The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-10-07

AT PEORIA.
He Dedioates a Monument to the
Heroes Of the Civil War.
OURPOLICY IN THE PHILIPPINES

Attorney General Griggs Emphasizes
the Decision OF the Administration
I'm Its Proposed Treatment OF Our
Recently Acquired Pacific Islands.
Peoria, Ills. Oct IA good part Of
the population of Peoria, the second
city Of Illinois. yesterday took part in
IN elaborate demonstration to welcome
to their city the president of the Uni
ted States. The great event of the day
| was the unveillng of a beautiful monu-
ment erected by Peoria's citizens as a
memorial to the soldiers Of the rebel
| lion, living and dead The president
und members of the party first review
ed long procession of militia. vet
Grams of the war. and returned volun-
teers of the Spanish war.
After his review of the parade the
president took his seat facing the veil
| ed monument by the side of Hon.
| Martin Kingman, chairman of the
exercises. The monument was unveil-
| cd by Mrs. S. A. Kinsey, who has been
| chairman of the monument committee
/ since its inception in 1888. The formal
! exercises OF dedication were then pro-
Ceeded with. The monument was pre-
| sented TO the city and county of
| Peoria by Mrs Lucie B. Tying, and ac-
! cepted on behalf of the county by John
/ c. Kinghury, chairman of the board OF
! supervisors, and on behalf of the city
| by Henry W. Lunch. mayor of Peoria.
An address was given by Mr. King
man. followed by the president, who
dedicated the monument in a formal
address.
The president said i'm part
This monument awakens sacred
memories, fellow citizens, and that is
its purpose. 1t was erected by these
patriotic women, that it might for all
time perpetuate "A glorious page Of
/ American history. 1t tells the whole
! story of the war, the siege. the march,
the bivouac. the suffering. sacrifices of
/ the brave men who from 81 to '65
upheld the flag. like this symbol that
] face today-the defense of the flag.
That is what we do whenever and
wherever that flag is assailed.
"GOu are proud of the monument.
You should be proud of the demon
stration today which led to its un-
yelling. Six thousand children from
the schools marching with the flag of
stars in their hands and with the love
of country in their hearts. / could
not but think as | looked upon that
inspiring procession that my country
was safe God bless the schools OF
| America. God bless the patriotic wo-
men of the United States and the pa
triotic band that projected and car
| ried this monument to a successful
conclusion"
The president and members of his
cabinet delivered addresses during yes
terday at Quincy, Macomb, Bushnell
and Canton At Quincy the president
was most enthusiastically received at
the Soldiers Home The speech of
Attorney General Griggs at Quincy
was especially significant as emphaZ-
ing the Philippines policy of the ad-
a ministration. He said:
"The secretary of the interior is
making a new map of the United
States of America, and he is embar-
rassed to find room to place not only
the states, but these vast new island
possessions that have become ours.
And what is their present condition?
What do these school children learn
about these islands that have come to
us? They will be told by their teachers
: that within year there has been ad-
, ded to our domain a vast archipelago
in the Pacific ocean, peopled with
eight or ten millions of souls, who
speak more than score of different
languages, who compose more than
two score of different .discordant and
disconnected tribes. They will he told
that for more than three hundred
years these islands, rich in natural
possessions. fertile in soil, have been
/, governed by Spanish authority, and
that down to the end of this nineteenth
century of civilization and progress
they have attained not much more in
telligence not much more civilization,
not much more wealth, and no more
liberty than they had attained in those
days when the great Spanish galleons
carried home annually from these ISL
/ ands their wealth of gold and silver
t TO enrich the treasury of King Philip,
"They will be told that today the
United States of America possesses
by solemn treaty, signed and ratified
by Spain accepted and approved by
the senate and the congress of the
United States and its president, pos
. sesses the only lawful sovereignty and
authority over these islands, a soverz
eighty and authority recognized and
not disputed by any nation or people
z on the face of the earth They will be
told that in one of these islands, one
of these numerous tribes has raised an
army of insurrection against the
American flag, that they, while our
soldiers were in peaceful possession of
Manila, attempted to rise and muir
der them and the American repre-
3 sentatives there. that they fired on the
American flag, that they defied its au-
thority, and that they have attempted
a by murder, by confagration and by
arms TO drive the lawful authority OF
the United States from the Island OF
Luzon. They will be told, these chill
dren of yours, that these men who have
attempted this comprise not one-tenth
per cent OF the people of these islands
and the answer that is to be made to