Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-05-16
THE PRESIDENTS PILGRIMAGE.

City-The Party Pass n Pleasant Sunday
mt Glcnwood Springs, Coi.-Thoncc to
Pneblo.
SALT LAKE CITY, May 9.--The presi-
Dental party arrived at Salt Lake City
via the Union Pacific railroad this morn
ing and were given royal reception.
In reply to addresses of welcome by
Gov. Thomas, the president spoke as fol-
lows:
FELLOW CITIZENS: The scenes which have
| been presented TO US in this political and com
| mercial metropolis of the territory OF Utah
have been very fuil OF beauty aud full OF hope
| companied az II has been with every manifesto
| tion of welcome and crowned with flowers, any.
| thing that touched my heart more than that
| beautiful picture on one OF your streets this
| morning when the children from the free public
schools OF Salt Lake City waving the one ban.
ner that we oil love and singing IN anthem OF
| praise to that benehcent providence that led
our worthy forefathers to this land and has fol.
| lowed the pathway of this nation with His be-
nihcent care until this bright hour, gave us
| their glad welcome. My service in public life
has been such as TO cal my special attention TO
| the territories. IL has been pleasant duty to
welcome the Dnkotas, Washington, Montana,
| Idaho and Wyoming into the great sisterhood
Of the states, think 1t has not fallen to any
| president OF the United States to receive into
the Union so large number of states. The
conditions that surround you in this territory
OF n material kind are of the most hopeful chnr-
acter. The diversity Of your productions, your
placed In such proximity as TO make the work
OF mining md reduction easy and economical;
skilful touch OF the husbandmen o, transfor-
| nation from barren wastes into fruitful fields;
| NIL these, lying In easy reach and intercommu'
| nica'ion, one with the other, must make the
clements OF great commerc al ind political
community. You do not neei to doubt the
future You will step forward confidently and
progressively in the development of the great
material wealth. The great characteristics OF
our American institutions, the compact OF our
IL, a1,nst thA Of thn rNn
expressed by legal methods ut the ballot box
shall be the supreme law OF oil our community.
To the territories OF the United States IN as
ure of local government has always been given,
but the supervisory control the supreme legis'
lative and executive power has been continu,
ousy. as TO the territories, held and exercised
by the general government al Washington.
The territorial state has always been regarded
as temporary one. The general government has
always looked forward to n division OF its vast
domain-first the territory northwest OF the
Ohio, then the Louisiana purchase, then these
sections for the es ablishment OF free and inde.
pendent states. This great work of creating
pacc mas gone I1rwnra , 'ne rom
Maine TO Puget Sound through established
states. The purity of the ballotbox, whose
wise revision and careful guardianship, shall
always make the expression Of the will of the
people fair pure and true, is the essential
thing in Amcrlcu life We are people organ
lied upon principles OF liberty; but, my good
countrymrn. it is not license, 1t Is liberty within
and under the law. have no discord as pub.
lie nicer. with men Of any creed. religious or
political il they obey the law. NY public duty
requires me to he against those who violate the
laws. The foundation of American life is the
American home. That which distinguishes us
from other nations whose political experience
and history have en- full OF strife and discord
is the American home whore one VIE SITS IN
single, uncrowned glory. God bless and keep
you and guide you in the paths Of social purity,
order and peace and make you one of the great
commoGwealths OF the American nation.
GLENwooD SPRINGS, Col, May IL
The expectation of the president that
, he would have quiet Sabbath at Glen
, wood Springs was not rea lied. The
presidential train arrived here during
the night and the party remained on
board until o'clock yesterday morn
; ing, when the large delegation from
Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo
came to escort them to the Hotel Glen
wood. In the delegations were Gov.
Routt, ex-Senators Hill and Tabor,
Congressman Townsend, Chief Justice
Helm, Hon. S. n. Allen, of Denver;
:. Mayor Sprague, of Colorado Springs; a
. delegation from Pueblo and a large
number of other persons from those
three places.
Gov. Routt stepped forward and in an
informal manner welcomed the presi'
dent to Colorado, and Mayor Hodges,
of this town, welcomed him to Glen
. wood Springs and presented him with
= an engraved plate composed of silver
= and gold, bearing the arms of Colorado
: and appropriately inscribed. Asper
~ people also presented the president
= with beautiful silver souvenir bearing
! the inscription: Free Coinage, Honest
Money" The president, Mr.. Wana
. maker, Mrs. Mckee, Mrs. Boyd and Mr.
. Hill attended the Presbyterian church,
;. y A mass meeting of Sunday-school chill
: dren was held in the opera house, a
. which the president and Mr.. Wana
maker delivered addresses
:, In the afternoon Mrs. Harrison wa
presented by delegation from Lead
- vile with miners candlestick o
silver and with other souvenirs, ant
:, each lady in the party was given bo'
of native mineral specimens.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Col, May 49,
/, The presidential party spent an hour il
: Pueblo yesterday afternoon. The trail
arrived exactly on schedule time an
. the president was met by Mayor Ham
Z. ilton and local reception committe
y and the Denver committee, headed b.
Gov. Routt, which reached Pueblo o
,, it's special train ten minutes prior to tn
=. arrival of the presidential party. Afte
~ Mayor Hamilton had welcomed tn
- president to Pueblo, the party were es
q corted to carriages and rapidly drive
~ past the lines of military and civic OIL
- ganizations through the principa
streets to the mineral palace, a shor
halt being made en- route to allow tn
president to review the pupils of tn
public schools A few minutes wer
n. spent in inspecting the mineral palac
- and then a direct return at the sam
"a rapid pace was made through the cit
=, to the station, where temporary pla
=. form had been placed, From this stan
g editor Lambert, of the Pueblo Chic
% % tain, introduced the president who mad
~ a brief address, closing as follows: