Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-10-19

in its discretion. 1t was voted ptactic.
ally without division in either house
Of congress. The senator assures me
it was done with absolute unanimity.
When war was declared the resolution
was voted for by all parties from all
sections. A revenue bill was passed
with provisions for money to carry on
the war. So that we started into the
war with Spain with all the people
and all the representatives of the
people standing together.
THE war came and the war was
ended sooner than any similar war in
all history. 1t ended with triumph
of American arms. 1t ended in tri-
umph for the cause of humanity. Hav.
ing been united in bringing OH the
war; having been united in the con-
duct of the war; having been practi-
cally united in the conclusions of
peace, the question is, Shall we stand
together until the job is finished?'
General cry Of "Yes.'')
1--WE have resting upon us n great
responsibility in the government of
Puerto Rico and the Philippines. Our
flag has been assailed in that distant
island in the Pacific, and I ask the
people of Iowa whether we shall not
stand firmly and unitedly until Amer
lean sovereignty shall be established
in every island of the archipelago. We
will not take down that flag, repre-.
senting liberty to the people, repre-
senting civilization to those islands.
We will not withdraw it because the
territory over which it floats is ours
by every tenet of international law
and by the sacred sanction Of the con-
stitution of the United States. We are
not there to oppress; we arethere to
liberate. We are not there to esta5-
fish an imperial governments, but we
are there to establish government of
liberty under law and protection to
life and property and opportunity to
all who dwell therein"
n Keal Union Now.
Cedar Falls, Ia, Oct. 1.-THE presi-
dent said: 1--WE are united people.
We are united in interest, sentiment,
purpose and love of country as we
never have been before. Sectionalism
has disappeared, old prejudices are
faded memory. The orator of hate,
like the orator of despair, has no hear
ing in any part of our beloved coun-
try. We are stronger and more united
than ever before. Men of the south
and men of the north have been fight
ing for the same flag, dying for the
same flag, and shedding their blood
together for the honor of the country.
Lawton and Wheeler, in the Philip
pines, are fighting side by side today.
On ship and on shore the men of the
south and the men of the north have
been fighting together. This is real
union we have now, and the north and
south are vieing with each other in
loyalty to country and marching side
by side in the pathway of our destiny
and in the mission of liberty and hui
manity."
Tribute to Henderson,.
Parkersburg, Ia, Oct. 1.-THE pres
ident spoke here as follows:
ut gives me very great pleasure to
meet you, to receive your cordial
greeting. 1t is peculiar pleasure to
me to pass through the district of my
old friend, General Henderson, and it
is a great honor that comes to this dis
trict that your representative is to be
speaker of the national house of repre-
sentatives.
"rhe patriotism of the people for
the last eighteen months has been
sublime. When the call fer troops was
made Iowa, like oil other states of
the union, responded promptly to that
call. More than 100000 soldiers were
ready to do battle for their country
under it's call for only 100000 troops.
Iowa furnished her full share and one
of her regiments did gallant service in
the distant islands of the Pacific. 1t
did not ask to come home, although it
had the privilege to muster out after
notifications of the treaty had been ex-
changed. That regiment remained
there to uphold the flag and sustain
the authority of the government until
new army could be created to go to
take it's place, and desire to make
public acknowledgement here, in this
presence and in this state, for their
splendid exhibition of devotion to the
flag and loyalty to the country. We
love that flag-all of us love it. 1t
gladdens the hearts of the old, cheers
the hearts of the yorng and shelters
us all. Wherever it is raised, on land
or sea, at home or in our distant pos
sessions, that flag always stands for
liberty, for civilization, for humanity,
and wherever it is assaulted the whole
nation rises up to defend il"
At Manchester and Dubuque.
Manchester, Ia, Oct. IA brief adj
dress was made by the president to an
enthusiastic crowd here. He said:
eve have had more than hundred
years Of national existence. These
years have been blessed ones for lib
erty and. civilization. No other peo-
pies anywhere on the globe have en-
joyed such marvellous prosperity or
made such gigantic progress as the
people of the United States When
the fathers established this govern.
ment the population was only littl.
more than million i'll excess of the
population of Iowa today. They START
ed with 100000, and you have 1885,
600 people in your state"
Dubuque, Ia, Oct. 17.-Chizens of
Dubuque, the home of Senator Allison,
gave the presidential party an enthu-
siastic reception in spite of the cold,
disagreeable weather and steady
downpour of rain. Senator Allison i'm
troduced the president. who delivered
brief address, frequently interrupt.
ed by bursts of applause"
BRYAN AT MAPLETON.
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