Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-17

receive as nave mlDBleu Win lhem. since
l was last in the state we have added some
new territory. 1t is no longer a question
of expansion with us, we have expanded.
If there is any question at ALL it is a ques
tion of contraction and who is going to
| contract" "a voice: "Not we") II be-
lieye, my fellow-citzens, that this territory
came to us in the providence of God We
| did not seek 1t. 1t is ours, with all the
| responsibilities that belong to it, and as a
| great, strong, brave nation we mean to meet
| them, and we mean to carry our education
and our civilization there. 1 am not one of
! those who would take a laurel from the
brow Of the American soldier or jewel from
| the crown of American achievement"
Times Have Changed.
! At Ackley, Ia, the next stop, Mr.. Nc
| kinley spoke as follows
| MY Fellow Citizens: 1 recall in this
presence my former visit to this people, now,
| l believe, five years ago. I congratulate
you upon the improved condition of the
country. When | was here last we were in
a condition of business depression. Times
were hard. Fear had overcome courage.
! Now all are changed. We have general
! prosperity, good crops and fair prices, steady
employment and good wages, and we are
happy and contented people. Not only are
! the people prosperous, but the nation itself
J is doing well. Our revenues are abundant
! Interest has fallen all over, mortgages have
| been lifted and markets have been extended
| We are using more OF our own products
than we ever did before. We are importing
! fewer products from abroad than we have
done in many years, and we are sending
more of American products abroad than we
ever sent before. We are on a gold basis
and we mean to stay there. General cry
of "Good.'D
Il like the sentiment that stands for your
| platform here Sustain the nations flag
| That Is what we are doing in the Philippines
| today. and that is what we will continue to
! do until we conquer the rebellion against
! the sovereignty and the authority of the
! United States. We mean to sustain the
| boys in blue who are carrying the flag, in
the Philippines or here in Iowa 1t repre-
sents not tyranny, but liberty and civiliza-
ton, and stands for hope and humanity"
Prompt support of Citizens.
INDEPENDENCE, Ia, Oct. 16.-The
president spoke TO large crowd here as
| follows:
my Fellow Citizens: The people are
! thinking about just one thing now in this
| country The thoughts of the citizens of the
! United States for third of a century have
not been so centered on government and its
| future as at this very hour. They rallied
to the support of the government when it
! went to war. They have stood and did
! stand by the government until the treaty of
peace was made. That treaty of peace rat
| lhed by the senate of the United States, ap-
proved of by vote of congress, gave to
the United States the sovereignty and the
territory of the PHILIPPINES"
AT this point the school children waved
| their flags and the president said:
hn
geography, and that territory, my fellow
citizens tho president has not mower to
ALLEVIATE If he were disposed to do So which
he is not The sovereignty of the United
states In the Philippines cannot be given
away by president. Tllatssoveregnty be-
longs to the people s.,snng as it4is our
territory not by right of conquest ONLY. hut
by right solemn treaty, the president OF
! the United States has but one duty To nor
form and that is to maintain and establish
! the authority of the United States in those
| islands.
He could not do less and perform his duty.
ana our prayers are not only going out to
the boys in the trenches, but more men and
more means and more sinews of war will
| follow the boys at the front
Progress in One Hundred Yenrs
MANCHESTER, Ia, Oct. 16.--The follow
| ing uuieSS Was IlaQe mere by the Si6aDf
| to an enthusiastic crowd
! My Fellow Citizens We have had more
than 100 years of national existence. Those
! years have been blessed ones for liberty and
civilization. No other people anywhere on
the globe have enjoyed such prosperity and
, have made such gigantic progress as the
people of the United States. When the faith
ers established this government the popula-
tion was only a little more than OCO coo in
excess of the population of Iowa today They
started with $500, 1000, and you have 1850, 900
| people in your state.
| our lines indeed have fallen in plea SAINT
| places and we are just as determined to keep
! unsullied the American name as those who
created us a nation.
This, my countrymen, is not a partisan
| government. While parties control admin
! istrations, in the presence of great national
| peril or a national duty the people are united
| as one man, all for country; and the peo-
pies hearts today go out to the soldiers of
! the United States who are doing battle for
the country in the Philippines. Your hearts
are with them, your hopes are with them,
your prayers are with them and, if am not
mistaken, the American people do not pro-
pose, whatever may be the cost, to see our
flag dishonored anywhere"
No Room for jealousy.
CEDAR FALLS, Ia, Oct. 16.-The presi-
dent said:
my Fellow Citizens: We are a united
people. We are united in interest and senti-
ment and purpose and in love Of country, as
we have never been before. Sectionalism
has disappeared, old prejudices are but a
faded memory; the orator of hate, like the
orator of despair, has no hearing in any part
of our beloved country. We are stronger
and more united than we have ever been be-
fore. The men of the south and the men of
the north have been fighting for the same
flag and dying for the same flag and she'd
ding their blood together for the honor of
the country Lawton and Wheeler in the
Philippines are fighting side by side today.
On ship and on shore the men OF the south
and the men of the north nave been fighting
! together. This is the union we have now,
and the north and the south are vieing with
each other in loyalty to country and are
marching side by side in the pathway of our
destiny and in the mission Of liberty and hui
manty.
my fellow citizens, the cause Of humanity
has been triumphant, and that cause com