Show MKINU TALKS Of PHILIPPINES I t II I NO a Question i of Keeping t But of Leaving I HELPLESS PEOPLE II NEED PROTECT ON I We Cannot Desert Them In Their Hour of Need + Significant Speech Delivered By Pros ident at SavnnDecaresTarf and Financial Systems Cannot Be i Changed For Four Years But They May Be Strengthened We Rust EtabUzhGo d Govern meat i the PhippieS r + SaTvannahi Ga Dec 17The reception recep-tion of President McKinley and member mem-ber of his1cabinet 131 the people of Savannah today more than equalled inhospitality in-hospitality and completeness of ar + + + + + + + j rangement any previous experience which have marked the presidential trip in the south Te party arrived from Montgomery at 1 a m reviewed 10000 trooJJs stationed round Savannah Savan-nah took a trio down the Savannah river and was entertained this evening at a grand banquet by the Chamber of Commerce and association of citizens citi-zens The enthusiasm of the citizens and the 10000 persona who it is estimated came to the city from the surrounding country to greet he president was fully equal to the demonstrations which have distinguished the trip in other cites At the banquet tonight in the De Soto hotel where the presidential party is staying President McKinley amid frequent applause addressed an audience au-dience of over 200 persons In the course of his speech he said There is cause for congratulation that with the grave problem before us growing out 01 the war with Spain we are free from any divisions at home Our financial and rcvenu policies cannot be changed for at least four years and whatever legislation may be had affecting themduring that period Vill be to Improve and strengthen not destroy them The public mind therefore there-fore reposes in reasonable security while business will proceed without apprehension ap-prehension of serious and sudden changes so disturbing to the commercial commer-cial world and so distracting to the business menthe men-The countr is free to conster and discuss new questions which are Immediately Imme-diately before us unbiased by party or political alliances Thee new questions are to he thought out and wrought out not jn a spirit of partisanship but in a spirit of patriotism not for the temporary tem-porary advantage to one party or tO the other but for the lasting advantage I of the country I lTe have entered upon new paths We are treading in an unexplOred field I which will test our wisdom and statesmanship states-manship Tire chief consideration is one of duty our actions must be con trole by i No settlement is admissible admis-sible which will not preserve our honor hon-or and promote the best interests of all concerned Wish a united country and ed ieII Y the gathered uisdom of all the people seeking only the right Inspired only by high purposes moved only by duty and humanity we cannot err Ye may be baffled or deterred and often discour bafed aged but final success in a cause which I is altogether unselfish and humanla nan vented can only be deterred not pre OUR NEW TERRITORY I following the clear precepts of duty territory falls to u and the welfare wel-fare of an alien people requIre our guidance guid-ance and protection who will shrink thoUgh from the responsibility grave it may be Can we leave these helpless help-less people who by the fortunes of war and our own actS are helpless and without government to chaos and anarchy an-archy after we have destroyed the only government they have had After destroying de-stroying their government it is the duty of the American governmelt to provIde for them 3 better one S1al we distrust ourselves Shall we proclaim claim to the world our inability to give kindly government to oppressed peoples peo-ples whose future by the victories of war Is conlded to us Ve may wish It were otherwise but who trill question ques-tion our duty now I is not a question of keeping the Islands of the east but of leaving thorn Dewey and Merrit took them and the country instantly and universally applauded ap-plauded Could we have brought Dewey awaY without universal con demnaton at any time from the first of May the day of his brilliant victory which thrled the world with Its bold I I l t ness and heroism Was it right to order or-der Dewc to go to Manila to capture and destroy the Spanish feet and dIspatch dIs-patch Ierritt and his army to reinforce rein-force him I it were duty to send them there and duty required them to remain re-main there it was theIr clear duty to I annihilate the feet take the city of Manila and destroy the Spanish sovereignty sover-eignty in the archipelago Having done I all that in the line of duty is there any less duty to remain there and give to the Inhabitants protection and also I our guidance to a better government iuidance which will secure to the peace and order pond security in their life and property and in the pursuit tf happiness happi-ness Are we unable to do thIs re we to sit down in our isolation md recognize no obligation to a struggling people whose present conditos we have Iontributed to make I would rather have tad confidence of the poet Bryant when he exclaimed Thou my country thou shan never fail Seas and stormy all Are he wide bower of thy border where Among the gallant sons that guard thee well Thou laugh at enemies Who shall then declare Thc date of thy deep founded strength or ten How happy