The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-24

SAN FRANCISCO, May 24--In an
ticipation of his long journey home
ward, On which he viii probably start
With Mrs. Mckinley and the men,
bers of the Cabinet tomorrow, the Pres
ident did not undertake to carry out
E very long public programme today.
He took breakfast at 5 o'clock at the
home Of his niece, Mrs George Z.
Morse, and then returned to the Scott
residence he prepared Immediately
after lunch to cross the bay on the rev
enUe cutter Golden Gate and visit the
rity Of Oakland His engagement there
Is to review the 25.0O0 or 3O,009 school
children Of the place When he has car
Fied out this engagement. the President
viii have met every orEa nization which
had arranged a programme in his hon
or last week, although the meetings
have not been as elaborate or as long
rs they would have been in most cases,
had not the original programme been
modified by the illness OF Mrs. Mchin-
ley
The question Of Mrs. McKinley's abiI-
Ity to endure the journey to Washing
ton at this time VIII be considered at
conference Of her physicians to be held
at noon today. 1t has been given out
that the Presidential party would start
home on Saturday morning at 10
O'Clock, but there is a possibility that
the physicians today viii decide that
their patient ought not TO begin the
long journey before next week In that
event, there viii be a postponement Of
the start
The President viii not leave the train
on the way home it is announced. The
people OF Stockton have arranged, how
ever, TO have him address them from
the rear platform Of his car as the spe-
cial train passes through on the way to
Ogden The President found it difficult
10 resist the continued requests from
Stockton
As a rule, there will be little speech
making on the way To Washington. If
the Presidents present intention is car
Tied out, he VIII reach the Capital as
soon as possible. The Two trained
nurses who have been caring for Mrs.
Mckinley during her illness win ac-
company her to Washington.
The Presidents speech TO the vet
erans Of the Grand Army of the Re
public. delivered in Pioneer Hall last
night, was enthusiastically received.
Mr.. Mckinley said in part:
The Grand Army OF the Republic has
had a great career and has written i'm
mortal history You and your associates
who answered the cali of Abraham Lin
coin have accomplished great deeds for
humanity You made this Government a
nation. You yIndiCated the principles of
Government By the people and made the
Declaration "
nearly thTee-quarters Of century had
been only 2 promise. q glorious fulfill
ment You established the fact that free
government was not q failure or an eX-
pertinent, but had demonstrated its fitness
70 be numbered among the great nations
Of thC world You made liberty universal
on put the Constitution OF the United
States where II never had been before
and where, under God, II shall stand for
ever with civil and political equality to
every citizen beneath the flag And my
comrades, what noble manhood made up
ll-at sfltiiulu ~ ~, aLLIE- Ne are IN tIle hdplt
OF saying that mustered for the preserva-
ton Of the Union was the best blood Of
the Republic and it Is true We had from
every state and Territory Of the Union
the brightest and the best the old and the
young and those in middle life: those who
gave Up cverything-hOme. family. COM
tcrtY wealth, great careers in civil life
al were given up that they might have
for themselves and their children the
freeSt government on earth Mr. Lincoln
saic IN lS12 that there was not regiment
IN the service that did not have in Il men
capable OF being Cabinet ministers. of be
ing members OF the Supreme Court Of the
United States, and Of filling the Office Of
Chief Executive And the Grand Army
CT the Republic has the exceptiOnaI dis
tinction Of furnishing from its ranks five
men TO serve as Presidents Of the United
states. They served with you. fought
with you. suffered with you, and with you
shared in the triumDhs of the war.
There is another thing the Grand Army
Of the Republic has done II contributed
from its own firesides for the Spanish
IL themselves but II they did not go their
sons did And ] want to tell you the
hoy who lives in a family over which a
Grand Army man 9resides is sure to be
an American patriot And those boys
went and fought battles in Cuba in Porto
Rico. IN the Philippines, and in China
and did honor 70 their country and to
every old soldier Of the war Of 1851
Was there ever more manly behavior
on the part Of an army than was shown
by ours In these distant lSiaHdS ana later
IN China2 When the word came that ( UT
Ambassadors and Ministers and those Of
all the Powers were IN siege and were be-
ing attacked and the Government vas
unable to protect them and whou it Vas
said, and in many quarters believed that
the lives of every one Of them had been
taken, II was an American olItceF NEC
said We viii go % Fekt1 with the men
We have got and wait no longer for re-
eufOrcemeEts And all The -rea- It.WerS
went and the day was saved. and Il was
given 20 a young American lad To scale
The walls of Pekin- and I don't know but
pretty much everything
But, my couEUTymen. we are not q
EHiiitaTy people We don't like war We
fize peace and we have been pursuing
peace with a little war thrown in, for
while we are lighting the battles over in
the Philippines, our great captains Of in
dusUry. our great manufacturers and our
producers were in the city Of Paris AT the
great international exposition making
more exhibits than any ether nation eX-
cept France and receiving more prizes for
their skill than were awarded 10 any
other Power That = one Of the victories
Of peace that we are glad TO record We
only 90 10 war 20 make peace. We never
went 20 war with any other design We
never went % war with iguohle purpose
and we never fought battles that were
not for liberty and civilization and hui
Tnanity, and J trust we never VIII; we
carry the national conscience with Us
wherever W. go We respect property
and we show the hi1hest humanity It
vas that gallant Capt. Robley Evans who
told the BOYS 10 stop firing. that men were
drowning. 10 get out and pick them up
end hundreds there were brought in safe
T. 10 MS ship
Now, my comrades, I am sure you Will
excuse me- from saving anything more
than 10 thank YOU for the privilege you
have given me OF meeting You here to-
night and telling YOU how much good Il
does me 70 look into your faces again. tG
feel your hearts stil throb with patriot
ism and TO say TO you that the most in
teTesting years. whose memories viii
longest be cherished are those from lsGl
To 1850 And all we have got to do is 70
give our loyal support 10 the Government