The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-12
WAS ILLINOIS DAY
GOV. YATES AND PARTY AT
CHARLESTON.
GIVEN A GRAND RECEPTION
SOUTH CAROLINA AND ILLINOIS
FRATERNIZED.

The Illinois Building Received and
Turned Over to the Exposition
hOrities-EIOqEent Address by
Gov. Yates in Which He Advocates
Sensible View of the Past and
the Present, Frankly Admitting
Rejoicing in the Glorious Realities
of the Present.
Charleston, S. c., March 11.-From
the moment that the buglers of the
artillery band saluted Gov. Yates with
a fanfare as the street parade began
this mroning to the last round of cheers
which the colonies and other visitors
gave for the women of Charleston at
the Illinois building this afternoon, the
celebration of Illinois day was a nota-
bic success. In the parade were long
line of carriages containing Gov. Yates,
President Wagner, Mayor Smythe and
Col. Smith, chairman of the Illinois
commission, the members of the Gov
ernors staff members of the commits
sion and prominent citizens of Illinois
and members of the Committee on En-
tertainment. They were followed by
battalion of United States marines,
the corps of cadets of the South Caro-
lima Military Academy and citizens I'M
der the lead of seven civilian marShals
The parade was met at the gates by
great crowd of citizens, who followed
the 1llinoisians into the Auditorium
building, the band playing Dixie and
the people cheering, The exercises con-
set. Of
President WAGNER of the exposition
company and Mayor Smythe, and re-
sponses by Gov. Yates, Col. Smith and
Mayor Bryan of Peoria, Henry Dunlap
of Savoy, Ill, and Mrs. James Temple
ter.
Gov. Yates eloquent address was re-
celVed with great enthusiasm After
graceful references to South Cardinals
exhibit at the Chicago Exposition and
an intimation that the visit of the
Illinois delegation and the erection of
a state building was in the nature of
reciprocity, he paid tribute to the
states share in the revolution, and said
that the late Spanish-American con-
fiict has proved to the world that South
Carolinians love their native land with
all the ardor of the olden time"
What shall be said" he continued,
of the changed relations now existing
DCbWCNiA 1lililOlS anu CarOllndI
1T seems to me the best thing to do
is not to attempt to deny the fact that
once our states were not friends How
could we deny it? The first things YOU
show us are Fort Sumter and Castle
Pinckney and SulliVans Island and
Morris Island, and we think at once
of Anderson and Beauregard and the
old Swamp Angel, and almost hear
the thunders of bombardment. The
thing to do as it seems to US is 20
frankly admit the existence of a soon
to-be-forgotten trouble and rejoice in
the glorious realities of the present.
Gov. Yates Idea.
Let us take things as they are Let
us not deny there was an ugly wound.
Let us not deny that it was a wound
that hurt. Let us not even deny that
once in long while it hurts still. But
let us, like the painter of old, make
the discovery that the hand of brother
ly love can be so placed as to so abso-
lutely conceal the scar that none bat
the hand and the scar itself are so
much as conscious of it's existence at
any time"
AS soon as the exercises were con-
Guided the visitors went to the Wo-
mans Building, where luncheon was
served to Gov. Yates and his party.
The Governor and party then re-
paired to the beautiful Illinois state
building, which was formally turned
over to Gov. Yates by Col Smith, the
state commissioner, who in turn con-
signed it to the care of the EXPOSE
ton authorities the entire gathering
singing illinois," the state song, and
america with great fervor and
the proceedings concluded with a
storm of cheers.
Tomorrow Gov. Yates and party
will visit the Austrian warship Szi-
getvar by invitation of Capt. Prap-
rotnik. and in the afternoon be enter
tanned at the Woman's Building at the
Exposition.
They will leave here in the evening
for Washington.