in thy lap the sons or men sial1 dwel slal My fellow citizens whatever covenants cove-nants duty has made for us in the year ibiS we must keen Secretary Gage followed the president presi-dent replying to the toast of Com merco ALGER ON THE ARMY Secretary Algor responded to Ihe Army In his dimssion of the late Conflict the secretary said The lessons we have learned and largely from the navy are In time of peace prepare for waran old saying but fruitful and true How little material ma-terial the country had to equip its great army with when called into servIce you know How seemingly as hripos sible task i was thg impartial history + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + I of the war t1ll show While Ve met an army well armed with the best niouerrt weapons and skied in the use of them the navy fully prepared fo war in advance well skied in gunnery met the Spaniards and destroyed their fleets while they were hopelessly Iry ing to adjust their rangefinders Postmaster General Smith reDIC to the toast The Press Ills addess was mainly I a recital of the incidents of the trip through the oJth Secretary Long spoke of rl Navy Secretary Wilson resp1ndln to riculure spoke of the impocd con dtons of the agricultural ciasses in the south and of the uosibl elwf of acaleful study of their soils anti ci matic conditions matc The toast Woman brought out a chivalrous tribute from General heeler heel-er which though very bif i arousel the southern audience to intense enthusiasm en-thusiasm PRESIDENTS RFPTI0N When the presidential train coached Savannah at 1 oclocn this 1onln the Georgia hussars resplendent wick silver facings were drawn UII to Ie cele the president ana a salute was fired with guns captured at Yorktcn Washington and uresented to Savannah bf ieoPc I In twentyseven carriages drawn by i white horses the presidential party was drawn through the streets black with cheering thousands to the City parade grounds where a stand had been erected erect-ed Ten thousand troops were dIawn up opposite where the president and the members of the cabinet stood On the outskirts of the parade ground held back by sentries about ten thousand sightseers pressed forward to get a glimpse of the soldiers Mrs cKln leremained in a carriage near the reviewing re-vIewing stand In the shadow of a towering monument to the confederate dead lay the left of the long line or troops Major General Keffer in com man gave the signal for the march to commence A sheet of steel flashed out against the green background of trees as the bayonets df the men rose to 1 shoulders and the line i began to form After passing the president beside whom stood Major Generals Wheeler Shafer and Lawton each colonel came on the stan and witnessed the march past of his own regiment The sight was grand Brigadier General Wheaton com manding the firstdivislon of the 5ev enth corps followed General Keifer Behind him cam the following Infantry i regiments Second South Carolina Ninth 11 nols Fourth Illinois Third Georgia Third Nebraska First Texas Fort ninth Iowa and Sixth Missouri Then with their coats on the red flaps turned back came the Second artillery regulars the First Maine bat talon of heavy artier and light batteries bat-teries F ofthe Second C and F of the Third D and F of the Fourth and D of the Fifth regular artier Every regiment was headed by its r ban The men marched in splendid algnment and looked In excellent condition con-dition The president stood bareheaded and acknowledged salutes while the crowd cheered as the companies marched marched by Cglonel Bryans late regiment the Third Nebraska attracted at-tracted patcular attention In a little over a hour the troops had completed the review and the presidential presiden-tial party drove off to the river front TIle streets were lined with people who cheered Incessantly THE RIVER TRIP At 2 oclok the president boarded the steam pilot boat Jo H Esti and proceeded pro-ceeded down to the Savanna river for about ten miles Salutes were fred from wharves ever ship was gaily I strung with bunting and their crews yelled lusty as the J H Esti sped by Whistles screeched dags dipped and until the outskirts of the city Were reached the river bank was doted with groups mostly colored who sent cheer after cheer over the water for President McKinley The object of all thIs enthusiasm en-thusiasm stood on the starboard side of the plot boat waving his han kerchief ker-chief or hat to those on shore and on other vessels About nine miles out the Esti passed the United States transport Chaster with the Fourth Virginia regiment aboard bound for Havana She had been held from going to sea by a heavy morning fog which now had disappeared disappear-ed The Virginia troops crowded to the bulwarks of the Chester swarmed in her rigging and waving their campaign hats cheered the little pilot boat to the echo The president jumped upon the rail of the Esti and holding on to a shroud waved back his acknowledgements acknowledge-ments to the troops The regimental band on board the Chester played Yankee Doodle followed by Dixie and on both vessels there ensued such a scene of enthusiasm as had seldom been witnessed in this state Luncheon was served on board the Esti and at 430 oclock the presidential presi-dential party disembarked and was driven to the hotel where a ret was I taken until the banquet commenced |