Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1880-07-08
GEN. GRANT.
Kansas City Gives the Distinguished
Traveller a Hearty Reception.

M, on the End, and were at once driven TO th,
Coates house. A committee composed of th,
mayor and prominent citizens of Kansas CITY
aud number of gentlemen from Kansas me
the distinguished visitor at Odessa, and es
oorted him into the city. The arrival Of th,
train at the Union depot was greeted by
hearty cheers from nm immense crowd, and by
all the steam whistles and bells in the vicinity
1t had been arranged that, Immediately upOr
the generals arrival, he should be taken by
special train to Merriam Park, gfgrove about
nine miles from Kansas City, on the line o
the X. O. y. =. and G.. railroad, where an inter
state reception was to take place. Owing I,
the inclemency of the weather, the trip to the
park was postponed until IL 80, when speca
train of two coaches was made up and started
| for that place. with the following on board
Gen. Grant, Gov. st. John, Gov. Phelps Col
Il. I. Van Horn, Mayor Chace. the mayor Of
| Wyandotte and others.
| On the arrival of the train at the park thC
paola rifles fired a salute, and then escorted
Gen. Grant to the grand stand where abou
200 people from the surrounding country
| gave him an enthusiastic reception. Gov. st
John then delivered an address Of welcome
Among other things be said "General:-I re
gret, sir, that the inclemency of the weather
has been such to-day as to prevent many
thousand Kansana from coming here this
morning to extend to you their welcome.
can assure you, sir, that while those that are
here are but few in number, and while there
is q million of the people of our state that arc
not here in person, yet in spirit they welcome
you" Applause In response to Gov. st.
Johns address, Gen. Grant spoke as fol-
lows:
Gov. st. John and Citizens of Kansas.-I
have been taken little by surprise, though |
do not know that it makes any very great
difference to me, AZ am not in the habit of
speaking to any great extent. l feel under
many obligations to such citizens of Kansas
as ars h'rci present and to the million that
have been spoken of by your worthy governor,
for their respect and esteem. assure You
that to soldier there is nothing so gratfy-
ing as to have the good will and the respect of
the people whom he has served, or tried to
serve. In the positions that l have occupied
both military and civil it has been my effort
to render the very best service in my power
for the whole people, and, rs Gov. st. John has
said without respect to race, color, previous
condition or political ailliatiOn, Great APP
plRuse | am not aware of having committed
an act in my life, or of having said word
which was intended to affect my own standing
one way or the other; and certainly not in a
pOlltlCNl way. 1 uHNt luuttu DtltHBCu W DllG
of the great political parties OF the country,
because, on the whole, l believe it is much
nearer right than the other. Applause. But
claim to have as much good feeling and
friendship for the party opposed to nc as for
the party which has heretofore conferred
honors upon me. have always believed that
Whist was best for the entire country was
going to help both political parties in the
end, for we are citizens in common Of ono
great nation, and the greatest nation that the
sun shines upon to-day. Great applause.
This young state which | visit to-day have
frequently visited before, and have seen it
grow up from having but one delegate in con-
gress till it hss now three, and is entitled,
probably, to seven. Congratulating you upon
the growth of your state, the intelligence of
its people and its bright prospective future,
| thank you for the welcome you have so
generously accorded to me- Prolonged Gp-
plause.
At the conclusion OF Gen. Grants speech,
Gov. st. John proposed three cheers for their
honored guest, and the audience responded
with cheers thst echoed out over the hills and
valleys of Kansas for miles around. Gov.
Phelps was then introduced, and delivered an
eloquent address, at the conclusion of which
he paid Il glowing tribute to the distinguished
services of the man whom they had met to honor
After n poem by n local poet the audience
were invited TO shake hands with the general.
When this was over cold collation. was par
taken of in the dining hall, and then the
visiting p.rty returned to Kansas City.
At 1880 o'clock citizens reception began at
the elegant parloIs Of the Coates house, and
continued almost without interruption until
o'clock. Gen. Graut and wife received the
immense throng of visitors with the usual
smile and shake of the hand and, nJtwith-
standing the fact that they must have been
wcorylNith travel, the illustrinuG couple seem
ed to be in genuine good hUmor. Shortly
after 10 o'clock the general was DR. ven to the
Crimes building, v here grand banquet was
given in his honor. After full justice
had been done to an extensive menu
the aesthotical part of the banquet was opened
by q formal address of welcome by Col Il. T.
Van Horn. In the course of his address Col.
Van Horn said: The formal welcome which
We here extend to our distinguished guest, has
been anticipated by the universal greeting
spoken from the hearts of the people Of Kan.
sas City-hCarts open To him without reserve,
and enthusiastic as only people so entirely
Western can be, They feel hOnored by the
accc ptance of their invitation to stop with
them, and esteem it privilege to great one
who has conferred upon their country re-
nown that deservedly commands the homage
of the world. The name of Grant belongs to
the American people; it expresses the highest
type of their national life, and for all time
will illustrate one of the most heroic and
brightest chapters in the record which the
ages arc to study in the history of the world.
In response to the to.st, Our Guest, General
U. s. Grant the warrior-statesman and patriot
traveller" Gen Grant spoke as follows:
"Gcntleman of Kansas City: can set you
very good example, think, to be followed
at this late hour of the night, or carly hour in
the morning, and that will be in making a
speech that is very short, an example that. if
followed by the other gentleman who follow
me, will permit us to get home before morn
ing. l thank you very heartily for the kind
reception which have received from my first
entrance into this growing and prosperous
city. This is the first time that have been
upon the bluffs, except once at night for q
few moments, although have passed through
here on the cars frequently. In going over your
city to-day, see evidence of its recent growth
and very rapid development, and l predict
for Kansas City very bright and prosperous
future, and propose to you, gentlemen, the
growth and prosperity of KanFas City,
Great applause
The next toast was The State of Missouri
which was responded to by Gov, Phelps. The
third toast was 0The state of Kansasn and il
,ras rrsnondcd to bv Gen. Blair. of M. scott.
4 npmbcr of otbcr ioasts wero proposed and
rc.nnnded 70 bv citizens of Kansas Citv and
others and at verv Int hour the banouot
was brougbt tn A close and all parties spurht
their conehes in order to secnre such rest and
refreshment as they could before the great
parade of Saturday.
Extensive rrepnrations had been made for
tba military and civic n,rade of sat.