Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-10-24
CLEVELAND AT ATLANTA
Great Crowds Greet the President at
the Exposition.
A WARM ADDRESS OF WELCOME
BY President Collier of the Ex-
position Company.
PARADE OF MILITARY TO THE GROUNDS


President Cleveland Warmly welcomed to
tho Cotton States Exposition at Atlanta,
This Morning-A Military Escort 90 the
Grounds and an Address of Welcome by
the President of the Exposition COM
pany-President Cieyeland's Reply.
Associated Press DisotJca og Spsitll Wires
Atlanta, Ga, Oct. %. No bright or
balmler sun ever shone over this par
ticular portion Of the southland than
that which dawned on this morning
President Cleveland Day at the Cotton
State and International Exposition.
Tho thousands of visitors landed In
the city yesterday early swelled the
throngs on the street to immense pro-
portions, and locomotion soon became
difficult matter. In accordance with
the carefully laid plans of the Expo
sition management, the exercises Of
the day were all concentrated within
the Exposition grounds, into which
tho cohorts of visitors and large pro-
portion of the population of the city
emptied themselves during the morn
ing.
The presidential party spent the
morning quietly at the Aragon,, where
they remained until IL O'Clock. whom
they were driven rapidly to the Expo
sition grounds, without any parade
whatever. Inside the gates the mill
tary was already gathered.
Capt. j.. L. Burke OF the Gate City
Guard acted as marshal. He had in
line the Fifth Regiment of the United
States regulars commanded by Col.
w l.. Kellogg: the Fourth Virginia
regiment, commanded by Col. q. A.
Nash; the Virginia Military Institute
Cadets, commanded by Col. ID. Price |;
the first company of the Governors
Foot Guard of Connecticut, COM
manded by Major E. Henry Hyde; the
second company Of the Governors Foot
Guard Of Connecticut, commanded by
Major B. Il. Brown, Grimes Battery Of
Richmond, and the Ashevile Light
Infantry.
The troops paraded around the board
walk within the Fair enclosure and
were reviewed by the President from
"a stand in front of the government
building.
After the review, the President de-
livered an address. He was introduced
by President Collier, Of the Exposition
Co., who referred to him as the man
who had been entrusted with the duty
of wiping out sectionalism. Mr.. Collier
said:
"To an assembly composed of Ameri-
can citizens an introduction of the
most illustrious Of living Americans is
impossible, save as mark of courtesy
and an expression Of the regard in
which he is held by his fellow country
men. Still, it may be possible on this
occasion to signify in some degree our
profound qualification at the presence
of the chief executive of the nation.
Tho demonstrations he has already wit
messed prove better than could any
mere words the sincerity and the
warmth Of his welcome. He, of all
men in this country, should be best
able to recognize the voice OF the poo
pie, for unto him it has been shown in
more emphatic terms than to any man
of our generation. But we must
convey to him an assurance Of the adj
miration and esteem Of tho people of
the Southern States, and especially of
Atlanta.
"The South has received from him a
recognition as a constituent element of
| this nation to which it had for many
years been a stranger, when he was
chosen and commissioned TO erase the
dark line of sectionalism from the map
of the Union. The administration Of
which he is the head not only gave its
aid and endorsement to the 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 aver enobled any expo
sition. No intelligent citizen can visit
this display with out experiencing q
quickening of his patriotism, as well
as an extension Of his general knowl-
edge.
eve rejoice also to-day in the reflec.
tion that no other nation, in the years
that have passed since the foundation
of this government, has had in its
| highest places such an unbroken array
of men who for devotion TO their coun
try. 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.
| President Cleveland's appearance al
| the front of the stand was the sigma
for an outburst OF applause from the
multitude.
PRESIDENT cLEvEJAND's REILLY.
The President said:
Mr.. President: On my own behalf
and for my co-laborers in the executive
branch of our government who have
! accompanied me, | thank you for you
kind words of greeting. We are here
to congratulate you and your associates
upon the splendid success Of the Expo
sition you have set on foot, and upor
the evidence you have here gathered
chiefly illustrative of Southern enter
prise, Southern industry and Southern
reouperation.
But we are also here 10 claim a share
in the pride of your achievement. NJ
portion Of our countrymen, wherever
found, can exclusively appropriate thu
glory arising from these surroundings
They are proofs of American genIui
and industry which are the joint DOS
session of all our people and the,
represent triumphs of American skill
and ingenuity in which all our citizenl
from the highest to the humblest havi
proprietary right.
While my fellow-citizens of Georgi;
and her neighboring States may felici
tate themselves to the fullest exten
upon such evidences as are here fount
of the growth and prosperity OF in
terests and enterprises in which the,
are especially concerned, cannot. b.
deprived of the enjoyment afforded b.
the reflection that tho work they hav
done emphasizes in the sight Of tn
world tho immense resources and in
domitable thrift of the people Of tn
United States.
| 1t seems to me the thought may b
suggested as not inappropriate to thi
occasion, that what we see about US
an outgrowth of another exposition in
augurated on American soil more tina