The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-10-14
TWAS PRESIDENTS DAY.
A Mighty Throng Greeted President
Mckinley and Party at the
Omaha Exposition.
WERE ESCORTED BY THE AK-SAR-BEN,
Multitude Contained Congratulation
Over the Unexampled Prosperity of the
Nation and u Eulogy the Patriotism
and valor of les Defenders.


Nation and q Eulogy on the Patriotism
and vaior of les Defenders.
Omaha, Neb., Oct. 13.-The third day
of Omaha's peace jubilee and "Presi-
dents day" at the Transmississippi
exposition opened with lowering sky
About ten o'clock, however, the sun
burst forth in all it's radiance, making
the hearts of thousands of people feel
asier.The president was up early, and
at nine o'clock was in the parlors of
the Omaha club where he greeted the
members of his party and other dis
tinguished callers.
start for the Exposition Grounds.
1t was after ten o'clock when the
presidential party, escorted by Presi-
dent Wattles and members of the en-.
tertainment 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 the governors of the Ak-Sar-B 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 pavil-
ion the formal exercises of the day oc-
Cured.
An Enthusiastic Greeting.
President Mckinley probably never
received more enthusiastic greeting
than that which awaited him at the
exposition grounds. BY far the great
est crowd in the big western show
history-so largea crowd that its num-
bers are almost impossible to estimate
--thronged about the huge platform
from which the president made his adj
dress. Hardly one sentence was spok-
EN- 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 his
address, which was as follows:
The President's Address.
Gentlemen of the Transmississippi Ex-
position and Fellow-citizens: 1t is with
genuine pleasure that l meet once more
welcome Is not altogether unfamiliar to
me. and whose warm hearts have before
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 deep appreciation which can not
conceal, and which the language of COM
pliment is inadequate to convey. My
greeting Is not alone to your city and the
state of Nebraska. but to the people of
all the states of the Transmississppi
group participating here. and | can not
withhold congratulations on the evil
dences OF their prosperity furnished by
needed to establish the fact that their
pluck has not deserted them, and that
prosperity Is again with them. IT is found
here. This picture dispels all doubt.
In an age Of expositions they have add
ed yet another magnificent example. The
historical celebration at Philadelphia and
Chicago. and the splendid exhibits at New
Orleans, Atlanta and Nashville are now
part of the past, and yet in influence
they still live, and their beneficent results
are closely woven with our national de-
velopment.
Similar rewards will honor the authors
and patrons of the Transmississippi and
International exposition. Their contribu-
tion. will mark another epoch In the ma
tion's material advancement.
One of the great laws of life sprogress
and nowhere have the principles of this
law been so strikingly illustrated as in
the United States. century and de-
cade of our national life have turned
ubuDt INTO COnN1Ctlon. changed EXPERT
ment into demonstration revolutionized
old methods and won new triumphs
which have challenged 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 war, with additions to our terri
tory and slight changes in our laws, we
hn -s,frf - a.
constitution secured to us by the noble
seif-Sacrthce and far-seeing sagacity of
our ancestors. We have avoided the temp
tations OF conquest In the spirit of gain
With an increasing owe for our institu-
TONS and abiding faith I'm their stability
we have made the triumphs of our sys-
TEN OF government IN the progress and
prosperity OF our people 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 ma
ton.
this age of frequent interchange and
mutual dependency. We can not shirk our
International responsibilities il we would
they must be met with courage and wis
dom, and We must follow duty even ii de-
sire opposes. No elaboration can be too
mature, or self-control too constant in
TINS solemn hour of our history. We
must avoid the temptation of undue ag-
gression. and aim TO secure only such re-
suLts as Will promote our own and the
general good.
has been said by some one that the
normal condition of nations is war. That
Is not true OF the United States We
never enter upon war until every effort
Tor peace without it has been exhausted
Peace, with whose blessings we have
been so singularly favored. is the nation-
al desire and the goal of every American
aspiration.
ON the 18th of April. for the first time
fol more than generation, the United
states sounded the call to arms. The
banners OF war We're nnfurled, the best
ana br2Nest from every section respond
ed a miShty army was enrolled. the
north ana south We'd with each other in
patriotic ceYodcn; science was invoked
To furnish it's most effective weapons,
factories were rushed TO supply equip
ment, the youth aud the veteran joined
In freely ouerlng their services TO their
country; volunteers and regulars and all
the people rallied TO the support of the re-
pubic. There was no break In the line,
no malt in the march, no fear in the
heart No resistance to the patriotic
impulse at home, no successful resistance
70 the patriotic spirit of the troops fight
Ing in distant waters or on foreign shore.
What a wonderful experience it has