New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-06
M'KINLEY AT WOODSTOCK.
HIS EARNEST SPEECH AT THE RosELAYD
PARK CELEBRATION on THE FOURTH.
SENATOR HAwLEY'S REMARKS AS CHAIRMAN
OF THE DAY-pLANTING A M'KINLEY TREE.
IBT TELEGRAPH TO the rRtnrrsrt

SENATOR HAWLEY'S REMARKS AS CHAIRMAN
OF THE DAY-pLANTING M'KINLEY TREE.
IBr TELEGRAPH TO THE rRInUsEt
woodstock, Conn. July 5.-The Fourth Of July cee-
biatiOn at Henry c. BOwen's Roseland Park was
success usual. The guests reached Putnam at 4
O'clock on Friday afternoon. on a special train, and
they were conveyed In carriages from Putnam % Rose
land ana Plain Hill, hr. BOwen's country houses,
where a reception was held in the evening Among
the guests were Major William Mckinley jr Mr. and
Mrs. Murat Hastead, senator Joseph Il. Hawley,
General o. o. Howard aId Mrs Howard, Senator
Aldrich, Congressman Charles A. RUSSELL the Rev.
DIR. David Gregg Jonathan Tumbull a descendant OF
the Revolutionary hero; and the Rev Dr. William
Hayes Ward. Chauncey NJ. Depew came in his
special car He faceuously said yesterday that be
stood as the only American loyal to his mother-in-
law, referring to the postponement OF his European
trip.
At the celebration yesterday letters Of regret were
read from Postmaster General Wanamaker. George
William Curtis, the Rev DR.. John Hail. Dwight l..
Moody, William II. McElroy, Secretary Tracy and
Others. feature Of the day was the Planting of a
tree in honor of Major Mckinley. Mr. Depew
ofclated. This is cathedral ELM" he said, which
viii grow until its branches cover the patriotic
assemlxage which will gather here fifty years hence
Being an American tree it is placed here to typfy
long as the country endures, the benecence OF the
principle Of the protection Of American in
dustry and the development Of mines. agrl-
culture and manufacture. II Is TO be known, long
after he shall be gathered to his fathers after having
served as Governor Of Ohio and President of the
United States, as the Mckinley Treeh (Applause)
Congressman Russell welcomed the guests, and
nominated rs chairman of the dag General Joseph r..
IIawey. senator Hawley's speech was brief. lie
urged the youth Of Connecticut to study the history
OF their State, assuring them that no Commonwealth in
the Union possessed greater treasure-house of
patriole remembIances. The immigration question
was the only one Of general importance TO which he
devoted his attention. lie insisted that every imn
grant must become true aud thorough American
Men must forget here that they simply begers OF
wood and drawers Of water in the countries Of the
Old World Their duty, he said, Is TO remember here
that they may be elevated into citizenship and be-
interesting and useful members OF society; not
70 feed upon the venom which has entered their souls
the result Of foreign oppression and tyranny The
speaker in closing gave the Bellamy philosophy Il
vigorous thrust.
Major Mckinley spoke on national Strength" He
said in part:
There have been three great events in the history
Of this Republic which have marked great epochs in
us progress. Tie first tho great triumph which
second was the formation OF the Federal Union under
written Constitution our eRs% e Gsneyea Il g2da
6G rU 5e s anV 69 g aou The and tho
perpotuty OF the American Uniou. (Applause) The
third great event In National history the war
for the preservation OF the Union.
What we have got Is perpetuated In Its puTity-not
giving up one jot or tittieand all have ever asked
or demanded as q humble citizen Of this Republic, was
mat the settlement made between Grant and Lee at
AppOmattox Court House, which was aferward en-.
bodied in the Constitution Of tho United States, shall
be the law OF This Republic from end TO the other.
(Appl4useD More have never asked, and less we
will not have. There never was wrong that there
Was NOT a remedy. There never was crime
against the Constitution and the rights OF man that
there was not a remedy somewhere and somehow TO
hot into IN
am not 30 much troubled ~ how the thing IS 70
he done as am that the living present shall do what
,5cht as the living pres mt the right Applanse)
,e fnre viii take care of Itself We Will do right As
is0ne said IN his peroraon presenting the remedial
siofton for Ireland Following In the path Of
stice we cannot err: guided by that Hight, cannot
3o1 10 insurmountablc difficulties seem to our