Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-10-20
M'KINLEY AT OMAHA.
The President Is Enthusiastically
Greeted at the Exposition.
ADDRESS GIVEN BY The PRESIDENT.
H. Patriotism Shown by the Citizens Of
the United States In the Recent Trouble
with spain Ext0iIed-War Not
sought by America.

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tire was lacking yesterday 10 MAKE
the peace jubilee at the Transmlssls-
S;pni exnosition an unprecedented
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States was kept busy in acknowledg'
ing the most enthusiastic greetings
tom h;e weetern constituents After
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duced to the immense crowd at the ex-
pOsition he made the following address.
(,entlemen Of the Transmississippi ExpOs-
ton and Fellow Citizens. 1t Is with genuine
Measure that meet once more the people OF
Omaha. whose wealth Of welcome is not alto.
Rether unfamiliar TO me and whose warm hearts
have before touched and moved me. For this re-
newed manifestation OF your regard, and for the
cordial reception OF to-day my heart responds
with profound gratitude and o deep apprecia-
ton which I cannot conceal and which the Ian.
suape of compliment IL Inadequate 10 convey
Nv greeting Is not alone to your city and the
state OF Nebraska, but to the people OF oil the
states of the Transmississippi group particle
mating here and cannot withhold congratula-
tions on the evidences Of their prosperity fur.
nished by this great exposition. II testimony
we're needed TO establish the fact that their
pluck has not deserted them and that pros
perity Ia aQain with them II is found here
This picture dlspels oil doubt In this age Of
expositions they have added yet another mag
ni6cent example. The historical celebrations
1t Philadelphia and Chicago, and the splendid
exhibits OF New Orleans. Atlanta and Nash
Vile are nova part OF the past and yet In infiu-
ence they still live. and their benehcent results
are closely interviewer with our national de-
vel0pment Similar rewards will honor the
authors and patrons OF the Transmississippl
exposition. Their contribution will mark an
other epoch In the nations material advance
ment
In this age Of frequent interchange and mu-
tual dependency, we cannot shlrk our interna-
tiona responsibilities II we would; they must
be met with courage and wisdom and we must
follow duty even II desire opposes No deliber-
alton can be too mature, or self-cOntrol too
constant. In this solemn hour OF our history
We must avoid the temptation OF undue agrees
sion and aim TO secure only SUCH results as Will
promote our own and the general good.
II mas been SAID py some one that 'he normal
condition Of nations Is war. That Is not true
Of the United States We never enter upon
war until every enort Tor peace without' u mas
Deen exhausted OURS mas never oeeh MILL
tary government. Peace, win whose bless
ings we nave been so singulariy FAVORED Is the
national desire, and the goal OF every Ameri-
can aspiration
On the 25th OF April for the first time for
more than generation the United States
sounded the call to arms. The banners OF war
we're uniurled: the best and bravest from
every section responded; mighty army was
enrolled, the north and the south We'd with
each other In patriotic devotion science was
invoked to furnish It's most effective weapons;
factories were rushed to supply equipment;
the youth and the veterans Joined In freely Of
fering ther services TO their country, volun-
teers and regulars and oil the people rallied to
the support Of the republic. There was no
break In the line no halt In the march, no fear
In the heart, no resistance to tho patriotic i'm
pulse OF home no successful resistance to the
patrotIc spirit Of the troops fighting in distant
waters or on o foreign shore
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raw, ,yas too small ,houoh ,orcefnl with its
,rodorn oc,lnmon,s and mos, fortpnate in its
.-n,nad oroars and eaiIor, our ormv had
roars aoo haon rodncod 10 n nooce feoting We
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