Evening journal., 1898-02-22
MINQUA ENTERTAINMENT,
oSAGE TRIBE RECEIVED A HEARTY
WELCOME LAST NIGHT.
AMONG THE SPEECHES MADE
WAS A PATRIOTIC DISCOURSE
BY CONGRESSMAN HANDY.
SOME OF THE VISITORS.

BY CONGRESSMAN HANDY.
SOME OF THE VISITORS.
The entertainment Of Usage Tribe,
Of Improved o. r. NJ, Of Philadelphia,
by Minqua Tribe Of this city, was
very successful affair from the recep-
tion Of the visitors at the depot until
their departure.
Among the visitors were Great sa-
chem w. r. Rogers, Great Junior
Sycamore Joseph Allison, Sanape A.
c. Holland, Great Guard of Forest
William McFarren, Past Great Saga
more j. r. Poore and Great Represen-
tative Harry Lawrence.
Prominent among the Delaware peo-
Pile there were Congressman Handy,
Speaker of the House Riggin, City So
licitor Conrad and Thomas S. Dunn,
Of Dover.
John White, Jr., was POSTMASTER
and during the supper an orchestra
gave a musical program. The Minqua
Tribe Quartet also sang several pleas
ing selections. Past Grand lncohohee
Donnelly read the regrets Of the pres
ent great incohonee. Great Sachem
Rogers, Of Philadelphia, made a speech
in behalf of Usage Tribe He referred
to Cuban patriotism and also said that
in all the conventions that have as
sembled and sent advice to the admin
istration how it should act, none OF the
conventions were those OF Red Men,
but that organization would be found
ready when its services are required.
Congressman l.. Irving Handy was
the principal speaker. He said that
the three initials of the order stood for
freedom, friendship and charity He
spoke of the warm friendship in the
order and the charity toward one an
other that springs out Of the friend
ship In taking up freedom he made
the application of this principle to the
struggling Cubans, saying that they
are moved by the same impulses which
moved the American people in 1776,
and are entitled to the sympathy and
support of this great republic dedi-
Gated to human liberty.
apart from sentiment" said Con-
| gresham Handy the United States
has had great material interests to
suggest Intervention in behalf of the
Cuban patriots. When trouble in the
island began the citizens of the United
States owned $4,000, 900 worth OF prop
erty in Cuba. This great property In
terest is utterly destroyed We hat
10000 American residents in the Is
land. They have been harassed, i'm
prisOned, starved and murdered out
right. On the heels of such prOvoca
tions comes the disaster to the Maine
This puts a new face on the situa
ton. he conduct of the American peo
pie and the American Government ha.
been most admirable in the crisis. AL
most any other nation under the sam'
circumstances would have been ablaz,
with the war spirit. With us the effec
has been 10 silence jingoism. Tn,
Maine was blown up either by an acci
dent or by a foul assault. We wal
calmly to find out which It was. If /
was an accident. a situation Is pro
duced which requires that we shoull
refrain from all interference with Gu
ban affairs until time has Obliterate
the passions and allayed the irritation
caused by present suspicious. Our &C
tiOn when taken must be on ground
that appeal to the judgment OF tn
country.
IF. however, the Maine was blow
up by a Spanish torpedo or any othe
form Of Spanish assault. the American
people --"' demand full and immediat
reparation, and in urging their deman,
they will not be long content with tn
soft and Intellectual efforts Of diplo
macy. They will use the prompt ant
decisive arm of power
'ln dealing with such an affair It 4
the part Of patriotism to wait on tn
president for the initiative. Politic
stop at the waters edge As between
this government and Spain or an,
other foreign government every one o
our 7O.000,000 people must stand unite,
behind the president of the Unite,
States. Let us hope that the resul
may be peace, not war; but II war /
must be, the world will discover tha
the American spirit is as daring, al
determined and as furious in connlc
to-day as 1t has ever been in our his
tory"