Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-12-20
5ssOld confeds" Indite McKinley's
4 Sentiments on Parchment.
'.REBEL . BADGE ON HIS LAPEL
Stirring Scenes at Macon and Milledge-
Vile. Executive is Decorated with
Colors he Fought Against and
saluted by Confederate Flag.
NV TelaranhA

The Presidential train stopped here. the
former ca pital of Georgia. on it's way
to Augusta An intensely enthusiastic
Y crowd was at the depot and salutes
We're fired by the local military. Pres
ident Mckinley addressed the crowd
from the rear platform Of the train,
saying:
1T is. to me very great pleasure to
greet the citizens of Milledgeville, the
1 Old capital of the State of Georgia. In
my journey through your State have
been received with a real warmth of
welcome and assure you that it is APP
pseciated from the depth of my heart.
III "a glad to know that once more this
country. North and South, all the peo-
PIE of all sections are animated by one
purpose, one aim, one hope for a COM
hon destiny under the dear old banner
ZOE the free. and nothing gives me more
satisfaction than to feel that as the
President called by the suffrage of the
people, l am permitted to PERMITTED to
preside over a nation rich with glorious
memories of glorious deeds, now united
II an unbroken and never to be broken
Union. have great pleasure in pre-
scntlng to you General Wheeler
GEN. W7EELER'S REMARKS.
s. General Wheeler was cordially cheer
ed and spoke as follows:
My Fellow Citizens: 1t seems hard
~ proper, after this beautiful address
from the President TO the United States,
for me to detain you for one moment
with any words of mine. It gives me
pleasure which cannot express to have
70 have the privilege. by invitation Of
the President, to visit the South with
him. was SO glad that the President
accepted the earnest Invitations from
the various citizens of the South to
come among the people, to see them
lace to face. to see the wonderful de-
Velopment they are making. how they
nrebringing their resources to the front
and how they are developing their hid
Gen resources in such way as to add
q Very much to the wealth of our nation.
II am glad the President has brought
# with him his7cabingt.sI am glad he has
brought with him the. distinguished
commander Of the American forces in
Cuba, General Shafter.' (Wild APP
y plause.)
General Shafter was warmly greeted
and cheered.
THE PARTY REACHES MACON.
MACON, GA. Dec. 19-The President
and his party reached Macon promptly
on time and was received by the large
crowd which has ever gathered in
Macon since the last visit of Jefferson
Davis to the city. AT the station was a
reception consisting of number of the
most prominent citizens of this town,
including United States Judge Emory
Speer, Major J. F. Hanson, who is
spoken of as a successor, to Secretary
n ofSthe Interior Bliss, United States Sen
1 ator A. O. Bacon, and Representative
Charles Bartlett, of this Congressional
district.
Drawn up in front of the station was
the. Ribb county camp of the Confed-
crate Survivors Association. 400 strong
As the President reached the old Con-
( iederates he was halted by Colonel
Wiley who addressed him as follows:
WELCOMED BY VETERANS.
5ss$. M r. President: AS commander Of
Isibb County Veterans Association and
4 Bibb county camp, No. 4S4, we extend to
you and your party a most generous,
Z hearty and sincere welcome of all Con-
Tsderate soldiers on account of the
Noble sentiment expressed by you in re-
gard to our Confederate dead. assure
v you: that these old, manned and infirm
veterans who have met here to do
y Iionor4 today appreciate such words of
love and kindness and uttered too, by
the President Of this great country and
/, bY#0netWho was a member of the Union
army In the sixties. I hope and pray,
b Mr.. Presfd ent, that God in His infinite
mercy may so direct the future legisla-
n tion Of this country that the living
Confederates will he remembered. This
country and the stars and stripes be-
long as much to the Confederate veter-
Il ans as it does to the Grand Army of the
II Republic. The South proved it's loyalty
to this grand old country when war was
declared with Spain and now hence
forth and forever she will be found
country and our flag.
IN LETTERS OF GOLD.
Mr.. President, in behalf of these no
bic and brave Confederate soldiers of
B;bb5 county, Ca, I present to you this
sentiment engrossed thereon in letters
S.c gold, the beautiful sentiment ex
pressed by you in our capital city in re-
Il gard to our hoTored dead"
59*s: the President was about to proceed
%I.r. Roland B. Hall. another veteran,
addressed him as follows:
's.hdr. President: In behalf of our
robe dead and as Confederate veterans
I'VE are here to manifest our apprecia-
ssshs We recently uttered. Do US the honor,
4 sir. to accept and wear this badge of a
Confederate veterans camp which
4 bears your likeness and words which
should endear you to the hearts of every
Confederate"
do not know that it will be proper
+ said the President.
without further ceremony the President
b marched ahead with Judge Speer.
4 THE PRESIDENTS BADGE.
5s The sight Of a Confederate badge on
III the Presidents coat as he passed
through the veterans called forth long
cheering, which continued as long as
4 he was In sight. The President wore
the badge during his stay in Macon.
" One of General Wheelers old cavalry
men also pinned a badge to the lapel Of
a bis major generals coat and the
\ doughty little warrior proudly wore it
away with him when he left the city.
The PRESIDENTIAL party was driven in
carriages to the stand where he was to
review the troops Of General Bates