The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-27
SECRETARY LONGS ADDRESS.
Given Big Welcome by the Massa-
chusetts Republican Clubs.

AlubSs
Boston, Oct 26.-Secretary of the Navy
Long received genuine New England
welcome at Music Hall tonight on the
occasion of the annual dinner of the Re-
publican Club of Massachusetts. There
were more than 800 representative Repub-
licans of New England at the tables The
other guests of honor were Gov. Wolcott
Senator Lodge and Congressman Dingley.
Secretary Long was the principal speak
er. He said in part: my experience in
the cabinet has confirmed the impression
that l have long cherished that a cabinet
officer with or without a vote should have
a place upon the floor of Congress, where
he shall at once be subject to question in
all matters Of his administration and have
the opportunity to present in person the
needs and demands of his branch of the
public service; so might he best get larger
growth
THE almost entire freedom of the navy
during the war from loss of life from
sickness and disease, and from even ordi-
nary casualties, is the best evidence of
the thoroughness Of its preparation, the
intelligence of its direction and the skill
Gf1GlencY ana lllOIOitS4l lldlllIllS VI llo vi
dcers and men. Let me bear my testi-
mony that all this has been the work of
the navy itself and not of any man at its
head: of the completeness of It's system
and the competency of its personnel. OF
its professional spirit l cannot speak too
highly. That spirit animated the officer
on the deck the commandant at the navy
ward, the chief in the bureau, and no less
the grades, every one of them, below
these Line and staff, superior and su-
bordinate have all worked with matchless
fidelity and ability, and harmonious co
operation, and deserve equal honor.
THE glory Of the navy and the glory of
the war which it shares with the army
Is not. however, in battle alone; or rather
il is not in the brutal elements of battle.
1T is rather in the fine instinct, the
courage, the splendid devotion, the intense
patriotism which nerve men to endure
what otherwise were the unpardonable
horrors of armed conflict for the sake OF
the great ends and cause for which bat
ties are fought The war through which
we have Just passed was not waged for
the exultation of victory. 1t was for the
Ioosening of the yoke of bond
age. the elevation of an oppressed
people, the divine civilization Of the com
ing century. Its finer touches were more
in the generous humanity it aroused than
In the splendid courage it evoked. Not a
trace Of personal auimosity toward the foe
was visible from beginning to end. Few
words will last longer than those which
Cant. Evans uttered when he said to his
men during the battle of Santiago that SO
long as the enemy flew its flag, they fought
like American seamen, but when the flag
was hauled down they We're as gentle and
tender as American women
''It was a revelation to the Spanish rris-
oners when they found themselves receiv-
ed in the encampment, rather than prison,
at Portsmouth, with Christian kindness
thsIr wounds bound up and every want pro
vid4d for. The lesson has not been lost on
the civilization of time when Cervera, re-
turning to his seat In the Spanish Senate,
nroclaims the humanity of America and
suggests to Spain that she benefit by our
example. awaken from her bondage of Old
limitations and follow the lead of Ameri-
can enterprise and American institutions"