Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-10-27
LONG ON the NAVY
WANTS 1T INCREASED, But NOT TOO
GREATLY.
WOULD LEAD TO A REACTION
HIGH TRIBUTE PAID TO TIE PER-
SONNEL OF THE NAVY.
Secretary Long Thinks Cabinet OIL
GERS should Have IL Place UDon
Floor of Cungrcss-ile Was
Banquetcd in Boston
Last Night.
WOULD LEAD TO A REACTION

| BOSTON. Oct. 26.-SeCretary Of the NaTy
Long received 4 genuine New England
welcome at Music hail tonight Ca the uc-
c;.sion of the annual dinner of the kepab-
lican Club OF Massachusetts. There were
more than SO representative Republicans
: OF New England at the tables. The SAL
| leries were crowded by ladies and seu.le.
! men. The other guests o. honor Were Gov
! ernor Wolcott. Senator Lodge and Con-
gressman Dingley. The guests and many
| of the leading Republicans OF the state
{ were seated on the platform. Secretary
! Long was the principal speaker. W ren ne
| rose he received a tremendous ovation, t
being several minutes before he could pro-
| Ceed on account of the enthusiastic re-
ception accorded him. He said in par:
My experience in the cabinet has con-
| firmed the impression that l have long
cherished. that cabinet officer, with CT
| without a vote, should have a place upon
tie floor OF congress, where he shall ut
once be subject to question in all mat
ters Of his administration and have the
opportunity to present in person the needs
ard demands OF his branch of the public
service. So might he best get idrs=r
growth.
THE almost entire freedom of the navy
during the war from loss of life, from sick
ness and disease, and from even ordinary
| casualties, is lDe pest tElutECe Oh the lIlOF-
oughness of its prearation, the intelligence
of its direction, and the skill, efficiency and
thorough training of its officers and men.
| Let me bear my testimony that all this has
been the work of the navy ITSELF and not
of any man at its head. OF the complete
ness of its system, the competency of its
| personnel and of its professional spirit
cannot speak too highly. That spirit ami
J mated the officer on the deck, the COM
mandant at the yard, the chief in the bu-
| apI NO, loss tha az
them, below these. Line and staff, sUpe-
rior and subordinate. have all worked with
| matchiess idehty ana apllltE ana in mar,
moniouS cooperation, and deserve equal
honor.
the war which it shares with the army is
| not however, in battle alone; or, rather,
it is not III the brutal elements of battle.
1t is rather in the tine instinct, the heroic
courage, the splendid devotion. the in
tense patriotism which nerve men to en-
dure what otherwise were the unpardol-
, 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
uniocsening of the yoke of bonGase. the
| elevation of an oppressed people, the Ci-
viner civilization of the coming century
! ! humanity it aroused rather than i'll the
g splendid courage it evoked. Not trace ci
: personal animosity toward the foe was Wis
| iblC from beginning 10 end.
Few words will last longer than those
. which Captain Evans, uttered when he safe
S of his men during the battle OF Santiago
e they fought like American seamen, bu
:, when the flag was hauled down they weT'
I, | as gentle and tender as American women.
d 1T was a revelation TO the Spanish prls
r oners when they found themselves received
! in their encampment rather than prison, .
: Portsmouth, with Christian kindness, thei
t wounds bound up and every want provided
s for. The lesson has not been lost on IN
v civilization OF the time when Cerveca, re
a turning to his seat in the Spanish senate
proclaimed the humanity of America, an
suggests to Spain that She benefit by ou
example, waken from her bondage TO oil
limitations. and follow the lead OF Ameri
i can enterprise and American institutions.
d IF | may say one word more concerrin
IS the navy, / agree with the evident propo
IT sition that. with the recent extension of OF
l, territory, the new duties that are upon u
r and the now enlarged Importance of our Sc
t, power, the increase in our naval fore
= should go on. But 1 am not one of thos
: who would have it extravagantly expanded
and l would prefer reasonable increas'
commensurate with the increased meet
;. Too rapid a development will surely lea
to a reaction in the popular mind and
e tendency to the other extreme, as happene
a after the war of the Union. Nor must W
', | forget that the increase of the army an
"a navy Is necessarily attended with yer
q great increase in expenditure, and there
II fore, in taxation, and that. in the zeal {
S, | the present moment, must stand upO
the old Fundamental principle that unde
no circumstances should this become
country where the military arm is bul
den instead of defense, and that the mil
=. tary establishment must be subordinate, b
J. a long interval to the educational and til
industrial.
T. "If ever there was man who loved HI
=, country, a servant of the public whose sol
% purpose was to do his duty and who Wa
guided by a prayerful sense of accountf
biity to God and his fellow men. 1t i tr'.s
ident Mckinley. For two years l hav
sat at the cabinet table. and l recall nc
= one occasion when. in the discussion theI
10 of any question one word mas been uttere
9. with regard to its effect or its bearing o
IF the personal or political fortunes of tt
t president or any member OF his cabinet: {
le of the party of which he was the choiC
W two years ago. as to-day he is the choice {
(. all the people,
Governor Wolcott and Senator Lods
also spoke.