Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-12-21
PRESIDENT IN THE SOUTH.
Heads the Monster Military and Civic
Jubilee Parade at Atlanta


Jubilee Parade at Atlanta.
The second day of the Atlanta peace
Jubilee opened auspiciously. The crowds
were enormous, excursion trains arriving
at short intervals from all directions. The
ovation given President Mckinley at the
capitol the previous day by the members
Of the Legislature was the greatest recep-
ton ever given an American citizen In
Atlanta, and bis speech having relation
to the care of Confederate dead fired the
hears of Southerners with admiration
for the chief executive. The President in
his speech said:
Sectional lines no longer mar the map OF
the United States The Union Is once more
the common atlas Of our love ana loyalty,
our devotion and sacrifice. The old nag
again waves over us In peace, with new
glories. which your sons and ours this year
have added to Its sacred folds The mem
ory of the dead will be precious legacy
and the disabled will be the nations care.
A nation which cares for its disabled sol
diers, as we have always done, Will never
lack defenders. The national cemeteries
for those who fell In battle are 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 unfortunate civil war Is tribute to
graves were made we differed widely about
the future of this Government, these differ
ences 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 Confed-
crate soldiers.
The cordial feeling now happily existing
between the North and the South prompts
this gracious act, and II II needed further
Justification II Is found In the gallant loyal
ty TO the Union and the flag so conspicuous
~ shown In the year just passed by the
sons and grandsons Of these heroic dead.
What glorious future awaits us II united
ly. wisely and bravely we face the new
problems now pressing upon us, determined
TO solve them for right and humanityi'
The feature of the second day of the
jubilee was the monster civic and military
parade. Six thousand infantry, 10000
school children. 400 carriages containing
1000 people, 1000 members of secret or
ders, 500 Confederate veterans, under
command of Gen. Joe Wheeler. 1000 Ia
boring men, 100 officers and marshals. II
bands, 100 Grand Army men, squad of
policemen, 300 mounted police, members
of the Young Mems Christian Association
and Ministers Evangelical Association,
200 oers of the Capital City Club and
Fulton Club, the Atlanta fire department
and representatives of 500 civic organiza-
tions from all parts of the South took part
in the parade.
The President and other distinguished
guests in carriages were at the head OF
the pageant. They were escorted by the
Third New Jersey and Fifteenth Pennsyl-
vania regiments, which came from their
winter camp at Athens for the occasion.
The President was compelled to bow al
most continuously to the cheers from the
crowded sidewalks and the windows of
the buildings along the line of march. A
roar of welcome denoted the position of
Gen. Joe Wheeler and his band of caval-
rymen who followed him through the civil
war, and the wizened leader at times was
compelled to force his horse through
throngs of would-be worshipers who
blocked his path.