Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-10-15
AS OMAHA'S GUEST.
President Mckinley Given q Big
Ovation at the Exposition.

President Mckinley Given q Big
Ovation at the Exposition.
He Makes Non-Partisan speech. which d
Recsived with Northumberland
Crowded with Thousands of vis.
itors from the Country.
Omaha, Neb., Oct. 18.-Not one fea-
ture was lacking yesterday to mako
the peace jubilee at the Transmissis-
sippi exposition an unprecedented
success. From early morning till late
at night the president of the United
States was kept busy in acknowledg.
ing the most enthusiastic greetings
from his western constituents. After
President Mckinley had been intro
duced to the immense crowd at the ex-
position he made the following address:
Gentlemen Of tho Transmlssissippi EXPOSE
tion and Fellow-Citlzens: II Is with genuine
pleasure that meet once more tho people OF
Omaha whose wealth Of welcome Ia not Alto
no,o.a ,nnohs6 anS MAYED me- For this re-
ne,s sU.,ss-...,s. - 80. -.,,.rd ana a., ina
ss-",s, .aaa,,,ion =, .Ssv nv hea,t yesnonds
S,,s ...aso,,,S s-.,,,,,da ayd deen annreoia-
,,an ,rs,.S T s.rno, ccr.sa, and which the IAN
,.a,~ :, ,,i,r,sr, a. ,n,aconate 10 convey
My greeting In not alone TO your city and the
state of Nebraska, but 10 the people OF oil the
states OF the Transmississippi group particle
pating here and cannot withhold oongratula-
s,.s.S AZ =. ,sts nroa, eSncsi,ion m Testimony
.. .." 1900 80 ss,ahI,sh the fart that their
,s,,.,, has No, aess,,ed them ana TINT pros.
,.,i,v 10 agnin with them. n a found here
Rcy - ss a's,",s Al, Sonn. Tn Iris ace N
"sit.,ss. ,ss,, sa,. .ad.d %, ano,her mar
cA a.. . ~ I'M. h,s,o,,nai cs,ahratjons
=. ps,n.Sa,rh,a .rd C,,cago and tbe snIendId
ssh,n,,s NJ Now Or,eans I,,anta and Nash
s,,ie are now = n,rt NJ the mast md vet in infiu
49, ~. an, itva ana ,hsir henea cent results
..a .,as s ,r,arwovsn with our national de-
,a,or,n.n, Simiior revards viii honor the
.',.Sn.S 80 -a,rnns ~ ,hs Transmississ,pni
su.sao,,,an Tss,s son,r,hr,,on viii mnrk an
o,hsr sroch IN the nations material ADVANCE
80.
In this ape M freouent interchange and mu-
t,,ai dcnendencv. We cannot shirk our interna-
tIonaI resnonsibilities n we would; they must
hc met with COURAGE and wisdom and we must
follow duty even II desire opposes No deliber-
alton can be TOO mature. or nelf. control too
constant in this solemn hour Of our history.
We must avoid the temptation Of undue agrees
sion and aim 70 secure only such results as will
ryornote our own and the general good.
II ms been said by some one that the normal
oondition of nations Is war. That Ia not true
Of tho United States We never enter upon
war until every effort for peace without Il has
been exhausted. Ours has never been mill
,arv governmens Pence. with whose bless.
,nr. No nave heen an sjnoularlv favored. n the
na,,ore, dss,re and the GOAL Of every Ameri-
.sn es,ira,ion
On Inc esth Of April. for the first time for
more than n generation. the United States
sounded the cali 10 arms The banners Of war
we're unfur,ed. the best and brayest from
syarv lection re.nonded. n mighty army was
srrnI,sS. the north and the south WED with
sa.S o,hsr IN natriotio devotion: science was
,nvosss N Furnish its most effectiye weapons;
sac,orie. we're rushed 10 supply equipment;
the youth and the veterans Joined in freely Of
.ar,.s ,hsr services m their country; yolun-
,s.r. ana reguIara ana ali the ueople rallied TO
IN. s,,nnort M the republIc There was no
nrs,,, ~ the lin. no hall IN the march. no fear
IN ,hs heort no resistnnce 10 the patriotic i'm
rr,.. a, home. mo successful resistance 10 the
,,a,r,o,ic sniyit of the troops ghting in distant
waters or on foreign shore
Wha, a -onaer,ul erperIence IL has been
,.S .,snano,n, =, ra,rio,ism ana achieve.
,non,, Ths s,nru broke 40 suddenly that Il
,.s hs,e almost berore we realized IT, Our
49,, ,.as TO- small though forceful with its
,nod.rr eoujnments and most fortunate in its
,,o,nad of,cera and sailors Our army had
raars a,o heen reduced 10 A peace footing We
"a III, 10 0,o availah,e troons when the war
wss declared but the account which officers
~ man ,avs NJ Themselves ON the battleaelds
ne rove. h.sn surnassed The manhood was
,n.rs ana svervvhere American patriotism
vas there and It's resources were iimitless
The courageous and invinclble spirit OF the
p.Op ~ n ,bird M n century AFRO were d.
49, and a, ~a, v,,h each other. were again
,,s,,sa ,,,Sor the ho,v standard Of liberty.
p.,.,a,,s,, harished marty feeling: $50. coo. 900
g. ~. M ,,arai de,snse wns annropriated with
~, dsh.,. nv S,visIon as n matter OF course,
Wv Wv ~ -, ,,.re ,nd,ca,ion of our mighty
s.A.s :. ,.n.,.r
p,,, 70 this "a true Of the beginning Of the war;
~, shaII we saw Of II now. with hostilities
snsnanded and peace near Mt hand, as We fer
ysr,,r hone, Matchless in its results, un.
.s,,si.a n, ,,s .oronleteness and the quick suc-
eeu "," ~ ,,s ,shich y,c,orv Followed victory
.,,a,naa .sr,,sr than n vas believed possible;
~ n''s REORGANIZATION IN It's sweep that every
~ sS.os,t,, nan s.els the weight Of RESPONSE
SIi,,. rhich has been suddenly thrust upon Us
"a hnvs All and hevond ali. the yalor Of the
as.-ia.r ar,,,v ana the bravery Of the Ameri-
.s.. 80 ~. ,nat.stv ~ Inc American name
.aus '...s a. ,,nsu,iisS glorv vhile the hu-
ssa.u - o,r nurno.es and The maenanmlty
=, s,,s .o.a,c, have gIven war always horri-
~. out ,ou.has ~ noble generosity. Christian
s.e, 80, "a .h.,itv and examplea Of human
synp Ss. s MI can never he lost 10 mankind
p.".ss. "a hi,,ernsss formed NO mart OF our
,s,,,. aI s-o,irs and 4, IL grntifying 10 feel