The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-14
OVER WIND SWEPT PRAIRIES.
PRESIDENT M'KINLEY GIVEN An
OVATION At EVERY POINT.

hhUhEH AutNF NnH E11Sflu-
guished PRrty-Speeches Made nt
Several POints-president McI<in-
lcy's Remarks at Charlton
Thought to Re of Much sIGnih-
cnnce-Galesburg's Crowd the
Greatest of the Day.
Galesburg, H., Oct 1S.-Across the
wind-swept prairies of Iowa the President
of the United States has been whirled to-
day on his return trip from the Omaha
exposition. In Western Iowa the crowds
were large and clamorous at every point,
but when the eastern part of the state
was reached their magnitude seemed TO
swell al every stopping place untn at
Burlington, on the Mississippi, the climax
was reached. There the President did not
attempt to talk, but was taken in a car
riage through the brilliantly lighted
streets and for twenty blocks was kept
busy lifting hiss hat in response to the wild
cheers of the citizens.
Probably the worst crush of people that
Mr.. Mckinley ever experienced was at the
Burlington station when. the carriage
came back. The President was forced al
most to fight his way for fifty yards to
reach the entrance to his private car. but
throughout all this he preserved his good
temper and maintained a smiling counten-
ance as indeed has been the case with
him during all his Western trip.
As the train swept eastward the tenor
of the Presidents speeches seemed to CEN
ter more and more on the question of the
foreign policy of the government and iudg-
ing by the applause of his auditors they
We're largely in accord with his sentl-
ments
Az Charlton the Presidents remarks
were particularly significant Among
other things he said: MY Fellow Citizens:
Wherever our flag floats. wherever we
raise that standard of liberty, ii is always
for the sake of humanity and the ad-
Yancement of civilization. Territory some
times comes to US when we go to war in
a holy cause and whenever Il does the
banner Of liberty will float over Il and
bring, / trust blessing and benefits TO
all of the people" applause and cries
Of Keep it!D.
Omaha, Neb., Oct. 1s-Presdent Nc
Kinley and party left for ST. Louis this
morning and were given a hearty send
off. The President made a brief address.
The personnel of the party which left
Omaha is as follows: The President, his
nephew, James Mckinley, Secretary and
Mrs. Gage, Secretary Wilson and Miss
Wilson, Postmaster General and Mrs.
Smith, Secretary Bliss, Secretaries Por-
ter and Cortelyou, Capt. and Mrs La
fayette McWilliams, Col. Clarke Carr of
Illinois, and newspaper representatives.
Corning, Ia, Oct 13-Ae the train pro-
ooeded eastward through Iowa the
throngs of people seemd to increase at
every point and the applause and enthus-
iasm for the President never abated. At
some points after he had finished speak
ing, Mr. Mckinley presented to the peo-
pie the members Of the cabinet who are
with him and the cheers for Secretaries
Bliss, Gage and Wilson and Postmaster
General Smith were almost as hearty as
those given for the President
At Hastings, three little girls with
hands fun of flowers were lifted up 10 the
level with the President. He took the
hand of each little one and thanked them
in low tone for the roses Before the
train started, reaching far out oyer the
railing. he took the outstretched hand OF
a lady who must have been rs years old.
She said to him. Mr.. President, this Is
the happiest moment of my life"
The remarks Of President Mckinley at
Hastings were as follows:
my Fellow Citizens: 1t has given me
great pleasure as l have journeyed
through this glorious state to observe evil
dences both of patriotism and Of pros
perity. We have pretty much everything
in this country to make it happy. We
have good money, we have ample reve-
nues. we have uhquestoned national cred
II. but what we want is new markets,
and as trade follows the flag 1t looks
very much as If we were going 20 have
new markets"
At Red oak, Ia, the President faced
crowd which numbered easily 1000 peo-
pie. He said
1--WE have much to be thankful for. We
have come out of events Of the last fVe
months glorious in our victories and
moro glorious i'm the results which are to
follow them. We are fortunate in the
virtue of our people and IN the valor OF cur
soldiers and sailors. We have been pa
triotic la every crisis Of our history and
never more patriotic thah from april 1890
TO the present hour, but our patriotism
must be continued. We must not permit
n TO abate. but we must etand waiting un~
tu every settlement Of the recent contest
sbalI be written in enduring form and shall
record a triumph for civilization and hu-
manity."
Secretary Gage and Postmaster General
Smith also made short addresses.
pod oak Ia. oct l3.-At Glenwood, Ia,
where a great crowd had congregated, the
President ascended gaily decorated plat
form near the station and said: MY Eel
low Citizens: ! need not say that like
the flag which you carry Whenever you
mt that flag in the hands Of the boys
ana the girls you put patriotism in their
hearts There are two strong marked
| nhases in the war with Spain The one
| / ms heroism and the other its humanity.
| The individual valor Of the soldier and
! the sailor has never been surpassed. Both
at Manila and az Santiago, with Dewey's
aeet and Sampson's squadron, there were
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