The Taney County republican., 1899-10-26
At Waterloo.

Waterloo, Ia, Oct. 17.-An immense
thrcng had congregated at the station
| when the presidential train arrived.
| The president spoke as follows:
| Ny Fellow -Citizens-We have before US
a great national problem. We have rest
ing upon us a great national duty, grow.
| war was commenced, there was little or
no division of sentiment among the peo-
pe G the ine ned staes o under
leadership of our distinguished Senator
IS. Voted for AZ nationai al defense he fund
ment in its discretion 1t was voted pracc
tically without division in each house Of
it was done with absolute unanimity
When war was declared. the resolution
ticns. The revenue bill was passed with
provisions for money to carry on the war
that ,% we started tart eo into the var ahe wlfh
rcsentatiyes of the people standing to-
Eether. The war came, and the war was
ended sooner than any similar war in
history: ended with the triumph of Amer
lean arms: ended in trump for the
In bringing the war. having been unit
ed in the conduct of the war, having been
practically united in the conclusions of
gether until the job is finished? We have
resting upon us the great responsibility Of
government in Porto Rico and in the
Philippines. Osr flag has been assai.ed
in that distant island on the Pacific, ana
! ask the people of Iowa whether we will not
stand firmly and unitedly until American
sovereignty, shall be established in every
take down that flag. representing liberty
to the people, representing civilization to
those islands
AT Independence.
Jndepen Hence, Ia, Oct. 16.-The
president spoke to a large crowd here
as follows:
My Fellow w-Citizens-The people are
itr hon itrcf lit.
country. The thoughts of the citizens Of
the United States have not. for a third
G ernment and its futnreStheir government %lI ne
than at this very hour. They rallied to
went to war They have stood, and did
stand by the government, until the treaty
of peace was made That treaty of peace.
approved of by vote of congress, gave to
. lat this point the school children waved
their heir, flags, 1;,s;, and the president said!
geography. and that territory. my fellow
citizens. the president has no power II
he is not. The sovereignty of the United
States in the Philippines can not be given
belongs to the people; and so long as it
IS our territory. and SO long as our SOW
Of CONQUEST only, but BY right of solemn ia
treaty, the president of the United States
to nnd esSsh the and thaf Is
of the United States in those islands He
could not do less and perform his duty.
and our prayers are not only going out
to the boys in the trenches, but more
men and more means and more sinewS Of
war will follow the boys at the front.
At Manchester.
Manchester, Ia, Oct. 16.--The follow
inS address was made here by the
president by an enthusiastic crowd.
My -Citizens-We have had more
than 100 years of national existence. Those
years have been blessed ones for liberty
and civiizotion. No other peoples any
where in the globe have enjoyed such
prosperity, and have made such gigantic
progress as the people of the United
States. When the fathers established this
government, the population was only a
little more that million in excess of the
population of Iowa to-day. They started
with $500, 900. and you have 2.55O, 900 people
In your state.
Our lines indeed have fallen in pleasant
places
The ship of state has sailed on uninter-
rurtedly on it's mission of liberty; and
one thing that can be said of this nation,
from which we should all give thanksgiv-
Ing and praise. it never raised it's arm
against humanity, never struck a blow
against liberty. never struck blow eX-
cept for civilization and mankind. And
now that we are seventy-six millions of
peope, ] do not think we have lost our
vigor, vistue, our courage, our high pur-
posi-. or patriotism. We are just as strong
for country we ever were, and we are
just as determined to keep unsulied tho
American name as those who created as
Q nation.