Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-10-26
The President Makes Short Speeches
in His Home State.
THE LAST SPEECH At YOUNGSTOWN.
The President, Mrs. Mckinley and Miss
Barber Attend the Wedding of the
Presidents Nephew and Then
Leave for Pittsburgh.

ton awaited them. At $50 in the
afternoon the distinguished party left
for the east.
At Warren, O., the citizens turned out
in force in the afternoon to welcome the
party. Carriages carried the president
and his cabinet to speakers stand in
front Of the courthouse, on three sides
of which were massed the spectators,
where the president made brief
speech. In the front ranks were pub
lic school children.
At Niles, O., thousands of Mr.. Nc
Kinley's boyhood friends gathered at
the railway station to cheer him on his
journey back to Washington, after a
tour which covered over 5000 miles
through the west and northwest and
during which time the chief executive
of the nation delivered almost 100
speeches to thousands upon thousands
of enthusiastic citizens. Only three of
the cabinet members remained in the
party which appeared to bow acknowl-
edgments to the warm reception which
awaited them here. The president,
when the cheering had subsidized, spoke |
as follows:
fear will not be able to make myself heard |
by this great audience, 1t is to me matter of
extreme pleasure to be able after so many years
Of absence to come back to the old town In
which was born, and | need not tell you that
many cherished memories crowd my mind as
stand In this presence. The old frame school, |
house and the church have disappeared and in
their places splendid structures have been
builded up. This town has had Its ups and
its downs A voice, mot since you went In
though, no downs since them | am glad to
known that 1t is enjoying the upward rise at
this time, and that prosperity Is in your shops
and factories and happiness and contentment
in your homes. know my fellow-citizens,
that you will be certain Of the high apprecia- |
tion feel to have the school children Of my ma
tive town here In such vast numbers waving |
the flag we love. We never loved that flag as
we love 1t to-day. There never were so many
people devoted to It, willing to sacrifice life for
1t, as there are In the United States to-day.
And wherever that floats, raised by the soldiers
Of the United States, 1t represents just what 1t
represents here the highest privileges, the
broadest opportunity and the widest liberty TO
the people beneath 1T.
President McKinley's special train
arrived at Youngstown, o., at five
o'clock in the evening and the chief
executive delivered the last speech Of
his tour. The train was backed into a |
sidetrack and the president and his
cabinet went on to platform nearby
for tive-hour stop. Apparently every
body in town had crowded into the
two streets facing the platform and it
was with great difficulty that the pres
ident could make himself heard. 1t
was estimated that 10000 people were
crowded into the narrow space sur
rounding the speakers stand. As the
president proceeded they became quiet
err and enthusiastically cheered every
word Of his address. He spoke in part
as follows:
l have met you many times in the years gone
by in public discussions touching questions that
affect the interests and well-beng Of this COM
munity, l have been here when wild passions
moved over the community, but | never made
an appeal to the judgment Of the men Of this
city and county that was made in vain. We
have now before us some grave problems in
government, problems that command not only
| from the president, but from all the people,
steady and sober judgment; problems no ito be
settled by one party or another, but by oil the
| people; problems wider than party or section;
problems that are national and which this peo-
pie must settle and settle for right and Justice,
following the plain path Of duty.
| We are In the Philippines. Our flag is there.
| Our boys In blue are there. They are not there
for conquest They are not there for dominion.
They are not there for exploitation. They are
there because in the providence Of God, who
moves mysterlously that great archipelago has
been placed in the hands Of the American PEG.
pie. When Dewey sunk the ships In Manila, as
he was ordered to do, 1t was not to capture the
Philippines 1t was TO destroy the Spanish
feet, the fleet Of the nation against which we
we're waging war and we thought that the
soonest way to end that was to destroy the
power Of Spain to make any, so we sent Dewey
and the islands came to us. 1t was no RESPONSE
| bility we sought but 1t was responsibility put
| upon us. win the American people shrk 1t.
| [Cries Of mo, non Have the Ammerican peo-
Pile ever been known to run away from high
moral dutyS Repeated cries Of MOI Our
flag is there, not as the symbol Of oppression,
not as the token to tyranny, not as the emblem
of enslavement, but our flag Is there as our flag
is here, representing liberty, humanity and CIV
iizaton. There was no cloud in Deweys VIC
tory and there will be no doubt or hesitation
preserving it,
Having taken dinner aboard the
train the president, Mrs. Mckinley and
Miss Barber were driven to the resi-
dence of DR.. Deetrck. on North
Phelps street, to attend the wedding
of Miss Anna Viola Deetrick to DR..
William Mckinley Duncan, son Of
Andrew X. Duncan and nephew OF
President Mckinley. The parlors of
the Deetrick home were tastefully de-
corated with orchids and smilax. The
wedding ceremony was performed
shortly after eight o'clock, Rev. 5. R.
Frasier officiating. An hour latter the
president and his cabinet entered car.
riages and were driven to st. Colum,
bias hall, where public reception
was given, The president greeted
hundreds OF his boyhood friends with
hearty handshake and kind word.
The reception lasted until ten o'clock.
At that hour the party returned to the
train which left Immediately for Pitts.
burgh over the Pennsylvania lines
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Serious Accident in Brooklyn.
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