Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-11-14
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WESTERN NEWS.
GENERAL GRANT ~ CHICAGO.

GENERAL GRANT ~ CHICAGO.
CmcAGo. Nov. 12.-The train from Galena
| bearing Gen. Grant arrived at 10 O'Clock.
Rain was falling heavily but in few minutes
the clouds lifted and the sun shone brightly.
Gen. Grant alightcd taking seat in car
riagc and the procession at once moved. 1t
included Gen. Sheridan and staff, Gen. Tor
renee and staff and numerous military organ
izatiOns carriage containing Gen. Grant
escorted by the society of the army of
Tennessee, carriage containing Gen. Sher-
man and Gov. CullOm, carriages containing
distinguished guests and manned and Grip
pied soldiers the society of the army of the
Cumberland, the society Of the army of the
Potomac, veteran organizations, Mexican
veterans grand army Of the republic, Gen.
Wallace and staff, old settlers, carriages con-
tanning city and county officials and various
civic organizations. The streets along the
line of march were profusely decorated with
emblems of welcome and congratulations.
The newspaper offices were generally adorn-
ed with flags, bunting and evcrgreens. Gen.
Grant left the procession at the Palmer
House and reviewed it from the balcony.
1t required over two hours to pass a given
point There was dense and appreciative
crowd along the whole line of march which
gave the loudcst applause to Grant, Shcr-
man and Sheridan. After the review Grant
was formally welcomed by Mayor Harrison
in the rOtunda Of the Palmer House. After
abiding to Grants reception abroad, the
mayor said: Sir, you have served your
country nobly and the country has hOnored
you grandly. Like the immortal Washing
ton you rose from the lower walks of life,
passed through all the military grades until
you commanded its victorious armies Like
him YOU filled the office of president two
long terms, and when two terms were over
you were offered the crown hut preferred
Immortality and fame to temporary power.
He returned to private life and lives in the
hearts of his people, and all time will call
him his conntry's father. You, too,
sir, when your two terms were over,
hOnOred that part Of your country's unwrit-
ten traditions hallowed by the immortal ex-
ample of Washington, and you, too, retired
and You, too, sir, live and will live forever
in your countrymen's hearts
The speech was applaudcd heartily and
Grant in reply said ''ticntlemen of Chicago
and Illinois: | feel very much hOnOred by
the welcome which | am receiving at your
hands to-day. | feel highly honored by the
pledge of welcome which has been uttered
by your worthy mayor, which is something
so personal to myself, it would be hardly in
good taste for me to respond to the language
of it. 1t leaves, therefore, nothing for me
to do but to convey my thanks to this COM
mittee and the citizens of this city for the
hearty reception they have given me. As TO
one allusion to my reception abroad, |
will say that in every case felt
it was a tribute to our country. | will add
further, our country stands differently
abroad in the estimation of European and
Eastern nations from what it did quarter
of a century ago. The American citi-
zen is regarded in Il different light from
the American citizen of quarter Of
u century ago. At that time il was he
lieved we had mo- nation-it was merely
Il confederation of states tied together
by a rope of sand and would give away upon
the slightest friction, They have found it
was u grand mistake. They know we have
now a nation, THAT we are a nation of strong,
intelligent and brave people, capable of
judging and knowing our rights and deter
mined on all occasions to maintain them
against either domestic and foreign foe, and
that is the reception you as a nation have
received through me whilst | was abroad
THE ELECTION IN MINNESOTA.
ST. PArI, Nov 12-The official returns
from sixty of the seventy counties give Pills
bury (rep.) for governor majority over
Rice dem of 10, 961. Meighen (greenback)
for governor has 4,02f votes; Satterlee
(prohibtiOnist) 2,S1l. 1t is thought the re-
naming counties will make Pillsbury's ma
jority about Il, 900, and the majority on the
rest of the ticket 10000. The constitutional
amendment, limiting the issue of bonds by
cities and towns TO five per cent OF the tax
able property, was adopted by large ma
jority-
STRIKES AND STRIKES.
CINCINNATI, Nov. 12- Strikes are the
order of the day in the Ohio coal mining re-
gions, prompted by the present high rates Of
coal here. At Cambridge the miners came
out of the mines Monday and demanded three
cents bushe! In the afternoon some We're
willing to resume at 81. All cast of the
town went to work yesterday at the latter
figure, but at the Ohio coal company's mines
the strikers still hold out At Masilon all the
miners except those in two mines are on
strike for an advance.