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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Speeches of Benjamin Harrison + Twenty-third President of the United States + +Author: Benjamin Harrison + +Release Date: January 16, 2014 [EBook #44682] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SPEECHES OF BENJAMIN HARRISON *** + + + + +Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Norbert Mueller and the +Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + + + + +[Illustration: Benjamin Harrison] + + + + + SPEECHES + + OF + + BENJAMIN HARRISON + + TWENTY-THIRD PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES + + + A COMPLETE COLLECTION OF HIS PUBLIC ADDRESSES FROM FEBRUARY, + 1888, TO FEBRUARY, 1892, CHRONOLOGICALLY CLASSIFIED; + EMBRACING ALL HIS CAMPAIGN SPEECHES, LETTER + OF ACCEPTANCE, INAUGURAL ADDRESS, AND THE + NUMEROUS SPEECHES DELIVERED DURING + HIS SEVERAL TOURS; ALSO EXTRACTS + FROM HIS MESSAGES TO + CONGRESS + + + COMPILED BY + CHARLES HEDGES + + + NEW YORK + UNITED STATES BOOK COMPANY + SUCCESSORS TO + JOHN W. LOVELL COMPANY + 142 TO 150 WORTH STREET + + + + +COPYRIGHT, 1892, +BY +CHARLES HEDGES + + + + +PREFACE. + + +It is not the purpose of this book to present a few selections of +oratory, laboriously prepared and polished, or occasional flashes of +brilliant thought. From such efforts, prepared, perhaps, after days of +study and repeated revision, one can form but an imperfect idea of their +author. Such a compilation might show the highest conceptions of the +man, and evidence a wide range of thought and a surpassing grandeur of +expression; but it would be but a poor mirror of the man himself in his +daily life. + +It is due to the people that the largest opportunity be given them to +observe the character of their public servants, to come into closest +touch with their daily thoughts, and to know them as they are--not when +prepared for special occasions, but day after day and all the time. It +is with this view that this collection of the speeches of President +Harrison is offered to the public. It is a series of instantaneous +photographs that have caught him unawares. The studied pose is wanting, +but the pictures are true to life. + +There are included the letter of acceptance, the inaugural address, +the letter to the commercial congress, extracts from his last annual +message to Congress, his patriotic message on the Chilian affair, and +a few carefully prepared speeches, among them his notable addresses at +the banquet of the Michigan Club, February 22, 1888, and before the +Marquette Club at Chicago, March 20, the same year; also his celebrated +speech at Galveston, in April last. All these are among the best models +of statesmanlike thought and concise, forcible, and elegant expression. +With these exceptions, the speeches presented were delivered during the +presidential campaign of 1888, often four or five in a day, to visiting +delegations of citizens, representing every occupation and interest, +and during his tours of 1890 and 1891, when he often spoke eight or ten +times a day from the platform of his car. + +If these speeches contained no other merit, they would be remarkable +in the fact that, while delivered during the excitement of a political +campaign and in the hurry of wayside pauses in a journey by railroad, +they contain not one carelessly spoken word that can detract from +their dignity, or, by any possible distortion of language, be turned +against their author by his political opponents. With no opportunity +for elaborately studied phrases, he did not utter a word that could be +sneered at as weak or commonplace. This fact is all the more noteworthy +when we recall the dismal failures that have been made by others under +like circumstances. + +A spirit of exalted patriotism and broad statesmanship is apparent in +every line; and notwithstanding the malignity of the partisan assaults +that were made upon him, no words of bitterness--only terms of generous +tolerance--characterize his allusions to his political opponents. + +With a single notable exception, no thought of sameness or repetition +is ever suggested. That exception was the central thought and vital +principle that was at stake in the campaign. One marvels at his +versatility in adapting himself to every occasion, whether he was +addressing a delegation of miners, of comrades in war, or of children +from the public schools; we admire the lofty thoughts and the delicious +humor; but while he might soften in tender, playful greeting of +children, or live again with his comrades the old life of tent and +field, he never for one moment forgot the great principle whose banner +he had been chosen to uphold. Protection of American industry was +always his foremost thought--and how well he presented it! What an +example to the politician who seeks by evasion or silence to avoid the +questions at issue! + +The book is therefore presented with the gratifying belief that a +valuable service has been rendered in collecting these speeches and +putting them in an enduring form, not only because they give the +American people the most lifelike mental portrait of their Chief +Magistrate, but because they are a valuable contribution to American +literature. + +In order to the best understanding and appreciation of an address, it +is often necessary to know the circumstances in which it was delivered. +Especially is this true when the address was made, as many of these +were, to some particular organization or class of citizens or at the +celebration of some important event. For this reason, as well as for +their important historical value, an account is given of the occasion +of each speech, including, as far as they could be learned, the names +of the more distinguished persons who were present and took part in the +exercises. + + C. H. + + WASHINGTON, D. C., February 20, 1892. + + + + +BIOGRAPHICAL. + + +Benjamin Harrison, twenty-third President of the United States, was born +Tuesday, August 20, 1833, at North Bend, Hamilton County, Ohio. He is +the second son of the late John Scott and Elizabeth Irwin Harrison. + +His father--the third son of President William Henry Harrison and Anna +Symmes--was born at Vincennes, Indiana, was twice elected to Congress as +a Democrat, from the Cincinnati district, and died in 1878. + +General William Henry Harrison, ninth President of the United +States, was the third son of a famous signer of the Declaration of +Independence--Benjamin Harrison, of Virginia, and his wife Elizabeth +Bassett. This Benjamin Harrison, "the signer," was one of the first +seven delegates from Virginia to the Continental Congress. He reported +the resolution for independence, was Speaker of the House of Burgesses, +and was thrice elected Governor of Virginia, dying in 1791; he was the +eldest son of Benjamin and Anna Carter Harrison, both of whom were +descended from ancestors distinguished for their high character and +their services to the colony of Virginia. + +Ben Harrison's boyhood was passed upon his father's farm in Ohio. At the +age of 14, with his elder brother Irwin, he attended Farmer's College at +Cincinnati, preparatory to entering Miami University at Oxford, Ohio, +from which institution he graduated in 1852. + +He studied law in the office of Judge Belamy Storer at Cincinnati, and +in March, 1854--with his bride, Miss Caroline W. Scott, to whom he +was wedded October 20, 1853--he located at Indianapolis and began the +practice of the law. + +In 1860 he was elected reporter of the decisions of the Supreme Court of +Indiana, as a Republican, receiving 9,688 majority. + +In July, 1862, he was commissioned by Gov. Oliver P. Morton as second +lieutenant, and raised Company A of the Seventieth Indiana Volunteer +Infantry, was commissioned captain, and on the organization of the +regiment was commissioned colonel. In August his regiment entered the +field and became a part of the 1st Brigade of the 1st Division of the +20th Army Corps, Gen. W. T. Ward, of Kentucky, brigade commander. At +the battle of Resaca, Sunday, May 15, 1864, the Seventieth Regiment led +the brigade in a gallant charge, and its colonel signally distinguished +himself, being among the first to scale the bloody parapet. He actively +participated in the engagements at Cassville, New Hope Church, Gilgal +Church, Kulps Hill, and Kenesaw. Following that great captain in the +Atlanta campaign, initiatory to his famous march to the sea, Colonel +Harrison at the battle of Peach Tree Creek, July 20, 1864, in the crisis +of the fight, without awaiting orders, seized an important position and +successfully resisted, at great loss, the terrific assaults of a large +detachment of Hood's army. For this brilliant achievement, upon the +recommendation of Major-General Joe Hooker, he was brevetted in March, +1865, by President Lincoln, a brigadier-general, to date from January +23, 1865. + +In October, 1864, while at the front, he was re-elected, by 19,713 +majority, reporter of the Supreme Court, which office he had lost by +accepting a commission in the army. After four years as reporter he +resumed his law practice, forming a partnership with Albert G. Porter +and W. P. Fishback. About 1870 Mr. Fishback retired, and the firm became +Porter, Harrison & Hines; upon Governor Porter's retirement W. H. H. +Miller took his place, and in 1883 Mr. Hines retired, and, John B. Elam +coming in, the firm became Harrison, Miller & Elam. + +In 1876 Hon. Godlove S. Orth was nominated as Republican candidate for +Governor of Indiana, but pending the canvass he unexpectedly withdrew. +In this emergency, during General Harrison's absence on a trip to Lake +Superior, the Central Committee substituted his name at the head of +the ticket. Undertaking the canvass despite adverse conditions, he was +defeated by Hon. James D. Williams--"Blue Jeans"--by a plurality of +5,084 votes. + +In 1878 he was chosen chairman of the Republican State Convention. + +In 1879 he was appointed by President Hayes a member of the Mississippi +River Commission. + +In 1880 he was chairman of the delegation from Indiana to the National +Convention, and with his colleagues cast 34 consecutive ballots for +James G. Blaine in that historic contest. + +President Garfield tendered him any position but one in his Cabinet, but +the high honor was declined. + +In January, 1881, he was elected United States Senator--the unanimous +choice of his party--to succeed Joseph E. McDonald, and served six years +to March 3, 1887. + +In 1884 he again represented his State as delegate at large to the +National Convention. + +January, 1887, he was a second time the unanimous choice of his party +for United States Senator, but after a protracted and exciting contest +was defeated on the sixteenth joint ballot, upon party lines, by 2 +majority. + +June 25, 1888, he was nominated at Chicago by the Republican National +Convention for President, on the eighth ballot, receiving 544 votes +against 118 for John Sherman, 100 for Russell A. Alger, and 59 for +Walter Q. Gresham. He was chosen President by 233 electoral votes +against 168 for Grover Cleveland. The popular vote resulted: 5,536,242 +(48.63 per cent.) for the Democratic ticket, 5,440,708 (47.83 per cent.) +for the Republican ticket, 246,876 (2.16 per cent.) for the Prohibition, +146,836 (1.27 per cent.) for the Union Labor, and 7,777 (0.11 per cent.) +scattering. + + + + +HARRISON'S SPEECHES. + + + + +DETROIT, FEBRUARY 22, 1888. + +_Michigan Club Banquet._ + + +The Michigan Club, the largest and most influential political +organization in the State, held its third annual banquet at the Detroit +Rink on Washington's Birthday, 1888. + +The officers of the club were: _President_, Clarence A. Black; +_Vice-President_, William H. Elliott; _Secretary_, Fred. E. Farnsworth; +_Treasurer_, Frederick Woolfenden. + +Senator Thomas W. Palmer was president of the evening; the +vice-presidents were: Hons. F. B. Stockbridge, C. G. Luce, J. H. +Macdonald, Austin Blair, H. P. Baldwin, David H. Jerome, R. A. Alger, O. +D. Conger, Chas. D. Long, E. P. Allen, James O'Donnell, J. C. Burrows, +M. S. Brewer, S. M. Cutcheon, Henry W. Seymour, Benj. F. Graves, Isaac +Marston, Edward S. Lacy, John T. Rich, O. L. Spaulding, Geo. W. Webber, +Geo. Willard, E. W. Keightley, R. G. Horr, E. O. Grosvenor, James +Birney, C. E. Ellsworth, D. P. Markey. + +The distinguished guests and speakers of the evening from other States +were: General Benjamin Harrison, Ind.; General Joseph R. Hawley, Conn.; +Hon. William McKinley, Jr., Ohio; Hon. Joseph G. Cannon, Hon. John F. +Finerty, and General Green B. Raum, Ill.; Hon. L. E. McComas, Md.; and +Hon. James P. Foster, N. Y. + +General Harrison responded to the sentiment, "Washington, the +republican. The guarantee of the Constitution that the State shall have +a republican form of government is only executed when the majority in +the States are allowed to vote and have their ballots counted." + +His speech attracted widespread attention at the time, and is considered +one of his greatest. One expression therein--viz.: "I am a dead +statesman, but a living and rejuvenated Republican"--went broadcast over +the land and became one of the keynotes of the campaign. + +Senator Harrison made the first reference of the evening to the name of +"Chandler." It was talismanic; instantly a great wave of applause swept +over the banquet-hall, and thenceforth the speaker carried his hearers +with him. + +The Senator spoke as follows: + + _Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Michigan Club_--I feel that I + am at some disadvantage here to-night by reason of the fact that I + did not approach Detroit from the direction of Washington city. I + am a dead statesman ["No! No!"]; but I am a living and rejuvenated + Republican. I have the pleasure to-night, for the first time in + my life, of addressing an audience of Michigan Republicans. Your + invitations in the past have been frequent and urgent, but I have + always felt that you knew how to do your own work, that we could + trust the stalwart Republicans of this magnificent State to hold + this key of the lakes against all comers. I am not here to-night in + the expectation that I shall be able to help you by any suggestion, + or even to kindle into greater earnestness that zeal and interest + in Republican principles which your presence here to-night so well + attests. I am here rather to be helped myself, to bathe my soul in + this high atmosphere of patriotism and pure Republicanism [applause] + by spending a little season in the presence of those who loved and + honored and followed the Cromwell of the Republican party, Zachariah + Chandler. [Tremendous applause.] + + The sentiment which has been assigned me to-night--"Washington, + the republican; a free and equal ballot the only guarantee of the + Nation's security and perpetuity"--is one that was supported with a + boldness of utterance, with a defiance that was unexcelled by any + leader, by Zachariah Chandler always and everywhere. [Applause.] As + Republicans we are fortunate, as has been suggested, in the fact + that there is nothing in the history of our party, nothing in the + principles that we advocate, to make it impossible for us to gather + and to celebrate the birthday of any American who honored or defended + his country. [Cheers.] We could even unite with our Democratic friends + in celebrating the birthday of St. Jackson, because we enter into + fellowship with him when we read his story of how by proclamation he + put down nullification in South Carolina. [Applause.] We could meet + with them to celebrate the birthday of Thomas Jefferson; because there + is no note in the immortal Declaration or in the Constitution of our + country that is out of harmony with Republicanism. [Cheers.] But our + Democratic friends are under limitation. They have a short calendar of + sense, and they must omit from the history of those whose names are + on their calendar the best achievements of their lives. I do not know + what the party is preserved for. Its history reminds me of the boulder + in the stream of progress, impeding and resisting its onward flow and + moving only by the force that it resists. + + I want to read a very brief extract from a most notable paper--one + that was to-day in the Senate at Washington read from the desk by + its presiding officer--the "Farewell Address of Washington;" and + while it is true that I cannot quote or find in the writings of + Washington anything specifically referring to ballot-box fraud, to + tissue ballots, to intimidation, to forged tally-sheets [cheers], + for the reason that these things had not come in his day to disturb + the administration of the Government, yet in the comprehensiveness + of the words he uttered, like the comprehensive declarations of + the Holy Book, we may find admonition and guidance, and even with + reference to a condition of things that his pure mind could have never + contemplated. Washington said: "Liberty is indeed little less than a + name where the Government is too feeble to withstand the enterprises + of factions, to confine each member of society within the limits + prescribed by the law, and to maintain all in the secure and tranquil + enjoyment of the rights of persons and property." If I had read that + to a Democratic meeting they would have suspected that it was an + extract from some Republican speech. [Laughter.] My countrymen, this + Government is that which I love to think of as my country; for not + acres, or railroads, or farm products, or bulk meats, or Wall Street, + or all combined, are the country that I love. It is the institution, + the form of government, the frame of civil society, for which that + flag stands, and which we love to-day. [Applause.] It is what Mr. + Lincoln so tersely, yet so felicitously, described as a government of + the people, by the people, and for the people; a government of the + people, because they instituted it--the Constitution reads, "We, + the people, have ordained;" by the people, because it is in all its + departments administered by them; for the people, because it states as + its object of supreme attainment the happiness, security and peace of + the people that dwell under it. [Applause.] + + The bottom principle--sometimes it is called a corner-stone, + sometimes the foundation of our structure of government--is the + principle of control by the majority. It is more than the corner-stone + or foundation. This structure is a monolith, one from foundation + to apex, and that monolith stands for and is this principle of + government by majorities, legally ascertained by constitutional + methods. Everything else about our government is appendage, it is + ornamentation. This is the monolithic column that was reared by + Washington and his associates. For this the War of the Revolution + was fought, for this and its more perfect security the Constitution + was formed; for this the War of the Rebellion was fought; and when + this principle perishes the structure which Washington and his + compatriots reared is dishonored in the dust. The equality of the + ballot demands that our apportionments in the States for legislative + and congressional purposes shall be so adjusted that there shall be + equality in the influence and the power of every elector, so that it + shall not be true anywhere that one man counts two or one and a half + and some other man counts only one half. + + But some one says that is fundamental. All men accept this truth. + Not quite. My countrymen, we are confronted by this condition of + things in America to-day; a government by the majority, expressed by + an equal and a free ballot, is not only threatened, but it has been + overturned. Why is it to-day that we have legislation threatening + the industries of this country? Why is it that the paralyzing shadow + of free trade falls upon the manufactures and upon the homes of our + laboring classes? It is because the laboring vote in the Southern + States is suppressed. There would be no question about the security of + these principles so long established by law, so eloquently set forth + by my friend from Connecticut, but for the fact that the workingmen + of the South have been deprived of their influence in choosing + representatives at Washington. + + But some timid soul is alarmed at the suggestion. He says we are + endeavoring to rake over the coals of an extinct strife, to see if + we may not find some ember in which there is yet sufficient vitality + to rekindle the strife. Some man says you are actuated by unfriendly + feelings toward the South, you want to fight the war over again, you + are flaunting the bloody shirt. My countrymen, those epithets and that + talk never have any terrors for me. [Applause.] I do not want to + fight the war over again, and I am sure no Northern soldier--and there + must be many here of those gallant Michigan regiments, some of which I + had the pleasure during the war of seeing in action--not one of these + that wishes to renew that strife or fight the war over again. Not one + of this great assemblage of Republicans who listen to me to-night + wishes ill to the South. If it were left to us here to-night the + streams of her prosperity would be full. We would gladly hear of her + reviving and stimulated industry. We gladly hear of increasing wealth + in those States of the South. We wish them to share in the onward and + upward movement of a great people. It is not a question of the war, + it is not a question of the States between '61 and '65, at all, that + I am talking about to-night. It is what they have been since '65. It + is what they did in '84, when a President was to be chosen for this + country. + + Our controversy is not one of the past; it is of the present. It has + relation to that which will be done next