The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-04-29
MAKING SOCIAL CALLS.
PRESIDENT HARRISON WARMLY
GREETED EVERYWHERE.
A Galveston Procession in HIS Honor
Some Enthusiasts at Atlanta Give Him a
Rousing Roosption-Los Angeles Streets
Carpeted with Flowers.

harrison, mas Decn making Il 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 draped with the national colors,
and weaved in evergreens; above the
main exit TO the street were the words,
"Welcome TO President Harrison. The
reception committee numbered fifty, and
was composed of leading citizens and
representative colored men.
The party Wis ted Lookout Mountain
and, returning, were driven through the
principal streets. The business houses
along the line of thePresdent's route were
handsomely decorated, flags and bunting
floating from every window. President
Harrison was introduced by Hon. III.
Clay Evans, and was greeted with deaf
Gaming cheers. The President spoke a
quarter of an hour. He was followed by
Secretaries Wanamaker and Proctor.
A reception upon the stand followed, n
mass OF people passing hurriedly for
ward TO shake hands with Mr.. Harrison.
The President during his speech said
My fellow-citizens, i have greatly enjoyed
the opportunity OF seeing Chattanooga
again. / saw it last as the camp of great
army. Its only industries were military, its
stores were munitions OF war, its pleasant
hill-tops were torn with rifie-pts, its civic
population the attendants OF an army cam
paign. l see IL to-day great city. "a pros
porous city. To-day / see these hill-topS,
then bristling with guns, crowned with happy
homes; L see these streets, through which
the worn veterans of many campaigns then
chad d. Il
happy children. Everything is changed.
The wand of an enchantress has touched
these hills, and old Lookout, that frowned
over the valley from which the pillow had
heen withdrawn, now looks upon the peace
full industries of country life. All things
are changed, except that the flag that then
hoated over Chattanooga floats here still
Cheers. Ii has passed from the hands of
the veterans who bore IL to victory in battle
into the hands of the children. who lift il as
an emblem of peace. Cheers. Then Chat
tanooga was wars gateway to the South
Now 1t Is the gateway TO peace, commerce
and prosperity, [Cheers.l 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 IL 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
States shall never again be raised. we have
started together upon "a career OF prosperity
and development that has as yet given only
the signs OF what i TO come. | congratulate
Tennessee, ! congratulate this prosperous
city, / 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
unifcatiOn by commerce. "a unification by
similarity OF institutions and habits that
shall in time erase every vestlge of differ
ence. and shall make us not only In contem-
plation of the law, but i'm heart and sym
patty, 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-
tutions upon the firm basis of "A respect for
the laws. In this glad springtime. 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 what He has wrought
for us as people, and each in our place
resolutely maintain the great idea upon
which every thing is bulded-the rule of
the majority constitutionally expressed and
the absolute equality OF all men before the
law. Cheers.
Rolling south the train pulled into
Gainesville, Ga, where great crowd
welcomed the party. The President
spoke as follows:
My friends | have had great pleasure
to-day in passing over some parts OF the
old route that i took once before under very
different and distressing circumstances TO
find how cas- IL Il. when we are all agreed,
TO travel between Chattanooga and Atlanta.
] am glad TO see the evidences of prosperity
that abound through your country, and
wish you In all your relations every human
good. Cheers.
At Marietta the party was joined by
Reception Committee from Atlanta. con-
sisting of Mayor Hemphill, Ex-Governor
Bullock, Capt. John Milledge, Gen. j. II.
Lewis, :. NJ Inman, Col. w. l.. Calhoun,
President of the Confederate Veterans
Association; Col. A. j. West, Of Gov
ernor Northen's staff, and seventeen
members of the City Council. They
came from Atlanta in q special train.
At Atlanta, Ga. an accident occurred
at the time of the Presidents arrival
that might have resulted in injury to the
President and Mrs. Harrison had it hap
Tened few minutes sooner 1t resulted
from the military salute fired in honor
of the President. The cannon used for
this service was mounted on 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
il 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 ID 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
was however, more frightened than
hurt The Presidential party was at the
other end of the train at the time and
knew 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
among us loyal and hospitable people.
and. In their name, welcome you to the
State.
Replying. the President said il gave
him great pleasure to visit the Empire
State of the South. The Presidential