St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-13
ON HISTORIC FIELDS.
Chattanooga People Royalty
Entertain Their Guests
From Washington.
The Chiekamauga Battlefield
to Be Made a National
Park.
Covers Laid for About One
Hundred and Ninety
Guests.
Letters of Regret From Ex-
Letters of Regret From Ex-
President Cleveland and
Others,

CHATTANOOGA Tenn, arch.l2.-The |
splendid time which the people of Chat |
tanOoga have given their guests from |
the national capital was crowned to-day |
with continuous round of interesting |
events. Secretary Proctor and his |
guests, including Atty. Gen. Miller |
and Gen. George B. Williams, went |
to Atlanta last night. but the congress
siOnal and other members of the visit
ing party remained and viewed other
famous battlefelds around Chatta-
nooga. In the morning Missionary
Ridge was visited, and from Bragg's old
headquarters Gen. Boynton gave de-
scription of the great battle which
ended in the capture of the ridge. The
party was then taken through the ma
tionai cemetery and back to the city,
which they left in the afternoon for Look
out mountain. The clouds had lifted
by this time, and from the summit a
magnificent view of Chattanooga valley,
with its environment of ridges and
mountains succeeding each other was
obtained, the swollen river oVertiowlng
its banks in many places, giving the ap-
pearance of plain and city interSected
with canals. Congressman Clements,
of Georgia, whose district embraces the
Chickamauga field, has been selected by
Secretary Proctor to negotiate with the
owners for the lands needed for the
national park. Tonight the party at
tended
The Banquet
given at the Read house to celebrate the
Inauguration Of the Basic steel process
in the South, the dinner being in honor
have established the practicability of
the process after long test, and have
opened steel works in Chattanooga.
There were very elaborate decora-
tiOns of flowers, potted plants
and national coors, but the distinguish
ing feature of the celebration was the
tableware, much of which, including
plates and the cover of the menu cards,
consisted of tin plate recently made in
this country from Chattanooga steel.
Covers wers laid for about one hundred
and ninety guests, among whom were:
Senators Henderson, Frye. Hawley,
Butler, Sanders and Carey; Represent
atiyes Mckinley, CoggsweIl, Cannon,
Wheeler, Hooker, McMillin, Allen, of
Michigan; Post, Henderson, of Illinois;
Osborne, Clements and Baker; Gen.
Boynton, John II. and Hugh II. Inman
and J. G, Maben, directors in the Rich
| mond Terminal system; S, NJ. FELTON,,
president of the East Tennessee, Vir-
ginia 81 Georgia railroad; j. ID. Will
| hanson, president of the Chattanooga.
Rome & Columbus railroad; Gen.
Thurston, of Nashville, and Carter Har-
riSOn, of MurfreesbOrO.
Adolph S. Ochs, of the Chattanooga
| Times, presided as chairman of the
chamber of commerce committee, and
Mayor Merriam welcomed the guests.
Toasts were responded TO as follows:
List of Toasts.
'sThe Occasion We Celebrate" by
| TomlinSon Fort, president of the Chat
! tanooga chamber of committee; 'Our
Guests" by J. f. Skipp, president of
the Chattanooga board of trade; The
| Manufacture of Iron and Steel IN the
| South,'' by A. NJ. Shook; The Chicka-
manga and Chattanooga National" by
! Gen. Il. Y. BoyntOn; Chattanooga,
| Reasons for Making 1t Home" by Con-
| gresham Evans, of Tennessee, who
earnestly set forth the advantages of
his place of residence; Chattanooga as
a Railroad Center" by H. S. Chamber
lain of Chattanooga, and Our COun-
try by Frederick Taylor, of New
York city.
| ImprOmptu addresses were made by
Senator Sanders, Representatives Nc
| Kinley, Cannon and others. Letters of
| regret were read from number Of dis
tinguished gentlemen:
Ex-President Cieyeland-I fully ap-
| preciate the Importance and value of
| the event the chamber OF commerce of
your city propose to celebrate. Few
| things, it seems to me, are better worthy
of your peoples joyful notice. L should
greatly enjoy being with you to join in
the contemplated celebration, and have
attempted to see my way clear to that
accomplishment, but am obliged, how
ever, on account of duties and engage
ments here, to foregO the pleasure it
would offord me to accept your exceed
iDgly courteous invitation.
Abram s. Hewitt regret exceed
ingly that the state of my health vii
deprive me of the pleasure of being
present. but l can assure you that l
sympathize fully with the feeling which
induces your citizens to honor these
gentlemen as they deserve to be hon
ored for their enterprise, intelligence
and success in introducing the branch
| of business which will hereafter be a
leading industry of the region of which
Chattanooga is the center. The South
is the natural home of the basic process
Just as the North must necessarily be
the great producer of acid steel. 1t is
an interesting fact that these products
have each their proper field of useful
ness, and that the basic steel of the
South will undoubtedly find a market
north of the Ohio river, just as the
pig iron of the South has invaded north
| ern territory"
After urging the South to give liberal
treatment to railroads and various in
dustries the letter continues:
IF the South shall sternly set its face
against all reputation, against all vio-
lation of plighted faith, its future is as
sured, and its people will be the hap
piest and most contented in the world
Chauncey NJ. Depew: Certainly one
of the most interesting contributions to
the wealth and prosperity of the coun-
try is the iron development in the terri
tory of which Chattanooga is the centre
To be able to supplement this industry
with the successful manufacturing OF
basic steel is an event of more than Or
nary Importance, not only in its local.
but in its national aspect"
Senator Brown and Governor North
, en-, of Georgia; Governor Buchanan, OF
Tennessee; Calvin s. Brice. Henry
Fink aud Congressman Niedringhaus
were among others who expressed re-
grets. Tomorrow morning the Wash
ingtoD party will leave Chattanooga fol
home.