w m; is L Y N o R we. 1. K o A z a "r A -. " , ., 1, M’EINLEiiE BOSTON A Magnificent Reception Ao- ‘ corded the President. SPEECH AT THE HOME MARKET CLUB War Was Fought by a United Nation. Protocol Welcomed by Lovers of Peace—Philippines In American Hands and “fill Be Beneiited. BOSTON, Feb. 17.——William McKin- ley, president of the United States, with four members of his cabinet and other associates, arrived in Boston yesterday forenoon as guests of the Home Mar— ket ciub, a national organization of Re— publicans. _ The crowning event of the day, and in fact the principal feature of the presi- dent’s visit, was the banquet tendered to him by the Home Market club at Mechanics’ hall. It was the largest banquet ever arranged in this country, the exact number of persons who were served being 1,914. Besides these there were fully 3,800 spectators in the bal- conies. At the close of the banquet Presi- dent Plunkett introduced President Mc- Kinley, who spoke as follows: “Mr. Toastmaster and Gentlemen: “The years go quickly. It seems not so long, but is in fact six years since it was my honor to be a guest of the Home Market club. Much has happened in the intervening time. Issues which Were then engaging us have been set- tled or put aside for larger and more absorbing ones. Domestic conditions have improved and are generally satis- - factory. “We have made progress in industry and haVe realized the prosperity for which we have been striving. We had four long years of adversity, which taught us some lessons which will never be unlearned and which will be valua- ble in guiding our future action. We have not only been successful in our financial and business affairs, but have been successful in a war with a foreign power, which has added great glory to American arms and a new chapter to American history. “I do not know why in the year 1899 this republic has unexpectedly had placed before it mighty problems which it must face and meet. They have come and are here, and they could not be kept away. Many who were impatient for the conflict a year ago, apparently heedless of its larger results, are the first to cry out against the farreaching consequences of their own act. “War was declared in April, 1898, with practical unanimity by the congress and once upon us was sustained by like unanimity among the people. There had been many who would have pre— cipitated it at an earlier date. In its prosecution and conclusion the great majority of our countrymen of every section believed they Were fighting in a just cause, and at home or at sea or in the field they had part in its glorious triumphs. It was the war of an undi- vided nation. “Every great act in its progress, from Manila to Santiago, from Guam to Por- to Rico, met universal and hearty com- mendation. The protocol commanded the practically unanimous approval of the American people. It was welcomed by every lover of peace beneath the flag. “The Philippines, like Cuba and Porto Rico, were intrusted to our hands by the war, and to that great trust, under the providence of God and in the name of human progress and civilization, we are committed. It is a trust we have not sought; it is a trust from which we will not flinch. The American people will hold up the hands of their servants at home, to whom they commit its exe- cution, while Dewey and Otis and the brave men whom they command will haVe the support of the country in up- holding our flag where it now floats, the symbol and assurance of liberty and justice. “What nation was ever able to write an accurate programme of the war upon which it was entering, much less decree in advance the scope of its results? Con- gress can declare war, but a higher power decrees its bounds and fixes its relations and responsibilities. “We hear no complaint of the rela- tions created by the war between this government and the islands of Cuba and Porto Rico. There are some, how- , ever, who regard the Philippines as in a . different relation; but whatever variety of views there may be on this phase of the question, there is universal agree- ment that the Philippines shall not be turned back to Spain. No true American consents to that. Even if unwilling to accept them ourselves, it would have been a weak evasion of manly duty to require Spain to transfer them to some other power or powers, and thus shirk our own responsibility. Even if we had had, as we did not have, the power to compel such a transfer, it could not have been made without the most seri- ous international complications. “Such a course could not be thought of. And yet had we refused to accept the cession of them we should. have had no power over them even for their own good. We could not discharge the re- sponsibilities upon us until these islands became ours either by conquest or treaty. There was but one alternative, and that was either Spain or the United States in the Philippines. “Our concern was not for territory or trade or empire, but for the people whose interests and destiny, without our willing it, had been put in our hands. It was with this feeling that from the first day to the last not one word or line went from the executive in Washington to our military and naval commanders at Manila or to our peace commissioners at Paris that did not put as the sole purpose to be kept in mind first after the success of our arms and the maintenance of our own honor the welfare and happiness and the rights of the inhabitants of the Philippine Is- lands. Did we need their consent to perform a great act for humanity? We had it in every aspiration of their minds, in every hope of their hearts. Was it necessary to ask their consent to capture Manila, the capital of their islands? Did we ask their consent to liberate them from finish sovereignty or to enter Manila bay and destroy the Spanish 3m. power there? We did not ask them. We were obeying-,3 higher moral obligation which rested “on us and which did not require anybody’s con- - sent. We were doing our duty by them with the consent of our own consciences and mm the em): W91. 