The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-04
MFINLEY TN
THE LONE STAR STATE
Perfect Ovation Along the Route from Dixie
Land Until He Reached Austin, Tex


/. Austin. Tex, Nay 3-Out Of Dixie
the presidential party today travelled.
into the. heart % the great southwest
After leaving New orleans Eesterdax.
bsautifui Bayou Teche, the shon1e. OF the
Acadians, and the waving rice fields
Of western Louisiana were passed dur
ing the night and the new oil fields
of Fexas wBirlea .by at the peer. of day
just. too early to be seen by the presi-
dent.
When the party rose this morning
the train was already flying over the
plains OF Texas " bfch stretched away
to the horton ia every direction as
level as fooh Until 4ssV this aIter--
noon, when austin was reaeheq, the
train passed frf Succession Though the.
cotton belt Of Texas the rich agricul-
fiiraf region beyond the BrazOs river,
known as the J3lack Prairies much
Wooded country and fne grazing lands.
rle president had his first glimpse OF
hong horned Texas cattle anu plctuf-
es0ue cowboys on range horses
The president sTrecep tiOn in the Lone
Star state was a continsatiOn OF the
ovation he has received throughout the
sau4h Every honor was shown him
thusiasm- Governor SayeFss and other.
prominent state officials met the presi7
dent at Houston, the first stopping
place inside the stale, and accompan-
There were some interesting features
at the reception. AZ Austin, and a PFC
-turesoile scene ar Prairie View where
the president addressed the coiored
students of the state normal school on
a stand erected on the open prairie at
the side of the track. re ADVISED the
coiored people to learn do one thing
well.
Several Stops Made
Minute stops were also made at
Hernpstead, where the president shook.
hands with a number of people, at
j Brennan, the home OF Colonel tFed7
dings, onesof the presidents old col
f leagues in the house Of. representa-
tiVes. and at Elgin, at each OF which.
+ places he spoke a few words AT every
station along the route there were
f cheering crowds
The feature of~the day was the re-
fcebtlons aecorded TO the party a (, Ats
tin which, like New Orleans had
fnevef before mad the. honor of enter
Itaining a. chief magistrstef of the ma
ton The city was proflIseiy cecOrate1,
and IL the evening there wy bril-
3 Austin never before held such crowds
7 OF spe0ple. They came from every di-
ERECTION. some hundreds of miles, and
literally swamped the hotel accommo-
Z dartonS or the CITY III hFtSS e6LitttttlCl
! tnal over 0.000 visitors were here As
the population of Austin IS only Z3.0o0
! the tax upon its facilities eau pc inn
Iagiued-
I a procession headed BY fine mills
ftafg band and consisting Of hfteen
Companies of the state militia and the
f Confederate Veterans and Grand Army
or the Repubueau crga ntzatioIls,
marching side by side. escorted tie
party to the east pOrtico Of the mag
-nifirent capital bunding, where lie
president addressed sea Of enShusi-
eastle people. s
i Praises fer Texas.s
= The president said. My Fellow Cit
Z izens 30 more eordial or geHer0sIs
hwelcOu1e mas greeted me In my journey
4 from the capitol 81 the nation THAN
II that which Row greefs me at t9e caR-
lital IS Texas. am glad g be III this