The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-04
H'KINLET At COLUMBUS.
Presidential Party Visits the
State Fair.
AT GRANTS OLD HOME
cHEERED BY FORTY THOUSAND
SCHOOL CHILDREN.
Unpleasant Feature of the Day Was
a Report Spread By Anonymous
Letter That the President Was In
Danger of Assassination Because
of His Appointment of Powderly.

Columbus, o.. Sept. president Nc
K,nIey and party arrived at 10 a. m. as
guests of the Ohio state board of ag-
riculture. James Wilson. secretary of
agriculture, Joined them here With
the president came Mrs Mckinley.
Senator and Mrs. Hanna, Secretary
and Mrs. Alger Colonel and Mrs. Her
rick, Webb Hayes and other personal
friends.
Upon arrival the committee on re-
ception appointed by the board escorted
the president between lines of police to
carriages. The crowd in the vicinity of
the station was immense. thosweather
being fine and the attendance at the
fair very large.
After luncheon at the Southern hotel
the president and party took carriages
for the fair, overtaking the military,
which had gone ahead to rest in the
shade" as desired by the president,
until he came UP to them, at a point
near the entrance.
Marching into the large fair ground.
the procession moved through a sea of
human beings to the main building,
where the president addressed school
children from Columbus and many
parts of the state, who had been es-
free.
The president expressed himself es-
pecially pleased to meet the children.
Later the party was escorted to va
rious buildings of interest, where in
formal receptions We're given.
The president was interested in the
cottage in which Grant was born. 1t
is enclosed in building of steel and
glass and is the property of the farm
Hf 4aI
on the fair grounds.
1t was variOusly estimated that be-
tween $4,000 and 100000 people were
gathered on the state fair grounds this
afternoon to greet President Mckinley,
but only a fraction of this number
were able to hear the brief speech
which he delivered. 1t was childrens
day at the fair and thousands of the
little folks We're scattered through the
crowd.
President Mckinley directed his re-
marks in part to them. The presiden-
tial party arrived at the grounds at 10
O'Clock, where the Seventeenth regi-
ment United States army and Four
tenth regiment o. N G. acted as es-
cOrt- After visiting the Grant cottage
the president held an ;nforapaI Gevee in
the office of Secretary Miller. There
was great cheering when the president
and his party appeared on the balcony
at the east side of the main exposition
| building. After the applause which
| greeted the president had subsidized the
Fourteenth regiment band played
America" and the vast assem- bla &c
| took up the familiar strain, making a
great chorus. Secretary Miller, of the
state board of agriculture. introduced
! the honored guest. President McKin-
/ ley first expressed the pleasure expert
enced by him on his return. to the cap
! ital city of his state, after an absence
of more than IS Tnorths. Then, mark
ing the presence on the grounds of no.
i 900 school children, he congratulated
| for education afforded by the state
government Of Ohio. Continuing Presi-
| dent Mckinley said:
God bless the school children OF
Ohio; God bless the school children Of
| America and guide them to intelligence
and virtue and morality ard patriot
| ism, and with these elements dominat-
| ing our citizenship our institutions are
safe and cur republic may be glorious
forever. l thank you and bid you all
good afternoon" Great applause.)
AT the conclusion of the PRESIDENT
speech he was the recipient of an ova-
ton from the school children and as
sembled multitudes. Brief speeches
were also made by Secretary AIger and
| Senator Hanna. AFTER driving over the
grounds the presidential party returned
to the hotel.
In the evening a. complimentary din
ner was given by the state board Of
agriculture to President Mckinley. At
forwards an informal reception was
given. The president leaves for Can
ton tomorrow morning.
An unpleasant feature of the presi
dents visit to the city was a report
LEGATION today of an anonymous letter
to the effect that the president was in
bodily danger because of the appoint
ment of immigration Commissioner
Powderly and that extraordinary pre-
cautions should be taken to guard
Major Mckinley. The mayor and the
director of public safety regard the
communication as a hoax and both
state that it was never considered Sc
riously