The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-10-13
In the Settlement of Terms of
Peace With a Defeated
Nation.
Problems Which Will Require
Some Time to SOlve...Our
Responsibilities.

OMAHA, Oct. 3.-The third day Of
Omaha's peace jubilee and presidents
Day" at the Transmississippi exposi.
ton opened with lowering sky. About
10 o'clock, however. the sun burst
forth in all its radiance, making the
hearts Of thousands of people feel cas-.
Ter. The president was up early and
at 9 O'Clock was in the parlors Of the
Omaha club, where he greeted the
members Of his party and other dis
tinguished callers.
1t was after 10 o'clock when the
presidential party, escorted by Presi.
dent Wattles and the men bers Of the
entertainments committee in carriages,
started for the exposition grounds. The
party proceeded directly to the grand
plaza, on the bluff tract Of the exposi.
tion where, IN the music pavilion, the
formal exercises Of the day began.
President Mckinley probably never
received a more enthusiastic greeting
than that which awaited him at the
exposition grounds. By far the great.
est crowd in the big Western shows
history %thronged about the huge plat.
form 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 intro.
duced the distinguished guest of the
exposition it was fully five minutes be.
fore the subsistence of the applause
permitted the president to begin speak.
ing.
After President Mckinley had given
due thanks for his reception and had
paid tribute to the aims and character
Of the Transmississippi exposition, he
touched upon the war and its outcome,
saying:
Confronted at this moment by new
and gravo problems, we must recog.
nize that their solution will affect, not
ourselves alone, but others of the fam.
lily of nations.
in this age of frequent interchange
and mutual dependency, we cannot
shirk our international responsibilities
if we would; they must be met with
courage and wisdom, and we must fol.
low duty even if desire opposes. No
elaboration can be too mature nor
se%lf.controi too constant in this solemn
hour of our history. We must avoid
the temptation of undue aggression,
and aim to secure only such results as
Will promote our own and the general
good.
Ion the 18th Of April, for the first
time for more than q generation, the
United States sounded the call to arms.
The banners Of war were unfurled: the
test and bravest from every section
responded; a mighty army was en-.
rolled; 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 equipments; the
youth and the veteran joined in freely
Offering their services to their country:
volunteers and regulars and all the
people rallied to the support Of the re.
public. There was NJ break in the
line; no halt in the march; no fear in
the heart. No resistance to the pat.
rlotic impulse at home; no successful
resistance to the patriotic spirit of the
troops fighting in distant waters or on
foreign shore"
The president next described the
progress of the war and paid glowing
tribute to the heroes Of Manila, San.
t age and Porto Rico, saying in con.
custom:
The faith of a Christian nation rec.
ognizes the hand Of Almighty God in
the ordeal through which we have
passed. Divine favor seemed manifest
everywhere. In fighting for human.
ity's sake we have been signaIly
blessed. We did not seek war. To
avoid If, if this could be done in jus.
tice and honor to the rights of our
neighbors and ourselves, was our con.
slant prayer. The war was no more
invited by US than were the questions
which are laid at our door by its re.
suits. Now, as then, we will do our
duty. The problems will not be solved
In a day. Patience will be required:
patience combined with sincerity of
purpose and mistaken resolution to do
right, seeking only the highest good of
the nation, and recognizing no other
obligation, pursuing no other path but
that of duty.
Right action follows right puspose.
We may not at all times be able to
sivine the future; the way may not
always seem clear; but If our aims are
high and unselfish, somehow and in
some way the right end will be
reached. The genius Of the nation, its
wisdom. its humanity, it's courage. its
justice, favored by divine Providence,
will make it equal to every task and
the master Of every emergency"
Ran in Front of the Cannon.