The record-union., 1898-10-14
M'K|NLEY'S TRIP
THROUGH IOWA.
The President Greeted With Throngs
Of People
At Every Station on His Return East From
Omaha.


the State Increased Until Bur-
1ington Was Reached, Where the
Chief Executive of the Nation
Was Forced to Almost Fight
His Way Through the Vast Con-
course of People.
GALESBURG QH), Oct. 13.-Across
the windswept prairies of Iowd the
President of the United States has been
whirled to-day on his return trip from
the Omaha Exposition In Western
Iowa the crowds We're large and clam
orous at every point, but when the
eastern part of the State was reached
their magnitude seemed to swell at
every stopping place, until at Burling-
ton on the Mississippi, the climax was
reached There the President did not
attempt to talk, but was taken in q
carriage through the brilliantly lighted
streets, and for twenty blocks was kept
busy lifting his hat in response TO the
wild cheers of the citizens of Burling-
ton.
Possibly the worst crush of people
President Mckinley ever experienced
was at the Burlington station, when
the carriages came back. The Presi-
dent was forced to almost fight his
way for fifty yards, in order to reach
the entrance to his private car, but
throughout all this he preserved his
good temper, and maintained a smiling
countenance, as indeed has been the
case with him during all his Western
trip. AS the train swept eastward the
tenor of the Presidents speeches
seemed to center more and more on
the question of the foreign policy of
the Government, and. judging by the
applause of his auditors, they were
largely in accord with his sentiments
IOWANS' GREETING TO THE
PRESIDENT.
GLENWOOD Qowa), Oct. 13.-Presi-
dent Mckinley was not permitted 10
leave Omaha to-day without making
one more address to his Western con-
stituents who had gathered at the sta
ton to watch the departure of his
train Hundreds of eager people crowd
about the rear platform and just as the
flyer pulled out the President said to
them these parting words:
81 see that here in Nebraska, as in
every other State of the Union, every
body loves the Government and every
body loves the flag, and / cannot tell
you how hard it is for me this morn
ing to bid you all good by"
Just across the river at Council Bluffs
Mr.. Mckinley again responded to the
cheers of a great crowd, and said:
: My Fellow Citizens: / am very
much gratified at your reception. [
have just come from the great city of
the West, and have witnessed a Won
derful exhibition of your genius and
skill and industry, as shown at the
Trans Mississippi Exposition. Nothing
has given me greater satisfaction as
I have journeyed through the country
than to look into the cheerful faces of
the people and to be assured from their
appearance that despair no longer
hangs over the West, but that you are
having a fair share of prosperity and
not only that, but you are having Il
baptism Of patriotism in which we all
rejoice" (Applause.)
The personnel of the party which left
Omaha is as follows: The President,
his nephew. James Mckinley; Secretary
and Mrs. Gage, Secretary Wilson and
Miss Wilson, Postmaster General and
Mrs. Smith, Secretary Bliss, Secretaries
Porter and Cortelyou, Captain and
Mrs Lafayette III. McWilliams. Colonel
Clark E. Carr of Illinois and newspaper
representatives.
AN OVATION ALL ALONG THE
ROUTE.
CORNING Oowa), Oct 13.-As the
Presidential train proceeded eastward
the crowds continued to increase at
every point, and the applause and en-
thusiasm for the President never abat-
ed At some points, after he had
speaking, Mr.. Mckinley pre-
sented to the people the members of
the Cabinet. and the cheers for them
were almost as hearty as those given
for the President
At Hastings three little girls with
hands full of flowers We're lifted up to
a level with the President He took
the hand of each and thanked them for
the roses.
At Hastings President Mckinley
said I'VE have pretty much every
thing in this, country to make it happy.
w e nave SOOu we nave ample
revenues, we have unquestioned ma
tional credit, but what we want is
new markets, and as trade follows the
flag, it looks very much as if we were
going to have new markets"
AT Red Oak, Iowa, the President
faced 5000 people. He said: What
nation of the world has more to be
thankful for than ours? We have ma
terial wealth, we have rich and great
lands. we have shops that make every
thing We have skilled workmen. we
have genius for invention, and in the
last thirty years We have accomplished
commercial triumphs which have been
the wonder of the world. We have
much to be thankful for We have come
out of the events of the last five
months glorious in our victories. and
more glorious in the results which are
to follow them. We are fortunate in
the virtue of our people and in the
valor of our soldiers and sailors. We
have been patriotic in every crisis of
our history and never more patriotic
than from April 1898, to- the present
hour But our patriotism must be con-
tinued We must not permit it to abate,
but we must stand unitedly until every
settlement of the recent contest shall
be written in enduring form and shall
record a triumph for civilization and
humanity.
II am glad to be at the home of that
gallant young hero who went down in