Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-10-22
In the Early Hours.

Noblesville, Ind, Oct. 21-President
Mckinley, before he had breakfasted. to-
day addressed two immense audiences.
The meetings were at Logansport and
kokomo. At the latter place the scene
YVES the most inspiring of the entire tour.
In spite of the dampneSs and the cold
wind that swept down from the north.
the crowd was enormous. Hundreds OF
school children We're in evidence, each
provided with a flag and. all giving lusty
cheers for the President. The booming
of cannon and shrieking of steam whis-
ties aroused the President from sleep.
people at Logansport.
kokomo was reached at 80. and here
the President was warmly cheered by q
portion to the size of the town.
At Upton. which was the next stop. the
president spoke In part as follows:
My Fellow Citizens: We have lately
had such revival of patriotism in this
country as We have never had since the
earliest days of our history. North and
South are now brought together: they
own the same electric thoughts, in peace
a common flag salute and in war they
follow "a, q common nag, willing to die be
the war has done for the United States
What it hassdone for other people is yet
to be determined. and as / look into your
nation help the oppressed people who
have by the war been brought within the
sphere of our influence
AT Logansport the President was intro
duced by Senator Fairbanks. He seid
My Fellow Citizens: About week
age ! entered your state at O'Clock IN
thousandss of people in ne city of Terre
Haute. Now an hour earlier / meet this
great throng OF my. fellow. countrymen,
that early morning ia May. there has
|sbeen no hour too early for the people OF
the United States to assemble to rejoice
fest their desire for. an honorable and
triumphant peace. tApp,ause).
Inc nag never seemed 50 dear to US
many paees ans as It does noW oSer
pla1sev a voice from the crowd II
VIII stay there. ! have rejoiced as |
the patriotism of the people. The flag Of
our country is in every mans hands and
patriotism is On every mans heart. Cap
lausel. That is a good omen for our
brilliant service. have added new honors
70 the American name; given new
meaning to American valor; and it only
remains for us. the people, to do the rest
and write into honorable treaty the Just
fruitage of this war. | thank you for this
call, and bid you all good morning."
At kokomo, the President spoke as fol-
My Fellow Citizens: / thank you most
sincerely for your warm and cordial well
1t means that the people of this COM
immunity are standing together for country
and civilization. The war has made us a
united people. We present spectacle of
1000 900 people, representing every
race and nationality and section, united
N ore faith and under one flag. and that
the glorious old Stars and Stripes we low
so much. And we must continue to stand
together. When we have no differences
WITH any other nation. then It will be
Tune Tor us to resume our old disputes AT
home. But until that time, we must
stand for a common purpose and stand
together until the settlements of the war
u PUBLIC treaty (Applause). We COM
menced the war not for gain or greed of
new possessions. We commenced it for
freedom and to relieve our neighbors OF
Eonarcssion. tAppause) And having ac-
3complished that, We must assume ali the