The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-09

CHICAGO, Oct s.-The special train
bearing President Mckinley and party
rolled in to the Rock Island depot at
1870 p. m, yesterday The place was
surrounded by a guard Of police. and
tile crowd which met the chief execu-
tive was consequently small. A squad
ronsof cavalry, a detachment of police
and brass band escorted the carriages
to the Auditorium annex. the streets
along the route being packed with
spectators.
At . o'clock the President attended
the annual banquet at the Auditorium
Of tie Marquette club. Three thousand
I'VE hundred persons were present as
guests. on the right Of President Nc
Kinley sat Archbishop ireland, Of st.
Paul
Archbishop ireland spoke on THE
American Republic and said;
Evils and perlls exist under every
form Of government; democracy must
not be particularly blamed for such
evils and perlls. And there are no
evils which cannot be successfully COM
batted in a democracy; there are no
periia which canno. be successfully
averted In democracy. Let there be
among the many true spirit Of right
eousness, sincere love Of religion, a
disinterested patrlotism-arli no harm
can come to the country or Its people.
Be It the duty Of Americans to foster
IN themselves and their fellow cltlEens,
Righteousness. religion, patrlotiBm-be
II their duty to foster an enlightened
public opinion on all national and So
cial questIons-and all will be well.
SIT matters little to me what the
difficulties are that are said to confront
us; be they political, social or industrial
] have no fear. trust the good sense
Of the American people; trust the
power Of American public opinion; /
trust the freedom Of the republic. which
allows healthful discussion; trust
American justice and American respect
for human rights, born Of American
democracy, to solve IN due time every
problem and remove every peril. With
time for reelection, the people will pro-
claim the reign Of justice and charity. I
fear only the effects OF momentary pas
sion and Of the rashness II occasions.
Hence the motto Of Americans should
be patience and prudence, and mean
while energetic and unseIhsh work for
country and for humanity, for right
eousness and for God.
"And whatever we do, whatever plans
we form. whatever line Of action we
adopt. let US be mindful Of one thing
the American republic. He is the en-
envy of all his own rights and of those
Of humanity who, by turning liberty In
to license, endangers democracy, or
who. striving to repress license, brings
IN measures that are Incompatible with
q free government. Whatever might be
the apparent and temporary gain-the
harm done is unspeaknble-liberty
would be driven from the earth.
The American republIci She lives.
and liberty lives with her. The flag Of
the American republic means liberty.
Wherever 1t goes liberty goes with It.
With anxious eye and throbbing heart
I'VE watch to-day the journeylng Of the
flag Of America toward distant isles; we
pray for Its safety and Its honor; we
proclaim that in Asia. as in America. It
means liberty and all the blessings that
go with liberty. Some say It means in
Asia the repression OF liberty. God for
bid! II means In Asia the institution
OF civil order, so that America, to whom
the fates Of war have brought the uE1-
sought duty OF maintaining order IN
those Isles, may see and know who are
the people Of the Philippines, who there
have the right to speak for the people,
what the people desire, and for what
the people are fitted. Civil order re-
stored-and It must be restored-thO
flag Of America may be trusted to be
for the Philippines the harbinger and
the guardian Of the liberty and the
rights Of the people"
AS soon as the applause which greet
ed the archbishop as he took his seat
enabled President wlckersham to be
heard. he introduced Secretary of War
Root.
Senator Charles W. Fairbanks, Of In
diana, the next speaker, devoted him
self to the Philippine question, saying
no treaty had been made with Aguinal-
do that the instruction must end and
the future Of the Islands then be de-
cided by Congress.
President Mckinley, who was well
received. made n felIcltous address.
A committee from Omaha met Mr..
Cortelyou the Presidents private sec
rotary, and urged that the itinerary be
changed so that the chief executive
might extend welcome 70 NebFaSkaH
soldiers returning from the Philippines.
The President VIII not travel on Sun
day.
The morning was spent at Galesburg,
where, on the campus of historic Knox
college. where forty-one years ago
Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A.
Douglas met in one Of a memorable
series of debates to determine which
should occupy n sent In the United
States senate. the President and POST
master General Charles Emory Smith
delivered addresses, commemorative OF
the contest between these two great
leaders of former days.
Congressman George W. Prince well
coined the President to the Tenth con-
gresslonnl district. and the greeting on
behalf Of the people OF Illinois was BPo-
ken by Senator Shelby NJ. Cull0m. The
President In his address referred feel
ingly to the contest between Lincoln
and Douglas dwelling particularly up
on the fact that though both were sep
arated by political differences, in tho
hour OF national peril they stood united
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