The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-25
MKINLEY WITH H G. A. R.
BIs RESPONSE TO THE toast; 1.-THE
xITTOy AND ITS DEFENDERS"
u,. yt.,,. nj Camp Fires After the banquet
aud short Speeches TO Former Comrades
u,U,Io Full or Rnthusinsm-Thc Struggle
a., IN. Command and Next Encampment.

IN tho hotel was lined Win enormous crowds.
1hc President and Mrs. Mckinley. Commander
n.Chiet ClarEson, and Augustus +. Scheu of
p,rolo rode In a carriage behind twenty-five
monnted policeman to the Niagara Hotel. There
,ho crowd WAS so persistent that tho President
%. obliged to make 4 speech. as no had done in
Syracuse.
Tho Presidents journey downtown again was
scc,e of exceptional enthusiasm. Columbia
post was his escort. and as he stopped from his
carriage TO the sidewalk cannon doomed and
An 600 voices joined in q great cheer. Four
hundred diners assembled in the Ellicott Club.
commander Mcconnell Of Columbia Post acted
az POSTMASTER. On his right sat the President
md ON his left Gen. Clarkson. Others at this
t.hIe were Archbishop Ireland of st. Paul, Gen.
Russell A. Alger. ex-Postmaster General viii.
,on $. Pissell, Gov. Black and Gov. Pingree of
Michigan.
While President Mckinley was busy with his
CLANS, ex.Gov. Uphsm OF Wisconsin,. who sat at
a nearby table, walked over and introduced
himself.
Here's something I picked up on the street
In Chicago yesterday" said he. and kept 1t to
show to you"
1t was a small placard. which said:
Mckinley Is no longer ahead OF his show.
Prosperity is here"
The President broke into O laugh. "Woll,"
said he. "thc show will DO we'll worth seeing.
May | keep this T. and he put the card in his
pocket.
Gov. Black made the address OF welcome to
the G. A.. II. in behalf Of the State, and he was
followed by Mayor Jewett. who spoke for
Buffalo. Gov. Black said:
mn. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN: Tho Co
s.Itend to It's guests a Welcome to the State
Of SeT Y xGsS f In dis ,a siSS this his agreeable c able
pnv nyn acknowledgements nf Ito IN ynr
and to make at least some imperfect ex-
R mssbep, Within Si , my tbPPs ,ee stats, H 70 % nl iFs dts its
hnguished guests l am glad to OFFER the assur-
ance that their presence will be, among the
the city and state. To the soldier there is al.
ways a welcome wherever the recollection OF
longer since the turmoil and the s~truGglc Of the
war tho magnitude Of the soldiers service
grows more clear and the peoples gratitude
ITO President Mckinley 1 have already ex.
tended welcome on moro than ono occasion, but
every meeting has Increased my regard and
every welcome has grown more Stnceren
It's Detendsrs." He SAID said: ""' Inc NAa'n ana
Il wish l might frame fitting words to make
come which icSpy You have Ia tu sccoraed dn me here erst to.niSht.
como with no set form of speech; I
tonne YOU @.'a but as ' eo@e IN pnf" the 80 spirit Rine'eo oi
eomradeshiP to talk with you as We have SO
is' saf !a as @a il s ss' ,RBss 't eam n5Sq aHas the he p ps%p fires IS
n.; see by the p,og5am%s; has been assigned
My Fellow Citizens, blessed is that coun-
nat country whose soldiers fight for 4 and are
s ssssa %sn 9 assy 'f ieVe o II. suss q! "n. p ssmy The 1t
s Shiise ot S' SeT 6 hsS . n;w'y From sS%% 9so var IN of f'S fhs
Revolution to the late civil war tho men fol;
1 ssss f iae' a ssSS IL 6si Ss q G ls %Ss, they i l lspsa
sented. That was the stuff Of which the
many Of them did their own. thinEinss and did
There was a youns soldier who in the late
war; upon The bat.ls line: went ahead
ws,H Shines sSs color ava. guard i1 f eeattin 3, the h, Stars Iins'
The General called out to e'V the Color ri Sea iss.
.BEE 5p those coi kH1,o, back to the lins!, and
9wered back, Bring the line up to the colors!'
L wac the voice OF command; there was q man
pehind II and there was patriotism In his heart.
80 nigh to grandeur is our dust.
So near to COD Is man.
"heh duty whispers. 10, Thou must
The youth replies. I can
And SO more than 1000, 900 brave men thus
responded and made up an army grander than
Tread and engaged in a holier cause than ever
engaged soldiers before. What defenders. my
nant OF this old, magnificent, matchlessa army OF
which ! have been speaking. and then, as allies
fought against us on southern battlefelds. The
Army OF Grant and the army Of Lee are together.
thoy u uno now In Ialt0, III nope, IN fraternity,
In purpose. and in an invincible patriotism.
And; therefore, the country Is in no danger. In
to the flag all one"
From the banquet tho President went to a
camp fire. where he spoke as follows:
GENTLEMEN: ! am only come to this splen-
eesDi psss1 IN nj tonight niS that might Pay my
ton and affection, 1t has been thirty
great civil war. and thlrty.threo" Years. since
is close; 1t seems not so long nor so far away,
100000 of the old soldiers of that war
solI, iSarVi nrs and and that in this noble city
sransest army thu that f ePeT fouNht for OF bum 1has
ever engaged, !. seems almost impossible that
When the war commenced we had no con-
Of the great results which were to follow that
strugRie: We thought that the Union to be
tina, vars and revolutions c ann; '0t be prss
Set .S9a and ! the circle Of their influence
member, said he would save the Union with
SSmVery' or he would save It without slavery,
s Sat Tee you'd save it, because he had Sn oath
believed mean no great mass OF our peo-
BBsse' ,b that the end Of that war would
men was our issue; from Him who is a Sovereign
%aS,Is came our ordeal OF battle. that men
Svmstruggle;w we have the greatest government
SUeaSse we have the freest government, and
naye the freest government because we
% N ~ equa! government, governed equally by
n O cltiIens everywhere. And It ia the busi-
LIT M u The living. 1t Is the business of the
Sanen, Is the business Of the men and the
cuitivatc N ne every part OF our common country. to
bb|RSJn ,he highest and best citizenship rests the
nigIest and best destiny for our Government.
must be excused, my fellow citizens, from
nr ress 70 DO more at this time than to ex-
Press my qualification at being permitted to min
te again with the old soldiers OF tho war, and
III oIlgratulate them that they have mi
,nis year in he city or Buffalo, which is giving
az ~ them such boundless hospitality. Lam glad
And 4 ! ri opportunity; glad TO meet and greet you.
aaTTSnotherc% campfire the President said:
hhe saddest part of the reunion OF the old
Smrs OF the army is that at every an
fa ~ ehcainpment we miss many familiar
ttSSSes; our comrades arc diminishing with
ssnS passlng years; the circle Is narrowing,
All n every annual roll call discloses one and
FL hholher not present, but accounted for.
p pu = h[ve gone from human sight; they have
PhoseH from association with us here any longer;
tney have gone TO Join the great majority ofthat
army with which they were so long associated
unu InRE Hlnaf.. IN al - -