Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-10-17

LII. ID. was conferred today on Presi-
dent Mckinley by the University of
Chicago. The president and his party
were entertained at luncheon by Presi-
dent and Mrs. Harper of the university
at their residence and afterward, ac-
companied by the trustees and faculty
of the institution, proceeded to Has
kell museum, where President McKin-
ley was crea ted doctor OF laws and
invested with the gown and hood per-
tanning to that scholastic rank. Then
the president led procession of the
university faculties, fellows and eoun-
sellors across the campus to Kent thea
ter, where other ceremonies took place
All the students of the university, the
graduate schools, the divinity schools,
the senior and junior colleges, the medi-
cal college and the various affiliated
preparatory schools, including the Gull
yer Military academy, furnished an
escort for the president, who, in his
cap and gown, afterward reviewed
them.
The national peace jubilee of Chicago
was last night inaugurated with a
union thanksgiving service at the Au-
ditorium. President Mckinney at
tended.
Rev DR.. Henry w. Thomas, pastor
of the Peoples church, was chairman
of the meeting. Bishop Samuel Fal-
lows led in the recital of the Lords
prayer, and Rev. DIR. Jenkin LLOYD
Jones i'll the responsive reading.
The first address was by Rabbi Emil
@. Hirsch. At one point DIR. Hirsch
said in part: eve are proud that when
war was imminent the affairs Of the
nation were in the hands of a man
Here DIR. Hirsch S voice was drowned
by great wave of applause. When
he could be heard the speaker finished
his sentence-''a true American, one
that loves peace. worshiper of the
Prince of Peace"
Rev. DIR. Thomas p Hodnett, Catho-
lie clergyman, caused applause by the
audience by repeated references to
Dewey, Sampson, Schley and the rough
riders, and when he mentioned Presi-
dent Mckinley by name, the people be-
came SO demonstrative that the presi
dent rose ia ibis box and bowed his ac
acknowledgements. Dr. HodnetJ aroused
much enthusiasm by a philippe against
the growing influence Of monopoly
and the cohesive power of unjust cor
porations
One of the most stirring speeches OF
the evening was made by Rev. DIR. John
Henry Barrows, q Presbyterian, who
took firm stand in favor of the reten-
ton OF the Philippines.
Booker L. Washington, colored, was
the last speaker. At one point he said
in part:
1--WE have succeeded in every con-
flict except one in the effort to conquer
ourselves in the blotting out of racial
preJudices. We can celebrate the era
of peace in no more effectual way than
by firm resolve on the part of the
northern men and southern men, black
men and white men, that the trenches
which we together dug around San
tiago shall be the eternal burial place
of all that which separates us in our
business and civil relations. Let us be
as generous III peace as we have been
brave in battle. Until we thus con
quer ourselves, | make no empty state
ment when | say that we shall have
especially III the southern part of our
country, q cancer gnawing at the heart
OF this republic that shall one day
prove as dangerous as an attack from
an army from without or within.
in this presence and on this aus
piclous occasion / want to present the
deep gratitude of nearly 100000 of
my people to our wise, patienG and
brave chief executive for the generous
manner in which my race has been
recognized during this confict-a recog-
milton that mas done more to blot out
sectional and racial lines than any
event since the dawn of our freedom. +"
The audience rose and cheered to the
echo, while President Mckinley, stand
ing III his box, acknowledged by re.
peated bows the compliment of the col