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The Georgia y Record. VOL 1. PRESIDENT IS CAMPAIGNING Entertains a Large Audience at Quincy, 111. With an Addres of Thanks. SECRETARY ROOT ALSO HEARD War Secretary flakes Urgent Plea That Administration Should Be Upheld. Cannon boomed and bands ployed “Dixie” as President McKinley alight ed from the Campania, his private car, at the grounds of the Illinois Soldiers’ home at Quincy Friday morning. The sun shone brightly, making almost a perfect day. Fifteen hundred old vet erans, inmates of the home, cheered enthusiastically as the president and the members of the cabinet took car riages to be driven between long platoons of soldiers around the beau tiful grounds of the home. The president was first escorted to an improvised platform, from which he bowed and smiled in acknowledg ment of the veterans’ greeting, shak ing hands with as many as possible. Then, in company with members of the local committee, the president made a short visit to the Soldiers’ hospital. The presidential party was next driven from the Soldiers’ home to the city proper, a distance of two miles. Company F, Fifth infantry, the naval reserves and Company F, Eighth Illinois infantry, escorted the party through the business district. The sailors were supplied wi.L Hotchkiss guns, and as soon as the president arrived in sight of the pub lic square a president’s salute of twen ty-one guns was fired. Six thousand school children from all the schools of the city, publio and parochial, were massed on the east side of the court house, waving flags and singing na tional airs as the president appeared. McKinley’s The president and several members of the cabinet delivered brief addresses from the reviewing stand. The presi dent said: “I thank you one and all for this patriotic welcome. It has given me uncommon pleasure to meet this morn ing at the Soldiers’ Home, the men of 1861, the veterans who stood in the trenches and behind the guns in that year of great emergency when the life of the nation hung in the balance. It has given me like pleasure also to meet with the ex-soldiers of the Span ish war from the city of Quincy and the naval malitia representin the pa triotism of 1898. And it is gratifying to me to learn that you sent from this city one of the gallant young officers who fought with Dewey in Manila bay. This is an era of patriotism, my countrymen. “The United States has never been lacking in gratitude to its soldiers and its sailors who have fought in its cause, and the cause of the United States has never lacked defenders in every crisis of its history. Front the revolutionary days to the present, the citizens of the United States have been ever ready to uphold at any cost the flag and the honor of the nation and to take all the responsibility which comes from a righteous cause. There are responsibilities born to duty, that can never be repudiated. Duty unperformed is dishonor and dishonor brings shame which is heavi er to carry than any burden which , honor can impose. “My fellow citizens, I thank you for this more than gracious welcome and bid you all good morning.” Secretary Root Speaks. Secretary Root spoke as follows: “Fellow Citizens of Illinois: My ( humble duty during the last two months is to do what you are doing here today by the encouragement and inspiration of your presence, holding up the hands, strengthening the soul, ■ and cheering the courage of the presi dent, the chief magistrate of your be loved country, In maintaining its < honor and doing its full duty before 1 God and man on the great stage of < the world. It is fitting hero, almost 1 at the very spot where the two ex- j tremes of population, coming, the one i from Massachusetts and Connecticut ' and the other coming from Virginia ] ATLANTA. GA.. SATURDAY, OCTOBER J, 1899. and Kentucky, ,he children of New England, and the children of the south, should join him in doing honor to the president of the whole country, north and south, east and west. There is no partisan ship, no factionalism, in the business in which we are engaged in, helping President McKinley. “No man can shelter himself under the flag of party or justify himself by any declaration of principle in failing to stand behind the men of all parties and all creeds who lie today in the trenches in Luzon. “No man who knows bis duty and is a true American will fail to do it. I have no fear, no question whatever, that in the days and nights that the secretary of war is giving to seeing that the army of the United States is the best fed, best equipped and best armed army the world has ever seen, the sympathy and the support of the people of Quincy, of Illinois, of the country, will be behind him and be hind the president. “The cause in which your soldiers' are fighting and in which you, Demo crats and Republicans alike, stand be hind them, is the cause of civilization and of peace. The men behind the guns in Manila today are in front of the schoolhouse, of law and order and will be followed by the men with their text book and Bible, bringing the arts of civilization, respect for law and order, and the welfare of country. No government can live for self alone, nor grow to full stature by the exercise of selfishness. No men and no party of men can be bound to the performance of a mission of the great republic for the regeneration and elevation of man kind. It is following today as it has followed in the past, the lines marked out by a Providence superior to the wisdom of presidents and of legisla tures, pointing the way of the great march of civilization. “My friends of the city of Quincy and of the state of Illinois, the presi dent of the United States will be faith ful to the soldier who represents it. His cabinet will be faithful to him and I know that you, one and all, will stand with us in sustaining and help ing him the