The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-16
PRESIDENTS TRIP
He Makes Speeches on the
Way to Chicago.

Terre Haute, Ind, Oct. 1.-THE presi-
dental party arrived here this morning
after an all-night journey from ST.
Louis Some time was spent by Mr. Nc
Kinley in driving about the city. Re
turning to the Union depot he was not
permitted to leave for Chicago until he
had made speech. In the course Of his
remarks he said:
My fellow-citizens-I have no ex-
pectation Of making myself heard by
this vast assemblage of my fellow citi-
zens of the state of Indiana I thank
you for this warm and hearty reception.
1t gives me peculiar pleasure to meet
again the citizens of the city of Terre
Haute, and not the least-of that plea
sure is that 1t gives me an opportunity
of meeting my old friend, your neigh
Dor, the veteran statesman and patriot
the Hon. Richard w Thompson. l do
not forget that this was the home Of
that other distinguished Indianian
whose eloquence moved senates and
swayed great audiences, and whose
friendship l enjoyed-the Hon. Daniel
w. Voorhees,.
At all points where he appeared the
vast throngs of people were enthusi-
astic and noisy. The streets of the city
We're lined with people eager to catch a
glimpse of the president and to hear
the sound of his voice.
Decatur, ILL.,, Oct. 15.-The citizens of
Arcola made exceptionally good prep
arations for the reception Of the pres
ident. From the rear platform of his
car, he stepped over carpeted pass
ageway to a stand laden with flow-rs
and covered with American flags
AT the conclusion of his speech, the
president called for three cheers for
the army and navy, which were given
with will. Then the president said,
Three cheers for the old nag" The
response was tremendous. One old
man waved his hat and shouted
Dewey made them honor It," The
nodded his head, as If in approval CT
the compliment. Mr.. McKinsey's speech
at Arcola was as follows:
My Fellow Citizens: We are a most
fortunate people. We not only have 81
revival Of patriotism among the people,
but we have a return of prosperity.
Our business conditions are good at
home and our trade abroad is good.
The producer has more and better con-
sumers than he had a few years ago.
That is because the business of the
ries and the shops and the great pro-
ductive enterprises are again at work,
SO that we have consumers at home as
well as consumers abroad. We sold last
year to Europe more than we bought
of Europe.
I'VE sent more products to the old
world by our own labor than we ever
sent out of the country in a year than
in all our history More than three
quarters Of our expectations came from
the fields and farms of the United
States And here in your city of Ar
cola, you know what it means to have
a foreign market. When you cannot
sell your broom corn in your country,
you are glad to send it to some other
and get good money for your broom
corn. Now, my fellow citizens, we
have resting upon us as a people, grave
problems, and it is our business to
solve them wisely, and the people of
the country can help them to be solved
wisely because the people of the coun-
try, whenever they consider calmly and
soberly any great question, are uner-
ring in Judgment.
Mr.. Lincoln followed the people and
following the people, he made no mis-
take. We have had great glory in the
war, and in its settlement we must be
guided only by the demands of right
and conscience and duty. And when
we have settled the problems of the
war, our next triumphs must be those
OF commerce, not by arms but by the
skill and genius of our people. | thank
you for this cordial reception, and am
glad to know all the people of the coun-
try are standing together and mean to
stand together so long as these vast
problems remain unsolved.