The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-16
AT PARIS AND ARcoLA.
brief Speeches, In Which the Pres
dent Referred to the COuntrx,s mt

Brief Speeches, in which the Presi-
dent Referred to the Country's Duty.
DECATUR, H., Oct. 15.-At Paris. ILL.,.
the next stopping place after leaving Terre
Haute, five thousand people listened to the
PRESIDENT. His remarks there were very
brief, but were received with much enthu-
siasm. He said:
we have but one duty to perform, and
that Is to stand by the old flag. Fortunate
~ Tor us, in every part of the country all
the people stand beneath the folds of that
glorious old banner, united under it in
peace and lighting under it in war" cloud
cheering)
Secretaries Gage and Wilson also made
brief addresses at Paris. At Oakland the
stop was very short and the remarks few
The citizens of Arcola made exceptionally
good preparations for the reception of the
President. From the rear platform of his
car ne stepped over carpeted passageway
to stand laden with flowers and covered
with American flags. At the conclusion of
his speech here the President called for
three cheers for the army and navy, which
were given with a will. The President
said: Three cheers for the old flag" The
response was tremendous One old man
near the platform waved his hat and shout
ed: Dewey made 'em honor it," The
President smiled at this remark and nodded
his head as if in approval of the sentiment.
Mr. McKinley's speech at Arcola follows:
MY Fellow-citizens-We are a most for
tunate people. We not only have a revival
of patriotism among the people, but we
have return of prosperity Our business
conditions are good at home and our trade
is good abroad. The producer has more and
better consumers than he had a few years
ago. That is because the business of the
country has been restored. The factories
and the shops and the great productive en-
terprises are again at work, so that you
have consumers at home as we'll as con-
sumers abroad. We sold last year to Eu-
rope more than we bought Of Europe; we
sent more American products to the old
world, produced and made in the United
States by our own labor, than we ever sent
out of the country in any year in all our
history, and more than three-fourths of our
expectations came from fields and farms
of the United States. And here, in your
city of Arcola, you know what it means to
have q foreign market. When you cannot
sell your broom corn in our own country
you are glad to send the surplus to some
other country and get their good money for
your good broom corn.
Nov, my fellow-citizens, we have rest
ing upon us as a people grave problems.
and it is our business to solve them wisely
because the people Of this country, when
ever they consider calmly and soberly any
great question. are unerring in judgment
Mr.. Lincoln followed the people, and, fol-
lowing the people, he made no mistake. We
have had great glory out of the war, and in
its settlement we must be guided only by
demands of right and conscience and duty
And. when we have settled the problems of
the war, our next triumphs must be those
of commerce, not by arms but by our SUI
perior advantages and by the skill and
genius and energy of our people. 1 thank
you for this cordial reception. and am glad
to know that all the people of all the coun-
try are standing together and mean to
stand together as long as these vast prob
lens remain unSolved."