Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-14
IN NEBRASKA.
At an Early Hour, $50 a. M,
President Harrison
MAKES A HAPPY ADDRESS.
Welcomed by state officials and Speeches
by Municipal Observation-Disclosures in
Satin-Reference to the
Ubiquitous Rooster.

LINCOLN, NEE, May 13.-The elegant
special. bearing the presidential party, en-
tered the state Of Nebraska IL an early
hour this morning. and the president began
the work of the day at $50 o'clock. which
was the time OF his arrival al Hastings. \
large crowd. including Grand Army men
civic societies and school children, We're
gathered at the station, and the presidents
appearance on the rear platform provoked
genuine enthusiasm. The chief executive
spoke aS follows:
My fellow citizenS-There Is great
freshness and beauty about this early
morning on the praiTieS of Nebraska and
hope | will not suffer less in your esteem if
/ make the frank confession that l do not
like to get up early in the morning.
Laughter These many things make
labor OF travel. but they are nothing COM
pared with the great qualification which we
find III such asSembldgeS rs this. Every
where, throughout this land, any observing
man can see that we are one people. APP
plause. The people / saw in California,
Arizona and all along our journey We're Just
such people Us ! see here. Indeed they
were, in q strict sense, the same people,
because they are Yankees, PennSylyanianS
and Ohioans The Ohio man. of course, is
everywhere Laughter and Wisconsin men
and HoosierS-the Hoosier is pretty nearly
everywhere, too. Laughter The course
until it has touched the Pacific ocean and
So everywhere the traveller may 90,
if he will make himself known,
the hands of old neighbors will be stretched
out to him. Out OF this comes the love of
one flag and | am glad to say to you that
we have not passed any little station, even
in Arizona, where q few scores had
gathered from distant ranches, that the
American flag was not in some ones hand
aud Americon cheers for that flag. / thank
you most cordially for the gathering here
this morning SO early lCheers.
Governor Thayer, Lieuteuant-C Governor
Majors and all the state officers Joined the
visitors at Crete and welcomed them TO the
state. The travellers arrived at Lincoln at
9 O'Clock and received 4 most cordial vel
come. A procession was formed and the
visitors were escorted in carriages 10 the
capitol. where formal addresses of welcome
were made by Governor Thayer, on behalf
of the state, and the mayor Of Lincoln, on
behalf of the citizens Appropriate re-
sponses were made by the president, post
maSter-generdl and secretary OF agricul-
ture. The president was presented By the
travelling men of Nebraska with an address
embossed on satin. he also received an
address OF welcome on satin from the chill
dren of the pdrochial schools. The city was
handsomely decorated for the occasion. and
business was entirely suspended during the
ceremonies, which lasted just one hour
The mail carriers of the city were mounted,
and acted as special escorts to the post
master-general during the parade.
Just before leaving the president received
large delegation from Omaha. They pre-
ceeded him in special train to Omaha