Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-23
UNDER SUNNY SKIES
Celebrating Presidential Day at the
Atlanta Exposition.
TIE CHIEF EXECUTIVE ON THE GROUNDS
introduced to the Throng by Mr..
Collier.
MR.. CLEVELAND'S ADDRESS

ATLANTA, Ga, October 23.-No brighter
or balmier sun ever shone over this par
ticular portion of the southland than that
which dawned on this morning. presi-
Dental day, at the cotton states and inter-
national exposition. The thousands of vis-
itors landed in the city yesterday early
swelled the throngs on the streets to i'm
mense proportions, and locomotion soon be-
came difficult matter. In accordance with
the carefully laid plans of the exposition
management. the exercises of the day We're
all concentrated within the exposition
grounds. into which the cohorts of visitors
and large proportion Of the population of
the city emptied themselves during the
The presidential party spent the morning
quietly at the Aragon, where they remained
until IL o'clock. when they were driven
rapidly to the exposition grounds, without
any parade whatever. Ir side the gates he
military was already gathered.
Troops Reviewed.
Capt. ]. F. Burke of the Gate City Guard
acted as marshal. He had in line the fifth
regir ent Of United States regulars, COM
manded by Col. w. L. Kellogg; the fourth
Virginia regiment, commanded by Col c.
A. Nash: the Virginia Military Institute
Cadets. commanded by Col d. Price; the
first company of the Governors Foot
Guard of Connecticut, commanded by Maj.
E. Henry Hyde; the second company of the
Governors Foot Guard of Connecticut
commanded by Maj B. F.. Brown; Grimes
Battery of Richmond and the Ashevile
Light Infantry. The troops paraded around
the board walk within the fair inclosure
and were reviewed by the President from a
stand in front of the government building
After the review the President delivered
an address. He was introduced by Presi-
dent Collier of the exposition company who
referred to him as tho man who had been
intrusted with the duty of wipins out Sec
uonai issues and lines.
President Golfers Address.
Mr.. Collier said:
ITO an assembly composed of American
citizens an Introduction Of the most il
lustrious of living Americans Is impossible
save as a mark of courtesy and. an express
sion of the regard in which he is held by
his sfeiiow-countrymen. Still, it may be pos
sible on this occasion to signify in some de-
gree our profound qualification at the pres
ence of the chief executive of the nation
The demonstrations he has already wit
Eessed prove better than could any mere
words the sincerity and the warmth. He,
OF all men In this country, should be best
able to recognize the voice of the people, for
unto him it has been shown in more em-
phatic terms than to any man of our gene
ration. But We must convey to him an as
Surance OF the admiration and esteem of the
people of the southern states, and especially
of Atlanta.
1.-The south has received from him a recog-
milton as a constituent element of this
Union, to which 1t had for many years been
stranger, when he was chosen and COM
missioned to erase the dark line of sec
tionalism from the map Of the Union. The
administration of which he is the head not
Fp,IN IL ;~lo u,
dearest enterprise this city has projected,
but has established here for the inspection
of the world the most comprehensive and
instructive display of our federal resources
that ever ennobled any exposition. No in
telligent citizen can visit this display with
cut experiencing quickening of his patriot
ism, as well as an extension Of his general
knowledge.
I'VE rejoice also today in the reflection
that no other nation in the years that have
pa ssed since the foundation of this govern
ment has had in it's highest office such an.
unbroken array Of men who for devotion to
their country. for faithful performance of
duty and for those virtues which adorn the
citizen as we'll as the executive, have been
worthy of comparison from Washington to
Cleveland
The President's Response.
President Cleveand's appearance at the
front of the stand was the signal for an
outburst of applause from the multitude.
The President said:
"Mr. President, on my own behalf and
for my colabcrers in the executive branch
of our government who have accompanied
me, I thank you for your kind words of
greeting. We are here to congratulate you
and your associates upon the splendid sue
cess of the exposition you have set on foot
and upon the evidences you have here
gathered, chiefly Illustrative of southern
ont far mr. md h
ern recuperation.
But we are also here to claim share
in the pride Of your achievement. No por-
ton of our countrymen, wherever found,
can exclusively appropriate the glory aris-
ing from these surroundings. They are
proofs of American genius and industry,
which are the joint possession of all our
people, and represent triumphs of Ameri-
can skill and ingenuity, in which all our
citizens, from the highest to the humblest,
have proprietary rights.
while my fellow citizens of Georgia and
her nGghboring states may felicitate them
selves to the fullest extent upon such evil
dences as are here found of the growth and
prosperity of interests and enterprises in
which they are especially concerned l can
not be deprived of the enjoyment afforded
by the reflection that the work they have
done emphasizes in the sight of the world
the i'm mense resources and indomitable
thrift of the people of the United States.
Exposition of Free Institutions.
"It seems to me the thought may be sug-
gested as not inappropriate to this occa-
sion that what we see about us is an out
growth Of another exposition inaugurated
on American soil more than a century ago,
when a new nation was exhibited to the
civilized world, guaranteed and protected
by constitution which was ordained and
established by the people of the United
States, with the declared purpose of pro-
noting their general welfare and securing
the blessings Of liberty to themselves and
their posterity.
'The success which has attended this ex-
pcsition of products and manufactures is
rot altogether due to the quality of the
soil or character of the people in any Of the
contributing states, but it rests largely
upon the fact that these states are MEM
bers of a benefcently governed nation,
whose natural resources and advantages
everywhere havS been developed and i'm
proved by the influence of free institutions,
and whose people have been stmula ted: and.
er.coura ged by the blessings of personal
liberty. :
a contemplation of the benefits vouch-
safed to US by our government easily 1c-
minds us of the Importance of a hearty
and united cooperation in their support
and protection. We should lovingly watch