The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-07

the President. Tho cause IN which your
soldiers nre fighting and 10 which you,
Democrats and Republicans alike,
stand behind them Is the cause OF civ
tiizntion and Of peace. The men behind
the guns in Manila to-day are In front
Of the schoolhouse. OF law and order,
and Will be followed by the men with
the text book and the bible, bringing
the arts q civilization. respect for law
and order and the welfare OF country.
No government can live for self alone.
nor grow to full stature by the exercise
of selhahneas. No man and no party Of
men can be bound to the performance
OF the mission OF the great republic for
the regeneration and elevation Of man
kind. II Is following to-day as II has
followed IN the past the lines marked
out by a providence superior 20 the
wisdom OF Presidents and Of legisiR-
tors, pointing the way Of the great
march Of civilization. My friends Of
the city Of Quincy, Of the state OF I'LL
nois. the President OF the United States
will be faithful TO the soldier who rep-
resents you. His cabinet win be faith
ful to him and know that you. one and
ALL will stand with us In sustaining and
helping him In the great work which
you have laid upon him."
Long Speaks for Navy.
Secretary of the Navy Long was en-
Enthusiastically received and spoke as fol-
lows.
II notice your chairman Is very DIS
eliminating. He introduces me, but
compliments not me, but the navy and
there, my friends, he is quite right. II
Is the navy itself, the organized navy OF
the United States, its officers selected
from every congressional district,
throughout the union, inspired by the
high spirit Of professional and national
seat-lt Is the navy which deserves your
commendation and has earned the graf
itude OF the people Of the United States.
(Great npplause)
my friends, as the President goes
about the various states OF the union,
think he must be struck with the fact
that constantly strikes me, that every
American audience he meets, wherever
It be, in the east or west. the south or
the north, is practically the same. II
certainly is the same In the cordial
generous and gracious welcome which
It extends to him. find here, as ev-
erywhere else, the suggestive memoir
les Of the war OF the union, in the pres
encc OF these veterans. find here the
evidence OF the school, the education OF
the people In their youth, not only In
the school book, but In the large volume
Of patriotism. I find here assembled
men, women and children, the represen-
tatlYes Of the ships, all industrials and
professions, and everything that makes
UP large, generous American citizen
ship. And because find here the same
audience with which / am familiar AT
home, / am not your guest, but that
am one with you--that l am one with
you in welcoming here the President OF
the United States. (Applause) In as
surfing him OF our readiness to stand by
him in carrying out the high principles
which he has enuncInted from this
platform: IN recognizing him not as the
President OF party, but us the Presl-
dent OF q whole country, (Great ap-
plause), OF all parties, (applause), OF
all states. OF all who love their country
(Applnuse). 1t is an especial pleasure
to me to be here In this city because ~
its name recognize name which IN
my own commonwealth has been Vener-
ated In her history in practical. political
and educational life, from the begin
ming OF this time. nm glad -aisoi TO
speak one word for the navy here In
recognition Of the men whom illinois,
the central state, sent to the recent war
constituting q part Of our naval militia,
unexcelled In numbers and certainly
unsurpassed In fidelity to duty, (Ap-
plause.l stand here. too, and remem-
| Der that there came home with the
great Dewey from over the sea, one OF
your own citizens. one Of your own
men, Lieutenant Caldwell, tappiuuse) in
whom the great adr"lrnl placed such
confidence that he asked that he be
detached to accompany him TO his home
In Vermont to assist In the work OF
completing the report that the admiral
I Is to make about the achievements In
which he has been engaged. Let me
close as began, by saying that this
grent assembly, distinctive as II Is
Characteristic as II is OF your state, ana
OF your city, is also representative Of
all tho American people. We are one
great country, and we are welcoming
| the President Of that one great country.
We are here to unite with him in carry
| ing forward its institutions and Its civ
llization: in uphOlding its honor and in
maintaining It's flag. 1t Is a great big
country. With the blessing Of God We
viii make It bigger yet. cloud and pro-
longed applnuse.) II is n grent, good
country. good 10 every one who gets
under the protecting folds Of Its ban
ner. with the blessing OF God, we Will
vet, Oh the lines on which we are now
advancing and under the auspices
which are now over US, we Will make It
still better country" (Great applause
and cries Of 80 VIC will.'O
Hay is Reminiscent.
Secretary of state Hay was next In
trodured, and spoke as follows:
az did not imagine that was on the
programme OF the morning exercises,
but since this honor has been done, l
cnn do nothing more than to thank you
most cordially for this kind reception. /
am always glad to get back into the air
which breathed in the days Of my
childhood. There must he something
peculIarly fine about the air of this re-
/ gIon OF the country, because l have
never, since leaving this part Of the
world, been able to cat with such an
appetite or sleep so well as used to
! when was a schOolboy. in the health
giving air OF the Mississippi valley.
~ find that the crowds grow younger
and hnndsomer every day that live,
and while there are some advantages In
this, there is disadvantage, that ! fail
10 sec before me now very many Of the
| faces that used TO be familiar to me
when In my youth had the pleasure of
visiting Quincy The men that ! knew
and honored were, l suppose, unknown
| to most OF those In this audience, men
like thnt grand old pioneer, Governor
Wood. like those illustrlous citizens Of
Quincy, Downing and Bushnell; like
| Blackwell and Warren, whose brilliant
wit md roilIcSing humor did not pre-
vent them from being among the great
est lawyers Of the west; and those no
bic and chivnlrous antagonists. Jack
son Grlmshuw and Isaac Morris, Oppo-
nents In politics, but friends In heart.
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