great work which you have laid upon him.” The streets of Quincy were literally packed with people. A street fair is in projection, and all along the line of march booths and arches had been erected, most of which flaunted the stars and stripes and im mense pictures of McKinley and Dewey. FARMERS IN CONFERENCE. The National Congress Holds Sessions In Boston, Mass. The delegates to the Farmers’ Na tional Congress were received by Gov ernor Roger Wolcott at the statehouse in Boston Friday. The congress, on resuming its business session, heard a report from the committee on resolu tions. Hon. H. C. Adams, dairy and food commissioner, of Wisconsin, delivered an address on “The Necessity of Pure Food Legislation.” The following officers were elected: President, H. P. Heard, Fort At kinson, Wisconsin. First vice president, P. G. F. Can doge, Brookline, Mass. Second vice president, Colonel John S. Cunningham, of North Carolina. Secretary, John M. Stahl, Chicago. Treasurer, L. Van Morison, Penn sylvania. Executive Committee—B. F. Clay ton, of Iowa; T. C. Slaughter, Texas; E. L. Furness, Indiana; D. G. Whit temore, Nebraska; E, F. Whelstein, Kentucky. SCHOONER LOST. The John 11. Tiiigu* Goes to Pieces on Cumberland Island. Captain Taylor and crew, of the schooner John H. Tingue, bound from Philadelphia to Jacksonville with cargo of coal, arrived at Fernandina, Fla., Friday morning from Dunge ness and reported the loss of his ves sel Thursday on Cumberland island. The vessel will be a total loss. No lives lost. MORE WARSHIPS TO THE EAST Result of Dewey’s Coalerence With the President. | BROOKLYN IS ONE OF THEM. Admiral Stated That the Situa tior Is Very Urgent. A Washington special says: The president, Wednesday directed the immediate disp tch to the Philippines of a number of vessels of the navy, in cluding the cruiser Brooklyn and gun boats Marietta and Machias. The ac tion is the result of Admiral Dewey’s interview, in which he went over the Philippine situation with the presi dent. The orders given are in line with the expressed determination of the president to furnish the army and navy every resource for stamping out the Philippine insurrection at the earliest possible time. At Admiral Dewey’s extended in terview with the president the former went into the Philippine situation at great length, explaining carefully the existing of affairs and hla views of the outlook, concluding with an earnest -recommendation that the Brooklyn and some other vessels be sent at once to the Philippines. The re-enforcement of the present fleet of the Asiatio squadron he urged as necessary and said their dispatch should be directed as early as possible. The president immediately communi cated with the navy department and instructed the secretary of the navy to issue an order carrying out the ad miral’s recommendation and to see that they be got in readiness at once. The Marietta and Machias, besides the Brooklyn, will be designated by the. navy department along with several other vessels which have not yet been selected. The Brooklyn is now with the other vessels of the North Atlantic squadron off Tompkinsville, Staten Island. The Machias and the Marietta are at pres ent on waiting orders. These re-en foroemonts will and considerable strength to the Asiatic squadron and the administration believes their pres ence will £ave a material effect in ex pediting the end of the hostilities. The Brooklyn is an armored cruiser of the first rating, carrying twenty main battery guns and having a total displacement of 9,215 tons, and is so well thought of by Rear Admiral Schley that he desired that she be as signed as his flagship in the new south Atlantic squadron. The Marietta is a composite gun boat of 1,000 tons displacement and with a main battery equipment of six guns. The Machias, with a displacement of 1,177 tons, carries a battery of eight guns. Their commanders are all vet erans of long experience in the ser vice. The Brooklyn is commanded by Captain Theodore F. Jewell, who has seen fourteen years of sea service and much more than that on shore sta tions; the Machias by Lieutenant Com mander Leavitt 0. Logan, with fifteen years of sea service, and the Marietta by Lieutenant Commander Edward H. Gheen, whose record shows seven teen years of sea service. The Brooklyn’s formidable equip ment will make her of invaluable gen eral service, while the Marietta and the Machias are expected to be of much usefulness in the numerous shallow waters about the archipelago where larger craft cannot go. It is not known how soon these vessels can be ready, but their orders are to get away as early as possible, and no delay is anticipated. Their commanders will report to the depart ment when they are ready to proceed and on arriving at Manila will report without delay to the admiral com manding the Astatic station, for or ders. GREAT WAS CHICAGO DAY. McKinley Lays Corner-Stone of Magnificent Federal Building. DEPENDS ON STATE Georgia Will Be Asked to Build Atlanta’s Car Shed. GOES BEFORE THE NEXT LEGISLATURE President Thomas Says Road* Arg Not Only Willing, But Auxious to Do Something. The Georgia state railroad commis sion and the railroads held a confer ence in executive session Monday at the capitol. The plan now proposed is for the state of Georgia to build a union pas senger station for Atlanta. < After figuring on it for a year, the railroads have thrown up the job. They say they cannot agree on a plan, and they are willing for the state to try. It is certain that some legislation will be undertaken looking to that end. An effort will be made to get a bill through the legislature creating a commission and appropriating money to pay for the work. Governor Candler is expected to recommend something of the kind. The state railroad commission will recommend it in its annual report, and the Western and Atlantic’s special at