The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-10-12
MANY EMINENT GUESTS
At 0hioago's Festival Banquet at
the Auditorium.
TRIBUTE OF sEoRsTARY LONG

war-The Work Of wainwright and
the Gloucester Commended - Pre-
mier Laurier's Friendly Speech.
Chicago. Oct 10.-Chicago's great
Auditorium never held q greater gath
ering than last night. when the Chi
cago day banquet was held within its
walls under the auspices Of the fall
festival committee. The great stage,
upon which 1000 people can easily
find standing room, had been enlarged
and a great floor built out over the
seats Of the parquet, Quadrupling the
floor space of the stage. President Nc
Kinley, who was the guest Of honor.
sat at raised table on the right Of
Melville e. Stone, the toastmaster.
Other distinguished guests were at
the same table, among them being
Vice President Don Ignacio Mariscal
Of Mexico. Premier Wilfrid Laurier OF
Canada. General John C. Black, Gov
ernor John r. Tanner. Mayor Carter
H. Harrison, Senior Manuel De Aspiroz,
Secretaries Hay. Gage. Smith, Long,
Hitchcock and Wilson. Attorney Gen
eral Griggs, Generals David B. Hen
derson, Merritt, Anderson and Alger.
Carl Dentzer, DIR. Emil G, Hirsch, min
ister to Brazil, Charles Page Bryan.
w. T. Buchanan. Japanese Minister
Jutaro Komura and Senators Mason.
Allison, Mcmillan, McEnery, Penrose
and Cullom.
The opening hour Of the banquet was
set for 6 o'clock. but the streets were
80 densely packed by the great throng
that had come down to witness the
laying Of the corner stone of the new
federal building and the afternoon pa
rade and remained In great part to see
the parade of the evening that 1t was
with difficulty one could make his way
along the streets, and as a consequence
il was nearly an hour later than that
originally set when the banquet was
in full blast.
The material part of the banquet oc d.
eupied two hours. and 1t was nearly
10 o'clock when Mr.. Stone raped for
order. and brought the intellectual por-
ton Of the program to the front In an
eloquent address. He was followed
by Governor Tanner. Mayor Harrison,
Senator McCullom. President McKin-
ley, Premier Laurier Of Canada, Vice
President Mariscal Of Mexico, Secre-
tary Long, d. B. Henderson and Cen
eral Thomas NJ. Anderson.
Secretary Long evoked thunders OF
applause by his tribute to the unknown
herOes He aaid in mart.
"You cheer for the men behind the
guns; you give swords and banquets
here and there to an admiral-and
both most richly deserve the tribute
but remember that all up and down the
line there are individuals whose names
never come to our ears. or II so. are
already half forgotten. who have earn
ed unfading laurels. No man In the
navy has rendered such service, how
ever great, that others we're not ready
to fill the place and do as we'll. The
navy is full of heroes unknown to
fame. Who repeats the names Of the
young officers who pleaded for Hob
sons chance to risk his life In the hull
and hell Of the Merrimac? Who men,
tions the scores of seamen who beg
ged to be Of the immortal seven who
were his companions In that forlorn
hope? In the long watch before San
tiago the terror Of our great battle
ships was the two Spanish torpedo
boat destroyers. Yet when the great
battle came 1t was the unprotected
Gloucester, a converted yacht. the
former plaything and pleasure boat of
summer vacation. which without
hesitation or turning attacked these
demons of the sea and sunk them
both. I have always thought It the
most heroic and gallant individual in
stance Of fighting during the war. And
yet who has given sword or spread q
feast to that purest flame Of chivalrous
heroism. Richard Wainwright"
Premier Laurier. In the course OF
his address. made this reference to
International disputes:
II am proud to say, In the presence
Of the chief executive of the United
States, that 1t is the belief of the Can
a6ian government that we should make
supreme effort to better our relations
and make the government Of President
Mckinley and the present government
Of Canada, with the assent of Great
Britain, 80 to work together as to
remove all causes of dissension between
us. May I be permitted to say here
and now that we do not desire one
inch Of your land. but II state, how
ever. that we want to hold our land,
will that be an American sentiment,
I want to know? am here to
say above all. my fellow country
men. that we want not to stand upon
the extreme limits of our rights. We
are ready to give and to take. But
though we have many little chickering's
Of that kind. I speak my whole mind,
and believe I speak the mind of all
you gentlemen, when I say that after
all. when we 90 down to the bottom Of
our hearts we will find that there is
between us true genuine affection.
There are no two nations today on the
face Of the globe so united as Great
Britain and the United States o;
America"
The most spectacular feature of the
entire fall festival. the parade of all
nations. took place last night, and was
viewed by thousands. the streets in the
down town district being literally a
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