiice&
1t 10 the great thought of our countrv THAI
men shall b governed - little ~ possible; that
fuil liberty shall be given TO individual effort.
ana that the restraints Of law should IA re-
served for the turbulent and disorderly. What
M II that makes your communities peaceful?
Tnat makes these farm homes safef II Is not
policemen: it IL not soldiers It d this rrest
and all-pervading American sentiment thss
exalu the law and stands with warning to the
isworeeker. and above all, it 10 that pervading
tnoughs that gives 70 every man what's his, and
claims only what 10 ourA [Great applause
The war was only fought that the law might not
lose IT. sanction and it, sanctity. Applause
II We had suffered that loss, dismemberment
would have been inevitable, but we taught
those who resisted the law, and ct the sams
ume We taught the world, that the great senti.
mene OF loyalty TO our written law was 90 strong
IN this country that no conspiracy or combina-
ton coald overturn It l''Good." "good." and
Our government win not fail to 70 on in il.
increasing career Of development in population,
In wealth, in intelligence and In morality so
long - we hold up everywhere in the nation
the principle that every man shall keep the law
which secures him In his own rights, and shall
not trampls on the rights Of another. Zap.
plause.I
Let us divide on the tariff llaushterl and
finance. but let there never be division among
the American people on this ques-
tion. that nowhere shall the law he
overturned lin the interests Of anybody
tGreat applause.1 II IL fails of the beneticene
purpose which should be the object of all law,
then let the people modify IL while it is the law;
bat while it Is the law, let insist that 1t shall
be obcyed. Applause. When we turn from that
and allow any other standard Of living to be,
where is our security II my convenience. IL
the convenience of q class to which may be-
long, Is to take the place OF the law, where is
your security, where Is mine, when some one
else makes his convenience more sacred, more
powerful than the law OF the land?
believe today that the great rock Of our So
curity 10 this deeply fmbedded thought in the
American heart 1t 10 not here as in many of
our Spanish American countries which some.
times give their devotion to man, for we give
our devotion to the law, to the constitution. to
the nag. lGreat applause So it was In that
ume OF goom, when Illinois made the richest
contribution to gems set in our nations diadem,
and Abraham Lincoln fell in the hour Of the
contamination of his work. Garfield, too who.
like Lincoln. fell by the hand OF an assassin
might we'll say to the trembling and dismayed
people on the streets OF New York. ..LincolD Ia
dead, but the government at Washington still
To my fellow citizens, to all those who
through your mayor have extended your greet
tnps, to all who are here assembled return
my most sincere thankA / do not look upon
such assemblages a. this without profound
emotion They touch me, and I am sure these
lessons are wholesome lessons We have had
here today this procession of veterans, aged and
feeble. many of them. That il retrospect; that
is part of the great story Of Paul, written in
glorious letters on the ornament
And in these sweet children who have fol.
lowed we read the future. How sweet it was
in the procession today to see them bearing In
their infant hands these same banners that
these same veterans carried amid she shock of
battle and the dying Of men. / had occasion Ct
the centennial celebration of the inauguration
Of Washington in New York, being impressed
by the great display of our national colors, to
make at banquet the suggestion that the flag
should be taken into the schoolhouse fapplausel,
and am glad to know that in that state there
ID daily little drill OF children who pay honou
TO the flag. Prolonged applause.l
But, my friends. the constitution provides
that shall annually give information to con-
gress Of the state of the Union. and make such
recommendations a. may think wise: and it
has generally, think. been understood that
this affirmative provision contains also 4 mega
tive and implies that the president is to give
no one else except congress any information a.
to the state of the Union. and that he shall
especially make no suggestions daughter and
Applausa.I Iconsess that ii would give me
great pleasure, II the occasion were appropriate.
to give you some information OF the state OF
the Union as Dee it, to make some suggestions
a. to what should consider wise ~ affecting
the state Of the Union. But would not on an
occasion like this, when am greeted here by
friends and fellow citizens of al shades OF
thought in politics and in the church, say one
word that could mar the harmony Of this grsas
occasion. ICheeraI
trust We are all met here together today q
loyal, loving American citizens Tapplausel. and
over al our divisions and differences there is
this great arch Of love and loyalty binding us
together.
At the conclusion of the meeting the
party repaired to Knox college, where the
corner stone of the Alumni hall was to be
laid by the president. DIR. Newton Bate
man, president of Knox college, pro.
nounced the invocation, and Professor
Milton Comstock read q sketch of the
origin and growth of the college. Professor
J. A. Adams then introduced the presi-
dent who spoke as follows:
Ny Fellow Citi=ens: Education was early In
the thought of the trainers Of our constitution
as one Of the best. ii not the only guarantee Of
their perpetuation. Washington, as we'll - the
founders OF this venerable and useful institu-
tion OF learning. appreciated and expressed his
interest in the establishment of colleges and
universities. How shall one be . safe citizen
where people are rulers who are not Intelligent
How shall he understand the great aues-
tions affecting the public welfare with
out broad, intellectual culture in his
youth? We are, then, engaged in .
patriotic work. as we lay the cornerstone of
this new edifice. part OF an institution that
has had great career of usefulness in the past,
and is now entering on field OF enlarged useful
ness We lay this cornerstone and re-dedicate
this institution to truth. purity and loyalty,
and to the love of God. lApplause.l
Following this, the cornerstone was
placed in position, and the president with
the mortar carefully closed it and covered
the seams with mortar. Great applause
greeted the performance, which brought
the ceremonies to an end.
AT THE BRIGADE REUNION.