The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-20
1HB CHICAGO JUBILEE.
4.
One Brief CLEAN Of Sunshine on
the Great Parade.
A NOTABLE JUBILEE BANQUET.

Addresses by the Head of the Nation,
the Head of the Army and the Head
of Great Labor Organization-The
Presidents Reception.
# Chicago Oct. 2O.--One brief gleam Of
sunshine, and only one, has been
thrown upon the ceremonies of the
peace jubilee. 1t was a tleeting. short
lived burst of third class sunshine, but
1t fell upon the presidents reviewing
stand just as the head of the great
parade was approaching yesterday.
Chicago has seen many parades greater
than that of yesterday, but she never
has seen one that pleased it's people
better Notwithstanding the most
elaborate arrangements Of the police
department there were times when the
crowd was too great for the police to
handle, and at many places the crush
at times was dangerous. The greet
ings extended to President Mckinley
as his carriage passed to the reviewing
stand were enthusiastic to the extreme,
as were the plaudits showered upon
General Miles and General Shafter as
they passed through the streets.
For the third time since the COM
mencement the jubilee festivities were
shifted last night to the interior of the
Auditorium, and the third and last
scene to be enacted within the great
hall was the most brilliant, beautiful
and successful of them all. 1t was the
great national jubilee peace banquet
rendered to the president of the United
States and other distinguished guests
by citizens of Chicago. No similar
event ever held within the Auditorium
surpassed in brilliancy and simple ele
gance the banquet of last night. No
similar event ever held there was more
successfully managed or brought to a
more triumphant conclusion.
Twelve hundred guests. among them
men prominent in all branches of busi-
ness. science, arts men of brilliant rec
ord upon the sea, and men famed for
deeds Of arms done on shore, were
standing by their chairs when a tap
from the gavel of Franklin MacNcagh,
the presiding officer, announced the APP
proarh of President Mckinley. The
orchestra struck up Hail to the Chief"
and as the strains of the old march
the jubilee reception committee. came
ioWn the center aisle, bowing right and
eft in acknowledgement of the applause
his presence evoked. He was escorted
to his seat at the west end of the hail.
and as he took his seat the 1900 guests
followed his example. only to rise an
instant later while Or. Frank Crane
delivered a short and eloquent invoca-
tion. Then for two hours the material
wants of 1,20O men received close and
careful attention.
At 10 O'Clock. the preliminary portion
Of th banquet having heen disposed Of,
Rrap from the gavel OF Chairman Mac
VeaGA called the attention of the
sues $. Mr. MacNeagh in the course of
his introductory remarks said:
"li the evolution of democracy con-
hrurs. and who does not believe that
1t will, a new spirit must possess the
lives of the nations 1t seems clear to
me that our own nation Is already
touched by larger conception Of ma
tional life Democracy has seriously
begun TO rule humanity. and he IL
Eliminating, truth is that democracy's
Ideals are not the ideals Of isolation.
Its concern is mankind. Our nation
will, believe be foremost in illustrate
Ing t!ie dutios and the ambltions-the
aspirations-of the democratic era"
'Dur country" was the toast to which
President Mckinley was called upon to
respond. 1t was several minutes before
the cheering subsided sufficiently to al
low the presidents voice to be heard,
and when he was afforded an oppor-
tuRity his utterances We're greeted with
most vnciferous applause. In the course
Of his address he said:
"fhr war has put upon the nation
gray responsibilities. Their extent was
NOT G"tic,patcd and could not have been
well tnleseen. We cannot avoid the Sc
riocs questions which have been brought
hon' to us by the achievements of our
artfg IN land and sea. We are bound
in c'n+ricnce to keep and perform the
covenants which the war has sarrcdly
sealed with mankind. Accepting war
for iltmanty's sake. we must accept
all obligations which the var in duty
ana honor imposed upon us. The sp,en-
did victories We have achieved would |
be aur eternal shame and not our ever
lasting glory If they led to the weak |
enius Of our original lofty purpose.
''The war with Spain was undertaken |
moi that tfn United States should in
crease its ta'l' nry, but that oppression |
at our vtl : orS should be stopped. |
This noble &, "-i NEXT must continue to !
amin ate Ts. and we must eve to the
world the full demonstration of our |
purpose.
''It is not within the power of man
to fG"r,cIl the future and to solve un-
nrringy its mighty problems. Looking |
backward we 'an gee now the hand of
destiny nuildcd for us and assigned us
tasks whose full meaning was not ap-
pretended even by the wisest states-
men of their times. Our colonial an
cestors did not enter upon their war
originally for independence. Abraham
Lincoln did not start out to free the |
slaves, but to save the Union. The war |
with Spain was not of our seeking, and |
some of its consequences may not be to
our liking.
'ferritorial expansion Is not alone |
and always necessary to national ad-
vancement. There must be a constant
movement toward higher and nobler
civilization, civilization that shall
make i's conqGests without resort to
war and achieve its greatest victories,
pursuing the arts of peace. In our
present situation duty, and duty alone,
should prescribe the boundary of our
responsibilities and the scope of our
undertaking..
"'rh" liral determination Of our pur-
poses waits the action Of the eminent
men Aho are charged by the executive
with the making Of the treaty Of peace,