November, when our people + are again called to choose a President. What is it we ask? Simply + that the South live up to the terms of the surrender at Appomattox. + When that great chieftain received the surrender of the army of + Northern Virginia, when those who had for four years confronted us + in battle stacked arms in total surrender, the terms were simply + these: "You shall go to your homes and shall be there unmolested so + long as you obey the laws in force where you reside." That is the sum + of our demand. We ask nothing more of the South to-night than that + they shall cease to use this recovered citizenship which they had + forfeited by rebellion to oppress and disfranchise those who equally + with themselves under the Constitution are entitled to vote--that and + nothing more. + + I do not need to enter into details. The truth to-day is that the + colored Republican vote of the South, and with it and by consequence + the white Republican vote of the South, is deprived of all effective + influence in the administration of this Government. The additional + power given by the colored population of the South in the Electoral + College and in Congress was more than enough to turn the last + election for President, and more than enough to reverse--yes, largely + more than reverse--the present Democratic majority of the House of + Representatives. Have we not the spirit to insist that everywhere + north and south in this country of ours no man shall be deprived of + his ballot by reason of his politics? There is not in all this land a + place where any rebel soldier is subject to any restraint or is denied + the fullest exercise of the elective franchise. Shall we not insist + that what is true of those who fought to destroy the country shall be + true of every man who fought for it, or loved it, like the black man + of the South did [applause]--that to belong to Abraham Lincoln's party + shall be respectable and reputable everywhere in America? [Cheers.] + + But this is not simply a Southern question. It has come to be a + national question, for not only is the Republican vote suppressed + in the South, but I ask you to turn your eyes to as fair and + prosperous a territory as ever sat at the door of the Federal Union + asking admission to the sisterhood of the States. See yonder in the + northwest Dakota, the child of all these States, with 500,000 loyal, + intelligent, law-abiding, prosperous American citizens robbed to-day + of all participation in the affairs of this Nation. The hospitable + door which has always opened to territories seeking admission + is insolently closed in her face--and why? Simply because the + predominating sentiment in the Territory of Dakota is Republican--that + and nothing more. And that is not all. This question of a free, + honest ballot has crossed the Ohio River. The overspill of these + Southern frauds has reached Ohio and Indiana and Illinois, indicating + to my mind a national conspiracy, having its centre and most potent + influence in the Southern States, but reaching out into Ohio, Indiana + and Illinois in its attempt by frauds upon the ballot-box to possess + the Senate of the United States. Go down to Cincinnati in a recent + election and look at the election returns, shamelessly, scandalously + manipulated to return members to the Senate and House of Ohio, in + order that that grand champion of Republican principles, John Sherman, + might be defeated. Go yonder with me to Chicago and look into those + frauds upon the ballot--devised, executed in furtherance of the same + iniquitous scheme, intended to defeat the re-election of that gallant + soldier, that fearless defender of Republican principles, John A. + Logan of Illinois. [Great cheering.] + + And these people have even invaded Indiana. At the last election + in my own State, first by gerrymander, they disturbed and utterly + destroyed the equality of suffrage in that State; it was so framed as + to give the Democratic party a majority of 50 on joint ballot; and + Indiana gave a Republican majority on members of the Legislature of + 10,000, and yet they claim to hold the Legislature. And that is not + all. Then, when gerrymander had failed, they introduced the eraser + to help it out [laughter]; scratched our tally-sheets, shamelessly + transferred ballots from Republican to Democratic candidates. How are + we going to deal with these fellows? What is the remedy? As to the + Southern aspect of this question, I have first to suggest that it is + in the power of the free people of the North, those who love the + Constitution and a free and equal ballot, those who, while claiming + this high privilege for themselves, will deny it to no other man, to + welcome a President who shall not come into office, into the enjoyment + of the usufruct of these crimes, against the ballot [applause]; that + will be great gain. And then we should aim to place in the Southern + States, in every office exercising federal authority, men whose local + influence will be against these frauds, instead of such men as the + district attorney appointed by Mr. Cleveland, who in this recent + outrage upon the ballot in Jackson, Miss., was found among the most + active conspirators, when, by public resolution of a Democratic + committee, Republicans of that city were warned away from the polls. + Then again we shall keep ourselves free from all partisanship if + we lift our voice steadily and constantly in protest against these + offences. + + There is vast power in a protest. Public opinion is the most potent + monarch this world knows to-day. Czars tremble in its presence, and + we may bring to bear upon this question a public sentiment, by bold + and fearless denunciation of it, that will do a great deal towards + correcting it. Why, my countrymen, we meet now and then with these + Irish-Americans and lift our voices in denunciations of the wrongs + which England is perpetrating upon Ireland. [Applause.] We do not + elect any Members of Parliament, but the voice of free America + protesting against these centuries of wrongs has had a most potent + influence in creating, stimulating and sustaining the liberal policy + of William E. Gladstone and his associates. [Great applause.] Cannot + we do as much for oppressed Americans? Can we not make our appeal to + these Irish-American citizens who appeal to us in behalf of their + oppressed fellow-countrymen to rally with us in this crusade against + election frauds and intimidation in the country that they have made + their own? [Applause.] + + There may be legislative remedies in sight when we can once again + possess both branches of the national Congress and have an executive + at Washington who has not been created by these crimes against the + ballot. [Applause.] Whatever they are, we will seek them out and + put them into force--not in a spirit of enmity against the men who + fought against us--forgetting the war, but only insisting that now, + nearly a quarter of a century after it is over, a free ballot shall + not be denied to Republicans in these States where rebels have been + rehabilitated with a full citizenship. [Applause.] Every question + waits the settlement of this. The tariff question would be settled + already if the 1,000,000 of black laborers in the South had their due + representation in the House of Representatives. + + And my soldier friends, interested that liberal provisions should + be made for the care of the disabled soldier--are they willing that + this question should be settled without the presence in the House of + Representatives of the power and influence of those faithful black + men in the South who were always their friends? [Applause.] The + dependent pension bill would pass over the President's veto if these + black friends of the Union soldier had their fair representation in + Congress. [Applause.] It is the dominant question at the foundation + of our Government, in its dominating influence embracing all others, + because it involves the question of a free and fair tribunal to + which every question shall be submitted for arbitrament and final + determination. Therefore, I would here, as we shall in Indiana, lift + up our protest against these wrongs which are committed in the name + of democracy, lift high our demand, and utter it with resolution, + that it shall no longer be true that anywhere in this country men are + disfranchised for opinion's sake. + + I believe there are indications that this power is taking hold of + the North. Self-respect calls upon us. Does some devotee at the shrine + of Mammon say it will disturb the public pulse? Do we hear from New + York and her markets of trade that it is a disturbing question and we + must not broach it? I beg our friends, and those who thus speak, to + recollect that there is no peace, that there can be no security for + commerce, no security for the perpetuation of our Government, except + by the establishment of justice the country over. [Great applause.] + + + + +CHICAGO, MARCH 20, 1888. + +_Marquette Club Banquet._ + + +On the evening of March 20, 1888, General Harrison was the honored +guest of the Marquette Club of Chicago--one of the leading social and +political organizations of that great city--at their second annual +banquet, given at the Grand Pacific Hotel. + +The officers of the club for that year were: George V. Lauman, +_President_; William H. Johnson, _First Vice-President_; Hubert D. +Crocker, _Second Vice-President_; Charles U. Gordon, _Secretary_; Will +Sheldon Gilbert, _Treasurer_. + +The Banquet Committee and Committee of Reception for the occasion +comprised the following prominent members: James S. Moore, Frederick +G. Laird, LeRoy T. Steward, Wm. H. Johnson, James E. Rogers, F. W. C. +Hayes, Henry T. Smith, Harry J. Jones, Chas. S. Norton, Irving L. Gould, +T. A. Broadbent, Jas. Rood, Jr., Wm. A. Paulsen, T. M. Garrett, Geo. W. +Keehn, Harry P. Finney, C. B. Niblock, Wm. A. Lamson, S. E. Magill, R. +D. Wardwell, Fred. G. McNally. + +President Lauman was toastmaster, and opened the banquet with an address +of welcome to Senator Harrison. + +The other speakers of the evening were Edward J. Judd, Theodore +Brentano, Hon. Thomas C. MacMillan, Hon. John S. Runnells, Newton Wyeth, +Mayor Roche and President Tracy of the State League of Republican Clubs. + +Amid hearty applause General Harrison rose to respond to the toast, "The +Republican Party." He spoke as follows: + + _Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Marquette Club_--I am under + an obligation that I shall not soon forget in having been permitted + by your courtesy to sit at your table to-night and to listen to the + eloquent words which have fallen from the lips of those speakers who + have preceded me. I count it a privilege to spend an evening with so + many young Republicans. There seems to be a fitness in the association + of young men with the Republican party. The Republican party is a + young party. I have not yet begun to call myself an old man, and yet + there is no older Republican in the United States than I am. My first + presidential vote was given for the first presidential candidate of + the Republican party, and I have supported with enthusiasm every + successor of Fremont, including that matchless statesman who claimed + our suffrages in 1884. We cannot match ages with the Democratic party + any more than that party can match achievements with us. It has lived + longer, but to less purpose. "Moss-backed" cannot be predicated + of a Republican. Our Democratic friends have a monopoly of that + distinction, and it is one of the few distinguished monopolies that + they enjoy; and yet when I hear a Democrat boasting himself of the age + of his party I feel like reminding him that there are other organized + evils in the world, older than the Democratic party. "The Republican + party," the toast which you have assigned to me to-night, seems to + have a past, a present and a future tense to it. It suggests history, + and yet history so recent that it is to many here to-night a story of + current events in which they have been participants. The Republican + party--the influences which called it together were eclectic in their + character. The men who formed it and organized it were picked men. + The first assembly that sounded in its camp was a call to sacrifice, + and not to spoils. It assembled about an altar to sacrifice, and in a + temple beset with enemies. It is the only political party organized + in America that has its "Book of Martyrs." On the bloody fields of + Kansas, Republicans died for their creed, and since then we have put + in that book the sacred memory of our immortal leader who has been + mentioned here to-night--Abraham Lincoln--who died for his faith and + devotion to the principles of human liberty and constitutional union. + And there have followed it a great army of men who have died by reason + of the fact that they adhered to the political creed that we loved. It + is the only party in this land which in the past has been proscribed + and persecuted to death for its allegiance to the principles of human + liberty. After Lincoln had triumphed in that great forum of debate in + his contest with Douglas, the Republican party carried that debate + from the hustings to the battle-field and forever established the + doctrine that human liberty is of natural right and universal. It + clinched the matchless logic of Webster in his celebrated debate + against the right of secession by a demonstration of its inability. + + No party ever entered upon its administration of the affairs of + this Nation under circumstances so beset with danger and difficulty + as those which surrounded the Republican party when it took up the + reins of executive control. In all other political contests those + who had resisted the victorious party yielded acquiescence at the + polls, but the Republican party in its success was confronted by + armed resistance to national authority. The first acts of Republican + administration were to assemble armies to maintain the authority of + the Nation throughout the rebellious States. It organized armies, + it fed them, and it fought them through those years of war with an + undying and persistent faith that refused to be appalled by any + dangers or discouraged by any difficulties. In the darkest days of the + rebellion the Republican party by faith saw Appomattox through the + smoke of Bull Run, and Raleigh through the mists of Chickamauga; and + not only did it conduct this great civil war to a victorious end, not + only did it restore the national authority and set up the flag on all + those places where it had been overthrown and that flag torn down, + but it in the act and as an incident in the restoration of national + authority accomplished that act which, if no other had been recorded + in its history, would have given it immortality. The emancipation of + a race, brought about as an incident of war under the proclamation of + the first Republican President, has forever immortalized the party + that accomplished it. + + But not only were these dangers and difficulties and besetments and + discouragements of this long strife at home, but there was also a call + for the highest statesmanship in dealing with the foreign affairs + of the Government during that period of war. England and France not + only gave to the Confederacy belligerent rights, but threatened to + extend recognition, and even armed intervention. There was scarcely + a higher achievement in the long history of brilliant statesmanship + which stands to the credit of our party than the matchless management + of our diplomatic relations during the period of our war; dignified, + yet reserved, masterful, yet patient. Those enemies of republican + liberty were held at bay until we had accomplished perpetual peace + at Appomattox. That grasping avarice which has attempted to coin + commercial advantages out of the distress of other nations which has + so often characterized English diplomacy naturally made the Government + of England the ally of the Confederacy, that had prohibited protective + duties in its constitution, and yet Geneva followed Appomattox. A + trinity of effort was necessary to that consummation--war, finance + and diplomacy; Grant, Chase, Seward, and Lincoln over all, and each + a victor in his own sphere. When 500,000 veterans found themselves + without any pressing engagement, and Phil Sheridan sauntered down + towards the borders of Mexico, French evacuation was expedited, and + when Gen. Grant advised the English Government that our claims for + the depredations committed by those rebel cruisers that were sent + out from British ports to prey upon our commerce must be paid, but + that we were not in a hurry about it--we could wait, but in the mean + time interest would accumulate--the Geneva arbitration was accepted + and compensation made for these unfriendly invasions of our rights. + It became fashionable again at the tables of the English nobility to + speak of our common ancestry and our common tongue. Then again France + began to remind us of La Fayette and De Grasse. Five hundred thousand + veteran troops and an unemployed navy did more for us than a common + tongue and ancient friendships would do in the time of our distress. + And we must not forget that it is often easier to assemble armies + than it is to assemble army revenues. Though no financial secretary + ever had laid upon him a heavier burden than was placed upon Salmon + P. Chase to provide the enormous expenditures which the maintenance + of our army required, this ceaseless, daily, gigantic drain upon the + National Treasury called for the highest statesmanship. + + And it was found, and our credit was not only maintained through the + war, but the debt that was accumulated, which our Democratic friends + said could never be paid, we at once began to discharge when the army + was disbanded. + + And so it is that in this timely effort--consisting first in this + appeal to the courage and patriotism of the people of this country + that responded to the call of Lincoln and filled our armies with + brave men that, under the leadership of Grant and Sherman and Thomas, + suppressed the rebellion, and under the wise, magnificent system of + our revenue enabled us to defray our expenses, and under the sagacious + administration of our State Department held Europe at bay while we + were attending to the business at home. In these departments of + administration the Republican party has shown itself conspicuously + able to deal with the greatest questions that have ever been presented + to American statesmanship for solution. We must not forget that in + dealing with these questions we were met continually by the protest + and opposition of the Democratic party. The war against the States + was unconstitutional. There was no right to coerce sovereign States. + The war was a failure, and a dishonorable peace was demanded. The + legal tenders were illegal. The constitutional amendments were void. + And so through this whole brilliant history of achievement in this + administration we were followed by the Democratic statesman protesting + against every step and throwing every impediment in the way of + National success until it seemed to be true of many of their leaders + that in their estimation nothing was lawful, nothing was lovely, that + did not conduce to the success of the rebellion. + + Now, what conclusion shall we draw? Is there anything in this story, + so briefly and imperfectly told, to suggest any conclusion as to the + inadequacy or incompetency of the Republican party to deal with any + question that is now presented for solution or that we may meet in the + progress of this people's history? Why, countrymen, these problems + in government were new. We took the ship of state when there was + treachery at the helm, when there was mutiny on the deck, when the + ship was among the rocks, and we put loyalty at the helm; we brought + the deck into order and subjection. We have brought the ship into + the wide and open sea of prosperity, and is it to be suggested that + the party that has accomplished these magnificent achievements cannot + sail and manage the good ship in the frequented roadways of ordinary + commerce? What is there now before us that presents itself for + solution? + + What questions are we to grapple with? What unfinished work + remains to be done? It seems to me that the work that is unfinished + is to make that constitutional grant of citizenship, the franchise + to the colored men of the South, a practical and living reality. + The condition of things is such in this country--a government by + constitutional majority--that whenever the people become convinced + that an administration or a law does not represent the will of the + majority of our qualified electors, then that administration ceases + to challenge the respect of our people and that law ceases to command + their willing obedience. This is a republican government, a government + by majority, the majorities to be ascertained by a fair count and each + elector expressing his will at the ballot-box. I know of no reason why + any law should bind my conscience that does not have this sanction + behind it. I know of no reason why I should yield respect to any + executive officer whose title is not based upon a majority vote of the + qualified electors of this country. What is the condition of things in + the Southern States to-day? + + The Republican vote is absolutely suppressed. Elections in many of + those States have become a farce. In the last congressional election + in the State of Alabama there were several congressional districts + where the entire vote for members of Congress did not reach 2,000; + whereas in most of the districts of the North the vote cast at