The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-23
CHICAGO. Feb. %

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~ OVERNOR WILLIAM MCKlN-
u LEY was the guest of the Uni
n vsrsity of Chicago for brief
WI half hour this morning, and ne
was accorded characteristic welcome
by the students Of that institution. 1t
was the first official celebration Of
Washington's Birthday since the uni
versity WAS formally opened. and the
great laboratory in which the exercises
were held was packed to overiowing
When the Ohio governor appeared,
arm.in arm with President W. r. Har.
per, it seemed as if Bedlam had broken
loose. Cheers aud counter-cheer, col
lege yellS and class yells, and the pip
ing voices of the girl students, while
they waved their cambria handker-
chiefs in unison, all combined to
make splendid but withal
noisy ovation. After the singing
of patriotic selections Governor
Mckinley was presented and spoke for
five minutes on ''the hatchet story"
dealing with that much told-of and
much-written. OF alleged Incident in The
life of Washington in half humorous,
half serious vein, especially dwelling
on the moral sought to be conveyed re.
garding the necessity of absolute truth
and veracity in all the relations OF life.
He laid emphasis on the fact that the
future of the country rested upon the
students and scholars OF the present
generation, and urged that nothing was
more calculated to promote the peace
and prosperity of the Republic than the
observance Of patriotic duties by the
rising generation. The governor re.
ceived an ovation when he left the hall.
THE DEMAND FOR ADMISSION TICKETS.
Between 5000 and 1000 people OF
both sexes crowded the auditorium and
its approaches this afternoon to par
ticipate in the recognition of the day
under the auspices of the Union league
of Chicago. Admission was solely by
ticket and fully 1000 applications were
received after the last Of the coveted
pastebosrds had been given out.
Upon the platform were ministers
representing nearly every denomina.
tion, the presidents of the various uni
versities and colleges and of the city
clubs, General Miles and his staff and
other special guests of the club. The
exercises opened with a rendition OF
patriotic airs The invocation was
pronounced by Charles H. Fowler, of
Minneapolis, and President John P.
Wilson felicltously introduced the ora.
tor of the day, Governor William Nc
Kinley, and the applause that followed
continued for several minutes.
The governor spoke for one hour,
eulogizing Washington and drawing
lessons from his life, but avoiding all
political references. The exercises
closed with singing of America" by
the audience 1t had originally been
arranged that the governor should be
escorted from the Union Lsague club
to the Auditorium 10y the members of
the Cook County Republican Marching
club, in evening dress. silk hats, white
umbrellas, band of sixty pieces, and a
carriage with six white horsss.
Objections to this programme, how.
ever, were made by several NON bers Of
the Union league on the ground that
the governor was the guest of that in.
Btitution, and that partisan politics
should not enter into the celebration
of the day. The members of the Re-
publican club were inclined to insist
upon carrying out their programme,
but the governor himself cut the knot
by covertly but firmly declining the
proposed escort.
At the Union League banquet that
followed the exercises of the audito-
rum, Associate Justice Brewer, of the
supreme court of the United States
Bishop Fowler, Congressman W. ].
Bryan. of Nebraska; Hon. John s.
Wise, and Governor Mckinley deliV-
ered addresaas