The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-22
ONE CONTINUOUS OVATION.
HOOsiers and Buckeyes Welcomed the
President at Every Station.

Associated Press Dispatch
CINCINNATI, Oct 21.-One continuous
ovation has marked the passage of Presi-
dent William Mckinley to-day over the
States of Indiana and Ohio. Defying the
wind and rain of most disagreeable Octo-
Der day, the citizens of these States have
congregated in great numbers at every sta
ton along the line, and never have they
been disappointed, for the President has
graciously appeared at every point where
crowds awaited his coming to speak a few
words to his constituents and receive their
approving cheers. Perhaps the most i'm
posing demonstration of the day was at In
dianapols, where the streets through which
the President was driven to the Statehouse
were damned with cheering people Here
the steps of the State Capitol, almost
within the shadow of the statue of Thomas
A. Hendricks, the President delivered one
of the most striking and eloquent addresses
of his long Western tour. The desire of the
President is always to have the train
stopped at every point where any consid-
cradle number of. people are gathered to
hear him. and consequently the special
train to-day was sometimes far behind the
schedule time, but under the efficient direc-
lion of David N. Bell who is in charge of
the tTdlIl, TIE lOSt time was largely udue up
by fast running The President, after leav-
ing Indianapolis. made several speeches,
and was greeted by large crowds at Rush
vile and Connersville, Ind. just across the
Ohio line at oxford the President was
greeted by crowd of students in cap and
gown. He said
MY Fellow-citizens - Old Oxford is the
first to give me welcome to my native State.
/ am glad to meet and greet my fellow-citi-
zens here to-day / am glad to be in this
noted college tOWn--a town that educateS
not only the young men, but the young la
dies who are about me to-day, and 1 recall
that your old university has furnished to
the public service some of its most cOnspicu-
Gus men and others who are prominent in
every walk and profession of life l
glad to know that you feel in Ohio as they
feel in all the States where / have visited,
delighted that the war is over and that tri-
umph has been given once more to the
American arms. and that you feel as we
all feel, grateful to the army and the navy
for their splendid and unprecedented vic
tory. / thank you and bid you good after
cheers for Mckinley" followed by enthu-
sastic cheering)
The last stop before Cincinnati was
reached was Hamilton. Here the President
was greeted by great crowd and spoke as
follows:
My Fellow-citizens-I am very glad, in
deed, to meet and greet my old friends of
l.
memories my former visits to your city,
and whatever political differences there may
have been among us then, you always ac-
corded to me an attentive hearing and al
ways gave to me cordial welcome. / am
prepared, therefore, TO find to-day that your
hearts are just as warm in welcome in
former days
THE country has had some notable events
occurring in the past five mOnthS-eventS
which have added luster to the history of
our country and given a new and added
meaning to American valor Your city. like
all the other cities of the country contrib
uted your full share of that splendid army
that made the assault on San Juan hill and
in Manila, and you have heroes in your
community whom, / am sure, you are glad
TO honor. No nation ever had a more
superb army than was mustered in thirty
days under the flag of the Union to
fgnt for the honor of the country and for
the oppressed countrymen so near our
shores Our dear old flag. if possible is
still more dear and sacred to us to-day than
ii has ever been before. 1t represents more
than il ever did before. 1t floats where ii
never fioated before. (great appausee. and l
trust. my felow-countrymer-for l will not
detain you longer-I trust that when we
come TO write the final conclusions Of this
struggle into the permanent forms of treaty
that they shall be based on justice and
right and humanity" prolonged cheering)
The presidential train reached Cincinnati
at a;50 y. m. and was transferred in the