The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-18

gress,. AS the postmaster general concluded
sentative Lands stepped to the platform
and. uncovering his head. proposed Three
cheers Tor William Mckinley" Mr.. lands
vim Three more cheers for the post
master general" he cried after the Presi-
dent had been applauded. The applause for
speaking was unstinted. AS a parting
salute. the crowd cheered Representative
Lands and the train pulled out for Muncie.
At MUNCIE AT NOON.
The party reached the booming gas town
at a time when all were quite ready for
dinner. It was 1880 o'clock before the pro-
cession of carriages left the depot The
Muncie City Band was at the depot and
escorted the visitors to the Kirby House.
The band led the procession through the
principal streets and although it was the
noon hour many people turned out TO well
come the distinguished visitors and the
sidewalks were lined with people. At 2
o'clock Mr.. Smith addressed a large meet
Ing in the Grand Opera House The band
stripea and th mu e ey t csmp Mestinr an"
The stage was decorated with flags and a
large portrait of President Mckinley was
the stage and ex-State Senator NJ. G.
Smith presided and introduced the speaker
OF the afternoon. The postmaster general
Perry s. Heath his first assistant, whose
home is in Muncie The speaker said he
wanted to congratulate people who had
the right TO claim such man as a citi-
zen. He spoke of the excellent judgment and
business sagacity of the first assistant post
master general and his remarks set the
house to cheering Mr.. Smith spoke for an
hour and half he said in part:
AS look over this audience to-day do
not see in your beaming faces the signs of
depression or hard times / know that in
this city OF Muncie you have made great
progress IN the last few years and that
especially within the past two years, since
great policies were re-established you have
found returning prosperity and renewed
business activity. And congratulate you
IN this time when we are witnessing
turn Of the good times which we had prior
live in one Of the most stirring eDochs in
all the history of our country. congratu-
few months, our Republic step out into a
broader field and a new position on the
stage of the worlds activity. This Nation
has lived a generation of history within the
past five months. We have just emerged
from crucial and momentous war, which
has been distinguished by events spanning
the whole wide horizon and lifting I'D be-
fore our eyes the veil of destiny.
FLAG SHALL NEVER DESCEND.
We have added new names to the indy
ing roll of our triumphs and our idols. And
the deathless honors in the past which were
worn by John Paul Jones and David Far
ragut you have seen renewed by garlands
worthy of any laurels Of the past, placed
on the brows of Dewey, Sampson and
Schley. Our flag to-day flies over the Island
of Cuba; it is there to carry the pledge of
good and stable government, of peace tran
quillity and security for the long down.
trodden people of that hapless island. Our
flag flies in Porto Rico; 1t is there to sig
nalize that that fair island has been made
an integral part of our great Republic, and
shall descend from the Mace
upon which it has been uDlifted. Our flag
flies over the Hawaiian islands,. and 1t is
there to signify our welcome OF a people
who derive their inspirat ton, their courage
and their enlightenment from our Ameri-
can homes, and who have. sought the rest
and the security of participation in our
councils because they believe in American
institutions. Our flag flies at Manila and it
is there not in territorial lust not in the
greed and the glory of conquest, but it is
there under the guidance of overruling
Providence, and thanks to the valor of
American herCism, 1t is there in the fulfill
mont OF our destiny, in the rightness of
time, and at the proper hour in the growth
of our Nation and in Its advancement to
the career opened before it. The respondent
victories at Manila, and Santiago; the OBJ
liberation of two Spanish fleets and the sur
render of two Spanish armies; the COM
plete extinction of Spanish power on the
sea, and the extinguishment Of Spanish CO.
lonial remains on land; these are the ac-
a hundred days, and marking the advance
of civilization to the extent of a hundred
years.
This chapter of history has brought us
great responsibilities. 1t has brought us
some burdens. But the President of the
United States, who has guided this country
so wisely. so safely, so courageously
through the emergency which we have
faced, stands ready to meet these new ques-
tions In the broad spirit of true American
ism. The people of the United States have
learned to repose implicit faith in the sa-
gacity the fortitude the courage and the
The fruits of these unparalleled victories
are said to be in our grasp, but whether
they shall be realized or not depends in a
very large degree, nay, more, it depends
altogether on whether the American people
continue to support and uphold the Presi-
dent in the completion of that work. am
sure that If the President We're himself be-
fore the people this year there would be an
continue him in the position he has. filled
with such conscientious devotion and such
scrupuous study of the welfare of his
country. am sure that behind him to-day
stands such a unanimity of public senti-
ment as has never sustained any President
of the United States since the time of
country have come to realize that Mr.. Nc
Kinley was distinctly marked by the hand
of Providence to guide this Nation through
a great crisis as were Washington and Lin
coin themselves; and that his adminiStra-
ton has already, by reason Of its unpre-
cedented achievements. taken its place side
by side with theirs among Ciie memorable
administrations of American history. Party
lines have largely been oblherated; section
alism has been wiped out, and our hearts
have been rejoiced as we have seen the
boys who wore the gray putting on the blue
by the side of those who wore the blue in
our previous contest, and moving forward
in defense of our flag when it faced a for
eign foe. We have rejoiced to see the Lees
the Buffers and the Wheelers of the South
standing shoulder to shoulder with the
Skaters, the Miles and the Roosevelts of
the North We have had a new baptism of
Americansm and we have learned to re-
spect and understand each other better than
ever before
NO REPUTATION OF THE GLORY.
There has never been time in all our
history when the American name has been
respected as it is to-day. The whole world
is lifting its hat to American heroism and
American craftsmanship. The whole world
knows to-day that this country has stepped
out into new position among the family
Of nations and viii henceforth exercise a
great and commanding influence. What
spectacle it would be if, after such achieve
ments and such triumphs, the American
people should be so forgetful of what is due
10 themselves and to the honor of our Re-
public as to repudiate their own action and
the action of their President. If it were
possible for the citizens of the United States
TO abdicate their rightful position shut
their eyes to the great opening destiny If
it were possible for them to elect to-day
Congress in opposition to the President OF
the United States, it would be accepted all
over lle world as a proof of the vacillation
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