The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14
$4,000 Nen Will b. Sent to Uphold
+ American Flag.
STANDS FOR LIBERTY
Attorl s e eneral Griggs and Secretas
rie - 2 lg, Gage, Hitchcock and
. on Make Brief Talks
Leaves for Aberdeen

fargo, N. d., october 13.-Over fouN
thousand people greeted President Mcs
Kinley and his party when they arrived
here tonight at 1885. Entering carriages the
party was driven to hotel cheered by the
| volunteers who recently returned from the
| Philippines. In his address President Me-
| Kinley referred repeatedly to the situation
| In the Philippines When he declared the
| United States government would send 65,0O0
men to the Philippines to uphold the
American flag where the voters had placed
| it, the crowd approved the declaration with
wild applause.
The Presidents Speech
The president said:
II have come here especially that might
look into the faces of the North Dakota volI
unteers who saw service on the battle line
in Luzon. 1 came that l may speak to
them a welcome and say well done. You
did your duty and you filled my heart with
joy when, with other volunteers and regi-
ments. you sent me word that you would
not quit the battle line in Luzon until 1
could create a new army and send 1t there.
You refused to beat retreat or shirk your
colors in the presence of the enemy. No
matter who wanted you to go home, you
presence of the enemy.
mo soldiers Of any country ever had
any more delicate or trying duty. This
army, of which this fragment from your
state formed part, remained In Luzon.
waiting, first, for the treaty of peace,
which was being prepared in Paris, then
for it's ratification by the senate of the
United States, then until the exchange Of
bot tad Gtatas and
Spain, waiting through all that long period,
accepting the insoence of the insurgents
with dignity, because they were ordered
by the executive of the nation not to strike
a blow pending the treaty of peace except
sia self-defense. They accepted 1t. there-
fore, stood the insolence of the insurgents
with patience sublime We have never
dreamed that the little body of insurgents
whom we had just emancipated from Spain
would turn upon the flag that had deliber-
ed them from Spain. Then Ii was that the
insurgents leader began an attack upon
our men and then our boys let loose.
Americans Were Ready
"But l always thought the boys were
ready for it. l want to do them the credit
of saying here in the presence of their
neighbors and friends, their fathers and
mothers, that these boys forebore all
things rather than dsobey the order of the
government they were serving. The lead
er of the insurgent forces says to the
American government: You can have
peace If you will give us independence
Peace for independence, he says. He had
another price than that for peace once be-
fore, but the United States pays no gold
for peace. (Appause.) We never gave
bribe for peace In all our history, and
never will. (Applause)
''Our flag Is there where you left 1t. You
boys of the North Dakota Volunteers left
1t there In the hands of those who took
your places, without blot and without stain.
And wherever that standard is raised,
whether in the western or eastern hemis-
phere, 1t stands for liberty, civilization and
humanity. Our flag stands for liberty
wherever 1t floats.
"And we propose to put 650O men behind
that flag in Luzon to maintain the authori-
ty of the United States and the honor and
glory of the republic in the interest OF CIV
ilization and humanity. We accept the re-
sponsdbility of duty at whatever cost"
AttorneyJGeneral Griggs, Secretary Long,
Secretary Gage, Secretary Hitchcock, Sec
retary Wilson and Senators Hansbrough
and McCumber spoke briefly. z exer-
cises were limited to speaking and the re-
view Of the first North Dakota Volunteers,
owing to the lateness of the train. At $3.50
O'Clock the presidents train departed for
Aberdeen, South Dakota.
Large crowds greeted the presidential
party during the afternoon journey through
minnesota. AT DIdiilCiu fic SoAN
Speech at Brainerd
1.-THE homes and the schools are the hope
of our great republic. 1t Is from the homes
and the schools that the brave boys went
out from Minnesota in the civil war, and
again in the Spanish war, responding with
an alacrity unprecedented to the call of the
country to fight it's battles and uphold Its
honor.
Let me say Just one more thing Wher-
ever our flag goes, there goes our education
and our civilization"
A small but enthusiastic crowd gathered
at Aitkin. Conspicuously perched upon
fence beside the presidents car was party
of Chippewa Indians anxious to get O
glimpse of the Great Father"
At Wadena President Mckinley said;
1--WE are in the Philippines. Our flag 10
there, and our flag is never raised any
where for oppression. 1t floats for liberty
whenever 1t is raised, and wherever it is as
sauIted In the hands of the men who wear
the uniform of the United States that mo-
ment the whole nation of the republic rises