The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-15
VETERANS CHEER M'KINLEY.
TRIBUTE TO CONFEDERATE DEAD
EVOKED MUCH FEELING.


share, He Said, in the Care
of the Graves of Confederate
soIdiers-A Peace Jubilee, Indeed,
in GeOrgia's CapitOI-GeOrgia As
sembIy Received the Presidential
Party-Gens. wheeler and Young
speak.
Atlanta. Ca, Dec. 14-President McKin-
lev made memorable the first day of the
Atlanta peace jubilee by a notable utter
ance in his speech before the joint session
of the Georgia Legislature this afternoon
His reception by the general assembly
was warm and hearty in the extreme, and
his speech was punctuated with frequent
outbursts of cheering 1t is admitted on
all sides that the address marked an
epoch in history, and it is tonight on ev-
cry lip.
Upon the Presidents arrival at the cap
itol he was greeted with a field artillery
salute. and was at once escorted to Gov.
Gamblers office. There short informal
reception took place. Upon its conclusion
the President, followed by members Of the
cabinet, was conducted to the assembly
chamber, where he occupied the speakers
chair with Gov. Gambler on his right
When President Dodson of the Senate
called the legislature to order the galleries
were thronged with men and women. The
body of the chamber was well filed with
state senators and assemblymen, while
the uniforms of various officers and the
Governors staff gave a touch of brilliant
color to the gathering.
On the first row, facing the speaker
sat Secretaries Gage, Long, Wilson and
smith and Secretary Porter. Beside the
speakers desk and below the President
were seated Gems. Wheeler, Lawton and
Young, in full uniform. The speaker rap
ped for silence and introduced the Presi-
dent to the audience, after congratulatng
the state of Georgia upon the presence of
their distinguished guest. As the Presi-
dent rose, the audience applauded Dur
ing the course of his short speech Mr.
Mckinley referred often to his notes. and
constantly paused for the cheers to stop.
A scene of intense enthusiasm followed,
when amid impressive silence these words
fell from the lips of the President:
Every soldiers grave made during the
unfortunate civil war is a tribute to Amer
lcan valor And while, when those graves
were made we differed widely about the
future of the government, those differences
were long ago settled by the arbitrament
of arms-and the time has now come sn
the evolution of sentiment and feeling I'M
der the providence Of God, when in the
spirit of fraternity we should share with
you, in the care of the graves of the Con-
federate soldiers"
A wild cheer went up from every throat
in the typical Southern audience. a cheer
that echoed and reached through the cham
Der, until it was taken up by the crowds
outside.
Oid men, who fought for the South, rose
from their seats and waved their hats. One
Confederate veteran, now venerable leg
islator, had pressed forward until he was
Gaming against the speakers desk, hang
ing on each word the President uttered.
When the reference was made 10 the Con-
federate dead, this old man buried his head
IN his arms, and. while the cheers rang
out cried like a little child. OF all the many
concliatory speeches which have been
made since Grant said: LET there be
peace nothing has more deeply stirred
southern audience than the simple words
OF President Mckinley this afternoon. The
Presidents speech follows:
Sectional lines no longer mark the map
OF the United States. Sectional feeling no
longer holds back the love we bear each
other. Fraternity is the national anthem,
sung by chorus of forty-five states, and
our territories at home and beyond the
seas. The union is once more the common
atlas of our love and loyalty our devotion
ana sacrifice. The old flag again waves
over us in peace, with new glories which
your sons and ours have this year added
to its sacred folds What cause We have
for rejoicing is saddened only by the fact
that so many of our brave men fell on
the field, or sickened and died from hard
ship and exposure, and Others returning,
brought wounds and disease, from which
they will long suffer The memory of the
dead will be a precious legacy, and the
disabled will be the nations care.
"A nation which cares for its disabled
soldiers as we have always done. will
never lack defenders. The national ceme-
leries for those who fell in battle, are
proof that the dead as well as the living
nave our love. What an army of silent
sentineis we have, and with what loving
care their graves are kept.
Every soldiers grave made during our
unfortunate civil war is a tribute TO
American valor. And while, when those
graves were made we differed widely
about The future of this government the
uInerences were long ago settled by the
aroltrament of arms, and the time has
now come in the evolution of sentiment
ana feeling under the providence Of God,
when in the spirit of fraternity we should
snare with YOU in the care of the graves
OF me Confederate soldiers.
The cordial feeling now happily exist
ing between the North and South, prompts
Inns gracious act and if il needed further
utilization, il is found in the gallant
loyalty to the union and the flag so con-
spicuously shown the year just passed, by
me sons and grandsons of these heroic
dead
What a glorious future awaits us, if
untedly, wisely and bravely we face the
new problems now pressing upon us de-
termined to solve them for right and hui
mainly"
NO sooner had President Mckinley con-
GUIDED before there were loud cries for
Wheeler. and when that little man got up,
his head scarcely higher than the speak
ers desk, The audience once more gave
vent 10 wild enthusiasm. Gen Wheeler re-
lerted enthusiastically TO the efforts Of The
PRESIDENT towards preserving peace as long
as the countrys honor would permit such