The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-12-22

MACON, ia, DBC' lJ.-GTbslu6uJ NlC-
Kinley and party arrived here this
morning and renamed a few hours,
leaving later for Augusta.
SAVANNAH, Dec. l9.-On Sunday
President Mckinley attended church ut
the Westremon Memorial Methodist
church. Mrs. Mckinley did not accom-
pany him. She is suffering from
slight cold, and remained at the hotel.
Her indisposition, however, does not
amount to real illness, and in the after.
noon she was able to take carriage
ride about the city.
The president was met at the door of
the church by leading members of the
congregation, who escorted him to the
pew reserved for him. As he entered
the congregation arose and remained
standing unCll he had taken his seat.
The sermon was by Rev. John A.
Thomson, ID. ID. There was no refer
ence to the distinguished presence dur
ing the service, beyond an invocation
by the preacher for divine guidance for
the president during the crisis which
now confronted the country.
Secretary Alger and General Shafter
attended the FIRST Presbyterian church,
ana after the service held an informal
levee in the aisles, many persons crowd
ing around them to shake hands and
bad them welcome.
General Joseph Wheeler and SeCre-
| tary Wilson wOrshipped at the First
| Baptist. Alter the service they shook
hands with several hundred persons.
Secretary Long attended Ut. Johns
| Episcopal church and Secretary Smith
| the Independent Presbyterian. They
| al i,Nv ~ M If
the congregations.
After dinner the president visited the
Georgia State Agricultural and Me-
| chanical college (Colored), where he de-
| livered an address. The route to the
college took the president through the
camp of the seventh army corps, and
| gong and coming he stopped at the
camp for a brief inspection and to
speak words of appreciation and encour-
agement TO the men.
Secretary Alger and General Shaftor
| also visited the camps. Secretary Al.
| ger paid more attention to the camp
than any other member of the party.
| He went through several of the regi.
| mental villages, from headquarters to
| kitchen, and made critical eXamina.
tiOn. He also visited the hospital of the
| First division, where he spoke kindly to
the sick men and made inquiries into
their wants and how they were sup
piled. After his trip he expressed him
self as very much gratitied with the
camp and the work of the hospital
| corps.
Postmaster General Smith, General
Shatter and the newspaper correspond
euts with the presidential party were
the guests of the officers of the Third
|
| the camp in the afternoon. An oyster
dinner was served Postmaster General
Smith made short address, during the
course of which he paid high tribute
to the press for its integrity.
| General Shafter made an imprOmptu,
cOny nyersatlOnal talk to the men assem-.
bled, which was full of suggestlveness,
and at once placed the general in touch
with all of his hearers. After the din
ner the party made an inspection of the
| camps Without exception the visitors
pronounced the arrangements excellent.
The members Of the visiting party
spent the evening in the parlors OF the
hotel until the time came for them 70
depart for Macon, for which place their
train left about midnight. On the way
to the depot the president was greeted
with hearty cheers, as inde ID he has
been every time he has come within
sight during his visit here.
At one point in his speech, at the
banquet at the Desoto hotel, Saturday
night, President Mckinley said:
II, following the clear precepts of duty, ter
ritory fails to US and the welfare of an alief
people require our guidance and protection
| who will shrink from the responsibility, grav,
though it may be? Can we leave these people
who, by the fortunes Of war and our own act
|, are helpless, without government, to chao
and anarchJ after we have destroyed the only
government they have had?
After destroying their government, It is tn,
duty of the American government to provid,
for them "A better one. Shall we distrust our
selvcsY Shall we proclaim to the world ou
inability to give kindly government to op
] pressed peoples, whose future, by the victorie
of war, is cOntded to usY We may wish /
were otherwise. but who will question ou
duty nowf
1t is not a question of keeping the islands o
the east, but of leaving them. Dewey anC
Merritt took them and the country instantly
and universally applauded. Could we hav
brought Dewey away without universal con
+ demnation at any time from the LIST of May
the day OF his brilliant victory which thrilled
the " Grid with its boldness and heroismY
Was it right to order Dewey to go to Manil,
and capture or destroy the Spanish fee
and dispatch Merritt and his army to reinforc
him If it were duty to send them there anC
duty required them TO remain there, it wa
their clear duty to annihilate the feet, TAX
the city of Manila and destroy the Spanisl
sovereignty in the archipelago.
Having done all that in the line of duty /
there any less duty to remain there and Civ
to the inhabitants protection and also Ou
guidance to u better government which will
secure to them peace and order and securit,
in their life and property and in the pursuit 0
happlnessI Are we unable to do thisI
Are we to sit down in our isolation and rec
ognlze no obligation to IA struggling peopl
! whose present conditions we have contributes
To maker would rather have the contdenc
} OF the poet Bryant, when he eXclams:
Thou, my country, thou shalt never fall
Seas and stormy air
Are the wide barriers Of thy borders whore
Among the gallant sons that guard thee well
, Thou laushest AT enemies. VINO shall thrI
declare
The date OF thy deepfounded strength, o
tell
How happy in thy lap the sons of men shul
> dwellf'
My fellow citizens, whatever covenants dut
, has made for Ms u ne year iogS We must keuI
, Brou- ht Back ShipwreCScd People.
New YORK, Dec. i3.-The British
steamer Pawnee, which arrived from
3 Mediterranean ports. brought ten ship
wrecked people, elght men aud tw
women, VINO were taken from the dis