The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-09-06
M'KINLEY IN PHILIDELPHIA
Addresses the q. A. R. Men-Given n
ROyaI Reception.


Philadelphia Sept. 5.-Enthusiasm
was rampant tonight in the G. A. r..
camp. Wherever President Mckinley
appeared he received a tremendous ova-
ton, particularly at the Academy Of
Music, where the G. A. r. was officially
welcomed to the city and state by May
or Ashbridge and Governor Stone Cen
eral Sickles of New York was already
seated when the president arrived, ac-
companied by Secretaries Root and Will
son. When President Mckinley observ-
ed General Sickles he walked towards
him and General Sckles arose. They
shook hands cordially, while the audi
ence, numbering about three thousand,
made the house ring with their plau-
dts. Admiral Sampson and his staff
were among the first to arrive. The
admiral was vociferously cheered, and
when later in the evening he was intro
duced by General Wagner, chairman of
the meeting, the ovation was repeated.
Addresses of welcome to the G.. A. r.
We're made by Governor Stone and May
or Ashbridge, to which L. Torrence,
judge advocate of the G. A, r., respond
ed. The president was introduced as
"Comrade" Mckinley He said:
1T has given me great pleasure to be
associated with you to-day. | am
deeply touched by many of the scenes
which all Of us have witnessed. With
the joyous side of the glad reunion of
old comrades who fought side by side
in common cause and for a common
country. there is the other side, that so
many of our comrades, who two years
ago had marched proudly with you
through the city Of Buffalo, are no long
er in the ranks The circle is narrow
ing. As years roll on, one after another
is not present at our reunions, but ac-
for They have gone to join
the great majority of our comrades who
sleep tonight beneath the low green
tent whose curtains never outward
sway. But with it all, my comrades |
could not but inquire, as l witnessed
the vast procession of old veterans and
heard the plaudits of the people,
could not but ask the question. what |
has endeared this vast army to the |
American people? What has enshrined
you in their hearts? What has given |
you unpershable place in history?
'Tfe answer comes that you saved |
the nation 1t was because you did |
aye. you sacrificed some
thing. You were willing to give up |
your lives for civilization and liberty,
not for the civilization and liberty of |
an hour, but of ages. That has given
you place in the hearts of the Ameri-
can people Great and good deeds |
never die and the Grand Army of the
republic is to be continued tonight
that the union it saved and the peace
it secured at Appomattox court house,
more than a third of a century ago, is
stronger, better and dearer to the
American people to-day than ever be-
fore in all our history. We are once
more and forever one people-one in
faith one in purpose willing to sacri-
ice our lives for the honor of our coun-
try and the glory of our flags. The
blue and the gray march under one
1ag-we've got but one flag now-the
same that our grandfathers lifted up,
he same our fathers bore, and that
lag which you kept stainless and made
for evermore. ! may be
,ardoned for saying in this presence
hat this has been one of the happiest
lays of my life looking in the faces of
ny comrades. They are getting little
90 old for war; but they are all right
That during last year and this summer
We We're able to convene 250, 900 of the
,est young men in the United States
vas due to example of your patriotism
md the inspiration Of your example,"