The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-19
LOFTY ELO0UENCE UNCORKED
CHCAGO's PEACE JUBILEE A
BRILLIANT SUCCESS.

Bear tAe AAlOU
Judge speer of Georgia Introduce
I'd ns one of Fighting Joe Wheel
CPS beIs-Distinguished ASSEM-
bInee of Orators.
c1icaso. oct. 18,-Five thousand people
hacked within the walls of the auditorium
Witnessed the formal launching OF the
peace jubilee to-day
Ii required the uncorking of six vials
oe e.oquence to make the launching a dis
tir,t success. and no vessel that ever
sided down the ways was dumped into
more dampness than the peace jubilee.
heavy drizzle, that at times changed
inro rain and then back into drizzle, was
falling, the streets were filled with pud-
dies of water, and a cold wind blowing off
Lake Michigan made walking unpleasant.
Notwithstanding all these obstacles, the
opening of the jubilee proper was dis
tuct aud brilliant success.
AS the President entered The hail his ap-
pearance was the signal for an outburst
of enthusiastic cheers that lasted for sew
,-al minutes.
Win the President were ex-Gov. Rich
ara j. Oglesby of Illinois, Lafayette Nc
Williams, whose guest the President has
dent Harper. of the Chicago University,
and Thomas B. Ryan Of Chicago.
The ladies' of the party were in the box
adjoining that of the President. In the
first box at the left of the stage was
Gen Miles ana in the box next to him
were the members of the various diplo-
matte corps. Secretary Gage was in a
box in the second tier.
Almost Immediately after the presiden-
till party had taken their seats, the Rev.
Frank w Gunsalulus chaplain of the
meeting, offered prayer
Chairman Charles Truax, on behalf of
the jubilee committee, then made short
opening address and introduced Mr..
George r. Peck as the presiding officer.
At the conclusion of his address Mr..
Peck introduced Makor Harrison, who ex-
tended "a formal welcome to the distin-
euished party. and the strangers who
had come 10 Chicago TO attend the jubilee
ceremonies.
Mr Peek then introduced Archbishop
Ireland of St. Paul, who received the
closest attention, and was frequently COM
peiied to remain silent until the applause
that greeted his remarks had subsided.
Then came Judge Emory Speer of Geor-
Eia, who was introduced by Chairman
Peek, who fought against him during the
civil war, as "one of the fighting rebels
that We're led by Fighting Joe Wheeler
Judge Speer spoke. in part, as follows:
MT President Ladies and Gentlemen:
As a Southern man, Ii is anticipated to-
day that 1 shall respond for the South.
The sunny land of my home is very dear
TO me, and l shall be very gald to testify
to the devotion and genuine Americanism
of its people; but now II would appear to
he superfiuous. Here, in this great Amer
lean city where the people with pious
hands gathered the ashes of the Confed-
crate dead; here where with civic bounty
they reared the funeral marble to guard
and to immortalize the sacred trust-here
before numerous of that noble
army of veterans, whose com
Tades reverentiy attended on the pathway
T. the tomb the pale, inanimate form of
Winnie Davis, the Daughter of the Con-
1eleracy-here before those who, with sons
of Confederate veterans, aye, and with
Confederate veterans themselves, were
ahsncd under the starry banner of our
united country against the common foe
with faces then so eloquent no tongue less
iAan divine could add one thought TO
quicken the fancy or stir the soul of the
unlon-loving patriot. Let me, then, speak,
not as Southern man; not as an ex-Con-
lederate soldier but as a citizen of our
reunited country. Let me thus speak for
other millions of Southern men, whose
hearts are infiamed with the same patriot
i-iA as that which animates yours on this,
The national triumph for the swift victory
ana glorious peace We celebrate to-day.
spain had long been our near and dan
t'fous neighbor. It's people have a de-
gree of reverence almost superstitious for
monarchy and regard republican iusti-
''ioAs with great disfavor, 1t has been
Say" of Spain that some incurable vice in
H'f organization, or it may be in the tenn
per of her people, neutralizes all of the
'' ahtageS she ought to derive from her
surrey hardihood, her nearly perfect ca
-'tH for endurance, and the sombre ge-
II's alike for war. for art and for liter
""te which has so often marked her
is. While this seems 10 be true the
Span.arl is not only a formidable antag-
'.S' nut there is a wealth of interest and
'i7tm IN his rich romantic history which
''mands the admiration of a generous
,'.'lan. This must be accorded whether
W. '7otemplate that ancient people as
'-, alternately resist the aggressions of
aaSe and Of Rome, the fierce cavalry
Hamllcar, the legions of Scipio, of
'-pty and of Caesar, or in more recent
lG-'S me achievements Of their renowned
''"4liy which broke to fragments the
armies Of Europe, or The infuriated
'he in arms against the hitherto un-
Nuercd veterans of Napoleon, or but
"'" as with patient and dogged courage
10 naming volleys they vainy strive TO
l''ie the works of Caney and San Juan
o-7tnst the irresistible and rushing valor
lAe American soldier. In art the Span
.u" mas been not less famous In the
i'3 al collection OF Madrid, in The vener-
'e c1thedrals of Seville, in the Louvre,
the London National gallery, the lover
W.. me beautiful may be charmed by the
warmth of color the accuracy of tech
Allue the rounded outline, and sanity ele-
non Of Murillo. On the canvas of
'e'asquez he may find delight in the most
'a+.Suc realism of one of the greatest
.a'liers the world has ever known
We all know how, in 1892 his holiness.
.'@&nccr the Sixth, in order to prevent
i4eenly collisions between Christian
IIinees published a bun by which he
>s-ened TO Spain all discoveries lying
"esl of an imaginary line, drawn three
.AAIed leagues TO the westward of the
aNt erde Islands An discoveries TO the