The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-04-11
OVATION TO ROOSEVELT.

OVATION TO ROOSEVELT.
New York Governor Given q
Great Send orr at Chicago.
Postmaster, General smith Gives ADJ
dress on Union.
Chicago, April 1o.-sssldom. If ever In
Chicago. has II ore enthusiastic body Of
men met around the banquet table than
the one which met tonight under the su-
spices of the Hamilton club to celebrate
Appomattox day and to greet Gov. Tbso-
dore Roosevelt OF New York who had
come from Albany as the guest Of the
club. The enthusiasm was extended In
generous measure to the other speakers of
The evening. but the greater part Of it
ives siven to the Governor when he arose
to make his address on 1.-THE Strenuous
Life"
The hall was mass of waving hand
kerohiefs and napkins and the cheers that
greeted him - he AROSE. prevented the
speaker for many minutes from begin
Ming his speech. II was greeting sue h
as one man does not receive more than
once or twice In life time.
ChArlss Emory smith Of Philadelphia,
gave an addrss on 1.-The Union"
His remarks were met with the greatest
applause.
POSTMASTER GENERAL CHARLES
EMRY SMITHS SPEECH.
The apple tree Of Appomattox. even II
1t belong to tho beautiful romances Of his
tury, never blossomed 30 fair and full rs
today. Its flower and Its fruit were never
30 fine and fragrant. The Union which
Appomattox re-established and cemented
was never 90 strong and glorious. Its
sacred bonds have now been welded not
merely by the mutual pledge Of devotion,
but by the nre Of heroic service. eide by
side, under the COMPTON flag on q distant
coil for the noble Gauss OF Humanity aud
civilization, and they nevs! before bound
up so much Of national pride and hope
and high aspiration.
You have blended the names of Grant
and Lee In the tributes OF this evening.
The GREATNESS and the unan.mity OF the
one and the valor and endurance OF the
other are the common heritage OF the
American psople. Separated for time b.
divided sentiment and allegiance, We are
In patriotic purpose. The great chieftains
illus products of the same National
schoo. vast Point, met at Appomattox
with mutual respect and honor, and In
their generous and chtvalrous coming to-
gether typifled the spirit Of q reunited
couutry. Tnst historic hour dates new
union which IL now true union of
hearts and Of hands that none can sever.
-Four days ago l stood deeply moved
witness ~ its conservation was scaled In
precious blood and sacred dust The war
OF the past year has been full Of reveln
lions Of nobleness as we'll az OF success.
Never before oid o triumphant nation
send the living soldiers Of Its -vanquished
foe back to their homes at Its own cost.
Never before did q nation undertake to
bring all Of Its heroic dead, even Its uni
Identified defenders, back from fields be-
yond the sea to be buried on their own
soil. The scene at Arlington last Thurs.
day, on the picturesque heights overlook
ing the national capital, was as unprece-
u6DLtu tth IL was iupTcsoiVc- AhcAC NNAe
the serried lines Of open graves and wait
ing caskets, each draped with the Ameri-
can Hay. There wers II, 900 mourne. =.
for all the people were Inourners, watch
ing with reverent mien under the bright
sunlight. There WIRE the President anu
his associates standing in the solemn
presence with uncovered heads. The
prayer was said; the requiem was lsound-
ed the last salute was fired, and the
fallen heroes of the nation, equally of the
N1r.h and the South, the first thus J.int.
ly honored since the civil war, were laid
10 rest side BY SIDE In the great national
cemetery, 10 be cherished with q nations
devoted care.
This Is q suggestive hour. 1t links the
past, the present and the future. Yester
day was the 34th anniversary of Apo
maGtox. Tomorrow will be the first an
niyersary of the Presidents memorable
message on Cuba, which opened new
chapter of history. within ten days will
come the anniversary Of the declaration
its triumphs and SO swift In
its momentous events and far
reaching In its conclusions.
we have lived so fast and so much, we
have entered upon such new and mighty
questions, that We can hardly realize IL Is
not yet a twelvemonth since the opening
gun Of the conflict, laundering tho quiet
OEuOE VI bCWCyB now osoA Va
hope and promise In the East and new
giant among the world powers. Apo
mattox ushsred In the peaceful ana won
derful developments of thirty Yeas which
brought the nation to point where, in
its own progress and in the progress of
the world, IL must enter upon wider
sphere; and the unacceptable duty OF last
year became the unsoughs but unavoida-
bic means, under an ovorrulinR Provt-
dence, OF realizing that national neces-
sity.
The obligations and
THE MANDATE OF THAT NATION
AL DUTY
cannot be disputed. Two weeks ago l
stood under the sunny sky OF Cuba. l
saw some of the villages Of palm thatched
huts where, under the cruel order Of con-
csntration, thousands Of hapiess Cubans
were hsrded. like sheep for the slaughter.
to dis Of disease and starvation. 1t was
q deliberate holocaust of determination.
Two hundred thousand human beings
were literally starved to death. II our