The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-10-10
GIHc4dq'S' FESTIVAL
Many Dignitaries at the Banquet
in the Auditorium.
TRIBUTE OF sEoRGTARY LONG


I mier Laurier'S Friendly Speech.
Chicago, Oct. 1O.-Chicago's great
Auditorium never held 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
ind 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
Kin1ey, who was the guest of honor
sat at raised table on the right OF
Melville E. Stone. the toastmaster.
Other distinguished guests were at
the same table, among them being
Vice President Don Ignacio Mariscal
Of Mexico. Premier Wilfrid Lauricr Of
! Canada, General John C. Black, Gov
ernor John R. Tanner. Mayor Carter
H. 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 s 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
1t 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 1t was nearly
10 O'Clock when Mr.. Stone raped for
order, and brought the intellectual por-
ton Of the program to the front In an
eloquent address. He was followed
by Governor Tanner, Mayor Harrison,
Senator McCu1lom. President McKin-
ley, Premier Laurier Of Canada, Vice
President Mariscal Of Mexico, secre-
tary Long, D. B. Henderson and Cen
eral Thomas M. 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 earn
ed unfading laurels. No man in the
navy has rendered such service, how |
ever great, that others were 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,
tions the scores of seamen who beg
ged to be of the immortal seven who
were his companions in that forlorn
hope? In the lons watch before San
tiago the terror Of our great battle [
ships was the two Spanish torpedo !
boat destroyers. Yet when the great
battle came 1t was the unprotected
Gloucester, a 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. have always thought 1t the
most heroic and gallant individual in
stance of fighting during the war. 1t
was as If some light clad youth, with
1aPa hut rrl ht,,, !
self into the arena with armored
gladiators and by his very dash and
spirit laid them low. And yet who has
given sword or spread feast to
that purest fame of chivalrous hero
ism, Richard WAINWRIGHT
Premier Laurier, in the course of
his address. made this reference to
International disputes:
II am proud to say, in the presence
of the chief executive of the United
States, that it is the belief of the Cam
a6ian 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 be-
tween us. And regarding the commits
sion which sat first In the old city of
Quebec and sat next In Washington.
We met stumbling block in the
question of the Alaska frontier. Well,
let me say here and now, the commits
sion couldn't settle that question and
referred 1t to their particular govern
ments, and they are now dealing with
1t. May l 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? However, though
that would not be an American sent-
ment, though 1t would not be Brit
fsh or Canadian sentiment l 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 :
Of that kind, l speak my whole mind,
and believe speak the mind of all i.
you gentlemen, when say that after ,
all. when we 60 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 i.
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 :
solid mass of humanity for the entire :
length of the parade. The parade, III
which marched representatives of IA
including Germany, Vene- !
zuela, Switzerland. Brazil, the Neither =
ands, Austria and Hungary. Scotland 7
Armenia, Asyria, Belgium, China. Italy t
md the United States, included nearly h
hirty floats, some of them extremely /
beautiful and novel. The one that at c
racted the most attention was the Q
,reat Chinese dragon, which was ship q
,ed here from San Francisco for the n
lll-nations parade. The dragon, which a
vas nearly three hundred feet long, v
vas carried on the shoulders of 200 d
men, and in its immense Jaws and nos Q
rils were burned red and green fire