The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-03
RESUMES HIS
WESTWARD TRIP
Enjoyable Day Spent by the
President in New Orleans.
PARTY TAKES RIDE
ON THE MISSISSIPPI
Last Night on the Long
Journey Through Texas.

New Orleans. La. May 2-The day
/ spent in New orleans viii live long in
the memory of the president and the
members of his party. In no other city
in the United States is the old and
4 romantic preserved and placed in such
sharp contrast with the modern as in
the Crescent City, and today, as the
presidential party drove through the
4 hower-emboWered city from the new
1 into the old Free and Spanish quar-
/ ter, it Wa sing nIysteriOUsly
from Aaericas foreign land from
/ this cea tu-y tnf, aI-5ther that has gone
And The illusion of the transition was
I heightened by the interesting ceremon-
les which occurred i'm the old cabildo,
the seat of the government of the for
! mer Spanish and French rulers. which
/ is yet preserved i'm its original integrity
by the Louisiana Historical saciety-
/ The weather could not have been
! fairer- a strong sun blazed tvom
/ cIOudless sky, but the heat was tenn
{ pered by a light breeze from the river.
/ The foliage was all a tender green and
! along St Charles avenue. out of which
I the party drove behind q gathering
squadron of cavalry, flowers, flags and
pretty women in say raiment formed
a mist Of color. Roses We're everywhere
climbing UP the pi1lared porric0s and
creeping over trellises and miugling
uClia, While the public squares thriNeG
with the songs of seni-trOpical birds.
/ The entire population apparently was
out to see the chief executive
After short visit to the Southern
university, where 1000 coiored students
greeted the president with waving bits
Of cOlOred bunting. so arranged as to
make the whole an American flag, and
where the president made brief
speech. the party passed across Canal
and Rampant streets, the boundaries of
the new city, into the old town, with
It's narrow streets, It's quaint gallerled
residences, its CaJhedTals, old Spanish
buildings and the French market. all
and all now unfortunately going into
picturesque decay.
Was a Striking Picture.
There was a striking picture when
the party drew up before the moulder-
ing cabildO. over 150 years Old which
is situated opposite what is now called
Jackson square but which in the old
days was the Place dtArmee. where
Spanish generals formerly drilled their
soldiers. Around the encircling streets
the balconies were thronged, and down
in the square were acres OF. people.
Many races were represented but
the foreigners We're mostly French and
Italian. Those on the outer edges of
the crowd stood with their faces
pressed against The high iron ratings
which enclose the park. Many people
were. perched in the trees. Tne French
tri-color and several other strange
flags, among them the red, white and
green banner of Portugal were inter
spersed with American flags I'm the dec
OratiOns. Drawn no in line before the
cadets from the Jesuit college. and up
the winding stairway ct the entrance
OF The building were ranged q file of
the Continental guards, a local organ
liza cion, in a buff and blue Of the revo-
lutlonary era, wearing cockades and
white crossed belts with the figures
So '76' on their shining brass Plates
AS the president allghLed q squad OF
the cadets blew a fanfare ON their
French trumpets. the Louisiana field
guns and the bells of the cathedral and
all the churches in the quarter peeled
out their welcoming greeting. It was
an inspiring moment
Up the. stairway. past the Coutincn-
tai guards. the president and ms party
mounted into the crimson draped audi
ence chamber. where the exercises took
place. As in a. dream the visitors were
carried back to the DAYS Of long ago
when governors of Spanish kings ruled
here, and to that memorable day. all
most "a century ago, when the keys of
the city Of New Orleans were delivered
Up in this very room to Wilkinson and
Claiborne. the American comm issiOn-
ers, and French dominion over the
great Louisiana territory passed to the
sovereignty of the CRited states.
Great Events Recalled.
AIcee Fortier.- a distinguished creole.
who is president OF the Louisiana His
tOricaI society, RECALLED these great
events in his address To the president,
ana the president, in his response,
dWelt upon their momentOus bearing
upon the worlds history. II was q
notable speech and received with en-
thusiasm by the distinguished gather
ing present. The president spoke IS
follows:
Il rise only for the purpose Of max
ing acknowledgements 10 the Louisiana
Historical association for its cordial
and generous welcome to this historic
place. It'd has been "a great honor to
be Welcomed by the governor of this
commonwealth, by the chief justice
and his associates of its highest court.
memorable not only in American an
mails, but in the annals of the world
am Slad to stand nearby where that
great transaction took place which
transferred the Louisiana territory to
the rag of the stars a transaction
which changed the map of the world
and made this Union what is now is
the strongest and the freest nation on
the face Of the earth.
When he had concluded, the prest-
dent appeared on the balcony uc show
himself to the waiting thousands out
side The cadets below presented arms
and the square and the buildings sur
rounding it fiuttered with handEer-
chiefs and flags, while the air was torn
by the hOarse roar of the shouts of the
multitude. The president made an inn
pressive figure as he stood there wait
ing for the cheering 10 subSide- He
Acknowledged the demonstration with
a bow. right and left, and spoke as fol-
lows:
my Fellow Cit5Zens-I have great
honor in standing on this historic
ground to receive the greetings OF
my countryInen and to recall the fact
that here nearly a hundred years ago
a great scene was enacted that dedi-
Gated a larger area than the original
thirteen states to liberty ana the
Union forever"
The party then returned to the hotel
for luncheon and in the afternoon ems
barked, on q. MISSISSIPPI river steam
boat tor trip along the front from