Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-13
M'KINLEY FOR PEACE
President Delivers a HomiIy on
the Gospel of Good Will.
IN CONGRESS he TRUSTS
Immense Crowd Greets Chief Executive Mt
Minneapolis. Publ & Reception in His
Honor ut St. Paul. Westward He
Wen.ls His Speechmeking Way.
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MlNNE:ApOI.IS. MIMI. Oct. 12-
| President Mckinley and party arrived
in this city at II O'clock today An inn
: 1nense crowd ssembled ut the railway
Gtpnt to greet the chief executive AS
cheering began and was taken up by
| the waiting crowds and carried down
| the line for blocks.
Carriages in waiting conveyed the
! President and cabinet to the home of
! Mi. Thomas Lowry. Here a light lun-
cheon was served. Meanwhile the train
| bearing home the Sixteenth Minnesota
volunteers from the Philippines arriv
! ed and vas received with tremendous
= cheering. The regiment formed in line
! at the head III Nicolet avenue. Car
riages bearing President Mckinley and
, his cabinet drew up and took their po-
sitons at the head Of the column.
VETERANS PASS IN REVIEW.
The procession moved shortly after l
O'Clock. passing down Nicolet avenue
to the center of the city. At Tenth
street the President entered the review
ing stand, the Philippine veterans pas
sing before him.
AS the rear guard passed the review
,Eng stand. the President entered his
| crriage and drove by a shorter route
! a,tllc exposition building. Here the
i \u,cipal events Of the day took place.
x ASSN the building. in which the Re
Ie can convention in 1892 nominated
4 \ min Harrison tor p.es,uen+ Of the
rSnited States. under the Craftsmanship
of Vim. Mckinley. was spread a feast
for the Thirteenth Minnesota volun-
teers.
At the conclusion of the banquet,
President Mckinley was introduced by
| President CYRUS Northrup, of the Uni
NcrSitV IF Minnesota
| THE PRESIDENTS SPEECH.
| The President said: N
The century now drawing to a close
has been most memorable in the worlds
progress and history. The march of
mankind in moral and intellectual adj
| NanCelnnnt has been onward and up
| ward. The growth Of the worlds ma
terial interest is 50 vast that the fig
ures would almost seem to be drawn
/ from the realm of Imagination rather
than from the field Of fact All people
have felt the elevating influences of the
century. z
Contact has removed old p:eiudces
at home ana abroad ana brought about
Il; better understanding. which has de-
stroyed crfTnity and promoted ln,ity.
Civilization has achieved great victor
les and TO the gospel Of good will there
;le now few dissenters. The great
bowers. under the Inspiration of the
! Gar OF Russia. have been sitting to-
|
ing to find a common basis for the adj
iustment os controversies Without war
land waste. .g
PEACE MORE, PROBABLE.
| while they have not made war i'm
possible. they hay" made peace more
. probable, and have emphasized the uni
Ne!snl love Of peace. They have made
! q gam for the worlds rcpose; and
| Americans. while rejoicing in What was
accomplished, rejoice also for their par
| n ! hl@ I,
advanced, we trust, to more perfect full
! iii!ment.
The century has blessed lis a nation.
| While it has not given us perfect peace,
II has brought us constant and cver-in-
/ increasing blessings and imposes upon
us no humiliation of dishonor We
| have had wars With foreign powers and
| the unhappy one at home--but all ter
minated in no loss of prestige or honor
CT territory. but q gain in all. The in
/ crease OF our territory has added vastly
| to our strength ana prosperity without
| Changing our republican character.
| y MIGHTY TRUST
Il sometimes think we do not real
. !Ze what we have and the mighty trust
We have committed to our keeping. The
study OF geography and history have
| now more than a passing interest for
the American people. It is worth read
ling that when the Federal Union was
| formed we had 909.7 65 square miles of
territory, and in less than one hundred
years we have grown to 3,S45,515 square
| miles"
PRESIDENT Mckinley then recounted
the ACQUISITION to the United States of
the different sections Of the country
/ beginning with the Louisiana purchase
vail
Continuing, he said
n the last year we have added to
, the territory Of the United States the
territory Of the Hawaiian islands, one
OF the gems of the Pacific ocean con-
containing $500 square miles; Guam
containing so square miles and the Phil
! lpplne archipelago embracing approx
mately $4,000 square miles.
| THE NEW ACQUISITION.
This latest acquisition is about one
sixth the size OF the original thirteen
states. It is larger than the combined
area Of New Jersey. Delaware. Mary
| land, Virginia, North and South Caro-
| INA and tho District of Columbia It
/ exceeds in area all Of the New England
states. 1t is almost as large as Wash
! inston and Oregon combined and great
Ier IMAM OHIO. Indiana and Illinois unit
ed Three times larger than New York
and three and one half times larger
than the state Of Ohio
/ Ihe treaty of peace with Spain
which gave us the Philippines. Porto
R!co and Guam. met with some oppo-
! slt!on in the Senate. but was ratified bv
That body by more than a two-t thirds
, vote while in the House the appropria-
ton Of S20.000.0O0 was made with little
! or no opposition. AS in the case OF the
| LOUISIANA purchase and Alaska the op-
oohentS OF the treaty We're in the mi,
nority and the star Of hope to an on
! pressed people was not eXtinguished
I me future or these new possessions is
~ me Keeping or Congress. and Con-