Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1899-10-19
M'KINLEY AT FARGO
President nleyAddreSSeS
A Big Crowd of North
DakOtanS.
Tells How Proud He is of The
II North Dakota VOlun-
toerS.
Saws Slxty-fiVe Thousand Sol
diers Will be Sent to Civil
hze FilipinOS.

klZo I'k>'AsO
4 Senator Hansbrough introduced the
president at Fargo to a large crowd, IN
neat speech The senator said:
"ln all this vast assembly there is not
q single 'imperalist' but they are all ex-
pansionists. There is today no less love
of country and no less veneration for
the established institutions of our gov
ernment than there was at the beginning
of the Spanish war; indeed thereis more.
Our people are for peace at any price ex.
cept at the cost of dishonor, and they
are ready to make any sacrifice neces.
sary to keep the flag afioat wherever 1t
has been unfurled."
! The president stepped forward and
said: The last Is months have borne
Impressive testimony OF the patriotism
of the American people. The call for
100000 troops wac promptly responded
to by the people of the United States
without respect to party or creed or
6eCLlON or n6JlOnAllGy.
The alacrity of enlistment and the
celebrity of execution has few If any p.r'
parallels IN the military annals Of the
world.
We did not get to work until every
effort at peace was exhausted and when
word came, we all thought the sooner
it was ended the better for all concern
ed.
Ihave come here tonight. travelling
lone distances that l might meet the
people of this new and growing state, a
state that had the honor, as member
Of the national bouse Of represeD tativee
to vote to admit as state into the ma.
tionsl family.
From the crowd-"Youa are not asham-
ed Of it. are you?'
"On the contrary, I am proud OF the
state" continued the president amid the
widest cheers, land prouder than ever
for the vote gave for her admission. =
came, also to speak to the patriotism
of the state Of North Dakota, not only
to the patriotism OF the men who served
in the Philippines, but to the patriot
lem of those other brave soldiers Of your
state. who less fortunate than the Man
ia volunteers, were not able to see fight.
ing service in the field. They did their
duty as you did yours, sll the volunteers
throughout the United States, all OF
them agreed to go to the front and do
battle with the enemy like you who have
won the lasting gratitude Of the Ameri-
can people.
come especially that I might look
into the faces OF the North Dakota vol.
unteers, the two battalions who saw ser
vice on the battle line in Luzon; came
that I might speak to them, to welcome
and Say we'll done, you did your duty
and you filled NY heart with Joy when
the volunteers and regul.rs OF the
eighth army corps sent me word as pres
ident that you would remain on the bat
tie line in Luzon until could create 9
new army to take its place.
You refused to beat retreat or strike
your colors in the presence OF the enemy.
When the mother wanted you IT, come
home you said: I'VE will stay and keep
the flag stainless 10 the presence OF the
enemy" and my fellow citizens, no SOL
diers OF ANY army have had more de-
licate or trying duty. This army. in
which the brave men OF your state de.
parted, remained 10 Luzon and awsited
first, for the treaty of peace which was
being prepared in Paris, then waited for
the ratification by the senate Of the
United States, and then waited until
the exchange OF ratiicatioDs between the
Upited States and Spain; waited
through all that long period accepting
the insolence OF the insurgents with dig
nifty, because they were ordered by the
executive Of the nation that they must
not strike a blow until the treaty Of
peace except 10 defense. say they bore
the insolence OF the insurgents with q
patience sublime We never dreamed
that the little body Of insurgents whom
We had Just emanc,psted from oppres.
sion. we never for moment believed
that they would turn upon the dag that
had sheltered them against Spain
flag.
And 90 our soldier boye, they simply
bore the insolenoe of that little band OF
insurgents, and then it was that the in
sureent leader ordered sn attack upon
our forces.
1 always thought the boys were quite
ready for it. But want to give them
the credit due them and say here, in