The age-herald., 1898-10-12
M'KINLEY SPEAKS AT CEDAR RAPIDS His Words Brought Cheers from tO,-
 900 ThTOatS. | .INTREPlDITY OF OUR TROOPS Brought to a Speedy End a War fOr Humanity. .lNDUSTRIES OF PEACEFUL LIFE Were Not Neglected, and During the Conflict the Hum of the Loom
 and the Sound of the
 Forge Were Unhushed.
INTREPIDITY OF OUR TROOPS
.lNDuSrRIES OF PEACEFUL LIFE

Carroll, Ia., october 1.-The president left the train for the first time at Cedar Rapids. A platform had been erected near the track and from it MT. Mckinley de- 1ivered an address which brought cheers from 10000 threats. He spoke as follows;
 Tt gives me very great pleasure to meet with the people of Cedar Rapids on the journey to the great western city. It is a fortunate situation that this people While engaged in war never neglect the industries of peace. And while the war was going on and we were engaged in arms against a foreign foe, the industries of the people went on and their progress and prosperity were in no wise checked. go thither also that I may celebrate with my fellow coun- strymen of the west the progress of the war thus far made, the protocol which has already been signed and the suspension or hostilities with the hope that you and entertain that in the final settlement the treaty may be one founded on right and justice and in the interest of humanity. (Applause)
 "fhis war, so speedilyl closed through the valor and intrepidity of our soldiers will bring to us, l trust, piessiheS 5 that are now beyond calculation. It VIII
 
 ple never shirked responsib lities and never unload d burden that carries forward CIVIL jzation We accepted war for humanity. We can accept no terms or peace WHICH shall not be in the interest Of humanity That hostilittes have ceased upon terms so sat sfactory to the people or the Oii'eu States is cause for reorganization and calls forth sentiments of pious gratitude to Dl- vine Providence for those favors which lie has manifested unto us and of appreciatlon of the army and navy for thelr brilliant V ctories. Such a celebration cannot pc but helpful
 For Benefit of Mankind
 II will encourage love of country and VIII emphasize the noble achievements ol oul soldiers and sailors on land and sea. wa, .as no glories except it achieves tnem anu no achievements are worth having Which 1o not advance civilization and benefit man kind While our victories in pattle nave added new honors to American vaior, the real honor is the substantial gam 10 lu- manity. Out of the bitterness and woe the Driya lions and sufferingS and anxletleS oI f q past five months will flow the benents to the nation which may be more import ant than we can now realize. NO 'ueFeiop- nent of the war has been more gratifying and exalting than the complete un flcatioh of the nation. Sectional lines have been op- sluerated; party differences have been hushed in the great chorus of LHfriotism which has been heard from one end of the country to the other.
 Alert, generous and practical in providing relief work, ministering where disease and death were most frequent in the camps at the front, tenderly resigned and sublime in their submission and faith when death claimed the dearest of their housenolo, the women of the United States in all the nations trials through which we have passed placed the government and the peo- ple under debt of gratitude that they can never repay. They have added new glory to the rare and exquisite qualities of American womanhood."
 short stops were made at Belle Plain, Tamma, Marshaltown and Ames.