Evening journal., 1897-11-23
ONE CENT

lean navy through the gunhoat Will
mington. We shall follow it as it
cruises in distant seas, with af-
fectiOnate solicitudo for these wh1
tread its decks and dticct its course.
and with fun confidence that we are
exhibiting to tneworld the best typesof
a frank and fearless American man-
hood
SENATOR HIGGINS SPEAKS.
AS soon as the applause which greet
ed these words Of patriotic welcome
had died AWAY ex-senator Higgins was
introduced by the mayor He received
quite an ova5ion as he advanced in re-
sponse to the Introduction. Bowing
and smilngly pleasantly, he said:
"Mr. Chairman: This day and the oc-
casion THAT has brought together such
a great concJurse Of cur people Is OF
| deep irsclsGk to the citizens OF Will
minslon and Cf Delaware. / do net
know that we ale any more patriotic
than the people of ether cities or other
sloates, but do know we are Lot less 50.
We are aculely concerned in all thu,
touches the honor the greatness and
the glory OF our country; and what is
the American navy butt the arm OF The
service 20 which is expressly commit
ted the defence OF Them all?
Thanks to the foresight, wisdom
and courage Of the statemenahip If
those who have gone before us, this
continent is secure in a condition Of
peace because so much ,he larger pars
Cf 1t constitutes but one nation. ard
all questions Of differences between the
various and widely divided sections Of
our country are settled under the dome
cf the capitol at Washington. No eX-
ternal foe challenges the army CT the
United States Of America to-day, or is
likely to. Even the Indian problem has
been so far gettled that we have no
more Indian wars and apperoltly, at
least for the army there is only the
piping times Of peace Net So with
the navy IL Is always liable TO be in
viewed wherever we touch the greater
world outside cf ourselves? Two con-
diiiOns more and mere tend 10 bring
this about The rest OF the world is
nearer to us; and we ourselves fiji an
eyer-growlrg larger place in .he AFFAIRS
OF mankind
Steam and electricity have at least
almost in effect ann.hilated time and
distance Communication i5 instan.1n-
eous the whsle world iCurd. The
events of OH nations we read the next
day at the breakfast table the same as
tine news Of cur own. Europe, by
steamer, is less than six days from cur
shores. and the same ships THAI aia
tAe A.lantic liners of commerce to-day
may be commerce dc5rOyers and part
Of hostile feet tomorrow.
But 1gain, and mere than ail thll.
The United States themselves are
larger We are severity milllcn7 az
people to-day. There aIe men living
who, at their birch, saw a nation Of not
twcnty millions Louisiana, Florida
Texas, California and Alaska have
added th1.r vast Domains to cur coun-
.ry'E greatness since the beglnn.lg Of
tine century. Not cniy the Atlantic
COAST. but that Of he guif ana .he Paci-
fic hc.d their millions OF pJopie and
unlNld ml.icns OF properly ami treas
ules uriCr the protection o, our navy.
What but Yesterday was the remotest
of the eailh's seas, to-day washes our
Pacii.e shores, and two new powers Of
,he Pacific Ocean, Japan and Russia.
cal Tor a new adjustment az .he worlds
balnee
1T is not surprising that under
these new conditions. the hate years
have been prolific Of incidens which
made US long anXi0usly for o strong
navy. i recall these with Germany
about Samoa, with italy abcut the Ma.
ia murders; with Chile, with Engllnd
about the COl.nto afldr In Nicaragua
and about Venezuela; with Spain about
Cuba; with Japan about Hawaii Some
Of those toucEed perilously On the edge
OF war.
To-day we do not know that The
heroic struggle fer Cuban indeg ndence
Will end without 0ur. being drawn ntO
war with Spain. We do know that il
We had had twenty hattleshirs on this
coast, tens. II not hundreds CT thou-
sands cf women. children and old men
would net have been starved TO dea.h
in Cuba by the atrOcious Wcyler And
when we talk Of the cost CT building or
maintaining a large navy, it will be
we'll TO remember the hundreds Of mil
lions OF dollars lost by the fright
caused by President Clevelands patri-
Otto Venezueieln message
''Mr. Chairman. the American people
to-day demand the creation of a navy
adequate TO the dignity OF The republic.
and to the vastness Of its territory, It's
population and its interests, adequate
to the place 1t holds among the nations
of the earth. They demand It not for
the purposes Of aggression, but as thc
= assurance, and only adequate and ccr~
tain assurance Of peace. AS the as
II surance .hat This nation will on the
e cne hand ever protect the rights OF It's
1I own citizens in every quarter of the
globe and ever protect its own shores
s, while on The other It will never fail CT
+ flag In extending its imperial protection
IL to those smaller and weaker nations OF
ls the American hemisphere, over whom
L and whose rights against European ag-
l- gression we have thrown the shield oi
er the Monroe Doctrine.
I'd in This demand Of the peop,e ci
l. America the people Of Wilmington and
IL of Delaware fully share. They have
IN always taken a deep and abiding in
terest in the navy. They have felt that
ul they especially shared in its glories
ne They win not forget that il was Com
ne mCdOre Jacob Jones. OF Delaware, who
"a commanded the Wasp when she cap
8. furrd fl,a Tfrteltn Nor that ura. fr