The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-02
NOW
IN new ORLEANS
Greeted by Cannon's Boom
and Screams of Whistles.
LAVISH WELCOME
GIVEN THE PARTY
Feature of the Crowd Was the
Number Of Pretty Women.


New Orleans, La. May 1.-THE pres
idential party Travelled across the cot.
ton beft today from Memphis almost
to the Gulf of Mexico. Down the low
lying Yazoo valley. fertile as that of
the lNiie, it went to Viclsburg. teem-
ing with its memories of thirty years
ago, thence east to Jackson. the cap
ital 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 It's
traditions Of French and Spanish rule
The OutpOuring OF the people to sea
/ the presidential train along the route
today We're larger Ihan on the two pre-
vlous days and the demonstrations at
! Nicksburg ano Jackson, the Two priT-
/ cipal stops were very striking. The
visit TO Nicksburg was Ia some re-
spects the most inteFesting yet made.
Here q triumphal arch ST cotton bales
bearing the magic word Expansion.
pointed ont to the president as he
passed under it the path Of the new
south
Although it had not been intended to-
make any stops after leaving Jackson,
Jhe train was halted al several Of the
.sUallef towns where cotton mills are
I located to permit the president TO see
and speak 70 the operatives. AT some
of the stations the crowds actually inn
| peded the passage of the train and the
engineer was obliged to slow down TO
i avoid danger of running over enthu-
I siasrie people AS the sun was lower
! ing the train crossed the bayous with
their tang1es OF moss covered express
and live oak and. skirting Lake PCnJ-
chartrain, steamed into New Orleans.
First Visit of a Presidents.
This is the first time New orleans
has ever had a visit from q chief mag
istrate of the nation and il was a royal
reception which the ole city extended
20 President Mckinley. AIr. Mckinley
himself has been here before He made
a notable speech the YEAR preceding
his nomination for the presidency and
eX-PrrSideut Cleveland was here upon
one occasion during tire interim be-
tween his two terms. but never before
has a president while i'm office. vis-
tied The. Crescent city
The air was full Of the boom Of can
non and the screams III whistles of the
harbor craft as the train drew into
his parity were greeted by Governor
Hoard., Mayor Caperdeville, Senators
Nc1nel'y and Foster. the entire Louis
lana delegation i'm congress, the city
rIous exchanges. While the mayor was
formally exteu5ing the hospitality of
the city to the president a hne military
band was completely drowning his
words "ith New orleans faVorite air,
The. president and his cabinet. passed
out Of the station between a lire Of
smart looking militia men on one side
and a smarter looking line OF young
cadets from the Jesuit military college
here on the other The boys ranged
ia age frQul S to 49, but despite their
youth they made a. fine appearance
in their gray uniforms as they present
ed arms 10 the presidential party
Outside the governors stat respleIl-
dent in sod laee ana mounted on
plungiHg chargers, awaited the presi-
CenfiaIR party The crowd arsuud the
station was So dense that IT required
the heroic efforts OF the ponce 70 Keep
the pain TO the, carriages clear A big
military parade. consisting Of the
Louisiana cavalry troop, the Washing
ton artillery and all the militia from
this emo of the state, escorted the party
along camp and Canal streets to the
new st Charles hotel The CITY was
literally. but not laVishly. adorned with
the national ColOTS The crowds IN
the streets We're tremendous. The iron
wrought galleries which embroidered
groaned under their burdens Of human
4 freight. Never. except in Madri Gras
/ times, We're they known to be 50 choked
and damned with SurglnS human ~
/ The feature of the crowd was the
( great number of handsome women VINO
( vatched the procession from the VIM
I tioWs and galleries
Party is Entertained
! . Mrs Mckinley and the ladies Of the
/ nartv dined quietly at the hotel and
I later received the ladies OF New or
1 leans
* The president and his cabinet with
4 the other gentlemen of the party Were
4 given an elaborate banquet at the hotel
Z in the evening. About 600 of the prom
/ inent men of New Orleans were pres
4 ent and the banquet was said to have
4 exceetlsd .iTa every respect anything OF
a similar character attempted hereto
( fore ala this city
senator McEnery presided Governor
4 HeaRd. Mayor CaDdeTile ard the pres
I ident responded to tOasts 1T was half
] past le when the president rose to
i speak He said
/ eNIr. Governor Heard. 1fr. Mayor,
4 and Gentlemen. L cannot md praise
I