The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-05-20

shall have laid aside the cares OF state. We are
| glad you we're so kindly received wherever
| you went during your present tour. and can
assure you, sir, none more gladly welcomed you
than do your own llow.citzens OF Indian
/ apolis. In honoring you tho people of this
| country have honored our beautiful city, whose
most distinguished citizen you are. Again,
Mr.. President, | bid you welcome 70 Indian
/ apolis aud present you 10 this great multitude
OF people. who ore waiting to hear your voice.
President Harrison then addressed the
assemblage as follows:
/ do not think eau speak much today. The
strain OF the long journey and frequent calls
made on me 10 speak from Washington 10 the
! Golden Gate. and from the far Northwest terri
I tory back to indianapolis have somewhat ex-
hausted me, body aud mind, and have made
my heart 80 open TO these impressions as
greet my old friends that can not, fear, com.
maud myself.
| Our pathway has been marked by the
plaudts OF the multitude; our way strewn
with flowers. We have jourueyed through the
! orchards OF California laden with fruit; we
have climbed the SUBMITS Of the great
mountains from which rich metals have been
extracted; then we have dropped into fruitful
valleys, aud our whole pathway has been made
! glad by the friendly acclaim OF our American
| fellow citizens without regard 10 party.
/ lShouts OF applause.l But ali the sweetness Of
these flowers, oil the beauty Of these almost
/ tropical landscapes all the richness OF their
precious mines. sink into forgetfulness rs
/ receive today this welcome from my old
! friends There was perceptlble moisture in
the presidents eyes and his voice almost failed
| him.
! Ny manhood has known no other home but
/ this. IL was the scene OF my early struggles.
IL has been the scene and you the instrument
/ and support OF my early success in life
come 70 lay down before you today my offering
OF thank fulness for the friendly helpiulness la
! boyhood and in all honors down to this.
LETT you two years ago to take up the work
! OF the most responsible office in the world.
went to these untried duties sustained by your
helpful friendliness. l come after two years to
confess many errors but to say 10 you that
have but one Thought in my mind TO use what
ever influence have for the general good Of
AL the people. Applause.
My stay is so brief that | must deny myself
the pleasure OF taking all these friends by the
hand. God bless you all. | have not forgot
ten, cannot forget Indianapolis. / look ior-
ward, II my life is spared, to this ms the city
where shall rest when the hard toll is done.
love its homes and rejoice in IT'S commercial
prosperity. Pardon further speech aud allow
me to say, God bless you, every one, and
good-by.
Considerable applause succeeded the
presidents address, and loud cries were
I heard for Postmas ter General Wanama-
kerr He was introduced by the president
and made few remarks which were ap-
plauded Secretary Rusk, after several
calls, also talked few minutes.
BY this time the Thomas post, G. A. r.,
had formed on Meridian-st. and the
Columbia club on Maryland St, and at
$40 o'clock the presidential party and
citizens entered carriages A squad of
police, under Capt. Dawson, headed the
line, while Immediately following was
Thomas post and the governors guards in
the capacity OF escort to the president,
who rode In q carriage with Governor
Hovey. The other members OF the presi-
dental party and the citizens who com
posed the welcoming delegation followed
in carriages. The line OF march previ-
ously outlined was not followed owing to
a lack OF time, and, as was said before, a
number of people were disappointed at
not seeing the president. who left for
Richmond over the Panhandle road at
$3.50 o'clock.
Taken altogether the reception was not
vociferous success. The enthusiasm was
not phenomenal and there occurred sew
eral bitches in the program.
The buildings on the principal streets OF
the city were profusely decorated, but in
many cases the presidents eyes did not
rest on the stars and stripes unfurled to
the breeze.
The presidential tour is remarkable in
the rapidity with which the special train
has been borne across the country Since
leaving Washington an average rate of
speed OF thirty-three miles an hour has
been maintained. During the twenty
four hours ending last midnight the presi-
dent has delivered speeches in three state
capitals and has been in four dilerent
states. Early yesterday morning the train
reached Hannibal, Mo. There President
Harrison made a speech to a large crowd.
Several stops were made in Missouri. In
illinois the principal stops made were at
Jacksonville, Springfield and Decatur.
| The longest stop was made at Springfield,
and there the president also delivered a
speech. At $3.50 the presidential train
reached Montezuma, where the Indian
apols delegation was met After leaving
this city a five minute stop was made at
Richmond, where a large crowd had as
sembled. At midnight the train reached
Columbus.
WAsHISGToN, May 15.-The president
and party arrived in Washington at D 80
o'clock this evening exactly on schedule
time.
When the train was nearing the ma
tional cap ital and the journey was almost
at an end, the president summoned to the
observation car every person who had &C
companied him on the trip, including the
ladies and all the employees of the rail-
road and Pullman car company and made
them a short address He said he found
that he had made just 139 speeches sine Q
they left Washington on the 18th of April
last, and he thought this good occasion
10 make the number round 40. He
then referred to the unprecedented ex-
cellence and perfection of the railroad
service throughout the entire trip, and said
that the fact that they had been able to
travel over ten thousand miles of territory
in a splendidly equipped train without an
accident or mishap of any kind and with
| out one minutes variation from the pre-
arranged schedule must always be re-
garded as a most remarkable achievement.
He said that Mr.. George w. Boyd of the
/ Pennsylvania road was entitled TO great
credit for his excellent management
/ of the trip, and he added that
it was superb exhibition of what
training, energy anu Intelligence could do
for man. He then returned his thanks
! individually to the conductors, the engi-
neers and firemen, the chief and his as
sistants, the brakemen, the walters and
porters, and in fact every person who had
rendered service TO the party on the trip.
The president gave all the employees a
substantial token OF his appreciation OF
their attentions. The postmaster-general,
| the secretary of agriculture and the other