Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-10

iNtClpIOCdle HOl Cnly III WOTOS, out
In actual living deeds (applause).
take it TO be an evidence of good rela-
ton which in your estimation gentlemen
tries as the United States and Canada, that
you have notified us. as your next door
neishbors, In this day, of rejoicing to take
bring back to our country the most pleas
ant remembrance of the day. We have
be admired; the imposing ceremonies of the
morning. the fine pageant, the grand pro-
ceSs9n, the orderly and good-natured
and to some extent. to be wondered at
But the one thing of all most to be ad-
of this esva Is Is Quite cEar
acterisic of the city of Chicago,
While l feel that though the relations
are good, though they are, brothery
though they are satisfactory, in my judg-
fhent men they are not as brothery; as salts
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 literature and for more than
a thousand years we have had common
history; Let me recall to you the lines
which in the darkest days of the civil war
the Puritan poet of America issued to
men in hope and creed, in blood and
tongue. are brothers; we all are heirs of
Brothers we are, in the language of your
own poet. May not say that while our
rslations are not always as brotherly as
they they should have been, may not ask, Mr..
the part of the United States. If we are not
sometimes too prone to stand by the full
rights to the last pound Of flesh? May |
not ask If there have not been too often
9etWeen DE wee uiir us petty quarrels which happily
ST, am proud to say in the presence
OF OF the chief executive of the United States
that 1t Is the belief of the Canadian govern
ment that We should make a supreme effort
government Of President McilineY 4fs and the the
assent of Great Britain, so to work to-
gether s as to remove all causes Of dissension
- And And regarding the commission which sat
,irst In the old city of Quebec and sat
sHTf sifina IN IT. the city Of washington, but whether
! am sorry to say the result has not been
GTomme,nsurate Tns,n with our expectations. Shall
We met Stumbling ltsi block III IN the thnes question
or the Alaska frontier. Well let me saw
mere mere ana ana. now, the commission could not
5arLicular governments and they are now
dtseating tsat with it. May be permitted to say
lapplause), but If l state, however. that we we
Tant 70 hold our land. will that be an
american sentiment? want to know.
Ready to Give and Take.
Amereser Meaer' 1hGingh that would not be
pe II British or Canadian sentiment, / am
mere TO say that we want not TO stand mon
ready oehS to- give imds anS % OF our our rights M
70 70 pe just we can afford to be generous
because we are strong
me secretary of state told us some few
ni9nths ago that there was no treaty of
allianGe aIiatnGe between Great Britain and the
none m51eeb bef states state 1t is very true there is
brltaln today, no treaty of alliance which
,,ta, nhe pen can write and the pen can un-
liiahe, put there is between Great Britain
anu lHb united States of America q mi
OF blood which is thicker than water
Iapplaqse); and appeal to recent history
When say that whenever one nation has
TO face an emergency-a greater emer-
sseincy than usual-forthwith the sympa-
ita siiieS or Ihe other nation goes to their
When last year you were suddenly en-
Saged gag IN war with Spain, though Spain
natural that man should side With the
Weaker Fon party our sympathes went to you
1appinnsoI 9r TU eIher 1 reason than that Of blood
with me that though our relations have
n1L mo-, reached ned, the degree of perfection to
| page has been turned in the history of our
country. w. ON'
1t, 1t was no unusual occurrence before the
month OF May 1898, to read In the British
| press of American arrogance, neither was
| II an unusual occurrence to read in the
American press of British brutality. Since
me month of May, 1898, these expressions
nave disappeared from the vocabulary.
You do not hear today of American AFRO
brutality, but the only expressions which
you You mn ma In In the press Of either country
mutual satisfaction (applause)
My friend, Mr., Cullom, said a moment
ago that he might believe me almost an
American. l am British subject, but /
am lover Of liberty, a believer in demo-
cratic institutions and ! rejoiced as much
was presented at Santiago, FL Caney and
| elsewhere during that war (applause)
81 sirs there was another civil war. There
colonies The union which then existed
severed. II 1t was severed, American citi-
fault Of the British Eoyernment % ro"i" Of that hat
ernment Of that day had treated the Ameri-
can colonies as the British government for
s nsniss tds wehty or my years has treated
what 1t has given to Canada-my country
legislative, independence absolute. the re-
cf history would have been very different
But what has been done cannot be undone.
You You ,ssn cannot expect that the union which
cannot we hope that II the union cannot
be restored under the law at least there can
be a union cf hearts (applause). Can we
not hope that the banners OF England and
the banners of the United States shall
never again meet in conflict. except those
conflicts provided by the arts OF peace, such
as we see today in the harbor of New
YORK In the contest between the Sham
ioNh hlli il- NpluillDld LOT tne supremacy
OF naval architecture and naval progress:
cannot We hope that II ever the banners of
England and the banners of the United
States are to meet on the battlefield they
meet entwined together In the defense OF
some holy cause. in the defense of holy JUS
! t!ce, for the defense OF the oppressed, for
! the enfranchIsement of the downtrodden
and for the advancement of liberty prog
ress and civilization (great applausel,
| Perhaps during the entire evening there
were no sentiments more rapturously ap-
plauded, more enthusiastically received than
| in Premier Laurer's address when he said:
There are no two nations on the face
| Of the globe as united as Great Britain
and America. nor any comfy OF blOod-and
blood Will tell-as that which flows be-
tween the English speaking people on this
| side OF the great Atlantic
| The audience appreciated the sentiment
in its fullest, 1t rose to it's feet and cheered
and cheered again, while the premier un-
able TO proceed. smiled and bowed his