The Portland daily press., 1900-03-05

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fsdsless honor to our arms. canpo. for
| the oountry's need and the quarter of q
million who freely offered their lives to
their country's services. 1t was an I'm
prsssivs spectacle OF national strength.
It demonstrated our mighty reserve pow
or and taught rs that large standing
armies ara unneoesssry, when every citi-
zen IL 'minute man. ready TO join the
ranks for national dsfepss.
'Out Of thsss recent events have come
| to the United States grave trials and re-
sponsibilities. As 10 was the nations war
80 are It's results the nations probleU.
| rs solution rests upon rs all. IL Is too
serious to stifle. II is too earnest for re-
posr. No phrase or catch word can oan-
osl the sacred obligasiop 10 involves. No
use Of epithets. no aspersion Of motives
by those who difIer will contribute to
that sober judgment so essential 10 right
| conclusions. No political outcry an
abrogate our treaty Of pesce with Spain
| or absolve from Its solemn enga gemsnts.
| 10 10 the psople's question and will be
| until its discrimination Is written out In
their enlightened verdict. We must
ohoose between manly dong and bass
1t must BIS soberly settled In iustlce and
good conscience and 1t will be. Risbte-
business which exBlteth q nation must
control In Its solution. No great emer-
genoy has arisen In this nations history
ana progress which has not been met by
the sovereign people with high capacity.
with ample strength and with unfiinoh-
ing fidelity 20 every honorable obligS
tion. partisansbip can hold few OF US
| against solemn public duty. We have
| seen this so often demonstrated In the
past as to mark unsrringly what isswill
| hx. In ha fuf ha
| ment and the national conscience were
never stronger or higher than now.
There has been o reunion OF the people
around the holy altar consacrated to a
country newly sanctified by common
sacrifices.
"The followers of Grant and Les have
fought under the same flag and fallen
| for the same faith. Party lines have
ioosensd and the ties Of Union have bsen
enrollsd In the hearts OF the American
people, Political passion has altogether
snbsided and patriotism glows with in
extiuguishable fervor in every homo in
the land. The fsg has been sustained
on distant seas and islands by the men
| of all parties and sections and crecds and
races and nstonalities. and Its stars are
only those Of radiant hope TO the remote
people over whom IL tioats There eau
| Be no Imperialism. Those who fear 1t
ara against It; those who have faith In
the republic are against tt: so that there
| isiunivsrsal adherence for 1t and unsni-
| nous opposition to It, Our only differ
encs Is that those who do not agree with
us have no confidence In the virtue or
capacity or high purpose or good faith Of
1 this free people ne u oivflizing agency;
while we believe that the century Of free
government which the American people
have enjoyed has MT rendered them
tfaithless and irresolute. but has fitted
| them for the great task of lifting up and
assisting to better conditions those dis
| tant peoples who have through the issue
| of battle became our wards. Let us fear
not. There is no occasion for faint
| hearts, no excuse for regrets. Nations
| do not grow in strength and ths cause Of
| liberty and law is not advanced by the
doing of easy things. The harder the
task the greater will be the result, the
benefit and the honor. To doubt our
power to accomplish II Is to lose faith In
the soundness and strength of our popu-
| lar Institutions.
1.-The liberators will never become the
| oppres5oT A eif-govsrned people will
never permit despotism in any govern
| ment which they foster and cefsnd.
"Gentlsmen. VIE have thu new care aud
cannot shift It and. breaking up the camp
of ease and isolation, let us bravely and
hopefully ard sobesly continue the
march Of faithful service aud faltsr not
until tine work Is done IL ts mo- possible
that seveuty-tv millions of American
| free men are unable to establish liberty
and Justice and good government 10 our
poEtunity. The opportunity Is greater
than the burden May God givs IA
| strength TO near the one and wisdom so
to embrace the other as to carry our dis
TINT scquiAitious the guarantees OF life,
liberty and the pursuit OF happiness
OTHER SPEAKERS.
President Mckinley read his speech. II
was greeted with applause throughout.
His reference to the maintenance of the
gold standard. the open door and thu ab-
senoe Of entanglements caused great ap-
| plause. When he said seventy five million
| tree men could not fall to establish IT,
| erty and justios and good government In
the new poesessions, there was tremsn-
dous applause.
| When President Mckinley sat down. the
orchestra played Tbs star Spangled
Banner" and the guests arcss and
| chssred.
Governor Nash OF Ohio, next having
been introd uoed, ssid: "1here are many
tninps that Ohio has to be proud Of.
Among them Is the prosperity wnich the
state enjoys. She must be proud of the
men and women who have come from
| Ohio and hsss helped to build up the
greatest city on the continent.
"We love Ohio bsoauss II Is our home.
But, whether In Ohio or elsewhere, We re-
member Ii as one Of the forty five states
OF this Union. l wish to say to our WIS.,
itina friends from Ohio that our brothers
| who have migrated to New York have
found kindly reception.
We have with us one of these sons Of
Ohio who win respond to the tos st "The
| Empire State" Timothy l.. Woodruff"
Lieut.. Governor Woodruff was very
warmly welcomed and applaoded and II
was some minutes before there was q oes-
sation sufficient 70 allow him to speak.
lie spoke at length.