The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-16
President, Cabinet 0faoers and
Distinguished Soldiers There.
speeches Lax9sly Devoted t. sAo
Manner In WAieA Sectional xanes
Have Been Ohliteratea hy tie
War with SDaan and e Connen>
oratin8 the AcAievenents ef the
Army ana Navy-SecretAry Lone
Tells the History oH the Fanoua
DtspatcA to Dewey, writton ~ =
Clerk In The secrstaey's o0ea.

ATLANTA, Ca, Dec. N-Ths second
day OF the Atlanta peace jubilee opened
auspiciously. The crowds were enormous,
Excursion trains were arriving at short In
tervals from all directions. The feature Of
the day was the civic and military parade.
which moved at 10 q. m. The procesaion
consisted Of ten divisions. under command
OF Grand Marshal A. J. West. Six thoua-
and infantry. 10000 school children. ~
carriages. containing 1.6oo people, l.ooo
members OF secret orders, 600 Confederate
veterans under command Of Gen. Joe
Wheeler. 1000 laboring men, 100 officers and
marshals. twelve bands. 100 Grand Army
men. 4 squad of policemen. 200 menu
bers Of the Young Mems Christian Associ-
alton and the Ministers Evangelical Asao-
citation. 100 members Of the Capital Club
and Fulton Club. the Atlanta flre depart-
ment. and representatives Of 600 civic orr
ganixations from all parts OF tho South.
took part In the parade.
Cheers for the President.
Tho president and other distinguished
guests. In carriages. were at the head Ok
the pageant. They were escorted by the
First New Jersey and fifteenth Pennsyi.
vania, which came over from their winter
camp at Athens for the occasion. The
president was compelled almost continu-
ally to bow to the cheers which assa!led
his ears from the crowded sidewalks ana
the windows OF buildings along the line oe
march.
A roar ef welcome denoted the position
Of Gen. Wheeler and his hand OF cavalry
men. who had followed him through the
civil war. and 1T times no was compelled
to force his horse through the thronga of
would-be worshipers who blocked his path.
Arriving at Ponce de Leon avenue, the
presidential party reviewed the parade
Entertained at Luncheon.
After the parade had passed the review
ing stand. the president ana other guests
OF the city were driven to Piedmont park.
where they were the guests Of the Piedmont
Driving Club at an elaborate luncheon,
Col. Hemphill introduced Mayor Collier,
who welcomed the distinguished guests.
Gov. Chandler spoke on the part OF the
state and welcomed the distinguished par
ty to Georgia.
The president was introduced by Col.
Hemphill and was given Z tremendous
ovation. His speech appears elsewhere.
In the beautifully decorated dining room
os the Kimball house tonight the Atlanta
peace Jubilee. which brought to this city
the president OF the United States, several
members Of his cabinet and many tl4se1n-
guished figures Of the war with Spain. end
resulted In utterances by the executive
which have cemented hard and fast The
bonds between the North ana the south.
was brought to fitting close by an ciabor-
ate banquet Covers were laid for 100. Al,
the city's distinguished guests we're pres
ent and seated at the president's tatse.
The Atlantans attending thS BANQUET
were representatives Of the city's wealth
and business interests. Many prominent
men from all parts Of the South also
graced the tables
Hon. Clark Howell. editor OF the At
lanta Constitution. acted as toastmaster.
At the presidents table were seated: The
president. Gov. Allen d. Gambler. Hon.
r. A. Alger. Hon. Lyman J. Gage Hon.
John d. Long. Hon. Charles Emory
Smith, Hon. James Wilson. Maj. Gen.
shafter. Hon. Charles r. warwick. Lieut..
Richmond p. Hobson. DR.. r. ID. SpAldinR.
Hon. Stephen OMeara, Maj. Livingston
Mills, Hon. John Addison Porter. Capt.
rk y. AHSWe4ys 1SI. a. u. ~ k'euU1u&tDnp
Gov. Voorhees, Of New Jersey, Hoks
Smith. u. u. Fenno. Hon Frank p. Rice.
Gen Henry w. Iawton, Rufus Bullock.
Hon. George Peck, Gov. Joseph p. Jon.
son, MAJ Gen. g. y. N. Young. Hon. E. r..
Settle. Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler. Col. w.
A. Hemphill. Mayor c. A Collier.
An elaborate menu was discussed, aftsr
which the speech-making began.
Hon. Clark Howell introduced tho presI-
dent. His speech was ora OF the best Of
the evening. He referred to the fact that
the last glance Of the spaniard as he re-
tires from the continent which hs gave 70
the world falls upon the Maria Teresa,
rocking today Oh the Bahama reef. in
hafing distance of the spot on which
Columbus first anchored in American
waters to put his foot On San Saivadoreo
shore.
Mr. Howell said enlightenment first had
birth in China He traced its progress
westward. until finally the guns Of Ad-
niral Dewey completed the encircIing oe
the globe by shattering Spanish As.atie
dominion.
He paid tribute 20 President NcKinIeye
policy OF appointing Southern men and ~
Confsdsrxfes to high o61ces which ~ eatf
had ssbroken forever the barrier that a.
yided North and South and stamped the
indissoiuble seal Of understanding ana fra
ternssy upon the UnIon.'
The president, as he arose, was the r..
cipiens OF = hearty and spontaneous xrest. I
in& The c0gdiaiix with vhIah - ia.