our + congressional elections goes from 30,000 to 50,000. I had occasion to + say a day or two ago that in a single congressional district in the + State of Nebraska there were more votes cast to elect one Congressman + than were cast in the State of Alabama at the same election to elect + their whole delegation. Out of what does this come? The suppression of + the Republican vote; the understanding among our Democratic friends + that it is not necessary that they should vote because their opponents + are not allowed to vote. But some one will suggest: "Is there a remedy + for this?" I do not know, my fellow citizens, how far there is a legal + remedy under our Constitution, but it does not seem to me to be an + adequate answer. It does not seem to me to be conclusive against the + agitation of the question even if we should be compelled to respond + to the arrogant question that is asked us: "What are you going to + do about it?" Even if we should be compelled to answer: "We can do + nothing but protest," is it not worth while here, and in relation to + this American question, that we should at least lift up our protest; + that we should at least denounce the wrong; that we should at least + deprive the perpetrators of it of what we used to call the usufructs + of the crime? If you cannot prevent a burglar from breaking into your + house you will do a great deal towards discouraging burglary if you + prevent him from carrying off anything, and so it seems to me that if + we can, upon this question, arouse the indignant protest of the North, + and unite our efforts in a determination that those who perpetrate + these wrongs against popular suffrage shall not by means of those + wrongs seat a President in Washington to secure the Federal patronage + in a State, we shall have done much to bring this wrong to an end. But + at least while we are protesting by representatives from our State + Department at Washington against wrongs perpetrated in Russia against + the Jew, and in our popular assemblies here against the wrongs which + England has inflicted upon Ireland, shall we not at least in reference + to this gigantic and intolerable wrong in our own country, as a party, + lift up a stalwart and determined protest against it? + + But some of these independent journalists, about which our friend + MacMillan talked, call this the "bloody shirt." They say we are trying + to revive the strife of the war, to rake over the extinct embers, to + kindle the fire again. I want it understood that for one I have no + quarrel with the South for what took place between 1861 and 1865. I am + willing to forget that they were rebels, at least as soon as they are + willing to forget it themselves, and that time does not seem to have + come yet to them. But our complaint is against what was done in 1884, + not against what was done during the war. Our complaint is against + what will be done this year, not what was done between 1861 and 1865. + No bloody shirt--though that cry never had any terrors for me. I + believe we greatly underestimate the importance of bringing the issue + to the front, and with that oft-time Republican courage and outspoken + fidelity to truth denouncing it the land over. If we cannot do + anything else we can either make these people ashamed of this outrage + against the ballot or make the world ashamed of them. + + There is another question to which the Republican party has + committed itself, and on the line of which it has accomplished, as + I believe, much for the prosperity of this country. I believe the + Republican party is pledged and ought to be pledged to the doctrine of + the protection of American industries and American labor. I believe + that in so far as our native inventive genius--which seems to have + no limit--our productive forces can supply the American market, we + ought to keep it for ourselves. And yet this new captain on the bridge + seems to congratulate himself on the fact that the voyage is still + prosperous notwithstanding the change of commanders; who seems to + forget that the reason that the voyage is still prosperous is because + the course of the ship was marked out before he went on the bridge and + the rudder tied down. He has attempted to take a new direction since + he has been in command, with a view of changing the sailing course of + the old craft, but it has seemed to me that he has made the mistake of + mistaking the flashlight of some British lighthouse for the light of + day. I do not intend here to-night in this presence to discuss this + tariff question in any detail. I only want to say that in the passage + of what is now so flippantly called the war tariff, to raise revenue + to carry on the war out of the protective duties which were then + levied, there has come to this country a prosperity and development + which would have been impossible without it, and that reversal of this + policy now, at the suggestion of Mr. Cleveland, according to the line + of the blind statesman from Texas, would be to stay and interrupt + this march of prosperity on which we have entered. I am one of those + uninstructed political economists that have an impression that some + things may be too cheap; that I cannot find myself in full sympathy + with this demand for cheaper coats, which seems to me necessarily to + involve a cheaper man and woman under the coat. I believe it is true + to-day that we have many things in this country that are too cheap, + because whenever it is proved that the man or woman who produces any + article cannot get a decent living out of it, then it is too cheap. + + But I have not intended to discuss in detail any of these questions + with which we have grappled, upon which we have proclaimed a policy, + or which we must meet in the near future. I am only here to-night + briefly to sketch to you the magnificent career of this party to which + we give our allegiance--a union of the States, restored, cemented, + regenerated; a Constitution cleansed of its compromises with slavery + and brought into harmony with the immortal Declaration; a race + emancipated, given citizenship and the ballot; a national credit + preserved and elevated until it stands unequalled among the nations of + the world; a currency more prized than the coin for which it may be + exchanged; a story of prosperity more marvellous than was ever written + by the historian before. This is in brief outline the magnificent way + in which the Republican party has wrought. It stands to-day for a + pure, equal, honest ballot the country over. It stands to-day without + prejudice or malice, the well-wisher of every State in this Union; + disposed to fill all the streams of the South with prosperity, and + demanding only that the terms of the surrender at Appomattox shall be + complied with. When that magnificent act of clemency was witnessed, + when those sublime and gracious words were uttered by General Grant + at Appomattox, the country applauded. We said to those misguided men: + "Go home"--in the language of the parole--"and you shall be unmolested + while you obey the laws in force at the place where you reside." We + ask nothing more, but we cannot quietly submit to the fact, while it + is true everywhere in the United States that the man who fought for + years against his country is allowed the full, free, unrestricted + exercise of his new citizenship, when it shall not also be true + everywhere that every man who followed Lincoln in his political views, + and every soldier who fought to uphold the flag, shall in the same + full, ample manner be secured in his political rights. + + This disfranchisement question is hardly a Southern question in all + strictness. It has gone into Dakota, and the intelligent and loyal + population of that Territory is deprived, was at the last election, + and will be again, of any participation in the decision of national + questions solely because the prevailing sentiment of Dakota is + Republican. Not only that, but this disregard of purity and honesty in + our elections invaded Ohio in an attempt to seize the United States + Senate by cheating John Sherman, that gallant statesman, out of his + seat in the Senate. And it came here to Illinois, in an attempt also + to defeat that man whom I loved so much, John A. Logan, out of his + seat in the United States Senate. And it has come into our own State + (Indiana) by tally-sheet frauds, committed by individuals, it is true, + but justified and defended by the Democratic party of the State in an + attempt to cheat us all out of our fair election majorities. It was + and is a question that lies over every other question, for every other + question must be submitted to this tribunal for decision, and if the + tribunal is corrupted, why shall we debate questions at all? Who can + doubt whether, in defeat or victorious, in the future as in the past, + taking high ground upon all these questions, the same stirring cause + that assembled our party in the beginning will yet be found drawing + like a great magnet the young and intelligent moral elements of our + country into the Republican organization? Defeated once, we are ready + for this campaign which is impending, and I believe that the great + party of 1860 is gathering together for the coming election with a + force and a zeal and a resolution that will inevitably carry it, under + that standard-bearer who may be chosen here in June, to victory in + November. + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, JUNE 25, 1888. + +_Nomination Day._ + + +A few hours after the receipt of the news of the nomination of General +Harrison for President, on Monday, June 25, 1888, delegations from +neighboring cities and towns began to arrive to congratulate him. From +the moment the result at Chicago was known, and for two days thereafter, +the city of Indianapolis was the scene of excitement and enthusiasm +unparalleled in its history. + +The first out-of-town delegation to arrive was the Republican Club of +Danville, Hendricks County, Indiana, three hundred strong, led by the +Hon. L. M. Campbell, Rev. Ira J. Chase, Major J. B. Homan, Joel T. +Baker, Capt. Worrel, and E. Hogate. + +They came on the afternoon of the twenty-fifth and marched to the +Harrison residence escorted by about five thousand excited citizens of +Indianapolis, and it was to these men of Hendricks that General Harrison +made his first public speech--after his nomination--which proved to be +the opening words of a series of impromptu addresses remarkable for +their eloquence, conciseness and variety, and generally conceded by the +press of the day to have been the most brilliant and successful campaign +speeches of his generation. + +To the Danville Club General Harrison said: + + _Gentlemen_--I am very much obliged to my Hendricks County friends + for this visit. The trouble you have taken to make this call so soon + after information of the result at Chicago reached you induces me + to say a word or two, though you will not, of course, expect any + reference to politics or any extended reference to the result at + Chicago. I very highly appreciate the wise, discreet and affectionate + interest which our delegation and the people of Indiana have displayed + in the convention which has just closed at Chicago. [Cries of "Good!" + "Good!" and cheers.] I accept your visit to-day as an expression of + your confidence and respect, and I thank you for it. [Great cheering.] + +Scarcely had the Danville visit concluded before another organization +from Hendricks County arrived, the Republican Club of Plainfield, led by +Dr. Harlan, William G. Ellis, Oscar Hadley, and A. T. Harrison. + +Responding to their call, General Harrison said: + + _Gentlemen_--I can only thank you for this evidence of your + friendliness. That so many of my Hendricks County friends should have + reached Indianapolis so soon after hearing the result at Chicago is + very gratifying. The people of your county have always given me the + most hearty support whenever I have appealed to them for support. I + have a most affectionate interest in your county and in its people, + especially because of the fact that it furnished two companies to the + regiment which I took into the field. Some of the best and most loyal + of these soldiers gave their lives for their country in the battles in + which the regiment was engaged. These incidents have attached me to + the county, and I trust I have yet, even here among this group, some + of my friends of the Seventieth Indiana surviving, who will always be + glad to extend to me, as I to them, a comrade's hand. I thank you for + this call. + +A few moments later two large delegations arrived from Hamilton and +Howard Counties: Hon. J. R. Gray of Noblesville and Milton Garrigus of +Kokomo delivered congratulatory addresses on behalf of their townsmen, +to which General Harrison responded: + + I thank you, my friends of Hamilton County, for this call. I know + the political steadfastness of that true and tried county. Your people + have always been kind to me. I thank you for this evidence of your + confidence and respect. + + Howard County. Of that county I may say what I have said of Hamilton + County. It is a neighbor in location and it is a neighbor in good + works. [Great cheering.] + +On the evening of the twenty-fifth five thousand or more neighbors and +residents of the city congregated before the Harrison residence. + +The General, on appearing, was greeted by a demonstration lasting +several minutes. The standard-bearers, carrying the great banner of +the Oliver P. Morton Club, made their way to the steps and held the +flag over his head. Hon. W. N. Harding finally quieted the crowd and +presented General Harrison, who spoke as follows: + + _Neighbors and Friends_--I am profoundly sensible of the kindness + which you evidence to-night in gathering in such large numbers + to extend to me your congratulations over the result at Chicago. + It would be altogether inappropriate that I should say anything + of a partisan character. Many of my neighbors who differ with me + politically have kindly extended to me, as citizens of Indianapolis, + their congratulations over this event. [Cries of "Good!" "Good!"] Such + congratulations, as well as those of my neighbors who sympathize with + me in my political beliefs, are exceedingly grateful. I have been a + long time a resident of Indianapolis--over thirty years. Many who are + here before me have been with me, during all those years, citizens of + this great and growing capital of a magnificent State. We have seen + the development and growth of this city. We are proud of its position + to-day, and we look forward in the future to a development which shall + far outstrip that which the years behind us have told. I thank you + sincerely for this evidence that those who have known me well and long + give me still their confidence and respect. [Cheers and applause.] + + Kings sometimes bestow decorations upon those whom they desire to + honor, but that man is most highly decorated who has the affectionate + regard of his neighbors and friends. [Great applause, and cries of + "Hurrah for Harrison!"] I will only again thank you most cordially + for this demonstration of your regard. I shall be glad, from time to + time, as opportunity offers, to meet you all personally, and regret + that to-night this crowd is so great that it will be impossible for me + to take each one of you by the hand [cries of "We'll forgive you!"], + but we will be here together and my house will always open its doors + gladly to any of you when you may desire to see me. [Great cheering.] + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, JUNE 26. + + +The evening of the day following his nomination General Harrison was +visited by the surviving members of his old regiment, the Seventieth +Indiana Volunteers, led by Major George W. Grubbs of Martinsville. There +was also present a delegation from Boone County headed by the Hon. Henry +L. Bynum, O. P. Mahan and S. J. Thompson; also the returning delegates +from Vermont to the Chicago convention, headed by Gov. Redfield Proctor +and General J. G. McCullough. + +Responding to the address of Major Grubbs, on behalf of the veterans, +General Harrison said: + + _Comrades_--Called, as I have been, by the national convention of + one of the great political parties of this country to be its candidate + for the presidency, it will probably be my fortune before the election + to receive many delegations representing various interests and classes + of our fellow-citizens, but I am sure that out of them all there will + come none whose coming will touch my heart so deeply as this visit + from my comrades of the Seventieth Indiana and these scattered members + of the other regiments that constituted the First Brigade of the Third + Division of the Twentieth Army Corps. I recall the scene to which + Major Grubbs has alluded. I remember that summer day, when, equipped + and armed, we were called to leave our homes and cross the Ohio River + and enter the territory that was in arms against the Government which + we were sworn to support. I recall, with you, the tender parting, the + wringing of hearts with which we left those we loved. I recall the + high and buoyant determination, the resolute carriage with which you + went to do your part in the work of suppressing the great rebellion. + I remember the scenes through which we went in that hard discipline + of service and sickness, and all of those hard incidents which are + necessary to convert citizens into veterans. + + I remember the scenes of battle in which we stood together. I + remember especially that broad and deep grave at the foot of the + Resaca hill where we left those gallant comrades who fell in that + desperate charge. I remember, through it all, the gallantry, devotion + and steadfastness, the high set patriotism you always exhibited. I + remember how, after sweeping down with Sherman from Chattanooga to the + sea and up again through the Carolinas and Virginia, you, with those + gallant armies that had entered the gate of the South by Louisville + and Vicksburg, marched in the great review up the grand avenue of our + Nation's capital. + + I remember that proud scene of which we were part that day; the + glad rejoicing as our faces were turned homeward, the applause which + greeted us as the banner of our regiment was now and then recognized + by some home friends who had gathered to see us--the whole course of + these incidents of battle, of sickness, of death, of victory, crowned + thus by the triumphant reassertion of national authority, and by the + muster out and our return to those homes that we loved, made again + secure against all the perils which had threatened them. + + I feel that in this campaign upon which I am entering, and which + will undoubtedly cause careful scrutiny, perhaps unkind and even + malicious assault, all that related to my not conspicuous but loyal + services with you in the army I may confidently leave, with my honor, + in the hands of the surviving members of the Seventieth Indiana, + whatever their political faith may be. [Cries of "That is true, + General!" and "Yes!" "Yes!"] + + May I ask you now, for I am too deeply moved by this visit to speak + as I would desire, that each one will enter this door, that will + always open with a hearty welcome to you, and let me take you by the + hand? [Cheering.] + +The event of the night was the visit of the California delegation, +at ten o'clock, accompanied by the Indiana delegation to Chicago and +several hundred personal friends and neighbors of General Harrison just +returned from Chicago, where they had been laboring for his nomination. + +The Hon. M. H. de Young and John F. Ellison of California delivered +congratulatory addresses, on conclusion of which the Californians +hastened to their train; after they departed the great crowd refused to +disperse and called repeatedly for General Harrison, who responded as +follows: + + _Fellow-Citizens, Ladies and Gentlemen_--I am very deeply impressed + and gratified with this magnificent demonstration of your respect. No + man can be so highly honored by any convention, or by any decoration + which any of the authorities of the Government can bestow, as by the + respect and confidence of those who live near him. My heart is touched + by this demonstration which my fellow-citizens have given me of their + personal respect for me. I do not, however, accept this manifestation + of interest as wholly due to myself. The great bulk of those who + are assembled here to-night manifest rather their interest in those + political principles which I have been called by the representatives, + in national convention of the Republican party, to represent in this + campaign. But I will not discuss any of those high issues to-night, + because I am glad to know that among those who are gathered here, + and among those who have paid me the compliment of their presence in + my home, there are many citizens of Indianapolis who differ with me + politically. I would not, therefore, if it were otherwise proper, mar + this occasion by the discussion of any political topic. I am glad to + have an opportunity to return my sincere and heartfelt thanks to the + Indiana delegation, and to that band of devoted friends who gathered + about them and assisted them in their work at Chicago. When I saw in + the newspaper press of the East and of the West the encomiums that + were passed by the correspondents upon the deportment and character of + the representatives of Indiana at Chicago, I was greatly pleased. When + I heard of their affectionate devotion, of their discreet and wise + presentation of the claims of Indiana, I was still further gratified. + And if the result of that convention had been, as it well might have + been if individuals had only been considered in the contest that was + there waged, the selection for this high place of some one other + than myself, I should have felt that the devoted interest, the wise + and faithful presentation by the Indiana delegation of the Indiana + situation was such that the failure to yield to their argument would + still have left me crowned with the highest crown that can be placed + upon mortal brow--the affection and confidence and discreet support + of my friends from Indiana. [Cries of "Good!" "Good!"] I am glad that + the despatches said of them, and truly said, that they conducted their + canvass with that gentle and respectful regard to the interests and + character of the others who were named for this high place, and that + they came home without those regrets which must have followed if this + victory had been won at the expense of any of those noble names that + were presented for the suffrage of the convention. + + I do not feel at all that in selecting the candidate who was chosen + regard was had simply to the individual equipment and qualifications + for the duties of this high office. I feel sure that if the convention + had felt free to regard these things only, some other of those + distinguished men, old-time leaders of the Republican party, Blaine, + or Sherman, or Allison, or some of the others named--would have been + chosen in preference to me. I feel that it was the situation in + Indiana and its relation to the campaign that was impending rather + than the personal equipment or qualifications of the candidate that + was chosen that turned the choice of the convention in our direction. + We are here to-night to thank those members of the convention who + have done us the honor to pay our capital a visit to-night not only + for this visit, but for the support and interest which they took in + the Indiana candidacy in the convention at Chicago. I thank you again + for gathering here to-night. I am sure that in this demonstration + you give evidence that the interest in this campaign will not flag + until the election has determined the result of the contest. And I + feel sure, too, my fellow-citizens, that we have joined now a contest + of great principles, and that the armies which are to fight out this + great contest before the American people will encamp upon the high + plains of principle, and not in the low swamps of personal defamation + or detraction. [Cries of "Hear!" "Hear!" and "Good!"] Again I thank + you for the compliment of your presence here to-night, and bid you + good-night. [Great cheering.] + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, JUNE 30. + + +During the afternoon representatives of the Marquette Club of +Chicago--of which General Harrison is an honorary member--called to +present a set of congratulatory resolutions adopted by the club. The +committee comprised Geo. V. Lauman, H. D. Crocker, W. S. Gilbert, E. B. +Gould, H. M. Kingman and J. S. Moore. + +One of the resolutions recited that + +"The Marquette Club of Chicago takes great pride in the fact that within +its walls and at its board was fired the first gun in Chicago of that +memorable contest which has culminated in the nomination of its most +honored member, General Benjamin Harrison, to fill the highest office +within the gift of the American people." + +General Harrison in response said: + + _Gentlemen of the Marquette Club_--I sincerely thank you for the + congratulations of the Marquette Club of Chicago. I well recollect + the evening I spent with you last February, and I remember how + favorably your club impressed me at that time as a body of active, + energetic young Republicans: not so much an organization for social + purposes as for active advancement of Republican principles in your + vicinity, and in the country as well. I thought I recognized in you + then an efficient body for work in the State of Illinois, one that + could in the coming campaign render signal service to the party whose + principles its members maintain. I rejoice in your coming to call on + me here, and I hope you will carry my sincere thanks to your members, + and make yourselves welcome at my home now and whenever you are in + Indianapolis. + +On the evening of June 30 several thousand citizens, irrespective of +party, paid their respects to General Harrison; at the head of the +column marched four hundred veterans commanded by Moses G. McLain. Major +James L. Mitchell, a prominent Democrat, was spokesman for the veterans. + +General Harrison, responding, said: + + _Comrade Mitchell and Fellow-Soldiers_--I sincerely thank you for + this evidence of your respect and comradeship. I am very certain that + there is no class whose confidence and respect I more highly prize or + more earnestly covet than that of the soldiers who, in the great war + from 1861 to 1865, upheld the loved banner of our country and brought + it home in honor. The comradeship of the war will never end until our + lives end. The fires in which our friendship was riveted and welded + were too hot for the bond ever to be broken. We sympathize with each + other in the glory of the common cause for which we fought. We went, + not as partisans, but as patriots, into the strife which involved + the national life. I am sure that no army was ever assembled in the + world's history that was gathered from higher impulses than the army + of the Union. [Cries of "Right!" "Right!"] + + It was no sordid impulse, no hope of spoils that induced these men + to sunder the tender associations of home and forsake their business + pursuits to look into the grim face of death with unblanched cheeks + and firm and resolute eyes. They are the kind of men who draw their + impulses from the high springs of truth and duty. The army was great + in its assembling. It came with an impulse that was majestic and + terrible. It was as great in its muster-out as in the brilliant work + which had been done in the field. When the war was over the soldier + was not left at the tavern. Every man had in some humble place a chair + by some fireside where he was loved and towards which his heart went + forward with a quick step. [Applause.] + + And so this great army that had rallied for the defence and + preservation of the country was disbanded without tumult or riot or + any public disturbance. It had covered the country with the mantle of + its protection when it needed it, as the snows of spring cover the + early vegetation, and when the warm sun of peace shone upon it, it + disappeared as the snow sinks into the earth to refresh and vivify + the summer growth. They found their homes; they carried their brawn + and intellect into all the pursuits of peace to stimulate them and + lift them up; they added their great impulse to that great wave of + prosperity which has swept over our country ever since. [Applause.] + But in nothing was this war greater than in that it led a race into + freedom and brought those whom we had conquered in the struggle + into the full enjoyment of a restored citizenship, and shared again + with them the responsibilities and duties of a restored government. + [Applause.] + + I thank you to-night most sincerely for this evidence of your + comradeship. I thank, specially, those friends who differ with me in + their political views, that they have put these things aside to-night, + and have come here to give me a comrade's greeting. [Applause.] May I + have the privilege now, without detaining you longer, of taking by the + hand every soldier here? [Applause.] + +Later, the same evening, the Harrison League of Indianapolis, numbering +three hundred colored men, assembled on the lawn and congratulated the +Republican nominee through its spokesman, Mr. Ben D. Bagby. General +Harrison's response was as follows: + + _Mr. Bagby and Gentlemen of the Harrison Club_--I assure you that I + have a sincere respect for, and a very deep interest in, the colored + people of the United States. My memory, as a boy, goes back to the + time when slavery existed in the Southern States. I was born upon the + Ohio River, which was the boundary between the free State of Ohio and + the slave State of Kentucky. Some of my earliest recollections relate + to the stirring and dramatic interest which was now and then excited + by the pursuit of an escaping slave for the hope of offered rewards. + + I remember, as a boy, wandering once through my grandfather's + orchard at North Bend, and in pressing through an alder thicket that + grew on its margin I saw sitting in its midst a colored man with the + frightened look of a fugitive in his eye, and attempting to satisfy + his hunger with some walnuts he had gathered. He noticed my approach + with a fierce, startled look, to see whether I was likely to betray + him; I was frightened myself and left him in some trepidation, but I + kept his secret. [Cries of "Good!" "Good!"] I have seen the progress + which has been made in the legislation relating to your race, and the + progress that the race itself has made since that day. When I came to + Indiana to reside the unfriendly black code was in force. My memory + goes back to the time when colored witnesses were first allowed to + appear in court in this State to testify in cases where white men were + parties. Prior to that time, as you know, you had been excluded from + the right to tell in court, under oath, your side of the story in any + legal controversy with white men. [Cries of "I know that!"] The laws + prevented your coming here. In every way you were at a disadvantage, + even in the free States. I have lived to see this unfriendly + legislation removed from our statute-books and the unfriendly section + of our State Constitution repealed. I have lived not only to see that, + but to see the race emancipated and slavery extinct. [Cries of "Amen + to that!"] + + Nothing gives me more pleasure among the results of the war than + this. History will give a prominent place in the story of this great + war to the fact that it resulted in making all men free, and gave + to you equal civil rights. The imagination and art of the poet, the + tongue of the orator, the skill of the artist will be brought under + contribution to tell this story of the emancipation of the souls of + men. [Applause and cries of "Amen!"] + + Nothing gives me so much gratification as a Republican as to feel + that in all the steps that led to this great result the Republican + party sympathized with you, pioneered for you in legislation, and was + the architect of those great measures of relief which have so much + ameliorated your condition. [Applause.] + + I know nowhere in this country of a monument that I behold with so + much interest, that touches my heart so deeply, as that monument at + Washington representing the Proclamation of Emancipation by President + Lincoln, the kneeling black man at the feet of the martyred President, + with the shackles falling from his limbs. + + I remember your faithfulness during the time of the war. I remember + your faithful service to the army as we were advancing through an + unknown country. We could always depend upon the faithfulness of the + black man. [Cries of "Right you are!"] He might be mistaken, but he + was never false. Many a time in the darkness of night have those + faithful men crept to our lines and given us information of the + approach of the enemy. I shall never forget a scene that I saw when + Sherman's army marched through a portion of North Carolina, between + Raleigh and Richmond, where our troops had never before been. The + colored people had not seen our flag since the banner of treason had + been set up in its stead. As we were passing through a village the + colored people flocked out to see once more the starry banner of + freedom, the emblem, promise, and security of their emancipation. I + remember an aged woman, over whom nearly a century of slavery must + have passed, pressed forward to see the welcome banner that told her + that her soul would go over into the presence of her God. I remember + her exultation of spirit as she danced in the dusty road before our + moving column, and, like Miriam of old, called upon her soul to + rejoice in the deliverance which God had wrought by the coming of + those who stood for and made secure the Proclamation of Emancipation. + [Applause.] + + I rejoice in all that you have accomplished since you have been + free. I recall no scene more pathetic than that which I have often + seen about our camp-fires. An aged man, a fugitive from slavery, had + found freedom in our camp. After a day of hard work, when taps had + sounded and the lights in the tents were out, I have seen him with the + spelling-book that the chaplain had given him, lying prone upon the + ground taxing his old eyes, and pointing with his hardened finger to + the letters of the alphabet, as he endeavored to open to his clouded + brain the avenues of information and light. + + I am glad to know that that same desire to increase and enlarge + your information possesses the race to-day. It is the open way for + the race to that perfect emancipation which will remove remaining + prejudices and secure to you in all parts of the land an equal and + just participation in the government of this country. It cannot much + longer be withholden from you. + + Again I thank you for your presence here to-night and will be glad + to take by the hand any of you who desire to see me. [Great applause.] + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, JULY 4, 1888. + +_The Notification._ + + +The Indiana Republican State Committee, through its chairman, the Hon. +James N. Huston, designated as a committee to receive and escort the +committee on notification from the National Convention the following +gentlemen: + +Ex-Gov. Albert G. Porter, Mayor Caleb S. Denny, Col. John C. New, J. N. +Huston, Col. J. H. Bridgland, Hon. Stanton J. Peelle, William Wallace, +M. G. McLain, N. S. Byram, Hon. W. H. Calkins, W. J. Richards, and Hon. +H. M. LaFollette. + +At noon on July 4 the notification committee representing the Republican +National Convention arrived under escort at the residence of General +Harrison, No. 674 Delaware Street. The following delegates comprised the +committee: + +Judge Morris M. Estee of California, _Chairman_; Alabama, A. H. +Hendricks; Arkansas, Logan H. Roots; California, Paris Kilburn; +Colorado, Henry R. Wolcott; Connecticut, E. S. Henry; Delaware, J. +R. Whitaker; Florida, F. M. Wicker; Georgia, W. W. Brown; Illinois, +Thomas W. Scott; Indiana, J. N. Huston; Iowa, Thomas Updegraff; Kansas, +Henry L. Alden; Kentucky, George Denny; Louisiana, Andrew Hero; Maine, +Samuel H. Allen; Maryland, Wm. M. Marine; Massachusetts, F. L. Burden; +Michigan, Wm. McPherson; Minnesota, R. B. Langdon; Mississippi, T. W. +Stringer; Missouri, A. W. Mullins; Nebraska, R. S. Norval; Nevada, S. +E. Hamilton; New Hampshire, P. C. Cheney; New Jersey, H. H. Potter; New +York, Obed Wheeler; North Carolina, D. C. Pearson; Ohio, Charles Foster; +Oregon, F. P. Mays; Pennsylvania, Frank Reeder; Rhode Island, B. M. +Bosworth; South Carolina, Paris Simpkins; Tennessee, J. C. Dougherty; +Texas, E. H. Terrell; Vermont, Redfield Proctor; Virginia, Harry Libby; +West Virginia, C. B. Smith; Wisconsin, H. C. Payne; Arizona, Geo. +Christ; Dakota, G. W. Hopp; Dist. Columbia, P. H. Carson; Idaho, G. A. +Black; Montana, G. O. Eaton; New Mexico, J. F. Chavez; Utah, J. J. Daly; +Washington, T. H. Minor; Wyoming, C. D. Clark. + +Chairman Estee spoke for the committee; his address signed by each +member was also presented to General Harrison, who in a full, clear +voice replied as follows: + + _Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Committee_--The official notice + which you have brought of the nomination conferred upon me by the + Republican National Convention recently in session at Chicago + excites emotions of a profound, though of a somewhat conflicting, + character. That after full deliberation and free consultation the + representatives of the Republican party of the United States should + have concluded that the great principles enunciated in the platform + adopted by the convention could be in some measure safely confided + to my care is an honor of which I am deeply sensible and for which + I am very grateful. I do not assume or believe that this choice + implies that the convention found in me any pre-eminent fitness or + exceptional fidelity to the principles of government to which we are + mutually pledged. My satisfaction with the result would be altogether + spoiled if that result had been reached by any unworthy methods or + by a disparagement of the more eminent men who divided with me the + suffrages of the convention. I accept the nomination with so deep a + sense of the dignity of the office and of the gravity of its duties + and the responsibilities as altogether to exclude any feeling of + exultation or pride. The principles of government and the practices + in administration upon which issues are now fortunately so clearly + made are so important in their relations to the national and to + individual prosperity that we may expect an unusual popular interest + in the campaign. Relying wholly upon the considerate judgment of our + fellow-citizens and the gracious favor of God, we will confidently + submit our cause to the arbitrament of a free ballot. + + The day you have chosen for this visit suggests no thoughts that are + not in harmony with the occasion. The Republican party has walked in + the light of the Declaration of Independence. It has lifted the shaft + of patriotism upon the foundation laid at Bunker Hill. It has made + the more perfect union secure by making all men free. Washington and + Lincoln, Yorktown and Appomattox, the Declaration of Independence and + the Proclamation of Emancipation are naturally and worthily associated + in our thoughts to-day. + + As soon as may be possible I shall by letter communicate to your + chairman a more formal acceptance of the nomination, but it may be + proper for me now to say that I have already examined the platform + with some care, and that its declarations, to some of which your + chairman has alluded, are in harmony with my views. It gives me + pleasure, gentlemen, to receive you in my home and to thank you for + the cordial manner in which you have conveyed your official message. + +At the conclusion of these formalities Charles W. Clisbee, one of +the secretaries of the National Convention, presented the nominee an +engrossed official copy of the Republican platform. + +July 4, 1888, was a memorable day in the life of General Harrison and +his wife; for aside from the official notification of his nomination, +they were the recipients of congratulations of a unique character from +the Tippecanoe Club of Marion County, a political organization composed +exclusively of veterans who had voted for General William Henry Harrison +in the campaigns of 1836 or 1840. + +Nearly all the younger and able-bodied members attended the Chicago +Convention and worked unceasingly for the nomination of General Benjamin +Harrison. + +Their average age was seventy-five years, while one member, James +Hubbard of Mapleton, was over one hundred years old. + +On the afternoon of the fourth, ninety-one of these veterans commanded +by their marshal, Isaac Taylor, marched to General Harrison's house +through the rain. They had adopted a congratulatory address which was +presented by a committee consisting of Dr. George W. New, Judge J. B. +Julian, and Dr. Lawson Abbett, to which General Harrison feelingly +replied as follows: + + _Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Tippecanoe Club of Marion + County_--I am very deeply touched by your visit to-day. The respect + and confidence of such a body of men is a crown. Many of you I + have known since I first came to Indianapolis. I count you my + friends. [Cries of "Yes, sir, we are!"] You have not only shown + your friendliness and respect in the political contests in which my + name has been used, but very many of you in the social and business + relations of life extended to me, when I came a young man among you, + encouragement and help. I know that at the beginning your respect and + confidence was builded upon the respect, and even affection--may I not + say, which you bore to my grandfather. [A voice, "Yes, that is true!"] + May I not, without self-laudation, now say that upon that foundation + you have since created a modest structure of respect for me? [Cries + of "Yes, sir!" "We have!" "That's the talk!"] I came among you with + the heritage I trust, of a good name [cries of "That's so!" "Good + stock!"], such as all of you enjoy. It was the only inheritance that + has been transmitted in our family. [Cries of "It has been!"] I think + you recollect, and, perhaps, it was that as much as aught else that + drew your choice in 1840 to the Whig candidate for the presidency, + that he came out of Virginia to the West with no fortune but the sword + he bore, and unsheathed it here in the defence of our frontier homes. + He transmitted little to his descendants but the respect he had won + from his fellow-citizens. It seems to be the settled habit in our + family to leave nothing else to our children. [Laughter and cries of + "That's enough!"] My friends, I am a thorough believer in the American + test of character [cries of "That's right!"]: the rule must be applied + to a man's own life when his stature is taken He will not build high + who does not build for himself. [Applause and cries of "That's true!"] + I believe also in the American opportunity which puts the starry sky + above every boy's head, and sets his foot upon a ladder which he may + climb until his strength gives out. + + I thank you cordially for your greeting, and for this tender of + your help in this