New-York tribune., 1901-05-02
M'KINLEYINNEW- ORLEANS
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time President had visited the city since the days
OF Zachary Taylor and the inhabitants made II one
of the greatest occasions in their history The party
left the train just outside the city the National
Cemetery, the spot where Pemberton surren-
dered Grant the end of the siege II Is beau
tiful we'll kept park Of eighty acres on the side OF
a bluff under the ruins of old Fort Nogales Sixteen
thousand Union dead are buried here. The party
drove through the cemetery and from the Grant
Pemberton monument obtained a fine view or the
Mississippi. Here pointed out IN the President
the projected Yazoo canal, by which the people of
Vicksburg expect to divert the flow Of the Yazoo
into the Mississippi and restore the harbor lost in
1873 when the river changed its course and almost
stranded the city. The party then moved INTO the
crowded, flag festooned city. The President and
Mrs. Mckinley were in open barouche, decorated
with national colors. The President passed un-
der an arch of cotton bales surmounted by Spanish
daggers on which the word Expansion At
the courthouse square which was also elaborateiy
decorated. the President introduced by Mayor
Trobridge and addressed fully ten thousand people
He spoke follows:
offciai greeting Of the Mayor and the warm
hearted touch of the people as they give as of
satisfaction at this most cordial reception Is IN
Nwhera in T native State Of Ohio could
warmer or more sincere welcome than / nd1e f +be
people Of Mississippi. and in the moment men m that IL l
acknowledgements and congratulate you on that you
share in the universal prosperity and contentment
so characteristic at this time of every part OF our
common country
this 10 us and for is the best country in the
world 1t is the land love, and II is the land
IF 6, e saf Of the ods Of our 70 sg
been glad not only to be greeted by m the M ter OF
federate Veterans and by the people at large but
fro s yomms scho 0 Children from the city Of Vcks
burg To one and all return my . sincere e and md
your happiness and your prosperity ApplauseJ
on the way back to the station the Presidents
carriage was stopped to give him opportunity
to address several hundred school children
AT MIssIssIPPTs CAPITAL
Jackson Miss May 1.-The Presidents train
arrived here at IL o'clock fifteen minutes ahead of
time. Thousands of people had congregated at the
station o welcome the President and his party
Mississippfs capital Governor Longino welcomed
the President behalf of the people of the State
In response to the Governors remarks Mr.. McKin
ley said:
have received in the course of my Journey from
the capital of this nation many hearty and gener
receptions but none more interesting or more
of your State. and thank you from the bot
tom of my heart. I thank your governor for am n;
the States and all the Territories of this great
of the Union. by virtue Of the forms and rules laid
down by the legislation of the United States. am
nenpIe This copntrv Of ours has been growing in
the last few years growing whether wanted II
grow not The war with Spain started us
growing. and we could not help 1t If we would. Our
growth has made problems. but the American
people has faced them. and will continue TO face
them. We will have our differences-men always
would-but we have more agreements than differ
principles, but We keep in the home circles and
settle our differences among ourselves. and. which
can people. have settled matters OF foreign
policy in the past 10 our satisfaction. and will
treat ones in the fear Of God.
The President called on Secretary Hay. who spoke
nIO Mr. IDtroduCed az Cen
eral Smith and Mr. Smith in turn introduced
Secretary Hitchcock. Mr.. Hitchcock introduced
Secretary Wilson. who said:
We heard before We left Washington that there
that there is South and that 1T has great big
heart in it, Applause)
Mr. Mckinley stood on the platform and shook
hands with hundreds who crowded around as the
train started. Mrs. Mckinley was feeling well
and could not respond TO calls
SPEECH TO COTTON MILL EMPLOYEES
Wesson. Miss. May IA stop Of a minute was
made here 10 permit the President TO the oper-
atives of the Wesson Mill, Of the largest cot
ton mills in the South. About one hundred and
fifty employees greeted the President. and he spoke
follows:
sired that l might see. not only this great plant
This is 6s neresne and Pg9P Per9PBg enRGyS n
of my trip. the working people from this
busy TO join With others in giving me greetins as
J journey through your State. The happeSt people
in the world those who best employed.
Work means wages wages mean contentment and
bring 10 the home opportunities of education for
the children and 1t is the boast of civiliza-
ttOn that boy and girl in the land aspire
TO the highest positions Of trust and honor. Ap-
plause)
Secretaries Hay and Wilson and Postmaster-Gen-
eral Smith also spoke here
At McCOmb Miss, the train stopped a minute
and the President said:
Ny Fellow Citizens: I thank YOU for this very
warm welcome. think greetings
as we move southwark; but in all journey we
have been welcomed by warm hearts Southern
hospitality and we will carry with through our
long tour happier memory than that OF our
visit in the Southern States.
have been glad to note that every section Of the
South shares in the general welfare and in that
universal prosperity with which the country is so
signally blessed We have n larger prosperity
than ever before, with higher national and in
dividual credit. The lender now Is not looking for
is easy and more plentiful and is going into our
great productive enterprises. and thereby furnish
ing employment to labor. Labor wages. and
these wages go into the homes and into the com
munites OF the country TO bless them and make
happy fresides.
reached a point of development where we can
more than supply demands, is a foreign
market en- distant lands We want to send tho
products of our farms. our factories and mines
into every market of the world to make the foreign
peoples familiar with products and the way 10
DO that is to make them familiar with our flag
Great applause)
MEXICAN GREETING TO PRESIDENT