Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-10-31

Presidents Day at the Southern
Exposition q Success.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND'S ADDRESS,
4 Reception Held Ut IT. Conclusion Tho
Courtssiss Extended the Presidential
Party Wind Up Al the Capl.
tal City Clsh.

I'll City Clah
ATLANTA, Ga, Oct A.-No brighter
or balmIer sun ever shone over this
particular portion Of the southland
than that which dawned on this morn.
Ing, Presidents day, at tho Cotton Statea
and international exposition. The
presidential party spent the morning
quietly at the Aragon, where they re-
manned until II o'clock, when they
were driven rapidly to the exposition
grounds without any parade whatsver.
Inside the gates the military WAS H.
ready gathered. The troops paraded
around the board walk within the fair
enclosure and were reviewed by the
president from stand In front Of the
government building.
After the review the president deliv.
cred an address. He was introduced
by president Collier, Of tho exposition,
who referred to him as the man who
had been entrusted with the duty Of
wiping out sectional issues and lines
President Cleveland's appearance 1t
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 c0lab0rers In the executive branch OF our
government who have accompanied me, / thank
you for your kind words Of greeting. We are
here to congratulate you and your associates
upon the splendid success Of the exposition you
have set on foot and upon the evidences you
have gathered chiefly illustrative Of southern
enterprise southern industry and southern re-
cupcratlon. But we are also here toclRim share
In the pride Of your achievement No portion
Of our countrymen, wherever found can ex-
clusivcly appropriate the glory arising from
these surroundings, They are proofs Of Amer
lean genius and industry which are the
joint possession OF oil our people, and
they represent trumphs OF American skill
and ingenuity In which oil our citizens,
from the highest to the humblest,
have o proprietary right While my
fellow citizens Of Georgia and her neighborins
states may felicitate themselves to the fullest
extent upon such evidences rs are here found
Of the growth and prosperity Of the interests
ind enterprises In which they are especially
concerned, cannot be deprived OF the enjoy
ment afforded by the reflection that the work
they have done emphasizes In the sight OF the
world the immense resources and indomitable
thrift Of the people Of the United States.
1t seems to me the thought may be suggest
cd as not inappropriate to this occasion that
what we soc about US Is an outgrowth Of an
other exposition inaugurated on American soil
more than q century ago, when new nation
was exhibited to the civilized world, guaran-
teed and protected by u constitution which was
ordained and established by the people Of the
United States, with the declared purpose OF
promoting their general welfare and securing
the blessings OF liberty to themselves and their
posterity.
The success which has attended this exposl-
ton Of products and manufactures IL not alto
gether due to the quality Of the soil or charac-
ter Of the people In any Of the contributing
states, but II rests largely upon the fact that
these states are members Of q benenCently
governed nation, whose natural resources and
advantages everywhere have developed and
improved by the influence OF free institutions,
and whose people have been stimulated
md encouraged by the blessings Of per-
sonal liberty A contemplation OF the benefits
vonchsafed to us by our government easily re-
minds Us OF the Importance Of hearty and
united co-op ritlon In their support and pro-
lection We should lovingly watch and guard
1t, not only because we are recipients Of Its
precious gifts but for It's own sake and be-
cause 1t has been put In our hands In sacred
keeping, TO prove to the world that man can DO
trusted with self-government
We shall walk in the path OF patriotic duty
II, remembering thut our free institutions
were established TO promote the general well
fare, we strive for those things which benefit
oil our people, and each OF us Is content to re-
ceive from common fund his share Of the
prosperity thus contributed We shall miss
our duty and forfeit our heritage II, In narrow |
selfshness, we are needless OF the general
welfare and struggle to wrest from the govern
ment private advantages which can only be
gained at the expense Of our fellow-country-
men.
hope may therefore be permitted In con-
Clusion TO suggest, as most important lesson |
shuBut Wy tuis ucCuSlOI, tne uUSOlut6 neCeS- |
sity to our national health and welfare, and
consequently to our individual happiness |
as citizens, Of u careful discrimination In
our support Of policies and In our advo-
cacy of political doctrines between those
which prompt the promotion Of the
public welfare and those which seem to simply
serve selfish interests II we are to enjoy the
blessings our government was framed to fairly |
and Justly bestow, we shall secure them In |
due time by cultivating q spirit Of broad |
American brotherhood and insisting upon such |
conduct as will, within the spirit Of the golden
rule, promote the general welfare.
The president was greeted by an ova.
ton which lasted for several minutes
AT its conclusion Mr., Cleveland held
an informal reception. The series Of |
courtesies extended the presidential
party was concluded last night with
reception at the Capital City club. The
chief executive reached the club, &C.
companied by the cabinet and ladies Of
the cabinet, between Q and 10 o'clock,
and spent an hour or more receiving
1900 people present. After the recep-
ton the president and his party board
ed their special car.