Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-14

wal AhtH VI my BIttlluB lutht bub biiiN AHi
surpasses anything that has gone before,
and no reception great as 1t on our long
journey has been more beautiful and i'm
pressive than yours is today
Il am glad to note your progress and
your prosperity. I have been glad to note
the difference between your condition when
I was last here and your condition now. The
country is altogether too busy with active
industry and thriving commerce to listen
any longer to the prophet of evil. We are
engaged now in looking after ourselves and
in taking care of ourselves and we have
discovered that the best craftsmanship for
America is that statesmanship which looks
to the highest interest of American labor
and the highest development OF American
resources.
II have come this morning that l may say
TO you that the people of this country are
not only prosperous, but they are patriotic
No state in the union was more prompt to
answer the call Of the country than your
state. The whole union, north and SOUTH
quickly responded to the call of arms and
when peace came were as quick TO enter the
paths OF peace. ! thank you most heartily;
thank the school girls ana the school boys.
l thank you all for this splendid demonstra-
tion. not to me. not to the president of the
United States, but to the states and the peo-
ple"
Secretary of the Treasury Gage was in
| troduced, but did not speak.
| The train departed for Duluth.
Arrival Mt Duluth.
! DULUTH, Mimi, Oct 13.-A noisy well
come was given the presidential party on
| its arrival in this city at 1O:40 o'clock this
morning. Hundreds of tug boats and grain
steamers anchored under the bridge across
the St. Louis river blew their screaming
sirens as the special train passed overhead.
An escort committee of prominent citi-
| zens headed by Mayor Truelsen and Con-
gresham Page Morris, had boarded the
train at West Superior. Entering carriages
at the Great Northern depot the presidential
party, consisting of President Mckinley and
| Mrs. Mckinley. Miss Mary Barber, Secretary
Long, Secretary Gage, Secretary Hitchcock
Attorney General Griggs, Secretary Cor
telyou, and wives of the cabinet members
was driven through blocks OF cheering hu-
manity to the High school building, escorted
by battalion of the Third Minnesota volun-
| teers.
The remarks of the president and several
members of the cabinet were brief.
The president spoke Of the advantages of
education and romplimented the city on its
facilities in that direction.
while you have an opportunity" he said
to the school children. draw from this
fountain of learning. Fill your little minds
with useful knowledge. Side by side with
education must be character. 1t is just as
easy to get into the habit Of doing good
as 1t is to get into the habit OF doing bad.
With education every avenue of honor, every
avenue Of fame, is open to all of you
The party left at 1880 o'clock for Fargo
Greeting nt Brainerd.
| BRAINERD, Mimi, Oct. 13.-President
McKinley's train passed through this city
at $3.50 p. m. A large crowd had assembled
at the depot, including school children to
the number of several hundred. President
Mckinley spoke briefly. The president said
in part; r.
| "Our government emanates from the peo-
pie, all power comes from the people and
all public officers must bear their commits
sion from the people as administrators OF
public affairs. Back of the government /;
, the home, the ideal government after all
, the family bound together by ties of com.
mon interest and affection, the American
home the school house for the education o.
, , American boys and girls in the duties o.
citizenship and from this home which lies
at the foundation of our public institution!
do governments draw their virtue and in.
tegrity. 1t is from the homes and thu
g schools that the brave boys went out from
a Minnesota in the civil war, and again il
4 the Spanish war, responding with an alac
r rity unprecedented to the call OF the countr.
= TO fight its battles and uphold its honor
y Let me say just one other thing: Whereve
i our flag goes there go our education ant
e our civilization. tremendous applause).
n Indians Greet "Great Father"
AITKlN, Mimi, Oct. 13.-A small but en-
thusiastic crowd gathered here TO greet th
u presidential party this afternoon. Conspicu
u ously perched on n fence beside the presi
= dents car was a party of Chippewa Indian
. anxious to get glimpse of "The Grea
Father" President Mckinley said
y Il esteem it very great honor to NEE
: the people of the country, whom by thci
& suffrages am permitted to serve our coun
IL try What you all want, no matter wha
II may be your party alignments, what yo
! want for your country is the greatest goo
c for the greatest number. ! assure you tina
l have but one aim in my heart, only one
:, and that Is to serve you faithfully and hel
u to maintain the honor and integrity of tn
II government which dispenses the blessing
II OF free institutions to all the peopl