The Delta independent., 1891-05-21
THE PRESIDENT At DENVER.
An Enthusiastic Welcome Given to the
Nations Chief at Oolorado's
Capital,

Aho AfSSioShbo parry o'ia'ee ~
Denver on Tuesday at 94s a. m, and
were met by committee of leading cit
liens. The party took carriages and were
slowly driven through the streets to
Capitol Hill, where the President delivered
speech, which was listened to by 1b,o3o
people. Tho buildings everywhere were
decorated in honor of the day and the
streets were crowded with people, many
of whom came from neighboring towns
The President and the other gentlemen of
the party were entertained At an elegant
lunch provided by the managers Of the
new Hotel Metropole, while Mrs. Harri-
son and the other ladies were entertained
at the residence of Governor Rcu.t, after
having listened to an organ recital ten
dered to them by Professor P:efferkorn at
Trinity Methodist Church.
After driving about the city In the
afternoon the party visited the Argo
smelter and watched with much interest
the process of extracting silver from the
ore. The special train left for the east at
p. m.
THE PRESIDENTS SPEECH.
GoUernor ROtttt, Mr.. Mayor, Pioneers
of Colorado, Conrudes Of the Giund
Army Of the Republic and Fetto,C- CIT
fzcns:-This sceno IS inspiring. This
beautiful city, the fame Of which your
iournoying citizens have not failed to carry
to the far East, had becpuo known TO me
as we can know by the hearing Of the ear,
and am reioiced 10 add TO my pleasant
Impressions of Colorado and of ita com
mercial and political capital this sight OF
the eye, which has but deepened and en-
larged the favorable impressions which
brough, TO your state.
II is marvellous thing that we are here
in state whose existence dates from the
dawn of the second century Of our national
life. What tremendous testimony TO TIE
organizing power aud energy Of the
American people this great state is. That
these wastes, SO unpromising to the eye.
IN that early time should have been
invaded by the restless energy OF indow. :.
itaole men; that they should have Seen in
visions that which wrs 10 Syllow their
heroic effort. Tot the development of these
hidden Resources; that no drouth or drift
Ing sand, no threat OF mountain or sky
could turn back these brave hearts who
had sc; their faces 10 pierce and uncover
the hidden riches of these mountains The
pioneers OF Colorado are worthy Of honor.
Those who have entered into their
| labors, who have come, not toileomcly, but
upon swift, and easy wings into the her
itnsc that they have opened, should al
ways and everywhere gratefully Heknowl-
edge the services Of those who made this
easy pathway for their feet. Your state
is blessed in diversity OF resources. You
do not depend upon any one Of the great
industries OF civilized life. You have
| taken from your mines immense stores of
precious metals, but when these arc gone,
| or their supply is diminished, you will
turn your eyes towards those metals that
we call base; but that, after all, enter in
| so many ways into human life that they
supply more enduring and, in the end,
| more profitable industries. Your iron and
coal and lead and building stone will be
| sources Of income inexhaustible. These
valleys, touched By the magical power of
irrigation, viii yield To your population
abundant food, and you will yet have
wilhin yourselves that happy commercial
condition of a state producing and ex-
changing within its own limits nearly all
the neccssarics of life. Transportation is
| always burden. The industrial con-
dit!on is always best when the producer
and the consumer are near together.
/ am glad TO know that you have not
been so busy In delving into the earth;
| you have no, so much turned your mind TO
precious metals as to have forgotten that
there is q blue above you; that there
are aspirations and hopes and glories that
are greater than a!l material things. You
have not failed TO make sure tha, the
children, the blessed children Of your
| household that are now coming on, are
made secure In the possession Of well
ordered and well endowed school system.
What y testimony 1t is to the American
| character that, however intense the push
for the things OF this lie, however eager
the pursuit OF gain, You can never assem-
bic u community Of 200 people that they
do not begin to organize schools for the
| children These common schools are not
simply nurseries OF Intellectual training;
they are nurseries OF citizenship 1t has
been most happy sight to sec the same
old banner that we bore into the smoke OF
battle and carried over dying comrades to
place II in triumph on the ramparts Of the
enemy, now in the hands of all the children
of Colorado.
Proof has been made thousand times,
proof will be made Whenever the occasion
arises that much rs we pursue gain and
personal ends, we have nothing, property,
life, that we do not freely lay down upon
the altar Of our country and tho general
good. But my fcllow.citizens, this as
kcmblage 10 too vast and the demand upon
my time for public speech has been too
protractcd to enable me to pursue these
remarks further.
Comrades Of tho Grand Army of tho
Republic, survivors OF tho great war,
whose success preserved all that our
fathers had devised and established,
whose success brought back this flag In
honor and established 1t again, tho undis-
puted emblem Of an indissolublo union:
God has bountifully heightened out your
days that you might catch some glimpso
OF tho glory that has come from tho
achievements In which YOU bore an honor
able part. But only tho vision Of tho
prophet reaching out over centuries to
come, can catch the full glory Of what
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