The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-19

( efsve-1eh-A0a- confession Of sin In SUD-
stance, trey have Ill said taat they Tough.
| FOR what they then thought was EEat-
.hat TREY neither blznze themselves Tor
thesr dead fathers or sons for existing In
the cause OF the Conf@deracy, but THAI they
accept today the changed conditions with
q gfadrs|ss ard sincerity they never felt
Until the wzr y i:h Spain knit the nation
into a Common cause anz. until a Republic
an president Crss4 the people Of the North
and South 10 honor the Confederate dead.
IN the latter reason lies the main incentive
10 The intense and almost unexpected en-
tsussasrn with which the presidential par
- had beer greeted since Dir. Mckinfey's
first speech in Alabama. Scarcely speak
or or a paper III Alabama or Georgia has
made reference 10 the president without
mentioning on every occasion his tribute
20 the Confederate dead A distinguished
Southerner said 20 this correspondent:
There have been very many reunions OF
the North ard South and on paper and IN
speeches. These were well meant. but
they s.gniiled htisc, because nesther side
had given In TO the other on the PRINCIPLES
they fought over. This suggestion, Of the
president 70 care for oTr dead Is the first
practicable evidence given 10 the South
that the North really means what 1t SAYS,
and II has touched our hearts more than
We can say. Coming as it does upon the
reels OF the war with Spain, which gave
10 The South the chance 10 prove her loyal
y, this utterance Of the president enables
US 10 say not only that we are true TO the
Union, but for tina first tine THAI w.s ,avs
l.
This uttsrance represents a host OF pub
lie and private speeches that have been
made since the arrival Of the presidential
party In the South Ii Is the consensus OF
various opinions expressed TO this CORE
spondenf by state officers and citizens OF
Georgia and Alabama, nearly all of whom
are opposed 10 The president In politics. b,,,
VINO nave welcomed him right gladly In his
capacity OF chief executive, and who have
given vent TO wild enthusiasm over his ut
terances regarding the Confederate dead
In this way what was planned 10 be a cele-
bratIon OF the peace with Spain has become
almost entirely a genuine practical ratfh-
eaton OF the peace between North and
Soatn epoch making in its Significance.
thrilling IN lis details and pathetic in the
countless memories that 1t awakens.
"a. McEwan In s. F. Examiner)
ATLANTA Ga, Dee. I5.--The president
has 10 nerves. That is one OF the secrets
OF his success in a pubic career After
hours or paradfng. bowling speechmaking.
handshaking and the general toll OF max
ing himself agreeable, he turns up in the
banqueung hall tonight as fresh and
serene as If his day had been passed in
sec.uSion and quiet
Atlanta has spread herself every way
and President Mckinley can make no
complaint about the reception II has
been respectful and cordial His office has
been honored. and he. personally, has met
with every proper mark OF consideration.
Inc enthusiasm Of the people, however, has
gone out to others-particuaar to Gen.
Joe Wheeler and Lieut. Hobson. The lat
ha tat,f
me. looks much more weary, despite his
youth, than does the president. He has to
snake thousands OF hands and kiss the
ndoy OF every second patriotic mother in
Atlanta The Algers, governors. ex-sen-
ators and other civic dignitares. gentle
men who represent the machine-made
greatest, look nebul0us beside this clear
eyed, clean-cut handsome young man.
who has done something ali by himself.
He owes nothing to votes, nothing to in
trigIe, nothing 10 his purse, and no Hanna
looms Behind him He and not the presi-
dent, is the real central figure at this
banquet spread in the presidents honor
The uniforms of the army men give
glitter to the scene. Otherwise IL is the
usual thing To the eye. But the heart of
the South is in it. The eagerncsss of the
people high and low. to testify to their
loyalty 10 the flag against which they
fought a generation ago. is affecting.
They are glad Of the opportunity to wei
come the president Of the United States
as their preH1dent-to prove in all ways
that the South is Of the union and no. n
section part 1t Is added satisfaction that
the president is a Republican, because
that fact enables them To emphazise the
patriotic sentiment which they express
Bryan, whom they wanted for president
has been kept away. lest his presence. at
first sought should produce a Earring poll
teal note.
The Southern bard opened the music in
the banquet hall with Yankee Doodle
and the Southerners. many Of whom once
wore the gray, applauded. The president
Clappei his hands. Then came Dixie"
Every eye was on President Mckinley
The instant his palms came together a
yol OF delight, OF exultation. went up-the
rebel yell sure enough-and the presi-
dent laughed. Republicans and Democrats.
ex-Confederates and ex-Union soldiers
some OF the ex-Coufederates gaudy in
United States uniforms surely there can
be no doubt about the burial of q sectional
past.
President Mckinley can make an aamira-
he speech or any occasion-admirahle
from the artistic standpoint He SAYS
little but seems To be saying much and
saving it strongly His celebration Of
manner. precision Of enunciaton and quiet
force of gesture re-enforce the effect Of q
strongly marked, thoughtfui-looklng coun-
tcnarcc.
II is natural for him TO drape his
thoughts IN concealing robes az large ana
eminrut}v respectable rhetoric as IL is for
ivy - Chamber un a wall II il All in his
eye That mars and explains what else
would ne a rather uowerfra aai fire face
4 Is 81 deep and cu0ning and Sbifty eye OF
the ecclesiastical order
Ills speech This afternoon on expansion
81 much admired and II ought 20 ne, Cor
ju II Mr. Mckinley has plea sed thc OK
paaiouists an3 anti-impeTi a,ists alike. and
the arst reading ~ that abe address, VIII
thr!U any American. Tonight there was
40 occasion for doing anything more than
take graceful ccguiEarca Of an occasion
pleasant equally On its patriotic and social
sjir&
The toast was Oar Country THIS he
554 81 perfection. HIS references to Grant