9.1 fibrillation- Every present obligation has been met and fulfilled in the expulsion of Spanish sovereignty from their islands, and while the war that destroyed it was in progress we could not ask their views, nor can we now ask their consent. “Indeed, can any one tell me in what form it could be marshaled and ascer- tained until peace and order, so neces- sary to the reign of reason, shall be se- cured and established? A reign of terror is not the kind of rule under which right action and deliberate judgment are pos- sible. It is not a good time for the lib- erator to submit important questions concerning liberty and government to the liberated while they are shooting down their rescuers. “W'e have now ended the war with Spain. The treaty has been ratified by more than two-thirds of the senate of the United States and by the judgment of nine—tenths of its people. No nation, was ever more fortunate in war or more honorable in negotiations in peace. Spain is now eliminated from the prob- lem. It remains to ask what we shall now do. I do not intrude upon the du- ties of congress or seek to anticipate 01 forestall its action. I only say that the treaty of peace, honorably secured, hav- ing been ratified by the United States, and. as we confidently expect, shortly to be ratified in Spain, congress will have the power,'ancl I am sure the purpose, to do what in good morals is right and just and humane for these peoples in distant seas. “It is sometimes hard to determine what is best to do. and the best thing to do is oftentimes the hardest. The proph- et of evil would do nothing because he flinches at sacrifice and effort and to do nothing is easiest and involves the least cost. On those who have things to do there rests a responsibility which is not on those who have no obligations as do- ers. If the doubters were in a majority, there would, it is true, be no labor, no sacrifice, no anxiety and no burden rais- ed or carried; no contribution for our case and purse-and comfort to the wel- fare of others, or even to the extension of our resources to the welfare of our— selves. There would be case, but, alas, there would be nothing done. “But grave problems come in the life of a nation, however much men may seek to avoid them. They come without our seeking. Why we do not know, and it is ncit always given us to know, but the generation on which they are forced cannot avoid the responsibility of hon— estly striving for their solution. We may not know precisely how to solve them, but we can make an honest effort to that end, and if made in conscience, justice and honor, it will not be in vain. “The future of the Philippine Islands is now in the hands of the American people. Until the treaty was ratified or rejected the executive department of this government could only preserve the. peace and protect life and property. ‘ That treaty now commits the free and enfranchised Filipinos to the guiding hand and the liberalizing influences, the generous sympathies, the uplifting education, not of their American mas- ters, but of their American emanci— pators. No one can tell today what is best for them or for us. I know no one at this hour who is wise enough or suf- ficiently informed to determine what form of government will best subserve their interests and our interests, their and our well being. "If we knew everything by intuition— and I sometimes think that there are those who believe that if we do not they do—we should not need information, but unfortunately most of us are not in that happy state. The whole subject is now with congress, and congress is the voice, the conscience and the judgment of the American people. Upon their judgment and conscience can We not rely? I believe in them; I trust in them. I know of no better or safer hu- man tribunal than the people. “Until congress shall direct otherwise it will be the duty of the executive to possess and hold the Philippines, giving to the people thereof peace and order and beneficent government, affording them every opportunity to prosecute their lawful pursuits, encouraging them in their thrift and industry, making them feel and know that we are their friends, not their enemies; that their good is our aim, that their welfare is our welfare, but that neither their as- pirations nor “ours can be realized until our authority is acknowledgedand un- 5 questioned. “N0 imperial designs lurk in the American mind. They are alien to Amer- ican sentiment, thought and purpose.! Our priceless principles undergo no change under a tropical sun. They go with the flag. “ ‘VVhyread ye not the changeless truth, The free can conquer but to save.’ “If we can benefit these remote peo- pies. who will object? If in the years of ‘ the future they are established in gov- ernment under law and liberty, who will regret our perils and sacrifices? Who will not rejoice in our heroism and hu- manity? Always perils, and always aft— er them safety. Always darkness and clouds, but always shining through them the light and the sunshine. Always cost and sacrifice, but always after them the fruition of liberty, education and civ- ilization: “I have no light or knowledge not common to my countrymen. I do not prophesy. The present is all absorbing to me, but I cannot bound my vision by the bloodstained trenches around Ma- nila, where every red drop, whether from the veins of an American.soldier or a misguided Filipino, is anguish to my heart, but by the broad range of fu- ture years, when that group of islands, under the impulse of the year just pass- ed, shall have become the gems and glo- ries of those tropical seas, a land of plenty and of increasing possibilities, a people redeemed from savage indolence and habits, devoted to the arts of peace, in touch with the commerce and tradepi all nations, enjoying the blessings of freedom, of civil and religious liberty, of education and of homes, and whose chil- dren and children’s children shall for ages hence bless the American republic because it emancipated and redeemed their fatherland and set them in the pathway of the world‘s best civiliza- tion.” ' . I Nebraska Senators Favor Expansion. LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 17.—Tbe senate ‘ yesterday voted 20 to 122 in favor of ex- pansion. The question was upon a reso- lution introduced by a Populist member calling upon congress to at once with- draw the troops from the Phuipplneg. General Smith’s Widow his. ‘ , , ' Elizabeth Budd Smith, widow of Gen- eral Thomas Kirby Smith, who per- formed brilliant service during the war of the rebellion, died here yesterday. - house was burned. ‘veltigation into the beef scandal begins 7 ‘-today, when the. Wade court ,of: inquii'y " “will hold its first session and determine I l FELIX FAURE DEAD. President of the French Re- public EXpires Suddenly. IMMENSE CROWDS AT THE ELYSEE. He Was the Son of a. Cabinet Maker. Became a Currier and Afterward a Commission Merchant—Elect- ed President In 1895. PARIS, Feb. 17.—M. Felix Faure, pres-' [dent of the republic of France, died at 1.0 o’clock last night, after an illness of three hours. It had been known for: some time that his heart was weak, but the first intimation that he was sick was given at half past 6 in the after- noon, when a. message was dispatched to the premier, M. Dupuy, announcing that the president was ill. M. Dupuy ‘ ....‘ ,__. immediately repaired to the Elysee. I All medical efforts proved futile, and the president died on the stroke of 10. The flag over the Elysee was imme- diately lowered to half mast, and the news was dispatched toall the officials and the members of the‘ cabinet. Gen- eral Zurlinden, military governor of PRESIDENT FAURE. Paris; the grand chancellor of the Le- gion of Honor, the prefect of the Seine, the prefect of the police of Paris and the presidents of the senate and chamber of deputies promptly arrived at the Elysee. The late M. Francois Felix Faure, sixth president of the third republic of France, was born in January, 1841, ac- cording to Haydn’s “Dictionary of Dates,” on Jan. 20 of that year; accord- ing to Vapereau, on Jan. 30. The house in which he was born is still standing in the Faubourg St. Denis, Paris. At that time it was No. 71. Now it is 65. There his father, Jean Faure, born in St. Sym- phorien (Rhone) in 1810, had set up business as a. cabinet maker. Young Faure, who was christened Francois Fe- lix, was baptized in the Church of St. Vincent de Paul on Feb. 3. He was educated at a private com- mercial school and was then sent to England for two years to learn the lan-’ guage and to become acquainted with English methods of business. On' his return to France he went to Amboise, that ancient town stored with so many historic memories, and there mastered the business of a currier. When quite young, he married the daughter of M. Belluot, an attorney at Amboise, after- ward mayor of the city and later sena- tor for Indre-et-Loire. It is interesting to know that M. Faure’s wife is respon- sible for much of the success he attain- ed—in fact, the marriage was his first upward step. Almost immediately aft- erward he settled at Havre as a fell- monger and commission merchant, and he soo’n became a leading shipowner. During the war Gambetta sent him to England to buy arms for the Franc- Tireurs and Mobiles. He wasdeprived of his deputy mayoralty by the Broglie cabinet of 1874, but he cOmpensated himself for the loss of ofiice by devoting increased attention to provident, educa- tional and charitable institutions. In August, 1881, he offered himself as a Republican candidate for parliament in the Third district of Havre and was elected by a majority of 200 votes overA M. le Vaillant du Douet, the Monarchist candidate. He was appointed under secretary of state for the colonies in the Gambetta administration formed in No- vember of that year and held the same office in the ministries of M. Jules Ferry in 1883, M. Brisson in 1885 and M. Tirard in 1887. In May, 1891, he became minis- ter of marine in M. Dupuy’s cabinet and was appointed vice president of the chamber of deputies, a position to which he was several times elected. Naturally his business position at Havre made him an authority on shipping, commer- cial and colonial questions, and during these years he compiled a valuable work on the “Comparative Budgets of European States.” » . On the retirement of M. Casimir-Per- ier, who resigned the presidency Jan. 16, 1895, he was chosen president by 430 votes as against 361 given to M. Henri Brisson, the election taking place Jan. 17, 1895. His popularity has continually increased since then. and the success he gained in his exalted position has been undeniable. Though a “man of the peo- ple” and once a wearer of the work- man’s apron, he was an unusually en- lightened and refined personage. All who came into contact with him have described him as extremely winning in character as well as in appearance. Destructive Blaze In Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 17.