Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-04-09
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
The President in Charleston.

| Charleston, 8. c., April 9.-Ths
President started from the st. Jobr
Hotsl at 10 O'Clock this morning fol
the Exposition grounds, escolt,d by
military. He reviewed the troops 10
front OF the Exposition auditorium
At noon addresses we're made at the
auditorium by Capt. Wagner, presi.
dent OF the Exposition; Gov. Mo.
Sweeney, OF South CAROLINE; Gov.
Aycock, OF North Carolina, and Mayor
Smyth. Of Charleston. The Presider
10 bis response said IL was q peculiar
privilege he erj,yed OF being ensbled
to make speech in the city OF Charles
ton. He referred to bic mother
people who were from Georgia, ard
said before they went to GeorRis they
lived in South Carolina. He, there
fore. claimed the lat ,er as an inheri.
lance by the stronger and nobler right
which makes each foot of American
soil In sense the property ofall Amer.
icsns. The President then rapidly
sks tched the history Charleston has
made from colonial times down to the
present day. 10 referring to the war
between the North and South be said
the wounds caused by that conflict bad
healed, and II, memories are now price.
less heritages Of honor alike to both the
North and the South. both OF which
sections can glory alike 10 the valor of
the men who wore the blue aud grey.
Further on he alluded to the late war
with Spain and spoke of sons OF ca
Federal and ex.Confederste soldiers |
marching side by side and called at |
tention to the fact that he served IN. |
der Joe Wheeler, an ex. Confederate |
general. His sllusion to Captain Micah
jenkins, son of 40 ex.Confederate |
and often OF the Palmetto
State, with whom the President served
In the Spanish war, brought forth much
applause. His references to other ex.
who are now prominent
10 army affairs produced much enthu-
siasm. The remainder OF the speech
the exhibition, the relstionsl
with Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philip
pine Islands, 60.
After the President had concluded ,
lis formal address Gov. Hugh 81
Thompson handed bin for preser Ia
on = Major Micah Jenkins the beau.
iful $500 sword, the gilt OF the people
II South Caroline, intended as q
ribute Of the majors gallant services
With the Rough Riders. A sword
previously bought through privsts
ubscril ons reposes 10 bank vault
n Columbia, 8. c., Msjor Jenkins hav-
nR refused to accept IT after Lieutep-
Mt Gov. Tillman's withdrawal OF the
INVITATION to the Presideut. The blade
'resented today Is al exquisite i'm
ported one.
The presidential party will leave on a
pecisl train It O'Clock for Summer
lille where they will remain uGtl to-
borrow as guests OF Capt Wagner.
Presidents day opened fair and
warm. Ali night trains had been
curing 10 with visitors from through-s
ut the State and from Moth Carolina ]
he presence OF the Governors OF the -
To Carolinas with their ttiffs added | '
ignity aud splendor to the occasion Q
he parade was composed OF U. s.
oops, sailors and marines, and militia
,giments from both North Carolina
nd South Carolina.
By 10 o'clock the hour at which the Y
resident and the military parade q
srted for the Expos ton grounds, the 4
ret t. were thronged. Cheers greeted y
N repeatedly as bis carriage moved =
oug, to which be responded by rails 4
g and lowering his hat. smiling With
'idert pleasure at the heartiness OF \
10 demonstration. Alter reaching q
10 Exposition grounds be reviewed Y
Q parade; then, with the party and Y
stioRuished visitors, repaired TO the Q
lditorium, where formal addresses OF x
elcome were made by President Y
sgener, Governors insolvency and Y
ycock, and Mayor Smytb. 4