The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-10-15
THE PRESIDEN L IN OMAHA.
Enthusiastic Greeting and Eloquent
Speech.

OF com pl1nitHt Is IIautIuSlt W tOINSs :.
Nv greeting Is not alone to your city
and the state of Nebraska, but to the
people OF all the states of the trans is
sippi group participating here, and |
cannot withhold congratulations on the
evidences of their prosperity furnished
bv this great exposition. Ii testimony
were needed to establish the fact that
their pluck has not deserted them and
that prosperity is again with them, 1T Is
found here. This picture ulspels all
doubt.
In an age of expositions they have
added vet another magnificent example.
Tie historical cele 0rations at Fnladel-
phia and Chicago, and the splendid eX-
hibt at New Orleans, Atlanta and Nash
Vile are now part OF the past, ana
vet in influence they still live, and their
Deniticenl results are closely interviewer
With our national DEVELOPMENT. SINH
lar rewards viii honor the authors and
patrons OF the Trans NJ lssissippl expo
sition. Their contribution VIII mark
another epoch III the nation material
advancement.
One OF the great laws of life is pro-
gress and nowhere have the principles
OF this law been so strikinglv illustrated
IN the UnItad States. \ century and a
decade of our national lie have turned
doubt into conviction; changed expert
ment into demonstration; reVCiuuon-
ized old methods and won new tri-
umphs which have challenged the at
tention OF the world. This Is true not
only of the accumulation OF material
wealth and advance III education, sci
ence, invention and manufactures, but
above all in the opportunities OF the
people 10, their own elevation, which
have been secured by wise tree govern
ment. Hitherto, III peace and III war,
with additions to our territory and
slight changes in our laws, We have
steadily enforced the spirit of the con
stitution secured to us 10y the noble self
sacrifice and tar-seelng sagaclty Of our
ancestors. We have avoided the temp
tations of conquest iii the spirit OF gam.
With an increasing love for our lnStltu-
tons and an abiding faith III their S-a-
bIllty, we have made the trlumphS OF our
system OF government IN the progress
and prosperity Of our people an lEsplr-
alton to the whole human race. Con
fronted at this moment by new and
grave problems, we must recognize that
their solution Will affect not ourselves
alone, but others of the family OF Ea-
tons.
In this age of frequent interchange
and mutual dependency, we cannot
shIrk our lnternatlOna! Responsibilities
II We would they must be met with
COURAGE and wisdom and We must fol-
low duty even when desire opposes.
No deliberations can be too mature or
sef-control too constant in this solemn
hour OF our history. We must avoid
the temptation OF undue aggression and
| aim TO secure only such results as VIII
| promote our own and the general good.
1t has been said OF some that the nor
| mai condition OF nations Is war. 1hd1
IS not true Of the / nlted States. We
/ never enter upon war until every effort
| iOr peace without /; has been exhausted
| Ours has never been Il military govern
ment. Peace, with whose blessings we
| have been SO slngulariy favored, Is the
! national desire and the goal OF every
| American aspiration.
The Gail to Arms.
On the 18th of April, for the first time
| for more than Il generation, the nIteG
! States sounded the call to arms. The
! banners OF war were unIurled; the bts
! and braveSt from every section re
| sponded; Il mighty army MAS enrolled
| the North and the South We'd with eact
other III patriotic DEVOTION; science was
| invoked to furnish Its most etfectlyt
! weapons; factories were rushed TO sup
! ply equipments; the youth and the vet
/ cram Joined in freely Offering their ser
| vices to their country; volunteers anC
regular, and all the people rallied TO the
support OF the republic. There was II,
| break IN the line, no halt III the march
no tear in the heart. No resistance L
the patriotic impulse at home, no sue
/ cesslul resistance to the patriotic splrl
| OF the troops fighting IN distant water
| or on q foreign shore
W hat q wonderful experience 1t Ia:
been from the standpoint OF patriotism
| and achievement The storm broke e
! suddenly that il was here almost before
We realized it. Our navy WAS too small
though forcetul with Its modern equip
ment and most fortunate with Its tralue,
! officers and sailors. Our army had year.
| ago been reduced to 4 peace footing
We had only 1900 available troops
when the war was declared, but the ac
] count which officers and men gave 0
! themselves Oh the battle fields has neye
been surpassed. The manhood wa
there and eyeryw where. American pa
triutiem was there and Its resources
| were limitieSs The courageous and IN
| vincIble spirit of tie people prove,
! glorious, and those who Il little NOR,
i than third of a century ago were oil
! yIEei and at war with each other, were
again united under the holy standard 0
liberty Patriotism banished part,
| feeling, SoU, 900 600 tor the national de
tense WAS appropriated Without dtbat,
or division. as a matter of course, an'
As only mere indication of our might,
! reserve power.
Bnt if this * true of the beginning o
the war, what shall we say OF 1t now
with hostIlitics suspended and peac
near at hand, as We terVentlv hope
Matchless in It's results; unequaled il
completeness and the quick succession
With which victory followed victory; at
tanned earlier than it was believed to b.
possible; SO comprehensive III lis sweel
that every thoughtful man feels til
weight of responsl biIitv which has beer
SO suddenly thrust upon us.
And above all and beyond all, tn
yalOr OF the American army and tn
bravery of the American navy and tn
majesty Of the American name stant
forth in unsuilied glory, while the hu
manltv OF our purposes and the magma
nlmltv OF our conduct have given 10 wal
always horrible, touches OF noble gen
crosby. Christian sympathy and charity
and examples of human grandeur whiC
can never be lost to mankind. Passlo
and bitterness formed no part OF GU
impellIng motive and it Is gratifying I
feel that humanity tri"mphed at ever
step of the wars progress.
he heroes G. Manila and Santiag
ana Porto Rico have made immorta
history They are WORTHY successor
and descendants of Washington an
Greene: of Paul Jones. Decatur an
Hull. sud of Grant. Sherman, >nerida
ana Logan; OF Farragut. Porter AN
Cushing and Of Lee. jackson and Long
street.
New Names on Honor Roll.
New names stand out on the homo
roll OF the nation great men, and wit
Them unnamed stand the heroes ,