—A fire, which was discovered at 9:30 o’clock last night, destroyed the five story brick buildings 1224 to 1228 Market street, owned by John Wanamaker, causing a damage that will easily reach $700,000. No. 1228, which was occupied by the Waters Drug company, offered the greatest resistance to the firemen’s ef- forts. No. 1226 was occupied by John Wanamaker as a. laundry. This was al- so completely ruined. The Emerson Shoe company occupied 1224. The fire spread rapidly in the rear, and finally crossed Ludlow street, where St. John’s parish Inquiry Opens Today. WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.—-Formal in- upon its course of procedure. All of-the members of the court are in Washing- ton, Brigadier General Davis, the last member to arrive, reaching this city- lste last night. . ,, on. CONNER SCORES MILES. Believes That the General Should‘ne Dismissed From the Army. CINCINNATI, Feb‘. 16.—The attack on General Miles made by Dr. P. S. Conner, a member of the war invesriga— tion commission, at a complimentary dinner given in honor of Dr. Conner‘s return home from Washington .was a topic of general discussion in this city yesterday. Dr. Conner’s position as a member of the commission rendered his statements of particular weight. The following signed statement was given out last night: “Some of the newspaper reports of my remarks on Tuesday evening are in a measure incorrect, and I beg that you will permit me to correct them. “I did not state that ‘the command- - ing general, who, in the time of grea importance, the time that meant much to the destiny of the United States and the world, was in the rear of the vic- ’ torious army crying “Beef! Beef!” should be dismissed from the army that . he belongs to and not reduced in rank.’ 3‘ “The statement, and the whole state— ment. was that 'it was not the first time in history that there was heard in the rear of a victorious army the dis- 3 cordant cry of “Beef! Beef!” and in le- gal fashion cited “Henry versus Hook, first Wirt, 261.” ’ No statement, was made that the major general command- ing the army was ‘the only officer who belittled the efforts of the administra- tion and the war departmentin par- ticular, the only one who manifested any jealousy. He disgraced the dignity and the honor of his exalted position. Again I say he should be dismissed from the service’ nor anything relating to these matters. “I did say, and it is true, that the ma- jor general commanding the army was the only witness before the commission who Would neither swear nor affirm' and the only general officer before us who had not a single good word to say for the officers and men of the army. “Having expressed the opinion that the commission was glad that there was to be a board of inquiry to investigate the matter of beef issue and the hope that it would be able to ascertain all the facts, I hazarded the prediction that ‘if the board of inquiry reaches the same conclusion as the war investigat- ing commission, then the commanding general will be dismissed from the army of the United States,’ and I fully be- lieve that this is a true statement of what will come. “I have not the honor to represent the administration or the war depart- ment and have not the slightest knowl- edge of what is thought by the presi- dent of the, United States, the secre— tary of War or any one else in authori- ty. Very respectfully, -“P. S. .CONNER." President Goes to Boston. NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—Presidept Mc— Kinley and party, who left -Washington over the Pennsylvania railroad yester- day at 5:25 p. m., passed through this city lastnight en route for Boston. The party consisted of the president, Secre- taries Alger, Long and Bliss, Postmas- ter General Smith, RepresentatiVe Grosvernor, Mr. Porter and Mr. Cortel- you, secretaries to the president; Ma- jor Hopkins and Mr. Thorin, one of the White House doorkeepers. ' Mrs. Bliss, wife of'Secretary Bliss, accompanied the party as far as New York. Luncheon For Beveridge. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 16.——Al_bert J. Beveridge, recently elected to the Unit- ed States senate from Indiana, was ten- dered a luncheon at the Union League yesterday. Senator Elect Beveridge was to have been the guest of honor and principal speaker at the Lincoln day banquet at the Union League Monday night, but he became snow bound in a train about 40 miles west of Philadel- phia and did not reach here until the following night. About 100 prominent citizens met the senator at luncheon yesterday. Religious Enthusiasm Runs High. SCHENECTADX, N. Y., Feb. lei—Fol the past week Dr. Wilbur Chapman, the evangelist, has been holding revival meetings in this city. The «interest in them has become‘so intense that yester- day afternoon all the leading business men and nine-tenths of the smaller merchants and three-quarters of the saloon keepers closed up their places for three hours in order to allow their em- ployees to attend a meeting. The busi- ness portion of the city was deserted from 3 to 6 o’clock. ‘ Blockade Raised at Baltimore. BALTIMORE. 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