Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-05-01
MAKING SOCIAL CALLS.
PRESIDENT HARRISON WARMLY
GREETED EVERYWHERE.

PRESIDENT HARRISON WAN M l. 4
GREETED EVERYWHERE.
Galveston Procession in HIS Honor
Some Enthusiasts at Atlanta Give Him Il
Rousing Kcception-LOs Angeles Streets
Carpetcd with Flowers.
Uncle Sam, in the person of President
Harrison, has been making few social
calls upon some of his tenants When
the Presidential party reached Chat
tanooga, Tenn. fully 5000 people were
assembled at the station. A salute OF
thirteen guns was fired as the President
descended from the steps of the train in
the Union Depot. The pillars of the de-
pot were tllapcd with the national colors,
and wcaved in eVcrgreens: above the
main exit to the street were the words,
"Mccome to President Harrison. The
reception committee numbered fifty and
was composed of deading citizens and
representative colored men.
The party visit ted Lookout Mountain
and, returning. were driven through the
principal streets. The business houses
along the line of the Presidents route were
handsomely decorated. flags and bunting
floating from every window. President
Harrison was introduced by Hon. H.
Clay Evans, and was greeted with deaf
Gaming cheers. The President spoke a
quarter of an hour. He was followed by
Secretaries Wanamaker ana Proctor.
A reception upon the stand followed,
mass of people passing hurriedly for
war;l to shake hands with Mr.. Harrison.
The President during his speech said:
My fellow-ci,izens. have greatly enjoyed
the opportunity Of seeing Chattanooga
| a
army. Its only industries were military, It's
stores We're munitions Of war. its pleasant
hill-tops were torn with rHe-pits. its civic
pOrulat ion the ats ni!anS of an army cam
paign. see ii to-day Il great city. Il pros
porous city. To-day see these hill-tops,
hen brstling with guns, crowned with happy
hoincs; / see these streets, through which
the worn veterans of lnany campaigns then
marched. made glad with the presence of
happy children. Everything is changed.
The wand of an enchantress has touched
these hills, and old Lookout. that frowncd
over the valley from which the pillow had
been withdrawn, now looks upon the peace
full industries of country life. All things
are changed, except that the flag that then
ftoatcd over Chattanooga floats here still.
Cheers. 1t has passed from the hands of
the veterans who bore it to victory in battle
into the hands of the children, who lift it as
an emblem of peace Cheers. Then Chat
tanooga was wars gateway to the South.
Now it is the gateway to peace. commerce
and prosperity, CHEERS There have been
two conquests. one with arms the other
with the gentle influence of peace, and the
last is greater than the first. Cheers. The
first is only great as it made way for that
which followed, and now. one again in our
devotion to the constitution and the laws.
one again in the determination that the
severance of the Federal relations of these
States shall never again be raised. we have
started together nc:
and development that has as yet given only
the signs of what Is to come. congratulate
Tennessee, | congratulate this prosperous
city, l congratulate all those who. through
this gateway. give and receive the inter
changes OF friendly commerce that there is
being wrought throughout our country, a
unitication by commerce. a unification by
similarity of institutions and habits that
| shall in time erase every vestige of differ
ence, and shall make us not only in contem-
| platfon of the law, but in heart and SYM
pathy, one people. Cheers. thank you
for your cordial greeting to-day. and hope
for the development of the industries of
our country and for the settling of our insti-
buttons upon the firm basis of IL respect for
the laws. In this glad springtme. while
the gardens are full of blossoms and the
fields give the promise OF another harvest,
and your homes are full of happy children.
let us thank God for whn: He has wrought
for us as Il people. aud each in our place
resolntely maintain the great idea upon
which every thing is buildcd-thc rule of
the majority constitutionally expressed and
the absolute equality of al! men before the
| law. ICheers.
Rolling south. the train pulled into
Gainesville, Ga, whera Il great crowd
welcomed the party The President
spoke as follows:
| My friends. ] have had great pleasure
to-day in passing over S me parts OF the
old route that i took once before under very
| different and distressing circumstances. to
find how easy it is, when we are all agreed
| to travel between Chattanooga and Atlanta.
am glad tosee the evidences of prosperity
that abound through your country. and !
| wish you in all your relations every huma II
good ICheers.
AT Marietta the party was Joined by a
Reception COMMITTEES from Atlanta. con-
sisting of Mayor Hemphill, Ex-Governor
Bullock, Capt. John Millcdge. Gen. j. r.
Lewis, S. M Inman. Col. w. l.. Calhoun,
President of the Confederate Veterans
Associations; Col. A. J. West, of Gov
ernor Northen's staff, and seventeen
members of the City Council. They
came from Atlanta in special train
At Atlanta, Ga, an accident occurred
at the time of the Presidents arrival
that might have resulted in injury to the
| l. WIS. 1luIJlSOIl uilu IL luD-
ened a few minutes sooner. 1t resulted
rom the military salute fired in honor
of the President. The cannon used for
this service was mounted on Il fiat car
at siding near the track over which
the Presidential car ran. In order to
give emphasis to their work the soldiers
having charge OF the cannon discharged
it just as the Presidents train was pass
ing on an adjoining track
The conclusion was tremendous, and
shattered three thick plate glass window
panes in the dining car Coronado, i'm
mediately next the seats assigned to the
special use Of the President and Mrs.
Harrison. Luckily these seats were un-
occupied at the time. A colored waiter
who was standing in the aisle of the car
was thrown down by the explosion He
vas, however, more frightened than
hurt. The Presidential party was at the
other end of the train at the time and
'tnew nothing of the accident until in
formed of it afterward
When the Presidential train entered
Atlanta Governor Northen advanced and
received the party. The Governor said:
! am glad to welcome your excellency
to the State of Georgia. You will find