Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-10-14
MANY ENI'', dUEST5bE
At Chiosgo's Festival BanquesJ
the Auditorium. IS
TRIBUTE OF SECRETARY 10

no the Many Unknown Heroes OF the
war-The Work of wainwright and
the Gloucester Commended : Pre-
mier Lauriel,s Friendly Speech.
Chicago, Oct. 1O.-Chicago's great
Auditorium Rover held a greater gath
ering than last night. when the Chi
cago day banquet was held within its
walls under the auspices of the fall
festival committee. The great stage,
upon which 1000 people can easily
find standing room. had been enlarged
and great floor built out over the
seats of the parquet, quadrupling the
floor space of the stage. President Nc
Kinley, who was the guest of honor,
sat at raised table on the right OF
Melville E. Stone, the toastma3ter.
Other distinguished guests were at
the same table, among them being
Vice President Don lgnacio Mariscal
Of Mexico, Premier Wilfrid Laurier of
! Canada, General John C. Black. Gov
ernor John r. Tanner. Mayor Carter
Fl. Harrison. Senior Manuel De Aspiroz,
Secretaries Hay, Gage, Smith. Long.
Hitchcock and Wilson, Attorney Gen
eral Griggs, Generals David B. Hen
derson Merritt, Anderson and Alger,
Carl DentZer Dr. Emil G., Hirsch, min
lister to Brazil, Charles Page Bryan,
w. T. Buchanan. Japanese Minister
Jutaro Komura and Senators Mason,
Allison, Mcmillan, McEnery, Penrose
and Cullom.
The opening hour of the banquet was
set for o'clock, but the streets were
so densely packed by the great throng
that had come down to witness the
laying of the corner stone of the new
federal building and the afternoon pa
rade and remained in great part to see
the parade of the evening that it was
with difficulty one could make his way
along the streets, and as consequence
it was nearly an hour later than that
originally set when the banquet was
in full blast.
The material part of the banquet oc.
cupied two hours. and it was nearly
10 o'clock when Mr.. Stone raped for
order and brought the intellectual por-
ton of the program to the front i'll an
eloquent address. He WAS followed
by Governor Tanner, Mayor Harrison,
Senator McCullom President McKin-
ley, Premier Laurier of Canada. Vice
President MariscaI of Mexico, Secre-
tary Long. d. B. Henderson and Cen
eral Thomas NJ. Anderson.
Secretary Long evoked thunders of
applause by his tribute to tie unknown
heroes. He said in part:
you cheer for the men behind the
guns; you give swords and banQuets
here and there to an admiral-and
both most richly deserve the tribute
hut remember that all up and down the
line there are individuals whose names
never come to our ears or If so. are
already half forgotten, who have carr
ed unfading laurels. No man in the
navy has rendered such service, how
ever great, that others we're not ready
to fill the place and do as well. The
navy is full OF heroes unknown to
fame Who repeats the names OF the
young officers who pleaded for Hob
sons chance to risk his life in the hull
and hell of the Merrimac? Who men,
lions the scores of seamen who beg
ged to be of the IMMORTAL seven who
were his companions in that forlorn
hope? In the long watch before San
tiago the terror of our great battle
ships was the two Spanish torpedo
boat destroyers. Yet when the great
battle came it was the unprotected
Gloucester, converted yacht, the
former plaything and pleasure boat Of
summer vacation. which without
hesitation or turning attacked these
demons OF the sea and sunk them
both. l have always thought it the
most heroic and gallant individual in
stance of fighting during the war. And
yet who has given d sword or spread a
feast to that nurest flame of chivalrous
heroism. Richard Wainwright"
Premier Laurier. in the course OF
his address, made this reference to
international disputes:
81 am proud to say, in the presence
of the chief executive of the United
States, that it is the belief of the Can
adam government that we should make
a supreme effort to better our relations
and make the government of President
Mckinley and the present government
of Canada, with the assent of Great
Britain, so to work together as to
remove all causes of dissension between
us. May I be permitted to say here
and now that we do not desire one
inch of your land, but if state, how
ever. that we want to hold our land,
will that be an American sentiment,
want to know? am here to
say above ALL my fellow country
men, that we want not to stand upon
the extreme limits of our rights. We
are ready to give and to take. But
though we have many little chickering's
of that kind, speak my whole mind,
and believe speak the mind of all
you gentlemen, when l say that after
all. when we go down to the bottom Of
our hearts we will find that there is
between us true genuine affection
There are no two nations today on the
face of the globe so united as Great
Britain and the United States of
America"
The most spectacular feature of the
entire fall festival, the parade of all
nations. took place last night, and was
viewed by thousands, the streets in the
down town district being literally a
solid mass OF humanity for the entire
length of the parade. The parade III
which marched representatives of ii
countries, including Germany, Fene-
zuela, Switzerland. Brazil, the Neither
lands. Austria and Hungary, Scotland
Armenia, Asyria, Belgium, China. Italy
and the United States. included nearly
thirty floats, some of them extremely
beautiful and novel. The one that at
tracted the most attention was the
great Chinese dragon, which was ship
ped here from San Francisee~fer the
all-nations parade The dragon, which
was nearly three hundred feet long.
was carried ON the shoulders of 200
men, and in its immense jaws and nos
trils were burne,. red and green fire
i'm nI,oDt;tieS that lit I'D the parade