The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-15
On the Firing Line for Nearly Five
Months. and Never wavercd
Once Before the Enemy.
GREAT CR WD AT ABERDEEN
TO HEAR THE PRESIDENT AND well
COME THE SOLDIERS HOME.
Midnight speech at Wahpetop, IN
Which Nr. Mckinley spoke of the
Prosperity of the Northwest.

ABERDEEN, ~. D., Oct. y4-At s o'clock
this morning President Mckinley's train ar
rived in this city. fair run was made af-
ter leaving Wahpeton, n. D.. and the train
which had been running two hours behind
schedule time arrived here promptly on time.
When the train stopped at Wahpeton last
night a large crowd greeted the chief ex-
ecutive who, in spite of the late hour, left
his car and spoke briefly. Secretaries Gage.
Hitchcock and Wilson and Attorney General
Griggs followed the President in brief re-
marks. The President said:
II have had great pleasure i'm passing
through your State to-day, the nrSt Visit
which nave ever made TO this new COM
monwealth. IL Is one of the newest Of the
!eoera! Snion. nave peen impressed Win
the prosperity and good feeling which We
found on every hand. Admitted a state
only ten years ago you have made almost
marvellous progress in population and de-
velopment. Your population, am sure. has
doubled in the last ten years, while the prod
amounted as high as sixty million dollars.
The vast products have gone from your
rich fields and in turn there has come back
sixty millions of dollars I'm gold TO enrich
the producer and pay the wages of labor
Il am glad TO see that the voice OF de-
spair Is no longer heard In North Dakota
and the prophet of evil no longer commands
confidence because he has been proved 10
be false prophet. Your mortgages are di-
The hum OF industry gladdens the neart,
and the hammer of the sheriff at public
sales less frequently darkens the homes. We
are a great country and you are one OF the
great States of this Union.
1T was my pleasure to-day to welcome
back TO your State in behalf of the Nation
the gallant boys of the FIRST North Dakota,
who did such splendid service I'm Luzon-
lApplause.l Your city furnished one of the
splendid record for themselves but they
have added new and glorious page 10
American history and great honor TO the
or woman i'm the State who is not proud OF
that regiment and prouder stili that they
remained on the hring line when there
were many people who wanted them to
come home. IApplausel
IF there is anything In this world we
is anything that an American boy will
never do, IL is TO desert his colors when his
country is in peril. IGreat applause-l The
truth about Il Is the boys OF the spanish
war are for the most part the sons OF the
veterans of the civil war, and the patriot
ism. pluck vim and vigor shown by your
boys In LuZon were only what we found In
that grand army of the republic from 1861
10 1865. tAppause.l
greatins tann gou hsa s,fssn rss war eDro'a, % 5
meet the neighbors and friends and fell
low-citizens of your United States senator
at his home. i bid you all good night"
ILong continued applause]
SPEECH AT ABERDEEN.
At the station in Aberdeen a large crowd
gathered to see the first President of the
United States who has visited the Da-
kotas since statehood. Tie principal part
of the throng was the First South Dakota
volunteers, who arrived to-day from the
Philippines, and this feature was delayed
for over hour by the delay TO the SOL
diers' train. Shortly after SIS the soldiers
special drew up at the Milwaukee road sta
tion, and the veterans fell I'm behind an es-
cort of G.. A. r. veterans. who followed inn
mediately after the carriage Of the Presi-
dent and Cabinet officials. Colonel Frost
rode at the head OF his regiment, and
they passed down TO the reviewing stand
and the grain palace every one of the 1000
inha abitants Of Aberdeen cheered, and they
from other parts of tie State Addresses
were made by President Mckinley and
members of the Cabinet. Governor Lee and
others. The President said:
Mr.. Mayor, Members of the First South
Dakota Volunteers and Fellow-citizens-It
gives me great pleasure TO join with your
fellow-citizens Of South Dakota, your
friends, your families. your neighbors, in
this welcome TO your home. We are not
nation of hero worshipers. and yet We are
a nation of seventy millions OF grateful
people who love valor and reward the heroic
deeds of our soldiers. and / think 1 appre-
ciate quite much IL not more than most
of my fellow-citizens the value OF the serv-
ices this regiment. with its associates OF the
Eighth Corps. rendered the country In its
hour OF great emergency. And am here TO
speak, not for myself alone. but for the
whole American people. in expression OF
gratitude and thanks for your heroic action
in the island OF Luzon.
Il have with me this morning dispatch
just received from your commander. the
major general commanding In the Philip
pines. telling me of the gallantry OF Colonel
Frost and his First Regiment-teiling me
that from early In February until late I'm
June. while you stood on the firing line. no
enemy could resist your 0nslaughts on
them. Nor can forget. soldiers OF the Re
public. that when the treaty Of peace was
pending, when negotiations were being con-
ducted in Paris WREN the ratification OF
the treaty awaiting the action OF the
Senate, and finally, when we were awaiting
the ratification. / do not forget that when
that time came every one Of you was en-
titled 70 be mustered out OF the service or
the United States: and / can never express
the joy you gave my. heart when you sent
word that you would remain until new
army could be formed to take your places.
That. members OF the First South Dakota,
was an example of personal sacrifice and
public conservation rarely known In the an
nails OF war but Il Is just like the American
soldier. No matter where ne comes from
he never lays down his arms In the presence
OF an enemy and he never lowers the flag
of his country until ne has tfiumphed over
the enemies who assaii IL. IA voice: We
will never leave there until they are all
licked.1
Il ara glad TO see the veterans OF 1861
with the veterans OF 1s9s. IL Is all the same
kind OF patriotism you got from your
fathers. IL Is a patriotism that never de-
serts and never encourages desertion.
But. my fellow citizens and members OF
the First South Dakota, you have Just come
home. and know you want TO get nearer
home. and i shall not detain YOU a moment
longer. except 10 say 10 you that I thank
try: thank You for standing faithful and
unfatering on the battle line: thank you
for preserving our fas stainless: ! thank
came; I thank you for having Transferred
this banner TO those who succeeded xoa