New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-18
PRESIDENT COMING EAST,
HE LEFT MILWAUKEE, YESTERDAY
MORNING FOR CHICAGO.
FIRST SPEECH OF THE DAY AT SOLDIERS
HOME. MILWAUKEE ADDRESSES IN

FIRST SPEECH OF THE DAY AT SOLDIERS
HOME. MILWAUKEE, ADDRESSES IN
WISCONSIN AND ILLINOIS TOWNS
milwaukee,. Wis. Oct. 17-Notwithstanding
the fact that President Mckinley Did not retire
until o'clock this morning. being kept up By
the banquet given by the Milwaukee Merchants
and Manufacturers Association he was astir
early and at $50 o'clock the party was driven
out to the National Soldiers Home, In the ex-
IRENE western portion OF the city. Arriving at
the Home the Presidents salute OF twenty zone
guns was fired by the LIST Light Battery. W. y. @.
The Presidential party made a circuit Of the
grounds In carriages.
The President addressed few words OF greet
ing to the old veterans and as the time for
making for the train was limited he took q
hurried departure The streets which were
traversed by the Presidential party were
thronged. the crowd including many thousand
school children. and the entire distance the
President was kept busy bowling his acknowl-
edgments to the hearty greeting.
At the Soldiers Home the President made
brief remarks saying in substance that he had
no time to make speech, but that II gave him
a great deal OF pleasure 20 meet and greet his
cd comrades and he expressed the wish that
the soldiers present convey TO their sick com.
rades his best wishes for their speedy re.
covery.
The return trip from the Soldiers Home
grounds was made by way OF the South side.
on arriving at one Of the big manufacturing
plants that OF the f. f. Allis Company. the
President was greeted by two thousand artisans.
who had stopped work few moments IN order
TO see the Nations Chief Executive
CONGRATULATIONS TO wORKINGMEN.
The Presidents carriage halted long enough
for the President to thank the men for the
greeting, and TO say:
As have been journeying through the coun-
try have been greeted with warm cordially
by my fellow citizens. but at no place have
had reception that has given me more genuine
pleasure, more real satisfaction than me greet
ing Of this citys workingmen, OF TINS great es-
adjustment and other great establishments
about the buildings in which they toll. con-
graduate you upon the prosperity or the coun-
try congratulate you that employment no"
waits upon labor. and labor does not Longer
wait on employment. The employer Is looking
for the aborer. and the laborer not for the EN-.
ployer and / am glad to note from one end o.
the country to the other the universal demand
for labor. thank you more than can ma
words to express for your generous greeting.
and. wishing you all good morning. bid you
goodby.
The President babe goodby TO the Wisconsin
METROPOLIS a few minutes fter IL o'clock. bound
for Chicago.
Beach ILL.,. Oct 17.-The Presidential tra!n
after leaving Milwaukee. made short stop at
Cudahy and slowed up at South Milwaukee
The President did not make speech at either
place.
The party arrived at Racine at 1l5o o'clock.
Several thousand persons greeted the President
who spoke from the rear platform He SAID:
Ny Fellow Citizens: ! would be indifferent
indeed to all human sensihilities II was not
moved by the welcome Of this great asseinplage
II my countrymen I am glad TO stand IN TINS
city Of diversified industries and BUSY ,ollers
and look into the faces OF the people VINO nave
made your city what it is.
This is a nation Of high privileges and gress
opportunity. We have the free schools, the
open Bible and the freedom Of religious worship
We have the broadcast opportunity FOR advance
ment. with every door open. The kumh2
among you may aspire TO the highest placsN
public favor and confidence AS result OF v"
splendid free institutions the great pooy "
men who control public affairs in state ana
Nation, who control the great business enter
prises Of the country. the railroads ana olhss
great industries. some from the humble Afnen'
can home and from the ranks OF the pam peo'
pie of the United States. tApplause)
EQUALITY IN THIS LAND.
have no sympathy with that sentiment whica
have no sympathy with that sentiment tha'
would put the rich man on the one side ana ths
poor man on the other-labor on one SIDE ana
capital on the other (applause), because an VI
them are equal before the law all OF them nave
equal power in the conduct OF the Governhen..
Every mans vote in the United states Is the
equal Of every other on that supreme day When
we choose rulers and Congresses and Governors
and Legislatures (Applause) our citlIens
may accumulate great wealth. ana many u
them do: but they cannot take IT with men,
thaxr ,taiI
Grafton He who inherits must keep X by MS
own prudence or sagacity. II he does NOT " -
divided up among his fellows.
NV Fellow CitiZers | am here only 10 sPeoA
a word of thanks and of gratitude for this WEI
come Our country is more prosperous TO-DAY
than 1t has ever been before. 1t Is more pau.
otto at this hour than at any hour IN an ~ ~
history. our thoughts, our prayers go 10 We
brave men in the distant islands OF the sea "ho
are uphodng the flag OF our country IN hono'.
Great applause) And while they are dolns
that We will uphold them. tEr'es OF LII ~ shs
Applause) All hostilites will cease IN .ns
Philippines when those who began tnel" WI
stop (applause), and they will not cease UNI,
our flag. representing liberty. humanl's as.v
civilization. shall float triumphantly IN ever!
island of the archipelago under the undispuH'vu
and acknowledged sovereignty OK the Repuon'
Of the United States. Q-ong continued ap'
plause)
TIE Cabinet members were also INTRODUCED.
At noon the train started over the chicago anu
Northwestern for Chicago and the East.
Citizens Of Kenosha greeted the Presidenta'
party at l225 o'clock this afternoon. i"e
President spoke from the rear platform OF "'s
car. and was cheered heartily He said:
NV Fellow Citizens: very much appreciate
and value the great receptions which nave peer.
accorded to the members OF my official fam.y
and myself as have journeyed through ous
vast country never met great concur &c y.
ncone like the one which stands before NC;
Commemorative as it is OF American life an"
character. carrying the flag of our country noTns
by the veterans OF the Civii war anu % 49,, IA
nawsr soldiers Of the Spanish War and behes'
the people who love the country In their n sr.s.
that I do not feel that the free institu'IonS
which were so wisely established by the ialh ".,
will he forever safe in the hands or the A''e''
can people ., -, ,drstrv
am glad to be in this busy hive OF indus...'
where every man can find work ana waes.,
where all the people are contented anu 'ar -.