The Forrest City times., 1899-10-13
IHE bIUE AND IHE CRAY.
President Mckinley and Cabinet Wis ited the Blue and Gray Re-
 union at Evansville.
A WARM GREETING FROM THE VETERANS.
The President and Members of the Cabinet Made Brief Addresses. the Former GIorying in the Fact of Country Reunited in Bonds of Brotherty Love.

Evansville. Ind, Oct. f2.-President Mckinley and his cabinet came from Chicago 10 attend the national reunion of the Blue and the Gray. X heavy rain was falling, but despite this. 10.- 000 veterans and visitors thronged about the railroad station, and the veterans in gray yied with the veter- ans in blue in rendering a tremendous ovation when the presidential party arrived.
 Cheering ThroBg.
 They swarmed about the president and cabinet officers. cheering and ex- tending their hands for a grasp of we.- come. At the same time. d presidential salute of El guns boomed frcm Camp TGrraeut,at the Tri-State fair grounds. This was the signal for whistles and bells throughout the city to join in. Owing to the short stay of the presi- cent, the party was at once escorted by tEe Cleveland Grays and reception committee to the fair grounds. where President Mckinley delivered an ad- dress.
 Words of Welcome.
 Mayor w. NJ. Akin presided. and in tloduced C. \. DeBruler, Of Evans yIlle, who welcomed the distinguished guests and veterans to the city. Gov. J. A. Mount followed with sn address of welcome on behalf of the state and introduced President Mckinley, who delivered a short speech. The presi. dent said
 The Presidents speech.
 My Fellow-citizens: It gives me very great pleasure to participate with you. men of the north and ulen of the south. in this glad reunion cf hearts. We are already unified; the peace which Grant and Lee made at Appo. mattox has been kept, not by law pr restraint but by love and fraternal re. gard. The Union to-day rests not on force which may fail, but rests in the hearts of the people, union that never can be severed
 If l have been permitted in the slightest degree to help in the work oi reconciliation and unifcation,I will es- tcem II the greatest honor of my life When l made the call for troops 10 prosecute the Spanish war, men from the north and the south, without re. gard to political belief or religious creed, rallied to the standard of the Union. The best men of the soutn came: the sons of old confederate sol diers. The best men of the north came: the sons of the old members of Grand Army of the Republic. All came to- gether in heart and hand to follow the flag of their country wherever it might lead. We have been reconciled, more tban reconciled, for our reconciliation has been baptized in the best blood of both sections of our beloved country. If northern soldier put the flag ur at Santiago, southern soldier, the gallant Brumby, of Georgia, put it m over Manila. It rests with us to loNSS to the future. putting the past behind us. And this government relies upon the patriotism of the country, north and south. to stand by the purposes Of the government and follow in the pathway of it's destiny
 We come together not as we came a third of century ago, with arms in our hands, but we come with love for each other in our heart"
 Other short Speeches.
 At the conclusion of his speech. President Mckinley announced that the members of his cabinet were pres- ent and several of them made short addresses.
 The presidential party was then es- e"rted back to the train followed by a long line of veterans marching in army order, the blue and gray shoul. der to shoulder.