San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-04-20
THE PRESIDENT IS HERE
He Visits a Rain Soaked Happy
City.
GLAD To SEE THE CHEF EX
ECUTIVE AND GLAD TO
SEE THE SPLENDID
RAIN.
Done in Honor of President
Harrison.

The boom of twenty-one guns
from the battery of Fort Sam Hous-
ton sounded duly on the rain soak
ed atmosphere as the presiden-
tial train pulled into the Southern
Pacific depot. The weather was not at
all prOpi1iOuS for the display of much en-
thuSiaSm, heavy storm breaking over
the city about daylight, accompanied by
wind, electricity and clouds of rain.
Rain also fell all yesterday and during
the night. Yesterday, workmen were
very busy however, in decorating build
ingS and the city would have pre-
scented gala appearance today, had not
brightcoiOrs run into one. The red, white
and blue lis not diStnguiShable on the
Alamo plaza; and the Hugo & Schneider
building. where the president was TO re-
view the public. looks very forlorn.
At the depot, every available hack,
wagon and omnibus in the city was there,
bringing their crowds. The G. A. r.
also a delegation OF the citizens and the
reception committee, the mayor, Mexican
consul, delegation Of Mexican societies,
cOlored citizens, etc.
When the train reached the depot the
pilot TRAINS engine began to whistle and
as the train pulled in, cheer after cheer
went up from the thousands of men gath
cred at the depot. The President occu-
pied the observation car" and was
found with the entire party and Gov.
Hogg by the citizens reception COM
mittee and General Stanley. AT
ter intrOduCtioRS and prelminaries
were arranged, the president disembarked
and his appearance caused cheers and a
rush. The police were busy clearing the
l. o. .Es IL
Every hat was lifted and every mouth
was open. Mr.. Bill Locke drove the
hack with four horses that the presideDt
entered, and the cavalry and police leadiI e
the procession, moved up Ave. ID to the
Grand Opera house, where the party
stopped and passed through the great
throng to the stage. A few minutes was
lost in waiting for the house to fill, during
which time the President, Postmaster
General Wanamaker, Secretary of Agri
culture RsIsk, Major Sanger and
Gov. Hogg sat in the flies cOnverSing.
The opera house was decorated beauti-
fully with national flags, and a motto:
The Lone Star state, the morning star
of Freedom; rivalled only by the ascend
ing sun of the Nation"
When the house was filed, President
Harrison, Postmaster General Wanna
maker, and Secretary Rusk occupied
chairs to the left of the stage, while Gov.
Hogg and Mayor Callaghan chose the
right. The remainder of the reception
committee and officers disposed them
selves back of these.
Mayor Callaghan introduced the Presi-
dent, saying it was the first time preSi-
dent had visited Texas; we know no
north, no south, no east or west; we are
Americans.
President Harrison said that owing to
the frequency of his speeches in the open
air during the past week and the heavy
atmosphere, he was not in condition to
speak long. He Sympathized with the
citizens in the disappointment they must
feel at the heavy rain interfering with the
public display they had arranged for, but
he had been told that this rain is worth
d, 900 600 10 Western Texas, and as 1t was
the popular habit to lay the cause of the
weather to the President wherever he
goes, he would claim the credit of bring
ing such fine rain and would only ask
for One-half of the sum.
He had long looked for this visit to this
historic city with pleasure. He remem-
bered when boy an uncle of the same
name as he, who had fought in the Texas
campaign for liberty and whose deScrip-
lions of the early incidents Of this state
had made him familiar with its history. |
He rejoiced that we have built up such a !
great commonwealth. The stipulation,
when Texas came into the union was |
that if necessary Texas would divide it
self in five states, but he felt sure any one |
who would seek the suffrage of its citizens |
on the issue of the division of the state |
now, would not attract much attention. |
The industries and productive chances OF !