New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-12
PRESIDENT IN NASHVILLE.
A GREAT AUDIENCE AT THE EXPOSITION
ADDRESSED BY MIR. MKINLEY.

| HIS PATRIOTIC WORDS RECEIVED WITH GREAT
ENTHusrAsM-THE CITY CROWDED WITH
| vIsIToRs-FEATUREs OF THE
DAYS CELEBRATION.
Nashville, Tenn. June 1.-THE Centennial City
! was early astr this morning with preparations
to greet the distinguished visitors who were to
, be its guests At 8 o'clock the streets were
| crowded. and the booming Of cannon awakened
those whose enthusiasm was not sufficient to
mako them forsake their beds. Thousands OF
persons were assembled at the railway station
when at S o'clock the Presidential train rolled
in, and gave the signal for release in cheers of
the pent up enthusiasm Of the multitude. Pass
| Ing through the cheering crowds. the President
and hic party were driven to the Maxwell House
and there took breakfast. AS soon as break
| fast was over, the President and his party TOOK
carriages at the Church-st. entrance of the hotei
and the line was soon formed, the newspaper
men and many gorgeously attired members OF
| Governor Bushnells staff occupying three huge
| tally-ho coaches In the first carriage were
! President Mckinley. Mrs. Vanleer kirkman,
president of the Womans Board, and Major }.
w. Thomas. president OF the Exposition Com
pany. In other carriages were the Cabinet Of
ficers and other guests. As guard OF honor 10
the President a mounted detachment Of ex-Con-
|
Hager ranged themselves immeda tely in front
of his carriage. They the old-time gray.
but the buckles of their belts bore the insignia
~ g" In the rear of the line Of the carriages
marched a battalion of the 9th Infantry, under
command OF Colonel Miner sent from Fort
| Thomas and headed by band The State Troop
and "A body of Cincinnati police. under the COM
mand Of their chief, made up the uniformed part
of the parade. AS the head OF the procession
turned into the main entrance of the Exposition
grounds. a battery OF artillery doomed fortn the
| National salute of twenty -one guns
CHEERS FOR MR.. AND MRS. MKINLEY.
AS the last gun Of the salute announced the
Presidents arrival on the grounds band played
"Dixe." and that air brought out wave OF
| hearty cheers. They were but murmurs, now
ever compared to the mighty roar bursting forth
as President Mckinley with Mrs. hirknan'
walked down the aisles and to the platform.
| Governor Bushnell! and staff were also generously
applauded while to Governor Taylor generous
| outbIrSt was AWARDED
Mrs Mckinley had decided not to company
the party in the procession. and much disap-
| pointment expressed at her non on-appearance
| When she did come. it gave rise to one OF thc
| most delightful incidents of the trip Governor
| Rushnell was in the midst of his spesch When
cheer swelling from the back of the Auditorium
| and thence communicating to the nam nooE
| and the galleries showed that something OF eN-
| traordinary interest was happening. \ moment
| later Mrs. Mckinley appeared in the centre aisle
| loan -.
| accompanied by her aunt, Mrs. SaXton. ana MRS
| Iobn Hill Eakln, of Nashville Governor BUSH
nell gracefully yielded the floor and the I'M
| mense audience was on It's leet III d IIonieh'
! cheering Justify The cheers were redoubied
| when the lady of the White House reached the
platform and took the outstretched handS OF
! her husbard who hurried to meet ana greet her
| and conduct her 10 seat az his SIDE nuge
| hunon of roses was handed to Mrs Mckinney
from the Auditorium floor, and as she bowed and
smiled her thanks the crowd again proke INTO
Ate the guests and others had taken their
seats in the Auditorium. President Thomas in
troduced Governor Taylor who, in welcoming
| the President and all who q a1coIlpanied hn, sali
| "Tennessee clasps hands with Ohio to-day, ana
the North and the South are one and inseparaple
| Mason and DiXOn's line is still there Out. tanh
| Col II is no longer the open mouth OF death
which once swallowed up the best ana praNeSt
sons of the Nation. Time has closed its bloody
| lirs and now 1t is the red scar of honor across
| the breast of the Republic when marks tie unity
! OF once divided country.
PRESIDENT MKINLEY'5 ADDRESS.
President Mckinley, on rising. greeted
with tremendous applause. He spoke as follows
Officers of the Tennessee Centennial Exposi-
tion Ladies and Gentlemen: American national
| itv compared with that of Europe and the East
| is still very young; and yet already we are ne
| ginning TO have age enough for centennlal an
| nIversaries in States other than the original
| thirteen. Such occasion are always interest
| ing and when celebrated ~ practical way are
|
and review they recall what has been done by
| state and Nation, and point out what yet re-
| mains for both to accomplish in order to fulill
| their highest destiny.
4. This celebration IS or general interest 10 ule
| whole country and of special significance 10
the people OF the South and West 1t marks
the end of the first century or tho state OF leh-
nessee and the close Of the first year OF ltS sec
| ond century One hundred and one years ago
| this state was admitted into the Union as the
sixteenth member in the great family OF Amer
lean Commonwealths III was a Weicollle t.' auui.
ton to the National household-a community
Young strong and sturdy with an honored ana
| heroic ancestry, with fond anticipatlons not only
of its founders. but faith in its success on the
| mart OF far-seeing and sagacious statesmen III
| an narts of the country / am justified in say
| ing that these anticpatons have been grandiy
| realized; that the present OF this community OF
| sterling worth Is even brighter than prophets OF
| the past had dared to forecast It,
THE BUILDERS OF THE STATE
The builders OF the State, who had forced
their way through the tracIess forests Of this
| splendid domain. brought with them the same
| high ideals and fearless devotion to home and
| country founded on resistance to oppression,
| which. have everywhere made illustrious the
| Anglo American name. Whether Ii was the Ter
| rtorv of Virginia or that of North Carolina mat
tered little to them. They came willing ana
eager to fight for Independence and liberty and
| IN The War of the Revolution were ever loyal to
| tha standard of Washington. When their repre-
sentatives served IN the Colonial Assembly OF
| North Carolina they chose-for the first time
| I'm our country, far as l know-the great
| name of Washington for the district in which
| they lived and at the close OF the Revolution
sought to organize their territory into State,
| to he known as the State Of Franklin. In CRATE
| ful homage to the name OF another or its most
| distinguished patriot comnoners.
Spain bad sought to possess their territory by
r,pht OF discovery as a part Of Florida. France
| claimed 1t by right Of cession as part OF Louis
| Iana and England as hers by conquest. But
| neither contention could for an instant be recog-
| nized Moved by the highest instincts OF self
government and the loftiest motives OF patriot
| isn, under gallant old John Sewer, at Kings
| Mountain your forefa Tiers bravely vindicated
| their honor and gloriously won their independ-
| ence. -
| TENNESSEE'S GREAT MEN.