Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1895-10-26
AT ATLANTA.
Presidents Day at the Southern
Exposition q Success.
PRESIDENT CLEvELlSDS ADDRESS.
A Reception Held ut Its Conclusion Thu
Couricsics Extended tho Presidential
Party Wind Up at the Capi.
tai City Club.

ATLANTA, Ca, Oct 2A-No brighter
or balmier sun ever sbone over this
particular porti6n OF the southland
than that which dawicd on this MORN
ing; Presidents day ut the Cotton States
hnd International exposition: Ths
presidential party spent the mofning
Quietly ut the Aragon, where they re-
manned until II o'clock, when they
were driven rapidly to the exposition
grounds without any parade whatever.
Inside the gates the military was nj.
ready gathered The troops paradcd
around the board walk within the fair
enclosure and were reviewed by the
president from, q stand In front OF the
government building.
After the review the president deliv.
cred an address. lie was introduced
by president Collier, OF the exposition,
who referred to him as the man who
had been entrusted with the duty OF
wiping out sectional issues ind lines.
President Clevcland's appearance ut
the front Of the stand was the signal
for an outburst OF applause from the
multitude. He said;
Mr. President; On my own behalf and for
my colaborers In the executive branch OF our
government who have accom- panied me, thank
you for your kind words OF greeting. We are
here to congratulate you and your associates
upon tho splendid success OF the exposition you
have set on foot and upoa the evidences sou
have gathered. chiefly illustrative OF southern
enterprise. southern industry and southern ro-
cupcration But We are also here 10 claim share
IN the pride OF your achievement No portion
OF our countrymen. wherever found, can ex-
clusively appropriate the glory arising from
these surroundings. They are proofs OF Amer
lean genius and industry which are the
Joint possession OF all our people. and
they represent triumphs OF American skill
and ingenuity In which all our citizens,
from the highest to tho humblest,
have proprietary right While my
fellow citizens Of Georgia and her ncighboring
states may feiicita;e themselves to the fullest
extent upon such cvideaccs ~ are here found
OF the growth and prosperity OF the interests
and enterprises In which they are especially
concerned cannot be deprived VI the enjoy
ment afforded by the reflection that the work
they have done emphasizes In the sight OF the
world the immense resources aad indomitable
thrift OF the people OF the Unitei STATES
II seems to me the thought may be suggest
ed as not Inappropriate to this occasion that
what we see about Us II an outyrowth Of an-
other exposition inauguratcd on American soil
more than q century ago. when u new nation
was exhibit ID TO the civilized world. Ruaran-
tced ana protected b. q constitution which was
ordained and established by the people OF the
United States. with the declared purpose o.!
promoting their general welfare and securing
the blessings OF liberty TO themselves and their
posterity.
The success which has attended this exposi-
tion Of products ald manufactures Is not Alto
gether due u the quality Of the soil or charac-
ter OF the people In any Of the contributing
states, but 1t rests largely upon the fact that
these states are m,mbers Of n beneacently
governed nation. whose natural resources and
advantages everywhere have developed and
improved by the influence OF free institutions.
and whose people have been stimulated
and encouraged by the blessings OF per-
sonal liberty A contemplation OF the benefits
youchsafed to us by our government easily re-
minds us OF the Importance OF hearty and
united cooperation In their support aad pro-
lection. We should lovingly watch and guard
IT, not only because We are recipients OF It's
precious gifts. but for its own sake. and be-
cause IL has been put In our hands In sacred
keeping. TO prove TO the world that man can DO
trusted with self-govcrnment
We shall walk In the path Of patriotic duty
IL remembering ana .o 0S, ,s s' General wei.
fare S,. we strive for those things which bencfi.
ali our pc opie, and each OF US Is content to re-
ceive from a common fund his share OF the the
prosperity mus eUn.r,oSsea !, S IN n,rrow
se sell we are heedless Of the general
welfare and struggle to wrest from the govern
ment private advantages which can only 90
gained ~ the expense VI ou' 'e"0"'''u""'
'''ii horc may therefore be permit,ed in con-
clusion to suggest, as n most important lesson
slty to our national health and welfare. and
ttv n individual lluDlucSS