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turn the meeting over to Gov. Burke,
and the latter at once announced that
nominations were in order for tempo
rary chairman.
George l. Marks, mayor of Port Ar
thur, nominated Mayor EuStis, of Min
neapoIis. for the position.
E. V. Smalley seconded the nominal
ton on behalf of ST. Paul in few we'll
chosen words. The nomination was
maze unanimous, and Mayor Wright, of
st. Paul. and Mr.. Fisher. of Winnipeg,
escorted him to the stand.
Gentlemen and members of the conven-
tion,'" said Mr.. Eustis, lit is pleasure to
stand here while he spirit of reciprocity is
in the air. am glad to be here in the most
hospitable city in the world. The warm
words OF welcome from the executive of this
city have filled me with pleasure. Boys, the
city is yours, and Minneapolis will help you
take it.
This convention is composed of members
representing municipalities and boroughs sit
uated on either side of a great international
boundary line extending from sea to sea-
The people we represent are of one blood, one
history, one civilization, one tongue and one
faith. We share the same deep-seated love
of liberty, we sing the same songs and march
to the same music
"a little more Than 100 years ago circum-
stances, guided by divine hand, parted the
great and growing current of English civili-
cation and power into two streams Then
1t seemed to human eye that the prestige and
power of England was broken. We know that
the declaration of American independence
but established and founded for all time the
supremacy of the English race. The present
stream has grown in volume, in wealth and
in power, till today she has no rivals i'll the
arts of peace or in the cause of human free
dNr0a ora6 rhn -Trvht Of NVa1V- rfNA
child. The lesser stream has become in
wealth am numbers, if not in influence the
main branch of the English people.
while the sublime destinv of the English
race is being wrought out under two flags,
each the peer of the other, the impulse, the
spirit aud the influence which forms the
very life of English civilization is one. 1t is
this oneness of English thought and hope
which. ere another century passes. will make
the social and III, intellectual. if not the
political conquest of mankind Inspired by
the thought OF Il common ancestry and
common destiny and the nobler and loftier
aims of life, we meet today as neighbors, not
as aliens. The impulse that brings us to-
gether is born of this higher destiny OF our
race
along our border the interchange of sons
and daughters for successive generations has
produced a general desire for a larger free
dom in the interchange of the products or
the soil and the skill of the hand. IL is this
sion
'Reciprocity'
between the dominion and the republic. The
end OF all government is the welfare of the
governed. 1t is difficult TO convince the peo-
pie dwelling along the border line, between
whom social relations are so cordial and in
innate, that their well being will not be en-
HANGED by freer interchange of the fruits
of the farm and the factory. Some may say
that this is local reciprocity. but all reci-
procity is more or less local i'll its influence
and benefits. Reciprocity is the most ad-
vauced practical idea of this generation of
commercial intercourse among nations. IL
is the golden rule adapted to trade in which
dwells at the same time the sDtrit OF peace
and loyalty to ones country, and good will
to the men of every other nation. 1t says in
the idiom of the peace-loving followers Of
Penn:
'''Me and mine will take of thee and thine
what me and mine have TO have and thee
and thine nave 10 spare; provided, thee and
thine will buy of me and mine what thee and
thine have to have aud me and mine have TO
spare
1.-THE general application of this great idea
Will mark an epoch i'll the history OF man.
Like other economic truths, IL springs forth
from the experience and wants of men. The
great champion of this conception. the
Plumed knight of peace, sleeps. but his
genius. like the light of an aDnihilated star,
still guides our thoughts and our feet i'll the
y,
gressive peace.
This truth, which touches humanity in so
many points. and is so essential to human
happiness. may be elected by this genera
ZION. but it will become the corner stone or
the next. This meeting is but
One of Many Agencies
all working to the same end-universal peace
and good will to men. Silently, and yet
surely. the thoughts and acts of men are
drifting toward the consumation OF this
great end. the universal good OF men.
This convention is to consider not only the
question of mutual interchange of SURPRISES
for necessities, but also the desirab1lity OF
constructing ship canal that will make our
great lakes part and parcel Of the sea. till the
great steamers from the wharves of Liver
pool shall unload at Port Arthur and Duluth.
Science will yet construct the Inland passage
which Hudson failed TO find. The happy
solution of such questions as this Will make
us in all things save the mere form of gov
eminent. one people. We shall continue to
salute two flags, but with me heart and one
hand. The multiplicity of railroads. the
construction of canals telegraph and tele
phone lines the Intervening of the thou
sand threads'of commercial and social life,
will soon make it impossible that we should
ever fight. May the time never come VINE
the stars and stripes and the union jack shall
meet, save as they meet today i'll the spirit OF
closest friendship and brotherly love.
side by side in glory and in honor may
they sail every sea, mans noblest mission 10
advance his woes assuage, his veal enhance.
Hand in hand forever may they spread the
plan of mans redemption and defend his
rights. United they become the lnvincible
agency by which the blessings of peace and
Christianity shall in time cover the earth as a
garment. Divided, and the English tongue is
not able to prophesy the dire results 10 the
cause of Christ and man."