Show WHO WILL HAUL DOWN THE FLAG mckinley puts a question to his southern auditors firm purpose of the administration to keep our new territory a part oath of the e nation Is made evident by ahn th chi chief ef executives speech southern patriot patrio im ism praised atlanta ga dec 15 the second day of the atlanta peace jubilee opened auspiciously the temperature had relaxed its rigor considerably the crowds were enormous excursion trains arriving at short intervals from all directions the hotels have been turning away people since noon yesterday and the overflow has found accommodations in the numerous board ins jug houses throughout the city tho the president spent the morning in his room he was called on by col william A hemphill president of 0 the jubilee association and other prominent citizens the ovation given president mckinley at the capital yesterday by members ot of the legislature was the greatest reception ever given an american citizen in atlanta and his speech having relation to the care of confederate dead has fired the hearts of the southerners with admiration tor for the chief executive gen joe wheeler is cheered at every step and generals lawton young oates and other army officers are heartily bear received at each appearance the feature of the day was the civic and military parade which moved at noon the procession consisted of ten divisions under command pf af grand marshal A 3 west six thousand infantry ten thousand school children four hundred carriages containing 1600 people one thousand members of secret orders confederate veterans under command of gen joe wheeler 1 1000 laboring men officers and marshals twelve bands grand army men a squad at 0 policemen li cemen mounted police members of the young mens meas christian association and ministers of evangelical as members of the capitol club and Fulton club the At atlanta lafita piro fire department and representatives of ZOO W civic organizations from all parts of the south took part in the parade the president and other distinguished guests in carriages were at the bead head of the pageant they were escorted by the third new jersey and fifteenth pennsylvania which came over from their winter camp at athens for the occasion the marching of these two regiments under tinder command of brig gen william C oates as they swung into peach tree street under the jubilee arch dreb caught the thousands who packed the down town streets and was a source of much gratification to gov voorhees bees of new jersey the president was compelled to bow to the cheera cheers which assailed hla his ears from the crowded sidewalks and windows of the buildings along the line of march A roar of welcome denoted the pool position tiou of gen wheeler and his band of cavalry who followed him through the war and the wizened leader at times was compelled to force his way through the throngs of would be worshippers wor shippers who blocked als his path arriving at ponce de tie leon avenue the presidential party reviewed the parade among those on the stand with the chief executive were mrs mckinley gen shatter lion ilon george ice rge H P peck hon lion lyman J gage lion charles emory smith hon hen charles V F warwick secretary of the navy long hobson secretary J addison porter gov candler mayor mayo r collin col william A hemphill and ex governor W Y atkinson after the parade had passed the reviewing stand the president and other guests of the city w were ere driven to piedmont park where they were the guests of the piedmont driving club at an elaborate luncheon among the arrivals today were gen william IL shatter and bis his aides gov joseph P F johnston of A alabama labama and the alabama legislature an and d army aers cre from anniston Annl ston president mckinley stated today that a brigade of troops would be sent rent to atlanta 1 11 I ordered a brigade sent to atlanta and not thought it was here he remarked the president seemed surprised that the troops ordered here bad been sent elsewhere president mckinley addressed the public in tho the auditorium at piedmont park tod today my the rhe building has a heating ca capacity of ten thousand and was Pre jammed Adent W A Il Hemp emphill hlll of the jubilee association was m master aster of cere gonles ile ife K ald said in part the rho majority of the people D of this country I 1 fully belleve havo have made up their minds to re tain all of these countries that the providence of god has delivered into our bands band 9 the Ame american people are not fools tools to be misled nor are they cowards to be scared seared by such statements this la in not a R matter of politics but of patriotism not a question of support supporting ing this administration but tae the government in of sustaining the honest effort to secure the full j of the war I 1 the united states h bag as never ya ye added a foot of new territory but what glorious results have followed it does not require a prophet to predict if we follow up and secure the full benefits of this great war that lasting and ben results will bo be the outcome surpassing anything that has been experienced tn in the history of this great country and it if wo we do this tho the united states will attain a place among the nations of this earth the helgoth and breadth of which no one has yet dreamed of col hemphill introduce introduced mayor collier who welcomed the distinguished guests and visitors to the city gov alien allen D candler spoke on the part of the state and formally welcomed the distinguished party to georgia the president who was introduced by col hemphill was given a tremendous ovation by the audle audience tim he ile spoke in part as follows other parts of the country have had their public thanksgiving and jubilees jubil ees in honor of the historic events of the past year but nowhere has there been greater rejoicing than among the tho people here the gathered representatives of the south I 1 congratulate them upon their accurate observation of events which enabled them to fix a date which insured them the privilege ol 01 being the first to celebrate the signing of the treaty of peace by the american and spanish commissioners under hostile fire on a foreign soil fighting ft in a common cause the memory 0 ry of old disagreements has faded into history from camp and campaign there comes the magic healing bealing which has enclosed ancient wound an and d effaced their bears for this result every american patriot will rejoice it Is no small indemnity for the cost of the war this government has proved itself invincible in the recent war and out of it has come a nation which will remain indivisible forever more no more worthy contributions have been mado made in patriotism and in men than by the people of these southern states when at last the opportunity came they were eager to meet it and with promptness responded to tho the call of the fh country under the leadership of men dear to them who had marched with their fathers under another flag now fighting under the old flag again they have gloriously helped to defend its folds and added new lustro lustre to its rial albing ning star stare that flag has been planted into new hemispheres and there the symbol of liberty and law of peace and progress who will withdraw it from the peo i pic over which it floats in protecting folds who will haul it down we could have avoided all the difficulties that lie ile across the pathway of a it nation if a few months ago we bad had ignored the piteous appeals of the qt starving and oppressed inhabitants of cuba i it if we had blinded ourselves to the conditions so near our shores and turned a deaf ear to our buffering suffering neighbors the issue of territorial expansion in the antilles would not have been i raised alsed cut but could we have justified such a course Is there any one who would not have to declare another to have been tho the better course with less humanity and less courage on our part i the spanish flag instead of the stars nud stripes would still be floating at cavite at ponce and at santiago and a chance in the race of life would be wanting to millions mill ions of human beings who today call this nation noble and who I 1 trust will live to call it blessed thus tar far we have done our supreme duty shall we now when the victory in war Is written in the treaty of peace and the civilized world applauds and waits in expectation turn timidly away from the duties imposed upon the country by its own great deeds and when the mists fade and we see with clearer vision may we not go forth rejoicing in a strength which has been employed solely tor for humanity and always been tempered with justice and mercy confident of our ability to meet all exigencies which confront us confident that our course la Is one of doty duty and our cause that ol 01 right |