The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-19
LAST SPEECH OF HIS TRIP.
The President Talks to Old Friends
md Attends Wedding.

YOUNGSTOWN, o., Oct. 1s.-President
McKinley's special train arrived here at
o'clock this evening, and the chief ex-
ecutive delivered the last speech of his tour.
The train was backed into sidetrack, and
the President and his Cabinet went on foot
tc platform near by. for five-hour STOP
Apparently everybody in town had crowded
into the two streets facing the platform,
and 1t was with great difficulty that the
President could make himself heard. 1t was
estimated that 1900 people were crowded
into the narrow space surrounding the
speakers stand. AS the President pro-
ceeded they became quieter and enthusi-
astically cheered every word Of his address.
He spoke follows:
This seems TO me very much like old
times, and recalls many scenes of former
days. do not conceal IN this presence the
very high pleasure i have in meeting once
more in this city, so dear to me. my former
Eighteenth Ohio district. i was boy in
the county. served you in the Congress
ernor of our beloved State, and while hold
ing these several offices was always and
ever greeted by you with generous and
public acknowledgment here that in all my
public and political life, covering now a
period OF nearly twenty-five years, / have
ever enjoyed the support and encourage
ment OF these good people who have as
sembled about me this evening. Nor can
i fail to congratulate this community, de-
voted as it is to industry and manufacture,
on the improved conditions of the country
in the last two years and half.
Nothing in this journey of mine, of more
than 900 miles into the great Northwest
and through the Central and Western
States-nothing has given me more genuine
pleasure than the welcome have had from
men employed in the mills and factories
along the line. No cheer has been more en-
than the cheer given by the men as they
came out Of the mills and waved their shin
ing dinner buckets, now full when once
Il have met you many times in the years
gone by in public discussion touching ques-
tlons hs;n that t., affected the interest and we'll
when wild passions moved over the COM
mSniTy put 1T b never MADE s an appeal to the
ty that was made In vain.
I'VE have now before us some grave prob
lens In government, problems that COM
mand, not only from the President, but
from all the people. steady and sober judg-
ment; problems not to be settled by one
party or another. but by all the people
problems wider than party or section; prob
lems that are national, and which this peo-
pie must settle and settle for right and
Arc IN ss tfs Rsh path r of duty
there Our boys In blue are there. They
are not there for conquest. They are not
there for dominion. They are not there for
exploitation. They are there because, in
the providence of God who moves mysteri-
ously, that great archipelago has been
placed in the hands of the American people.
When Dewey sunk the ships i'm Manila bay,
as he was ordered TO do, 1t was not to cap
tnre @ @,iih the Phi sPhiippinss 1t was to destroy the
which we were waging war. and we thought
that the soonest way to end that was TO
destroy the power of Spain to make war.
U.S.
1T was no responsibility we sought, but
the American people shirk 1t? tCries OF
MOI Have the American people been
known to run away from great high
moral duty? lRepeated cries of MOI Our
flag is there la voice: 1t will stay there
too. not as the symbol of oppression, not
& as the token OF tyranny, not as the en-
as our flag is here, representing liberty.
humanity and civilization. There was no
cloud in Dewey's victory and there will be
no hesitation in preserving II.
But, my fellow-citizens. I have talked
longer than intended to. CCries of Go on. ]
ment for this most gracious welcome from
| old constituents and old neighbors- I owe
| you much; 1 owe you more than / can re-
| turn 10 you for your unf2ltering support
and the early announcement you gave me
as struggling young man in this city, and
Una tnank you and bid you all goodnight" I"
| lEnthusiastic and long continued applause. ]
Secretary of the Navy Long and Secre-
| tary of the Interior Hitchcock spoke briefly.
| Having taken dinner aboard the train, the
| President. Mrs. Mckinley and Miss Mary
Barber were driven TO the residence of Dr.
| Deetrick In North Phelps street 10 attend
| the wedding of Miss Anna Viola Deetrick
and DR.. William Mckinley Duncan, son OF
| Andrew K. Duncan and nephew OF Presi-
| dent Mckinley. The parlors of the Duncan
home were tastefully decorated with orchids
and smilax- The wedding ceremony WAS
! performed shortly after o'clock, Rev. s.
/ X. Frazier officiating.
SPEECH AT A RECEPTION.
An hour later the President and his Cab
| met entered carriages and were driven 10
st. Columbia's Hall. where public recep-
1 tion was given. The President greeted
hundreds of his boyhood friends with a
| hearty handshake and a kind word. The re-
| ception lasted until 10 o'clock. In response
to repeated calls the President said:
| Ny Fellow-citizens-My understanding
| was that the evening was not TO be given
over TO speech-making, but that 1 was 10
| have the privilege, so far as j was able.
| of shaking hands with my fellow-citizens
| who might assemble here The very great
| number. however. who have honored me
here would seem to make IL Impossible TO
| proceed with a reception TO meet all OF you
| and 80 In answer TO your call appear only
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