The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-05-10
MUTUAL GREETING
President Mckinley Receives the
Mexican Representatives
MAKES A PATRIOTIC SPEECH
American and Mexican Flags Were
Entertained in the Decorations OF
the Plaza When the Official Meeting
Took Place.

El Paso, Tex, May 7.-American
and Mexican flags were intertwined in
the decorations OF the plaza where the
official meeting of President McKin.
ley and his cabinet took place yester'
day morning. The presence on the
stand of Gen. Hernandez, personal
representative of President Diaz and
the governor of the state of Chiahau
hua, gave an international significance
to the event. There were thousands
of MeXicans in the vast concourse OF
people TO whom the president spoke
and their enthusiasm was almost as
wild as that of the Americans.
Gen. Hernandez addressed the pTesi
dent on behalf OF his president, extend
ing the latter's congratulations, and
President Mckinley, in response, said
in part:
This is the gateway to the Mexican
republic, and l want in this connec
ton to express my great satisfaction
with the cordial salutations rendered
to me by that great and distinguished
president of our sister republic, Presi.
denl DiaZ. thank his representative
for the cordial words with which he
has presented the feeling of respect
and regard of his illustrious president
to the government of the United
States, and | beg that he will convey
to him the warm and personal esteem
that | have for his chief, which is
shared by the whole American people
And my wish for still further prosper
ity and advancement among his PEG
pie.
II cannot fail also to recognize the
cordial welcome which has been given
to me by the governor of the neigh.
boring state of the Mexican republic
/ cannot go over there, but they can
come here, and we bid them welcome
with open hearts. | can look over
there Qaunghter), but there is some.
thing in the traditions of this repub.
lie, something in its precedentS that
does not permit the president to &c
outside of the United States during
his term or office. (Applause.) But
as we do not hold office all the time
here Qaughter), we will have an op'
portunity of going there in the future
I'VE 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 &c
China to rescue our beleaguered repre-
sentatives, and they did the work and
did it magnificently. But it is not in
the art of war that we take our great
est pride. We are not a warlike PEG
pie. Our pride is in the arts of peace
Here we are on the border line be
tween the United States and a great
republic, and on this side of the line
we have 80 American soldiers, and on
that side of the line there are less
than $50 Mexican soldiers. So that
we are dwelling in peace and amity
causing peace on earth and good will
toward men, Great applause) 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 fol
settlement before we go to war, and
while we have authority to raise 100,
600 troops the necessity does not eX
list for that number, and we do not
propose to raise but $4,000. So don't
be alarmed about militarism or i'm
perialism. We know no Imperialism
in the United States except the i'm
perialism of a sovereign people"
Deming, n. NJ, May Shorty af
ter leaving Ell Paso the train passed
the line into New Mexico and ran
through the grazing section Of the ter.
ritory. 1t was a hot and dusty ride
The first stop in the territory was
made at Deming, where the president
was welcomed by Gov. Otero and his
staff There was a big crowd and a
band at the station, and the president
was given warm greeting.
W. NJ. Berger, president of the New
Mexico Press association, had met the
party at FL Paso and accompanied the
train across the territory. The address
of welcome at Deming was largely de-
voted to New Mexico's claim for state
hood. A broad banner above the train
read:
Mex Mexico demands statehood"
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