campaign. It will add dignity and strength to the + campaign when it is found that the zealous, earnest, and intelligent + co-operation of men of mature years like you is given to it. The + Whig party to which you belonged had but one serious fault--there + were not enough of them after 1840. [Laughter and applause.] We have + since received to our ranks in the new and greater party to which you + now belong accessions from those who were then our opponents, and + we now unite with them in the defence of principles which were dear + to you as Whigs, which were indeed the cherished and distinguishing + principles of the Whig party; and in the olden and better time, of the + Democratic party also. Chief among these were a reverent devotion to + the Constitution and the flag, and a firm faith in the benefits of a + protective tariff. If, in some of the States, under a sudden and mad + impulse some of the old Whigs who stood with you in the campaign of + 1840, to which you have referred, wandered from us, may we not send to + them to-day the greetings of these their old associates, and invite + them to come again into the fold? + + And now, gentlemen, I thank you again for your visit, and would be + glad if you would remain with us for a little personal intercourse. + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, JULY 7. + + +Five hundred commercial travellers paid a visit to General Harrison +on July 7; they came from all parts of the country, principally from +Philadelphia, Cincinnati, St. Louis, and Louisville. Major James R. +Ross was marshal of their delegation; David E. Coffin presented the +"drummers" to General and Mrs. Harrison. + +When all had gathered within or about the residence, Col. Ed. H. Wolfe +of Rushville, Indiana, delivered a congratulatory address on behalf of +the visitors. General Harrison, responding, said: + + _Gentlemen of the Commercial Travellers' Association of Indiana + and Visiting Friends_--I most heartily thank you for this cordial + manifestation of your respect. It is to be expected when one has been + named for office by one of the great parties that those who are in + accord with him in his political convictions will show their interest + in the campaign which he represents, but it is particularly gratifying + to me that many of you who differ with me in political opinion, + reserving your own opinions and choice, have come here to-night to + express your gratification, personally, that I have been named by the + Republican party as its candidate for the presidency. + + It is a very pleasant thing in politics when this sort of testimony + is possible, and it is very gratifying to me to-night to receive it at + your hands. I do not know why we cannot hold our political differences + with respect for each other's opinions, and with entire respect for + each other personally. Our opinions upon the great questions which + divide parties ought not to be held in such a spirit of bigotry as + will prevent us from extending to a political opponent the concession + of honesty in his opinion and that personal respect to which he may be + entitled. [Applause.] + + I very much value this visit from you, for I think I know how to + estimate the commercial travellers of America. I am not going to open + before you to-night any store of flattery. I do not think there is + any market for it here. [Laughter and cries of "That's good!" and + cheers.] You know the value of that commodity perfectly. [Laughter + and continued applause.] I do not mean to suggest at all that you are + dealers in it yourselves [laughter] in your intercourse with your + customers, but I do mean to say that your wide acquaintance with men, + that judgment of character and even of the moods of men which is + essential to the successful prosecution of your business makes you a + very unpromising audience upon which to pass any stale compliments. + + My memory goes back to the time when there were no commercial + travellers. When I first came to Indianapolis to reside your + profession was not known. The retail merchant went to the wholesale + house and made his selections there. I appreciate the fact that those + who successfully pursue your calling must, in the nature of things, + be masters of the business in which you are engaged and possess great + adaptability and a high order of intelligence. + + I thank you again for this visit; and give you in return my most + sincere respect and regard. [Applause.] I regret that there is not + room enough here for your comfort [a voice: "There will be more room + in the White House!" Another: "We will take your order now and deliver + the goods in November!"], but I shall be glad if any or all of you + will remain for a better acquaintance and less formal intercourse. + [Great applause and rousing cheers for the next President.] + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, JULY 9. + + +The first of many delegations from other States arrived July 9, from +the city of Benton Harbor, Mich., and included many ladies. The leading +members were F. R. Gilson, Ambrose H. Rowe, Wm. S. Farmer, G. M. +Valentines, W. B. Shanklin, E. M. Elick, A. J. Kidd, C. C. Sweet, O. B. +Hipp, R. M. Jones, W. L. Hogan, James McDonald, Allen Brunson, Frank +Melton, P. W. Hall, Geo. W. Platt, W. L. McClure, J. C. Purrill, E. H. +Kelly, J. A. Crawford, M. J. Vincent, Dr. Boston, M. G. Kennedy, and +Dr. J. Bell. General L. M. Ward was spokesman for the visitors. General +Harrison said: + + _My Friends_--This visit is exceptional in some of its features. + Already, in the brief time since my nomination, I have received + various delegations, but this is the first delegation that has + visited me from outside the borders of my own State. Your visit is + also exceptional and very gratifying in that you have brought with + you the ladies of your families to grace the occasion and to honor me + by their presence. I am glad to know that while the result of the + convention at Chicago brought disappointment to you, it has not left + any sores that need the ointment of time for their healing. Your own + favored citizen, distinguished civilian, and brave soldier, General + Alger, was among the first and among the most cordial to extend to me + his congratulations and the assurance of his earnest support in the + campaign. I am sure it cannot be otherwise than that the Republicans + of Michigan will take a deep interest in this campaign; an interest + that altogether oversteps all personal attachments. Your State has + been proudly associated with the past successes of the Republican + party, and your interests are now closely identified with its success + in the pending campaign. I am sure, therefore, that I may accept your + presence here to-night not only as a personal compliment, but as a + pledge that Michigan will be true again to those great principles of + government which are represented by the Republican party. We cherish + the history of our party and are proud of its high achievements; they + stir the enthusiasm of the young and crown those who were early in its + ranks with well-deserved laurels. The success of the Republican party + has always been identified with the glory of the flag and the unity of + the Government. There has been nothing in the history or principles + of our party out of line with revolutionary memories or with the + enlightened statesmanship of the framers of our Constitution. Those + principles are greater than men, lasting as truth, and sure of final + vindication and triumph. Let me thank you again for your visit, and + ask introduction to each of you. + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, JULY 12. + + +General Harrison received four delegations this day. The first was a +committee of veterans from John A. Logan Post, No. 99, G. A. R., of +North Manchester, Wabash County, who came to invite the General to +attend a soldiers' reunion for Northern Indiana. The committee comprised +Shelby Sexton, Senior Vice-Commander Indiana G. A. R.; John Elwood, Geo. +Lawrence, J. A. Brown, W. E. Thomas, I. D. Springdon, J. C. Hubbard, J. +M. Jennings, E. A. Ebbinghous, L. J. Noftzger, and S. V. Hopkins. Rev. +R. J. Parrott delivered the address of invitation. General Harrison +responded: + + _Comrades and Gentlemen_--Your request is one that appeals to me + very strongly, and if it were single I should very promptly accede + to it, but, without being told, you will readily understand that + invitations of a kindred nature are coming to me every day, presented + by individual comrades and committees, but more frequently by written + communications. + + I have felt that if I opened a door in this direction it would be + a very wide one, and I would either subject myself to the criticism + of having favored particular localities or particular organizations, + to the neglect of others having equal claims upon me, or that I + should be compelled to give to this pleasant duty--as it would be if + other duties did not crowd me--too much of my time. I am, therefore, + compelled to say to you that it will be impossible for me to accept + your invitation. But in doing this, I want to thank you for the + interest you have shown in my presence with you, and I want especially + to thank you for the spirit of comradeship which brings you here. I am + glad to know--and I have many manifestations of it--that the peculiar + position in which I am placed as a candidate of a political party + does not separate me from the cordial friendship and comradeship of + those who differ with me politically. I should greatly regret it if + it should be so. We held our opinions and fought for them when the + war was on, and we will hold them now in affectionate comradeship and + mutual respect. I thank you for your visit. + +The second delegation also came from Wabash County and was under the +leadership of William Hazen, Warren Bigler, James P. Ross, James E. +Still, Robert Weesner, John Rodgers, Job Ridgway, and Joseph Ridgway, +aged 83, of Wabash City. Their spokesman was Mr. Cowgill. General +Harrison, responding, said: + + _Mr. Cowgill and my Wabash County Friends_--In 1860 I was first + a candidate before a convention for nomination to a public office. + Possibly some of those who are here to-day were in that convention. + Wabash County presented in the person of my friend, and afterwards + my comrade, Col. Charles Parrish, a candidate for the office which I + also sought, that of Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the + State of Indiana. We had a friendly yet earnest contest before the + convention, in which I succeeded. A little later in the campaign, as I + was attempting to render to my party the services which my nomination + seemed to imply, I visited your good county and received at your hands + a welcome so demonstrative and cordial that I have always had a warm + place in my heart for your people. I was then almost a boy in years, + and altogether a boy in public life. Since then, in campaigns in which + I have had a personal interest, and in very many more wherein I had + only the general interest that you all had, it has been my pleasure + to visit your county, and I can testify to the earnest, intelligent + and devoted republicanism of Wabash County. You have never faltered + in any of the great struggles in which the party has engaged; and I + believe you have followed your party from a high conviction that the + purposes it set before us involved the best interests of the country + that you love, and to which you owe the duty of citizens. I know how + generously you contributed to the army when your sons were called + to defend it; and I know how, since the war, you have endeavored to + preserve and to conserve those results which you fought for, and + which made us again one people, acknowledging, and I hope loving, one + flag and one Constitution. [Applause.] I want to thank you personally + for this visit, and I wish now, if it is your pleasure, to meet you + individually. + +Benton County, Indiana, contributed the third delegation of the day, led +by H. S. Travis, Clark Cook, B. Johnson, Henry Taylor, Frank Knapp, and +Robert L. Cox of Fowler. They were presented by Col. A. D. Streight. +General Harrison said: + + _Colonel Streight, Fellow-citizens, and Comrades_--I am very + grateful to you for this visit, and for the cordial terms in which + your spokesman has extended to me the congratulations of my friends + of Benton County. We have men who boast that they are cosmopolitans, + citizens of the world. I prefer to say that I am an American + citizen [applause], and I freely confess that American interests + have the first place in my regard. [Applause.] This is not at all + inconsistent with the recognition of that comity between nations + which is necessary to the peace of the world. It is not inconsistent + with that philanthropy which sympathizes with human distress and + oppression the world around. We have been especially favored as an + apart nation, separated from the conflicts, jealousies, and intrigues + of European courts, with a territory embracing every feature of + climate and soil, and resources capable of supplying the wants of our + people, of developing a wholesome and gigantic national growth, and + of spreading abroad, by their full establishment here, the principles + of human liberty and free government. I do not think it inconsistent + with the philanthropy of the broadest teacher of human love that + we should first have regard for that family of which we are a part. + Here in Indiana the drill has just disclosed to us the presence of + inexhaustible quantities, in a large area of our State, of that new + fuel which has the facility of doing its own transportation, even to + the furnace door, and which leaves no residuum to be carried away + when it has done its work. This discovery has added an impulse to our + growth. It has attracted manufacturing industries from other States. + Many of our towns have received, and this city, we may hope, is yet + to receive, a great impulse in the development of their manufacturing + industries by reason of this discovery. It seems to me that when this + fuller development of our manufacturing interests, this building up of + a home market for the products of our farms, which is sure to produce + here that which has been so obvious elsewhere--a great increase in + the value of farms and farm products--is opening to us the pleasant + prospect of a rapid growth in wealth, we should be slow to abandon + that system of protective duties which looks to the promotion and + development of American industry and to the preservation of the + highest possible scale of wages for the American workman. [Applause.] + The development of our country must be on those lines that benefit + all our people. Any development that does not reach and beneficially + affect all our people is not to be desired, and cannot be progressive + or permanent. + + Comrades, you still love the flag for which we fought. We are + preserved in God's providence to see the wondrous results of that + struggle in which you were engaged--a reunited country, a Constitution + whose authority is no longer disputed, a flag to which all men bow. It + has won respect at home; it should be respected by all nations of the + earth as an emblem and representative of a people desiring peace with + all men, but resolute in the determination that the rights of all our + citizens the world around shall be faithfully respected. [Applause and + cries of "That's right!"] I thank you again for this visit, and, if it + be your pleasure, and your committee will so arrange, I will be glad + to take you by the hand. + +The fourth and largest delegation of the day came from Boone County, +numbering more than two thousand, led by Captain Brown, S. S. Heath, A. +L. Howard, W. H. H. Martin, D. A. Rice, James Williamson, E. G. Darnell, +D. H. Olive, and Captain Arbigas of Lebanon, the last-named veteran +totally blind. + +Another contingent was commanded by David O. Mason, J. O. Hurst, J. N. +Harmon, and Mr. Denny, an octogenarian, all of Zionsville. Dr. D. C. +Scull was orator for the visitors. General Harrison said: + + _My Friends_--The magnitude of this demonstration puts us at a + disadvantage in our purpose to entertain you hospitably, as we had + designed when notified of your coming. [Cheers.] I regret that you + must stand exposed to the heat of the sun, and that I must be at the + disadvantage of speaking from this high balcony a few words of hearty + thanks. I hope it may be arranged by the committee so that I may yet + have the opportunity of speaking to you informally and individually. + I am glad to notice your quick interest in the campaign. I am sure + that that interest is stimulated by your devotion to the principles of + government which you conceive--rightly, as I believe--to be involved + in this campaign. [Applause.] I am glad to think that some of you, + veterans of a former political campaign to which your chairman has + alluded, and others of you, comrades in the great war for the Union, + come here to express some personal friendship for me. [Cheers.] But + I am sure that this campaign will be waged upon a plan altogether + above personal consideration. You are here as citizens of the State + of Indiana, proud of the great advancement the State has made since + those pioneer days when brave men from the East and South entered our + territory, blazing a pathway into the unbroken forest, upon which + civilization, intelligence, patriotism, and the love of God has walked + until we are conspicuous among the States as a community desirous of + social order, full of patriotic zeal, and pledged to the promotion of + that education which is to qualify the coming generations to discharge + honorably and well their duties to the Government which we will leave + in their hands. [Applause.] You are here also as citizens of the + United States, proud of that arch of strength that binds together + the States of this Union in one great Nation. But citizenship has + its duties as well as its privileges. The first is that we give our + energies and influence to the enactment of just, equal, and beneficent + laws. The second is like unto it--that we loyally reverence and + obey the will of the majority enacted into law, whether we are of a + majority or not [applause]; the law throws the aegis of its protection + over us all. It stands sentinel about your country homes to protect + you from violence; it comes into our more thickly populated community + and speaks its mandate for individual security and public order. + There is an open avenue through the ballot-box for the modification + or repeal of laws which are unjust or oppressive. To the law we bow + with reverence. It is the one king that commands our allegiance. We + will change our king, when his rule is oppressive, by these methods + appointed, and crown his more liberal successor. [Applause.] I thank + you again, most cordially, for this visit, and put myself in the + hands of your committee that I may have the privilege of meeting you + individually. + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, JULY 13. + + +One thousand employees of the various railroads centreing at +Indianapolis, organized as a Harrison and Morton Club--J. C. Finch, +President, and A. D. Shaw, Marshal of the occasion--called on General +Harrison on the night of July 13. Yardmaster Shaw was spokesman. General +Harrison replied: + + _Gentlemen_--Your visit is very gratifying to me, and is full + of significance and interest. If I read aright the language of + your lanterns you have signalled the Republican train to go ahead. + [Applause and cries of "And she is going, too!"] You have concluded + that it is freighted with the interests and hopes of the workingmen of + America, and must have the right of way. [Cheers and cries, "That's + true!" and "We don't have to take water on this trip, either!"] + The train has been inspected; you have given it your skilled and + intelligent approval; the track has been cleared and the switches + spiked down. Have I read your signals aright? [Cheers and cries of + "You have!" and "There's no flat wheels under this train!"] You + represent, I understand, every department of railroad labor--the + office, the train, the shop, the yard, and the road. You are the + responsible and intelligent agents of a vast system that, from a + rude and clumsy beginning, has grown to be as fine and well adapted + as the parts of the latest locomotive engine. The necessities and + responsibilities of the business of transportation have demanded a + body of picked men--inventive and skilful, faithful and courageous, + sober and educated--and the call has been answered, as your presence + here to night demonstrates. [Cheers.] Heroism has been found at the + throttle and the brake, as well as on the battle-field, and as well + worthy of song and marble. The trainman crushed between the platforms, + who used his last breath, not for prayer or message of love, but to + say to the panic-stricken who gathered around him, "Put out the red + light for the other train," inscribed his name very high upon the + shaft where the names of the faithful and brave are written. [A voice: + "Give him three cheers for that!" Great and enthusiastic cheering.] + + This early and very large gathering of Republican railroad men + suggests to me that you have opinions upon public questions which are + the product of your own observations and study. Some one will say that + the railroad business is a "non-protected industry," because it has + to do with transportation and not with production. But I only suggest + what has already occurred to your own minds when I say that is a very + deceptive statement. You know there is a relation between the wages + of skilled and unskilled