New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-15
SOUTH GREETS PRESIDENT.
TREMENDOUS ENTHUSIASM ROUSED Bi
MIR. MKINLEY'S WORDS.
AN ADDRESS TO THE GEORGIA LEGIsLAT'
URE WHICH SET HIS HEARERS WILD
AUsPIcroUs OPENING OF ATTAIN
TA'S PEACE JUBILEE.

TAs PEACE JUBILEE.
Atlanta. Ga. Dec. 14.-President Mckinley
made memorable the first day OF the Atianta
Peace Jubilee by mis- speech before the JOINT
session OF the Georgia Legislature this AFTER
noon. His reception by the General Assembly
warm and hearty in the extreme. and his
speech was interrupted with frequent outbursts
Of cheering The address is tonight on every
lip On the Presidents arrival at the Capitoi
he was greeted with field artillery salute ana
was at once escorted TO Governor Gamblers
Office There a short. informal reception TOOK
place. The President was then conducted 70
the Assembly chamber. where he occupied the
Speakers chair with Governor Gambler on his
right.
When President Dodson Of the Senate called
the Legislature to order the galleries were
thronged with men and women. The body OF the
chamber was well filled with State Senator'S and
Assemblymen while the uniforms OF officers and
the Governors star gave a touch of brilliant
color to the gathering. On the first row facing
the Speaker sat Secretaries Gage. Long, Wilson
and Smith, and Mr. Porter. the secretary TO the
President. Beside the Speakers desk and below
the President Generals Wheeler. Lawton and
Young. in full uniform. sat. The Speaker raped
for silence and introduced the President to the
Georgia on the presence Of It's distinguished
guests. AS the President rose the audience ap-
plauded. In the course of his short speech Mr.
Mckinley referred to his notes. and constantly
paused for the cheers to stop.
TRIBUTE TO CONFEDERATE DEAD.
A scene Of intense enthusiasm followed when.
amid impressive silence. these words fell from
the lips of the President:
Every soldiers grave made during the Civil
War is a tribute to American valor And WHILE
when these graves were made, we differed WIDE
ly about the future Of the Government, those
differences were long ago settled by the arbitra-
ment Of arms. and the time has now come In
the evolution of sentiment and feeling under
the providence Of God. when in the spirit OF
fraternity We should share with you in the care
Of the graves Of the Confederate soldiers"
wild cheer went up from every throat In the
typical Southern audience cheer that echoed
and re-echoed through the chamber until 1t was
taken UP by the crowds outside. Old men who
fought for the South rose UP from their seats
and waved their hats. One Confederate vet
eran now a venerable legislator. had passed
forward until he was leaning against the Speak
ers desk, hanging on each word the President
uttered When the reference was made to the
in his arms and. while cheers rang out. cried
like child OF all the many conclatory
speeches which have beer made since Grant
said Let US have peace" nothing has more
deeply stirred Southern audience than the
simple words of President Mckinley this after.
noon. The President spoke as. fallows:s
Sectional lines no longer mar the map Of the
United States; sectional feeling no longer holds
ho all tha lou hoo aeh N no Fraternity
the National anthem sung by chorus or forty-
five States and our Territories at home and be-
yond the seas. The Union is once more the COM
mon object Of our love and loyalty, our de-
voton and sacrifice. The old flag again waves
over US in peace. with new glories which your
sons and ours have this year added TO It's sacred
folds. What cause We have for rejoicing SAD
dened only by the fact that so many or our
brave men fell on the field or sickened and died
from hardship and exposure. and others return
ing brought wounds and disease from which
they will long suffer. The memory OF the dead
will be a precious legacy. and the disabled Will
be the Nations care.
nation which cares for It's disabled soldiers
as have always done will never lack de-
tenders The National cemeteries for those VINO
fell in battle proof that the dead, as well
as the living have our love- What an army OF
silent sentinels we have. and with what loving
care their graves are kept!
Every soldiers grave made during our un-
fortunate Civil War is a tribute to American
valor. And while when those graves were made
we differed widely about the future OF this Gov
ernment, the differences were long ago settled
by the arbitrament of arms, and the time has
now come in the evolution OF sentiment and feel
ing under the providence of God when In the
spirit Of fraternity we should snare with you IN
the care OF the graves of the Confederate SOL
diers.
The cordial feeling which now happily exists
between the North and South prompts this
gracious act and II IL needed further justifca-
zion it is found in the gallant loyalty to the
Union and the flag so conspicuously shown
in the year just passed ny the sons ana grand
sons of those heroic dead . .
What n glorious future awaits us II unitedly.
wisely and bravely we face the new problems
now pressing upon us. determined to solve them
for right and humanity!
CHEERS FOR GENERAL WHEELER.
No sooner had President Mckinley concluded
than there were loud cries for Wheeler. and
when that little man got up. his head scarcely
higher than the Speakers desk. the audience
orce more broke into wild enthusiasm. General
wheeler referred eulogstcally TO the efforts Of
The President toward preserving peace so long
as the country's honor would permit such ef-
forts and of his masterful policy after war was
inevitable. General Wheeler paid tribute to
Admiral Dewey. and added:
dered TO attack and destroy the Spanish forces at
santiago In four week, that order was o6eyed and
stood suing for peace from the nation which a
month before II had held up 10 riiicule and scorn
Calls FOR General Young brought that officer to
his feet with a short speech regarding the con-
dit,ons of the Army camps in the South. He
said that no troops in the world were better fed
and treated than were the troops in South Caro-
lima and Georgia
General Lawton was loudly cheered. but re-
fused TO make speech He simply. on behalf
OF his men at Santiago. thanked the Legislature
and people Of Georgia for their tribute to him.
self.
Secretary Alger refused to speak and the
Legislature adjourned.
The President held a private reception In the
Senate chamber and public reception on the
steps OF the rotunda Hundreds OF southerners
crushed and jostled each other In their anxiety
N shake q Northern Presidents hand. Many