The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-04-30
MAKING SOCIAL CALLS.
PRESIDENT HARRISON WARMLY
GREETED EVERYWHERE.

Harrison, has been making a few social
ca s upon some of his tenants. When
the Presidential party reached Chat
tanooga, Tenn. fully 5000 people were
assembled at the station. A salute of
thirteen guns was fired as the President
descended from the steps Of the train in
the Union Depot The pillars of the de-
pot were draped with the national colors,
and weaved in evergreens: above the
main exit to the street were the words,
"Welcome to President Harrison" The
reception committee numbered fifty, and
was composed of leading citizens and
representative colored men.
The party visited Lookout Mountain
and, returning, were driven through the
principal streets. The business houses
along the line of thePreSdent'sr route were
handsomely decorated, flags and bunting
floating from every window. President
Harrison was introduced by Hon. I'll.
Clay Evans, and was greeted with deaf
Gaming cheers. The President spoke q
quarter of an hour. He was followed by
Secretaries Wanamaker and Proctor.
A reception upon the stand followed, a
mass Of people passing hurriedly for
ward to shake hands with Mr.. Harrison.
The President during his speech said:
My fellow-citizens have greatly enjoyed
the opportunity of seeing Chattanooga
again. | saw it last as the camp of a great
army. It's only industries were military its
stores were munitions of war, it's pleasant
hill-tOps were torn with rif1e-pits its civic
population the attendants of an army cam
paign. see it to-day great city, pros
porous CITY, To-day [ see these hiIl-tOps,
then briStling with guns, crowned with happy
homes; [ see these streets, through which
the worn veterans of many campaigns then
marched, made glad with the presence of
happy children. Everything is changed.
The wand of an enchantress has touched
these hills, and old Lookout, that frowned
over the valley from which the pillow had
been withdrawn, now looks upon the peace
full industries of country life. All things
are changed, except that the flag that then
flOated over Chattanooga floats here still.
[Cheers. 1t has passed from the hands of
the veterans who bore it to victory in battle
into the hands of the children, who lift it as
an emblem Of peace. Cheers. Then Chat
tanOoga was wars gateway to the South.
Now it is the gateway to peace, commerce
and prosperity, CHEERS There have been
two cOnquests, one with arms, the other
with the gentle influence of peace, and the
last is greater than the first. Cheers. The
first is only great as it made way for that
which followed, and now, one again in our
devotion to the constitution and the laws,
one again in the determination that the
States shall never again be raised, we have
started together upon q career of prosperity
and development that has as yet given only
the signs of what is to come. congratulate
Tennessee, L congratulate this prosperous
city, / congratulate all those who, through
this gateway, give and receive the inter-
changes of friendly commerce that there is
being wrought throughout our country, d
unlfcatiOn by commerce, unificatlOn by
similarity of institutions and habits that
shall in time erase every vestge of differ
ence, and shall make us not only in cOntem-
platiOn of the law, but in heart and SYM
pathy, one people Cheers / thank you
for your cordial greeting to-day, and hope
for the development of the industries of
our country and for the settling of our insti-
buttons upon the firm basis of a respect for
the laws. In this glad springtime, while
the gardens are full of blossoms and the
fields give the promise of another harvest
and your homes are full of happy children,
let us thank God for what He has wrought
for us as a people, and each in our place
resolutely maintain the great idea upon
which every thing is builded-the rule of
the majority constitutiOnally expressed and
the absolute equality of all men before the
law. Cheers
Rolling south, the train pulled into
Gainesville Ca, where a great crowd
welcomed the party. The President
spoke as follows:
My friends, [ have had great pleasure
to-day in passing over some parts of the
old route that took once before under very
different and distressing circumstances, to
find how easy it is, when we are all agreed,
to travel between Chattanooga and Atlanta.
l am glad to see the evidences of prosperity
that abound through your country. and
wish you in all your relations every human
good. Cheers
At Marietta the party was joined by
Reception Committee from Atlanta, con-
sisting of Mayor Hemphill, Ex-Governor
Bullock, Capt. John Milledge, Gen. j. r.
Lewis, S. M. Inman, Col. w. L. Calhoun,
President of the Confederate Veterans
Association; Col. A. j. West, of Gov
ernor Northen's staff, and seventeen
members of the City Council. They
came from Atlanta in a special train.
At Atlanta Ga, an accident occurred
at the time of the Presidents arrival
that might have resulted in injury to the
President and Mrs. Harrison had it hap
rened few minutes sooner. 1t resulted
from the military salute fired in honor
Of the President. The cannon used for
this service was mounted on a fiat car
at siding near the track over which
the Presidential car ran. In order to
give emphasis to their work the soldiers
it just as the Presidents train was pass
ing on an adjoining track.
The conclusion was tremendous, and
shattered three thick plate glass window
panes in the dining car Coronado, i'm
mediately next the seats assigned to the
special use of the President and Mrs.
Harrison. Luckily these seats were I'M
occupied at the time. A cOlOred waiter
who was standing in the aisle of the car
was thrown down by the explosion. He
was, however, more frightened than
hurt. The Presidential party was at the
other end Of the train at the time and
knew nothing of the accident until in
formed of it afterward.
When the Presidential train entered
Atlanta Governor NOrthen advanced and
received the party. The Governor said:
I am glad to welcome your excellency
to the State of Georgia. You will find
among US loyal and hospitable people.
and 10 their name, welcome you to the
State.
Replying, the President said it gave
him great pleasure to visit the En- lre