Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-10-16
TRAIN
REACHES ST. PAUL AND MINNIE
APOLIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
SPEECHES ALONG ROUTE
Addresses Blue and Gray at Evansville
Speeches at Terre Haute and Dan
vile and Watseka-Happy Homes
and Employment for All the People
His Topics.

Chicago, Oct. 1.-THE Pennsylvania
special bearing the presidential party
arrived here Wednesday evening from
Evansville and was at once delivered
to the tracks Of the Chicago, MilWau-
kee and st. Paul road. St. Paul will
be reached at o'clock this morning
and the day and evening will be spent
in Minneapolis and st. Paul. At mid
night departure will be made for Du
luth. The weather was wet and
gloomy throughout Wednesday but at
every station between. Evansville and
Chicago the crowds were large and en-
thusiastic. At most of them the pres
ident made brief addresses. Among
the first to greet the president at Terre
Haute was the venerable Richard w.
Thompson, secretary of the navy in
the Hayes cabinet. He is now nearly
"a years old. At Terre Haute the pres
ident said: 81 have been greatly
pleased as l journeyed through your
state with the evidences of good feel
ing, the cheerfulness of the people and
the prosperity in the fields and
workshops. It gave me much salts
faction to greet the soldiers who fought
against each other, from 1861 to 1866,
at the great reunion at Evansville.
There I saw the blue and gray vieing
with each other in expressions of love
of country and devotion to the flag.
Secretary Long, Attorney General
Griggs and Secretarys Gage, Hitch
cock and Wilson, followed President
Mckinley with brief remarks dealing
with the prosperous condition of the
country and the patriotism of it's citi-
zens.
He BOuquettes Cannon.
At Danville, ILL.,, the president was
introduced to the encampment crowd
by Congressman Cannon, and said cit
gives me great pleasure to meet you
all, at the home of my distinguished
long time friend, your representative
| in congress. He is a man to whom
everybody must apply who wants an
appropriation We are now collecting
million Of dollars. Every working
day of the month we have more inter-
nal revenue taxes but you don't seem
to be much oppressed here on that ac-
count. We are collecting about
| $650,000 every working day
from the tariff put on foreign
products, but that does not seem to
give serious trouble here. The vast
amount received into the treasury daily
from internal taxes and the tariff,
meets the ordinary expenses of gov
eminent, and just now part is used
to pay the soldiers and those engaged
in distant islands suppressing rebellion
against the United States. You may
rest assured that not dollar of that
will go out except for honest purposes
while your distinguished representa-
tive presides over the committee on
appropriations in congress-
President Mckinley said at Hopes
ton, ILL.,: "From the appearance OF
cheerfulness among the people it
seemed to me that all things must be
going fairly we'll with you; that you
have employment at fair wages; good
crops and fair prices. We are not a
military people WelOVe peace. we
are not a military government and
never will become one. 1t is against
the genius of our institutions and the
spirit of the people, but, while we are
not military government or mill
tary people, we never lack for soldiers
in any cause while the people espouse
that cause In the recent war with
Spain every state of the union, north
and south, rushed forward, hundreds
and thousands to serve their country
They will not abate in patriotism I'M
til every rebellion, by whomsoeVer
conducted, is put down. Our people
become soldiers to defend with their
lives the flag they love, but the moment
the emergency is over they rush back
to the peaceful walks of citizenship"
Speaks at Watseka.
At Watseka, ILL.,, the president said:
"The demonstrations we have wit
messed today throughout your state
and Indiana indicate how the people
feel in affairs of the government. 1t is
YOUR government. 1t is the virtue and
yigor that come from the 1resides of