The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-17
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ure to me to pass through the district
of my old friend, General Henderson. and
1t is great honor that comes TO this dis
trict, that your representative is TO be
the speaker of the national house of rep
resentatives.
last eighteen months has been sublime.
| When the call for troops was made
Iowa, like all other states of the union.
responded promtly to that call. More
than million soldiers were ready TO do
battle for the country under its 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. It did not ask to come home,
although it had the privilege of muster
out after the ratification of the treaty
of peace had been exchanged, but that
regiment remained there to uphold the
flag and sustain the authority Of the gov
eminent until a new army could be ere
ated to go and take its place, and l desire
to make public acknowledgment here in
this presence and in this state for their
splendid exhibition Of devotion to the
flag. and loyalty to their country. We
love that flag; all of us love 1t. 1t
gladdens the hearts Of the old and cheers
the hearts of the young and II shelters
US all wherever it is raised On land
or on sea, at home or on distane posses
sions, that flag always stands for lib
erty, for civilization, for humanity, and
wherever il is assailed the whole nation
rises up to defend it,
Dubuque Ia, Oct. 1.-THE citizens Of
Dubuque, the home Of Senator Allison,
gave the presidential party an enthusiast
tie reception today, in spite of a steady
downpour OF rain. The president said in
part:
This is a year of sublime patriotism.
From one end of your state to the ether,
through ali sections of the west, over
whatever route travelled, we have heard
but one music the music OF the nation;
but one song. the hymn of the republic.
And we have seen but one flag the flag
OF our fathers. and ours; the flag of a
happy, reunited and never-to-be-broke
nation; a flag that expresses our hopes,
our purposes and our faith; a flag that
expresses the sacrifices we are willing to
make for it. anywhere and everywhere.
l have come today, my fellow-citiZenS,
public acknowledgment in this city of the
patriotism of the people of Iowa. You
not only served and sacrificed for the ra-
ton in the great civil war, giving up
many OF the best young men of the state,
on the altar of the country thaht he IA
ton might be preserved, but in he war
with Spain this state, almost the first Of
the federal union. answered to the call
OF the government: All of your soldiers
did not have service On the firing line
but they We're ready and anxious TO CO.
and disappointed that they were not Ier-
mitted to go. But to hem l wan. to sey,
lHey nave, ike soldiers at ire 'front.', v on
the gratitude of the republic, for they
did their whole duty, and that is all any
soldier can do. And OF the boys sent to
the Philippines. 1 want to say that they
did even more than was required, by their
terms Of enlistment. They had the prvi-
lege Of being mustered out when the rati-
hcations of the treaty OF peace were eX-
changed; that was the end of their term
If they sought to claim their privilege,
but when it was offered to them they re-
fused TO accept 1t. They said: we will
stay with the government. we will stay
with the flag, until you can make a new
army to take our Places And they did
All honor to the Iowa regiment in the
Philippines. Now that their faces are
turned hOmeward. God grant them 4 safe
arrival in their old state, among their
friends and families.
And now nv fellow-citZens. simply
want to say one other thing. and that is
that our flag in the Philippines still
waves there, and 1t waves not as a ban
ner of imperialism. IT waves not as a
symbol of oppression, but 1t waves. as
here and everywhere. the flag of freedom,
of hope of home. of civilization