Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-04-15
WITH THE PRESIDENT
He Receives Enthusiastic Re-
 captions ill the South.
AN ACCIDENT AT KNOXVILLE.
The Chief Magistrates Life in Peril for a
 Few Minutes.

His Carriage Nearly Upset by the Horses
 Swinging on to the Sidewalk-The Party
 Reach Chattanooga This Norning-The
 President Impressed With the Rapid
 Strides Made by the South.
 KNOXVILLE, Tenn, April 15.-Presi- dent Harrison has every reason to be graUified with his reception in Virginia and Tennessee. At nearly every hamlet along the route groupes of people waved handkerchiefs and hats as the train passed by.
 At Roaford, Va, the train halted long enough to enable crowd of people as- sembled at the station to shake hands with the President, and similar demon trations were observable as the train passed Pulaski and Abingdon. At Bris- tol the train halted on the Virginia side of the station. Large crowds had gath cred in and about the station and the windows of the houses in the vicinity were filled with people.
 At Johnson City, Jonesboro and Morris town short stops were made, and at each place the President made a brief speech to the crowds that gathered at the sta lions.
 Royal Welcome at Knoxville. Knoxville gave the President royal welcome. When the train rolled into the depot at o'clock last evening the local committeeman, with carriages, met the party and escorted them about the city. At o'clock the party arrived at the hotel, where an immense crowd had gathered to hear the President make a promised address.
 When the enthusiasm that greeted his appearance had subsided the President said: My Fellow Citizens: It gives me pleasure to visit this historic city, a city | that has given to the country many men who have been eminent in its councils l and have brought to the nation they have | served and to the people who called them | into public service imperishable honor. I am glad to visit East Tennessee, the | scene of that early immigration and of | those early settlements by men who for vigor and intellect, strength of heart and | devotion to Republican principles, were among the most conspicuous of the early | pioneers of the west and southwest. Il am glad to know that these tradi- tions of liberty, that deep devotion to the cause of the Union which manifested it. self in the early contributions of Tenn | essee to the armies that went out for the | defense of the homes of the North and West abides still in these val leys, and crowns it with glory and lustre every hilltop of the Alleghenies. You are feeling now a material development that is interesting and pleasing to all | your fellow citizens of all States. Il beg to say that whoever supposes | that there is anywhere in the Northern l State any jealousy of this great material
 progress which the South is making mis- conceives wholly the friendly heart of the people of the North. It is my wish, as am sure it is of all with whom asso- l ciate in political life, that the stream of | |, | full; that in everything that promotes
 prosperity of the State, security and com
 fort of the community, and the happiness
 of the individual home your blessings
 may be full and unstinted. We live in a
 government of law.
 May every prosperity attend you
 May this ground, made memorable by
 one of the most successful defenses in the
 history of the war, never again be stained
 by blood. But may our people in one
 common love of one flag and one Consti
 tuition; in a common and all-pervadins
 fealty to great principles of our govern
 ment go in to achieve in material wealtl
 and social development, in intelligence in piety, in everything that makes m
 tion great and a people happy; all that th'
 Lord had in His mind in nation that H.
 has conspicuously blessed" (Great anC
 prolonged cheering).
 The President in Peril.
 Quite an alarming accident occurred tc
 the Presidents carriage just after he fin , ished his speech. The carriage was drawI by four handsome white horses, and jus } as the party was leaving the hotel for tht
 depot one of the reins broke and thu
 horses were swung on to the sidewalk
 nearly upsetting the carriage and putin, : the life of the Chief Magistrate and tha r of Mrs. Harrison, who was with him a the time, in great peril for a few minutes Bystanders seeing the situation rushed . to the assistance of the driver, and seiz , ing the fiery horses by the bits manages
 to restrain them, and the President an
 Mrs. Harrison took seats in the carriag
 occupied by Secretary Rusk and wer
 driven to the depot.
 X Arrived at Chattanooga. r CHATTANOOGA April 15-The Presiden