Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-05-03
THE PRESIDENTS NEXT
STOP At AUSTIN, TEXAS.
ANOTHER NOTABLE DAY SPENT
VIEWING THE SIGHTS ABOUT
NEW ORLEANS.
SPEECH TO NEGRO STUDENTS.
GREETED BY STRANGE SCENES
AND MANY RACES IN THE OLD
QUARTER OF THE CITY.

Jue memory CI lie GfeSiQeHt anu OI Inc
members of his party.
The weather could not have been
fairer A strong sun blaze from a
cloudless sky, but the heat was temper
ed by light breeze from the river The
foliage was all tender green and along
St Charles avenue, out which the party
drove behind gathering squadron of
cavalry, flowers, flags and pretty wo-
men in gay raiment formed a mist of
color.
The entire population apparently was
out 10 see the Chief Magistrate After
a short visit to the Southern University,
where thousand colored students
greeted the President with waving bits
of colored bunting, so arranged as to
make the whole an American flag, and
after brief speech, the party passed
across Canal and Rampant streets, the
Boundaries of the new city, into the old
town, with ITS narrow streets, its quaint
galleried residences, its Cathedrals, old
Spanish buildings and the French mar
ket, all with thesfavor of another gen.
Grafton, and all now unfortunately 60
ing into picturesque decay.
Around the encircling streets the bal
comics were thronged and down in the
square were acres of people. Many
races were represented, but the foreign
ers were mostly French and Italians.
The French tri-color and several other
strange flags, among them the red,
white and green banner of Portugal,
were interspersed with American flags
in the decorstlons.
AS the President alighted squad of
the cadets blew fanfaree on their
French trumpets, the Louisiana field ar
tlllery fired salute of 81 guns and the
bells of the Cathedral and all the
churches in the quarter pealed out their
welcoming greeting. AS in dream the
visitors were carried hack to the days
long ago when Spanish kings ruled
here, and to that memorable day, al
most century ago, when the keys of
the city of New Orleans were delivered
up in this very room to Wilkinson and
Claiborne, the American commissioners,
and French dominion over the great
Louisiana territory passed to the SOW
ereignty of the U1ted States
The President in his speech said:
TT has been great honor to me to
be received here by the Governor of
this great commonwealth, by the chief
justice ana his associates of this high
est court, by the mayor of the city, to
this place, memorable not only in Amer
Jean annals, but memorable in the an
nails of the world. (Applause}. l am
glad to stand near by where that great
transaction took place which transfer
red the Louisiana territory to the flag
OF the stars, (applause) transaction
which changed the map of the world
and made this Union what 1t now is. the
strongest and freest nation on the face
of the earth. Great applause).
When he had concluded the President
appeared upon the balcony to shew him.
self to the waiting thousands outside.
he acknowledged the demonstration
with bow right and left and spoke
as follows:
My Fellow Citizens:-I have great
honor in standing on this historic
ground to receive the greetings of my
countrymen, and to recall the fact that
here nearly hundred years ago great
scene was enacted that dedicated a
larger area than the original thirteen
States to liberty and union forever"
The party then returned to the hotel
for luncheon and in the afternoon en-
Barked on a Mississippi river steamboat
Tor trip along the river front from
Audubon Park to the HISTORICAL battle
Held of Chalmette, where the monument
erected in. memory of the defeat of
Buckingham by Gen. Jackson COM
mands view Of the river.
At O'Clock tonight the presidential
special resumed its long journey to the
Pacific. Houston, Texas, will be reach
ed Tomorrow morning. The Presi-
dents speech to the colored students
OF the Southern University was as fol-
lows
i am glad to know that all over the
south, where most of you dwell, the
states have provided institutions of
learning where every boy and every girl
can prepare for usefulness and honor
under the government in which they
ave. The thing to-day is to be practical.
What YOU want is to get education and
with It you want good character and
with these you want unfaltering indus
try and If you have these three things
you will have success anywhere and
everywhere. God bless YOU"
Five thousand negroes attended the
reception among them, the leading local
members of the race
From the Southern University the
President was driven to the historic
Cabildo facing aJckson square, where