Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-10-08

CHICAGO, October 7.--Thirty-fve
hundred men gathered around the
tables in the great banquet hall of the
Auditorium tonight at the annual ban
quet of the Marquette Club The ban
quet is a regular event. The festival
banquet will be held Monday night.
The guest of honor tonight was Presi-
dent Mckinley. On his right sat Arch
bishop Ireland. There were no special
decorations.
Archbishop Ireland spoke of "The
American Republic" The archbishop
was given an ovation. He spoke as
follows:
"The American Republic! We salute
her in exulting pride; we proffer to her
the pledge of undying love and loyalty;
God of Nations, we pray to Three that
she endure and prosper.
''The American Republicf Liberty's
own creation; temple Of human right
and of human dignity; symbol and
guardian of justice and Of freedom; in
SEPARATION of hope to all peoples of earth;
she deserves linitlesS admiration and
limitless devotion!
"The American Republicl The prize
of valor and Of self-sacrllce to our
revolutionary sires; the idol of the
hearts of generations of Americans;
the embodiment of our highest civil
and political concepts; she is ours to
cherish and to defend; ours to trans
nit to distant future ages undiminished
in power and grandeur!
''The American Republic,j May Amer
leans never fail ito know the fullness
of her beauty and Of her greatness;
may they never cease to serve her with
the fealty and the energy which her
merits demand.
| "The American Republic is the best
! form of organized democracy revealed
in humanity's history; as such she
| claims homage from her own citizens;
as such she draws to herself the atten-
ton of the world.
Democracy IS the sovereignty of the
people.
Democracy is civil and political lib
erty.
democracy is civil and political
equality.
Democracy is the recognition of the
| dignity of manhood in men.
Democracy is the realization in So
cial and political life of the gospel OF
Christ, whose cardinal principle is the
fatherhood of God over man, and the
brotherhood Of men among themselves.
Evils and perils exist under every
form OF government; democracy must
not be particularly blamed for such
evils and perils.
ct matters little to me what the
difficulties are that are said to confront
US, be they political, social or indus
trial. | have no fear. | trust the good
sense of the American people, | trust
the power of American public opinion;
l trust the freedom of the republic
which allows healtbful discussion: l
trust American justice and American
respect for human rights, born of
American democracy, to solve in due
time every problem and remove every
peril.
AS soon as the applause which greeted
the archbishop as he took his seat, enabled
President Wickersham to be heard, he very
neatly introduced Secretary of War Root.
The President, who was greeted with
frantic cheers, spoke as follows:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Marquette Club:-I will not interrupt the
orderly progress of the programme which
has been made for you, and to which l
must insist that your chairman shall adj
here. 1 rise only to express by warm ap-
probation of the affectionate salutation of
the Marquette Club and to say that l re-
ciprocate it with all my heart. We are
not strangers; this scene here tonight is
not altogether unfamiliar to me. l stood
before you once before, now more than
three years ago, your honored guest, and
! have for you all tonight only the most
grateful recollection and unsSinted graf
itude. You have not only been my friends
faithful and unfaltering at all times, but
what is of more moment and what is much
nobler, you have been at all times faith
full to your country, true to the inviola-
bility of public faith standing ALWAYS for