Omaha daily bee., 1891-04-20
PASSED THE DAY QUIETLY.
President Harrison and Party Enjoy Much
Needed Rest in Galveston.
WITH LONE STAR HOSPITALITY.
All the Local Italian Societies TaISo
Part In the Parade Postmaster
General WanamaScr Re-
joins the Party.


mayor, who was ill., the president expressed
thanks for the cordial welcome and, in tho
course of his remarks said: al am glad to
have been able to traverse the harbor and
look upon the liberal work which the gov
ornment has inaugurated for your benefit
aud for the benefit of tho northwest l havo
always believed that it was ono of the undis-
putod functions of the general government
to make these great waterways aud haroorS
into which our shipping must como tit to re-
ceive the tribute of rail and river, safe and
easy of access. | deprecatc waste of pub
lie money, but am not an economist in tho
sense that would leave incomplete or suffer
TO lag any great work highly promotivo OF
the interest of our people, Referring to re-
ciprocity, the president said "Hhe law
leaves it fully to the executive to negotiate
such measures, and when our neighbors havo
made up an acceptable schedule of articles
produced by us to bo given free access to
their ports, the policy of the administration
has been to secure such accruing benefits to
our citizens by proclamation OF
reciprocity with such government,
and l think without disclosing
executive secrets that the arrangement
with Brazil cannot fail, through the efforts
Of wide awake American merchants, 10 re-
suit in lasting benefit to the United States as
u whole. The manifest of one steamer to
Illustrate, which lately sailed for Brazil,
showed that twenty-five steamers contrib
uted to the cargo The fraternal and kindly
spirit manifested by our southern ncighborS
| has stimulated the desire for larger CONNER
! cial intercourse and friendship We shall
| need American ships to transport American
| goods to these ports and the last congress APP
| propriated 81 600 for steamship contracts
| to carry foreign mails. Our citizens in for
| eign ports will, hope, through the new i'm
| petus given American commerce often see in
| distant waters vessels flying our beloved flag,
| carrying from our shores the products our
| toers had dispatched to them in exchange
| for the products of other cimes, and shall
| now and then see stcaming into these ports q
| fine modern man-of-war flying the United
| States flag, with modern guns on deck and a
| brave American crew ON the forecastle We
should add to all this, If happily it is likely
| to be accomplished by individual effort. tho
| early completion of the Nicaragua canal. a
| short route should be opened and will be.
| Then there will come great prosperity to all
1--WE are great enough and rich enough to
| reach forward TO u grander conception than
has entered the mind of some of our states
men in the past. If you are content, | am
not, that the nations of Europe shall absorb
nearly the entire commerce OF the near sister
| republic that lies south of us. 1t is naturally,
in a large measure ours; ours by neighbor-
hood, nearness of access, ours by that SYM
pathy that binds hemisphere. without
king. We have said to those nations from
whom we received our great staples-sugar,
tea, coffee, hides-give us free ac-
cess to your ports for an. equi yalent
amount of our produce In exchange ror
we will reinpose duties on the articles
named. The foreign mail service is the only
mail service out of which the government
has been making net profit, Our postal
service by land is carried on at an annual
| deficiency, but the theory of our mail ser.
vice is that for the best interests of the peo-
| pie we are not to make q profit thereon, but
are to give them as cheap postage as possible.
We are many of us looking forward to an era
of cent postage in this country. We have
been so close and penurous in dealing with our
ships carrying foreign mails that we actually
made revenues out of that business, not hav-
ing spent for it what we received from 1T.
Now we propose to change that policy and
make more liberal contracts for American
lines carrying American mails. Some one
may say that we ought not go into this busi-
ness; that it is subsidy. But, my friends,
every other great nation of the world has
been doing tit is doing it today. England
and France have built up their great steam
ship lines by government AID, and II seems TO
me that our attitude with reference to that
is aptly illustrated by the new business meth
ods of all enterprising merchants, who, in-
stead of waiting in thoir places of business for
trade to come to them have sent men out with
samples TO seek trade whereas if he should
refuse to adopt these modern methods he
would be compelled to go out of business.
And by refusing to adopt the universal meth
DDS of our competitors in commerce to stimu-
late their shipping interests we also should
|, find ourselves outstripped by entcrprisng
, competitors. Alrcacy steamship lines are
looking over routes with view
! to increasing their tonnage and cs-
tablishlng new lines This appropriation
for foreign mails is for one year,
: and if, during my term Of office, they shall
strike down n law L believe beneficial or do
destroy Its energy by withholding appropria-
Z | tions shall bow to their will, but feel
. greatly disappointed If we do not make this
an era for the revival of American commerce.
These are not questions of party; they are
: | great American questions, and confidently
:. | submit my views to the arbitrarment of our
| brave and enlightened suffrage.
The presidential Gartty Grt enjoyed o,1o 1nai much
u = GUS of showing every honor and attention to
y | the chief magistrate, they respected his re-
y quests and allowed him TO pass the day in
u qUeit and abandoned several demonstrations
J, reserved for today He as well as tho other
u members of the party are loud in theii
j. praises of the unbounded hospitality of the
people Of Texas. II is the first time that the
u chief magistrate of the nation has ever Wis.
tied this state in his official capacity, but IL
+" President Harrison is anything OF prophe,
. and bis SUCCESSORS arc at all moved by his
| pleasant experience here, II will mover be
u overlooked In that res pect in the future A
u noteworthy feature of the grand demonstra
u tion was the cordial welcome given the pres
. dent by the Italian colony. An their loca
= societies participated in the parade, acting as
q special escort 10 the Italian consul at Calves.
J. ton, and that gentleman afterwards, on their
- behalf, presented thv president with beau
y = tiful floral design, symbolic of peace and fra
. ternty. The American and Italian flag:
= were crossed at the top of the piece with {
o floral dove between thcm.
Z Postmaster General Wannanaker reioineC
y the party last evening. Among todny's ar
u rivals at tho Beach hotel were Senator!
Teller and Squire OF Colorado Senator War
:, ren of Wyoming and other gentlemen from
% those states and Montana They had
"a long and satisfactory conference with Soc
T. retary Rusk regarding the shipment of cattl'
to enc states Eamed during the summe
IL months. Secretary Rusk Informed them tha
the present order in regard TO that matte
10 would be changed to suit their wishes, pro
:; vided the cattle shipped would not be re
"a shipped south before December next. Sec
~ cretary ltusk, having accomplished the busi
Is ness that brought him TO Texas, has con
p cludCd to remain with the president durinl
the remainder of the trip.
General Stanley, commanding the depart
+. ment Of Texas, joined the presidential part
10 at Galveston and accompanied It to san An
al touio for the purpose OF examining tho mill
rs tary situation along the Mexican border.