The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-17

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When the President concluded, the local
postmaster approached and presented
hickocy nanes 20 the President aud Post
master Gensral. and other persons presented
fowers to the ladiss Of the party.
INTO ALABAMA.
soon after passing Tallapoosa the train
crossed the Georgia line into Alabama. and
aS toe same tins the governor of Alabama
aad dis stan left Birmingham in a special
train to meet the President.
4hsre was crowd at Admission and the
reception OF the party was most enthusiastic.
The town was decorated Tor the occasion
aud presented q gala appearance. The local
In!iisary ard band Of Sunday school chill
dren, with flags, formed line in
'front.' Of the station and each
nemosr OF the presidential party
was given a fine silk badge, suitably in
scri5ed, and the ladies we're also given
beautiful bouquets. Hon. John Noble,
mayor of Admission, who had joined the
party at Atlanta, acted as master of cere-
monies, and introduced ex-Lieutenant Gov
ernor John M. McElroy, who delivered an
eloquent and patriotic address of welcome,
William Stevens also made speech on be-
half OF the oolored population.
HARRIsoN's RESPONSE.
AAO AOoNACut AEbpOHOt1 rs IOllOWB.
FELLow-CITIzRNs-I very much regret that I
am able to make SO little return to you for this
cordial manifestation of your respect and
friendship, and yet even in these few moments
which am able 70 spend with you l hope l shall
gather and possibly be able to impart some i'm
pulse that may be mutually beneficial. | am
glad to see with my eyes that of which
have kept infOrmed-the great development
whlch is taking place in the mineral regions of
the southern states remember well as boy,
resident upon one OF the great tributaries of the
mississippi, how the great agricultural products
OF those states, corn and provisions, raised upon
ths fertile acres of the Ohio and Mississippi
valley, were marketed in the south The old
Broad Horn" took its way down the Mississippi
stopping at the plantations to sell the
provisions, upon which the people of
The south was then essentially a plantation re.
glon producing one or two great staples, that
found ready market in the world, but depend
ent for its implements of industry and domestic
utensils upon states Of the north Mississippi
valley. am glad all this is changed, that You
are realizing the benefits Of diversified agricult-
ure and that the production upon your farms OF
staples which you once bought elsewhere
is largely increasing, and l am glad that to
diversified agriculture you have also added these
great mechanical pursuits which have brought
into your communities artisans and laborers
who take from the adjacent farms the
surplus of your fertile lands. [Cheers There
has been received in the south since
the war not less than S8O0O 00O 900 for cotton
and while I rejoice in that, I am glad to know
that in this genial region there are near 100000
acres devoted to the raising of watermelons
Laughter. No farmer, certainly no planter
In the old time would have consented to sell
watermelons. You are learning that things
which were small and despised have come to be
great elementsin your commerce. Now, your
railroads make special provisions for the trans
portation of a crop which in the aggre gate
brings large wealth to your hands l mention
this as good illustration of the changing con
int nWrrkNF
realizing the benefits of home market for
what you produce, and l am sure you will
unite with me in those efforts which
we ought to make, not only to fill our
own markets with all that this great nation of
people needs, but to reach out to
other markets and enter into competition with
the world for them. Cheers.1 This we shall
do; and with all this mechanical and CONNER
cial development we shall realize largely
that condition of unihcation of heart
andfnterest TO which those who have spoken
for you have so eloquently alluded. Cheersl
And now wishing that the expectation of all
who are interested In this stirring young city
may be realized, that all your industries may be
active and profitable, add the wish that those
gentle and kindlier agencies of the school and
church, Of friendly social life, may always per
wade and abide with you as a community.
lCheerS.
AS A SUNDAY SCHOOL MAN
Postmaster General Wanamaker Welded
to the demands for speech and took oc>
casion to point out the manifold advantages
OF Christian education. He said they were
in favor of protection to the young people
and for higher tariff on religious preiu-
dices. In closing he said he was proud to
stand up and be counted among the Sunday
school people. This remark was provoked
by the presence of large delegation Of Sun
day school teachers.
The people of Oxford and Oxanna Joined
in the celebration, and added considerably
to the crowd.
The train next stopped at Pell City, and
the President shook hands with many from
the rear platform. Mrs. Harrison received
a beautiful bouquet from the hands of a
little girl who was held up to the car
for that purpose As the train moved
cheers were given, first for the President
and then for the ladies of the party.
THE ARRIVAL AT BIRMINGHAM.
The Presidents reception at Birmingham
was a genuine ovation, and the demonstra-
ton was the noisiest that has been expert
enced on the trip thus far. This was due
to the firing of cannon and the stimuli
screaming of hundreds Of locomo-
tive and factory whistles, and the
cheering of a concourse that
the station and the adjoining
streets. Gov. Jones aud his staff. in full
and a committee of citi-
zens, met the presidential party
at Henryellen, and escorted it to this city,
where the President was welcomed by the
mayor and other municipal officers. Drawn
I'D In line in and near the station were a
Grand Army post, the Confederate Vet
erans' Association, local militia, repre-
sentatives of the militia of Selma and
Montgomery, and public school children,
and behind them were massed an immense
crowd Of people.
ELABORATE DECORATIONS.
The city was elaborately decorated with
The national colors and beautiful white dog
wood blossoms, and business was generally
suspended. Addresses of welcome were
made at the station by Gov Jones and
Mayor Lane
GOV. JONES' SPEECH.
III welcoming President Harrison Gov.
Jones said:
Mr. PREsIDENT-As the chief magistrate of
100000 people, rejecting their wishes and
ceilings, I bid you in the name Of the
tate of Alabama hearty and
cordial welcome to her soil. You find yourself
Lmong an intelligent. hospitable, brave
md energetic people, who, amid many diff
;ulties, under the quickening impulses OF
progress in industrial and material development.
While not neglecting those higher and better
hings in society and government without |
which all material advancement Is vain. |
You will find our people, like your own
ellow-citizens of Indiana, strong believers in |
IN ''indestructible union of indestructible |
tates" We heartily share you in the gratihca- |
Inference between these days and those other !
laws when YOU first visited the south. In those