The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-10-15
|nE PRESIDENTS PARTY
(versl Stops msde 10 Ssuth Dakota,
Where Speeches We're Made.
Ere GIVEN AN ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME
thousands Of People Gathered nj All
Points where the Special
Train stopped.

~ Pierre. s. D.. October N.--President Nc
lnley and party reached this city at 1880
j clock this afternoon, speakers stand
s ID been erected near the depot and on three
Des Of 1t the streets were damned with
ople anxious to hear the chief executive.
The president spoke at some length and tho
ling points of his address we're greeted with
T. I'D enthusiasm. Z.
In the course of his speech the president
ID: There never has been q moment of
pc, my countrymen, when we could have
Manila bay. or Manila harbor or the
chipelago OF the Philippines without dis
nor to our Nation. We did not go
pre- to destroy the Spanish feet that we
1ght end the war, but in the Providence Of
ID, who works in mysterious ways, this
4eat archipelago was put into our lap and
l.se American people never shirk duty, and
Ne flag now there is not the flag of tyranny:
VII Is the flag of liberty. and wherever the
Q44g goes, character. education, American in
NIL gence. American civilization and Ameri-
$c1n liberty CO..
The cabinet members also spoke briefly.
u 5rtlet Trip. former ambassador to Aus
|3{la, and member of the Samoan Joint COM
M(ssion. boarded the presidential train aud
4nained with the party until Yankton was
3Aached.
y Huron, S. D., october 14.-At 2:3o the presi-
initial train halted for few moments in this
:&tty. In the square surrounding the depot a
s1Arge crowd had gathered. The president
Was vociferously cheered as he emerged from
the car for minutes talk Several hun
dfed school children seated in a stand fac
Hammer"
q The president said: II came here to make
an Acknowledgements to the people of this
State for its patriotism When you were
Territory you furnished battalions of gallant
soldiers to fight IN the great war for the
Ipreservation of the Union; and my COM
Iredes of the Grand Army of the Republic are
mYy uI.Ont hsrA tn1c n yx-hn 10
Spanish war began the sons of these veterans
md the sons of these settlers sprang to arms
Ut once upon the call of the country and one
|regiment OF United States troops served most
:&Allantly and uncomplainingy in the island
~ Luzon. / had the extreme pleasure OF
30ining In South Dakota's welcome 10 these
lbfave men. They look like athletes "a voice:
1--WE sent them out as such. - and they came
hack as such, showing the generous care OF
the government of the United States. Il is
'Giyen to the strong to bear the burdens of
the weak and your prayer should be not that
the burdens DO rolled away. but that God
iehould give Us strength to bear them,
'ssSss'T There is not n man. women or child In
this glorious State, there is not a family in
x0ur commonwealth who is not delighted that
the boys of the First South Dakota refused
10 accept the advice. of the unpatriotic aud
Come home until they had placed that flag
ntninless and spotless In the hands Of the new
,Army we sent, and we will send enough OF
3hem to carry that flag to ultimate victory
1.-THE cabinet members spoke briefly.
SSsgYankton, s.. D.. October 4.-President Nc
Kinley and party disembarked from the
'becial train here tonight at 1920. Despite
lie lateness of the hour nearly 10000 people
feeted the chief executive. After speaking
las concluded the president left at II O'Clock
- Sioux City, Iowa.
ftsioux Falls, S. D.. October 1.-THE presl
ential special arrived here tonight shortly
tier o'clock. At Madison. Egan and Pres
Ia Lake, the president made short speeches
I&1lly 5000 people crowded around the speak
:! rs stand at Sioux Falls and cheered wildly
/ hen the president appeared.
s3President McKinley's speech was cheered to
lie echo, as were also the short addresses
made by members of the cabinet Companies
ID and D of the Second South Dakota vol
'Inteers, Just returned from the Philip mes.
Participated in the parade. and were reviewed
" the president.
III Sioux city. Iowa. October H.-President
gEcKinley's train stands on side track
|{hree miles east of Sioux City tonight. Sew
'2ral thousand people waited for glimpse of
he president until 1:30 this Sunday morn
Ing but after the arduous day of speech
making it was decided not to come to Sioux