The age-herald., 1900-04-03
FAREWELL BANQUET TO GENERAL WRIGHT Judge SnodgraSS' Beautiful Pic
 ture of the South. SPOKE ON THE PHILIPPINES Josiah Patterson Says the Last Ves- tige of Sectional Rancor Went
 Up in Smoke of Guns
 at Manila
SPOKE ON THE PHILIPPINES

Memphis Tenn, April 2.--An elaborate farewell t3anquet was given General, Luke E. Wright oG the new Philippine commis- sion at the Peabody hotel tonight. Nearly 2oG' guests were seated around the tables, among them being men who have been asso- ciated with General Wright for years.
 General Wright returned from Washing ton last night, where he has been with the rest of the commissioners in consultation with Secretary Of War Root relative to the work to be performed by the commission. He expects to leave here Wednesday flor San Francisco accompanied by his wife and daughter.
 The banquet tonight had flavor of na- tional importance. "A number of speeches were made and the expansion question was touched on from various standpoints. Dis tinguis'ned men from surrounding states were present, and among those who re- sponded to toasts were Governor McMillin of Tennessee and Governor Jones of Arkan- sas Tolght's function was pleasant tes- timonial to General Wright by his intends and associates of Memphis.
 The suuth's Prospect
 Chief Justice Snodgrass of Tennessee, in responding to the toast. ''The Philippines" made a strong expansion speech In clos ing, he said:
 All the significant expressions and dndi- cations lnmjstaks5ly evidence the purpose of our people to retain these islands per manenty. In this presence l can do no less than approve il proudly. As a gen. eral result, l expect to see New Orleans x4-itb NJau and Boston and see Memphis rank with Chicago as a commercial city. 1 expect to see the entire- south blossom like a valley of lilies i'll the white bloom Of its staple product. I see in fond anticipation the glow of tts multiplied furnaces, and hear with more joy than music can impart the roar of its thousands of factories. l look forward with delight to see its coal-laden barges biackenlng the We1,eern ocean, its cotton. it's iron and their manufactured products filling the coal route to the Orient, and once more to find its dominion restored as the home of the only two kings of com merce-iron and cotton"
 Josiah Patterson
 Ex-Congreszman Josiah Patterson, in speaking to the toast, 'Faregell," said, in part:
 Aside from the prestige of the Spanish American war, many things have transpired and many will transpre in the future which should be especially gratifying to the people of the south. The confidence with which the president relied on them in the hour of peril; the afacricity with which their sons rallied under a common flag; the patriotism which inspired the president to appoint distinguished Confederate veterans to places of high rank in the volunteer ser vice and the achievements of the army and navy are all as gratifying to the people of the south as they are inspiring to the whole country.
 "The last vestige of sectional rancor went up in the smoke of American guns at Ma mia and Santiago, to disappear forever. The blood of the north and the blood of the south has again commingled, and the world now sees in the triumph of the American soldier and sailor that We are one people. with one impulse and one com mon destiny
 'In my judgment the Philippine commission is about to enter upon