The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-17
Peace Jubilee
Started.
M'KINLEY HONORED
By Many Speakers And
Enthusiasm Prevailed.

Chicago, Oct 1.-THE national peace
jubilee of Chicago was tonight inaugu-
rated with union thanksgiving service
at the Auditorium. President Mckinley
attended and listened to addresses by
a Jewish rabbi a Roman Catholic
priest, a Presbyterian clergyman and a
noted colored orator. The applause for
the president was terrific and. at one
time he was compelled to rise in his box
and respond to the frantic cheering of
the audience. The services, however,
were of a religious character.
The president rested during a great
part of the day at the residence of
Capt 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, Capt. McWlliams and
Mrs. McWilliams. The party was
driven to the Auditorium at 8 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 OBJ
tain admittance The president was
seated in a box, and with him were
Alexander H. Bevell, President William
R. Harper of the University of Chicago,
Capt McWilliams and Secretaries Por-
ter and Cortelyou.
Among the occupants of other boxes
were James Mckinley, the president
nephew; Secretary Wilson and Miss
Wilson, Secretary and Mrs. Gage, Sec
rotary Bliss, Assistant Secretary
Meiklejohn and Postmaster Gordon.
Rev. DIR. Henry w. Thomas, pastor OF
the Peoples Church, was chairman OF
the meeting. Bishop Samuel D. Fallows
led in the recital Of the Lords prayer
and Rev DR.. Jenkin Lloyd Jones in
the responsive reading The first ad-
dress was by Rabbi Emil G.. Hirsch
who brought out great burst of en-
thusiasm by a reference to President
Mckinley.
DR.. Hirsch said: 1--WE are proud thai
when war was imminent, the affairs OF
the nation were in the hands of a 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
loved peace, a worshiper of the Prince
of Peace" Loud cheers followed DR.
Hirsch's statement of his sentiments in
reference to territorial ACQUISITION
when he said: Observation-Disclosures not
colonial dependency. must be the
watchword of the war in relation to the
countries delivered from Spanish rule. .
Rev. Dr. Thomas P Hodnett. a Ca
tholc 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 so demonstra-
tive that the president was compelled
to rise n.his box and bow his aclxnowl-
edgments. At the conclusion of his ad-
aress' Dr. Hodnett aroused much en-
thusiaSm by g. philippe against the
growing influence of monopoly ano
the cohesive power of unjust corpora
tons" .
Booker Washington was the last
speaker He said in part:
This country has been most fortu-
nate In her victories. She has twice
measured arms with England and has
Won She has met the spirit Of re-
bellion within her own borders, and
was victorious. She has met the proud
Spaniard and he lies PROSTATE at her
feet. All this is well, it is magnificent.
But there remains one other victory for
Americans to wilma victory as far
reaching and important as any that has
occurred.
We have succeeded in every conflict
except IN the effort to conquer our
selves in the blotting out of racial pre-
JUDGES. We can celebrate the era of
peace in no more effectual way than by
a firm resolve on the part of northern
men and southern men. black men and
white men, that the trenches which we
together dug around Santiago shall be
the eternal burial place of all that
which separates us in our business and
civil relations, Let us be as generous in
peace as we have been brave in bat
tie.
Until we thus conquer ourselves, /
make no empty statement when l say
that We shall have, especially in the
southern part of our country, a cancer
gnawinS at the heart of this republic
that shall one day prove as dangerous
as an attack from an army from with
out or within. In this presence and
on this suspicious occasion ] want to
present the deep gratitude of nearly ten
millions of my people to our wise. pa
tient 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 chan
any event since the dawn of our free
dom"
When Mr.. Washington gave express
sion to these words the most interest
ing feature of the evening occurred.
The audience rose 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.
The degre of Ii. d. will be con,
ferred 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, accompan-
led by the trustees and faculty of the
institution, will proceed to Haskell Mu,
scum, where President Mckinley will
be created a doctor of laws, and in
vested with the gown and hood pertain
ing to that scholastic rank Then the
president will lead a procession of the
university faculties, fellows and coun-
sellors across the campus to Kent
Theatre, where other ceremonies will
take place. All the students Of the uri-
versity, the graduate schools the d.
vinity schools, the senior and the ju-
nior colleges, the medical college and
the various affiliated preparatory
schools including the Culver Military
Academy, will furnish an escort for the
president who in his cap and gown will
afterward review them.