Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-05-03
Southern People Warmly Greet the
President.
TOUR is A CONTINUOUS OVATION.
Mr.. Mckinley Acknowledges the
Hospitality shown Him-A
Notable Address at
Memphis.

AnxoO ASSOAAS paw VI VIC COu4 1A4COA
descending the mountains Monday
night the train on Tuesday SKINNED
along through northern Alabama and
the valley of the Tennessee river and
touched at Corinth, Miss, where Gen.
Grant worsted Forresti in his campaign
to cut the confederacy in two. The
fresh green southland, with it's fruit in
full blossom and it's infinite variety of
wild flowers in the fields and forest,
was a great change from the backward
spring which the party had left behind
at Washington. The heat was rather
oppressive, but the weather was not
so warm as the presidents welcome.
The hearty greetings extended to him
along the route testified how complete
ly he had captured the hearts of the
people of Dixie. Confederate veterans
at all the stopping places were among
the presidents most enthusiastic
auditors, and that he was impressed
with their marks of love and esteem
was evident in the brief speeches he
made at Huntsville, Decatur, Tuscum-
bia and Corinth.
Cabinet Meeting Held.
During the morning at the regular
hour for the cabinet to assemble the
president summoned his advisers into
the observation car, and there, behind
closed doors, the first cabinet meet
ing on wheels vas held. No impor-
tant advices had been received from
Washington which required action, but
the foreign dispatches in the papers
were talked over and some of the de-
tails, as yet undetermined, were dis
cussed.
Welcome to Memphis.
At Memphis the party received a
wonderfully impressive welcome. A
committee headed by Senator Car
mack met the train at Corinth and es-
corted the party to this city. A ma
tional salute of 21 guns fired from the
river bluffs signaled the approach to
the city. At the station Gov. McMillin
and others reinforced the greetings to
the party. A military parade with a
company of grizzled confederate vet
Grams in their old uniforms acting as
the guard of honor escorted the party
in carriages through the principal
streets and around the custom house,
whence a view of the Mississippi, now
almost overlooking on the Arkansas
side, was obtained, to Court square.
The city was deliberately decorated
with flags and bunting. Not a resi-
dence or business house seemed to have
escaped from the desire to decorate in
honor of the presidents coming. Ban
ners were stretched across the streets
bearing such inscriptions as s'Mr. Pres
ident, the City Is Yours" sThe Ma
TONS President"
4 A Notable Speech.
The cheering through which the pro-
cession passed was tremendous at
points along the route. In Court
square, where the open air reception
occurred, the platform was so hedged
around with roses and other blossoms
as to make it a flower show. Over TO-
600 people were packed into the square
when the president was introduced by
Mayor Williams. In response to the
cheers which greeted him the presi-
den made the first really notable
speech of his trip. His theme was the
resistless power of a great united peo-
pie, and was delivered in his best vein.
When he referred in closing to the
noble record of the Tennessee volun-
teers in the Spanish and Philippine
wars Gov. McMillin led the cheering.
The speech in full is as follows:
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Will and fraternity expressed by you hon
orcd mayor ard shown in this cordial re-
ception on the part of the people of Tennes-
see. ! do not misinterpret this demonstra-
tlon. do not appropriate it. but accept it
IN ITS true spirit and recognize its true sig
nihcance to our common country. 1t is
representative of that universal good feel
inc subsisting among the people of the
United States and which is not bounded by
state, political or geographical lines. It is
eoextensive with the union itself, and ex-
lists because of our love for the union. If
is not perfuntory or superficial, but deep
and heartfelt. 1t is the hearty, honest SEN
timent of honest people loving their coun-
try, and proud of its institutions. and de-
termined that both shall be maintained. 1t
is powerfully influencing our national life
and development and completing that uni
fcation so essential to national security
and SO indispensable to the realization of
our national strength and influence.
A Mighty, Resistless Power,
what a mighty, resistless power for
good is a united nation of free men. 1t
makes for peace and prestige, for progress
and liberty. 1t conserves the rights of the
people and strengthens the pillars of the
government, and is a fulfillment of that
more perfect union for which our revolu-
tionary fathers strove and for which the
constitution was made. No citizen of the
republic %rejoices more han l do at this
happy state, and none will do more within
his sphere to continue and strengthen it.
Our past has gone into history. No
brighter one adorns the annals of mankind.
Our task is for the future. We leave the
old century behind US, holding on to its
achievements and %cherishing its memories,
and turn with hope to the new with its OPP
portunities and obligations. These we must
meet, men of the south, men of the north,
with high purpose and resolution. With
out internal troubles to distract us or jeal-
Ousies to disturb our judgment, we will
solve the problems which confront us un-
trammeled by the past. and wisely and
~courageously pursue a policy of right and
Justice in all things, making the future un-
der God even more glorious than the past.
Tribute to Tennessee Troops.
81 am glad to meet with the people of
Memphis and of the state of Tennessee.
Their history is associated with the great
est struggles and sacrifices of our country,