Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-12
TALKS IN MINNESOTA.
Efforts for Peace at The Hague Com
fcrcnce-Teii. OF united states
Territorial Acquisition.

Minneapolis MINI. oct, il-Prcaldrnt
Mckinley and party drrlvcd lu this city
at II o'clock today. An Immense crowd
had assembled at the depot. ~ the
chief Executive emerged from the train
tremendous cheering began and was
taken up By the waiting crowds and
carried down the line 10y blocks Car
rlnHcs conveyed the President and cab
mot 10 the home OF Thomas =. Lowcty
where luncheon was served. Meanwhile
the trains bearing home che Thirteenth
Minncaotn volunteers from tho Philip
pines arrived. The reHiu, NJ formed In
line ut the head % Nlduilet nvrnue.
Carriages bearing President Mckinley
and his cabinet took positions ut the
head u the column.
THE procession moved shortly after
o'clock. passing along Nicollut avenue
tu the center OF the city, AZ Tenth
street the President entered the review
ing stand ana the Philippine veterans
passed before him.
A. the rear guard passed the rcvicw-
lnr stand, the President drove 10 the
exposition building where was spread "a
feast for the volunteers.
Al the conclusion of the banquet
President Mckinley was introduced BY
President cyrus Northrup OF the Unit
ycfslty NJ Minnoso9
The President said.
'rhe century now drawing to close
has been most memorable In the worlds
progress and history The march of
mankind iu moral and intellectual adj
yancemeut has been onward and up
ward. The growth OF the worlds MAJ
tcrlul Interests II 20 vast that the ng-
urrH would almost seem 20 be drawn
from the realm OF Imagination rather
than from tho field ~ fact Al puo-
pies have felt the clevnung influences
of the century. Humanity ana home
have been liftrd up. Nations have been
drawn closer together la feeling, and
Interest. and sentiment The contact
has removed and prcludices 40 home
and abroad and brought about "a better
understanding which has destroyed en-
nifty ana promoted nmiiy. Civilization
has achieved great victories and TO the
gospel vi good viii there are now few
dlssentrra, The great powers under
the inspiration OF the car Of Russia
have been sitting together In parlia-
mcnt OF peace seeking 10 Ind q COM
mon basis for the adjustment Of cons
troveralcs without war and waste.
while they have not made war impossl-
BILE they made peace more probable. and
have emphasized the universal love OF
peace They have made "a gain for
| the worlds rupOHc, ana Americans,
while rejoicing IN what was accomplish
| ed, rejoice also for their participation
We trust, 10 more perfect fulhllment.
| "rhe century has blessed US az "a
nation. while u has not given IA per-
| feet peace II has brought us constant
and ever Increasing blessings, and Inn
poses upon us no humiliation or dis
/ honor. We have had wars with foreign
/ powers and the unhappy one at home
| but an terminated In no loss OF pres
tlge or honor or territory, but gain In
all.
| ded yantly TO our strength and prosper
| ity without changing our republican
| character. II has given wider scope
| TO democratic principles and enlarged
the area for republican institutions,
] II eomatlmsa think we do not realize
what we have and the mighty trust We
| have committed 20 our keeping, The
stud OF geography and history aavc
/ now more than "a passing Interest to
| the American people II ia worth read q.
| Ing that when the Federal Union was
| formed we held 0091G square miles
| of territory and In less than one hum
| drcd years We have grown 20 36i5. 5i3
square miles,
''The nr.t acquisition, In 1909. known
| as the Louisiana purchase, embraced
| sS9.O1a square miles, exclusive OF the
area west Of the Rocky Mountains. Its
ynntncss and value VIII be best under
| atood when 4 say u comprises the on
| tire States Of Arkansas. Missouri. Iowa.
| Nebraska. North and South Dakota and
| parta OF tho States ~ Minnesota. Kan
! ana Colorado. Montana, WNomlnr.
| Louisiana. an ~ the Indian Territory ~
| and mart Of oklahoma. II would 1eem
! almost incredible 20 the present gene
Grafton that this rich addition to the
federal domain should have been on
| posed. and yet n was resisted la every
| form and by every Kind OF assault. The
coded territory was characterized as "a
'malarinl swamp lie prHirles destitute
uf trees or vegetation. II was common
| iy charged that We had been cheated by
! giving si5.O00000 for a territory ~
worthless ana pestilentihl that 10 could
Il was also Ernvely asserted tnat the
purchase would lead 70 complications