labor as truly as between the prices of two + grades of cotton cloth; that if the first is cut down, the other, too, + must come down. [Cries of "That's just so!"] You know, also, that if + labor is thrown out of one line or avenue, by so much the more will + the others be crowded; that any policy that transfers production from + the American to the English or German shop works an injury to all + American workmen. [Great cheering.] + + But, if it could be shown that your wages were unaffected by our + system of protective duties, I am sure that your fellowship with your + fellow toilers in other industries would lead you to desire, as I do + and always have, that our legislation may be of that sort that will + secure to them the highest possible prosperity [applause]--wages that + not only supply the necessities of life, but leave a substantial + margin for comfort and for the savings bank. No man's wages should + be so low that he cannot make provision in his days of vigor for the + incapacity of accident or the feebleness of old age. [Great cheering.] + + I am glad to be assured to-night that the principles of our party + and all things affecting its candidates can be safely left to the + thoughtful consideration of the American workingmen--they will know + the truth and accept it; they will reject the false and slanderous. + [Applause.] + + And now let me say in conclusion that my door will always be open + to any of you who may desire to talk with me about anything that + interests you or that you think will interest me. I regret that Mrs. + Harrison is prevented by a temporary sickness from joining with me in + receiving you this evening. [Great cheering.] + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, JULY 14. + + +A notable visit was that of two hundred and twenty members of the +Lincoln Club, one of the most influential political organizations of +Cincinnati. They were escorted by the First Regiment Band and led +by their President, Hon. A. C. Horton, with Col. James I. Quinton, +Marshal of the day. Among other prominent members in line were Col. Leo +Markbreit, Senator Richardson, Dr. M. M. Eaton, Hon. Fred Pfeister, W. +E. Hutton, Samuel Baily, Jr., Albert Mitchell, H. M. Zeigler, B. O. M. +De Beck, W. T. Porter, Harry Probasco, John Ferinbatch, Geo. B. Fox, J. +E. Strubbe, Dr. S. V. Wiseman, Joseph H. Thornton, C. H. Rockwell, Lewis +Wesner and Col. Moore. Hon. Drusin Wulsin, Vice-President of the club, +was the orator. General Harrison, who had been ill for two days, replied: + + _Mr. Wulsin and Gentlemen of the Lincoln Club of Cincinnati_--I + thank you very much for this visit, and I wish I found myself in + condition to talk to you with comfort to-night. I cannot, however, + let the occasion pass, in view of the kind terms in which you have + addressed me through your spokesman, without a word. I feel as if + these Hamilton County Republicans were my neighbors. The associations + of my early life were with that county, and of my student life largely + with the city of Cincinnati. You did not need to state to me that Ohio + supported John Sherman in the convention at Chicago [laughter] simply + to couple with it the suggestion that it was a matter of State pride + for you to do so. I have known him long and intimately. It was my good + fortune for four years to sit beside him in the Senate of the United + States. I learned there to value him as a friend and to honor him as + a statesman. There were reasons altogether wider than the State of + Ohio why you should support John Sherman in the convention. [Applause + and cries of "Good!" "Good!"] His long and faithful service to his + country and to the Republican party, his distinguished ability, his + fidelity as a citizen, all entitled him to your faithful support; and + I beg to assure you, as I have assured him both before and since the + convention, that I did not and would not, upon any consideration, have + made any attempt against him upon the Ohio delegation. [Applause.] + I have known of your club as an organization that early set the + example of perpetuating itself--an example that I rejoice to see is + being largely followed now throughout our country. If these principles + which are being urged by our party in these contests are worthy of our + campaign enthusiasm and ardor, they are worthy to be thought of and + advocated in the period of inter-campaign. They affect the business + interests of our country, and their full adoption and perpetuation, + we believe, will bring prosperity to all our individual and social + and community interests. Therefore, I think it wise that in those + times, when men's minds are more open to conviction and are readier of + access, you should press upon the attention of your neighbors through + your club organizations these principles to which you and I have given + the allegiance of our minds and the devotion of our hearts. I thank + you again for this visit. We are glad that you have come; therefore, I + welcome you, not only as Republicans, but as friends. [Applause.] + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, JULY 18. + + +Howard County sent a delegation of six hundred citizens this day, led +by Major A. N. Grant. The Lincoln League Club of Kokomo was commanded +by its President, John E. Moore. Other prominent citizens in the +delegation were Hon. J. N. Loop, J. A. Kautz, J. E. Vaile, John Ingalls, +W. E. Blackledge, B. B. Johnson, J. B. Landen, Dr. James Wright, H. +E. McMonigal, Edward Klum, Charles Pickett, and A. R. Ellis. Rev. +Father Rayburn, a voter in the campaign of 1840, was spokesman. General +Harrison, in reply, said: + + _Father Rayburn and my Howard County Friends_--I think I may accept + this demonstration as evidence that the action of the Republican + convention at Chicago has been accepted with resignation by the + Republicans of Howard County. [Loud cheers.] You are the favored + citizens of a favored county. Your county has been conspicuous among + the counties of this State for its enterprise and intelligence. You + have been favored with a kindly and generous soil, cultivated by an + intelligent and educated class of farmers. Hitherto you have chiefly + drawn your wealth from the soil. You have had in the city of Kokomo + an enterprising and thrifty county town. You have been conspicuous + for your interest and devotion to the cause of education--for your + interest in bringing forward the coming generations well equipped for + the duties of citizenship. I congratulate you to-day that a new era of + prosperity has opened for your county in the discovery of this new and + free fuel to which Mr. Rayburn has alluded. A source of great wealth + has been opened to your people. You have already begun to realize what + it is to your county, though your expectations have hardly grasped + what it will be when the city of Kokomo and your other towns have + reached the full development which will follow this discovery. You + will then all realize--the citizens of that prosperous place as well + as the farmers throughout the county--the advantage of having a home + market for the products of your farms. [Cheers.] You may not notice + this so much in the appreciation of the prices of the staple products + of your farms, but you will notice it in the expansion of the market + for those more perishable products which cannot reach a distant market + and must be consumed near home. Is it not, then, time for you, as + thoughtful citizens, whatever your previous political affiliations + may have been, to consider the question, "What legislation will most + promote the development of the manufacturing interests of your county + and enlarge the home market for the products of your farm?" I shall + not enter upon a discussion of this question; it is enough to state + it, and leave it to your own intelligent consideration. [Cheers.] + + Let me thank you again for this kindly visit, and beg you to excuse + any more extended remarks, and to give me now an opportunity of + thanking each of you personally for the kind things your chairman has + said in your behalf. + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, JULY 19. + + +Illinois sent three large delegations this date from Springfield, +Jacksonville and Monticello. Conspicuous in the column was the famous +"Black Eagle" Club of Springfield, led by its President, Sam H. Jones, +and the Lincoln Club, commanded by Capt. John C. Cook. + +In the Springfield delegation were twenty-one original Whigs who +voted for Gen. Wm. Henry Harrison, among them Jeriah Bonham, who +wrote the first editorial--Nov. 8, 1858--proposing the candidacy of +Abraham Lincoln for President. Others among the prominent visitors +from Springfield were: Col. James T. King, C. A. Vaughan, Major James +A. Connelly, Paul Selby, Hon. David T. Littler, Jacob Wheeler, Gen. +Charles W. Pavey, Robert J. Oglesby, Ira Knight, C. P. Baldwin, James H. +Kellogg, Alexander Smith, Geo. Jameson, Augustus C. Ayers, Jacob Strong, +Dr. F. C. Winslow, Fred Smith, Charles T. Hawks, Hon. Henry Dement, Col. +Theo. Ewert, Jacob Bunn, J. C. Matthews, J. R. Stewart, H. W. Beecher, +Andrew J. Lester, Dr. Gurney, and Howes Yates, brother of the great war +Governor. + +The Jacksonville visitors were represented by Hon. Fred H. Rowe, +ex-Mayor Tomlinson, Judge T. B. Orear, J. B. Stevenson, Dr. Goodrich, +Professor Parr of Illinois College, J. W. Davenport, and Thomas Rapp. + +Attorney-General Hunt spoke on behalf of all the visitors. General +Harrison's reply was one of his happiest speeches. He said: + + _General Hunt and my Illinois Friends_--I thank you for this cordial + expression of your interest in Republican success. I thank you for the + kindly terms in which your spokesman has conveyed to me the assurance, + not only of your political support, but of your personal confidence + and respect. + + The States of Indiana and Illinois are neighbors, geographically. + The river that for a portion of its length constitutes the boundary + between our States is not a river of division. Its tendency seems + to be, in these times when so many things are "going dry" [cheers], + rather to obliterate than to enlarge the obstruction between us. + [Cheers.] But I rejoice to know that we are not only geographically + neighbors, but that Indiana and Illinois have been neighborly in the + high sentiments and purposes which have characterized their people. + I rejoice to know that the same high spirit of loyalty and devotion + to the country that characterized the State of Illinois in the time + when the Nation made its appeal to the brave men of all the States to + rescue its flag and its Constitution from the insurrection which had + been raised against them was equally characteristic of Indiana--that + the same great impulse swept over your State that swept over + ours--that Richard Yates of Illinois [cheers] and Oliver P. Morton of + Indiana [prolonged cheers] stood together in the fullest sympathy and + co-operation in the great plans they devised to augment and re-enforce + the Union armies in the field and to suppress and put down treasonable + conspiracies at home. + + As Americans and as Republicans we are glad that Illinois has + contributed so many and such conspicuous names to that galaxy of + great Americans and great Republicans whose deeds have been written + on the scroll of eternal fame. I recall that it was on the soil of + Illinois that Lovejoy died--a martyr to free speech. [Cries of "Hear!" + "Hear!"] He was the forerunner of Abraham Lincoln. He died, but his + protest against human slavery lived. Another great epoch in the march + of liberty found on the soil of Illinois the theatre of its most + influential event. I refer to that high debate in the presence of your + people, but before the world, in which Douglas won the senatorship and + Lincoln the presidency and immortal fame. [Loud cheers.] + + But Lincoln's argument and Lincoln's proclamation must be made good + upon the battle-field--and again your State was conspicuous. You gave + us Grant and Logan [prolonged cheers] and a multitude of less notable, + but not less faithful, soldiers who underwrote the proclamation with + their swords. [Cheers.] I congratulate you to-day that there has + come out of this early agitation--out of the work of Lovejoy, the + disturber; out of the great debate of 1858, and out of the war for + the Union, a Nation without a slave [cheers]--that not the shackles + of slavery only have been broken, but that the scarcely less cruel + shackles of prejudice which bound every black man in the North have + also been unbound. + + We are glad to know that the enlightened sentiment of the South + to-day unites with us in our congratulations that slavery has been + abolished. They have come to realize, and many of their best and + greatest men to publicly express, the thought that the abolition of + slavery has opened a gateway of progress and material development to + the South that was forever closed against her people while domestic + slavery existed. + + We send them the assurance that we desire the streams of their + prosperity shall flow bank full. We would lay upon their people no + burdens that we do not willingly bear ourselves. They will not think + it amiss if I say that the burden which rests willingly upon our + shoulders is a faithful obedience to the Constitution and the laws. + A manly assertion by each of his individual rights, and a manly + concession of equal right to every other man, is the boast and the law + of good citizenship. + + Let me thank you again and ask you to excuse me from further + public speech. I now ask an opportunity to meet my Illinois friends + personally [Loud and prolonged cheers.] + +The second speech of the day was delivered at 9 o'clock at night to an +enthusiastic delegation of fifteen hundred Republicans from Shelbyville, +Shelby County, led by Hon. H. C. Gordon, J. Walter Elliott, C. H. +Campbell, James T. Caughey, C. X. Matthews, J. Richey, E. S. Powell, +E. E. Elliott, L. S. Limpus, Orland Young, and Norris Winterowd. Judge +J. C. Adams was their spokesman. General Harrison touched upon civil +service; he said: + + _Judge Adams and my Shelby County Friends_--This is only a new + evidence of your old friendliness. My association with the Republicans + of Shelby County began in 1855, when I was a very young man and + a still younger politician. In that year, if I recollect right, + I canvassed every township of your county in the interest of Mr. + Campbell, who was then a candidate for County Clerk. Since then I have + frequently visited your county, and have always been received with the + most demonstrative evidence of your friendship. But in addition to + these political associations, which have given me an opportunity to + observe and to admire the steadfastness, the courage, the unflinching + faithfulness of the Republicans of Shelby County [cheers], I have + another association with your county, which I cherish with great + tenderness and affection. Two companies of the Seventieth Indiana were + made up of your brave boys: Company B, commanded by Captain Sleeth, + and Company F, commanded by Captain Endsley, who still lives among + you. [Cheers.] Many of the surviving members of these companies still + dwell among you. Many others are in the far West, and they, too, from + their distant homes have sent me a comrade's greeting. I recollect + a little story of Peach Tree Creek that may interest you. When the + Seventieth Indiana, then under command of Col. Sam Merrill, swung + up from the reserve into the front line to meet the enemy's charge, + the adjutant-general of the brigade, who had been directed to order + the advance, reported that the left of the Seventieth Indiana was + exposed. He said he had ordered the bluff old captain of Company F, + who was commanding the left wing, to reserve his left in order to + cover his flank, but that the old hickory had answered him with an + expletive--which I have no doubt he has repented of--that he "could + not see it," that he proposed that his end of the regiment should get + to the top of that hill as quick as the other end. [Prolonged cheers.] + + We will venerate the memory of the dead of these companies and their + associate companies in other commands who gave up their lives in + defence of the flag. + + But I turn aside from these matters of personal recollection to + say a word of more general concern. We are now at the opening of a + presidential campaign, and I beg to suggest to you, as citizens of + the State of Indiana, that there is always in such campaigns a danger + to be avoided, viz. That the citizen may overlook the important + local and State interests which are also involved in the campaign. I + beg, therefore, to suggest that you turn your minds not only to the + consideration of the questions connected with the national legislation + and national administration, but that you think deeply and well of + those things that concern our local affairs. There are some such now + presented to you that have to do with the honor and prosperity of the + State. + + There are some questions that ought not to divide parties, but + upon which all good men ought to agree. I speak of only one. + The great benevolent institutions--the fruit of our Christian + civilization--endowed by the bounty of the State, maintained by public + taxes, and intended for the care and education of the disabled classes + of our community, ought to be lifted above all party influences, + benefit or control. [Cheers.] I believe you can do nothing that will + more greatly enhance the estimation in which the State of Indiana + is held by her sister States than to see to it that a suitable, + well-regulated, and strict civil service is provided for the + administration of the benevolent and penal institutions of the State + of Indiana. I will not talk longer; I thank you for this magnificent + evidence that I am still held in kindly regard by the Republicans of + Shelby County, and bid you good-night. [Cheers.] + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, JULY 24. + + +On the twenty-fourth of July Champaign County, Illinois, contributed a +large delegation under the direction of Hon. F. K. Robeson, Z. Riley, +H. W. Mahan, and W. M. Whindley. Their parade was conspicuous for the +number of log-cabins, cider-barrels, coons, eagles, and other campaign +emblems. + +Prominent members of the delegation were Rev. I. S. Mahan, H. M. +Dunlap, F. M. McKay, J. J. McClain, James Barnes, Rev. John Henry, H. +S. Clark, M. S. Goodrich, A. W. McNichols, Capt. J. H. Sands and three +veterans of 1836, the Rev. S. K. Reed, Stephen Freeman, and W. B. +Downing. Hon. Frank M. Wright delivered the address on behalf of the +visitors. General Harrison responded: + + _My Friends_--I feel very conscious of the compliment which is + conveyed by your presence here to-day. You come as citizens of an + adjoining State to manifest, as your spokesman has said, some personal + respect for me, but much more, I think--your interest in the pending + contention of principles before the people of the United States. It + is fortunate that you are allowed, not only to express your interest + by such popular gatherings as these, but that you will be called upon + individually, after the debate is over, to settle this contention by + your ballots. An American political canvass, when we look through the + noise and tinsel that accompanies it, presents a scene of profound + interest to the student of government. The theory upon which our + Government is builded is that every qualified elector shall have an + equal influence at the ballot-box with every other. Our Constitutions + do not recognize fractional votes; they do not recognize the right + of one man to count one and a half in the determination of public + questions. It is wisely provided that whatever differences may exist + in intelligence, in wealth, or in any other respect, at the ballot-box + there shall be absolute equality. No interest can be truly subserved, + whether local or general, by any invasion of this great principle. + The wise work of our fathers in constructing this Government will + stand all tests of internal dissension and revolution, and all tests + of external assault, if we can only preserve a pure, free ballot. + [Applause.] Every citizen who is a patriot ought to lend his influence + to that end, by promoting necessary reforms in our election laws and + by a watchful supervision of the processes of our popular elections. + We ought to elevate in thought and practice the free suffrage that + we enjoy. As long as it shall be held by our people to be the jewel + above price, as long as each for himself shall claim its free exercise + and shall generously and manfully insist upon an equally free + exercise of it by every other man, our Government will be preserved + and our development will not find its climax until the purpose of + God in establishing this Government shall have spread throughout the + world--governments "of the people, by the people, and for the people." + [Cheers.] + + You will not expect, nor would it be proper, that I should follow + the line of your spokesman's remarks, or even allude to some things + that he has alluded to; but I will not close without one word of + compliment and comradeship for the soldiers of Illinois. [Applause.] + I do not forget that many of them, like Logan--that fearless and + first of volunteer soldiers--at the beginning of the war were not + in sympathy with the Republican national administration. You had a + multitude of soldiers besides Logan, one of whom has been immortalized + in poetry--Sergeant Tillman Joy--who put their politics by "to keep + till the war was through;" and many, I may add, like Logan, when they + got home found new party associations. But we do not limit our