The herald., 1898-10-13
attended BY THE NATIONS
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
MIR. M'KINLEY OMAHA
ADDRESSES THE VAST AUDIENCE
ASSEMBLED
PRAISES FOR WAR HEROES

Whose Efforts Have Marked . Long
Step in the Direction Of Human
Liberty
Associated Press Special Wire.
OMAHA, Neb., Oct L.-The third day Of
Omahas Peace jubilee and Presidents
Day at the Ira nsmlssssippi Exposition
opened with a lowering sky. About 10
o'clock, however, the sun burst forth in
all It's radiance, making the hearts Of
thousands glad. The President was UP
early this morning and at 8 o'clock was in
the parlors Of the Omaha Club. where he
greeted the members Of his party and other
distinguished callers. 1t was after 10 o'clock
when the Presidential party, escorted by
President Wattles and members of the
Entertainment Committee In carriages,
started for the exposition grounds. They
were headed by platoon OF mounted police,
while the President and party we're escorted
by the Board Of Governors of the Ak-Har-
Ben, mounted and dressed m their regalia.
The party proceeded directly to the Grand
Plaza on the bluff tract of the exposition.
where, in the Music Pavilion, the formal ex-
erc:ses Of the day occurred.
In the first carriage was the President
with Gordon w. Wattles, President Of the
exposition. Then followed General Miles,
General Greeley. General Wheeler Secre-
tar.es Gage, Bliss and Wilson, Postmaster
General Smith, the members Of the diplo-
matte corps, secretaries of legations and
press representatives.
The vast. crowd that had gathered to see
President Mckinley leave the club building
was ably controlled by Major Clarkson.
General Manager Of the exposition.
President Mckinley probably never re-
ceived more enthusiastic greeting than
that which awaited him at the exposition
grounds. By far the greatest crowd in the
big Western shows history, 80 large a
crowd that Its numbers are almost i'm
possible to estimate, thronged about the
huge platform from which he made his ad-
dress. Hardly one sentence was spoken by
him which did not evoke from the people
cheers. After President Wattles had in
troduced the distinguished guests Of the
exposition. 1t was fully five minutes before
the subsidence Of the applause permitted the
President to begin speaking. President Nc
l<nley's address was as follows:
McKinley's Remarks
Gentlemen Of the Transmississippi Ex-
| position and felow-citizens: 1t is with
| genuine pleasure that l meet once more
| the people of Omaha. whose wealth of well
come is not altogether unfamiliar to me,
and whose warm hearts have before
touched and moved me. For the renewed
manifestation Of your regard, and for the
cordial reception of today my heart re-
| spends with profound gratitude and deep
appreciation which l cannot conceal and
which the language of compliment is In
adequate to convey. My greeting is not
alone to your city and the State Of Ne
braska, but to the people Of all the States
| Of the Transmississippi group participant
ing, and cannot withhold congratula tions
at evidences of their prosperity furnished
by this great exposition. If testimony
were needed to establish the fact that their
pluck has not deserted them, and that
prosperity is again with them, 1t Is found
here. This picture dispels all doubt.
In an age of expositions they have ad-
ded yet another magnificent example The
historical celebrations at Philadelphia and
Chicago, and the splendid exhibits at New
Orleans, Atlanta and Nashville are now
a part of the past, and yet In influence
they still live, and their benef1cent results
are closely interviewer with our nations al
development. Similar rewards will honor
the authors and patrons Of the Transmisss-
ssippi Exposition. The contribution will
mark another epoch in the nations mater
| ial advancement.
lone of the great laws Of life is progress,
and nowhere have the principles of this
| law been so strikingly illustrated as in the
United States. century and a decade
| of our national life have turned doubt into
conviction; changed experiment into DEM
onstration; revolutionized old methods
and won new triumphs which have chal-
| lenged the attention of the world. This
| is true not only of the accumulation of
material wealth and advance in education,
science, invention and 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 wer. with addi-
| tions to our territory and slight changes
| in our laws, we have steadily enforced the
spirit of the constitution secured to us by
| the noble self-sacriflce and far-seeing
sagacity Of our ancestors. We have avoid
| ed the temptations of conquest In the
spirit Of gain. With an increasing love
| for our institutions and an abiding faith
| in their stability, we have made the
triumphs of our system Of government in
| the progress and the prosperity of our peo-
pie an inspiration to the whole human
| race Confronted at this moment by new
and grave problems, we must recognize
| that their solution will affect not ourselves
| alone but others of the family Of nations.
| 'In this age of frequent interchange and
mutual dependency, we cannot sh1rk our
| International responsibilities II we would:
| thew must be met with courage and wis
dom and we must follow duty even If de-
sire opposes. No delberation can be too
mature or self-control too constant in this
solemn hour of our history. We must
avoid the temptations of undue aggression
land aim to secure only such results as with
promote our own and the general good.
"It has been said by some one that the
normal condition of nations was war That
| Is not true of the United States. We never
enter upon war until every effort for peace
without 1t has been exhausted. Ours has
never been a military government. Peace.
with whose blessings we have been so
slnRularly favored, is the national desire
and the goal OF every American inspira-
ton.
ION the 25th of April, for the first time
for more than q generation, the United
states sounded the call to arms. The ban
ners of war were unfurled; the best and
bravest from every section responded; Z
mighty army was enrolled: the North and
| the South We'd with each other In patriotic
devotion science was invoked to furnish
its most effective weapons; factories were
rushed to supply equipment; the youth and
the veteran Joined freely offering their
services to their country; volunteers and
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