St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-15
Along the Route of the PreSi-
Dental Party OF Trav-
elerS.
OVatiOnS rendered the PpeSi-
dent at Roanoke and
Knoxville.
He Makes Speeches at Many
of the Stopping
Places.
A Slight Accident Occurs in
the Knoxville Pa
rade.

ROANOKE, Va, April 1.-THE preSi
Dental train arrived at this thriving
town at $50 o'clock this morning, hav-
ing made the run from Washington on
exact schedule time. There were no
special incidents Oh the route. Fiji
teen minutes were spent at Lynchburg
for the purpose of shifting the train
from the Richmond & Danville road
to the Norfolk & Western. 4 large
crowd was gathered at the station, but
there was no demonstration. This was
due to the early hour, :45 o'clock, and
the fact that the president had not
arisen. Another brief stop was made
at Blue Ridge. where a crowd gath
cred at the station, and enjoyed
the spectacle of the chief magis-
trate Of their country and his family at
breakfast. The reception at Roanoke
was most enthusiastic. The president
shook hands with many hundred people
from the rear platform, and IN response
to repeated demands made a short
speech. The entire population 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. The
following is the presidents speech at
Roanoke: MY fellow citizens: |
desire to thank you very sincerely for
this friendly greeting. The state of
Virginia is entitled, ] think, TO high
estimation among the states. for its
great history, for the contribution it
has made TO the great story of
Our Common Country.
This fact you discovered, 1 think, long
ago. For personal reasons | have great
affection for Virginia. 1t is the state of
my fathers. l am glad this morning to
congratulate you on the marvellous
development which has come and the
greater which is coming to your
commonwealth. You not only have
| an illuStriouS story behind you, but
before you prospects of 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 the commonwealth. You
are arousing now to realization of the
| benefits OF diversity of industries. In
the Olden time Virginia was plantation
state. | hope she may never cease to
have large agricultural interests. 1t is
| the foundation of stable society. But |
rejoice with YOU that she has added to
agriculture the mining of coal and iron,
and, bringing these from their
beds. is producing all the prod
ucts that enter into the uses
of life. In this: is the secret
of that great growth illustrating what [
see about NE here and the promise of
! future which none of us can fully real
iZe. In al of these things we have
| common interest, and | beg to assure
you that in everything that tends TO the
social order of your people ana tile de-
| velOpment and increased prosperity of
| the state of Virginia l am i'll most
hearty sympathy with you ALL"
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, April 1.-THE
| town of RadfOrd acknowledged the
honor of the presidents visit in cor
dial way. Many of the inhabitants were
assembled at the station, and they
| cheered the president heartily. He
went out on the back platform and
| shook hands with all within reach. One
| excited individual started what he
called Yankee cheer" and every one
| Joined in it. AS the train pulled out of
the station bright-loOking lad shouted
| to the president: They've always
Called We a Yank,
and now Pm glad of it," A vast crowd
was found massjd in the station at Bris-
tol, and a committee from that city,
ny wv
the train and escorted the president to
a high bluff, where he was introduced
to the people by Judge Wood. The
| president made an address, which he
opened by declaring that he had
had pleasure and instruction dur
ing his trip through a portion of Vir-
| gina. He referred TO the now develop
| ing industries and lauded the addition
of mechanics to agriculture. The party
tt,nr, ~ fln 10,
| ident shook hands with many people
from the rear platform. Brief
| speeches were made by Postmaster Gen
eral Wanamaker and Secretary Rusk.
| There was so much cheering for Mrs.
! Harrison that she was compelled to
come out on the platform and bow her
| acknowledgment. A committee of fif-
| teen citizens of Knoxville, including
| William Rule, editor of the Journal,
and Representatives Houk and Taylor,
! boarded the train at Bristol and ac-
companied the party to Knoxville.
The next stopping place was johnson
| City, and there the party met with
royal reception. There were about 5000
| persons, including many Grand Army
| men. gathered around gaily decorated
| stand in the public square. and the
| presidents appearance was greeted
with Loud Cheers.
| The playing of bands and the blowing
of steam whistles. The city was dec
grated. Representative Taylor intro
| duced the visitors to the people. The
president made an address. Greeneville,
( Tenn, home of Andrew johnson, was
| specially cordial in its welcome to the
presidential party, a feature being the
| display Of flags. When MorristoWn was
reached the president was again called
| to the platform for speech, and re-
| Sponded.
The residents of the enterprising city
| of Knoxville turned out en- masSe this
| evening to do honor to the president
and his cabinet officers. A military
salute was fired. A carriage drawn by
four horses was placed at his disposal
| and he was shown the principal
points of interest in the vicinity.
| The other members of the party
were also provided with carriages. a
| public reception was held, and Col. ".
| A Henderson delivered an address of
| welcome. to which the president re-
sponded. The presidential party then
re-entered their carriages and started
for the train, but they had not
| ing the carriage containing Secretary
Rusk and others, took fright and dashed
| into the presidents carriage. There /
was great excitement for the moment,
as 10th the president and Mrs. Harrison
were seen to be in imminent danger
| They managed, however, to get
| out of the carriage uninjured. The
| frightened horses were finally con-
trolIed, but not until they had wrecked
! Secretary Rusk's carriage. In the
| evening Col. E. j. Sanford gave a re.
! ceptioD III honor of the presidential
party, which was attended by all the
prominent people of Knoxville.