The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1898-10-28
IN THE WEST.

Long continued cneer1nS.I
IN THE WEST.
Gems of Thought From Some of Presfd-
ent McKinley's Station Talks.
The following are few gems CT
thought taken from the short statit.a
talks by President Mckinley while oH
his western tour:
Glorious Victor ies-Glorious Results.
At Red Oak, Ia, the president said:
''It gives me great pleasure to look in
your faces as 1 journey through your
state. What nation of the world has
more to be thankful for than ours?
We have material wealth, we have
rich and fertile lands, we have great
shops and great factories that make
everything. We have skilled work
men, we have genius for invention,
and in the last thirty years we have
achieved commercial triumphs which
have been the wonder of the world.
We have much to be thankful for.
We have come out Of events of the
last five months glorious in our vic
| tories, and more glorious in the re-
suits which are to follow them. We
are fortunate in the virtue of our peo-
| pie and in the valor of our soldiers
and sailors. We have been patriotic
| in every crisis of our histLry, and
never more patriotic than from April,
| 1898, to the present hour. But our pa
| triotism must be continued. We must
not permit it to abate but we must
| stand united until every cry settle
ment of the recent contest shall be
| written in enduring form and shall re-
| cord a triumph for civilization and
humanity.
| Splendid Conditions, a United People.
At Mount Pleasant, Ia, President
Mckinley was wildly applauded. In
part he said:
| "In every one of the great industries
of the country we are feeling a degree
| of prosperity which now gives new
| hope to all our people. Not only are
| the people reasonably prosperous, but
| the government in which you are all
interested is alike prosperous. We
have had no bad luck lately. [Great
| applause.] Our financial condition was
never better than it is now. OW a
| tional credit was never so high t
| is now, and the people of the l
States were well enough off when J
government wanted $2OO,OOO,OOO wi n
which to conduct the war to subscribe
for $740,000,000, and for bond al a
lower rate of interest than was { veI
fioated by the government of the Unit
ed States before and our revenues are
not troubling us any more. We have
got along fairly well this far, thanks
to the patriotism of the American peO-
pie, and thanks to the valor and cour.
age and heroism of the boys of Iowa
and of the rest of the United States.
my fellow citizens, want to leave
one other thought with you, and thai
is that we have been united, and there.
fore strong and invincible in war. We
must continue united until the end oi
this struggle. We must have no diff
ferences among ourselves while we
are settling differences with somebody
else, and when we have made that set
tlement in the interest of justice an(
civilization and humanity, then W.
can resume our old domestic differ
ences if we want to.
Our National Gains.
At Charlton, Iowa, the president:
remarks were particularly significant
He said:
"My Fellow-C -Citizens-I do not thinl
have ever appreciated fully the siz
ana population of Iowa until my visi
to your state. 1t gives me especia
pleasure tC meet with the schoolgirl
dren, the boys and the girls, those whit
in a little while, must take up th
trust now in the hands of the olde
of us, and carry forward this grea
fabric of government.
=. 1--WE have been fortunate as a ma
ton in the last six months. We hav
made much progress in very llttl
while. We have almost lost sight o
the fact, in talking about our wal
that we have made some very substan
, tial gains without resort to arms. w
have the people of Hawaii that cam
l to us free and independent and aske
t | to be annexed to the United States
t And, my fellow citizens, wherever GU
flag floats, wherever We raise tha
: standard of liberty, it is always fo
the sake of humanity and the advance
ment of civilization. Territory some
. times comes to us when we go to wa
in a holy cause, and whenever it doe
the banner of liberty will float over
and bring, trust, blessings and bene
> fits to all of the people" [Applaus
! and cries of Keep it'll
Pres dent and the People.
B President Mckinley is a popular ia