Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-18

| MEMPHIS, Tenn. April 1I.-When intro
| duced by the mayor the president said.
Ny fellow citizens: The name Of the city
OF Memphis was familiar u me in my early
boyhOOd. Born and reared upon one OF the
tributaries of the great river, upon which
YOUR city is located. these river marts OF
commerce were familiar trading ports Of
the farmers of the Ohio valley. | consratu-
late YOU that the progress Of events has
made YOU not less agricultural, but has d.
yersified your agriculture 50 that YOU are
not wholly dependent upon these great sta
pies for the income of your farms II Is il
great thing that you are now raising more
wheat, more corn more hogs and more cat
tie than YOU are now raising potatoes and
vatermelons and cabbage. Cheers. The
benefits OF the diversificatiOn are very great
and the change sym3oizcs more than we
AT FIRST REALIZED.
rejoice that YOU are trying 10 diversity
agriculture and manufacturing pursuits,
that you are turning your thoughts 10 COM
pressing and spinning cotton as well as
raising it. / know no reason why these
cotton states that produce 20 per cent OF he
cotton of the world should not SPIN the
greater portion of il, | know no reason why
they should export il as q raw material
rather than as d manufactured product,
holding in their midst the profits Of this
transformation Of raw material TO finished
products. APPLAUSE. This government
of ours is compact Of people to De gov
erued by majority to express itself by law
fuI methods. Cheers !. Everything II
this country is to be brought 10 the meas.
ure OF law. / proposed no other rule,
either as an individual or as pubnc OH
Ger cannot in any degree lay down tAIS
rule cries OF mo- cheers. without ylo-at-
ng
MY OFFICIAL DUTY
There must be no other supremacy than
that of lawful majorities. therefore | think,
while | realize and sYnpathize with your
difficulties, we must al come At last 10 this
conclusion-that supremacy of law Is one
supremacy in this country Of oars.
Cheers.
Now my fellew-citizeus, | thank you for
this warm and magnificent cemonstra-
ton of your respect, accepting cordially
the expression of the chief Of your city
government, that you are sincere, earnest,
patriotic. devoted people. l beg to leave
with each OF you the suggestion that each
in his place shall do what he can 10 main
tain social order and public peace, that the
laws here and everywhere shall be between
yTell-disposed and the il-disposed. Cheers,
long continued.
WANTED wASSIE.
When the cheering had subsidized loud calls
were made for Postmaster General Wana-
maker. He responded and in few weR
chosen remarks referred In pleasing man
ner 10 the prosperity of the South as evil
denced by the increasing number of new
postoffices being established.
He was followed by Secretary Rusk, after
which a public reception was begun, the
president standing in the doorway welcom-
ing the handshakers
The public reception was concluded about
II O'Clock, and the party took carriages and
were escorted to the Louisville and Nash
vile depot. the train in the meantime hav-
ing been transferred there. Here another
formal reception was held by the entire
party, the large crowd passed through lie