Los Cerrillos rustler. (Cerrillos, N.M.) 188?-1891, 1891-04-24
THE PRESIDENT N ALABAMA
Address q ths People q birmingham On
diversified Industries Eto.

A~InNiNeuANs Ala AprN AA-Ahe
presidential party had = delightful ain
hours trip over the Georgia Pacific road
from Atlanta 10 this city. The special
engine provided was completely covered
with hagS and bunting and displayed In
front a large portrait Of the president
The president showed great interest
IN the celebrated Red hills Of Georgia,
the cotton plantations and the evidence
Of enterprise ON every side. A feature
Of the run to birmingham was the
prominent display Of the American coli
ors AT all the stations
Tallapoosa gave the president n cor
dial reception. Mayor Head welcomed
the president and introduced him 10 the
people. The president stood on the
rear platform Of the train and paid his
compliments 90 the enterprise Of the
town and people. When he had con-
cluded the local postmaster approached
and presented hickory ane 20 Mr..
Harrison and the acknowledgements
aud others prcscted flowers 20 the ladies
Of the party.
Soon after passing Tallapoosa the
train crossed the Georgia line into Ala
bama and at the same time the gov
ernor OF Alabama and his staff left
birmingham In a special train TO meet
the president There was n great crowd
at Admission and the reception of the
party was most enthusiastic, The local
military and a band Of sunday school
children with flags formed a line in
front Of the station and each member
Of the presidential party was given
n silk badge and the ladies were
given bouquets. Hon. John No
bile. mayor of Admission, intro
duced ex-Lieut.-Gov. John Me-
Elrov, who delivered an adj
dress Of welcome. The president re-
sponded. referring rs usual tothe great
development Of the south and especially
dwelling On the watermelon industry.
Acknowledgement Wanamaker yield.
ed TO demands for a speech and pointed
out the manifold advantages OF a
Christian education. lie said they were
in favor Of protection to the young
people and for n higher tariff ON relig-
ious prejudices. In closing he said he
was proud 10 stand up and be counted
among the Sunday school people. This
remark was provoked by the presence
Of a large delegation of Sunday school
teachers
The train mex stopped at Pell City
ond the president shook hands with
many from the rear platform.
Gov. Jones and his staff In full uni
form and n committee of citizens met
the presidential party at Henrietta and
escorted IL TO Birmingham, where the
president was welcomed by the mayor
and other municipal officials. Drawn
up In line and neal the station were the
Grand Army post, the Confederate
veterans association, the local militia,
' of Salem and Montgomery and public
school children, and behind them an
Q immense crowd of people. The city
was deliberately decorated with nation
= nj colors and business was generally
suspended. Addresses of welcom,
were made ut the station
> by Gov. Jones and Mayor Lane, ant
when the president rose to respond he
was greeted with deafening cheers
When quiet was restored he espresso,
his grateful thanks for the welcome eX
4 tended 10 him, and continued: M
. countrymen. we thought the war
great calamity, and SO IL n TIT
. destruction of life and property wa
y great and sad beyond expression; an'
yet we can see now that God led u
e through that Red sea to a development
in material prosperity and a fra
!. ternity that was not otherwls
possible. TCheers. The industries tina
: have called "a your midst many toilinI
! men are always and everywhere tn
4 concomitauts of freedom. Out of al
this freedom from the incubus of slay
cry the south has found a new indus
4. trial birth, once almost wholly agricult
Y ural. You are now not the less fruitful
: in crops. but you have added all this
ICheers. You have increased your pre-
\ duction Of cotton and you have adde
an increase in ten years of nearly 30
per cent. 10 the production of iron
You have produced three-fourths of tn
cotton crop of the world and II Ia
:, brought you since the war about $. 600
600. 900 of money TO enrich your peopl'
20 but as yet you are spinning in III
south only S per cent Of H. VIII
not with the help we will Civ
you in New England and the mort
of spin it all? ICheers.l Why not estal
r.. fish here cotton mills that shall SEN
not the crude agricultural products
Ia other markets, but the manufacture
n, product? lCheers Why not, viii
supplying Go, 900, 600 of people, reac
ont and take a part we have not a
-. the of the world? lCheers
cr | believe we are to see now a renal
l., sance in American prosperity and Il
We upbuilding again of our American me
chant marine" (Cheers
The president then defended h su
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