The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-12-22
PRESIDENT VISITS TROOPS.
Calls on the Seventh Army Corps
Near Savannah, Ga
ADDRESSES COLORED SCHOOL
In an Address at . Banquet tho Pres
ident Talks About Admiral Dewey's
Victory In Manila and Our Policy In
tho Far East.

SAVANNAH, Ga, Dec. 19.-NOtwitll-
standing yesterday was supposed to be
a day of rest with the Presidential
party, it was, as matter of fact, filed
with interest and activity. President
Mckinley attended church at the Wes-
lev Monumental Methodist church.
Mrs. Mckinley did not accompany
him. She is suffering from a slight
cold and remained in the hotel.
After dinner the president visited
the Georgia state agricultural and
mechanical college (negro), where he
delivered an address. The route to
the college took the President through
the camp of the Seventh army corps
and going and coming. he stopped at
the camp for brief inspection and to
speak words of appreciation and en-
enlargement to the men. Secretary
Aiger and General Shaf.er also visited
the camps.
Secretary Alger paid more attention
to the camp than any other member OF
the party. He went through several
Of the regimental villages, from head
quarters to kitchens. and made a criti-
cal examination. He also visited the
hospital of the first division.
The members of the visiting party
spent the evening in the parlors of the
hote! until the time came for them to
depart for Macon. for which place
their train left at midnight.
In his address at the Savannah
Chamber of Commerce banquet Satur-
day night the President said. in part:
''If. following the clear precepts of
duty, territory falls to us and the well
fare of an alien people requires our
guidance and protection. who will
shrink from the responsibility, grave
though it may be.
'Can we leave those people who by
the fortunes of war and our own acts
are helpless and without government
to chaos and anarchy after we have
destroyed the only government they
have had? After destroying their gov
crnment it is the duty of the American
government to provide for them bet
ter one. Shall we distrust ourselves?
Shall we proclaim to the world our in
ability to give kindly government to
oppressed peoples whose future, by the
victories of war, is confined to us? We
may wish it were otherwise, but who
will question our duty now?
st is not question of keeping the
islands of the East, but of leaving
them Dewey and Merritt took them,
and the country instantly and uni
versally applauded. Could we have
brought Dewey away without uni
versal condemnation at any time from
the 1st of May, the day of his brilliant
victory, which thrilled the world with
its boldness and heroism? Was it
right to order Dewey to 60 to Manila
and capture or destroy the Spanish
fleet and dispatch Merritt and his
army to reinforce him?
If it were duty to send them there
and duty required them to remain
there, it was their clear duty to ami
hilate the fleet, take the city of Ma
Mia and destroy the Spanish sovcr-
eighty in the archipelago. Having
done all that in the line of duty, is
there any less duty to remain there
and give to the inhabitants protection
and also our guidance?
SIS it not as much our duty to give
them better government, which will
secure to them peace and order and
security in their life and property and
in the pursuit of happiness? Are we
unable to do this? Are we to sit down
in our isolation and recognize no obi
cation to struggling people, whose
present conditions We have contrib
uted to make?"