Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-12-20
Democrats and Ex-COnfeder-
ates the Leading Actors
In the Scene.
Presidents Tribute to Their
Dead Soldiers ls Highly
Appreciated.

SAVANNAH, Ga, Dec. 10.-The visit
of President Mckinley and his party
has ended after two days Of remarkable
display of enthusiasm and patriotism.
In the rousing reception accorded tho
president the original object of his visit
has been lost sight Of. The outbursts of
enthusiasm and loyalty to the Union
have far outsfone the rejoicings over
peace with Spain, although peace cele-
brations was the original object of tho
presidents trip South.
In all tho speeches and demonstra-
tions which have marked the presidents
visit to Atlanta, Tuskegee, Montgomery
and Savannah there has been the tacit
admission that the war with Spain was
the great factor in achieving the result,
but it is to the result and the factor that
the chief trend of
speochmaking and Enthusiasm
has lent itself. Political influences seem
to play no part in the reception of Presi-
dent Mckinley. On all sides there is an
eagerness to publicly express the loyalty
of the Southern states and to admit
that the war with Spain not only helped
to weld the compact of the sections, but
gave to the South the opportunity to ex-
press sentiments of loyalty which have
long lived, but have lacked opportunity
Of expression and this has been done
chiefly by. Democrats, many OF whom
fought for the Stars and Bars and to all
of whom the name Of Davis is sacred
memory. The frank references to and
the discussion of the Civil war have led
to many delicate situations that were
only saved from :.
Becoming Irritating Dllcmmas
by the tact Of president who fought
against Southern troops or by tho utter.
ances of the Cenfederates who years agt
opposed him on the battlefield. The
marvellous scenes of an audience in the
Confederate capital cheering the Stars
and Stripes until they grew hoarse,t OF
Confederate veterans struggling to grasp
the hand Of q Northern Republican
president, Of General Wheeler leading
the people Of his state In cheers for
William Mckinley in tho place where
jefferson Davis once urged the South to
fight for separation, are oil redeemed
from the suspicion Of fulsomeness or
the faint praise of politicians by the
blunt truthfulness of the men who led
in these new and tremendously fervent
declarations of loyalty. In the addresses
of welcome to President Mckinley
there
Have Besn No Confessions Of Sin.
In substance they all said they fought
for what they then thought was right'
that they neither blamed themselves
nor their dead fathers or sons for enlist
ing in the cause Of the Confederacy. but
that they accept today the changed con-
ditions with q gladness and sincerity
they never felt until the war with Spain
knit the nation into q common cause
and until Republican president urged
the people of the North and South to
honor the Confederate dead. In the
latter reason lies the main incentive to
the intense and almost unexpected en.
thusiasm with which the presidential
party has been greeted since McKinleys
first speech in Atlanta. Scarcely .
speaker or . paper in Alabama on
Georgia have made reference to the
president without mentioning on every
opportunity his tribute to tho Confeder
ate dead. -.------