The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-10-13

REUNITED SECTIONS OF ONE
PATRIoTIsM-THE RESULTS OF
THE WAR WITH SPAIN
OMAHA. Oct. 1.-THE third day Of
omaha's peace Jubilee and Presidents
day" at the Mississippi expOsl-
don opened with lowering SKY. About
ten O'Clock, however. the sun burst
forth in all It's radiance, making the
hearts OF thousands of people feel easier.
The President was up early this morn
ing and at . O'Clock was in the parlors
Of the Omaha Club, where he greeted
The members OF his party and other
distinguished callers.
II was after 10 O'Clock when the Pres
dental party. escorted by President
wattles, and members OF the entertain
ment committee in carriages, started
for The exposition grounds They were
headed by platoon OF mounted police,
while the President and party were es-
corted BY the board of governors Of the
Ak-sar- Ben, mounted, and dressed in
their regalIa. The party proceeded
directly to the grand plaza on the blum
tract Of the exposition, where on the
music pavilion the formal exercises Of
the day occurred.
49, lF,fyt,,tn,, ,,r,,i,a his, ravnf re-
ceivad a more enthusiastic greeting than
that which awaited him at the exposi-
ton ground. BY far the greatest crowd
ia the big western shows history-so.
large 4 crowd that It's numbers are all
mdst impossible to estimate thronged
about the huge platform from which
the President made his address. Hardly
one sentence was spoken by him which
did not evoke from the people cheer
upon cheer After President wattles
had introduced the distinguished guest
OF the exposition It was fully i've min
utet before the subsidence of the APP
piause permitted the President to begin
speaking. President McKinley's address
was as follows:
Gentlemen Of the Transit Mississippi Ext
position and Fellow-c Citizens:
It's with genuine pleasure that meet
once more the people Of Omaha, whose
wealth Of welcome is not altogether un-
familiar to me and whose warm hearts
have before touched and moved me. For
this renewed manifestation of your re-
gard and for the cordial reception Of
to-day my heart responds with profound
gratitude and deep appreciation, which
I cannot conceal and which the language
Of compliment is inadequate to convey.
NY greeting is not alone to your city
and the state OF Nebraska, but to the
people OF all the states OF the Trans
Mississippi group participating here,
and / cannot withhold congratulations
on the evidences of their prosperity fur
nished by this great exposition. II tes-
timony were needed to establish the fact
that their pluck has not deserted them
and that prosperity is again with them,
ii Is found here This picture dispels
all doubt.
In an age Of expeditions they have
added yet another magnificent example.
The historical celebrations at PhiladeI-
phia ana Chicago and the splendid ex-
hibits at New Orleans, Atlanta and
Nashville are now a part of the past,
and yet in influence they still live and
their benehcent results are closely inter-
woven With our national development.
similar rewards will hunor the authors
and patrons of the Trans-Aiississippl
expedition. Their contribution win
mark another epoch in the nations ma
terial advancement.
one Of the great laws Of life ls pro-
eress and nowhere have the principles
OF this law been SO strikingly illustrated
as In the United states. A century and
q decade OF our national life have turned
doubt into conviction; changed expert
ment into demonstration; revolu!ionized
old methods and won new trlumphs
which have challenged the attention Of
the world. This Is true nct only of the
accumulation OF material wealth and adj
vance In education, science, invention
ana manufactures, but above all in the
opportunities to the people for their own
elevation, which have been secured by
wise free government. Hitherto in
peace and In war with additions to our
territory and slight changes in our laws,
We have steadily enforced the spirit OF
fhe constitution secured to US by the
noble self-sacrlace and far-sseinS sa-
Racity Of our ancestors. We have avoid
Cd the temptations OF conquest in the
splri. Of gain. WIN an Increasing love
for our institutions and an abiding
auth In their stability. we have made
me triumphs Of our system OF govern.
ment in the progress and prosperity OF
our people an inspiration to the whole
human race. Confronted at this mo-
ment by new and grave problems, we
must recognize that their solution will
affect not ourselves alone, but others OF
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