Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-10-19
THE LAS,E SPEECH

|
YOUNGSTOWN, O., Oct 1S.-Prcsi-
dent McNinlcy's special train arrived
| mere ut O'Clock this evening ana tn.
| cnlei executive delivered the last speech
| OF ms tour. The train was backed int
side track and the President and his
| cabinet went on foot to q platform near
| Dy. Apparently everybody in the town
mad crowded into the two streets facing
| NE platform and it was with great diff
| hculty that the President was heard
It was estimated that 20. 900 people
were packed into the narrow space sur
| rounding the speakers stand. AS he
| proceeded they became quietcr and en-
thusi;;st'cally cheered every point in h S
address. He spoke as follows:
! u congratulate this community. do
| voted as it is to industry ana manufac-
ture, upon the improved conditions Of
| the country in the last two years and a
ha1 Nothing in this whole journey OF
mine of more than five thousand miles
INTO the great northwest and through
the central and western states Moth
ing mas given me more genuine pleas
ure than the welcome I have had from
oleEeland TO Youngstown by the
Work!ngmen employed in the mines and
| factories along the line
! GRAVE PROBLEMS,
| We have now before us some grave
nfoh'ems in government, problems
,hat command not only for the present
| hut for all the people, steady and So
per Judgment. problems not to be set
| ,ied by one party or another but by All
ne people. problems wider than par,v
or section. problems that are national
ard which this people must settle ANA
settle for right and justice, FOLLOWING.
ne plain tn of duty
| we are in the Philippines Our Gac,
Is. y there Our boys in blue are there
| Trey are not there for conquest They
ar" not thcr" for dominion. They are
| nor lheie for eNploitatiun They ;,rc
mere because in the providence of G; I'd
VINO moves inysteriously. that great ar
Ghlpcla.;o has been placed in the hands
o. tAc American people. When Dewey
sunk the ships in Manila. as he. was or
dcred 70 do, it was not 20 capturs H.
| l,ht'lin:he< IT was 10 destroy the
Spanish A"er tho fleet 81 the nation
| against which We We're wayinc war.
aad We thought that the quickest wa
!" enc ma T War was TO destroy the
power Of Spain to make any 50 W, sant
Dewey ard the islands came to us IL
vas no responsibility We sought but il
| was q responsibility put upon us VIII
the American ncoplc shirl ii" {C,rles of
NO! sfave ne American people ever
'cHli SHOWN u run away from Il great
| nigh moral duty? (tcucatcd cries Of
NOD
Our fla@ is there. not as the symbol
! OF OPPRESSION. NOT as the token Of tyi.-
fanny, not as r. emblem of rnslavc-
'nent. but our IA. is there as our nas.
! IS here, representing liberty. humanity
and civilization. There was no cloud
IN DcWcy's victory and there Will be no
| Gnlht or hesitation in preserving it,
| Secretary OF the Navy Long and Sec
rotary Hitchcock also spoke
ATTENDS 4 WEDDING.
| Having taken dinner aboard the train
| the President. Mrs. Mckinley ana Miss
| Mary Earbcc. were driven to the resi-
| dence of Dr. Dcctrick in North Phclps
! street, 10 attend the wedding Of Miss
Anna Ninta Deetricll to Mr.. VIM Me
\lnley duncan. son of Andrew x
| Duncan and nephew of President Nc
] kinney. The parlors OF the Deetrick
home were tastefuly decorated with
! orchids and smiax
| The wedding ceremony was perform
@G after O'Clock. Rev. s. r. Frazier,
lrfficiatinS. An hour later the President
and his cabinet entered carriages and
were drived u st. Coillmbia's hail
Where a public reception was given.
President Mckinley greeted hundreds
| OF his boE!lonti friend, with Il hearty
| l'andshakc and Il Kind word The re-
| 6"ption lasted until 10 O'clock At that
| hour the party returned to the train
which left Immediately for piltsburs.
| During the day the presidential train
stopped ut n nllmber Of places and the
PRESIDENT made short addresses. His
reception was enthusiastic particular
y SO at Miles where President Mckin-
lev WAS horn