praise + of the loyalty and faithfulness of your soldiers to any party lines, + for we realize that there were good soldiers who did resume their + ante-war politics when they came back from the army. To such we extend + a comrade's hand always, and the free and untrammelled exercise of his + political choice shall not bar our comradeship. It happened during the + war that three Illinois regiments were for some time under my command. + I had opportunity to observe their perfection in drill, their orderly + administration of camp duties, and, above all, the brilliant courage + with which they met the enemy. And, in complimenting them, I take + them as the type of that great army that Illinois sent out for the + preservation of the Union and the Constitution. Let me thank you again + for your friendly visit to-day; and if any of you desire a nearer + acquaintance, I shall be glad to make that acquaintance now. + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, JULY 25. + + +Two thousand visitors from Edgar and Coles counties, Illinois, paid +their respects to the Republican nominee this day. + +The excursion was under the auspices of the John A. Logan Club of Paris, +Charles P. Fitch, President. There were many farmers in the delegation, +also eighty-two veterans of the campaign of 1840, and the watchwords +of the day were "Old Tippecanoe and young Tippecanoe." The reception +took place at University Park, notable from this time forward for many +similar events. Prominent among the visitors were Geo. F. Howard, Capt. +F. M. Rude, J. W. Howell, E. R. Lodge, Capt. J. C. Bessier, M. Hackett, +James Stewart, and Mayor J. M. Bell of Paris; C. G. Peck and J. H. Clark +of Mattoon; and Hon. John W. Custor of Benton. State Senator George E. +Bacon delivered the congratulatory address. General Harrison replied: + + _Senator Bacon and my Illinois Friends_--Some of my home friends + have been concerned lest I should be worn out by the frequent coming + of these delegations. I am satisfied from what I see before me + to-day that the rest of Illinois is here [laughter], and the concern + of my friends will no longer be excited by the coming of Illinois + delegations. [A voice, "We are all here!"] That you should leave the + pursuits of your daily life--the farm, the office, and the shop--to + make this journey gives me the most satisfactory evidence that your + hearts are enlisted in this campaign. I am glad to welcome here to-day + the John A. Logan Club of Paris. You have chosen a name that you will + not need to drop, whatever mutations may come in politics, so long as + there shall be a party devoted to the flag and to the Constitution, + and pledged to preserve the memories of the great deeds of those who + died that the Constitution might be preserved and the flag honored. + [Applause.] General Logan was indeed, as your spokesman has said, "the + typical volunteer soldier." With him loyalty was not a sentiment; it + was a passion that possessed his whole nature. + + When the civil war broke out no one did more than he to solidify + the North in defence of the Government. He it was who said that all + parties and all platforms must be subordinated to the defence of the + Government against unprovoked assault. [A voice, "That's just what + he said!"] In the war with Mexico, as a member of the First Illinois + Regiment, and afterwards as the commander of the Thirty-first Illinois + in the civil war, he gave a conspicuous example of what an untrained + citizen could do in the time of public peril. In the early fight at + Donelson he, with the First Illinois Brigade, successfully resisted + the desperate assaults that were made upon his line; twice wounded, he + yet refused to leave the field. The courage of that gallant brigade + called forth from a Massachusetts poet the familiar lines: + + "Thy proudest mother's eyelids fill, + As dares her gallant boy, + And Plymouth Rock and Bunker Hill + Yearn to thee, Illinois." + + [Applause.] He commanded successively brigades, divisions, corps + and armies, and fought them with unvarying success. I greet these + veterans of the campaign of 1840. You recall the pioneer days, the + log cabin days of the West, the days when muddy highways were the + only avenues of travel and commerce. You have seen a marvellous + development. The State of your adoption has become a mighty + commonwealth; you have seen it crossed and recrossed by railroads, + bringing all your farms into easy communication with distant + markets; you have seen the schoolhouse and church brought into every + neighborhood; you have seen this country rocked in the cradle of war; + you have seen it emerge from that dreadful trial and enter upon an era + of prosperity that seems to surpass all that had gone before. + + To these young men who will, for the first time this year, take part + as citizens in determining a presidential election, I suggest that + you have become members of a party of precious memories. There has + been nothing in the history of the Republican party, nothing in the + platform of principles that it has proclaimed, that is not calculated + to stir the high impulses of your young hearts. The Republican party + has walked upon high paths. It has set before it ever the maintenance + of the Union, the honor of its flag, and the prosperity of our people. + It has been an American party [great cheering] in that it has set + American interests always to the front. + + My friends of the colored organization, I greet you as Republicans + to-day. I recall the time when you were disfranchised; when your race + were slaves; when the doors of our institutions of learning were + closed against you, and even admittance to many of our Northern States + was denied you. You have read the story of your disfranchisement, of + the restoration to you of the common rights of men. Read it again; + read the story of the bitter and bigoted opposition that every statute + and constitutional amendment framed for your benefit encountered. What + party befriended you when you needed friends? What party has stood + always as an obstruction to the development and enlargement of your + rights as citizens? When you have studied these questions well you + will be able to determine not only where your gratitude is due, but + where the hopes of your race lie. [Cheers.] + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, JULY 26. + + +From Clay County, Indiana, came three thousand coal-miners and others, +this day, under the auspices of the Harrison Miners' Club of Brazil. +Their parade, with dozens of unique banners and devices, was one of +the most imposing of the campaign. Prominent in the delegation were +Dr. Joseph C. Gifford, L. A. Wolfe, Jacob Herr, P. H. Penna, John F. +Perry, C. P. Eppert, E. C. Callihan, W. H. Lowery, Rev. John Cox, A. F. +Bridges, William Sporr, Carl Thomas, Geo. F. Fuller, John Gibbons, Sam'l +Blair, Thomas Washington, and Judge Coffey of Brazil. Major William +Carter and Edward Wilton, a miner, delivered addresses; Rob't L. McCowan +spoke for the colored members of the delegation. General Harrison, in +response, said: + + _Gentlemen and Friends from Clay County_--I thank you for this + enthusiastic demonstration of your interest. I am glad to be assured + by those who have spoken for you to-day that you have brought here, + and desire to evidence, some personal respect for me; but this + demonstration has relation, I am sure, rather to principles than to + men. You come as representatives of the diversified interests of + your county. You are fortunate in already possessing diversified + industries. You have not only agriculture, but the mine and factory + which provide a home market for the products of your farms. You come + here, as I understand, from all these pursuits, to declare that in + your opinion your interests, as farmers, as miners, as mechanics, + as tradesmen, are identified with the maintenance of the doctrine + of protection to American industries, and the preservation of the + American market for American products. [Cheers.] Some resort to + statistics to show that the condition of the American workman is + better than that of the workman of any other country. I do not care + now to deal with statistics. One fact is enough for me. The tide of + emigration from all European countries has been and is towards our + shores. The gates of Castle Garden swing inward. They do not swing + outward to any American laborer seeking a better country than this. + [Cries of "Never!"] + + My countrymen, these men, who have toiled at wages in other lands + that barely sustained life, and opened no avenue of promise to them or + to their children, know the good land of hope as well as the swallow + knows the land of summer. [Applause.] They testify that here there + are better conditions, wider and more hopeful prospects for workmen + than in any other land. The next suggestion I have to make is this: + that the more work there is to do in this country the higher the + wages that will be paid for the doing of it. [Applause.] I speak to + men who know that when the product of their toil is in demand in the + market, when buyers are seeking it, wages advance; but when the market + for your products is depressed, and the manufacturer is begging for + buyers, then wages go down. Is it not clear, then, that that policy + which secures the largest amount of work to be done at home is the + policy which will secure to laboring men steady employment and the + best wages? [Cheers and cries of "That is right!"] A policy which will + transfer work from our mines and our factories to foreign mines and + foreign factories inevitably tends to the depression of wages here. + [Applause and cries of "That is true!"] These are truths that do not + require profound study. + + Having here a land that throws about the workingman social and + political conditions more favorable than are found elsewhere, if we + can preserve also more favorable industrial conditions we shall secure + the highest interests of our working classes. [Great cheering.] What, + after all, is the best evidence of a nation's prosperity, and the + best guarantee of social order, if it is not an intelligent, thrifty, + contented working class? Can we look for contentment if the workman + is only able to supply his daily necessities by his daily toil, but + is not able in the vigor of youth to lay up a store against old age? + A condition of things that compels the laborer to contemplate want, + as an incident of sickness or disability, is one that tends to social + disorder. [Applause and cries of "That is so!"] You are called upon + now to consider these problems. I will not debate them in detail, + others will. I can only commend them to your thoughtful consideration. + Think upon them; conclude for yourselves what policy as to our tariff + legislation will best subserve your interests, the interests of your + families, and the greatness and glory of the Nation of which you are + citizens. [Cheers.] + + My colored friends who are here to-day, the emancipation of the + slave removed from our country that which tended to degrade labor. All + men are now free; you are thrown upon your own resources; the avenues + of intelligence and of business success are open to all. I notice + that the party to which we belong has been recently reproached by the + suggestion that we have not thoroughly protected the colored man in + the South. This has been urged as a reason why the colored people + should join the Democratic party. I beg the gentlemen who urge that + plea to answer this question: Against whom is it that the Republican + party has been unable, as you say, to protect your race? [Applause and + cries of "Good! Good!"] Thanking you again for this demonstration and + for your friendly expressions, I will, if it be your pleasure, drop + this formal method of communication and take my Clay County friends by + the hand. [Great cheering.] + +The Clay County miners had not concluded their reception before a +delegation of several hundred arrived from Bloomington, Illinois, +headed by the John A. Logan Club, under the lead of General Geo. F. +Dick, William Maddox, John A. Fullwiller, M. B. Herr, and Dr. F. C. +Vandervoort. Their orator was Dr. W. H. H. Adams, formerly President of +the Illinois Wesleyan University. General Harrison, replying, said: + + _My Bloomington Friends_--When I received here, yesterday, a very + large delegation from Illinois, I expressed the opinion that they + must be the "rest of the people of Illinois that had not been here + before." I suppose you are a remnant that could not get into line + yesterday. I thank you as I have thanked those who preceded you, for + the interest which the people of your State have manifested, and + for your cordial fellowship with Indiana. I will not discuss the + issues of the campaign. You have already thought upon the platforms + of the two parties. Some of you have perhaps taken your politics by + inheritance. It is now a good time to review the situation. We have + the same interests as citizens. Let us all consider the history and + declarations of the great parties and thoughtfully conclude which is + more likely to promote the general interests of our people. That is + the test. The British Parliament does not legislate with a view to + advance the interests of the people of the United States. [Cries of + "No, never!"] They--rightly--have in view the interest of that empire + over which Victoria reigns. Should we not, also, as Americans, in our + legislation, consider first the interests of our people? We invite + the thoughtful attention of those who have hitherto differed with us + as to these questions. Our interests are bound together. That which + promotes the prosperity of the community in which you dwell in kindly + association with your Democratic friends promotes your interests and + theirs alike. Thanking you for this visit, I will ask you to excuse me + from further speech. [Applause.] + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, JULY 27. + + +Kosciusko County, Indiana, contributed two thousand visitors on the +twenty-seventh of July, under the leadership of Capt. C. W. Chapman, +James H. Cisney, Reub. Williams, Louis Ripple, J. E. Stevenson, Wm. +B. Wood, T. Loveday, John Wynant, Charles Adams, Nelson Richhart, +Captain A. S. Miller, Clinton Lowe, P. L. Runyon, James A. Cook, Frank +McGee, and John Burbaker, all of Warsaw. Judge H. S. Biggs made the +presentation address. General Harrison replied as follows: + + _Mr. Biggs and my Kosciusko County Friends_--I did not need to be + assured of the friendliness of the Republicans of your county. It has + been evidenced too many times in the past. Before the convention at + Chicago the Republicans of your county gave me the assurance that my + nomination would meet the cordial approbation of your people. I am + glad to welcome you here to-day, and regret that your journey hither + has been so tedious. You are proud of the State in which you dwell; + proud of her institutions of learning; proud of her great benevolent + institutions, which I notice by one of these banners you have pledged + yourselves to protect from party spoliation and degradation. [Applause + and cries of "Good! Good!"] But while we have much that is cause for + congratulation, we are not enjoying that full equality of civil rights + in the State of Indiana to which we are entitled. + + Our Government is a representative government. Delegates in Congress + and members of our State Senate and House of Representatives are + apportioned to districts, and the National and State Constitutions + contemplate that these districts shall be equal, so that, as far as + possible, each citizen shall have, in his district, the same potency + in choosing a Member of Congress or of our State Legislature as is + exercised by a voter in any other district. We do not to-day have that + condition of things. The apportionment of our State for legislative + and congressional purposes is unfair, and is known to be unfair to + all men. No candid Democrat can defend it as a fair apportionment. It + was framed to be unequal, it was designed to give to the citizens of + favored districts an undue influence. It was intended to discriminate + against Republicans. It is not right that it should be so. I hope the + time is coming, and has even now arrived, when the great sense of + justice which possesses our people will teach men of all parties that + party success is not to be promoted at the expense of an injustice to + any of our citizens. [Applause.] These things take hold of government. + If we would maintain that respect for the law which is necessary to + social order, our people must understand that each voter has his full + and equal influence in determining what the law shall be. I hope this + question will not be forgotten by our people until we have secured + in Indiana a fair apportionment for legislative and congressional + purposes. [Cheers.] When the Republicans shall secure the power of + making an apportionment, I hope and believe that the experiment of + seeking a party advantage by a public injustice will not be repeated. + [Great applause and cries of "Good! Good!"] + + There are some other questions affecting suffrage, too, to which my + attention has, from circumstances, been particularly attracted. There + are in the Northwest several Territories organized under public law + with defined boundaries. They have been filled up with the elect of + our citizens--the brave, the enterprising and intelligent young men + from all the States. Many of the veterans of the late war have sought + under our beneficent homestead law new homes in the West. Several of + these Territories have been for years possessed of population, wealth, + and all the requisites for admission as States. When the Territory + of Indiana took the census which was the basis for its petition for + admission to the Union we had less than 64,000 people; we had only + thirteen organized counties. In the Territory of South Dakota there + are nearly half a million people. For years they have been knocking + for admission to the sisterhood of States. + + They are possessed of all the elements of an organized and + stable community. It has more people, more miles of railroad, more + post-offices, more churches, more banks, more wealth, than any + Territory ever possessed when it was admitted to the Union. It + surpasses some of the States in these particulars. Four years ago, + when a President was to be chosen, the Committee on Territories in + the Senate, to meet the objection of our Democratic friends that the + admission of Dakota would add a disturbing element to the Electoral + College, provided in the Dakota bill that its organization should be + postponed until after the election; now four years more have rolled + around, and our people are called again to take part in a presidential + election, and the intelligent and patriotic Dakota people are again to + be deprived of any participation. I ask you why this is so? Is not the + answer obvious? [Cries of "Yes!"] They are disfranchised and deprived + of their appropriate influence in the Electoral College only because + the prevailing sentiment in the Territory is Republican. [Cries + of "That's right!" "That's the reason!"] The cause of Washington + Territory is more recent but no less flagrant. If we appropriately + express sympathy with the cause of Irish home rule, shall we not + also demand home rule for Dakota and Washington, and insist that + their disfranchisement shall not be prolonged? [Applause.] There is a + sense of justice, of fairness, that will assert itself against these + attempts to coin party advantage out of public wrong. The day when men + can be disfranchised or shorn of their political power for opinion's + sake must have an end in our country. [Cheers.] I thank you again for + your call, and if you will observe the arrangement which has been + suggested I will be glad to take each of you by the hand. I know that + some of you are fasting, and therefore we will shorten these exercises + in order that you may obtain needed refreshments. [Cheers.] + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, JULY 28. + + +Jennings County, Indiana, was represented on the above date by a large +delegation under the auspices of the Harrison and Morton Clubs of Vernon +and North Vernon. The leaders of their delegation were Fred H. Nauer, J. +C. Cope, C. E. Wagner, W. G. Norris, Dr. T. C. Bachelder, T. A. Pearce, +P. C. McGannon, and Prof. Amos Saunders. Hon. Frank E. Little, President +of the North Vernon Club, delivered the address. General Harrison, in +response, said: + + _My Friends_--It is a source of regret to me that I can do so + little to compensate those who take the trouble to visit me. I need + hardly say to you that I very highly appreciate this evidence of your + friendliness and also the kind words which you have addressed to me + through your representative. Jennings County has a history of which + it may well be proud. It has contributed to the city of Indianapolis + some of our most distinguished and useful men. Your spokesman has + not exaggerated the fidelity and steadfastness of the people of your + county. Your republicanism has been as straight as the walls of your + cliffs [applause] and as solid as the limestone with which your hills + are buttressed. [Applause.] + + You have said to me that you are in favor of a free and equal + ballot the country over. We are so related in our Government that + any disturbance of the suffrage anywhere directly affects us all. Our + Members of Congress pass upon questions that are as wide as the domain + over which our flag floats. Therefore, our interest in the choice of + these representatives is not limited to our own districts. If