The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-19

sioner SiacfarIand ut Glen Echo
Visit to Librnry-Fair Hands FIRE.
sent II Petition - Lenv. To-day.
Shortly after ! o'clock YESTERDAY after
noon the first section of the train convey
ing the 1887 Cuban and Porto Rican
teachers from New; York to this city ar
rived at the depot of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad. The second ard third
sections followed close behind.
Owing to the fatigue of the visitors, who
had been awake since 3 o'clock in the
I morning, after a night of travel, it was
found necessary to omit the projected
visit TO the Capitol, and the party was i'm
mediately upon arrival conducted to the
electric cars in waiting and were con-
veyed to the various hotels where they
will be quartered during their sojourn in
| this city. The male members of the party
were taken 10 the National Hotel, and the
ladies' were distributed among the Els
mere Fredoria, and oxford hotels. Dinner
was served TO the strangers at the hotels.
Reception at the white House.
| At $3.50 o'clock the strangers were re-
ceiyed by the President at the White
| House. Mr.. Mckinley met the guests in
the Blue Room, or diplomatic parlor, and
was assisted by Mrs. Mckinley, Mrs. Ly-
/ man Gage and Mrs. Charles T. Dawes.
| General Wilson, formerly Chief of Engi-
neers, was also present. Each OF the / ,3S1
! teachers were presented to the President
| separately by name. The presentations
were made by Juan Enrique Macias, a Gu
I han ci1euf Of WaGhinpfoD The 1ariOTS
! of the White House, specially decorated,
were thrown open to the visitors, and the
Marine Band rendered a concert in the
conservatory during the reception.
After the reception the visitors were
conducted to Glen Echo Park, where a
light collation. awaited them. \ programme
of music was rendered by Haley's Band,
which included a cornet solo performed by
Guy G. Gaugler. At o'clock the party
assembled in the amphitheatIe and the ad-
dress of welcome to the city was made to
the visitors by Commissioner mcfarland,
who said:
Mr.. MacfarIand's Address.
LAS President of the Board of Commits
sioners of the District of Columbia l offer
you the hearty welcome of the National
Capital. l am always proud to be the
voice of this great city On such occasions,
but prize this privilege even more highly
today, for ! feel fully the significance of
your visit TO the Federal District which
derives its name from Christopher CO.
lumbus. and the Federal City, which bears
the name of George Washington.
We welcome many visitors to Wash
ington every year; they come from all over
the United States-from all over the world
But we have never had such a company of
visitors as this one, and we greet you with |
peculiar pleasure. You represent not only |
the Cuba of the present, but the Cuba OF |
the future. In a very real sense you are |
TO make the Cuba Of the future by molding |
the character of the boys and girls of the |
island. You are the trustees of Cuba's |
dearest interests and on your intelligence |
and fidelity her best hopes depend Gath |
cred from all parts of your beautiful ISL |
and, you are truly representative, and |
what you learn and take back with you
will be multiplied TO the benefit of all .
your people.
Superintendent Frye, President Eliot,
and the other friends who, with the United
states Government, have made your visit
to this country possible, could not have
done more for Cuba in any other way
Their splendid hospitality has given you
such an opportunity as nothing else could
have afforded. The six weeks instruction
al Harvard University was in itself worth
the journey, especially since you made
t4lt HlDSl VI IL Dul llllpCIL dut IMAM
this formal instruction is what you have |
seen and are seeing of our country and
its people. To visit Boston, the BIRTHPLACE !
of our independence and the centre of cur
literary life, Cambride where George
Washington took command OF the army of
Revolution, and Longfellow and Lowell
lived and wrote under the shadow Of our
Oldest university. and to meet representa-
tives of the best New England citizenship
this is in itself liberal education.
1t would have been incomplete, how
ever. If you had not come TO the National
Capital, the centre OF our political .fe
the home Of our Government for a hundred
years The Executive Mansion, where all
our Presidents since Washington have car
ried on the executive business of gov
ernment the Capitol where. for a century.
the other coordinate branches, the Con-
gTess, and the Supreme Court have per-
formed their functions, embo1y the his
tory OF the nation. The Library building,
the finest Of its kind in the world, ard the
WASHINGTON Monument, unique and fitting
tribute TO the Father of this country,
stand out with special interest from the
other unequaled features of this city
While it is to be regretted that Congress
and the Supreme Court are ret here to be
seen by you, you doubtless appreciate at
its full value the honor Of berg received
by the President Of the United States, he
ntdd OF the NATION. whose 5gHHdIltll nc m
teIest in the sufferings and struggles Of /
your people was shown from the begin
ming OF his Administration, and who d.
rected the matchless war of humanity
which made the free Cuba Of your aspira-
tions a reality. ! am very sure that the
President is the one man all OF you most !
desire 10 see, and that you will never for
get his gracious courtesy.
Deep and Sincere Regard.
las the representative of the munich
pality, feel that I speak for all its in
habitants when ! assure you OF its deep -.
and sincere regard for you. We have read
with sympathy and appreciation like all I
the people throughout The country. the
accounts Of your interesting experiences !
in Massachusetts and have hoped all ,
along that you would be able to visit US. ,
also. Now that we have seen you, We are
highly gratified. We realize what your
hosts in Massachusetts meant when they :
said that they learned from you while you
earned from them. We believe that your
Test lesson has been drawn not from our
material achievements, but from our in ,
elleotual and spiritual ideals. The AmerI-
can character, in the ideal, is greater and
fner than all else we have to show you.
your ideals as you from ours. Certain it
is that we have been drawn together in 4
the friendship which only personal &C
luaintance yields with its better under
standing Of the best in both OF us. 1t Is
seen in your smiling faces and kindling {
eyes. We feel that we can all say to- e
yether In sincerity and with enthusiasm, I
Long live free Cuba; long live the f
United States of America S