The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-10


more phenomenal than that of population
or territory. Our wealth, estimated IN
1890 at S462, 100000, has advanced to
$65, 900, 100000.
EDUCATION NOT OVERLOOKED.
Education has not been overlooked.
The mental and moral equipment Of the
youth on whom will in the future rest
the responsibility Of government have had
the unceasing and generous care or the
state and the nation. We expended in
1928 In public education. open to ALL
$202 lis 54S; for secondary education, $685.
474, $50, and for higher education, for the
same period, $50, ,307 902. The number OF
pupils enrolled In public schools IN 1885
was 14,652,492 or more than 20 per cent
of our population. Is not this pillar of
strength to the republic?
Our national credit, often tried, has
been ever upheld. 1t has no superior and
repudiated a national obligation, either
to its creditors or to humanity. 1t will
not now begin to do either 1t never
strength? Has the republic lost any of
its vlriltty? Has the sclf-government gov
any pres, Mt T. menace to our stability and
duration? These questions bring but one
answer. The republic is sturdier and
stronger than ever before. Government
dom under the flag Is more universal
than when the Union was formed Our
steps have been forward, not backward.
From Plymouth Rock to the Philippines
the grand triumphant march of human
liberty has never paused
Fraternity. and union are deeply i'm
people For half century before the
Civil war disunion was the fear of men
of all sections That word has gone out
of the American voca bulary. 1t is spoken
row only as a historical memory. North,
South, East and West were never so
welded together, and Will they may diff
fer about International policies, they are
all for the Union and the maintenance Of
the integrity of the flag.
Has patr2tism died out in the hearts
of the people? Witness the 25)0C0 men
springiug to arms ard, IN thirty days, or
ganized into regiments for the Spani h
war-and a million more ready to re-
spCnd; and the more recent enlistment of
70,00 men, with many other thousands
anxious to enlist, but whose services
were not needed
Has American he oism declined? The
ish navy at Manila and Santiago the
charge of San Juan and E.caney, and
the intrepid valor and determination Of
our gallant troops in more than forty en-
gagements in Luzon, attest the fact that
the American soldier and sailor have lost
none of the qualities which made our
earlier army and navy tliustrious and in
After 123 years, the pyramid s ands un-
shaken. 1t has had S me severe shocks,
but it remains immovable. 1t. has en-
stronger. 1t stands. iirmer, and gives
greater promise of d,:ration than when
the fathers made it the symbol of their
faith.
May we rot feel assured that If we do
our duty Providence, who favored the
undertakings OF the fathers, and every
step of our progress since, will continue
His watchful care and guidance over US
ard that "the hand that led Us to our
present place will not relax His gcasp
until we have reached the glorious goal
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of His end"
SIR WILFRID LAURIER.
Following the address of the president,
which was received with every manifes-
tation Of enthusiasm, Mr.. Stone introduce
ed Sir Wilfrid Laurier, of Canada, who
he announced was to speak on THE
Dominion" The greeting which was ac-
! corded the premier Of Canada as he arose
to his feet was hearty in the extreme.
Cheer after cheer rang through the hall,
and people rose to their feet and waved
their napkins frantically. The warmth
of his welcome for an instant embar-
rassed Sir Wilfrid, but he quickly re-
GOV cred his self-possession. His speech
was as follows:
1 very fully and very cordially appre-
ciate the very kind feelings which have
Just now been uttered by the toastmaster
in terms so eloquent, and which you gen.
tlemen have accepted and received in SO
{ sympathetic a manner. Let me say at
once, in the name Of my fellow Cana
dians who are here with me. and also.
may say in the name of the Canadian
people, that those feelings we at all times
reciprocate; reciprocate not only in words
evanescent, but in actual living deeds
! (Applause.)
This day is very characteristic of Chi
cago, because If history recalls her de-
struction it also recalls her resurrectior
1t recalls the energy, the courage, the
faith. the enthusiasm with which her
citizens met and faced and conquered an
appalling calamity.
I am proud to say, in the presence Of
the chief executive of the United Sta es
that 1t is the belief Of the Canadian gov
ernment that we should make a 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, to so
work together as to remove all causes of
dissensiOn between us. And, regarding
the commission which sat first in the old
city Of Quebec, and sat next in the 1ity
Quebec or sitting in Washington, I anu
sorry to say the result has not been COM
mensurate with our expectations. Shall
I speak my mind? Cries of "Yes.") We
met stumbling block in the question OF
the Alaska frontier. Well let me say
| here and now the commission could not
settle that question and referred 1t to
/ their particular governments, and they
! L
mitted to say here and now that we 80
! not desire one inch of your land fap-
| plause), but if I state, however, that we
want to hold our land. will that be IN
| American sentiment, | want to know?
ALLIED NATIONS
The sec: etary of state told us some few
months ago that tn re was 70 treaty Of
alliance Fe we n Get Britatn and the
hnfed that he4 sas n peTn ef AmSTise e dd Is y@y @ M
! America and Great Britain 10 treaty
of alliance which the pen can
write and wh.ca the reo2le can
Great Great Brtain and the United states Setesea
unity of b!ood-of blood which is thicker
than water ppause); and l appeal to
recent history when I say that when
ever one nation has to face emargencv-
a greater emergency than usua'-forth-
with the sympathies Of the other nation
go to her sister lApplause) When last
year YOU were suddenly engaged in war
with Spain. though Spain was the we *
er party ard Though it is natural that
men should side with the weaker party,
reason than that of b'ood (applause); and
I am sure you will agree with me that,
though our relations have not reached
the degree of perfe- ton to which 1 would
aspire, from that day new page has
| been turned in the history of our coun-
! try. 1t was no unusual occurrence be-
| fore the month of May, 1898, to read in
/ the British press of American arrogance.
neither was 1t an unusual occurrence to
read in the American papers of British
brutality Since the month Of May, 1898.
these expressions have disappeared from
the vocabulary. You don't hear today Of
| American arrogance; neither d. you hear
presstons which you find in the press of
either country row are words of mutual
respect and mutual affecti IN. App!ause }
England and Tho banners of the United
! States shall rever again meet in con-
| f1ict, EXCEPT those conflicts provided by
| Lnn fc Of GI1nh nS Irn GO ,l,nr