The record-union., 1898-12-15
A Memorable Day in the History Of
the Georgia City.
Scutherners Tender an Ovation to the Chief
Executive Of the Nation.
Cheer to the Echo an Address De-
Hvered by President Mckinley
Before a Joint Session of the
Georgia Legislature, in Which
He Paid a Glowing Tribute to
Those Who Fell During the
Civil War.

Those Who Fell During the
Civil War.
ATLANTA (Ga), Dec. 14-President
Mckinley made memorable the first day
of the Atlanta Peace Jubilee by nota-
BILE utterance in his speech before the
joint session of the Georgia Legislature
this afternoon. His reception by the
General Assembly was warm and
hearty in the extreme, and his speech
was punctured with frequent Outbursts
Of cheering. 1t is admitted on all sides
that the address marked an epoch in
history, and is tonight on every lip.
Upon his arrival at the Capitol he
was greeted with a field artillery sa-
lutte, and was at once escorted to Gov
ernor Gamblers office. There was a
short informal reception there. Upon
its conclusion the President, followed
by members of the Cabinet, was con-
Quoted to the Assembly Chamber, where
he occupied the Speakers chair, with
Governor Gambler on his right.
When President Dodson of the Sen
ate called the Legislature to order the
ators and Assemblymen, while the uni
forms of the various officers on the
Governors staff gave a touch of bril-
liant color to the gathering. In the
first row facing the Speakers chair sat
Secretaries Gage, Long, Wilson and
Postmaster General Smith and Secre-
tary Porter. Beside the Speakers desk
Generals Wheeler, Lawton and Young
in full uniform, sat on chairs.
The Speaker raped for silence, and
introduced the President to the audi
ence, after congratulating the State OF
Georgia upon the presence of their dis
tinguished guest. AS the President
rose the audience applauded.
During the course of his short speech
Mr.. Mckinley referred often to his
notes, and constantly paused for the
cheers to stop. A scene of intense en-
thusiesm followed when, amid impress
siye silence, these words fell from the
lips of the President:
Every soldiers grave madl during
the unfortunate civil war is tribute to
the Arnarican yalo-. Ard while -ter
those graves were made, we differed
widely about the future of the Govern
ment, those differences were long ago
settled by. the arbitrament of arms
and the time has now come in the evo-
luton of sentiment and feeling under
the providence of God, when, in tile
spirit of fraternity, we should share
with you in the care of the graves OF
the Confederate soldiers"
A wild cheer went up from every
throat in the typical audience, a cheer
that echoed and re-echoed throughout
the chamber, until it was taken up by
the crowds outside. Old men who
fought for the South rose from their
seats and waved their hats. One Con-
federate veteran, now a venerable leg
islator, had pressed forward until he
was leaning against the Speakers desk
hanging on to each word the President
uttered. When the reference was made
to the Confederate dead. this old man
buried his head in his arms, and while
the cheers rang out, cried like a little
child
OF all the many conciliatory speeches
which have been made since Grant said
Let there be peace" nothing has more
deeply stirred a Southern audience than
the simple words of President Mckinley
this afternoon.
No sooner than Mr.. Mckinley con-
cluded before there were loud cries for
Wheeler. and when that little man got
up, his head scarcely higher than the
Speakers desk, the audience once more
gave vent to wild enthusiasm. Gen
eral Wheeler referred eulogistically to
the efforts of the President toward pre-
serving peace as long as the country 5
honor would permit such efforts. and
OF his masterful policy after war was
inevitable. General Wheeler paid a
tribute TO Admiral Dewey, and added:
The army, in conjunction with the
navy, was ordered to attack and de-
stroy the Spanish forces at Santiago
In four weeks that order was obeyed
and its purposes accomplished. The
proud Spanish nation stood suing for
peace from the nation which a month
before it had held up to ridicule and
scorn."
Calls for Brigadier General Young
brought that officer to his feet with Z
short speech regarding the condition OF
the army camps in the South. He said
that no troops in the world We're bet
ter, more regularly fed and bette
treated than the troops in South Caro-
lima and Georgia
General Lawton was loudly cheered
but refused to make a speech. He SIM
ply thanked, on behalf of his men al
Santiago, the Legislature and people OF
Georgia for their tribute to himself
Secretary Alger refused to speak. aid
the Legislature dissolved.
The President held a private reception
in the Senate and afterward public
reception on the steps of the rotunda
The hundreds of Southerners crushed
end iostled each other in their anxiety
to shake a Northern Presidents hand
Many had come from miles distant
and when, at 2:15 p. m, the President
left the Capitol, there were still hun
dreds bitterly disappointed because
they had not been able to make thei.
way through the throng to get a ST c.
ond's hold of his hand
MCKINLEY GIVEN AN OVATION
ATLANTA (Ga). Dec. 14-Without a
sirgle hitch in arrangements, and after
a trip pleasant in every way, the Pres
idential party arrived in Atlanta at :
o'clock this morning over the Southern
Railway. The morning was colder and
more crisp than most Of the party an