The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-12-20
The Presidents
Southern Tour,
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..I This nation will be safe for all time
I..sr~e 75.000,000 people love it and will
.,.. ND their lives to sustain and uphold
iCireat APPLAUSE.
~ thank YOU my fellow citizens for this
....rous warmth and wealth of welcome
,.u.rh y0u have given me to-day and |
shah 20 back to my duties 1T our great
.auit1l feeling that we have Il united
..-ntrv that acknowledges allegiance to
rHt one authority and will march for
..tr unitedly under one flag. the glorious
I'D Stars and Stripes. Tremendous
.nrering and applause.'D
The audience constantly punctuated
r.u Presidents remarks with the wild
-. demonstrations Of approval and es-
.~..flIIy his tributes to Lieutenant Hob
-.l', mother and General Wheelcr's
laughter.
4, soon as he had finished the Gov
urI1r started to escort the President
.nuy for u reception ut his office, but
t.. audience would not have it. They
,g.led for General Wheeler, General
>Mafter. General Lawton, Secretaries
\.4cr and Long and Postmaster-General
smith. General Lawton at first refused
., speak. Then, amidst great applause.
.e said:
II am not an orator; ] am a soldier:
| was not 4 hero; | am Il regular; | an
Que of the sixteen thousand regular
soldiers sent to Cuba. On behalf Of that
part of the army | commanded, l thank
You, people Of -Alabama."
The other speakers emphasized brief
~ the power Of the Spanish war in re-
storing the harmony and cordiality be
tween the different sections. Secretary
Long was especially we'll received. as il
called attention to the fact that i'll ad-
dition to Wheeler alnl Hobson. there
was another Alabamian who had con
trlbuted to the success of the wal in his
important work of helping fashion the
uavy-his predecessor, Hilary \. Her
bert. of Montgomery. After the speech
c> the Presidential party went to the
Governors office. where Il public re-
ception was held for Il half hour. The
crush to reach the President was terri
tic. and hundreds did not succeed III
doing 80. as the Presidents time was
limited. lie next went to meet the
cOlored people at Old Ship Church. where
% great throng received him enthusiasts
ticalIy. He made 4 short but forcible
speech there.
This ended the ceremonies here. The
party We're conveyed back to the train.
and ut half past six o'clock. amid the
boom Of cannon. the President left for
Savannah. To Il number of gentlemen
privately the President and members Of
his party spoke in the warmest terms
of their enthusiastic reception here.
There is little doubt that il has been
the heartiest experience on his southern
trip. and it is accounted for first by his
...,Ipytinn Of Sl1.b - H. ,,Inr. -.
Wheeler. HobSon. Oates and Wiley. and
10y his suggestion at Atlanta of national
care for Confederate graves.
on THE WAY TO SAVANNAH.
Atlanta. Ga. Dec. 16.-The specia
train conveying President Mckinley and
party on his trip through the South. ar
rived on the Atlanta and West Point
railroad from Montgomery at $3.50
p. III. An hour was spent in the depot
here. The ears was dark and no demon
s~tration occurred. The train was trans
tcrred 10 the Central of Georgia rail
way here for the trip To Savannah. Al
freight trains were annulled for the
night. and Il pilot engine was started Oh
the long night run fifteen minutes ahead
At 12:30 the train pulled ont of the At
lauta station. Savannah will be reach
ed ut $50 Saturday morning.
Secretary Wilson missed the Presi
Dental train ut Tuskegee and was left.
over ut that place. He was picked up
on the way back.
George G. Smith. President of the At
Iauta and West Point railroad. accom-
panied the President on his trip from
TUskcSec To Montgomery and back to
Atlanta. The prompt and efficient rail
road service which attended the Presi-
dents "trip South. is greatly due To Presi-
DENT Smith. though he shares this honor
with l.. :. Brown. General Agent Of the
southern railway. who has been III per
~oudl charge of the train since it left
Washington. and who has been unccas-
'u- in his efforts to secure the comfort
and convenience of all aboard.