The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-03-28
IN HONOR OF DEW EY
Fifty Thousand People Engage in
Demonstration at Savannah.
THE DAYS GROWING EVENT
Was Banquet at DeSoto at Which
Admiral Was Presented With
Silver Vase. Judge
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Silver Va
Speer's Speech.

Speer'S Speech.
a dispatch from Savannah says ''6s-
ty thousand persons on the street here
Wednesday afternoon gave Admiral
George Dewey as enthusiastic vel
come as was ever accorded to any pub
lie man anywhere. The admiral had
recovered from his indisposition Of
Tuesday sufficiently for him to take part
IN the military parade and review ar
ranged in his honor, and as he rode
through the streets with Mrs. Dewey at
his side, ringing cheers rent the air and
waving colors made the scene one to be
long remembered.
There were present and in the par
ade five military companies from Char
lesion under command Of Maj. Il.
Schachet, one or more companies Of
naval reserves each from Charleston,
Mount Pleasant and Beaufort, s. c.,
and Brunswick, Ca; and military or
ganizations from Columbia, Pelzer and
Timmonsville, S. O., and Augusta,
Brunswick and Thomasville, Ga.
There were in all II out of town or
CARNATIONS. Adding the local militia
there were nearly 1000 men in line.
The review took place in the park e1-
tension where an admiral's salute was
fred by the Chatham artillery, from
brass pieces presented to the organizs-
tion by President George Washington.
Business. public and private, was
suspended from noon in honor Of Ad-
miral Dewey.
The climax Of the occasion occurred
at the banquet at the DeSote hotel
Wednesday night, where the admiral
was presented with beautiful silver
vase on behalf of the city Of Savannah
by Hon. F. G. DuBignon. The vase
is elegantly engraved and stands nearly
three feet high on a marble base. At
the banquet table Gen. Nelson A. Miles,
who arrived in Savannah Wednesday
evening, too late for The military par
ade, sat next to Admiral Dewey.
While the main function was in pro-
gress committee of 30 ladies enter-
tanned Mrs. Dewey at banquet in an
annex adjoining the banquet hall.
Upon the conclusion of the dinner the
ladies were accommodated with chairs
in the main room that they might hear
the speeches. Among the speakers
were Judge Emory Speer, Of the United
States court, Surgeon General Wyman,
Congressman Brantley, Of Georgia, ez-
Attorney General ". O. Smith Of Ia
waii and others.
In speaking to the toast THE Presi-
dent Of the United States," Judge En-
ory Speer said in part:
"While the administration Of Presi-
dent Mckinley more than any othes
save that Of Lincoln, will afford the
historian material at once to attract, to
instruct and to thrill the students and
readers Of the future, it is nevertheless
true that his Americsnism, while
prompt and purposeful in conviction
and decisive in action, has been eau
tious aud conciliatory at home and
abroad. The war was inevit-
able. It's results have followed in in
evitable sequence. = By the
supreme law of the land the Philippine
islands became the territory Of the
United States with a title as clear as
that which we have to Florida or to
any foot Of that marvellous empire to
the westward Of the Mississippi &C.
quired by the Louisiana purchase or by
treaty with Mexico. Who will say
that the president had the power Q,
right to ignore this duty to the Ameri-
can people and to mankind in terri
tory thus? The administra-
tion of William Mckinley and its great
achievements will receive proud recon-
pense. He will live in history as the
first president who directed the ener-
gies Of this nation in great and sue
cessful war beyond the seas. Greater
civic renoHn may yet be his, but to my
mind the GROWING glory Of his life will
be found in those simple words Of prof
fered kindly national recognition Of
the honor due the sacred ashes Of his
once incompatible foes."
This peroration refers to President
McKinley's recommendation that the
graves Of the Confederate dead should
be cared for by the nation.