St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-27
President Harrison EulogiZes
the PPe-eminent Amer
lean Trait.
Great Isolation OF the Repub-
lie Viewed as a National
Blessing.
Grover Cleveland Surprised
at the Malignity Of His
Enemies.
A Surprisingly Venomous In.
sinuation Disposed of in
Manly Style.

MALONE, n. Y, Aug. 26.-Tbis morn
ingseyerybody and everything was early
astir here. People came into town from
all directions, both by rail and team.
Public buildings, stores and dwellings
were gaily decorated. Malone was at
her best Every citizen, regardless of
political conviction, was doing his best.
Democrats Wed with Republicans in
paying honor to the chief magistrate.
Numbers of them served as committee
men and did good work.
AT 1890 O'Clock an engine ratified into
the station drawing the presidential
train, and the committee of escort con-
Quoted the president from the station to
the Howard house, where repast was
served. followed by an interval of rest.
AT the time appointed for beginning
the exercises of the day the Malone
Twenty-seventh separate company ar
rived on the scene, and as the president
entered his carriage on leaving tie
hotel presented arms and then took up
the line of march to the park where the
exercises were to be held. A detach-
ment of Brennan post. q. A. R., did
duty as body guard along the route.
Loyal Greetings.
The president was everywhere greet
ed with applause. On the stand in the
park, beautifully decorated for the Oc-
casion, places were occupied by the
president and the accompanying COM
mittee, with number of leading citi-
zeus of the county. As prelude to the
exercises America was sung. Then
Chairman Kilburn stepped forward and
made the address of welcome. to which
the president responded with a half
hour speech, as follows:
Ladies and Gen tlemen, Comrades of
the Grand Army of the Rep ubllc: The
non-partisan assemblages in which we
gather to express common interest in
the institutions of civil government
under which we live. common respect
for public authority and common love
for the flag. are full am sure, not only
of interest but of benefit to all who par
ticipate in them. We shall pres emily,
i'll the political campaign which is open-
ing, have our separations in opinion
emphasized. and our separate assem-
biages to advocate those principles.
We are here today, however, as citi-
zenS, not as partisans, 10 give express
sion to those common interests which,
fortunately for US as a nation, in every
time of great exigency and stress. and
inseyery time of danger to the flag. OBJ
literates all party division and makes us
one people in its defense. Applause. ]
We are FAVORED nation in that
Great Is oIation
which we enjoy. We are free from the
donnorc of oloSa contact with any of the
great military powers Of the world. Our
neighbor OH the north. In the Dominion
of Canada, neither threatens us nor we
hear. Laughter and applause. We de-
sire for them the most abundant pros
pefity, the fullest development of which
their resources are capable, and con-
slant peace.
But it must not be supposed that this
separation which we enjoy from close
. contact with the great powers that are
forever standing on the threatening
edge of war, has left US without duties
and responsibilities. We have always
serve of strength, and the consciousness
Of right cause. / fancy that we are
entering now, as a people, upon career
when our external influence in COM
merce is to be larger than ever before.
. He have in large part completed our
great works of internal improvements.
The forests have fallen before the axes
of ON, pioneers, and the plow now turns
tile soil of all that region which we
sonce styled the far great West. We
have accumulated
ProdigiOus Wealth
as a people. and see no reason why the
United States should not some day step
forward into a position of power and
Influence among the great commercial
nations of the world such as she has
never enjoyed. IApplause.l From causes