Owingsville outlook., 1897-09-09
THE PRESIDENTIAL PARTY
1hr Guests .f the Obi" state board of
Agriculture.

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agriculture.
CON MEUs. q, sept. -. resident Me
kinlcy aud party arrived at 10 a. IN.
| Friday ~ guests of the Ohio state
board oi a"riculturr They were pre-
r"drd hy Hon. James Wilson, secretary
nf agriculture. wh" rciuinrd them here.
With the president came Mrs. Mckiu-
ley, senator aud Mrs. Hanna, Sccr,-
tary and Mr~. Nlgcr, Col and Mrs.
Myrnu Ilcrrirs. Webb e. llavr> and
other personal friends
pom arrival the committee on re-
crptiun appointed 10y the board nf
agriculture. escorted the president he
tween lines "f police To- carriages The
crowd in the vicinity of the station
was immense. the weather hcing fine
and the attendance at the fair very
large.
col John =. Poland. in command of
the Seventeenth United States in.
fuutrv. and Col Colt. la command of
the Fourteenth ohio national guard
infantry. together with the Junia hus-
Sar>. j. {. l.. ru"h commanding. re
rcivcd the president at the station en-
trance with present arms lie was
then escorted. the city police leading
the way. L. the Great southern hotel.
which assigned rooms appropriate to
the occasion.
En- route Ia the hotel the president
was recognized 10y thousands Of people.
and handsome. patriotic decoration of
buildings. To- which he responded in
the usual way. His face is very famil-
lar L. citizens of Columbus and Ohio.
The "utpouring Of people rvinccd
more of the feeling uf Il warm welcome
home tu great favnritc than anything
L. which the scene M ght bc compared.
Luncheon having been served at the
hotel in the regular dining room and
to which all table guests of the house
were admitted aN usual. the president
and party took carriages for the fair.
ovcrtaling the military. which had
gone ahead to rest in tine shade" as
desired 10y the president until he came
1" them al a point near the entrance.
Having carried gun himself and 9TH
cr military accnutrcmcntS he seemed
not to have forgotten how soldiers in
war. and especially ON parade. are
often required To- stand for hours
awaiting the convenience Of diguita~
rics
Marching into the large fair grounds,
thc procession moved through sea of
human beings to the main building
where the president addressed the
school children from Columbus and
many parts of the state. all of whom
had been especially invited hy card
and admitted free
The president expressed himself as
being especially pleased to meet the
children. Later i'm the day the party
was escorted to various buildings of in
tcrcSt where short speeches were made
and informal receptions given.
The president was interested in the
cottage in which Grant was born. 1t
is enclosed in a building of steel and
glass and is the property of the farmers
"f Ohio, being permanently located on
the fair grounds.
1t is variously estimated that be-
tween 1000 and 100000 people were
gathered ON the state fair grounds Fri
day afternoon Ia greet President Me
kinlcy, hut only a fraction of this
number were able to hear the brief
speech which he delivered 1t was
school children'S dav ut the fair. and
thousands of little folks were scattered
through the crowd. President McKin-
ley directed his remarks in part To
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