The age-herald., 1901-05-07
.M'KINLEY MAKES
 MORE SPEECHES Says Fl PaSo is Destined to be
 a Great City THE GATEWAY TO MEXICO Leaving Texas, the Presidential Train Speeds Into New Mexico, and MT. Mckinley Addressed a
 Large Crowd at Demlng.
THE GATEWAY TO MEXICO

Fl Paso, Tex. May 6.-The American and Mexican flags were intertwined in the decorations of the plaza where the official meeting of President Mckinley and his Cabinet tooh place this morn- ing
 The presence on the stand of General Hernandez as a personal representative of President Diaz, and the Governor of the State of Chihuhua, gave an interna- tional significance to the event. There were thousands of Mexcans in the vast concourse of people to whom the Presi- dent spoke, and their enthusiasm was al- most as great as that of the Ameri- cans.
 General Hernandez addressed the Presi- dent on behalf of his President, extend Ing the latter's congratulations and Presi- dent Mckinley in his response paid high tribute to the President of the Mexi- can Republic and charged his emissary to convey to his chief his warm regard and personal esteem with his best wishes for the continued prosperity of our sister Republic.
 The President said
 "Mr. Mayor, General Hernandez, Cover
 nor Ahumada, and My Fellow Citizens:
 "For the hospitality of the people of Fl Paso, which has been as delicate and considerate as 1t has been sumptuous, I beg to return my most sincere thanks. I am glad to be In this cosmopolitan city. I am glad to know that assembled here within our gates are the men of all races, all nationalties and all creeds, but under one flag, the glorious Stars and Stripes acknowledging allegiance to no other gov ernment but the United States of America and giving willing sacrifice at any time the country may call for the honor of our nation and the glory of our republic.
 'I am glad to know that this city be- lieves in expansion. That 1t has been doing a great deal of it itself in the last four years; that 1t has more than doubled its population in the last half of the pres ent decade and gives promise of still greater advancement and prosperity inN the decade now at hand.
 A Great Gateway.
 This Is the gateway to the Mexican Republic, and I want in this connection to express my great satisfaction with the cordial salutationS rendered to me by that great and distinguished President of our sister Republic, President Diaz. l thank his representative for the cordial words with which he has presented the feeling of respect and regard of his illus trious President to the government of the United States, and beg that he will con vey to his President the warm regards and the personal esteem which I have for his chief magistrate, which Is shared by the whole American people and my wish for still further prosperity and ad- tFra raeao II fail also to recognize the cordial welcome which has been given to me by the Gov ernor of the neighboring State of the Mexican Republic. l cannot go over there, but they can come here. We bid them welcome with open hearts. I can look over there but there is something in the traditions of this Republic, some thing in it's precedents that does not per init the President to go outside of the United States during his term of office But as we do not hold office all the time, we will have an opportunity in the future to visit. My fellow citizens, if there is any doubt that we are not a united peo- pie you should have taken my trip and | am sure this would dispel any doubt There never was such unity in the United States as there Is at this hour.
 Nation Should Be Proud.
 There never was so much for a nation of 75,oo0, 900 people to be proud of as at this hour. We have sent our army and our navy to distant seas and they have only added glory to our flag. They have brought no shame upon the American name. We sent them to China to rescue our beleagured representatives, and they did the work, and did it magnificently with the approval of the civilized world But 1t Is not in the art of war that we take our greatest pride. Our pride is in the arts of peace, in material and intel lectual development, in the growth of our country, in the advancement of our peo- pie in civilization, in the arts, in the sciences and in manufactures. We want to settle our differences if we ever have any with any of the powers of the world by arbitration. We want to exhaust every peaceable means for settlement before we go to war. And while we have authority to raise hundred thousand troops, the necessity does not exist for that number and we do not propose to raise but 75.- 0Od So do not be alarmed about mlltarism or imperialism. We know no imperialism In the United States except the imperial ism of sovereign people
 , Having said this much. I only want to again express my pleasure which all of us feel at having been received so cor dially and hospitably by these people and to thank you for having given us on Sunday as quiet and resposeful a time as though we had spent 1t at our homes"
 Members of the cabinet also spoke.
 At the conclusion of the addresses of the party, including the Mexican officials the party went for drive The President expressed a desire to take a look over into Mexico, and was driven down to the international bridge. There at the office of the American customs offices he alight-- ed and chatted for some time with those around him. The old church at Guada- loupe. over 300 years old. the Spanish prison and other interesting buildings in J.uorez were pointed out to him. From the bridge he could plainly see the Sierre Madre Mountains. sixty miles to the southwark. President Harrison, in 1S91 went half way across the bridge, but President Mckinley did not so much as set foot upon the structure. On the way back to the city the party stopped and cheered the Mexican consulate.
 New Mexico Desires Statehood.
 Deming, N. M. May 6.-Shortly after leaving El Paso the Mckinley train crossed the line into New Mexico. and ran through the grazing section of the II