The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-14
HER0|SM AND HUMANITY
Mckinley Talks a. He Speeds
Through Iowa.
WE ARE A GREAT PEOPLE
The Valor OF the American Sailor and
Soldier Has Never Been Sur
passed-The Foe 0ener-
ously Treated.

| Red Oak. Iowa. Oct. 13.-On a specia
car attached to the Burlington flyer. =
committee OF st. Louis business mer
3ourneyed across Iowa with the presi.
Dental party. Among them were Johr
c. Wilkinson and Richard c. Kerens
The committee was appointed by the
Business Mems league Of st. Louis tc
accompany the president to their city
United States Senator John H. Gear
also made the trip through Iowa. AT
Glenwood. Iowa, where a great crowd
had congregated. the president ascend
ed a gaily decorated platform near the
station and said:
MY fellow citizens: I am very glad
to meet you and greet you here this
morning. i need not say that I 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 its heroism and the
other its humanity. The individual
valor OF the soldier and the sailor has
never been surpassed. Both at Manila
and at Santiago. with Dewey's fleet
ana SIMPSONS squadron, there were
distinguishing exhibitions of personal
valor and intrepidity which thrilled all
our hearts. So with the land forces at
san Juan hill and FL Caney and Ma
MIA; so with the marines at Guantana-
mo. This is the heroic side. The other
Is the humanitarian side. The first
ship to enter the harbor of Santiago
after the surrender of the Spanish
forces and army of General Shafter was
a ship laden with food and provisions
ana medicines carrying the Red Cross
to the suffering inhabitants of that
land. And so all through the war. We
nave mingled with our heroism our
splendid and glorious humanity.
There was no malice in our conflict.
there was no bitterness or resentment
connected with IL, and when II 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 go to
war we send to IL the best and bravest
OF the country, and Iowa is in this war.
as during the civil war. she contrib
uted her share Of patriots to fight the
battles OF our country. / thank you
all and bid you good morning."
At Malvern the president greeted a
large crowd and said: MY fellow citi-
zens: In the moment that I shall be
permitted to stop with you, only de-
tion you have given me this morning.
i cannot but recall as Journey
through the country. the difference be-
tween conditions now and those of 81
years ago. Then We were at war with
each other. one section of our beloved
country lighting against the other:
then the contest was for the preserva-
tion of the union, and in that conflict
we happily triumphed. Thirty-seven
years later we are engaged I'm another
war. not as a divided country, but as a
united country. North and South vieing
with each other in self-sacrificing de-
vot1on to the country. My fellow coun-
trymen, we are invincible. and having
stood together against a foreign foe.
we must stand together until every set.
tlement of that war shall be finally EN-.
bodied In public treaty. I thank YOU
and now present to you the secretary
OF the treasury, Mr.. Gage"