The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-02
THIRD DAY OF THE TOUR
Ends at New Orleans With a Most
Elaborate Reception.

New Orleans. La, May 2.-The presi-
Dental party Travelled across the cotton
belt yesterday from Memphis almost to
the Gulf of Mexico Down the 1ow-lyinS.
rich Yazoo valley. fertile as The Nile. to
Nlcksburg. teeming with it's memories Of
so years ago, thence east to Jackson. the
capital of Mississippi. and from there
down into the land of the magnolia and
the orange to this old romantic city near
the mouth of the Mississippi, with its
traditions of French and Spanish rule.
The OutpOurings of the people to see the
presidential train along the route were
larger if anything than on the two pre-
vious days and the demonstrations at
Vicksburg and jackson. the two principal
stops, We're very striking.
SpectS the most interesting vet made.
Here a triumphal arch Of cotton bales
bearing the magic words Expansion.
pointed out to the president as he passed
under it, the path of the new South Al
though it had not been intended to make
any stops after leaving jackson. the train
was halted at several of the smaller
towns where cotton mills are located to
permit the president to and speak
the opera tives. At some of the stations
the crowds actually empeded the passing
of the train and the engineer was obliged
to slow down t o avoid danger of running
lowering the train crossed the bayous.
with their tangles of moss covered
cypress and live oak. and skirting Lake
Ponchartrain steamed into New Orleans.
This is the first time New Orleans has
ever had a visit from chief magistrate te
of the nation and it was a royal recep-
ton which the old CITY extended to Pres
ident Mckinley Mr. Mckinley has been
here before He made a notable speech
the year preceding his nomination for the
presidency and ex-President Cleveland
was here upon an occasion between his
two terms, but never before has preSi-
dent while in office visited the crescent
city. The air was fun Of the boom of can
non and the scream of the whistle from
the harbor craft Az the train came into
the station. Here the president and his
party We're greeted by GOV. Howard
Mayor Capdeville. Senators McEnery and
hn a17%f nry ISL M <7nIa ion
congress, the city council and representa-
tives of the various exchanges. While
the mayor was formally extending the
hospitality of the city to the president a
tlne military band was completely drown
ing his words with New Orleans favorite
air, Louisiana The president and his
cabinet passed out of the station between
a line of smart looking militiamen one
side and a smarter looking line of young
cadets from the Jesuit military college
from to IA. but despite their youth they
made fine appearance in their gray uni
idential party. Outside the governors
staff. respondent in gold lace and mount
1resi9ept{ai nsrty Ti1s rha crowd I srnund the
station was 50 dense that it required tho
her2ic efforts Of the police to keep the
big military parade, consisting of the
artillery and an militia from this end OF
the state, escorted the party. to the st,
not lavishly. adorned with the national
colors- The crowds in the streets were
NEVER except
times. We're they known to be- so thick
and Jammed with surging humanity The
iron wrought galleries which enbrOider
the fronts of the buildings here with their
fine traceries fairly groaned under their
burdens of human freight. The feature
Of the crowd was the great number or
handsome women who watched the pro-
cession from the windows and galleries
Mrs Mckinley and the ladies Of the par
ty dined quietly at the hotel and later re-
ceived the ladies' Of New Orleans. The
president and his cabinet, with the other
elaborate banquet at the hotel in the
evening. About 800 of the prominent men
of New Orleans planned the banquet, said
to have exceeded in every respect any
thing heretofore in the CITY.