The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-12
TALKING POLITICS.
President and Cabinet Whoop Tt Up
Along the Route.

Chicago, Oct. 12.-The special train
bearing the presidential party arrived
in Chicago last evening from Evans
vile, Ind, and was at once started on
the journey north.
At every station between Evansville
and Chicago the crowds were large and
enthusiastic and at most of them the
president made brief remarks.
Among the first to greet the president
at Terre Haute was the venerable Rich
ard w. Thompson, secretary of the
navy in the cabinet of President Hayes
and now nearly "a years of age.
At Terre Haute President Mckinley
made a brief talk, referring particular
~ to the improved conditions of the
working men whom he saw everywhere
about him. Secretaries Long, Gage,
Hitchcock and Wilson and Attorney
General Griggs also spoke at Terre
Haute, and in all of the speeches there
was much of u partisan nature
Attorney General Griggs said:
Three years ago some prophetic in
dividual with great audacity proclaim
ed that the distinguished man you have
just listened to was the advance agent
of prosperity. For several months af-
ter that audaciOus prOphesy some peo-
pie were disposed to make fun of the
prophet. As Elijah rallied the prophets
of Baal, SO they rallied our prophet and
said: Where is this prosperity that
YOU fOretell? Why does it deIav its
coming? Possibly it is asleep. Per
chance it has gone on a long journey.
Maybe it has mistaken the road But,
my friends, he whom that prophet with
wise foresight called the advance agent
of prosperity has been today and for a
week past travelling through this Nigh
ty west and has found that the storm
of prosperity has far overtaken him.
We have found here no signs of any
thing except great prosperity on every
hand. And so when we are asked what
are the signs of the times, we say,
nothing but cheerful faces, nothing but
prosperous homes, nothing but happy,
patriotic men. There are no cries of
calamity. There are very few signs of
want, except of help wanted
Secretary Hitchcock, in the course of
his speech, said:
THE prosperity which the Attorney
General has so eloquently alluded to
for that prosperity you are more in
debted than any other living man, to
William Mckinley (applause). And
that prosperity will come Just so long
as you adhere to the principles to which
he has devoted his whole life-the hon
or of the flag and the welfare of the
people" cloud applause)
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson said
in part:
ago sixteen men were hunting one job.
Now sixteen jobs are hunting one man
(Applause.) During the four years
previous to President Mckinley taking
his seat the livestock of the farms of
the United States had decreased $780, =
100000. At the end of the first two
years of President McKinley's admin
istration s341, 600, 900 of that amount had
been made up again
At Danville, Ills, the president was
introduced to an enthusiastic crowd by
Congressman Joseph G. Cannon. In
the course of the speech there the pres
ident said:
I'VE are collecting just now million
dollars for every working day of the
month from our internal revenue taxes,
and you don't seem to be much op-
pressed here on that account We are
collecting about $3.50, 900 every working
day of every month from the tariff that
we put on foreign products that come
into the United States from other coun-
tries and that does not seem to give
you any serious trouble here. Laugh-
ter). That vast amount of money re-
ceived into the treasury daily from in
ternal taxes and customs tariff meets
the ordinary expenses of the govern
ment and just now a part of it is used
to pay the soldiers and sailors who are
engaged in the distant islands, sup
pressing rebellion against the SOW
ereignty of the United States. And you
can be assured that not dollar will go
out except for honest purposes, while