Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-19
NJ K|NLEY IN OHIO.
He Says He Expects Peace IN
the Philippines Shortly
LAST SPEECH OF HIS TOUR,
Il Is Delivered al Youngstown to an
Audience Of 10000.
WHY WE ARE IN THE PHILIPPINES
we Sought No Responsibility There
But Responsibility WAS Put Upon
Ts-Hanna on Hand at Cleveland
aud ~ Warmly Greeted.
WHY WE ARE IN THE PHILIPPINES
and n Warmly Greeted.

CLEVELAND, O.. October is-Presi-
dent Mckinley and his party reached this
city at s:a5 O'Clock this morning. A re-
ception committee and members of the
City Council, headed by Mayor J. H. Far
ley, welcomed tho President. Senator
Hanna was warmly greeted at the depot
by the entire party.
Carriages had been provided for ten
milo drive out Euclid avenue, through
Gordon and Wade parks.
President Mckinley. Secretaryof-the-
Navy Long, and Senator Hanna spoke
briefly. Several hundred G. A. r. men
called to pay their respects. The Presi-
dent said:
IL think have never seen such de-
monstration Of patriotism, such an exhi-
bition OF public conservation 90 the pub
lie good as / bave witnessed In the last
two weeks. Tho grave aud serious prob
lens which rest upon us account for this
! unusual interest on the part OF the peo-
pie in public affairs. The problems are
grave; the responsibilities are great No
body feels them moro than do; nobody
can feel them more than I do. Yet, my
countrymen. our duty is plain, straight
forward, unmistakable--to stand by the
national honor and preserve tho territory
Wa got By solemn treaty.
PEACE WILL COME SOON.
"Our soldiers. carrying our flag In
Luzon. will be supported by the people OF
tho United states. and hostiiities viii
stop in that distant island OF the sea
when tho men who assaulted our nag and
our soldiers shall lay down their arms.
| Peace will come. and / trust and believe
| come shortly. and we will be able 10 give
10 those people In the Philippines gov
ernment of liberty and lava government
which will encourage their best aspira-
lions and their nobest aims-a govern
ment under the undisputed sovereignty OF
the United States
Colonel Myron T. Herrick entertained
the presidential patty at luncheon TINS al
terno0n.
At 2:3) o'clock the presidential special
departed over the Erie Line.
LAST SPEECH or TOUR.
YOUNGSTOWN, o., October lS.-Presi-
dent McKlnIeys special train arrived hero
az O'Clock this evening, and the CHIEF
Executive delivered the last speech OF his
tour. The train was backed into "A side
track. and the President and his Cabinet
went on foot 10 a platform near by. APP
parently everybody in town had crowded
into the two streets facing the platform,
! and IL was with great difficulty that the
| President could make himself heard. lt
! was estimated that 10000 people were
hacked into tho narrow space surrounding
| the speakers stand. AS the President
proceeded they became quieter, and en-
Enthusiastically checred every point In his
| address.
He spoke as follows:
WELCOME FROM WORKINGMEN.
81 congratulate this community, de-
! voted. as It Is, to industry and manufac-
ture. upon the improved conditions Of the
! country in the last two years and half.
| Nothing IN this whole journey OF mine.
/ Of more than five thousand miles. into
the great Northwest and through the
Central and Western States-nothins has
given me more genuine pleasure than the
welcome / have had from Cleveland 20
I YOUNGSTOWN by the w0rkingmen employed
IN the mills and factories along the line.
'sWe have now before us some grave
problems in government-probems that
! command, not only for the President but
for all the people. a steady and sober
| Judgment; problems not 10 be settled by
one party or another, but by all tho pco-
pie; problems wider than party or sec-
ton; problems that ara national. and
which this people must settle, and settle
forever for right and justice. following
the plain path Of duty.
| NOT IN PHILIPPINES FOR con-
QUEST.
1--WE are In the Philippines. our flag
Is there. our boys in blue ere there. They
are not there for conquest; they are not
| there for dominance; they are not there
| FOR exploitation. They Gie there be-
cause. in the providence Of God. who
moves mysteriOusly. that great aren't
pelago has been placed In the hands OF
the American people. When Dewey sank
the ships In Manila bay, as he was or
dored to do, II was not TO capture the
philippines. 1t was 10 destroy the Span
lsh fleet. the feet OF the nation against
which we were waging war, and We
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