The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-17
Mr.. M'KINLEY PARTICIPATES
NATIONS CHIEF RECEIVES AN
OVATION.
Listens to Addresses by Jewish Rab-
hi, Catholic Priest, Presbyterian
Clergyman and Colored
Orator.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

Peace Jubilee of Chicago was tonight
inaugurated with a thanksgiving SER
vice at the Auditorium. President Nc
Kinley attended and listened to adj
dresses by a Jewish rabbi, a Roman
Catholic priest, a Presbyterian clergy
man and a noted colored orator. The
applause for the President was tremen-
dous, and at one time he was COM
PEELED to arise in his box and respond
to the frantic cheering of the audience
The services were, however, of reh-
gious character and at times the SOL
emn silence of the vast assemblage was
much more eloquent than could have
been the widest applause.
The President rested during a great
part of the day at the residence of Cap
tain Lafayette McWilliams, his rela-
tive, where he is being entertained. He
did not attend church in the morning.
For a short time in the afternoon he
was taken for a drive, in company with
Mrs. Mckinley, Captain McWilllams
and Mrs. McWilliams.
The party was driven to the Audi
torium at O'Clock and all along the
way people lined the streets to watch
the passage of the Presidents carriage.
Easily 1900 people were within the
great Auditorium and probably as many
more were on the outside, unable to
obtain admittansce. The PRESIDENT was
seated in a box' on the left side of the
Auditorium and with him were Alex
ander H. Revell, President William
Harper of the University of Chicago,
Captain McWilliamS and Secretaries
Porter and Cortellyou. Among the oc-
cupants of the other boxes were James
Mckinley, the Presidents nephew; Sec
Miss Wilson Score
tary and Mrs. Gage, Secretary Bliss,
Assistant Secretary MeikleJohn and
Postmaster Jordan.
Rev. DR.. Henry w. Thomas, pastor of
the Peoples Church, was chairman of
the meeting. Bishop Samuel Fallows led
in the recital of the Lords Prayer and
Rev. DR.. Jenkin Lloyd Jones in the re-
sponsive reading.
The first addresses was by Rabbi
Emil c. Hirsch, who brought out a
great burst of enthusiasm by refer
ence to President Mckinley. DR.. Hirsch
said:
1--WE are proud that when war was
imminent, the affairs of the nation
were in the hands of man -
Here DR.. Hirsch's voice was drowned
by a great wave of applause. When he
could be heard, the speaker finished his
sentence:
"A true American, one that loves
PSdNSJ a VI bAAC 1AAANC VI
Peace"
Loud cheers followed DR.. Hirsch's
statement of his sentiments in refer
ence to territorial acquisition when he
said:
Constitutionalism, not colonial de-
pendence, must be the watchword of
the war in regard to the country's de-
iverence from Spanish rule"
Rev. DR.. Thomas P. Hodnett. a
Catholic clergyman, caught the fancy
and applause of the audience by re-
peated references to Dewey. Sampson.
Schley and the Rough Riders. and
when he mentioned President Mckinley
by name the people became so demon
strative that the President was COM
PEELED to arise in his box and bow his
acknowledgements. AT the conclusion
of his address DIR. Hodnett aroused
much enthusiasm by a philippe against
the growing influence of monopoly
and the cohesive power of unjust corpo-
rations.'
One of the most stirring speeches of
the evening was made by Rev. DR..
John Henry Barrows, who took a firm
stand in favor of the retention of the
Philippines, which sentiment appeared
audience.
Booker T. Washington was the last
speaker. He said in part:
This country has been most fortunate
in her victories. She has twice measured
arms with England and has won. She has
met the spirit of rebellion within her own
borders and was victorious. She has met
the proud Spantard and he lies PROSTATE
at her feet. All this is well; it is mag
nificent. But there remains one other VIC
tory for Americans to wilma victory as
far-reaching and important as any that
has occurred to our navy and army We
have succeeded in every conflict except in
that to conquer ourselves in the blotting
out of racial prejudices. We can cele3,
brate the era of peace in no more effectual
way than by a firm resolve on the part
of the Northern men and the Southern
man, black men and white men, that
the trenches which We together aug
around Santiago shall be the eternal
burial-plaee of all which separates
us in our business and civil relations. Let
been brave in battle. Until we thus con-
quer ourselves, L make no empty state
ment when | say we shall have, especially
in the Southern part OF our country,
cancer gnaWing at the heart of this re-
public that shall one day prove as dam
gerous as an attack from an army from
without or within.
In this presence and on this auspicous
occasion l want to present the deep graft
tude of nearly ten millions or my people
to our wise, patient and brave chief ex-
ecutive for the generous manner in which
my race has been recognized during this
conflict recognition that has done more
to blot out sectional and racial lines than
any event since the dawn of our freedom.
When Mr. Washington bad given ex-
preston to these words. the most inter-
esting feature of the evening occurred.
The audience arose and cheered to the
echo. while President Mckinley. stand
ing in his box, acknowledged by re-
peated bows the compliment Of the col
ored orator.
Tomorrow, for the first part Of the
day, the President y Ill be the guest of
the University of Chicago, from which
institution he will receive the degree of
LID.