Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-10-28
President Mckinley Utters Inspired
Words in His Address to the Peo-
= pie Of Omaha.
Causes tor and Results of the War with
Spain-Praises for the Courage Of
Our Soldiers and Sailors.

Gentlemen of the Trans-Mississsip-
ri Exposition and Fellow Citizens.-It
II with genuine pleasure that l meet
ence more the people of Omaha, whose
wealth of welcome is not altogether
unfamiliar to me and whose warm
hearts have before touched and moved
ne. For this renewed manifestation
Of your regard and for the cordial re-
seption of today my heart responds
with profound gratitude and a deep ap-
probation which I cannot conceal and
which the language Of compliment Is
Inadequate to convey.
my greeting is not alone to your
city and the state of Nebraska, but to
the people Of all the states of the trans
mississippi group participating here.
I cannot withhold congratulations on
the evidence of their prosperity fur
nished by this great exposition. If tes-
timony were needed to establish the
fact that their pluck has not deserted
them. and that prosperity is again
with them, it is found here. This pic
tnre dispels all doubt.
PROGRESS OF THE NATION.
TN an age Of expeditions they have
added yet another magnificent exam
r!e. The historical celebrations at
Philadelphia and Chicago. and the
splendid exhibits at New Orleans, At
hnta and Nashville, are now a part of
the past, and yet in influence they still
live, and their beneicient results are
closely interviewer with our national
development Similar rewards will
honor the authors and patrons Of the
Tfansmississippi Exposition. Their
contribution will mark another epoch
IN the nations material advancement.
Zone Of the gerat laws o fife is pro-
sress and nowhere have the principles
oeA this law been SO strikingly ilustrat-
Cd as In the United States. A century
and . decade Of our national life have
turned doubt into conviction; changed
experiment into demonstration: revolt
utionixed old methods. and won new
tiumphs which have challenged the
attention Of the world. This 10 true
not only Of the accumulation Of mater
iai wealth ana advance in education.
science. invention and manufactures,
but above all In the opportunities to
the people. Tor their own elevation
which have been secured by Wise, free
government
CONFRONTED BY NEW PROBLEMS
sAitherto. In peace and in war, with
additions to u territory and slight
changes In u laws. We have steadily
enforced the spirit. Of the constitution
secured to rs by the noble self-sacriflce
and far-seeing sagacity Of our ances-
tors. We have avoided the 'tempta-
lions Of conquest In the spirit Of gain.
With Increasing love for our institu-
lions and. an abiding faith in their
stability. we have made the triumpha
o. iour system Of government In the
progress and the prosperity Of our peo-
pic IN inspiration to the whole human
rIce. Confronted at this moment by
new and grave problems. We must re-
eognise that their solution will. affect
not ourselves alone but others Of the
family Of nations.
'.ln this age Of. frequent Interchange
and mutual dependency We cannot
shirk our international responsibilities
u We would. They must be met with
courage and wisdom and We must fol.
low duty. even II. desire opposes. No
elaboration can be too mature, or self
ccntfbl too constant. in this solemn
hcdt Of n history. We must avoid
the temptation Of undue aggression
and aim to. secure only such results A.
win promote u own and the general
god
sit has been said by some one that
the normal condition Of nations "a war.
That ID not true Of the United States.
We never enter upon war until every
fort for pease without It has been ex-
shaustsd. Osrs has never been . militia
g government. Peace. with whose
hlsssincs ~ have been % singularly