Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1901-09-11
M'MNLEY At PAN AMERICAN
Presidents Day at Buffalo Observed
- - Under Ausplcious Conditions.
THOUSANDS CHEERED HIS SSPEEcq

President Mckinley Favors Reciprocity.
Urges Greater Merchant Marine.
ana Says tho American People Must
Build the Isthmian Canal and tho
Pacific Cable-AlI Departments visited
Buffalo. N Y.-Reclprocity. the need
OF merchant marine an isthmian ca
nal and n Pacific cable. the present
prosperity OF this country and the pros
poets for tho extension OF American
trade were the main points of the
speech delivered by President McIir-
.ey on Presidents day at the Pan
American Exposition.
Promptly at 10 o'clock the President
emerged from the home OF Mr.. Mil
burn, Mrs. Mckinley accompanying
him. walking by his side without as
sistance. The President and Mrs. Nc
kinley entered the first carriage, and
Mr.. MilDurn. President of the Expos!-
tion. and Mrs. William Hamlin, of
the Board OF Women Managers, the
second.
Upon arriving at the Exposition
grounds Presidents salute of twen-
ty-one guns was lired. The President
was at once escorted to the grand
stand erected in the csplanade. where
probably the greatest crowd ever as
senbled there greeted him with cheers.
President Milburn arose cnd intro
duccd the President as follows:
Ladies and GcntlemcA: The ?resi-
dent
The great audience then broke out
with mighty cheer. which continued
rs President Mckinley rose, and it
was some minutes before he was able
to proceed. When quiet was restored
the President delivered a address be-
fore 10000 people.
The Presidents words were listened
to attentively by the vast audience.
In discussing the prosperity of the
country the President declared that
the only way Of preserving it and
opening the markets OF the world 10
American products Is by a system of
reciprocity treaties and supplemented
this by saying that IL the tariff, as 1t
is. had served Its purpose in protect
Ing certain Industries, 1t should be
changed. With these changes in the
commercial relations OF the United
States, which, the President said.
would be only following the ideas Of
james @. Blaine, together with n large
ana protected merchant marine the
lSthmian Canal and n Pacific cable.
all of which he declared to be essen
lal TO the progress of the country. the
United States would continue to be
prosperous and maintain Its place In
the commercial world
Upon the conclusion OF the address
large number of people broke through
the lines around the stand. and the
President held an lmpromptu recep-
lion for fifteen minutes, shaking
bands with hundreds.
The President and specially invited
guests were then taken to the Sta
iium. which was crowded After re-
viewing the troops, consisting of the
united states marines and the Sixty
lfth and Seventyfourth Regiments.
y. IT,, " V, the President proceeded
10 the Canadian building. where he
was met by the Canadian Commission
ers and viewed the Canadian exhibits.
He next visited the agricultural build
ing and the buildings of Honduras,
Cuba, Chile. Mexico. Dominican Re-
public. Porto Rico and Ecuador. where
he was received by the Commissioners
OF the respective countries
At 2 o'clock the President was en-
tertalned at luncheon by the New York
otute COMMISSION III the New York
State building. The remainder OF the
afternoons program Included n visit
20 and inspection of the Government
building and exhibit.
At the conclusion of the reception
the President and members of his
Party entered their carriages and
Were taken to the home of Mr.. Mil
barn.
The President visited the grounds
again In the evening TO witness the
fireworks, returning to the house at 0
O'clock.