The Russellville Democrat., 1891-04-23

federal government, representatives of this municipality and as citizens ol our entire commonwealth--t do ourselves the honor of meeting our most distinguished citizen and his noble wife, who is but little less dis. tinguished than the president himself, and the other eminent guests of the president of the United States.
 Mr. Harrison, in the name of al the good people of Arkansas I bid you welcome to our state, with its balmy breezes, it's salubrious climate, it's health. giving waters and it's mountain scenery; and in the name of our beautiful and noble women to the City of Roses bid you 8 hearty welcome.
 Ladies and gentlemen, have the honor of introducing to you our dis tinguished visitor, Mir. Benjamin Harrison, president of the United States.
 Loud applause greeted Governor Eagle's address and lasted several minutes.
 THE PRESIDENTS SPEECH.
 At the conclusion of Governor Eagle's address of welcome President Harrison was escorted to the platform and responded as follows:
 Governor Eagle and Fellow Citizens:
 No voice is strong enough to com pass this vast tErong, but my heart is large enough to receive all the gladness and joy of your great vel come. (Applsuse.
 l thank you one and all for your presence, for the kind words of greeting which have been spoken by your governor, aud for these kind faces which are turned to me here. In all this I see the friendship; in all this 1 feel new impulses to better dis charge of every public and of every private duty as citizen. I cannot but feel that even in this brief contact with you to-day shall carry away better nowledge of your state, it's resources, its capabilities and of the generous warm -heartedness of it's people. l can only hope that from this brief observation you may be dis posed to look with kindly forbear- ance upon my public acts.
 We have country whose greatness this meeting has again proved, for there are here assembled masses of independent men. The common wealth rests upon the free suffrage of its citizens, and their affection for the constitution is the bulwark of it's rights.
 We have agreed, am sure, that we will do no more fighting among ourselves. Applause. may say to you eonfidentially, that Senator Jones of your state and myself came to this agreement few years ago when we were making journey to the West and stopped for little while to observe the rifle practice at Fort Smelling. We both concluded that if shooting was to be carried on with such accuracy of aim that war was too dangerous for either of us to ever engage in it.
 But my friends, I cannot do much talking. Once already to-day, in the dsmpness of this atmosphere, I have attempted to speak to throng like this one here. Our stay must be very brief, and, therefore, you will allow me to conclude by wishing for this state and all of its public of- ficers, for all it's citizens, without ex- ception of one, the blessings of social order, peace, prosperity, the fruits of intelligence and piety. App plause.
 HON. JEREMIAH RUsK.
 Hon. Jeremiah Rusk was the next gentleman to address the crowd. He spoke as f0llOWs:
 Fellow Citizens;
 It gives me great pleasure to meet such crowd az there is congregated here to-day to welcome the president of the United States. l may say it gives me great pleasure to meet so many. believe that since we started that this is the only state that has met us at their state line by their governor. Applause. He met us at the state line and escorted us all the way through your beautiful state. And this is the only place that we have been met by a committee of beautiful ladies; and l want to say, too, that the postmaster. general will, |, l presume, come back and live with you, he was so captivated by the la dies. Applause.
 As soon as the speaking was over the presidential party returned to the depot, arriving there about 7:30 o'clock.
 The special left for Texarkana.
 ARKANSAS LADIES ooMPLIMENTED.
 The president and every member of the party expressed themselves very highly of the charming ladies who received them.
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 Another Picture of Rider Haggard.