The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-14

the Presidential Party.
Galesburg, Ills, Oct 1S.-Across the
wind-swept prairies of Iowa the pres
ident of the United States has been
whirled today on his return trip from
the Omaha exposition In western
Iowa the crowds were large and clam
orous at every point, but when the
eastern part of the state was reached
their magnitude seemed to swell at
every stopping place, until at Burling-
ton on the Mississippi, the climax was
reached. There the president did not
attempt to talk, but was taken in a
carriage through the brilliantly lighted
streets, and for 20 blocks was kept busy
lifting his hat in response to the Wild
cheers of the citizens of Burlington.
Possibly the worst crush of people
President Mckinley ever experienced
was at the Burlington station when the
carriages came back. The president
was forced almost to fight his way for
80 yards in order to reach the entrance
to his private car, but throughout all
this he preserved his good temper and
maintained a smiling cOuntenance, as,
indeed, has been the case with him dur
ing all his western trip. AS the train
swept eastward, the tenor of the pres
ident's speeches seemed to center more
and more on the question of the foreign
policy of the government, and judging
by the applause Of his auditors, they
were largely in accord with his senti-
mentS.
Glenwood, Ia. Oct 13.-President Nc
Kinley was not permitted to leave
Omaha without making one more
address to his western constituents.
who had gathered at the station to
watch the departure of his train Hun
dreds of eager people crowded about
the rear platform, and just as the
flyer pulled out the president said TO
them these parting words:
7 see that here in Nebraska, as IN
every other state of the Union. every
body loves the government and every
body loves the flag, and 1 cannot tell
you how hard it is for me this morn
ing to bid you goodbye.
Just across the river, at Council
Bluffs, Mr.. Mckinley again responded
to the cheers of a great crowd, and
said: MY fellow citizens: 1 am very
much gratified at your reception
have Just come from the great city Of
the west and have witnessed a Won
derful exhibition Of your genius and
skill and industry, as shown at the
trans Mississippi exposition. Nothing
=
journeyed through the country than to
look into the cheerful faces of the peo-
pie and to be assured from their ap-
pearance that despair no longer hangs
over the west, but that you are having
a fair share of prosperity, and not only
that, but you are having a baptism OF
patriotism, in which we all rejoice.
| (Applause)
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, Secreta-
ries Porter and Cortellyou, Captain and
/ Mrs Lafayette, H. McW1hamS, Col
onel Clark z. Carr of Illinois, and
newspaper representatives
| Corning, Ia, Oct. 13.-At Hastings
i three little girls with hands full Of
flowers were lifted up to the level with
the president He took the hand Of
each little one and thanked them for
the roses The people surged forward
to grasp the hand Of the president, and
he smilingly accommodated as many
as he could reach.
/ Reaching far out over the railing he
took the outstretched hand Of a lady
who must have seen 70 years Of age.
She said to him: Mr.. President, this
is the happiest moment Of my life"
NEED NEW MARKETS.
J At Hastings President Mckinley
said: 1--WE have pretty much every
! thing in this country to make it hap
by. We have good money, we have am
pie revenues, we have unquestioned na-
| tional credit, but what we want is new
markets, and as trade follows the flag,
it looks very much as if we were going
to have new markets"
Red Oak the president faced
5000 people. He said: What nation
of the world has more to be thankful
for than ours? We have material
wealth, we have rich and great lands,
we have shops that make everything.
We have skilled workmen- We have
genius for invention and in the last 80
years we have achieved commercial tri-
umphs which have been the wonder of
the world. We have much to be thank
full for. We have come out Of the events
| of the last five months, glorious in our
| victories and more glorious in the re-
suits which are to follow them We
are fortunate in the virtue of our peo-
pie and in the valor OF our soldiers and
sailors. We have been patriotic in
crises of our history, and never more
patriotic than from April, 1898, to the
| present hour. But our patriotism must
| be continued. We must not permit it
to abate, but we must stand unitedly
until every settlement OF the recent
contest shall be written in enduring
form and shall record a triumph for
| civilization and humanity. / am glad
to be at the home of that gallant young
! hero who went down in the harbor Of
Havana, Ensign Merritt. ! am glad to
| pay fitting tribute to him and to all
the other heroes of the war. His name
and his fame will be sacredly guarded
by his own neighbors and fellow citi-
zens and will be always held in re-
membrance by a grateful people. Now,
my fellow citizens, it gives me great
pleasure to present to you the secretary
of the treasury, whom I am sure you
will be glad to hear moment.
GAGE LAUDS M'KINLEY.
Secretary Gage spoke as follows:
Friends, the proudest title that any
man on this earth can wear in my opin-
ion is the title of an American citizen
Second to this, it seems to me, the
! prO11daSf thing iS 10 he a citizen Of