The herald., 1898-10-14
FLYING nOMfWARD
FROM SCENES OF TRIUMPH At
OMAHA
PRESIDENTIAL PATTER
Is IN STRONG DEMAND IN IOWA
TOWNS
Mr.. M'KINLEY IS PATRIOTIC
While Gage Tackles the Contract of
Appealing for Sympathy, Con-
fidence and Support
Associated Press Special Wire.

| GALESBURG, ILL.,, Oct. 1S.-Across the
! windswept prairies Of Iowa the preslueHt
! of The United States has been whirled To-Day
on his return trip from the Omana EXPOSE
ton. In Western Iowa the crowds were
large and clamorous at every point OUT
when the eastern part of the state was
reached their magnitude seemed 70 sweil
at every stopping place until at Burlington,
on the Mississip the climax was reached.
There the president did not attempt to talk,
but was taken in carriage through the
brilliantly lighted streets, and for twenty
blocks was kept busy lifting hos hat In re-
sponse 10 the wild cheers of the citizens OF
Burlington.
Possibly the worst crush OF people Pres
ident Mckinley ever experienced was at
the Burlington station when the carriages
came back. The president was forced al
most to 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.
Making Start
OMAHA, Oct. 13.-At 9 o'clock President
Mckinley was driven to the station. es-
corted by platoon of police and mounted
members Of the Ak-Sar-Ben. The ride to
the depot was a repetition Of the enthusi-
astic scenes of yesterday, people lining the
streets to obtain a glimpse of the Presi-
dent large delegation accompanied the
party to the train, including Senators Allen
and Thurston, Mayor Moores, President
Wattles and Governor Holcomb. The
presidential train goes over the Burling-
ton line. The train will make no more
stops en- route than Is absolutely necessary
arriving in St. Louis early Friday morning
The reception at st. Louis will take place
Friday.
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 Will
son; Postmaster-General and Mrs. Smith,
Secretary Bliss, Secretaries Porter and
Cortelyou, Captain and Mrs Lafayette
McWilliams, Colonel Clark E. Carr Of H.
linois and newspaper representatives.
A Speech Demanded
GLENWOOD, Ia, Oct. 13.-President Nc
Kinley was not permitted to leave Omaha
today without making one more address
to his Western constituents who had gath
cred at the station to watch the departure
of his train. Hundreds Of eager people
crowded about the rear platform and just
as the flyer pulled out the President said
to them these parting words: Il see that
here In Nebraska as in every other State of
the Union everybody loves the government
and everybody loves the flag, and I can
not tell you how hard 1t is for me this
morning to bid you all goodbye"
Just across the river at Council Bluffs,
Mr.. Mckinley again responded to the
cheers of great crowd and said:
MY fellow-citizens: I am very much
gratif1ed at your reception. I have just
come from the great city of the West and
have witnessed a wonderful exhibition of
your genius and skill and industry, as
shown at the Transmississippi exposition.
Nothing has given me greater satisfac-
tion as have journeyed through the coun-
try than to look into the cheerful face of
the people and to be assured from their
appearance that despair no longer hangs
over the West, but that you are having
fair share of prosperity and not only that,
but you are having a baptism of patriotism
in which we all leJolce" (Applause)
Through Iowa
CORNING, Iowa, Oct. 13.-As the presi-
Dental train proceeded eastward through
Iowa the throngs seemed to increase and
the enthusiasm never abatedl At some
points, after he had finished speaking, Mr..
Mckinley presented to the people the
members of the cabinet, and cheers for
them were almost as hearty as those given
for the president.
At Hastings
At Hastings President Mckinley said:
1--WE have pretty much everything in this
country to make 1t happy. We have good
money, we have ample revenues, we have
unquestioned national credit, but what We
want Is new markets, and. as trade follows
the flag, 1t looks very much as If we were
going to have new markets"
At Red Oak
At Red Oak, Iowa, the president faced
1000 people. He said:
What nation of the world has more to
be thankful for than ours? We have rich
and great lands. we have shops that make
everything, we have skilled workmen, we
have genius for invention, and in the last
thirty years we have accomplished COM
mercial 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 re-
suits which are to follow them. Vie 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. 1885, to the present hour. But our
patriotism must be continued. We must
not permit II 10 apate, nut we must stand
unitedly until every settlement of the re-
cnt contest shall be written In enduring
form and shall record a triumph for civil
ization and humanity.
Il am glad to be at the home of that gal
liant young hero who went down in the har-
Dor of Havana. Ensign Merritt. I am
glad to pay a fitting tribute to him and to
all other heroes of the war. HIS name and
his fame will be sacredly guarded by his
own neighbors and fellow citizens end will