The evening times., 1897-06-11
OHIO'S DAY At NASHVILLE
President MeKinley's Ovation at
the Tennessee Capital.
CHEERED BIZ A GREAT CROWD
Exercises in the Auditorium-Gov.
TayIur'> Address of Welcome Re
sponded To hy Gov. Bushnell The
Presidents Address Al Fine Effort
and PEnctuatcd with Applause.

/ beeu lnt Ia Ecnt dhu ElhHut>t bA lar since
the opening OF the Tennessee centennial.
President Mckinley a1d GOV Bushnell weIe,
uf course. the chief att factions Mulutudes
passed the turnstIles, vanoudy estimated
from 30 600 70 $4,000.
After the Presidential party had break.
tasted It the Maxwell House, GOV. Taylor,
| OF Tennessee, ,Joy. BuSnne4l, oI Ohio. antl
! Mayor Mccarthy, OF Nashville. called ou
Tie FreSieeut, iohoved by the executive
/ committee of the woman's board.
At IL O'Clock the Presidential party
! Joined the military, civic, police, and
| other bodies which composed the big
/ procession. Thus they marched to the
| exposition grounds.
As the PIeslden, entered the gates the
/ centennial chimes in the tower of the al
ditonum were rung for the first time.
/ Formal exercises ia honor of the Preslden,
and ohio day Were begun in the audi
| t0rium.
GOV Taylor Of Tennessee nladean address
of welcome on behalf OF Tennessee and
| Gov. Bushnell responded on hyhuf of Ohio.
Then PreSidea; Mckinley vas introduced
! The Demonstration was a wCUderful one
Round sron Round Of cheers greeted the
! Chief Magistrate who bowed his scinoWi-
| cdgments
After ten minutes Of frantic demonstrd
| tioa Csigt - as Restored and he President
began:
-DIfiCers OF the. Tennessee Centennial
! Exposition. Ladies and Gentlemen Amer
ican nationality compared win that of
! Europe and the East is sjiI very young,
/ and Vet already we are beginning TO haze
age enough for centennial autnver~a r;es
/ IN States UtheI than tie original thirteen
/ such ur,a>iouS are always interesting. and
when celebrated in a PRACTICAL way are
U~olll and Instructive CcWhia pE retro
/ Spcct and review, they INg h;,j has heel
| done 10y state and Nation, ana loint oUt
! what yet remains Tor both 10 accomplish
! iu order to lulln their highest destiny
.-Eu5~ celebration Is OF general interest
| To the whole country, and Of special sig
uiTcauoe to tie people OF the South and
West II marks the end OF the first cen
tury OF The State Of Tennessee. aud the
close Of the FIRST year OF its second cen
tury.
--Gne hundred aud one years ago this
state was admitted into the Union Is the
sixteenth member in the gTea' IauHiy nf
American CouIlonweaithS. 1t was a vel
Cpu4c addition t. the national household
community Young, strong and sturdy,
with an houored and heroic ancestry,
with fond auUCpations not only "f is
founders bat faith in its success on the
part OF rar>ceirg and SagaCiou, sta u-smeu
in all parts OF the country / am Justified
in saving that these auticipations have
II
this community of sterling worth i even
Brighter than prophets Of the PAST had
dared to forecast IL
'.Tue builders OF the State, who had
forced their way through the tIackless
Forests O. this splendid domain, brought
with them thc >ame high ideals AID fear
less devotion 20 home ana country founded
on resistance 10 oppression, which have
everywhere made iIluStriuus the Anglo
American name Whether il was the
territory Of Virginia or that of North
Carolina. matteTel little to the,u. They
came willing ana eager to fight fer fnde-
pendcnce and liberty, and iu the war of
the Revolution were ever loyal to the
standard of Washington. When their
representatives served in the Colonial as
Sembly of North Carolina they Cfo>e-for
the first time in cur country 50 fIT as l
know-the great name OF Washington for
the ,listriCtiu which they lived and at the
close Of the Revolution sought 10 organize
their tcrrtoryiuto "A state. 90 be known as
the state OF Franklin, in grateful homage
10 tie name OF another of it> most dis
tiugaiShed patriot cCmmoEer>.
spain has sought 10 possess their ter
itOrv by right OF discovery as a part Of
FlOrida France claimed IL by right uf
CCssI0I as a part OF Louisiana, ana England
as hers 10y conquest. Bur neither con
tenjicn could for an instant lc recognized
Moved by the highest instincts OF self
government and the loftieSt motives Of
PATRIOTISM. under gallant old John SEWER
at Kings Mountain. Your forefethers
bravely vindiCated their honor and glori-
ouAy won their independence.
Thus came the new state, second only
then of the now mighty West and south
vest. And il has made a wonderful his
tory for itself. Tennessee has sometimes
been called the Mother of Southwestern
Statesmen - II furnished us the immortal
Jackson, whose record in war and " hose
administration in peace as the head OF the
great republic, shines on with the advanc-
iug years. The century has only added
to the lusteT OF his name, increased the
obligations OF his COuntrylnen, and ex-
ated him in their affection Polk and
johnson also were products OF tins great
STATE, and many more heroes Of lsjin-
cuiShed deeds, whose names viii come un-
biddeE to your memories while / speak.
'TcnnesSeeans have ever been volunteer,
not drafted, patriots. In 1916. when :, 400
soldiers were called for, 10000 loyal Ten
ucsSceans offered their services: and amid
tie trials and terrorS Of the great civil war
under conditions of peculiar distress and
embarrassment, her people divided on con
tending sides. But upon whichever side
found, they fought feanesSly TO death and
gallant sacrifice. Now happily there are
no contcnding sides in this glorious COM
monwcalth or in any part OF our common
country. The mcn who opposed each
other in dreadful battle a third of a cen
tury ago are once more and forever united
together under one flag in a never-to-be-
broken union.
The glory Of Tennessee is not aloNe In
the Brilliant names it has contributed TO
history or the heroic patriotism displayed
10y the people in so many crises Of our ma
tional life, but its material and industrial
wealth. social advancement and population
are striking and significant in their growth
and development. Thirty-five thousand
settlers in this State in $50 had increased
to / 100000 in 1850, and today it has a
population closely lyapproXimating 100000.
It's manufactures which in $50 were small
and unimpCBant, in 1890 had reached
S72,OOO,UOO in value, while its farm prod
ucts now aggregate more than SCI, 100000 |