Morning journal and courier., 1890-10-11
THE PREsIDENT,s TRIP.
Showered With Flowers at Topeka A Magnificent PrOcessiOn-Thirty Thousand Men i'm Line.


 A Magnificent Procession-Thirty
 Thousand Men In Line.
 TOPEKA, Kan, Oct. 10.-The stop at ident did not leave the car. He was well oomed by speech by little Edna Elizabeth Downs, who presented him with beauti- full bouquet of flowers, containing one
 flower for each state, forming the letter GIL" The president was almost buried in the flowers showered upon him by the school children. Chief Justice Horton of the Kansas supreme court also welcomed the president to the state. The president in response said that he stood to-day for the first time in his life on the soil of Kansas, the home of one of our brilliant senator's Cheers.l The pres ident closed his remarks by intro ducing Secretary Tracy, who bowed his acknowledgements as the train pulled out. At Nortonville, the next stop, the chil- dren turned out en masse. Governor Humphrey introduced the president to the crowd, and he addressed his remarks es pecially to the children. At Valley Falls, the next stop, another large crowd was gathered. Here the president was pre- sented with a large basket of fine apples by an old Marion county, Indiana, friend of the president, M. M. Maxwell.
 At 10:3O the train rolled into the depot Senator Ingalls, received the party at this polnt. The president was escorted to the state house by Cover nor Humphrey and his staff, and there reviewed the immense parade as it marched by. After lunch at the ! Coleman house the president received the veterans of his old brigade, state and city officials and prominent citizens The party then proceeded to the fair grounds The l delivered by Governor Humphrey, the | president responded at considerable length, | thanking the governor and citizens of Kan ! sas for the generous welcome rendered him | and expressing his qualification at the evi- | dences of prosperity on every hand. To ! the old veterans he said that he was pleas ! ed more than he could express to see them present in such large numbers and hoped that many years might yet see them pres ent at the union.
 It took twohours for the president to re- view the parade of many thousands that marched past him in front of the capitol.
 The procession was headed by five com panies of United States cavalry, followed by the State guards, Sons of Veterans and
 the Kansas organizations of the G. A. R.. The old soldiers cheered frantically as they
 passed in front of the president. This is the occasion of the largest reunion of old
 soldiers that Kansas has ever seen, and it
 is estimated that fully &, 900 were in the
 parade. As the large body of Illinois vet
 erans passed the president Rev. Allen
 Buckner, ''The Fighting Parson," cried,
 "Let Illinois, the home of Lincoln, the
 home of Grant, the home of Logan, give
 three cheers for the president of the
 United Statesls and they were given with
 truly hearty vim.
 As the Indiana advance contingent
 passed by; in which were many of the
 presidents former first brigade, the en-
 thusiasm knew no bounds, and they
 cheered and cheered over and over again.
 When the banner bearing the words ssU. s. Navy" appeared the president was
 heartily cheered, but Secretary Tracy fully
 shared the honors that were lavished by
 the ex-sailors among the Indiana old sol.
 diers, and many of them were recognized
 by the president, who greeted them by . their names. Among the old veterans the
 honor of the day was gained by the Illinois , tingent in the line of march. This homo, was evidenced by the presentation of ( beautiful banner.
 ,I KANSAS CrrY, Mo-, Oct. 10.-The presi : dentisl train arrived here at 5;45 p. m, ,ant , after drive around the city the guestl : were taken to the Coats house. Here , magnificent banquet was rendered tt I the president, Secretary Tracy , the presidents brother, John $ Harrison and the remainder of the presi 5 dential party. Before the conclusion of tn 3 banquet the president retired to visit tn t residence of his brother, whose home is ii
 Kansas City, He is much younper ma, } than the president and strange to say is D democratic politician. f sl This.eyening the president was given : public reception at the Kansas City cham 2 Der of commerce. He spoke briefly to tn . thousands present and then shook hand F with all he could for an hour. The part Q left for St. Louis at 10 o'clock.
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