The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-12
Governor Mount Welcomes the Chief
Executive and Introduces Him to
Throng Of Ten Thousand.
BANQUET In THE EVENING
SPEECHES BY COL. HEMPHIlL, GEN.
J. c. BLACK AND OTHERS.
Addresses by the President ana
Members of His Party mt vinceDness
Terre Haute and elsewhere.

EVANSVILLE. Ind. Oct. 1i.-A heavy
| rainfall. the first in two months. that set
in early in the morning and continued all
day. had the effect of diminishing the exs
pected attendance at the first national re-
union of the blue and gray to-day. nots
withstanding President Mckinley and his
Cabinet were in the city part of the time-
This was the principal day OF the reunion.
President Mckinley and his Cabinet arrived
from Chicago at 9 o'clock and left Tor the
north at noon. The presidential party was
escorted from the train through the drench-
ing rain which did not drown out the tre-
mendous ovation from psssriotic veteran
throats, to the tri-state fair grounds, where
the President was introduced by Governor
Mount and addressed 10000 people Tho
President remarked before he left that this
was the greatest reception In the rain thas
had ever been rendered him. Speeches were
also made by Secretary of the Treasury
Gage. Secretary OF the Navy Long. Attor-
ney General Griggs. United States Senator
Fairbanks and others. The President ana
his party were then escorted back to the
train just at noon and left for the North
west
When the train reached the city
this morning thousands of veterans I'm
blue end gray swarmed about the
President and Cabinet officers cheering and
extending their hands for grasp OF well
| come At the same time a presidential
salute CT twenty-one guns doomed from
Camp Farragut, at the fri-4fnte fair
grounds. This was the signal Tor Whistles
and bells throughout the city TO join In
THE PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.
Owing to the short stay OF the President
the party was at once escorted by the
Cleveland Grays and reception committee 10
the fair grounds. where President Mckinley
delivered an address. Mayor William Aiken
presided and introduced c. A De Bruler. OF
Evansville, who welcomed the disting guished
guests and veterans TO the city. Governor
J. A. Mount followed with an address OF
welcome on behalf Of the State and intro
duced President Mckinley. who delivered q
short speech. tt e President said:
MY fellow-citizens-It gives me very great
North and me men - OF the South in this glad
reunion of hearts. We are already un1feds
the peace which Grant and Lee made ae
sp restraint but S by love- love- ana T fraternai regard
The Union to-day rests not on force. which
may fail, but rests in the hearts OF the peo.
pie, Union that never can be severed
IF have been permitted In the slightesc
degree TO help In the work OF reconciliation
honor hon rf Of nav iife When % made tn the cali for
from from the North and the South, without re-
rallied to the standard of the Union The
best men OF the South came-the sons or the
old Confederate soldier. The best men Oh
the North came-the sons OF the old mem-
bers of the Grand Army OF the Republic
All came together in heart and hand 10 fol>
low the flag OF their country wherever II
might lead. We have been reconciled-moro
than reconciliation our reconciliation has
been baptized in the best blood OF both Sec
''!iif 'if a Northern soldier put the nag up at
Santiago, a Southern soldier. the gallant
Brumby, of Georgia. put IL up over Manila.
ting the past behind us. And this governs
ment relies on the patriotism OF the country.
North and South. 10 stand by the purposes
or the government and follow IN the path
way of its destiny.
"I am glad TO meet and greet you; we coms
NOT %, 1 IN or bands OF b
come with love for each other In our
MR.. GRIGGs's SPEECH.
At the conclusion OF his speech President
Mckinley announced that members OF his
Cabinet were present and would make short
addresses. Attorney General Griggs spoke
in part as follows:
1--WE appreciate this welcome from the
great State Of Indiana. ~ is appropriate
to-day that we turn back 20 review the gall
,ant deeds OF those who on land and sea
have upheld the cause that was nearest
their hearts 1t was the inevitable decree
of Providence that this land should exist
as one and not become a divided country.
The valcr that inspired the men OF the North
and the South Is a common heritage OF pride
10 all the land.
People sometimes deplore war and speak
OF peace conferences as n they could blot
out OF the soul OF man all love OF gailanfry,
all admiration for heroic deeds. You may
declare and resolve 10 the end, of the world.
my friends: but longest and last in the ad-
miration OF the human soul will live deeds
OF heroism and gallantry done In noble
causes for the benefit OF the world. mankind
and God And so IL is fitting that those who
according 10 their hearts devotion and their
minds direction should be accorded the glory
that is justly theirs.
And may no time ever come when the
flag OF our country is assailed. when
honor IS imperiled or at stake. that any man
shall sit down 10 count the cost OF its de-
fsnse: or stop to think whether he incgrs
ton, the glory OF the nag and its supremacy
are in question No honest patriot. nothing
but a coward, would stop to ask what it
would cost 10 save H..
Secretary OF the Treasury Gage and Sec
retary Of the Navy Long also spoke briefly.
Senator c. W. Fairbanks. who was 90 have
spoken in the afternoon. made his address
during the presence of the presidential party
at Camp Farragut. paying glowing tribute
TO the reunion OF the veterans Senator A. J.
Beveridge. who on the programme was
absent Col. Josiah Patterson. OF Memphis.
Tenn. spoke briefly. The morning and aft
ernoon programmes were in this way
merged into one on account of the rain and
the mud at the fair grounds.
AT the conclusion Of the speeches the
presidential party escorted 10 the train
followed by long line of veterans marching