Omaha daily bee., 1891-05-12

white horses. He reviewed the school child
ren at the court house square and after.
wards made short visit to the mineral pal
ace. The line of march was decorated with
flowers, flags and bunting. Returning to the
station the president was escorted to stand
erected near the track, and on being intro
duced to the people by the mayor made the
following remarks
MIR. Mayor and Fellow Citizens: The brief
time which we arc able In this hasty Journey
TO ullOt to the city OF Pueb has now almost
expired. 1t has given me pleasure to drive
through the streets OF this prosperous anu en-
terprsing municipality aud to see that you
are concentrating great business interests
which must ia the future make you very i'm
pcrtant center IN this great state. You have
In this state a variety Of resources uneNcclied,
| think. by any other state. Your attention
was very naturally first directed towards the
precious metals, to the mining of gold and si.-
yer. The commOner ores were neglected.
Your cities were mining camps. Nowhere i'm
all our history has the American capacity for
civil organization been perfectly dcmon-
strarted as in the mining camps OF the west,
Coming here entirely beyond the range Of
civil institutions. where courts sherifrs and
police officers could not give a hand to sup
press the unruly ut n time when our mining
laws were unframed, these pioneer miners OF
California. Colorado. Nevada. Montana and
Idaho wrought out for themselves i'm their
mining camps a system of government and
mining laws that have received the APP
quite natural that interest should have
been first directed towards the pre-
the baser metals, as we call them. with which
your great hills are stored are of great and
more lasting value. [Cheers.l We passed
this morning througna region where | was
surprised to see orchards that reminded me OF
California. Now for all these things, for the
benefcient influence under which YOU live,
for that good law that has distributed this
public domain freely TO every man who
desires to make home for himse and family,
for this free government that extends its pro-
lection over the humOie as well as the mighty,
Tor all these resources OF sky and air ana
earth. the people Of Colorado should be joy,
ously thankful. Cheers am glad to hail
you as fellow citizens. am glad for q moment
to stand in your midst, to see your great capa-
bilities and to assure you that my best
wishes are with you in the development OF
them Il H. Cheers am glad to know that
Colorado, this young centennial state, has
uneNcelled by any state in the union. lCheers.
But, my friends as said once before | am in
slavery to a railroad schedule and time is up.
Good bye" LCheers.l
The president while here was taken to visit
the Colorado mineral palace He expressed the
greatest admiration of the great building,
saying it was grand and magnificent AS he
came out the secretary MIR LiVezey on
behalf of the mineral palace company pre-
sented him with brilliant specimen of ore
from the Black Queen mine at Crystal, Colo,
which runs Sl2,0 to the ton.. He thanked
the secretary kindly and expressed special
appreciation of the fevy mineral specimens he
had received on his tour.
COLORADO SYRINGE, Col, May 1.-THE
presidential party arrived at Colorado Springs
at o'clock this evening, promptly on sched-
ule time, and met with the heartiest kind of
a welcome They were met at the station by
Mayor Sprague and committee OF citizens
and given the freedom Of the city. They
were then shown to carriages and escorted
through the principal streets by procession
composed of troop A, First battalion, Colo
rado national guard college cadets post
office employees. Grand Army posts, the
local fire department and civic organizations
from Pixies Peak, koener, Colorado City,
Colfax Manitou and Bandta. The military
and civic demonstration was very fine and
received the special 9pmmendation of the
was reviewed on PilNt, Peak avenue and
was over route PRIV sely- decorated with
bunting, evergreens a, 1 flowers. Consider
able enthusiasm was manifested all along
the route
The party then repaired to the Antlers ho-
tel and had dinner, at Shich the governor of
the state and his wife ande few leading citi-
zens were guests. A Tabllc reception was
held at the Antlers 10. the evening, which
was attended by nearly all the people In the
city. The president and his party were as
sisted in receiving the vast throng that
passed through the parlors by Governor and
Mrs. ROutt and the citizens committee Of
Denver. The hotel was beautifully decorated
for the occasion, one feature of which was
the word welcome in incandescant lights
over the main entrance. During the recep-
tion Mrs. Harrison was presented by the la
dies of Colorado Springs with handsome
souvenir album Of Colorado wild flowers.
CoLoR.DO SPRINGS. Colo, May ll.-At the
reception given to President Harrison tonight
at the Autlers hotel, this city, the president
had just finished his speech from the balcony
of the hotel and was to be followed
by the postmaster general, who was not
allowed 10 finish his saddress, however, for
tue reason that while the crowd was ap-
plauding his remarks from the balcony above,
portion of the porch below, which was
thronged with people pressing their way
into the parlor whore the president and Mrs.
Harrison were receiving, gave way with a
crash under their combined weight and
precipitated about thirty men and
women INTO the area below, a dis
tance of about eight feet. A scene of
great confusion ensued and cries for help
were heartrending. However, all were soon
rescued and no one was found to be seriously
injured.
The president and party spent the night on
their train with the intention of making an
early stalt in the morning for Denver.