Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-17
M'K|NLEY At BOSTON.
The President Addresses the
Home Market Club.
THE WAR AND ITS RESULTS,
Conflict Was that Of an Un-
divided Na'iOn.
DIFFERENCES AS TO PHILIPPINES.
Defence OF Administration Altitude
The "Free and Emancipated Fill
pinOs"-"NO Imperial Designs I'm
American Mind"
DIFFERENCES AS TO PHILIPPINES

BOSTON. February 16-President Nc
Xinley arrived in Boston to-day, to be
the guest OF the Home Market Club at
a banquet in his honor at Mechanics
Hall. Messrs. Long Alger, Bliss. Gage.
and Smith, of the Cabinet, accompanied
him, together with Congressman Grosve-
nor Of Ohio.
The arrival of the train at South Ter
minal Station at 10 o'clock was the oc-
casion Of a general outburst Of enthusi-
asm from the thousands who lined the
streets on the line of the procession from
the station 10 the hotel. The time after
the arrival al the hotel was spent quietly
by the President until p. NJ, when ne
was escorted to Mechanics Hall to par
ticipate in the banquet
The President tomorrow will visit the
Grand Army of the Republic Encamp-
ment, dine at the Algonquin club and
hold a reception there, drive from the
| club TO the South Union Station. and
leave at $40 p. NJ.
The crowning event OF the day and
principal feature of the Presidents visit
| 10 Boston was the banquet rendered to
him by the Home Market Club. The
presidential party left the Hotel Tou-
| raine under cavalry escort at o'clock.
and proceeded through an immense.
cheering crowd to Mechanics Hall. A
| Reception was held, and for three-quar-
| ters of an hour President Mckinley and
the other distinguished guests stood i'm
line and shook hands with over six hun.
dred guests.
BUGLE-CALL TO BANQUET.
At o'clock the bugle sounded, announc-
ing that the banquet was ready, and the
company marched into the hail. while the
| banG played.
| The Presidents table was conspicuous
| by immense bouquets of American Beauty
roses and pinks. over the stage were por-
traits OF Washington Lincoln. and Nc
Kinley, and underneath was the word
Liberator. Upon the balcony was a pic
/ ture of Admiral Dewey, with the motto
ITO the captain of German ship: You
must not sail by the United States iag
without seeing it, and his famous com
| mand at Manila, "YOu may fire, Gridley
the front of the platform. and among
| those IL his table We're May0r Quiacv, ~
/ Boston aetiftaiy 'isng, Secretary Aigsf
Secretary Gage, and Secretary Bliss
! There VAS great enthusiasm when Presi-
! dent Mckinley was introduced. He spoke
as follows:
THE PRESIDENTS SPEECH.
"Mr Toastrhaster and Gentlemen The
| years go quickly. IL seems not so long,
but IT ls in fact six years since 1t was
my honor 10 be guest OF the Home
| Market Club. Much has happened In the
Intervening time. Issues which were
| then engaging us have been settled or
put aside for larger and more absorbing
ones Domestic conditions have i'm
proved ana are generally satisfactory.
We have made progress In Industry, and
have realized the prosperity tor which
We have been striving. We had four long
! years Of adversity, which taught us some
/ lessons which will never be unlearned.
/ and which will be valuable In guiding
cur future action. We have not only
! been successful In our financial and bust
ness affairs. but we have been successful
/ In a war with foreign Power, which
added great glory 10 American arms and
a new chapter TO American history.
PROBLEMS BEFORE rs.
II do not know why. in the year 1893,
| this republic has Unexpectedly had
| placed before IL mighty problems which
it must face and meet They have come
and are here. and they could not be
kept away. Many who were impatient
| for the conflict a year ago apparently
needless Of its larger results. were iirst
/ TO cry out against the far-reachlng con-
sequences of their own act. Those of us
who dreaded war most, and whose every
effort was directed TO prevent 1t, had
fears of new and grave problems which
might follow it's inauguration. The evo-
luton of events. which no man could
control has brought these problems upon
US. Certain ii is that they have not
come through any fault on our own part,
but as a high obligation. and We must
meet them with a clear conscience and
an unselhsh purpose. and with good
heart undertake their solution.
WAR DECLARED UNANIMOUSLY.
WAR was declared in April. 1898 with
practical unanimity by the Congress, and
once upon us was sustained by like unani-
nifty among the people There are many
who tried TO avert IL, as on the other
| hand there are those who would have
precipitated il al an earlier date. In its
| prosecution and conclusion the great ma
! jority of our countrymen OF every sec
tiOn believed they were fighting In a
| Just cause, and al home or on sea or In
| the field they had part in its glorious
| triumphs. II was the war OF an undl-
vided nation. Every great act in its
| progress. from Manila TO Santiago. from
Guam TO Habana, met universal and
hearty commendation. The protocol com
manded the practical approval Of the
world Ii was welcomed by every lover
| of peace beneath the flag.
THE PHILIPPINES.
THE Philippines. like Cuba and Porto
Rico. were trusted to our hands by the
| war and TO that great trust, under the
providence OF God, and I'm the name OF
human progress and civilization, we are
| aA "A -
| sought: IL is a trust from which We will
not finch. The American people will
| hold up the hands OF their servants al
home to whom they commit It's action
while Dewey and otis and the brave men
whom they command VIII have the sup
! mort OF the country I'm upholding our fial
| where IL now floats, the symbol and as
\ surance OF liberty and justice. What
| nation was ever able TO write an accu'
| rate programme of the war upon which
| it was entering, mucn less decree IN
| advance the scope of its results? Con
| gress can declare war. but higher power
| decides its bounds and fixes It's relations
and responsibilities. The President car
| direct the movements of soldiers on tn,
/ 6sIb and OF fleets upon the sea but hs
/ ments. and prescribe their limits. III,
| cannot anticipate or avoid the conse
| auepces but he must meet them. n,
| accurate map Of nations engaged In wal
| can be traced until the war l. over mol
| can the measure OF responsibility be fixed
| until the last gun is fired and the verdic
| embodied I'm the stipulatrons OF peace
| WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH THEM
| 1--WE hear no complaint OF the relation,
! created by the war between this govern
| m.n, and the islands OF Cuba and Porte
| picn There are some. however who re
| card the Philippines as In dlneren
| ssIaflon hut whatever variety OF views
| there may lie on this phase OF the ques