The true northerner., 1898-10-26
PRESIDENT N CHICAGO.
He Was the Central Figure In the
Great Peace Jubilee in the
Garden City.
GIVEN A MOST CORDIAL GREETING.
The Chief Executive Participates I'm
the Great Parade-speaks at n Han
Quet and Also Addresses the Rail-
way Men-Leaves for Washington
short stops on the Way.

way Men-Leaves for Washington
short stops on the Way.
Chicago, Oct. 20.-Throngs of men
and women, filing the downtown
streets in solid phalanXes, looked upon
the jubilee pageant which wound its
way through the city yesterday in
CELEBRATION of the victories won in the
war with Spain and the advent of
peace. Half million persons shouted
a welcome to the soldiers and sailors
and statesmen. President McKinley's
progress through the thoroughfares
chosen for the line of parade was made
an uninterrupted ovation.
At the banquet.
The great peace jubilee banquet ten
dered TO the president of the United
States and distinguished guests by the
citizens of Chicago took place at the
Auditorium in the evening, and Presi-
dent Mckinley spoke in part as fol-
lows:
1.-The war has put upon the nation grave
responsibilities Their extent was not
anticipated and could not have been well
foreseen. We cannot escape the obliga-
rious questions which have been brought
home TO us by the achievements of our
arms on land and sea. We are bound in
conscience to keep and perform the COW
enants which the war has sacredly sealed
with mankind Accepting the war for hu-
manity's sake, we must accept all obliga-
tions which the war In duty and honor i'm
posed upon US. The splendid victories we
achieved would be our eternal shame and
not our everlasting glory If they led to
he aIr ntnU ~ nnr nrfo N al ylttr-
pose or to the desertion Of the immortal
principles on which the national govern
ment was founded, and In accordance with
whose ennobling spirit 1t has ever since
been faithfully administered. The war
with Spain was undertaken. not that the
United States should increase its territory.
but that oppression at our very doors
should be stopped. This noble sentiment
must continue to animate US. and we must
give to the world a full demonstration Of
the sincerity OF our purpose.
Destiny Determined by Duty.
DUTY determines destiny. Destiny which
results from duty performed may bring
anxiety and peril, but never failure and
dishonor. 1t is not within the power of
man to foretell the future and to solve
unerringly its mighty problems. AL
mighty God has His plans and methods for
human progress, and not infrequently
they are shrouded for the time being in
impenetrable mystery. Looking back
ward we can see how the hand Of destiny
builded for US and assigned to us tasks
whose full meaning was not apprehended
even by the wisest statesmen of their times
Our colonial ancestors 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 it's consequences may not be to our
liking. Our vision is often defective
Shortsightedness is a common malady, but
the closer we get to things. or they get 10
us, the clearer our view and the less OBJ
scure our duty. Patriotism must be faith
full as well as fervent; craftsmanship must
be wise as well as fearless-not states
manship which will command the applause
of the hour. but the judgment Of posterity
End of the Jubilee.
Chicago, Oct. 21.-Chicago's peace
jubilee is at an end, and those who
were privileged to participate in the
many features Will dwell upon it in
the future as a season when every
other impulse was made subordinate
to patriotic ardor and heartfelt eX-
pressions of loyalty to the president.
The greeting of 5000 railway men at
the First regiment arrory yesterday
afternoon, which was the concluding
event of the jubilee served to show
that the esteem in which tbs president
is held is equally great among all
classes. Among other things Presi-
dent Mckinley in his address said:
The Presidents Address.
"It is fortunate that this great body of
representative men and women should
have assembled in this city al time when
the people were celebrating the suspen-
sion OF hostilities and hoping for an hon
orable, a just and triumphant peace. The
railroad men OF the country have always
been for the flag Of the country. In every
crisis Of our national history, in war or In
peace, the men from your great organiza-
ton have been loyal and faithful to every
duty and obligation.
Men of Responsibilities.
yours is at once a profession of great
risk and OF grave responsibilities. know
of no occupation In the field of human en-
deavor that carries with IL graver obliga-
tions and higher responsibilities than those
thrown upon the men who sit about me to-
day, the employees of the great railroads Of
the country, daily and hourly.
Power Is I'm the Fireside.
THE virtue of the people lies at the foun-
dation OF the republic; the power OF the
people Is In the American fireside. The vir-
tue that goes out from the holy altar of
! home Is the most priceless gift this nation
Il
from the home of the people II is a COM
mand to congress and the executive; 1t Is
the law of the republic.
IT thank you, my fellow-citizens for your
| cordial greeting. / congratulate you upon
the evidence of returning prosperity every
! where TO be seen. The figures read by your
! chairman represent the growth of the great
railway systems of the country. What you
want and what we all want is business
prosperity. When we have that you have
something to do, and when we have II not
| then you are idle. There are few empties
now on the sidetracks, and there are few
railroad men unemployed now. The more
you use the freight car the oftener you see
the pay car"
The President Departs.
President Mckinley and the men,
bers of his party left for Washington
Thursday night over the Pennsylvania
roaa. The crowd which followed him
every time he has appeared in public
was with him to the last, and IL re-
ouired the efforts of $50 policemen to
restrain the throng which packed the
depot TO suffocation. Just as the train
pulled out the president appeared on
! the rear platform of the last car and