The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-08-21
GENEROUS WELCOME
Accorded the President on His
Bennington Trip.

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HE MAKES TWO SPEECHES,
Populace Of Albany and Troy Turn Out
to Listen to Him and Extend Cordial
Greetings--safe Arrival OF the Party NJ
Bsnnington--The Old Town Overflow.
ing with visitors-Everything In Favor
OF . Successful Celebration Of the Cen.
tennial Exercises.
JERSEY CITY, Aug. 19.-The president
and party left Cape May for Bennington,
VT, on special train composed of the
Pennsylvania buffet car Mayfower and
the West Shore railroad buffet car No. 90.
The presidential party, which consisted Of
President Harrison, Private Secretary
Halford and Howard Gale Of Indianapolis
travelled in the latter car. In the May
flower were number Of newspaper cor
respondents who will go with the presi-
dent as far rs Jersey City. At Jersey City
Russell Harrison and the presidents
stenographer joined the party. The de-
parture of the president was without
special incident. His family babe him
goodby at the station, and only few per-
sons stood around to watch the departure
of the train. llf3et
A Warm Welcome at Albany.
ALBANY, Aug. 19.-The special train
bearing President Harrison and his
party arrived in this city at $50 yesterday
afternoon. They had been met at Coey-
mans by Postmaster Warner and James
Ten Eyck The president entered car
rage aud was driven up State street to a
stand in front of city hall. The houses
along the route were deliberately deco
rated and the streets were jammed with
people. There was tremen dous enthusi-
asm. When the president reached the
foot of the steps of the stand. he was
greeted by Governor Hill, who introduced
Mayor Manning. The three chief execu-
tives walked to the front of the stand, and
cheer upon cheer went up. Mayor Man
ming then, after the cheering had subsidized,
spoke briefly. Then Governor Hill stepped
forward. and in a short speech rendered
the president a cordial welcome
President Harrison then advanced to
the front, and bowling to the governor,
spoke as follows:
II, The Presidents Speech.
Governor Hill, Mr.. Mayor and Fellow Citi-
Gems: l receive with great qualification the
very cordial expressions which have fallen
from the lips of his ,excellency, the governor
of this great state, and of his honor, the mayor
of this great municipality. 1t is very crafty
Ing to me to be thus as sured that, as an Ameri-
can citizen, as public officers administering
each different functions in connection with the
government of the nation, of the state and of
the municipality, we in common with this
great body of citizens whose servants we are,
have the common love for our institutions,
and that common respect for those who, by the
appointed constitutional methods, have been
chosen to administer them, as on such occa-
sions as this entirely obliterate all differences
and bring us together in the great and endur-
ing brotherhood of American citizenship
This great capital of great state | have
had the pleasure of visiting once or twice be-
forer 4 h.eYe many times visited your COM
merctal capilel and have traversed IN many
directions the great and. prosperous Empire
state. You hive concentrated here great
wealth and greSt productive capacity for in
creased wealth, great financial institutions
that reach out in their influences and effects
over the whole land You have great pros
perity and great responsibility.
The general government is charged with
certain great functions in which the people
duty of providing for our people the money
with which its business transactions are con-
Quoted. There has sometimes been in some
regions of the great west a thought that New
York, being largely credit state, was dis
posed to be little hard with the debtor COM
munities of the great west; but, my fellow
citizens. narrow views ought not to prevail
with them or with you, and will not in the
light of friendly discussion. The law of COM
merce may be selfishness, but the law of states
manship
should BE Broader and More Libe raj.
Edo not intend to enter upon any subject
that can excite division; but do believe that
the general government is solemnly charged
with the duty of seeing that the money issued
by it is always and everywhere maintained
at par. believe that | speak that which is
the common thought Of us all when say that
every dollar, whether paper or coin, issued or
stamped by the general government should
always and everywhere be as good as any
other dollar. | am sure that we would all
shun that condition Of things into which many
peoples of the past have drifted and of which
we have had in one of the great South Ameri-
can countries a recent example, the distressed
and hopeless condition into which all business
enterprises fall when a nation issues an ire
deemable or deprecated money. The neces-
cessities of a great war can excuse that. am
one OF those that believe that these men from
your SuopS, lneSc FARMERS remote from money
entres, have the largest interest of all people
in the world in having dollar that is worth
100 cents every day in the year and only such.
Ifby any chance we should fall into condition
where one dollar is not so good as another.
venture the assertion that that poorer dollar
will do the first errand in paying some poor
labOrer for his work. Therefore in the con-
duct of our public affairs. l fell pledged for
one tiat all the influences of the government
should be on the side OF giving the people only
good money, and just
As Much of That Kind as We Can Get.
Now, my fellow citizens, we have this year
most abundant, yes, extraordinary
grain crop. All of the great staplesl
have yielded to the labor of the farmer
in a larger measure than ever before. A lead
ing agricultural paper estimated that the
produce of our farms will be worth 81, OOO, OOO,-
600 more this year than ever before, and it hap
pens that just with this great surplus in our
barns we find scarcity in all the countries of
Europe Russia has recently prohibited the
expectation of rye because she needs her crop
to feed her own PEG pie. The demand in
France, and in England and Germany will alb
sorb every bushel Of the great surplus we shall
have after our people are fed, and whatever
complaints there may have been in the past, l