New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-27
SECRETARY LONG IN BOSTON.
MASSACHUSETTS REPuBLI-
CAN CLUB.
HEARTY WELCOME TO THE FORMER GOVERNOR
on HIS FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE IN HIS
STATE SINCE ENTERING THE CABINET.

HEARTY WELCOME TO THE FORMER GOVERNOR
on HIS FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE IN HIS
STATE SINCE ENTERING THE CABINET.
Boston oct 2-Secreary Long OF the Navy Do
| partment had a genuine New England welcome az
| Music Hall tonight. ut the annual dinner OF the
| Republican Club OF Massachusetts. There were
about three hundred Republicans at the tables from
! all parts OF the State. while there n good rep
reservation from other New England States. There
was an evident desire the part Of the members
Of the club and Its friends to welcome Secretary
Long upon his first public appearance in his own
stale since his appointment, He was accorded a
| most enthusiastic reception The other guests
| were Governor Wolcott. Senator Lodge and Con-
gresham Dingley. of Maine. The president Of the
club. Colonel William b. Scher. at the head
OF the table. with Secretary Long his right and
| the Governor on his left
The dinner over shortly after I o'clock. and
! colonel Schier made the first address He was
loudly cheered when he made reference 10 the work
OF ;he Navy in the with Spain. the victory OF
| Dewey at Manila and the heroic act OF Iobson and
| his brave a Santiago
Governor Wolcott was the first SPEAKER intro
duced and he greeted with cheer after cheer.
lie euogized the Administration and made special
reference to the grand work of the Massachusetts,
men who made honorable record in the lac
wgr
secretary Long was next introduced and received
hearty welcome. It being several minutes before
he could proceed account OF the enthusiasts
| applause. lie said:
,,o agree with the evident proposition that with
.he recent extension OF territory. the duties
o VI are upon MS and the now enlarged importance
o b UII sea bower the Increase In naval force
would N. have IT extravaganily expanded ana would
prefer reasonable increase commensurate with
| surely lead to reaction in the popular mind and
a, tendency to the other extreme, as happened after
the Increase Of the Army and the Navy IS neces-
| sMly attended with "A very great Increase in ex-
| therefore,
| NE zeal OF the present moment we must stand on
stances should ,hs become a country where the
military arm is burden instead Of n defence. and
mat the military establishment must be subOrdi-
nate by long Interval 10 the educat Ona and the
But why dwell on the Navy when shat is only a
bbadrI 9 tne ,HmPhan resPSnfye and soS
an American who Is not proud of that Administra-
ton? Is there American who will not sustain
you Republicans. you Democrats, you reformers;
you sound-mOney men. you patriots everywhere:
praise for the President and his Performance OF
a hHeE y 95 MS r stand ian foT the
ing words in behalf Of sound money; for his gener-
of heart as well as Of form. all sections OF the
country: for his efforts to avert the grim visage
the failure? What did you mean when you crowded
about him with congratulations; when in editoria,
| in his behalf; when II you him or any member
Of his Cabinet you had only expressions OF satisfac
Is 1t possible that now in the meaner zest Of
Poticai csmpagn any OF you T Iorge eca Is re-
| luctant TO prosecute the war which Congress de-
with minimizing perseverance,. and with a swift
sure triumph Of your arms on land and on sea, or
peace ne has Jed the way 1t by the most generous
that eyer fo gaa nG 5S g
mistakes here. and mistakes there But When you
good sense. and not from the swamps OF partisan
ship. what corruption or dishonesty mas been tx
Success avn Won a. The expense OF the least possible
| extravaganza and failures
NEW PROBLEMS SPRUNG.
II Is true that new problems Of the gravest i'm
| port have been suddenly sprung upon the country.
The Administration was responsible when Congress
| declared war that Il should be prosecuted with
view TO the completest and most comprehensive
success But II is responsible FOR the fact that
success has brought with IT new phases OF terri
torial expansion and tho grave question OF dealing
with the tremendous responsibilities which the war
has tossed upon the shoulders OF the American Gov
eminent. They Will be- dealt with with all the wis
dom that the Administration bring to bear. and
with all that 1t gather from the best intelii-
gence. sentiment and counsel Of the American peo-
pie II Is a thing for President of the
4 United States to meet sudden and weighty prob
/ lens 1t is tho first time they have come. q
the same kind as now. though not perhaps. to the
has runs with oversanguine cries on the one hand
or dark prophesies OF ruin and shipwreck on the
end moved Oh to #. place in the worlds destiny.
Hitherto tn man has not been found wanting
! speak with some knowledge OF him upon whom
the greatest burden OF this respons billty falls.
know that II there man who loved his
| country. servant Of the public whose SOLE pur-
to DO hi; dGty ana Wh9 Mas s1ie led by o
/ iow-rnen 1t l. President Mckinney. For two years
one occasion when in the discussion there of any
| question. one word has been uttered with regard
orn I'M el'F o., the Presdcn, or Of any meHeT Of
Cabinet or OF the party of which he va" me choSe
fD-la he a
'e''''' THEN AND NOW.
Thought OF the party and its glorious record
stood a few days on the portco OF the Execu-
| tive Mansion recalled that I'm my youth there
met President Lincoln as he came out Of the White
House door We alone Had then lost. az
| | have since lost. the awe which a young man feels
on meeting a great one. | should have presumed
to speak to him. and. perhaps, one OF the saddest
faces which ever looked might then have been
touched I'm the passing greeting. with that kindly
smile and lighting of the eyes which sometimes
transformed it into beauty The burden Of the
great war was then upon his gaunt frame. He
over The freedom Of race. the issue OF equal
rights for all men high OF low. black or white was
A few days ago stood with President Mckinley
on the same porticO. We were not alone. Every
foot OF space. the rahgs. the grounds, were hlled
Women and children waiting the march Of the 10Th
Regular cavalry. co.ored troops. who soon came
P narahng in column they were the heroes Of the
recent war They had saved the brave Roosevelt
and his Rough Riders They had had s,ormed and
! themselves with the bravest Of the brave. Theic
uniform show I'd service, but II was The uniform Of
The United States soldier. They swept by with
easy. swinging step With heads erect and flash
ng eyes and kndling faces bearing In their DUSK
passed in review, and the President OF the United
States barred his head in token Of respect There
and then ! saw the contamination ~ Lincoln =
work Mayhap he. too. looked down from the
nortico OF a mansion eternal in the heavens The
issue which trembled in his great hand IL settled;
he slave is free there equal rights for all the
man = the American soldier and the American
citizen. There il no avenue 81 business IRE n
q hitch he does not walk profession % which he
h1nl II Len Ing M a l.