The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-15
HARRISON IN THE SOUTH.
spEECHEs DELIVERED AT ALL THE
STOPPING PLACES.


Places Handsomely Decorated-His
speeches Much alike.
ROANOKE, VA, April 14.-The presidential
train arrived here at $50 o'clock this morn
ing. having made the run from Washington
m exact schedule time. There were no spe-
,isl incidents on the route. Fifteen min
utes we're spent at Lynchburg for the pur-
nose of shifting the train from the Rich
noud and Danville road to the Norfolk and
Western. A large crowd gathered at the
station. but there was no demonstration.
This was due to the early hour, 6:44 o'clock,
and the fact that the President had not
arisen. Another brief stop was made at
Blue Ridge, where a crowd gathered and
snioyed the spectacle of the chief magistrate
Of their country and his family at break
fast The reception at Roanoke was most
enthusiastic The President shook hands
with many hundred people from the rear
platform, and, in response to repeatedAde-
mands, made a short speech. The entire
incubation of the place seemed to have
gathered at the station, and as many of
them as could do so embraced the chance to
shake hands with the President. Mrs Har-
rison was presented with a handsome bou-
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asked for and obtained the Presidents auto
graph.
THE PRESIDENTS SPEECH.
Following is the Presidents speech at
Roanoke:
Ny FELLOW CITTzENs-I desire to thank you
very sincerely for this friendly greeting The
state of Virginia is entitled, think, to high es-
timauon among the states for its great history,
and for ihe contributions 1t has made to the
great store of our common country. This fact
you discovered, think, long ago. For personal
reasons | have great affection for Virginia 1t
bthe state of my fathers. l am glad this
morning to congratulate you upon the mar
velOuS development which has come
and the greater, which is coming to your COM
monwealth. You not only have an illustrious
development in wealth and prosperity in all
that makes a great state such as
never entered into the Imagination of
those who laid the foundation of common
wealth. TCheersl. You are arOusing now to q
realization of the benefits of diversity Of indus
try. Ia the olden time Virginia was a planta-
ton state. hope she may never cease TO have
large agricultural interests. 1t is the founda-
ton of stable society. But rejoice with you
that she has added to agriculture the mining
Of coal and iron, and the bring
ing of these from their bels
is producing all the products that enter into
the uses Of life. In this is the secret OF that
great growth, illustrating what see about me
here and the promise of the future which none
OF us can 1ully realize. In all OF JneSe JnlngS
We have a common interest, and beg to assure
you that in everything that tends to the social
order of your people and ths development and
increased prosperity of the state of Virginia, |
am in most hearty sympathy with you all.
Cheers
RADFoRD CHEERS HIM.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, April 14.-The town
Of Radford ackno wledged the honor of the
Presidents visit in a cordial way. Many of
the inhabitants were assembled at the sta
ton and they chee1 od the president heartily.
He went out on the back platform
and shook hands with all within reach.
One excited individual started what he
called a yankee cheer" and every one
Joined in. Calls were made for Postmaster
General Wanamaker and Secretary Rusk,
aud they joined the President. The former
spoke few words in recognition Of several
Pennsylvanians in the crowd. He said he
knew they came from his own state because
Of their good looks, but was surprised that
they should be so far from home.
As the train pulled out OF
the station bright-looking lad
shouted to the President They've always
called me Yank, and now Pm glad Of it.
All the villages along the route wore q
holiday appearance, and the people cheered
Justify when they observed the President
/ The students of William and Henry and Of
/ Randolph and Macon colleges gave vent t.
their college cries as the train moved slowly
past. All the public school houses anC
many private business houses were decor
ated with flags.
A BIG CROWD AT BRISTOL.
A vast crowd was found massed in th,
station at Bristol, and q committee from
that city headed by Judge Harvey Woo(
boarded the train and escorted the PreSi
dent to high bluff, where he was introduced
to the people by Judge Wood. In respons
to the cheers and loud calls for a s3eech
the President made the following address
My FELLOw-C -CITIzENs-l have found not onl.
pleasure but instruction in riding to-day throug
portion of the state of Virginia, that is feeling
IN very striking way the impulse of the new
development. IL is extremely gratifying t
notice that those hidden sources of wealtl
which were so long unobserved and so long un
used, are now being found, and that these re
i, Eions, once so retired, occupied by pastora
{R5seple' {5ep oarlryg having difficult access IT
now beng rapidly transformed into bus
manufacturing and commercial centers. In TIN
early settlement of this city emlgrants poure
over the Alleghanies and Blue Ridge like water
over an obstructing ledge, seeking the fertil
anu attractive farm regions of the great west
ihey passed unobserved these marvellous bic
zen zen stores of wealth which ar ar
no" being brought into use. HaN
ing filed those great basins Of tn
west they are now turning back to Virginia an
west Virginia and Tennessee to bring aboU
SAOpulcuJ anu DrOQuCClOn lot WHICH IliL6
ipe and which will surprise the world lCheers
J.. mas not been long since every implement c
ron, domestic, agricultural and mechanica
The iron point Of the wooden moIt
3oard plow, with which early farmei
mere turned the soil, came from distant state
Put now Virginia and Tennessee are stirrin
Inelr energies to participate in a large degree
mechanical productions and in the great awal
eeIhng OF American commerce and American il
nuence, which will lift the nation to plaC
among the nations of the world never befor
attained. [Cheers.l
CAN COMPETE WITH ALL.
" nat hinders us. secure in the market of OF
o"h great population, from successful compt
tIltlon IN the markets of the world? What hi
uers our people, possessing every element
material wealth and endowed with inventiy
asaius and energy unsurpassed, frol
aEulh having upon the seas of the merchal
marine flying the flag of our country an
Calrylng its commerce iuto every sea and ever
ooIt' l am glad to stand for this momeI
nlnong you; glad to express my sympathy wit
Sou IN every enterprise that tends TO develo
your state and local communities; glad
ssaha with YOU upon one common platform {
tespect to the constitution and law, differing
uLF policies as to what the law should b
bledged with a common devotion Of obeiienC
- the law the majority sha
~ their expressions make it.
Suau carry away from here a new in
Iuse TO public duty; new inspiration as
Si.'lleh with you Of the country whose greatnel
- - my dawning. And may now express u
LIeasure l shall have in every good that CO
oLle TO you q community and to each
~ as individuals May peace. prosperity al
in nrFv1ifI lac n