Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-03
VISITS DIXIE LAND.
The Presidential Party Travels
from Memphis to New Orleans.
Interesting Visit to Vicksburg and the Scene
of PembertOn's Surrender to Grant
New Orleans Extended Magnificent
WeIcOme-FOr Ship Subsidies.

New Orleans, May 2.-The presi-
Dental party travelled across the cot
ton belt yesterday from Memphis al
most to the gulf of Mexico. Down
the low lying, rich Yazoo valley, fer
tile as that of the Nile, it went to
Vicl1sburg, teeming with its memo
ries of 80 years ago, thence east to
Jackson, the capital 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 out
pourings of the people to see the
presidential train along the route
yesterday were larger if anything
than on the two previous days, and
the demonstrations at Vicksburg and
Jackson, the two principal stops,
were very striking. The visit to
Viclsburg was in some respects the
most interesting yet made. Here n
triumphal arch of cotton bales, bear
ing the magic word Expansion"
pointed out to the president, as he
passed under it, the path of the new
south. Although it had not been in
tended to make any stops after leav-
ing Jackson, the train was halted at
several of the smaller towns where
cotton mills are located to permit the
president to see and speak to the
operatives. AT some of the stations
the crowds actually impeded the pas
sage of the train and the engineer
was obliged to slow down to avoid
danger of running over enthusiastic
people. AS the sun was lowering the
train crossed the bayous with their
tangles of moss-covered cypress and
live oak, and, skirting Lake Pont-
chartrain, steamed into New Or
leans. This is the first time New Or
leans has ever had visit from a chief
magistrate of the nation, and it was
a royal reception which the old city
extended to President Mckinley. Mr.
Mckinley himself has been here be-
fore. He made a notable speech here
the year preceding. his nomination
for the presidency, and ex-President
Cleveland was here upon one occa-
sion during the interim between his
two terms, but never before has a
president, while in office, visited the
Crescent City. The air was full of
the boom of cannon and the scream
of whistle from the harbor craft as
the train drew into the station. Here
the president and his party were
greeted by Gov. Heard, Mayor Capde-
vile, Senators McEnery and Foster,
the entire Louisiana delegation in
congress, the city council and repre-
sentatives of the various exchanges.
Among the members of the
cabinet, the presidents speech at
Memphis with its pointed illusions to
the principle of subsidies as means
of charging transportation facilities
for the expanding trade of greater
America, with the shining picture he
drew of the commercial possibilities
in the orient under the "open door"
policy in China to which his admins
tration has secured the adherence OF
the other powers, is regarded as an
exceedingly important utterance, and
one which will instantly rivet the at
tention of the country. His reference
to the action of the Tennessee legis-
lature, which half n century ago
claimed that the cotton trade of the
orient belonged legitimateIy to the
south, is considered particularly fore
ible.
1t was the first time president
has visited Vicksburg since the days
of Zachary Taylor, and the presiden-
tial party was received with the great
est enthusiasm. The party disem-
barked just outside of the city at the
national cemetery, which is located
on the site of the place where Penn
berton surrendered to Grant at the
end of the memorable 40 days siege.
Sixteen thousand union dead are
buried here.