The record-union., 1899-10-10

none of the qualities which made our
earlier army and navy illustrious and
| invincible.
After 123 years the pyramid stands
unshaken. 1t has had some severe
shocks, but stands immovable. 1t has
! endured the storms of war, only to be
stronger. 1t stands firmer and gives
more promise of duration than when
the fathers made it the symbol of their
faith.
| May we not feel assured that if we
do our duty Providence, which favored
the undertakings of the fathers and
every step of our progress since. will
continue His watchful care and guild
ance over us and that the hand that
led US to our present plane will not
relax His grasp till we have reached
the glorious goal He has fixed for us
in the achievement of His end
Following the address Of the Presi-
dent, which was received with every
manifestation of enthusiastic approval,
Mr.. Stone introduced Sir Wilfried Lau-
rier of Canada, who, he announced, was
to speak on The Dominion.
The band played God Save the
Queen" the audience rising ard Joining
| in the chorus.
| The greeting which was accorded the
Premier as he arose 10 speak was
/ hearty in the extreme. Cheer after
cheer rang through the hall, and men
rose to their feet and waved their nap
| kins frantically. The warmth of his
welcome for an instant embarrassed Sir
Wilfried, but he quickly recovered him.
self
| The Canadian Premier expressed his
deep appreciation Of this sympathetic
reception, uttered his belief that the
ciprocate the kindly feelings manifest
ed by those present-reciprocate not
only in words evanescent. but in actual
living deeds, and said it was an evil
dence of the good relations which ought
to prevail between two such countries
as the United States and Canada that
the people of Chicago mad invited Ca
nadians to participate in their day Of
rejoicing.
| After a fiattering reference to the
splendid energy and courage of the city
of Chicago. the Canadian Premier said:
L feel that although relations be-
tween Canada and the United States
are good, though they are brotherly,
though they are steaifast, in my jldg
ment, they are not as good, as brother
| ly, as satisfactory as they ought to be.
We are of the same stock. We spring
from the same races on one side of the
line as on the other. We speak the
same language. We have the same lit
erature, and FOR more than thousand
years we have had d common history.
May / not say that while or rela-
tions are not always as brntherly as
they should nave been. may | not ask.
| Mr.. President, on the Larc OF Canada
and on the part of the United states,
are we not sometimes too prone to
stand by the full conceptions of our
rights. and exact all or rights TO the
last pound of fesn? May not ask if
there have not been too often between
US petty quarrels which. ha oply, do
not wound the heart of the nation?
II am proud 70 say. in the presence
of the Chief Executive of the United
States, that il is the belief of the "a
madam Government that we sho1ld
make supreme effort to better our
relations, AMI make the Government of
| President McKinley and the present
Government of Canada, with the assent
Cs Great Britain, so to work together
as to remove all causes of discussion
between US. And, regarding The COM
mission which sat arst in the Cd city
of Quebec, and sat next in the city of
Washington, but whether string in
Quebec or sitting in Washington, / am