Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-29

President Harrison Leaves Vermont
 for Cape May-Thfrty-SevenS Speeches
 Delivered Since He Left the Famous
 Shore Resort.
 PROCTOR, Vt., Aug. 2S.-The president drove in an open carriage to Proctor, . distance of six miles- On arriving at the secretary's residence the president enjoyed a short nap and subsequently dined quietly with the family. The decorations in Proc tor were on a most elaborate scale and the natural advantages afforded by the location added greatly to the effect. The home of Secretary Proctor is on knoll just east of Otter Creek, the house being reached by winding driveway. From the house of E. R. Morse to the tower of the church, dis tance of 800 feet, wire was stretched and from this lighted lanterns were suspended. An evergreen arch illuminated stood near the entrance to the secretary's grounds. Every building in the town was illuminat- ed, and on the western hills, as well as on the elevated spots in the town, bonfres were started at o'clock, on the firing of signal gun. The effect was pie turesque and rivaled in splendor the mag nifcent scenes witnessed at St. Albsns and St. Johnsbury. At the tame moment about ], ,000 men, composed in large part
  started in procession to the residence of Secretary Proctor, headed by the local band. The sloping lawn in front of Sec retsry Proctor's home was overhung with lanterns, and before the door temporary stage had been erected. Colored lights
 famed everywhere and threw brilliancy
 over the landscape. On the arrival of the
 procession at the secretary's residence the president was escorted to the platform, has- int h- tor said:
 It not my privilege to call you neigh bors, but am sure may call you friends. This journey in Vermont is crowned to- night by a reception and goodbye that is surpassingly brilliant and artistic in its preparation, and one that I have never | seen exceeded. But above all this, have | been able here in Proctor to witness in its | best manifestation that which have seen | elsewhere in New England-s commu- | nifty of workers, men industriously pur- | suing mechanical avocations and doing it l under conditions of the greatest possible | comfort. As look upon these homes in | which you dwell contrast them with the wretchedness of the crowded tene-
 ment house of our great cities; as l
 inhsle tonight the bracing air
 of these mountains, and as my eye has looked to-day upon their green summits I man and that woman who works in one of
 these bright, wholesome New England
 villages. Applause. It has seemed to me that the relation of our mutual friend | who has inaugurated and developed these | works in which many of you find employ
 ment was that of public benefsctor and
 a personal friend. The simplicity and naturalness of his own life among you, his
 ready appreciation of the loyalty and intel AL l.
 his interest in their success in life is the
 ideal relation between the employer and
 his workman. [Applause.
 I would to God it were always and ev-
 anywhere so, that when e man is put at a
 machine he should be regarded by his em- ployer as part of it, that the human na-
 ture and aspirations of man still should
 be recognized and tpe relations with the
 employer be that of mutual confidence and
 helpfulness and respect. You are sharers
 in the responsibility of local government,
 of the government of your states, of the
 nation. am sure that you have pride in
 the faithful discharge of all these duties.
 I cannot but feel that our national policy
 should be in the direction of saving our
 working people from that condition
 of hopelessness which comes when
 wages are barely adequate to the
 sustenance of animal life. [Applause.l
 | Inere IS no nope TOT any country where
 this state of things exists and there will
 be no hope for the nation should it become
 the general character of the workingmen
 of America. That man or woman out of
 whose heart hope has gone, who sees noth-
 ing better in life, before whom the vista of life stretches in one dead level of intending
 and half req uited toll, that mans estate is calculated to make him reckless in chsrac
 ter. It is one of the benefcent conditions of citizenship here that there are no disa, Utilities put in the way of the ambitious i, and the aspiring. I hope it may always be so I cannot always sympathize with that demand which we hear so frequent 1, ly for cheap things. Things may be toe !! cheap. They are too cheap when the man who produces them upon the farm, ol ; the man or woman who produced them ir the factory does not get out of them living
 wages with margin for old age. pit! that man who wants a coat so cheap tha the man or woman who produces tn, cloth or shapes it into garment shal starve in the process. [Applause.l I an most profoundly greatful to you, my fel low citizens, and to my good friend Gov ernor Proctor, for this beautiful demon 8 stration-this magnificent rural welcome l When was at Portland, Ore, among al