New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-16
GREETED BY THE SOUTH.
THE PRESIDENTS NOTABLE WELCOME TO
CHATTANOOGA AND ATLANTA.


AND HEARTILY cHEERED BY GREAT
THRoNGs-A STOP MADE AT THE FIELD
OF REsAcA-REckPTIoN TO THE
rARTY BY THE GOVERNOR
OF GEORGIA.
Chattanooga, Tenn, April 15.-When the Presi-
Dental train reached here at 30 O'Clock this morning
fully 5000 persons were assembled at the station.
salute Of thirteen guns was fred the President dc
seonded from the steps Of the train in the Union Depot
The reception committee numbered fifty, including
Judge ID. VI. Key, General; ex-Congress
man II. Clay Evans, and /. B. Merriam, Mayor OF
Chattanooga. The party was Joined here by Mr.. and
Mrs. Carter Harrison the Presidents brother and sister
in-aw, from Nashville.
Three electric conveyed the party to the
incline at the foot Of Lookout Mountain. The
party remained few minutes on Lookout Noun
tain. Then the cars again boarded and the party
returned to the city, where they driven through
the principal streets. With few exceptions the bust
ness houses along the line Of tho Presidents route
were handsomely decorated. The public schools had
a holiday and drawn up in line in McCallle-ave. the
main residence street, were thousands Of school chill
dren dressed in their Sunday clothes and waving Win
flags welcome. The stand from which the President
spoke, and where he held general reception, was
profusey, and tastefully decorated. President liar
rison was introduced by H. Clay Evans and was
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quarter Of an hour He said:
Ny Fellow-Citize / have greatly enjoyed the op,
portunity Of seeing Chattanooga again saw II ast
%ere G IaR 81 gSat @ S muno S Of its
pleasant illtops were torn with rle-plts us c'lG
iea IL TO av e aeat ety M
centre. see these hilltOps then bristng with guns
crowned with happy homes these streets through
which the worn veterans OF many campaigns then
marched, made glad with the presence OF happy cni
dren. Everything is changed. The wand OF an en-,
frowned the valleys from which the plough hau
been withdrawn, now looks upon tne Peace,d eHcent
that the flag that then aoated over Chattanooga n0Sf
Of the Veterans Who bore It to Victory G in battle
the hands of the children, who lift 1t as an emblem
gateway to the south now it is the gateway of peace,
commerce and prosperity. (Cheersl iii. ,. .Lo
There have been two conquests-one with arms, the
other with the gentle influences Of peaceand the at
is greater than the first. CheersD The Ist Is only
great as 1t made way dfE h T YIN and the
laws again in the determination that the question
Of the severance of the Federal relations OF these
states shall again be raised we have started 70
gether upon career OF prosperity and deveiopnen'
congratulate Tennessee, / congratulate this prosper
Gus city, l congratulate all those who through Ins
gateway give and receive the nterchanges Of friendly
commerce. that there Is being wrought throughout our
country unifcaton by commerce, unhchto1 t, Ds
erase every vestise Of difference and shall make us
not only in contemplation Of the law but In heart anu
sympathy one People o Tor corSa greeting today and
hope for the development of the industries OF our
f SC r S Sne fof he Tseet for q the law In this glad
sprngtlme while the gardens are full OF blossoms anu
the fields give the promise OF e Ts thank God
for what He has wrought for us as people anu I'LL
in place resolutely maintain the gfe bo G msortT
consttutionally expressed and the absolute equalV'
Of all men before the law. (Cheers0
The President followed by Secretaries wanna
maker and Proctor. reception upon the stand fol
lowed. At the station, prior to the Presidents de-
parture the crowd surrounded the observation platform
The President remained on the platform shaking hahuS
with all who were lifted mp, among whom were many
women. As the train pulled out, shower OF hoWerS
thrown from the crowd fell over the head and shoulders
Of the President. At IL 30 a. M the tram star'eu
for Atlanta amid loud cheers
Atlanta April 15-Thc trip from Chattanooga 10
Atlanta as made over the Western and Atlantic road
c. II. Hartman, general passenger agent OF the roau'
took charge Of the train and pointed out the many ms
torcal places along the route. These included the
battIenelds of Chlckamauga Tunnel Hill, Resaca, Ding
Gap. Kennesaw and Peach Tree Crock Short stops
were made at each these places, and the President
shook hands with large number Of people, 1t was al
Resaca that General Harrison led the charge against te
Confederate battery in which engagement lie lost nearly
half his regiment. Marshal Ransdcl who accompanies
the President this trip, lost his arm in that en-
cagement Among other places visited were Rlnggold,
Dalton and Gainesville At the latter place Driei
speeches were made from the platform Of the train
by tho President and Postmaser-General Wanamaker.
The former spoke as follows:
My Friends: I very much Obliged to You for
coming here IN this shower 70 SNOW 2o U%G Hi xour
good feelings. ! have had great pleasure To-Day III
Easing over some parts of the old route that took
once before under very different ard distressing cir
cumstances, to find how easy II Is when we are an
agreed, to travel between Chattanooga ana nlia nv
abound through your country. and wish you in all
your relations every human good. Checrsl
shortly after leaving Chattanooga, the President
was informed of the death of Mrs Halford the wife
of his private secretary. lie was shocked at the
news and Immediately sent a telegram OF coincidence
to Mr. IIalford. In IL he said that II he could follow
the full desires of his heart he would turn back TO
Washington so as TO be with his friend In his hour
of sorrow but he felt that Mr. Iaford would advise
him TO continue his trip, in view Of the preparations
made for it and the great disappointment that would
result from its abandonment He had therefore, DC
cded to continue ii according to plans already made
At Marietta the party Joined by a reception
from Atlanta among the members OF which
were Mayor Hemphll, Ex-Governor Bullock, Colonel
W. L. Calhoun president Of the Confederate veterans
Association Colonel A. J. West Of Governor N0rthens
staff; and seventeen members Of the CITY Council;
They came from Atlanta in special train composed
Of parlor cars and gondoa or fiat car, on which was
a field battery in charge OF members Oh tie
atlanta artillery. As soon the tram started, the
cannon beiched forth welcome, which 1t kept up
every three minutes during the tennle run 10 Al
lanta. A.. ,,o.-,.. -, .,,o,,sords
Amid tumult caused by the blowing OF thousands
OF steam whistles, the Presidential train entered
Atlanta M halfpast 3. As soon as the train reached
the city limits the signal was given by the Exposition
Cotton Mills, and after another OF the hundreds
of mills along the ne chimed in. did also hundreds
OF railroad engines in the several railrond yards.
Thousands OF people lined the tracks for several blocks
around the Union Depot and i was almost impossible
TO pass through the streets President Harrison stood
on the platform OF the the train rolled INTO
the station When the train stopped. Governor
Northern with a large delegation Of Atlautas best
known citizens, advanced to receive the party Iho
Governor. on being presented to the President SUD
{" am glad TO welcome your Exccllency to the state
OF Georgia YOu will find among us loyal and
hosptable people and in their welcome yon TO
the Sat,7 Repying the President said It gave him
great pleasure TO visit the Emprn State Of the south
the wonderful evidences OF the prosperity OF when
were manifest in the stirring city OF Atlanta. The
full Presidential party were then taken n charge Dy
tine city. , , . ,,,.,
At o'clock the party went to the state Capitol,