Mrs. McKinley the Guest
of Honor at a Unique
¦ Breakfast at Juarez;
President Diaz Thanked
for Message in Speech
in El Paso Plaza.
Pride of Americans Is in
the Arts of Peace and
Not in War.
PRESIDENT M cKINLEY DECLARES THAT THERE IS NO IMPERIALISM
BUT THAT OF SOVEREIGN OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
CHARACTERISTIC iSCEN.BS.JIN CITIES OF THE SOUTHliAND-IN THEPRBSiD^TfS ITINERARvi
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having been received so cordially and hospitably
by : this people "and to thank, you for having
given us . on Sunday: aa quiet and reposeful a
time as though we had spent it at our home*.
(Long continued applause.)
. Members of the Cabinet also spoke. At
;-* Having.sald.this much," I only want to again
Express .the pleasure which all of us "feel at
do", not propose to raise" but : se'venty-flve thou
sand.?-. (Great applause.) 1 - :•'«"-. #^-.-
So.^don't be afarmed about; militarism or > im
perialism... ' = We ficnow: no : imperialism- in ,the
United States thV. imperialism" of a. sov
ereign people.. (Continued great applaus~e.)>~'
sciences and in manufactures— this is the great
>ride of .the, American; population. . (Applause.)
' we ! are • on the ;. border : line : between '. the
United" States' and 'another great .and
)'ri : thls -'side ¦' of the line ; ,we ;. have -thirty-five
Vmerican ; soldiers "and. on that side of ,the "! line
here ; are : less than ' a' hundred > and r fifty Merl
in soldiers-nab' that.we^are-'dwelling in' peace
and amity," and causing! "peace ' on earth . and
good.wllUto men.". We want to settle ouryiif-.
ferences,'; if; we ever have ' any ¦ with any of the
powers of : the world, by ¦ arbitration! •- We want
to exhaust every, peaceful means for. settlement
before",we'go to.war,\and, while we have author-'
Ity-to raise a' hundred 'thousand troops" the !ne-;
cessity does ' not' exist ¦ for that number,- and 'we
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Governor of the neighboring State oC the Mex
ican Government. ¦ I 'cannot go over there, ' but
they can come here,' and we bid. them welcome
with open hearts! ;"'-• 1 can look over ; their coun
try, (lailghter/ but there is something in the
traditions ;' of this \ republic, j something' In i its
precedents that does not permit the President, to
go outside the United" States during his term of
office. -But as we : do -not' hold office all' the
time (laughter) we will have an opportunity. of
going there in. the future.. ¦'. : .';'»:.'
My ; fellow citizens,' if there was ever/ any *
doubt about ours being a united" people. If you ;
could have traveled. with. me twenty-eight hun- ;
dred 'miles from ; the Capltoi at Washington to '¦
the ' city cf 'El Paso,' that doubt would have
been completely dispelled. ' ; (Applause.) . There
never was such unity in the United States as
there Is at 'this hour. ... (Applause.) 'There never
was so much for a nation of 75,000,000 people to
be proud of as at. this hour. } (Applause.) .We:
have sent our army and navy to distant lands'
and they, have added glory to our flag.-: (Great
applause.) They; have brought no shame upon
the American name. . We sent them to China to
rescue - ourl : beleaguered representatives, and
they did the. work and. did it magnificently with .
the approval of the civilized world. « (Continued :
applause.)'. .-':,* -. : . •
Not a Warlike : People.
But it is not In; the. art "of war that we take
our greatest pride. -.'-We 1 are not 'a warlike 'peo
ple. We are not a military people! We' never
go to war unless we have to make peace. '(Great
applause.) Our pride is in the arts "of peace, 1 ? In
material and intellectual "'development, Jri^ the
growth of our country.yin the advancement of
our people In civilization. ; In the" arts.* in'; the
applause), acknowledging allegiance to no other
Government but Jhe United States of America
and giving willing sacrifice at any time the
country may call for the honor of our nation
and the dory of our republic.
I am glad to know that this city believes in
expansion (great applause) ; that . it has been
doing a great deal of it itself in the last four
years; that It has more than doubled its popu
lation in. the last half of the present decade
and given promise of still greater advance
ment and prosperity in the decade now at hand.
(Applause.) You have here, my fellow citizens,
the true national spirit, the spirit of enterprise,
of development, of progress, of building the
structure of liberty and free government on the
broad and deep foundations of intelligence, vir
tue, morality and religion.
Thanks President Diaz.
This is the gateway to the Mexican republic,"
and I want in this connection to express ! my
great satisfaction with the cordial salutations
tendered me by the great and distinguished
President of our sister republic. President Diaz.
(Enthusiastic applause and cries of "Bravo!")
I 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. (Ap
plause.) And I beg that he will convey to his
President the warm regards and the personal
esteem which I have for his chief magistrate,
which is shared by the whole American popula
tion (applause), and my wish for still further
prosperity and advancement among his popu
lation. (Applause and cries of "Bravo!") ¦•
I . cannot fail - to also recognize : the . cordial
welcome that has been extended to me by the
By C. C. CARLTON,
Special Correspondoat of The Call.
EL PASO. Tex.. May 6.— The Pres
idential train left El Paso at 1
o'clock this afternoon. The first
stop to-morrow will be at Phoe
nix, Ariz. The features of to
day's entertainment of the
President and his party were a parade and
public sneaking in El Paso and a break
fast given in Juarez, Mexico; in honor of
Mrs. McKinley.
Early this morning El Paso's streets
and plazas were filled to overflowing with
people from both sides of the Rio Grande.
Delegations from Old Mexico played an
important part in the entertainment.
There were in the parade not only the
distinguished citizens of the neighboring
republic sent here by President Diaz, but
there were three or four companies of
marching: Mexicans and .three Mexican
bands of music. From a spectacular point
of view the parade was the most Interest
ing in the President's Jour
ney. There were companies of Federal
and Confederate veterans, lodges of
benevolent and fraternal societies, a long
line of carriages containing distinguished
.'guests from Mexico, platoons of police
and the El Paso fire department. A num
ber of El Paso young .men were "dressed
as Indian braves and rode their horses in
Indian file.
School Children in Parade.
Following them was the most beautiful
part of the parade. Twelve hundred school
children In columns of fours marched be
hind a band of music. In the 'lead were
the kindergarten classes, about 150 in
number and dressed alike. Each one car
ried an American flag and kept it waving
throughout the parade.
Mrs. SIcKinley viewed the parade from
a carriage.
The President addressed, a large crowd
near the principal plaza of the town. He
said: "':"•?
Mr. Mayor. General Hernandez, Governor
Ahumada and my Kcllow Citizens: For the hos
pitality of the people of K! Paso, which has
Wen as delicate and considerate as it has been
tumptuous, I beg to return my most rincere
thanke- I am glad to be in this cosmopolitan
dtj-. I am glad to know that assembled here
within your gates are the men of all races, all
nationalities and all creeds, but under one flag,
the irlorlou* Stars and Stripes (enthusiastic
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