Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-06-02
Hon. Benjamin NJ. Read.

Hon. Benjamin NJ. Read delivered an
eloquent and strong address in Spanish,
which w~asreccived by rounds of en-
thusiastic applause by the crowd.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Read $
speech, the choir sung Columbia, the
Gem of the Ocean,"
Cheers For Girls and Cowboy Regiment.
President Morrison then proposed
''Three Cheers for the Girls and from
the way the crowd responded it was
made evident that the women of Santa
Fee are held in higher estimation than
the whole navy Of the country.
Three cheers were also given the COW
boy regiment.
President Morrison: IL will now give
you something you like best-Money."
As Hon. Geo. P. Money took the
stand he remarked: THE old saying
that there is nothing in a name, was
never more forcibly exemplified.'
A voice from the crowd shouted:'' Oh,
you'll pass"
Mr.. Money said in substance:
Speech of Hon. Geo. p. Money.
Fellow Citizens: l thank God that we
meet tonight as the advocates of NO
race, no section, no creed, but we stand
here under the starry dome of high
heaven, representing the eternal prin-
ciples of individual and national liberty
under the synonymous and omnipotent
name of Americans.
l thank God that we meet here, not tc
bewail the destruction, but to rejoice al
the triumph of the brave,
The American eagle has found a new
nest on the shores of the Philippines
and henceforth its scream will be hearC
in the eastern world. y X
There has been some dispute about
| the justice of our cause of war: we mus
leave that question behind us now, fol
right or wrong, it is u war by oul
country, and by the eternal gods VIZ
will maintain it with our very existence
If necessary. X x n X y.
Thirty-fve years age, Dewey stood
with Farragut at Mobile bay, opposed
to my ancestors; today, |, the sol of my
ancestors, stand with Dewey on the
rock of American Liberty. His name
has become a national name. and will
be the precious heritage of your chill
dren and mine. The name of Dewey
henceforth will be synonymous, para
doxical as it may seem, with gentleness
and tigerish intrepidity, %amiability and
determination. His bravery amounted
to recklesness. He rode with a fierce
determination into the mined harbor Of
Manila as the English feet rode into the
shoals of Aboukir bay. He staked al
and won. Like his old commander
Farragut, he emphasized that hero's
exclamation, damn the torpedoeS!'
and with Nelson said: clay us along
side, and we will do the rest!' 1t has
been said that his name, before the bat
tie of Manila. vas not considered worthy
of a place among the great biographies
that graced the Century Di%ctionary--it
may now burn the pristine marble of a
heroic shaft alongside the names OF
Paul Jones, Decatur, Hull, Perry and
Farragut. His conquest ranks with
Trafalgar, Aboukir Bay and Yalu, the
greatest naval battles of modern CEN
turtles.
The deed was done within q time
such as we would spend in witnessing 9
mimic war upon the stage-its swift
execution being a picture in the
Kaleidoscope history of the world. Ir
a few hours, as the silver line of life
was whitening his later years, George
Dewey vaulted into wealth and honor
America sprang into the embattled
front of nations as a maritime power
as a manufacturer of weapons of war
renewed and repeated her tradiona
prestige on the water, and quick as