The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-08-25
HONORING M'KINLEY.
Continued from First Page.

At S. 40 O'Clock Hon. Mark Hanna, who
had Just arrived came into the banquet
hall. His entry was noted by applause,
and as the proceedings paused, the Presi-
dent rose from his seat and moved along
the hal to meet him. There was a shout
of applause as the two men olasped hands
and the President left hand went up on
Mr. Hanna's shoulder. Both took their
seats amid applause. 1t was shortly an
nounced that the President had decided
to make a brief visit to some of the camp
fires and then return. He left accom-
panied by COMMANDMENT chief Clarkson.
The postmaster then announced the
toast the city of Buffalo welcomes the
Grand Army Mayor Jewett made an
appropriate response. While Mr. Jewett
was speaking the President returned and
for few moments pandemonium reigned
supreme, somebody yelling wheat 103,
silver 40, - cry that was taken up and
repeated again and again.
When MIR. Jewett had finished his ad-
dress President Mckinley was introduced
and for fully five minutes it seemed as
though the roof would have to fall or the
side walls bulge with the roars of ap-
plause and greeting.
Then the President said very slowly and
distinctly: sMr. Toastmaster and COM
rades and my fellow citizens: | wish l
might frame fitting words to make suit
able response to the more than gracious
welcome which you have accorded me
here tonight. 1 come with no set form of
speech 1 come with no studied phrases
TO present to you, but come Id the spirit
of comradship, (great applause) to talk
with you as we have often talked in the
past, around the camp fires in war as
well as camp fires in peace. (Applause.)
To me, see by the programme. has been
assigned the toast The country and its
defenders My fellow citizens. blessed is
that country whose defenders are patriots.
(AppIause.) Blessed is that country
whose soldiers fight for it and are willing
to give the best they have, the best that
any man has, their own lives to preserve
it because they love it. (Applause.) Such
an army the United States has always
commanded in every crisis of the history.
(Applause.) From the War of the Revo-
luton to the late Civil war the men fol-
lowed that flag i'll battle because they
loved that flag and believed in what it
represented. (Applause.) That was the
stuff of which the volunteer army of '6l
was made. (Applarse.) Every one of
them not only fought but they thought.
A nd many of them did their own think
ing, daughter and applause, and did not
always agree with their commander,
daughter and applause That young
soldier in the late war upon the battle
line, went ahead with the color guard
bearing the Stars and Stripes, was in
front of the line, but the enemy still in
front of him. The general called out to
the color bearer: Bring those coloTs back
to the line, and quicker than any bullet
that young soldier answered back, bring
the line up to the colors.' prolonged
applause. 1t was the voice of command,
there was man behind it and there was
patriotism in his heart. So nigh to
grandeur Is our dust; SO near to God is
man when duty whispers 10 thou must, ,
the youth replied, i cam And SO more
than two million brave men thus re-
sponded and made up an army grander
than any army that ever shook the earth
with it's tread and engaged in a holier
cause than ever TN ragged soldiers did be-
fore. (ApplauSe.) What defenders, my
countrymen, have we now? We have the
remnants of this old, magnificent, match
less army of which l have been speaking
and then, as all cases in any future war,
we have the brave men who fought
against us on southern battlefields
(Great applause.) The army of Grant and
the army of Lee are together. They are
one now in faith, in hope, in fraternity
in purposes and in an invincible patriot
ism. (Applause.) And therefore the
country is in no danger. (Applause.) In
justice strong, in policy secure and in
plause.) My fellow countrymen l thank
you and bid you good night" prolonged
applause.)
National Commander Clarksons. re-
sponded to the toast "the Grand Army. y
He said that the members of the vast
army of the late war were year by year
john The great majority. He paid a
trib to the South and the Southern
army. The victory of the Grand Army,
he said was in proving itself capable to lay
down the musket and Immediately take
up the pillow SO as to support the country
in peace as well as in war. He said the
calamity howlers were on the run and in
the western horizon was emblazoned the
word prosperity
Gen. Russell Alger, the Secretary of
War, speaking to the toast, the Army of
the United States,'' said the army as far
as it went was the best on Gods foot
stool. He had been in London and had
been asked what if the United States was
attacked by the great military nations. 1
answered, he said, that in thirty days we
could put millions of fighting men in
the field and back them up with wall of
ire in the person of the veteran.
Hon, Henry Estabrook spoke to the
toast "the general Charles W. Ander-
son, colored orator tailed off the colored
troops; Hon. G. P. Johnson discussed the
American volunteer, and Hon. John S.
WI Mise talked upon under one flag" Mr..
Wise. who was confederate officer was
received with much enthusiasm and his
address was marked by its patriotic spirit.
Arch Bishop Ireland was the last gen.
eral toast orator and was received with
yociferous applause. He replied to the
toast The Chaplain
President Mckinley visited two camp
fires during the evening at two of the
local churches and the crowds that greeted
him were tremendous. He spoke briefly
at one.
The National Association of ex Prison
ers OF War met in annual convention to-
day.
The report of the Acknowledgement
showed 60 local associations, with a mem
lhership of ], s31 and 70a, individual mem
ners, a total membership of 2,203 There
sury.
Officers were elected, with Charles f,
Sheriff of Pittsburg as commander.
The President En- Route to Buffalo.
Utica, N. Y, August 24.-The Presi.
Dental train en- route to Buffalo arrived