The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-10
THE LONG TRIP IS BEGUN:
President and Mrs. Mckinley and
Party Leave Washington
for the West.
ENTHUSIASTIC CROWD CHEERS TRAIN.
First Day of the Tour Lay Through
a Historic Section in Virginia
First Speech Was Made to the Stu
dents at Charlottesville and Was
Received with Applause.

Received with Applause.
Washington, April ao.-The train
which is to carry President and Mrs.
Mckinley and their party on their
long excursion across the continent
and back made its start Monday pre-
tisely on schedule time, over the
Southern road. Before ten o'clock
many people had congregated about
the station, and when the president
and Mrs Mckinley arrived, as they
did about 1920, the building was
thronged and many persons were
congregated on the outside.
Through Virginia.
Bristol. Tenn, April 30.-The first
day of the presidents long tour to the
Pacific coast lay through historic
section in Virginia, across the valleys
of the Rapidan and James, in sight of
the homes of Madison and Jefferson,
up past the peaks of Otter, SO dear to
the hearts of the Virginians, into the
picturesque Blue Ridge mountains.
Large crowds assembled at every sta
ton. the countryside and cross roads
each had it's little group of waving
watchers straining their eyes to catch
glimpse of the chief magistrate as
the train whisked by.
His First Speech.
At Charlottesville the students of the
University of Virginia turned out. The
president, speaking from the platform
of his car. said:
| 'It gives me great pleasure to receive the
greeting of the people of Charlottesville
and the cheers of the young men of the
| University of Virginia. (Applause) Your
| institution is linked with great names and
| great deeds and has Influenced both. what
an array of immortal names Virginia holdS
| in her keeping to remind us of lofty patriot
| ISM broad craftsmanship and noble
| achievements To no other state of the
| American union belongs such history to
| preserve and cherish and such examples
| to inspire and emulate. May the young
| men of the state of Virginia prove worthy
| sons of their noble ancestors and contrib
| ute in the future, as they did in the past,
| to the we'll being and honor and glory of
the republic. Let me assure you, young
| gentlemen, that the present and the future
| hold rich reward for good scholarship,
| high character and noble endeavor; and
| the wish which I leave with you is that of
these you may have your full share" PRO
| longed applauseO
Greeted by Crowds.
Memphis. Tenn, May 1.-The presi-
Dental train passed through the heart
of Dixie yesterday and at $50 o'clock
! in the afternoon reached this city and
received wonderfully impressive
Ewelcome. SThe president spoke brief
ly and paid a glowing tribute to Ten
nessee troops in the Philippines.
In Alabama.
Huntsville, Ala, May 1. = The
scenes attending the passage of the
| presidential train along the route
| yesterday were a repetition of those
Monday Crowds at every way sta
ton cheered and waved to the passing
train and every farmhouse and cross
roads had it's groups of eager watch
| erS.
Through the Cotton Belt.
New Orleans, May 2.-President
Mckinley is the guest of New Or
leans. Coming across the cotton belt
| and the low-lying valley of the va
zoo the presidents special reached
this city yesterday afternoon. All
| New Orleans is in gala attire. 1t was
never gayer at a Mardi Gras, for this
| is the first time a president in office
| has visited the city. All along the
route from Memphis the president
was greeted with the sincerest marks
| of affection and esteem. At some of
| the stations the crowds actually i'm
| peded the progress of the train and
| the engineer was obliged to slow
| down to avoid danger of running over
enthusiastic people. In fact, the
| president declared that the farther
south the train went the warmer the
reception appeared to grow.
A Pleasant Day.
New Orleans, May 3.-After a day
spent in sightseeing and speechmak-
| ing President Mckinley and the mem
| bers of his party left at six o'clock last
evening for San Antonio, Tex. Alto
| gether it was a most enjoyable day for
| the president.
| Austin, Tex, May 4.-President Nc
| Kinley and his party were given an
| enthusiastic greeting when their spe-
cial arrived in Austin at 4:45 yester-
day afternoon. All day they had been
speeding over the broad prairies of
Texas and at every stopping place had
found thousands of citizens gathered
to do honor to the chief magistrate of
the land. Gov. Sayres welcomed the
party, the city was brilliantly decor
ated and never before held such
crowds of people.
| Again in Good Condition.