terney, Colonel Brown will urge it in his report. The state is in a position to build a new station and make money by the operation, if the roads will agree to use it for thirty years. The roads may hesitate on that point. It is not a sure thing that the legisla ture will consider it advisable to build, but the proposition will be strongly backed. President Thomas favors this plan. In his written statement presented at Monday’s conference, President Thomas said that the railroad man agers are “not only willing, but anxi ous to build a commodious station, provided the complications surround ing the present location can be satis factorily adjusted.” SOUTHERN PROGRESS. List of New Industries Established the Past Week. The more important of the new industries reported during the week October 7 include a bag ging factory in Texas; brick works in Alabama; a construction company in East Tennessee; a cornice works in Alabama; three cotton mills in North Carolina; electric light plants in Ala bama, Tennessee and Virginia; a fur niture factory in North Carolina: a handle factory in Alabama; hardware companies in Georgia and Louisiana; a heading factory in Tennessee; iron mines in Alabama; a 875,000 lumber mill (rebuilt) in East Texas; a knit ting mill in Alabama; nail works in North Carolina; a 81.00,000 naval stores company in Florida; paint works in Virginia; a sash, door and blind factory in Alabama; a sugar re finery in Florida; a 8200,000 tobacco stemmery in Kentucky; a twine and plow line mill in North Carolina.— Tradesman (Chattanooga, Tenn.) BRYAN MUCH BETTER. Nebraskan Responds To Inquiry As To His Condition. In reply to the telegraphic inquiry Monday as to his condition, Hon. W. J. Bryan replied ns follows from Web ster, la., where he is stopping with Hou. Fred White, the Democratic can didate for governor of that state: “My condition was not serious and I lam much better today. I expeet to be able to resume my tour tomorrow.” Forty Drowned In Floods. Forty persons are reported as drown ed, according to a special dispatch from Naples, by floods following severe rains, in the province of Salerne. A number of small villages and factories have been destroyed. NO. 15. I THOUSANDS THEN APPLAUDED Three Nations Represented—Day Ended With Great Banquet. A Chicago special says: Surround ed by men who guide the diplomatic I relations of three governments, and in the presence of thousands of specta ! tors, President McKinley formally laid the corner stone of the magnifi cent new federal building of Chicago Monday morning. In the angle form ed by the south and west wings of the federal building at Jackson boulevard and Dearborn street, and in front of the Union League Club, a reviewing stand had been erected for the accom modation of tho distinguished visitors, including Vice President Mariscal and party, of Mexico; Premier Laurier, of Canada, and other notables of that ! country; members of President Mc- Kinley’s cabinet and the diplomatic ■ corps at Washington; senators, con ! gressmen and other invited guests,and when President McKinley threw the j first trowel full of mortar under the j uplifted block of limestone and pro j nouneed the corner stone set, one of | the most notable gatherings ever in ' Chicago looked on. The president received a hearty ova tion as he drove to the stand. Judge Christian C. Kohlsaat, chairman of the committee on ceremonies, intro duced Secretary of the Treasury Ly man J. Gage as presiding officer for the corner stone exercises. The sec retary was warmly cheered as he stepped forward. At the conclusion of Secretary Gage’s brief address, Rev. Frank Gonzaulus offered a brief but impressive prayer, the president I and all the members of his party un covering as Dr. Gonzaulns asked a blessing on the ceremony. The actual ceremonies of tho laying of the corner stone then began. C. E. Kremer, of the fedei al committee, i arose and formally announced that I the stone was ready, and read the list lof articles placed within it. President McKinley was introduced by Secretary Gage, and as he stepppd forward to receive the trowel from the hands of the architect, Henry Ives Cobb, the crowd burst forth into cheers, the ap plause not eeasing until the president raised his hand. The president then stepped to the side of the uplifted mass of Illinois limestone and, taking a trowelful of mortar from the board, he threw it on the base of the stone. As he did so a band stationed in the reviewing stand played the “Star Spangled Banner,” and as the notes of the national an them were heard the crowd broke into cheers, the noise almost drowning the music. President McKinley then pro nounced the stone set and resumed his seat while the workmen settled the I stone in its place. Senator William E. Mason was next introd*eed and made a brief address on behalf of the city of Chicago. The ceremonies concluded with the offer ing of a benediction by Rev. Dr. Gon zaulus. President McKinley and party then arose and were again es corted across the boulevard to the Union League Club, where the presi dent was the guest of the federal com mittee at luncheon. Chicago D»y Banquet. Chicago’s great auditorium, which has been the scene of so many notablo events, never had a greater gathering than Monday night, when the Chicago Day banquet was held within its walls under the auspices of the hall festival committee. The great stage upon which 1,000 people can easily find standing room, had been enlarged, and a great floor built out over the seats of the parquette, quadrupling the floor space of the stage. The balconies were resplendent with banners, and the coats of arms of ail tho states in the union, and groupings of American, British and Mexican flags adorned an elaborate peace arch. The president, who was the guest of honor, sat at a raised table on the right of Melville E. Stone, the toast master.