The Topeka state journal., 1901-05-01
TRAIN REPORTED LOST
Incidents of the Second Day Of the
Presidents Tour.


on schedule time the operator flashed
the news along the line Presidents s
train lost" The report even reached
the home Office in Washington For sew
eral minutes the wires flashed messages /
eraIminutes the wires flashed messages
coming alarmed over the Wherea bouts
of the president. Finally the train ap-
peared at Tuscumbia and the operator
reported it safe.
At Decatur President Mckinley said:
The attention of the people of the
south and the warmth of welcome have
been SO constant since we started from
the capital city yesterday morning, that
words seem poor indeed to express our
gratitude and appreciation We have
just cause to be proud of our country
It belongs to US all. We know no north.
no south, no east no west, but are an
Americans. No solid south and no solid
north save when solid for the flag and
the union. I have been glad to note as
I have Travelled through this section or
our beloved country the great progress
and prosperity everywhere evidenced.
This country has been signally blessed
We have everything. God has been good
to us. He has given to US a heritage
which awaits our development, which we
must not neglect, and it is our duty to
preserve this land to liberty forever ana
forever.
Il am sure you will be very glad to
meet the secretary Of state and other
members of the cabinet who are accom-
panying me on this journey and have
the pleasure of presenting to you Mr..
Hay whose name has been 50 conspicu-
OuSlX associated WIN the open 0COA &A
China for your products.
One Of the pretty incidents of the stop
at Decatur was the presentation on be-
half of the ladies of Decatur of a loving
cup and a basket of trout to Mrs. Nc
I<inley by Andrew and Miss Mary Frye
two of her old school friends at Canton.
Col. r. H. Adams, as personal repre-
sentative of Col. Sam Ford, who IS ILL.,
boarded the train here to escort. the
president to the Mississippi state line.
AtTuscumbia the crowd about the pres
ident's car was so dense that by Pres
i6ent McKiniey'S direction several or
the children who were in danger of be-
ing crushed were lifted over the rail to
the platform. Many of the old eonfed-
crate veterans fought for the honor OF
grasping the presidents hand.
As the president was about to begin
his remarks there were cries Put the
flags down. referring to the flags held
by children who were near the car, at
which the president exclaimed Never
lower that flag"
When the cheering had subsided, he
said
MY Fellow Citizens-I wish I had
words with which to express the feel
ings of my heart for@ this more than
kindly welcome on the part of the peo-
| pie of this city In all our travelling
through the south we have been
showered with kindness and we have
been made to feel every hour of the
day that if there ever was any doubt
in the past there is no doubt now that
we are one people, one in hope, in sent1-
ment, in purpose and undying devotion
to our country and its standard, and the
| government rests upon the people, for
they are sovereign; we are your agents,
the president and the congress are but
] the representatives of the public WILL
| and so long as the people are united, so
4 long as their homes are virtuOus, so
/ long as the public schools of our cOun-
try continue to educate the children in
| the paths of loyalty and intelligence
and morality, so long will this great
government rest securely and advance
| triumphantly to it's highest destiny"
1 (Great applause.)
The president then introduced Secre-
tary Wilson who spoke Of the agr1cul-
/ tural progress of the state. He aroused
great enthusiasm when he spoke of the
fact that two years ago when the cotton
| crop was short and it was worth mil
| lions, we people of the south wanted to
know it; the administration notified the
! people and the foreign speculator did
not get the millions, but you did.
FIRST STOP IN MISSISSIPPI
Corinth, Miss, May 1.-At COrinth.
where Grant routed Forest, a tattered
old confederate flag with a star below
/ the stripe was the feature of the decor
ations. Here a handsome floral piece
! was presented the president.
4 The president spoke as follows:
This is our first stop in the state of
| Mississippi and I assure you that of the
| many cordial receptions we have had
| upon our journey none has been warmer
than that which you give in your inter
esting and progressive city.
II am glad to be this historic
ground. Your battle fields about you at
test the courage and valor and heroism
| of the American soldier on both sides of
the line. There is but one side, happily,
now, and we are all together on that
side. The valor and the heroism of the
men of the south and the men of the
| north have within the past three years
| been shown in Cuba, in Porto Rico, in
the Philippines and in China; and when
we are all on one side we are uncon-
| querable. (Applause). But peace has
/ here triumphed no less than war, and 1t
| is the triumphs of peace that the Amer
| lean people are striving for today We
| do not want any war We are not a
| pirate power; we are peace power; we
/ love peace better than war and our
| swords never should be drawn except in
a righteous cause, and then never until
every effort at peace and arbitration
shall be exhausted.
Il congratulate you, my fellow citi-
zenS, upon the prosperity of the coun-
try. We never were so well off as we
are today. We never had SO many hap
py homes. We never had such high
/ credit, so much money, so much buSi-
ness as we have in the United States
in the year 1901, and it is our business
your business, for the public official is
but the servant of the people it is
your business as well as mine to see to
IL that Oil AAAANoNA Acbt po-4t1 SAc1lA DC RAt-
sued in the United States that shall
open up the widest markets in every
part Of the world for the products of
American soil and the American manu-
facturer We can now supply our own
markets. We have reached that point
in our industrial development and in or
der to secure a sale for our surplus pro-
ducts we must open new avenues for our
surplus. I am sure that in that senti-
ment there viii be no division. north or
south Our products are now going to
every part Of the world, from the north
as well as the south, because what we
produce is wanted Great applause).
II am very sure that you viii be pleas
ed to meet and greet the members Of my
l cabinet who are with me and it gives