The Globe-republican., 1898-10-20

l. xeElnlsy's Short spseeAss.
| /; Journeying eastward from Omaha.
Mckinley WAS greeted everywhere by
immense crowds who resorted to every
device known to human ingenuity to
manifest their approval of their Presi'
dents management of tho Spanish war
and of his policies for the future. he
made many speeches enroute through
Iowa, nliuois and Indians-and in St
Louis His every reference to expan'
sion was responded to by the most de-
nonstrative applause
At Mount Pleasant. Iowa, he said:
my fellow-citizens, I want TO leave
ono other thought with you, and that
10 that We have been united and there.
fore strong AID invincible in war. We
must continue united until the end OF
this struggle. We must have no differ
euces among ourselves while wc are
settling differences with somebody
else, and when We have made that set
tlement in the interest of justice and
civilization and humanity, then We can
resume our old domestic difference 1t
We want to-"
At Red Oak, Iowa, tho President
faced . crowd which numbered easily
5000 people. He said:
ut gives me great pleasure to look
into your faces Is I journey through
your state. What nation of the world
has more to be thankful for than ours?
We have material wealth, we have
rich and fertile lands, we have great
shops and great factories that make
everything. We have skilled workmen,
we have genius for invention. and in
the last thirty years we have achieved
commercial triumphs which have been
the wonder of the world. We have
much to be thankful for. We have
come out of the events of the last five
months glorious in our victories and
more glorious in the results which are
to follow them. We are fortunate in
the virtue of our people and in the va
lor of our soldiers and sailors. We
have been patriotic in every crisis Of
our history, and never more patriotic
than from April, 1898, to the presen.
hour.
but our patriotism must be contin.
ned. We must not permit it tn abate,
but we must stand unltedly until every
settlement of the recent contest shall
be written in enduring form and shall
record triumph for civilization and
humanity"
At Malvern, Iowa, the President
greeted large crowd and said:
my fellow-citizens-In the moment
that shall be permitted to stop with
You only desire to thank you for tho
cordial reception you have given mo
this morning. can not but recall a.
journey through tho country tho diff
ference between conditions now and
those of thirty-seven years ago. Then
we were at war with each other. ono
section of our beloved country fighting
against the other: thcn tho contest was
for the preservation Of the union. and
in that conflict we happily triumphed.
Thirty-seven years later we were en-.
gagged in another war, not as divided
country, but as q united country.
North and South viewing with esch
other in self-sacrificing devotion to tho
country and the flag and united, my
fellow-countrymen, we are invincible,
and having stood together against
foreign foe, we must stand together
until every settlement of that war
shall be finally embodied in public
treaty"
At Charlton, Iowa, the Presidents
remarks were particularly significant
He said:
my fellow-citizens-I do not think
I ever appreciated fully the size and
population of Iowa until INV visit to
your state. 1t gives me especial pleas
nre to meet with the school children,
the boys and the girls, those who. in q
little while, must take up TIE trust
now in the hands Of the older of us,
and carry forward this great fabric ef
government We have been very for
tunate as q nation in the last six
montha We have made much pro-
gress in a very little while. We have
almost lost sight of the fact, in talking
about our war. that we have made
some very substantial gains without
resort to srma We have made the
people of Hawaii, that came to as, free
and independent, and asked to be an.
nsxed to the United Statea And, my
fellow eitissns, wherever our fag
Aoats, wherever We raise that standard
Of liberty. it is always for the sake Of
humanity and the advancement Of civ
ilixation. Territory sometimes comes
to us when we GO to war in . holy
cause, and whenever it does the banner
Of liberty will foat over 1t and bring, I
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