The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-01
SEVERAL SPEECHES MADE
At Huntsville Mrs. Mckinley is Del
uged With Flowers.
ROAR or GREETING AT wHEeLERs HOME
Everywhere the SOutheUers Accord Mckinley
The Honor Due Ills Exated Office.
Veterans Present Him Khh
Flowers.
CBy The Associated Press.)

Huntsville, Ala, April 30.-Scenes at
tending the passage Of the Presidential
train along the route today were a repe-
tltion of those of yesterday. Crowds at
every way station cheered and waved to
the passing train and every farm house
and cross roads had it's group Of eager
watchers.
AT Huntsville a stop of ten minutes
was made Apparently the entire popula-
tion of the town turned out TO welcome
the President. big cotton mill is To-
Gated here and hundreds of the operatives
were in the crowd. The station was dec
GRATED with American flags and a band
was playing as the train drew up to the
station.
The President was introduced by Judge
Richardson, General Wheeler's successor
in Congress. The president responded as
follows:
Il very greatly appreciate and return
to all of you my thanks for this welcome
so warm and SO generous upon the part Of
the people and the members of the Grand
Army of the Republic the loyal Legion
of Confederate Veterans who speak their
greetings to us as we pass through your
beautiful city If / had been in any sense
the instrument in the hands of the peo
pie to bring together the North and the
South, it is the highest distinction that
/ could covet. l am glad to see the boys
in gray uniting in giving the reception.
Once more friends forever. Great APP
plause). Once with hostile arms in their
hands, now with affection in their hearts,
one for another and both united in love
and loyalty for the flag and for the land
we love- We are not a military people.
We are not dedicated to arms. We love
peace and the United States never goes
to war except for peace, and only where
it can have it in no other way. We
have never gone to war for conquest, for
exploitation or for territory, but always
for liberty and humanity, and in our re-
cent war with Spain, the people of the
whole United States as one man marched
with the flag for the honor Of the ma
tion to relieve the oppressed people in
Cuba.
THE United States has never acquired
a foot of territory that has not been for
ever dedicated to liberty | feel almost
like apologizing for having taken from
you General Wheeler (great applause).
but my compensation is found in the fact
that you have elected a distinguished
successor to represent you" Great APP
plause)
Secretary Hitchcock, who was born in
Mobile, was called upon. The Secretary
was plainly touched as he referred to his
early days in alabama and the tender
memories which clustered about his ma
tive State.
Mrs. Mckinley was called to the plat
fcs,,
wild flowers
General Samuel Fl. Morse, on behalf of
Egbert I. Jones Camp of Veterans and
the Huntsville Post of the G. A. r., pre-
sented the President with a beautiful
floral piece of roses, emblematic, he said
"of the pleasure it gives us to honor you
who as Chief Magistrate, have sought to
| assuage sectional bitterness, and to weld
in the bonds of common justice and pa
trlotism the dctinies Of our common coun-
try"