The morning news., 1898-10-19
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| terrupted by the American people"
AS the President retired there were calls
for ex-Gov. oglesby, who made a few re-
marks, closing them with a cal for three
cheers for President Mckinley, which
were given with a viii. The exercises
were ended with the rendition of "Ameri-
ca by the band. the audience standing.
During the afternoon meetings were
| held in various parts of the city, and
one at the Columbia Theater, which was
| addressed by Gen. Miles, Gen. Henry NJ.
Duftie and Booker T. Washington.
| Gen. Miles made the principal address,
] during which he said while the chiV-
| airy of the South and the yeomanry of
| the North WED with each other in their
| devotion to the cause of their country,
| and ia their pride in its flag which floated
| over all, it is a glorious fact that the
| patriotism was not confined TO any one
section or race for the sacrifice, bravery
and fortitude The white race was accom-
panied by the gallantry of che black as
they swept over intrerched lines and
later volunteered to succor the sick, nurse
the dying and bury the dead in the yellow
fever hospitals and the Cuban camps"
The remarks of the commanding general
of the army met with great favor and he
was again and again compelled to bow his
Acknowledgement of the appaluse that
greeted him as he finished.
Booker T. Washington was the last
speaker and his patriotic utterances evok-
ed much enthusiasm.
At StOdebazer Hall the presiding officer
| was Judge Grosscup, of Chicago. The
speakers were Albert J. Beveridge of In
dianapolis and aPresident Cyrus Northrup
of the University of Minnesota.
| Z AT the arnory"of the~First Infantry a
crowd that filed the immense structure
to the doors gathered 20 hear Gen. Shat
| ter, who paid a glowing tribute to the
army he commanded
Secretary Wilson spoke next. He said
| in part;
THE history Of the nations of the ola
world consists mainly of wars with each
other, changes of dynasties and changes
of their boundaries 10 conform to the re-
suits of the war. Religious and civil lib
erty have been achieved through war with
entrenched oppression.
Great campaigns and their decisive bat
ties are the mountain peaks of the records
of the past, overshadowing the growth Of
education and of Independent thought and
action. Many of their histories are but
! chronicles of conflicts that brought glory
to the crowned head on one side and hu-
initiation to the crowned head on the other.
The right of succession TO throne has
| often cost the lives of hundreds of thou
! sands of people who were not at all inter
ested in the result. The desire to have
/ people conform their devotional exercises
/ caused the destruction of more millions of
| human beings than all other causes of
| slaughter combined. The most potent in
| fuences in arresting war have been the
education of the common people, the
! growth of commerce between nations the
grouping of weak peoples into strong COM
| binations, representation of the common
| people in lawmaking controlling the purse
| and the sword but especially the spread
! of the benign influence of the evangel
that recognizes the fatherhood of God and
the brotherhood of man.
The war with Spain was waged be-
cause the highly enlightened people of the
| United States would not longer tolerate
| the inhuman practices of Spain upon her
colonies at our very doors. There was no
/ hope or desire of profit or of national ag-
| grandizement. II was evident from the
! beginning that the war would be expeu-
sive, however short; it was also evident
| that disease would attack our soldiers
however great might be the precautions
| 70 prevent it. But these considerations
did not have weight with the American
| people when duty to our neighbor was
balanced against them.
Great emergencies require great men to
! guide operations. Our history is enriched
with the names of patriots who devoted
| themselves to public affairs in perilous
| times. whose wisdom framed our statutes.
! led our armies and executed our laws
! When war is to be conducted the nation
requires an executive with long experience
in public affairs. familiar with the laws
| and their enactment, acquainted with pub
lie men and their PECULIARLY, who is able
| to hold the generals of the army and the
| admirals of the navy to their duty and
who has heart to sympathize with the
soldier in the rank and the sailor on the
battleshiP.
The events OF the last few months hNs
given us a name that will be forever as
sociated with the most brilliant period of
American history and add to those of our
abest and most revered Presidents
Consider our position in the China seas;
when war was declared, we did not own
a post 10 which to moor a vessel when
the sun rose on that famous LIST of May
and the laws of neutrality drove Dewey
with his little fleet abroad upon the home.
less waters. American commerce in the
far Pacific was at the mercy of a nation
that never showed mercy. War had been
declared and issues had been Joined be-
tween a nation that learns nothing and a
nation that permits nothing to escape it;
when the sun set that evening on the
waters of Manila bay the American flag
was the emblem of authority over an
archipelago, and the young republic had
graduated out of its isolation into the
work a great nation has TO do in the
world.
The charges at San Juan and El Canev
resemble those at Balaklava and Gettvs-
burg. Wheeler. rising from a sick bed TO
encourage his troops, fran of body. but
sublimely heroic OF spirit, recalls the Duke
of Luxemburg and the Prince of Orange
Europes greatest generals In their day
both equally frail and equally heroic The
calculating courage of Hobson is The pride
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