The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-06-17
M'KINLEY At NASHVILLE.
The President Enthusiastically Enter
tanned at the Tennessee Exposition.
WARMLY GREETED BY CROWDS.

position Grounds and Cheered the
Chief observation-disclosures Veterans
!n Their Old Uniforms Act as Escort
Cheers Went Up at Every Turn.
NASHVILLE. Tenn. (SpeeiaD D.-This city
was decorated and adorned in every street
to welcome the President Of the United
States and his party on their visit to Tenn.
essees Centennial Exposition.
Their special train arrived at O'Clock
m, and Mr.. Mckinley and his fellow.
travellers were escorted to the Maxwe;
House by squad Of mounted ex-ConfeG-
crate soldiers in the uniform Of the "les
cause" Great crowds thronged the street,
and cheered them as they passed.
The party breakfasted, and at 10 o clock
Governor Taylor, OF Tennessee, and Gov
ernor Bushnell, OF Ohio, accompanied by
their stats, called upon the President
Mrs. Vap Leer Kirkman, President Of the
Womans Board OF the Exposition, also
called upon the President and Mrs. Nc
kinley.
Leaving the hotel at II o'clock, the Presi-
dent arrived at the Exposition grounds
corted hy the ex-Confederates and a troop
Of regular cavalry. The procession was
greeted with cheers from the thousands
Of people who lined the streets. Governor
Taylor'g address Of welcome opened the
exercises at the Exposition building, in
the presence Of 5000 persons. He was fol-
lowed by ". L. Mccarthy, Mayor OF Nash
vile, and Governor Bushnell, Of Ohio,
whose happy speech was interrupted by the
vociferous cheers which announced the
advent of the President and Mrs. McKin-
lev. After she had received beautiful
bouquet Of roses, and had bowed her ac-
acknowledgement, Governor Bushnell con-
cluded his Grafton and the President was
introduced. At the opening Of his address
he was wildly applauded and enthusiastic
cheers frequently interrupted him. After
referring to Tennessee's first Centennial
and tn, States record for a century, he
said, among other things:
Tennessee has sometimes been called the
''mother Of Southwestern statesmen" 1t
furnish ed us the immortal Jackson, whose
record N war and whose administration in
peace as the head of the Great Republic
shine on with the advancing years. The
century has only added lustre to his name,
increased the obligations OF his country
men, ard exalted him in their affections.
The builders OF the State, who had forced
their way through the trackless forests OF
this plandid domain, brought with them
the sane high ideals and fearless devotion
to homa and country, founded OH resist
ance to oppression, which have everywhere
made illustrious the eAnglo-Americ.p name.
They came willing and anxious to fight for
independence and liberty, and in the war
Of the Revelation were ever loyal to the
standard of Washington. Moved by the
highest instincts Of self-sovernment and
the lof.iest motives Of patriotism, under
gallant old John SEWER, at Kings Noun
tain, your forefathers bravely vindicated
their honor and gloriously won their inde
pendence.
Tenn asseans have ever been volunteer.
not drafted, patriots. In 1916, when 2400
soldier, were called for, 80, 900 loyal Ten
nesseans offered their services, and amid
the trials and terrors Of the great Civil
War, under conditions Of peculiar distress
and embarrassment. her people divided OF
conteniing sides. But upon whichever side
found, they fought fearlessly to death and
gallant sacrifice. Now, happily, there are
no conGending sides in this glorious COM
monwealth or in any part OF our common
country. The men who opposed each other
IN dreadful battle. third OF century ago,
are once more and forever united together
under one flag in a neyer-to-be-broken
union.
Men and women see about me from all
parts of the country, and thousands more
will assemble here before the Exposition Is
closed. Let ourselves and let them always
remember that whatever differences about
politics may have existed, or still exist, we
are all Americans before we are partisans,
and value the welfare Of all the people
above party or section. Citizens Of differ
ent States. we vet love all the States. The
lesson Of the hour, then. is this-that what
ever adverse conditions may temporarily
impede the pathway OF our national prog
ress, nothing can permanently defeat 1t.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. McKinley's
speech a hickory cane, unadorned, but
sturdy and made from wood grown on the
Hermitage, was presented to the President
by j. VI. Dickinson on behalf Of the Ladies
Hermitage Association. The ceremonies
being concluded, the President and party
went to luncheon at the West Side Club on
the grounds in front Of the Administration