New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-07
WEST CHEERS PRESIDENT.
GREAT ENTHUSIASM IN ILLINOIS TOWNS.
HE AND MEMBERS OF THE CABINET SPEAK
IN QUINCY-PATRIOTIC UTTERANCES
APPLAUDED - MEETING
WITH BRYAN.

IN QUINCY-PATRIOTIC UTTERANCES
APPLAUDED MEETING
WITH BRYAN.
Quincy. H. oct 6-Cannon doomed and the
bands PLAYED Dixie" as President Mckinley
alighted from the Campana. his private car at
the grounds of the Illinois Soldiers Home this
morning Fifteen hundred veteran inmates Of
the Home cheered enthusiastically as the Presi-
dent and members OF the Cabinet took carriages
to be driven between long platoons Of soldiers
around tho grounds. The President was first
escorted to an mprovsed platform, from when
he bowed in Acknowledgement Of tho veterans
greetings and shook hands with as many as pos
sible In company with members OF the Local
committee he made a short visit to the soldiers
hospital.
The Presidential party then driven from
/ the Soldiers Home to the city proper. distance
/ ~ two miles. Company F. 9TH Illinois IN
| fantry; the Naval Reserves and Company F. Nth
Illinois Infantry. escorted the party through the
| business district The sailors were supplied with
! Hotchklss guns and as as the President
| arrived in sight Of the public square a Presi-
! dents salute Of twenty guns was fired SIX
| thousand school children from all the schools OF
the city. public and parochial were massed on
the east side Of the courthouse. waving flags
and singing National airs as the President APP
! peared.
The streets of Quincy were packed with peo-
| pie. A street fair in p~@Taration' ana
/ along the line Of march booths and arches had
! been erected most Of which displayed the stars
/ ard Stripes and pictures Of Mckinley and
Dewey The procession went through the prin-
cpal streets Of the city until the public square
was reached There the President and the
/ o. p1
to review the veterans from the Soldiers Home
| Meanwhile a reception was held in honor of
| Mrs. Mckinley in the parlors Of the hotel The
| party left quincy at noon Peoria was to be
/ the first stop
PRESIDENT GREETS VETERANS.
The President and several members Of the
! Cabinet delivered brief addresses from the re-
viewing stand The President said:
thank you one and all for this patriotic well
ccme. II has given me uncommon pleasure 10
meet this morning at the Soldiers Home the
men OF lNGl-the veterans who stood I'm the
| trenches and behind the guns i'm that year OF
great emergency when the life of the Nation
| hung I'm the balance.
1t has given me like pleasure. also. 20 meet
! with the eX-soldiers of the Spanish war from
the city Of Quincy. and the naval militia. rep
resenting the patriotism Of l>9>: and it is
! gratifying to M To learn tina. YOU sent from
/ this city ono Of the gallant young officers who
/ fought with Dew - In Manila Bay. This Is an
era II patriotism my cOuntrymen. The United
! states has never been lacking i'm gratitude 10
/ rs soldiers ani its sailors who have fought I'm
/ IT'S cause and the cause Of the United States
! has never lacked defenders IN every crisis Of
/ its history
From the Revolutionary days 10 the present
+ The citizens II the Untel States have been
eyer ready 10 uphold az any cost the flag and
the honor ~ the Nation. and then take all the
+ responsibility which comes from a righteous
cause. There are responsibilities. born Of duty
7 that can never be repudiatod. Duty upper
formed is dishonor and dshonor brings shame
which Is heavier to carry than any burden
which honor cal Impose.
SECRETARY ROOT SPEAKS
At the conclusion Of the Presidents address
Secretary Root spoke as follows:
Nv humble duty in tho last TWO months has been
c0uragement and the inspiration Of your 3resence-
/ holding up the hands. STRENGTHENING the soul and
/ NJ N'eistrate ~ our beloved country In maintaining
| its lonor and doing its frI duty before God and
| that here. almost At the very spot where the two
extremes Of population meet. coming the one from
I Massachusetts and Connecticut and the other from
| Virginia and Kentucky. the children of Ncw-Eng-
honor 20 the President of the whole country north
/ and South East and N,st. Thfre is no PARTISAN
ship no faci9naIism IN ihe P4sines, n which We
man can shelter himself under tho flag Of party or
}uI }ng in Stand Behnd he men Of al partics and
an creeds wlo lie to-day I'D the trenches IN luzon
No man Thq @1 &nG~s Go his DUTY and Is true Amer
have no fear no question whatever that the
| da,s and nights that the Secretary of War is CIV
ing TO seeing to i that the Army OF ne United
! army the world has ever seen the sympathy and
fh. support Of the people ~ quincy. oi LIMOS, ot
! PRESIDENT The cause in which your soldiers are
ngltlng and in which you Democrats ana kepul,
| leans alike stand behind them is the cause of
Thr men behind tie in Manila to-day in
! front If the schoolhouse. or law and order, ana
| vii be followed by the mon with the textbook and
the Bible. bringing the arts ot cKz' il9n l,sirc
81 eotcrnricnt can 1--we for self alone or grow 10
full stature by tee cN.rcis, 1 ,,,d - & ,,. ,n
f6rmanco Of thu mission of the great Republic for
n me to,day as il has followed in III, past the
/ lines marked ont 10y froNidencr sup,ilor 10 me
T's'@p, S ~av Of thc great march Of civilization.
My friends OF the cit, Of Vuncy 81 me state tate of
ttliittt,e ~, the soldier who represents you. His
cabinet viii be faithful 10 him ana no IL km9w 1a,
sra si bninng him IN the great work which YOU have
laid uY6u him
WHAT SECRETARY LONG SAID
The speech OF Secretary Long was as follows.
notice your chairman Is very discriminating.
H. iyyHand iISaued iherc my friends ne is quite right
n is the Navy itself. the organizsd Navy of The
Irited states It's officers selected from every Com
sress district throughout me Cnon inspired 9y
h. high spirit - pIofsssioma 1r @nu
mi has earned the gratitude of the people OF the
Iimitcd states. Great applause Ny friends. as
sflenr goes about the various states OF the
I.in, mink he must be struck with the fact that
/ INSTANTLY strikes me-that every American audl-
-"..''' 'r,a.f. wherever if be. in the East 0r
Mno1 enc Uest The south the North. t. practically the
~. tl. ~ certaiulv - the same In the cordial, gen
I'm I'm and gracious welcome which IL extends 10
/ him. =, ,o..,,ro to mo 70 ho boro In
/ , ~ %. because I'm It's name | recognize name
nr17S LIE m nv own Commonwealth has been ven.
49, In her history In practical political and
e',u',,tt,r.l Ufa from the beginning ~ this time
I'm Lad also 70 speak one word for The Navy here
t.f an of e.
-, INT 10 the recent war. constituting part OF
our naval Militia unexceled IN numbers ana Ger