The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-10-25
CLEVELAND IN atlanta
The President the Guest
Of the Exposition.
Twenty Thousand People Greet
Him at the Railroad Station
Driven Through Lanes of Human.
ity to His Hotel-His Speech at
the Dinner In His Honor.

the Dinner In His Honor.
Atlanta, Ga, Oct. 90. President
Cleveland and his party OF cabinet Off
cials arrived at 4 05 yesterday afternoon,
promptly on schedule time. Twenty
thousand people were massed in tine
streets which converge at the Union
station. The carriages for the visitors
grouped in the front of the Markha
house. 1t was an orderly crowd and the
police had very little trouble in keeping
an open way from the palace cars to the
carriages. Mr.. Cleveland was greeted
with cheers when he stepped upon
Georgia soil. He was ushered into car
riage drawn by four white horses Presi-
dent Charles Collier of the exposition.
Vice-President w. A. Hemphill and
Mayor Porter King of Atlanta, took seats
beside him.
Through Lanes of Humanity.
Secretaries Carlisle, Lamont, Herbert.
Smith and Morton and Postmaster Gen
eral Wilson, with lady members of their
families, and General Passenger Agent
Turk of the Southern railway followed
quickly in other carriages, escorted by
members of the exposition board of
directors. The party was driven through
two lanes of humanity along Wall to
Pryor street and then north to Peach
tree and on to the Aragon hotel, where
they are quartered. 1t was probably as
large crowd as was ever seen at the
Union station here, not excepting the oc-
casion of Mr.. Cleveland's first visit here
in 1887. The president smiled and bowed
as he passed up the familiar streets,
seeming to recognize number of people
in the throng The trip down was with
out special incident.
Entertained at Dinner.
Last night at $50 o'clock the presi-
dent, the cabinet members and 100 promi-
nent citizens were entertained at din
ner by Mayor King at the Aragon hotel.
The table was in the design of the letter
&C" Mayor King sat in the centre of
the outer line with President Cleveland
on his right and Vice-P President Steven
son on his left. Governor Atkinson of
Georgia sat directly in front of the
mayor, with Secretary Carlisle on his
right and Secretary Lamont on his left.
The other secretaries were in the imme-
diate vicinity of the president and vice.
president. The dining room was elabo.
rately decorated with tropical plants and
the national colors. The dinner was in.
tended to be q representative one and
the guests included the state, county
and city officials and the jury of awards
at the exposition.
President Cieveland's Speech.
When the toast, "The President, ,
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Acknowledgement and said, in part: &C
know not ha. ..ly how to reply to this and
shall attempt to do but little more thar
to return thanks for the kindly atten
tion that has been shown. Ever sine,
my visit to your city I have been re
minded constantly that was in
country of hospitality. Nothing remind
me more of this fact than now. Hos
pitality develops into fraternity and tn,
I, hospitality, as shown between the peopl
of the north and south, has developed
fraternity which knows no section"
The Ladies at the Play.
While the gentlemen were at dinne
the ladies of the cabinet party were tn
guests of Mrs Secretary Smith at tn,
Grand Opera house, witnessing the pro
duction of "1492." The boxes wsr,
tastefully draped with the nationa
colors and flags Of foreign countries
Exposition's Greatest Day.
To-day will be the greatest day ct the
exposition. Atlanta is jammed with
visitors from all parts Of the county, but
chiefly, of course, from the adjoining
states. Business of all kinds will bt
suspended. In the first place the mayor
has issued q proclamation appealing to
the citizens of Atlanta to abandon all
business and attend to the proper re,
ception of the president of the United
States and his cabinet. The city offices
will be closed and all business houses
are requested to suspend operations.
Programme for To-Day.
Mr.. Cleveland will leave for the expo
sition grounds about noon to-day. He
will not have military escort; he will re-
view the troops from stand in trent of
the government building He will make
his address from this stand and not in
the auditorium, as at first announced.
He will see the government building first
and then all the party will have lunch
at the Piedmont Driving club. In the
afternoon the guests will be escorted
through all the buildings. In the negro
building there will be a reception for
that race. At night there will be fire.
works at the grounds, a reception down
town, and at midnight the party will
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