The age-herald., 1898-10-15
THE PRESIDENT
 ST. LOUIS GUEST  Delivered an Address to Oyer 10000
 People Last Night. COUNTRY IS PROSPEROUS Prosecution of a Foreign War Did Not
 Clog Wheels of Progress.
A UNION IN NAME AND FACT
One of the Most Gratifying Results of the War Was to Rejoin the People of the North
 and South.

l St. Louis, October 14-President Mckinley | was today the guest of St. Louis, the city | in which two years ago he received the l nomination to his high office He came from l Omaha over the Burlington route and was l brought into the city at 9:15 a. m. From l the time of his arrival until Il p. m., when | tne president left the city, he was accorded | an almost continuous ovation. Escorted to | the Southern hotel by civic officers and reg l ular and volunteer troops, among which | were the two commands that gained dis l tinction at El Caney, President Mckinley was met by the cheers of thousands Of people lining both sides of all thorough l fares through which he passed. At the Southern hotel, where the president was entertained, he stopped and reviewed the parade given in his honor and later held a reception in the parlors. At noon the chief executive addressed a large crowd on the floor of the Merchants exchange, and aft erwards sat down to an elaborate luncheon, at which seventy-five persons were present.
 A drive though the fashionable West End streets and parks of the city completed the
 daylight programme.
 A feature of the drive was the stop made
 at the Memorial home, where President Mckinley met and shook hands with Jack Haynes, aged Ill years, said to be the old est soldier in the United States
 Tonight at the coliseum in the exposition building the greatest throng of people ad- dressed by President Mckinley under cover thus far during his present trip gave him d magnificent greeting.
 Mckinley's Address
 He said: 'I remember on the occasion of the former visit to St. Louis to have
 witnessed the assembled pupils of the schools of the city at your great fair. It was an inspiring ght, and 1t has never been effaced from my recollection. As I looked into the thousands of young faces of the boys and girls preparing themselves for citizenship had my faith confirmed in the stability of our institutions. To the youth of this country trained in the schools which are happily opened to all, must we look to carry forward the fabric of government. It Is fit for us that republic appeals to the best and noblest aspirations of it's cit zens and makes all things possible to the worthy and industrious youth
 "The personal interest and participation of our citizenship in the conduct of the government makes its condition always an absorbing and interesting one. It must be
 a matter of great qualification to the peo-
 pie of the United States to know that the
 national credit was never better than it is
 now for the first time in the countrys
 history, the country is floating per cent |
 bonds every dollar of which was sold at
 par and are now at a prem um of cents
 on the dollar and that th.s profit has gone
 to the people, The loan was a popular
 one, and it has been source of much sat
 isfaction, that the people with their surplus
 savings were able to buy the bonds. It
 is an interesting fact that while we of-
 fered but $20O, 900 of bonds for sale over
 37O0 900 000 were subscribed by the people or
 the country and by the terms of sale no one
 was able to receive bonds in excess of $5,OOO
 No Resort to Loan
 It is not without significance, too, that
 the government has not been required since
 1896 to borrow any money for it's current obligations until the war with Spain, while it's available balance October l. 1898, was upwards of $307 100000 of which sum over S243 0O0 GOO was in gold. Nothing more inn pressed the nations of the world than the appropriation of a large national defense fund which the treasury was able to pay from its balances without resort to a loan. While the credit and finances of the gov ernment have improved, the business con- ditions of the people have also happily inn proved Both government and citizens have shared in the general prosperity. The money circulation of the country was larger on the first of July, 1898, than it has ever been, and there has been no depreciation of the value of our money
 ",The people have borne the additional taxation made necessary by the with
  terized the soldiers who enlisted to fight the countrys battles. We have not only pros- pered in every material sense, but we have established sentiment of good feeling and spirit of brotherhood such as the nation has not enjoyed since the earlier years of l it's history.
 A Common Bond
 Mot since the beginning of the agitation of the question of slavery has there been | such a common bond in name and purpose; such genuine affection; such unity of the section; such obliteraton of party and geo graphical divisions. National pride has been again enthroned; national patriotism | has been restored; the national union ce- mented closer and stronger; the love for | the old flag enshrined in all hearts. North and south have mingled their best blood l in a common cause and today rejoice in a common victory We must guard this stored union with zealous and sacred care | and while awaiting the settlements of the war and meeting the problems which will follow we must stand one man, not in | the spirit of party, and unite in a common effort for that which will give to the nation | its widest influence in its sphere of activity and usefulness to which the war has as- signed 1t. Let nothing distract us; let no discordant voice intrude to embarrass us in the solution of the mighty problems which involve such vast consequences to ourselves and posterity. Let us remember that God bestows upon no nation supreme opportuni- l-ty which is not ready to respond to the call of supreme duty"
 Tired out with his days experiences, the president and party left at Il o'clock for Terre Haute, Ind, the next stopping place. Spaniards Have Veered Around