The San Francisco call., 1898-10-13
MCKINLEY AT
 TIE EXPOSITION Enthusiasm Shown by
 the People.
CROWDS CHEER PRESIDENT
DELIVERS AN ADDRESS FIX
 PRESSING HIS GRATITUDE.
Unstinted Patriotism Displayed Dur ing the Third Days Cele- bration of the Peace
 Jubilee.
Special Dispatch to The Call.


 OMAHA, Oct 12-The third day of Omaha's Peace Jubilee, which was Presidents day" at the Trans Mlssis- sippi Exposition, opened with lowering sky. About 10 o'clock, however, the sun burst forth in all it's radiance, making the hearts of thousands of peo- pie glad. It was after 10 o'clock when the Presidential party, escorted by President WattIes and members of the entertainment committee In carriages, started for the exposition grounds They were headed by a platoon of mounted police, while the President and party were escorted by the Board of Governors of the AkSar-Ben, mounted and dressed in their regalia. The party proceeded directly to the grand plaza on the bluff tract of the exposition, where on the music pavilion the formai exercises of the day occurred.
 President Mckinley probably never received a more enthusiastic greeting than that which awaited him at the ex- position grounds. By far the greatest crowd in the big Western shows his tory, so large a crowd that it's mum bers are almost impossible to De es- timated, thronged about the huge plat form from which he made his address, Hardly one sentence was spoken by him which did not evoke from the peo- pie cheers upon cheers. After Presi- dent Wattles had introduced the dis tinguished guests of the exposition IL was fully five minutes before the sub sidence of the applause permitted the President to begin speaking. Follow ing are extracts from his address:
 Gentlemen of the Trans Mississippi Ex- position and Fellow-CitiZenS: It is with genuine pleasure that l meet once more the people of Omaha, whose wealth of welcome Is not altogether unfamlllar to me, and whose warm hearts have be- fore touched and moved me. For this re- newed manifestation of your regard and for the cordial reception of to-day my heart responds with profound gratitude and a deep appreciation which l cannot conceal and which the language or compil- ment is Inadequate to convey. My greet ing not alone to your city and the State of Nebraska, but to the people of all the States of the Trans Mississippi group par ticipating and ] cannot withhold cOngrat- ulauons over the evidences of their pros perity 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 dis peis all doubt
 In an age of expositions they have added yet another magnificent example. The historical celebrations at Philadelphia and Orleans, Atlanta and Nashville are now a part of the past, and yet in influence they still live, and their beneficent results are closely interwoven with our national development. Similar rewards will honor the authors and patrons of the Trans Mississippi Exposition. The contribution will mark another epoch in the nations material advancement
 Continuing, the President referred at len eth to the lessons of patriotism taught by the late war, paying glowing tribute to the gallant service of the country's army and navy.
 The inspiring conclusion of the Presidents address was the signal for a scene of wild exclamation.
 Rowing and smiling to the crowd of enthusiastic constituents the President sat down and gave way to Postmaster General Smith, whose speech came next on the programme. MT. Smiths reception was almost as fiattering as that given to the President. He spoke briefly along lines similar to those fol- lowed by his chief dwelling particu- larly upon the magnitude of the expo sition and the marvellous energy and genius which the great West had de- voted to it's contamination.
 After Mir. Smith had concluded the surging throng of humanity around the platform clamored for more. Loud calls for General Miles, Senators Allen and Thurston and Governor Holcomb were heard, and they advanced in succession to the front of the platform and in re- sponse to the deafening cheers of the people bowed and smiled their ac- Acknowledgements, but did not make any remarks. Then the Chinese Minister, the Korean Minister and Senor Quesa- da, the Cuban emissary were brought forward in response to the demands of the crowd. Patriotic selections by the band closed the exercises on the plat