Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1899-10-13
M'KINLEY IN CHICAGO

w hlle IN ,ChlcagO SUNDAY, nc anu GULL
pany was taken out to Quinn Chapel
on Gath and Wabash Ave-, where he
addressed . crowd of about 1000 People
under the auspices of the Mems Sunday
Club.
President Mckinley was driven to
Quinn Chapel directly from tho after
noon meeting in the Auditorium ar
irving shortly after 500 o'clock. There
were six carriages to convey the party
In the first were eseorting detectives;
in tho second the President, Bishop
Fallows, Bishop Arnett and Rev. DR.
A. J. Carey, pastor of Quinn chapel
in the third detectives; in the fourth
Charles Truax, e. e.. Kieth, B. J. Ros.
enthal and Secretary Cortelyou; in the
fifth Colonel Jonathan Merriam of the
Chicago pension Office and Rev, Canon
Richardson of Toronto; in the sixth
Major j. C. Buckner and other members
Of the committee of the Mems Sunday
Club, President J. Gray Lucas of the
club presided and his first request was
that the audience should refrain from
applauding or cheering when President
Mckinley entered. President Lucas
said; ION behalf of the Mems Sunday
Club under whose auspices this meet.
ing is held here this afternoon, take
pleasure in introducing to you the pas
tor of this church, Rev. A. J. Carey"
Rev. Carey said among other things.
"Dear Christian friends, you can ap-
preciate the fact that the President of
the greatest nation on earth with it's
vast population of 7a, 100000 souls and
its unbounded territory stretching from
the virgin soil of the Occident to the
far away lands of the Orient, hiss ecom-
paratively no time that he may truly
call his own for the reason we foel
more than honored because of the fact
that he has turned aside on this bless.
cd Sabbath afternoon TO look in upon
us, to grace our worship with his pre-
sence and speak, If but = few words, to
q part of the most loyal and patriotic
of all American citizens. I need not
assure you that it is the deep and abid-
ing interest that our President has in
every race and nationality that forms
q part of our cosmopolitan republic
that has caused him to be present with
us in our worship at this hour. We are
glad to have him with us. first because
itevidences to the world his interest in
US as q people and his belief in the
possibilities that lie before us; second
because we desire this opportunity to
say that the spirit of Cripus Attucks
and of the black regulars who fought
at Bunker Hill, Fort Pillow and Fort
Donelson, at San Juan and Ell Caney 10
the spirit whose sacred fires burn with
in the breasts of 100000 ebony-hued
devotes at the shrine of Columbia.
Speaking for the 100000 Negroes of
Chicago as we'll as for the millions
scattered throughout the realms of
this mighty republic, do not hesitate
10 say that to man the Negroes feel
that our war with Spain in the sight of
God and man was righteous war,
moreover the vast majority of us feel
that wherever the folds of Old Glory
have been unfurled whether it be in
Cuba, Porto Rico Hawaii or the for
away Philippines, there let the starry
emblem contin ed to wave at'least un-
til stable and satisfactory government
have been established.
There is no man living in whom the
colored people of this country have
more confdenc than in our honored
guest, President William Mckinley,
the Christian statesman whose crystal
line character, incalculable worth and
masterlystatesmenship enable him not
only to righteous'y expand the borders
of our country, but have also endeared
him to the hearts of 70,0Oo,0oO liberty
loving Americans.
with pardonable pride and pro-
foundest pleasues 1 have the honor to
introduce to you the greatest President
of the greatest nation on earth, the
Hon. William Mckinley"
+. In response President Mckinley arose
and said:
my Friends:-It gives me very great
pleasure to meet with you on this me-
morable day. The noblest sentiment
of the human heart, after the love of
God, is the love of country, and this
embraces home, which is the very cor.
ner stone Of our sountry'y strength
and safety. Your race has demonstrate
ed its patriotism by its sacrifices, and
you have shown your unfaltering faith
in the flag by being willing to die for
it, and that is the greatest test of 10y
atty and fidelity, and I can only assure
you in single moment, for l can re-
main but moment, that the nation
appreciated the valor and patriotism
of the black man in the United States.
They not only fought valiantly in Cuba,
but they are now fighting valiantly in
the Philippines, and they are carrying
the flag of liberty through that distant
possession, maintaining and upholding
it as the symbol of hope and liberty to
an oppressed people. I thank you and
bid you good afternoon" gs
The Mems Sunday Club meets every
Sunday afternoon 1T o'clock. It was
organized year ago and has over 500