The record-union., 1898-10-14


name and his fame will be sacredly
guarded by his own neighbors and fell
low-citizens, and will be always held
Now, my fellow citizens, it gives me
great pleasure to present you the Sec
rotary of the Treasury, with whom l
am sure you will be glad TO hear a
moment
Secretary Gage spoke as follows:
Friends, the proudest title that any
man on this earth can wear, i'll my
opinion, is the title of an American
citizen. Second to that, it seems to
me, the proudest thing is to be a cit-
zen of this mighty, growing West. 1t
is TO me a source of pride and salts
faction that you, the people of this
mighty West, can be brought into con-
tact, as you have been brought into
contact to-day, with this man. the
President, to whose judgment, wisdom.
courage, virtue, fortitude, zeal and
patriotism, the fortunes of the Ameri
can people are SO fully committed. Citi-
zens, he is worthy Of your confidence
and love. Support him by your SYM
pathies and your confidence"
Postmaster General Smith said: L
am very glad as an humble member of
the Presidents Cabinet TO meet this
great assemblage of the people Of this
rich and fertile State of Iowa. You
are here to meet and greet the Presi-
dent of the United States. He is en-
shrined in your affection and your adj
mirat ton, because you know that he
is President of the whole people. You
have given him your confidence and
your support through the greatest cri
sis and emergency which this country
has faced since the Civil War be-
cause you know that he is firmly de-
voted to the welfare of the entire
American people, and has given his
signal, earnest purpose to the promo
ton of the interests of our whole coun-
try In his further work you will con-
tinue the confidence and support which
you have thus far given him, and in
the settlements which are to come he
viii have the support of the American
people, as he has had through the
great conflict through which we have
passed"
At Corning the President assembled
an improvised platform and spoke as
follows:
1T gives me great pleasure to meet
you all, and be greeted by you as l
journey through your State. We have
been seeing something in the last
forty-eight hours of the vastness and
the wealth of this mighty empire OF
the West, and l congratulate you upon
the evidences of prosperity and of pro-
gress that have been constantly pre-
scented me. Iowa is not only a great
State in it's material possessions, in
it's farms and it's factories, but it is
great State in the influence of the ma
ton. From the period of your admls-
sion into the American Union as
State you have had especial influence
ON national legislation and nationa. ad-
ministration, and 1 know of no State
in the country to-day that has greater
influence in public affairs through Sem
ators and Representatives in Congress
than this great State of Iowa. l have
with me, my fellow citizens, a numoer
of the gentlemen who constitute my
Cabinet, and l am sure you will all be
glad to see and hear them. 1 take
pleasure in presenting to you citizen
of your own State, the farmer OF the
Administration, Secretary of Agrlcult-
ure WILSON,
Mr. Wilson was received with great
enthusiasm, and made a brief address
to his Iowa neighbors.
On a special car attached to the Bur
lington flyer a committee of st. Louis
business men journeyed across Iowa
with the Presidential party. Among
them were John c. Wilkinson and Rich
ard c. Kerens. The committee was ap-
pointed by the Business Mems League
of ST. Louis, to accompany the Presi-
dent to- their city. United States Sena-
tor John H. Gear also made the trip
through Iowa.
At Glenwood, where a great crowd
had congregated, the President ascend
ed a gaily decorated platform near the
station and said: My Fellow Citi-
zens: 1 am very glad to meet you and
greet you here this morning. I need
not say that 1 like the flag which you
carry Whenever you put that flag in
the hands of the boys and the girls,
you put patriotism in their hearts.
There are two strong and marked
phases in the war with Spain. The one
is it's heroism and the other its hu-
mainly. The individual valor Of the
soldier and the sailor has never been
surpassed. Both at Manila and at
Santiago with Dewey's fleet and Samp-
sons squadron, there were distinguish
ing exhibitions of personal valor and
intrepidity which thrilled our hearts.
So with the land forces at San Juan
Hill and FL Caney and Manila; so with
the marines at Guantanamo. This is
the heroic side. The other is the hu-
manitarian side. The first ship to enter
of 20 Mt 10 no
render of the Spanish forces and army
to General Shafter was a ship laden
with food and provisions and medicines
carrying the Red Cross to the suffer-
ing inhabitants of that land. And so all
through the war, we have mingled with
our heroism our splendid and glorious
humanity. There was no malice in our
conflict, there was no bitterness or re-
sentiment connected with it and when
it was all over we treated our foe as
generously as we could have treated a
friend All this must be inspiring to
the American people. We are great
people. We love peace, not war but
when we so to war We send to it the
best and bravest of the country. and
Iowa has contributed her share of pa
triotic boys to fight the battles of our
country. / thank you ali and bid you
good morning" Great applause)
AT Malvern the President greeted a
large crowd and said: MY Fellow
Citizens: In the moment that shall be
permitted to stop with you 1 only de-
sire to thank you for the cordial recep-
ton you have given me this morning
/ cannot but recall, as I journey
through the country, the difference be-
tween conditions now and those thirty