The Holly chieftain., 1898-10-21
CHICAGO PEACE JUBILEE.
The Formal Opening Exercises of
the Celebration at the
Auditorium.
PEACE THE THEME OF The SPEAKERS.
Mr.. Peck. Formerly of Kansas, Addresses
the Needing Ireland, Sam
uei Gonpsrs and Others Foiio~-Ths
Public Schools ProfuseIy Deeorated-A
Jubilee Bali Given at Night

people packed in the Auditorium yes
terday witnessed the formal opening
exercises of the national peace jubilee.
All that had proceeded the great
meeting was merely preliminary in its
nature and most of it in honor of the
president personally. Yesterday, how
ever, the actual jubilee began. The
weather wa cold, damp, with lower
ing skies, and raw wind blowing off
the lake compelled people to seek
warm corners, but the crowd was
closely packed around the building
fully an hour before the doors were
open. The exercises opened with a
short address by Chairman Charles
TruaX, OF the jubilee committee. at
the conclusion of which he intruduced
the presiding officer, George r Peck,
formerly of Kansas Mr.. Peck's ad-
dress was as follows:
We haveheard and all the world has heard
how Dewey shlu;ei the morning in the far of
orient and lighted up the hazy waters OF Ma
Mia with such q sunrise as they had never
seen before We have known Fourth OF July
made n ore gloriog> by the tldings that came.
telling Us how Sampson and Schley and Clark
and Evans and Pnl.Ip and Wainwright and the
brave sailors beh nd the guns and on the
decks and down where the furnace fires were
fercely burning, te.l upon the lesiathans OF
Spain and sent them to their doom almost in
the tw!nklinl O, an eye. The army and the
navy, two arms ot that mighty giant, the
American nation, have in equal measure
struck unceasinRly for the honor OF their
country and the cause OF Il common humanity
which In Its hlglest sense, means universa!
Justice Six mon th> ago We welcomed war In
the thoughtful, solemn spirit which BELTS
an appeal to The sword To-day we welcome
peace and all its blessings We have given
good lives for it, iud every life makes II more
precious Victory has come to US In fullest
measure We have won ships and cannon and
forts and arscnaIS Cities have opened their
gates and islands !n both hemispheres have
welcomed the arm and the institutions OF
freedom But the greatest prize we have won,
in its conseq quences 10 US people. is the
supreme victory vi ch north and south have
won over each othtr. Verify this Is the year
Of jubilee
After Mr.. Peck had terminated his
address he Introduced Mayor Harri-
son, of Chicago, who delivered the
formal address of welcome to Presi-
dent Mckinley and the strangers who
had come to Chicago to witness the
ceremonies of ju m lee week. The presi-
dent, who received most enthusias-
tic welcome as he entered the build
ing, made no formal reply to the ad-
dresses Of welcome, Notwithstanding
the large calls thai were made upon
him for speech. Following the ad-
dress of Mayor Harrison came Arch
bishop Ireland, of St Paul, Arch
bishop Ireland, who spoke for the
north, said in part:
Six months ago the congress of the United
States declared war should be waged in order
to give to the slani of Cuba stable and inde-
pendent government Magnificent patriotism
of America! The people of the United States
nt once arose IN their might They argued not
they hesi,ated not; America had spoken; theirs
was not to Judge. but to obey. OF 1t had been
whispered that We had n north and o south:
when America spoke, we knew we were but one
people. that all were Americans 1t had been
whispered that social and economic lines were
hOpelcSsly dividing the American peo-
pie, and tht the patriotism was re-
treating bcfoe the growth OF class in
terests and GLASS prejudices But when
America spoke there was no one in the land
who was not an American America can never
doubt the unitsd loyalty OF the whole popula-
ton nor the power which such united loyalty
puts into her hsnd look forward to an epoch
when court, Heognized by all nations will
settle international differences. instead of
keeping large siandirg armies. as they do in
Europe. Somc%eeks ago the czar OF the Rus
siaS said the naintenance OF general peace
and the possible reduction OF the excessive
armaments whEh weigh upon all nations
present themselves in the existing condi-
tions OF the wtcle world as an ideal toward
which the endfayors of all governments
should be direc4d; and, In accordance with
those views, he Invited all nations to send
representatives, to an international peace
in whi3l the question OF reducing the
ornaments OF pc several countries OF the
world and othe4Sise preparing some plan for
the prevention 4 wars might be discussed.
The militarism 4 Eurore is curse second
only to the terAbr of the battleaelds But
something may p done; and that is worthy
contending for. Phe proposal for q universal |
peace congress 4 an advent, however small |
towards what mut ever be for the friends of
humanity. for th4 disciples OF reason and re-
ligion, the ultima4e goal of their holiest ambi-
tion.
Judge SpeeS of Georgia, followed |
Arch bishop Irpand. He spoke for the |
south, but his remarks pertained prin.
cipally to th history of Spain in
America from the discovery by Colum-
bus to the blowing up of the Maine,
and the Spanisrd loss of his last foot
hold in thit hemisphere. Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of labor also spoke in par,
as follows:
All honor TO habrave and valiant soldiers |
who by their t3t. judgment and heroisn
planned and exceeded the war and brough, vic |
tory TO our arms II o surprisingly brief period |
None can pay too Gowing tributes to the splen-
did manifestations snd ideal heroism as dis
played by Hobson arh Wainwright Miles and |
Shafter, Wheeler anHLce and the rcdoubtable |
Dewey And. while pot detracting one iota |
from the need of prnise bestowed upon and |
10 which these galla4t men are entitled, yet |
none the less deservns OF the encomiums of |
praise and honor are 4he men who carried the |
guns and the men behhd the guns
We do not oppose tn development OF our in |
nnstry. the expansion 4 our commerce, nor the |
power and influence WI Bch the United States
may exert upon the ddfines OF the nations of |
the earth On the con- Fary. we realize that |
the higher intelligencehnd standard OF life Of |
the American workers Pin largely contribute |
toward attaining the hshest pinnacle OF in |
dustrial and commerciG greatness; and these |
achievements in the pa0hs Of peace will glorify |
the institutions of our 1public
we have many pro1ems confronting us Mt
nome without attempting to divert our people |
10 foreign complicati4s OF any character |
can app1e Its art to the remedy |
OF grievous ills from (hich our people suffer |
1t is worse than folly, ~, 1t is crime to luIl
ourselves into the fapo that We shall escape |
the duties which we oSe to our people by be- |
coming nation of co1puerors. disregarding |
the lessons OF nearly entury and . quarter |
or our national existen4 rs an independent |
humane and peace loving nation
We cannot with safety Il ourselves or justice |
to others keep the workfs and the lovers OF |
reform and simple justlb divided. or divert |
their attention and thua Ander them powerless
TO expose abuses aud rem1iy existing injustice.
During the afternd1n FIVE meetings |
we're held in differ~pt parts Of the
city. At the Columbia theater Gen.