The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-05

Del Rio, Tex, May 4.-The president
and his party spent the forenoon view
ing the sights of the quaint old city OF
san Antonio with its historic Spanish
missions and its thrilling memoirs OF
the war for Texas independence, and
then started on the long stretch across
the Texas desert for El Pas0, on the
Mexican border.
Nothing could have been more inter
eshng and striking than the contrast
between the old portion of san Antonio,
its strange Spanish architecture, quaint
streets filled with the shifting multi
tude-I exicans in high peaked hats,
their women in bright hued garments,
and coWied priests and sweet faced
nuns in SonlDre black-and the modern
city of stately business houses and resi-
denceS aSphalted streets, and even
can flag was pr0miI ent in the PERCUSSION
/ of bunting and banners with which the
people had decorated their city
Governor Sayers, who had met the
party at Houston accompanied them
across the state thus far to speed the
president on his journey. At this sta
ton General McKibben, who is in com
nand of the department OF Texas, to-
gether with his staff, all in full uni
form, and several troops of cavalry
from Fort sam Houston united with
the citizens in receiving the party.
There was not time to visit the Span
ish mission, owing to the shOrtness of
the stag. but a drive took the party
( through the old adobe Mexican quarter
} past San Fernandino cathedral, built
early in the last century, where Santa
! Ana raised the red flag of deflance
against the defenders OF the Alamo. TO
Fort Sam Houston, Avhere a battery
fred a salute in the presidents honor
3 a beautiful spectacle occurred in
Z Travis square where 1900 school chill
( dren dressed in white, StreWed flowers
under the wheels of the carriage. occu-
pied by the president and Mrs. Mckm-
( ley and sang the national anthem In
T the main street opposite the Alamo.
4 where ColGnels Travis, Crockett az
( Bowie and the 1SS heroes died to the
last man rather than surrender, a
platform had beer erected and here,
i before an immense .assemblage. which
( the blue and the gray, the speaking
took place. Fhe president was intro
Edueed by the mayor of the city and
j spoke as follows.
] Tribute to Patriots.
( sAIr. Mayor, Governor Sayers and
! My Fellow Citizens: Z wish I had the
/ voice and the speech TO respond in fit
/ given me by your honored mayor
speaking for you and in your behalf.
g ] am glad to be in this historic city on
this historic spot, and receive from YOU
I all the greeting and the good viii
which you feel toward This great re-
public and toward the office which for
I little while by your SURFACES am
/ permitted to ill.
Here are centuries of historic mem
/ orles. The Texas people have a history
! of which they can well be proud. but
4 ia the glory of which an Americans and
y all lovers of liberty the world over
/ want to share. Your ancestors achieved
/ your independence by the sword, and as
/ stand here aeav the Alamo. the sa
! cred and historic pface.-I cannot fai
4 10 recall the names of Crockett, Travis
Eand Bowie and their heroic associates
I Who went down after eleven days
siege, sacrificing their lives for liberty
( and Independence.
sThese sacrficial giants cieaved the
I darkness asunder and beckoned to us
/ where we are. Where they fell de-
vofeG but diving, the meanest rilI The
/ mightiest river, rolls ninCling wib
+ their fame forever
Il was glad to receive the welcome
of the Grand Army Of the Republic and
! the CoRfederste Veterans tgreat ap