The record-union., 1898-10-16
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liens of the State of Indiana. thank
you for this warm and hearty recep-
ton. 1t gives me peculiar pleasure to
meet again the citizens Of this city,
and not the least Of that pleasure is
that it gives me an opportunity of
meeting my old friend, your neighbor
the veteran statesman and patriot, Hon.
Richard w. Thompson. ! do not for
get that this was the home of that
other distinguished Indianan whose elo-
Quence moved the Senate and swayed
great audiences and whose friendship I
enjoyed, the Hon. Daniel w. Voor-
hees. (Applause).
My fellow citizens, for several DAYS
we have been travelling through the
great West, and everywhere we have
gone great assemblages like this have
greeted us l do not misinterpret it. T
know what it means. 1t has no per-
sonal significance, but it does have a
national significance, and it does mean
that all the people of all these sections
are once more united under one flag
united In one purpose and patriotism
IL means, my fellow cIzens, that the
people Of the United States want vic
tories of the army and of the navy to
be recognized in the treaty of peace.
1t means that they want those of us
VINO are charged with the administra-
tlon OF the Government to see to it that
the war was not in vain, and that the
just fruits of our achievements on land
and sea shall not be lost" (Great an
plause)
IN ILLINOIS.
a \
1900 people listened to the President
His remarks We're brief, but We're re-
celVed with much enthusiasm. He
said:
I'VE have but one duty to perform.
ana that is to stand by the old flag.
fortunately for 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 fighting
under it in war" loud cheers).
secretaries Gage and Wilson also ad-
dressed the crowd at Paris
AT Oakland and Arcola the stops were
very short and the remarks few.
The citizens of Arcola made excep-
tionally good preparations for the re-
ception of the President. From the
rear platform of his car he stepped over
a carpeted passageway to - stand dec
GRATED with flowers and American
flags. At the conclusion Of his speech
here the President called for three
cheers for the army and navy, which
We're given with will. Then the
President said:
Three cheers for the old flag" The
response was tremendous. One old
man near the platform waved his hat
and shouted Dewey made them honor
it," The President smiled at this re-
mark, and nodded his head as if in ap-
prevail of the sentiment
Mr.. McKinley's speech at Arcola was
as follows:
MY Fellow Citizens: We are
most fortunate people. We not only
have a revival of patriotism among the
people, but we have a return of pros
perity to the country. Our business
conditions are good at home and our
trade is good abroad. The product
has more and better consumers than
few years ago. Business has been re-
stored The factories and shops and
the great productive enterprises are
again at work, so that you have con-
Sumers at home as we'll as consumers
abroad. We sold last year 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 sent out Of
the country in any year ia all our his
tory; and more than three-fourthS of
our expectations came from the fields
and farms of the United States. And
here in your city of Arcola you know
what it means to have a foreign mar
ket. When you cannot sell your broom
corn in your country, you are glad to
send the surplus to- some other country.
1--WE have resting upon us IS a peo-
pie grave problems, and it is our bus
mess to solve them wisely, because the
people of the country, whenever they
consider calmly and soberly any great
question, are unerring in judgment.
Mr.. Lincoln followed the people. and
following the people he made no mis-
take We have had great glory out of
the war and in its settlement and we
must be guided only by the 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 superior advantages and by the
skill and genius and energy of our peo-
pie.
Il thank you for this cordial recep
zion. and am glad to know that all the
together and mean to stand together
so long as these vast problems remain
unso1ved."