The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-10-17
CnICAGO'S AUDITORIUM
TOO SMALL TO HOLD ONE-HAXY
THE PEOPLE
DEEP RELIGIOUS S0LEMNITY
Alternates With Tremendous Out.
bursts Of Cheering for the Presi-
dent Of the United States


Associated Press Special Wire.
CHICAGO, Oct. l6-The national peace
jubilee OF Chicago was inaugurated tonight
with thanksgiving service at the audito-
rum. President Mckinley attended, and
listened to addresses by a Jewish rabbi .
clergyman, and a noted colored orator. ThQ
applause for the president was terrific, and
at one time he was compelled to rise in ~
box and respond to the frantic cheerin0
of the audience. The services were, how
ever, of religious character, and at times
the solemn silence of the vast assedibluE0
was much more eloquent than could have
been the widest applause.
The president rested during great pare
of the day at the residence of Captain
Lafayette McWilliams, his relative, where
he is being entertained. He did not at
tend church in the morning. For short
time In the afternoon he was taken for .
drive in company with Mrs. Mckinley,
Captain and Mrs. McWillams.
The party was driven to the auditorium
at o'clock, and all along the way people
lined the street to watch the passage of the
presidents carriage. Fully $4,000 people
were within the great auditorium, and prob
ably as many more were on the outside, I'M
able to obtain admittance. The president
was scdtGo Ill d DOA OH tuc lcIU Stuc VI C0o
auditorium, and with him were Alex. H.
Revel, President William Harper of tho
University of Chicago; Captain McWil!ialns
and Secretaries Porter and Cortelyou.
Among the occupants of the other boxes
were James Mckinley, the presidents
nephew; Secretary Wilson and Miss Wilson.
Secretary and Mrs. Gage, Secretary Bliss,
Assistant Secretary Meikeljohn and Post
master Jordan.
Elaborate music was furnished.
Rev. DR.. Henry w. Thomas. pastor Of the
Peoples church, was chairman of tho
meeting. Bishop Samuel Fallows led in the
recital of the Lords Prayer, and Rev. DR..
Jenkin Lloyd Jones in the responsive read
ing.
Hirsch's Address
The first address was by Rabbi Emil G.
Hirsch, who brought out great burst Of en-
thusiasm by q reference to President Nc
Kinley. DR.. Hirsch said:
eve are proud that when war was immi.
nent the affairs of the nation were in the
hands of man" Here Dr. Hirsch's voice
was drowned by great wave of applause.
When he could be heard, the speaker fin
ished his sentence: "a true American, one
that loves peace, worshiper Of the Prince
of Peace"
Loud cheers followed DR.. Hirsch's state
ment of his sentiments in reference to the
territorial acquisition when he said:
"Consttutionalism, not colonial depend
ence, must be the watchword of the war in
regard to the .ccountry's deliverance from the
Spanish rule
Father Hodnett
Rev. DIR. Thomas p. Hodnctt, a Catholic
clergyman, caught the fancy and applause
Of the audience by repeated references to
Dewey, Sampson, Schley and the Rough
Riders, and when he mentioned President
Mckinley by name the people became 80
demonstrative that the president was COM
PEELED to rise in his box and bow his &C.
acknowledgements. At the conclusion of his
address DR.. Hodnett aroused much enthnsi-
asm by a philippe against the growing in
fiuence of monopoly and the cohesive power
of unjust corporations"
Favored Expansion
One of the most stirring speeches of the
evening was made by the Rev. Dr. John
Henry Barrows, who took firm stand in
favor OF the retention Of the Philippines,
which sentiment appeared to meet entire
ly the appreciation of the audince.
A Colored Orator
Booker r. Washington, the colored etln-
Gator and orator, was the last speaker. He
said in part:
This country has been most fortunate
in her victories She has twice measured
met the spirit of rebellion within her own
borders and was victorious. She has met
the proud Spaniard, and he lies PROSTATE
at her feet. But there remains one other
victory 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 that to
racial prejudice. We can celebrate the era
OF peace in no more effectual way. than by
a firm resolve on the part of the northern
and southern men, black and white men,
that the trenches which we filled together
around Santiago shall be the eternal burial
place of all that which separates us in our
business and civil relations. Let us be az
generous in peace as we have been brave in
battle. Until we conquer ourselves, l make
no empty statement when l say we shall
have, especially in the southern part of our
I country, a cancer gnawing at the heart of
this republic that shall one day prove az
dangerous as an attack from an army from
without or within.
"In this presence and on this suspicious
occasion I want to present the deep graft
tude of nearly 100000 of dur people to
our wise, patient and brave chief executive
for the generous manner in which my race
has been recognized during this conflict
a recognition that has done more to blot
| out sectional and racial lines than any
event since the dawn of freedom"
Stood Up to Cheer
When Mr. Washington had given ex-
preston to these words, the most interest
ing feature of the evening occurred. The
entire audience rose and cheered to the
echo, while President Mckinley, standing
in his box, acknowledged by repeated bowS
the compliment of the colored orator.
Socialistic Honors
CHICAGO, Oct. 16-The decree of IL. D.
will be conferred tomorrow on President
Mckinley by the University Of Chicago.
The president and his party will be enter
tanned at luncheon by President and Mrs,
Harper Of the university at their residence,
and afterwards, accompanied by the trus.
tees and faculty Of the institution, will pro.
coed to Haskell museum, Wherein. McKin-
ley will be created doctor of laws and be
invested with the gown and hood pertain