The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1891-05-22
President Harrison in Nebraska.

sons passage through Nebraska was
n of royal welcome on all sides. At
Lincoln he received al enthusiastic re-
ception. being welcomed by a salute of
twenty-one guns. Buildings along the
line of march were gaily decorated and
great crowds lined the streets, cheer
ing the president with enthusiasm.
At the state house 4. 900 school chill
dren with flying banners and q multi
tude Of adults gathered around a tenn
porary platform erected at the north
entrance of the capitol. Gov. Thayer
made an address of welcome to which
the president briefly responded.
The distinguished party remained
about an hour in the capital city,
when the journey was resumed. At
Omaha business vas generally sus-
pended and the day given up to greet
ings to the chief executive and party.
Thousands of people thronged the
thOroughfares and there was q mon
ster parade through the gaily decor
ated streets. At the temporary plat
form erected for the reception and
speaking the president vas introduced
by Mayor Cushing in a fitting address,
to which response was made as fol-
lows:
Mr.. Mayor and Fellow-Citizens: |
can accept without question and with
very deep gratitude these cordial words
of welcome which you have spoken on
behalf OF the people OF this great city.
Twice before it has been my pleasure
to spend q brief time in this great
commercial metropolis of the great
valley Of the Missouri. | have had no
opportunity, therefore, to witness the
rapid development which your city has
made. | recollect it as | saw it in
1881, and as | see it today | feel that [
need to be told where | am. GApplause
and cheers.
These magnificent structures dedi-
Gated to commerce, these magnificent
churches lifting their spires towards
the heavens, these many school houses
consecrated to the training of those
who shall presently stand in III places
to be responsible for these u public
institutions, these great stock yards,
where the meat product of these great
meat-producing states of the Missouri
valley are prepared for market, and,
above all and GROWING all, these
thousands of happy. comfortable homes
which characterize and constitute your
great city, are a marvel and tribute to
the enterprise and power of develop
ment OF the American people, unsur-
, passed, | think. by any city in the
United States. TApplause and cheers.
As | turn my face now toward Wash
~ington-as | hasten to take up public
duty, partially laid aside during this
journey, | rejoice to receive here in
Omaha that same kindly greeting with
which We were welcomed as we
%journeyed from Washington through
the south to the Pacific. GCries Of
That is the stuff" and cheers and
applause.
Ii anything were needed to call for
q perfect surrender of all personal
thought in an absolute conservation of
public duty to the general good of our
people. l have found it in these mag
nifcent demonstrations. TApplause
and cheers. We shall always have
it is characteristic OF tree people-we
need to have party divisions, debate
and political contention: but it is pleas
ant to observe in all this journey we
have taken how large a stock OF COM
mon patriotism we find in all the peo-
pie. TApplause and cheers.
You have here in Nebraska q state
of magnificent capabilities. | have
seen the orange grove, and all those
fruits which enrich and characterize
the state of California. | have seen
Leadville, the summit city; these min
ing camps upon the peaks where men
are delving into the earth to bring out
the riches stored there, but l return
again TO the land OF the cornstalk with
an affection that | cannot describe.
TApplause and cheers.
l am sure these friends who have
delighted us with the visions Of love-
illness and prosperity will excuse me
if my birth and early training in Ohio
and Indiana leads me to the conclusion
oAoo ohS oeA'S elaU diSC SOI dIC Vic
greatest states in the world. TAP
plause and cheers.
We have a surplus production in
these great valleys for which we must
seek foreign markets. 1t is pleasant
to know that 80 per cent or more of
our agricultural productions are con-
sumed by u w people. [Cries of
'Good.n l do not know how soon it
may be that we shall cease to be de-
pendent upon any foreign market for
u farm products. Applause and
cheers. With the rapid development
which is being made in manufacturing
pursuits, with the limitation which the
rapid occupation of our public domain
now brings to IL minds as to the in
crease of agriculture, it cannot be a
very distant day when the farmer shall
realize the iGsal condition and find a
market out OF lis own farm wagon for
what he produces. [Cries of good"
and applause.
But in this time it hes been a source
| Of constant thought and sealous effort
| on the part of the administration at
Washington to secure larger foreign
markets for our farm productions. l
rejoice that in the last Two years some
Of those distractions which hindered