The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-16


authority of blood.
The American Gag. is beautiful in IT.
self, but its colors inspire only as they
symbolize the majesty. the power and
the honor OF the American people.
Think OF the past year. North ma
South lose their signincance when ma
nlla and Santiago tell their story. Who
cares from wherce came the heroes who
led and the heroes who followed? Ala
bama shall not claim Wheeler nor Yer
mont assert that Dewey is hers alone.
What Is Illinois? What j. Georgia? ThSy
are great. but only great because they
are parts of a greater nation. rhe
Spanish war was not the war of sany
state, but OF all the states; IL was the
war of a nation, strong In its hiyl
sense of right. and strong because IL
held i'm its keeping the cause of justice
and huma nity American sovereignty
follows the American flag. II IL leads
across western seas 20 the East. or
floats over the Oregon. dashing the
foam of two oceans from her prov as
she speeds onward to the fight. the ma
tional spirit sails with II to the utter
most.
Facing New Duties.
To-day the new union faces new du-
ties Wars are never exactly what men
foresee. The dominion of the republic
was not the lust of conquest that
brought IL about. II was the logic Of
events that were greater than men.
We may trust the United states.
and we may trust the deliberate judg-
mcnt Of its people, Thinking of all that
is past: considering the present and it's
problems. our look must yet be- for
ward. as Is the habit of brave men, ana
of statesmen VINO are 1T to rule. Ham
let Is not the true type of American
character. In the high policy and con-
quot of nations. what they may,
means often what they must.
Speaking In the presence OF the
president of the United States. whom
we honor for what he Is and for what
he represents. we all unite In acknowl-
edging his sincerity of purpose. his wis.,
dom, and the high patriotism which. py
day and by night. has guided him IN
difficult situations and unexpected
emergencies I know or no duty which
can rest more solemnly upon the Amer
lean people than that OF sustaining and
strengthening him in the great respon-
sibilities he Is bearing 50 bravely and 80
well.
craftsmanship does not require alb
solute foreknowledge. but II does re-
auire the rare ability TO meet condi-
tions as they arise. When Dewey sail
ed into the bay. he readjusted i'm an
hour the policies and aims Of n century.
He changed the balance and equili-
brium of nations. and served notice
with every shot he fired that henceforth
the United States must be counted. We
have entered new fields. as advancing
nations always do; we have assumed
new duties, as living nations always
must. 1t may. indeed. be true that our
fathers did not write out on parchment
what must be done II. by The fortunes
| % ttr Aa o. a ha
| islands aud seas remote. But, gentle
men. the flag cannot come down. The
| institutions and the polity of free re-
| public are equal to new conditions. ~
| they are worthless. a naticn that can
| not keep pace with what it's own arms
have accomplished. is already catalog-
| ued with the Incapable and the deGen-
| crate The new union. which war has
/ welded more firmly together. summons
| us and leads us forward. II does not
| invite responsibilities nor shrink from
| them. History has been busy In these
last eventful months. interfusing all th'
| elements of our national life. 50 that th'
parts forget that they are parts and re
member only an indissolutble, invisi
BILE, indestructlble Union"
How the Bin Was Paid.
Secretary Gage was the next speaker
His subject was: How the Peopl'
/
1T is my privilege To call attention
to the need Of a supporting power from
| the public treasury I'm every great ron
! flict of arms. For clothing. ammuni
ton, ships, supplies. tents. trarspor
tation, medical stores and the hundred
other essentials to a proper equipmen
of the feet and the army. IL was esti
| mated that 5000, 900 900 would be need
ed. How to obtain this vast sum was !
matter of argument.
There are two possible ways Il
reach this fund-as there are two wayi
TO enlist the soldier: either by con
scr,ption or by volunteer service. a
we relied upon the citizen 10 becom'
the soldier. so we wisely relied upon tn
citizen to become the nations creditor
At lower terms as to interest than wer
ever before proposed by the govern
ment for an original loan, S200,O00.OO
were asked. Fourteen hundred million
were offered Thus. by the voluntar,
action of the people was the war ches
supplied. A system of non-oppressiv
taxation WAS inaugurated, which Nigh
supplement- further needs, or. IL not $
required. could be applied to the grad
ual extinction OF the nations borrow
ings. The joint effect of this wonder
full response I'm men and money to tn
nations call electrified the world with
sudden comprehension of American
power, and OF American unity. Ma
this power be forever maintained. Ma
this unity never be broken. May both h
wisely directed to the upbuilding of tn
material welfare of our own people
May the influence OF this power and un
ity be so far-reaching in its efforts a
the symbol of freedom, Justice an
! peace and individual happiness"
All decorum was laid aside for tn
moment when General Wheeler aros
to respond to his toast. The distin
guished Southerner was cheered an
cheered. and It was fully five minute
before he was permitted to proceed.
The south I'm the War.
General Joe Wheeler responded 20 tn
, toast. "The South's Part in the War.
He said:
From the earliest history of ou
country i'm all conflicts of arms III
; Southern people have done brave an
honorable service. Twenty years be
fore the Declaration of Independence
! was a brave Nirginian. who. lcadin