the + debate upon public questions is to be of value the voter must be free + to register his conclusion. The tribunal which is to pronounce upon + the argument must not be coerced. + + You have said to me that you favor the doctrine of protection. The + Republican party stands for the principles of protection. We believe + in the preservation of the American market for our American producers + and workmen. [Applause and cries of "That's it!"] We believe that + the development of home manufactures tends directly to promote the + interest of agriculture by furnishing a home market for the products + of the farm, and thus emancipating our farmers from the transportation + charges which they must pay when their products seek distant markets. + [Applause.] + + We are confronted now with a Treasury surplus. Our position is + exceptional. We are not seeking, as many other nations are, new + subjects of taxation, new sources of revenue. Our quest is now how, + wisely, to reduce our national revenue. The attempt has been made to + use this surplus as a lever to overturn the protective system. The + promoters of this scheme, while professing a desire to diminish the + surplus, have acted as if their purpose was to increase it in part by + opposing necessary and legitimate appropriations. I agree that there + is danger that a surplus may promote extravagance, but I do not find + myself in sympathy with that policy that denies the appropriation + necessary for the proper defence of our people, and for the convenient + administration of our public affairs throughout the country, in order + that the threat of a surplus may be used for a sinister purpose. I + believe that in reducing our revenues to the level of our needful + and proper expenditures we can and should continue to favor and + protect our industries. I do not like to entrust this work to those + who declare protective duties to be vicious "legalized robbery." The + Republican party has by its legislation shown its capacity wisely to + reduce our revenues and at the same time to preserve the American + system. [Applause.] It can be trusted to do the work that remains, and + to do it wisely. [Applause.] + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, JULY 31. + + +The last delegation in July came from Henry County, Indiana, two +thousand strong, headed by C. S. Hernley, W. H. Elliott, Hon. Eugene +Bundy, Judge Mark E. Forkner, A. Abernathy, A. D. Osborn, O. P. M. +Hubbard, David Luellen, O. B. Mooney, and Captain Armstrong, all of New +Castle. Gen. William H. Grose was their orator. + +In his response General Harrison at this early day out-lined his views +upon reciprocal trade relations with South American nations--views which +were afterwards successfully, and with great profit to our people, put +into effect through the celebrated reciprocity treaties with Brazil, +Venezuela and other countries. + +Repeated outbursts of enthusiasm punctured his address. He said: + + _Comrade Grose and my Henry County Friends_--If we have here any + discouraged statesman who takes a despondent view of the future of the + country, I think he would recover his hopefulness if he could look, + once in a while, into the face of an audience like this. [Applause.] + + You came from a county that has been a bulwark of republicanism + since the party was organized. You had an early element in your + population that has done much to promote your material interests, and, + much more, to lift up those principles that relate to the purity of + the home and to the freedom of men. The Friends, who have been and + are so large and so influential an element in your population and in + the counties surrounding it, are a people notable for the purity of + their home life and for their broad and loving sympathy with all men. + They were the early enemies of slavery, and they have always naturally + been the strength of the Republican party in the community where they + reside. Your spokesman has expressed your continued interest in the + party to which some of you gave the confidence of your matured powers + and some of you the early devotion of your youth. The Republican party + has accomplished for the country a great work in the brief period of + its life. It preserved the Nation by a wise, courageous and patriotic + administration. What that means for you and your posterity, what it + means for the world, no man can tell. It would have been a climax of + disaster for the world if this Government of the people had perished. + The one unsolved experiment of free government was solved. We have + demonstrated the capacity of the people and a citizen soldiery to + maintain inviolate the unity of the Republic. [Applause.] + + There remain now, fortunately, chiefly economic questions to be + thought of and to be settled. We refer to the great war, not in any + spirit of hostility to any section or any class of men, but only + because we believe it to be good for the whole country that loyalty + and fidelity to the flag should be honored. [Great applause.] It was + one of the great triumphs of the war, a particular in which our war + was distinguished from all other wars of history, that we brought the + vanquished into the same full, equal citizenship under the law that we + maintained for ourselves. + + In all the addresses which have been made to me there has been some + reference to the great question of the protection of our American + industries. I see it upon the banners which you carry. Our party + stands unequivocally, without evasion or qualification, for the + doctrine that the American market shall be preserved for our American + producers. [Great applause.] We are not attracted by the suggestion + that we should surrender to foreign producers the best market in the + world. Our sixty millions of people are the best buyers in the world, + and they are such because our working classes receive the best wages. + _But we do not mean to be content with our own market. We should seek + to promote closer and more friendly commercial relations with the + Central and South American States._ [Applause.] And what is essential + to that end? Regular mails are the first condition of commerce. + + The merchant must know when his order will be received, and when his + consignment will be returned, or there can be no trade between distant + communities. What we need, therefore, is the establishment of American + steamship lines between our ports and the ports of Central and South + America. [Applause.] Then it will no longer be necessary that an + American minister, commissioned to an American State, shall take an + English ship to Liverpool to find another English ship to carry him to + his destination. We are not to be frightened by the use of that ugly + word "subsidy." [Laughter.] We should pay to American steamship lines + a liberal compensation for carrying our mails, instead of turning them + over to British tramp steamships. [Applause.] We do not desire to + dominate these neighboring governments; we do not desire to deal with + them in any spirit of aggression. _We desire those friendly political, + mental, and commercial relations which shall promote their interests + equally with ours._ We should not longer forego those commercial + relations and advantages which our geographical relations suggest and + make so desirable. If you will excuse me from further public speech I + will be glad to take by the hand my Henry County friends. [Cheers.] + +Mr. Harrison arrived home--after the Henry County reception in +University Park--in time to welcome his guest, Gen. R. A. Alger of +Michigan, the distinguished gentlemen meeting for the first time. In the +afternoon several hundred of the Henry County visitors, escorted by the +local clubs, marched to the Harrison residence to pay their respects to +General Alger. + +In introducing his guest General Harrison said: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--I have had the pleasure to-day to receive + in my own home a distinguished citizen of a neighboring State; + distinguished not only for his relation to the civil administration of + affairs in his State, but also as one of those conspicuous soldiers + contributed by Michigan to the armies of the Union when our national + life was in peril. I am sure you will be glad to make broader the + welcome I have given him, and to show him that he has a warm place in + the affections of our Indiana people. Let me present to you General + Alger of Michigan. [Prolonged applause.] + +General Alger responded as follows: + + _Gentlemen_--I thank you very much for this cordial greeting. I + thank you very kindly, General Harrison, for the pleasant words you + have said of me personally. I wish to say--as you would know if you + lived in Michigan--that I am not a speechmaker. I composed a few + speeches some weeks ago, and General Harrison has been delivering them + ever since. [Laughter.] After reading his speeches carefully, each + one of them a gem of concentrated thought, I have made up my mind + that the Chicago Convention made no mistake. [Applause.] We have not + held any _post-mortem_ in our State. We are glad that we have such a + gallant candidate, a man in whose composition no flaw can be found, + in whose life no act or word can be adversely criticised. We are as + proud in Michigan of your candidate--who is our candidate also--as we + could possibly be were any other man in the universe named. We are all + Harrison men in Michigan now; and the place he has in our hearts is + just as warm as though he lived within our own borders. [Applause.] + You Hoosiers have no patent upon this. [Applause.] The people of the + United States have a great crisis before them. The question as to the + life and prosperity of our industrial institutions is at stake. We + have, as we have always had, since this country was worth caring for, + the opposition of the English Government. + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, AUGUST 1. + + +The month of August opened with two thousand visitors from Morgan and +Brown counties, including thirty survivors of General Harrison's former +regiment. The several clubs comprising the Brown County delegation were +led by Norman J. Roberts, Leander Woods, Wm. Griffin, E. D. Turner, and +C. W. Mackenzie of Nashville. + +Prominent in the Morgan County detachment were W. W. Kennedy, W. C. +Banta, John Hardwick, M. G. Branch, David Wilson, H. C. Hodges, R. C. +Griffitt, J. G. Bain, John S. Newby, J. G. Kennedy, U. M. Hinson, Merwin +Rowe, Hon. J. H. Jordan, H. R. Butler, W. C. Barnett, John C. Comer, +Geo. Mitchell, and J. I. Hilton of Martinsville. Hon. G. A. Adams spoke +for the visitors. + +General Harrison, responding, said: + + _Mr. Adams and my Morgan and Brown County Friends_--In previous + campaigns I have not put you to the trouble to come and see me. My + habit has been to go to you, and it has been my pleasure often to + discuss before you the issues that were involved in our campaigns. The + limitations which are upon me now prevent me from following this old + habit, and put you, who desire to see me, to the trouble of coming + here. My associations with the county of Morgan have been very close. + Among its citizens are some of my most devoted personal and political + friends. There are also in your county a large number of my comrades, + to whom I am bound by the very close ties that must always unite those + who marched under the same regimental banner. Your county furnished + two companies for the Seventieth Indiana--brave, true men, commanded + by intelligent and capable officers, and having in the ranks of both + companies men as capable of command as any who wore shoulder-straps + in the regiment. These men, together with their comrades of the + Thirty-third and other regiments that were recruited in your county, + went into the service from very high motives. They heard the call of + their country, saying: "He that loveth father or mother or wife or + child or houses or lands more than me is not worthy of me," and they + were found worthy by this supreme test. Many of you were so careless + of a money recompense for the service you offered and gave that when + you lifted your hands and swore to protect and defend the Constitution + and the flag you didn't even know what your pay was to be. [Cries + of "That's so!"] If there was any carefulness or thought in that + direction it was only that the necessary provision might be made for + those you left at home. No sordid impulse, no low emotion, called you + to the field. [Applause.] In remembering all the painful ways in which + you walked, ways of toil, and suffering, and sickness, and dying, to + emerge into the glorious sunlight of that great day at Washington, we + must not forget that in the homes you left there were also sacrifices + and sufferings. Anxiety dwelt perpetually with those you left behind. + We remember gratefully the sacrifices and sufferings of the fathers + and mothers who sent you to the field, and, much more, of the wives + who bravely gave up to the country the most cherished objects of their + love. And now peace has come; no hand is lifted against the flag; the + Constitution is again supreme and the Nation one. My countrymen, it is + no time now to use an apothecary's scale to weigh the rewards of the + men who saved the country. [Applause.] + + If you will pardon me I will not further follow the line of remarks + suggested by the kind words you have addressed to me through your + representative. I notice the limitation which your spokesman has put + upon you, but I beg to assure him and you that I am not so worn that I + have not the strength to greet any of you who may desire to greet me. + [Great applause.] + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, AUGUST 3. + + +On the third of August, with the mercury registering ninety-nine +degrees, thirty-five hundred visitors arrived from Montgomery and +Clinton counties, Indiana. Their parade, carrying miniature log-cabins +and other emblems, was one of the most enthusiastic demonstrations of +the campaign. Fifty voters of 1840 headed the column led by Major D. +K. Price, aged 92. The Montgomery County delegation was marshalled by +John H. Burford, W. W. Thornton, T. H. B. McCain, John S. Brown, E. P. +McClarkey, John Johnson, J. R. Bonnell, D. W. Roundtree, T. H. Ristine, +H. M. Billingsley, Dumont Kennedy, and Clerk Hulett of Crawfordsville. +Their spokesman was Hon. Peter S. Kennedy. + +Among the Clinton County leaders were Albert H. Coble, Edward R. Burns, +A. T. Dennis, Wm. H. Staley, R. P. Shanklin, S. A. Coulton, J. W. +Harrison, J. T. Hockman, Nicholas Rice, Ambrose Colby, Oliver Hedgecock, +and Dr. Gard of Frankfort. Judge J. C. Suit was their orator. + +In reply to their addresses General Harrison said: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--These daily and increasing delegations coming + to witness their interest in the great issues which are presented for + their consideration and determination, and bearing as they do to me + their kind personal greetings, quite overmatch my ability to fittingly + greet and respond to them. + + You are here from every walk in life. Some of you have achieved + success in the mechanical arts, some in professional pursuits, and + more of you come from that first great pursuit of man--the tilling of + the soil--and you come to express the thought that you have common + interests; that these diverse pursuits are bound together harmoniously + in a common governmental policy and administration. Your interests + have had a harmonious and an amazing growth under that protective + system to which your representatives have referred, and you wisely + demand a continuation of that policy for their further advancement + and development. [Applause.] You are in large part members of the + Republican party. You have in the past contributed your personal + influence, as well as your ballots, to the great victories which it + has won. Among the great achievements of our party I think we may + worthily mention the passage of that beneficent act of legislation + known as the "homestead law." It was impossible to the old parties. + It was possible only to a party composed of the sturdy yeomanry of + the free States. [Applause.] It has populated our Territories and + newer States with the elect of our citizenship. It opened a way + to an ownership of the soil to a vast number of our citizens, and + there is no surer bond in the direction of good citizenship than + that our people should have property in the soil upon which they + live. It is one of the best elements of our strength as a State + that our farm-lands are so largely possessed in small tracts, and + are tilled by the men who own them. It is one of the best evidences + of the prosperity of our cities that so large a proportion of the + men who work are covered by their own roof trees. If we would + perpetuate this condition, we must maintain the American scale of + wages. [Applause.] The policy of the subdivision of the soil is one + that tends to strengthen our national life. God grant that it may be + long before we have in this country a tenantry that is hopelessly + such from one generation to another. [Applause.] That condition of + things which makes Ireland a land of tenants, and which holds in + vast estates the lands of England, must never find footing here. + [Applause.] Small farms invite the church and the school-house into + the neighborhood. Therefore, it was in the beginning the Republican + party declared for free homes of a quarter-section each. That policy + should be perpetuated as long as our public domain lasts, and all our + legislation should tend in the direction which I have indicated. I + cannot discuss all the important questions to which you have called my + attention. I have before alluded to some of them. My Montgomery and + Clinton county friends, I thank you for the cordial and hopeful words + you have addressed to me. My highest ambition is to be found worthy of + your respect and confidence. [Applause.] + + To these veterans of 1840 who kindly transfer to this the interest + they felt in that campaign, to these first voters who come to join us + with the high impulses of youth, I desire to extend my sincere thanks. + [Applause.] + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, AUGUST 4. + + +The most remarkable night demonstration of the campaign occurred August +4, the occasion being the visit of the Harrison and Morton Railroad +Club of Terre Haute, a thousand strong. They were met by twelve hundred +members of the Indianapolis Railroad Club, and, escorted by several +thousand citizens, marched to the Harrison residence. + +At the head of the column rolled the model of a monster locomotive, +emitting fire and smoke and bearing the significant number 544, Hundreds +of stores and residences along the line of march were illuminated. + +At the head of the visiting club marched its officers: President, D. +T. Downs; Secretary, Chas. E. Carter; Treasurer, Benj. McKeen; and +Vice-Presidents, R. B. Woolsey, J. L. Pringle, J. N. Evanhart, E. G. +South, L. M. Murphy, H. M. Kearns, George Leckert, and W. H. Miller. + +President Downs delivered an address and presented an engrossed copy of +the club roster. General Harrison spoke from a stand in front of his +residence, and said: + + _Mr. Downs, Gentlemen of the Terre Haute Railroad Club, and + Fellow-citizens_--I am amazed and gratified at the character of this + demonstration to-night. I do not find words to express the emotions + which swell in my heart as I look into your faces and listen to the + kindly greetings which you have given me through your representative. + He has not spoken in too high praise of the railroad men of the United + States. The character of the duties they are called to discharge + require great intelligence, in many departments the best skill in the + highest mechanic arts, and in all, even in the lowest grade of labor + in connection with railroad management, there is required, for the + safety of the public who entrust themselves to your care, fidelity + and watchfulness, not only in the day, but in the darkness. The man + who attends the switch, the trackman who observes the condition of + the track--all these have put into their charge and keeping the + lives of men and women and the safety of our commerce. Therefore it + is that the exigencies of the service in which you are engaged have + operated to select and call into the service of our great railroad + corporations a picked body of men. I gratefully acknowledge to-night + the service you render to the country of which I am a citizen. The + great importance of the enterprises with which you are connected have + already suggested to our legislators that they owe duties to you as + well as to the travelling and mercantile public. The Congress of the + United States has, under that provision of the Constitution which + commits to its care all foreign and interstate commerce, undertaken + to regulate the great interstate railroads in the interest of equal + and fair competition and in the equal interest of all members of our + communities. I do not doubt that certain and necessary provisions + for the safety of the men who operate these roads will yet be made + compulsory by public and general law. [Applause.] The dangers + connected with your calling are very great, and the public interest, + as well as your own, requires that they should be reduced to the + minimum. I do not doubt that we shall yet require that uniformity + in the construction of railroad cars that will diminish the danger + of those who must pass between them in order to make up trains. + [Applause.] I do not doubt, either, that as these corporations are + not private corporations, but are recognized by the law to which I + have referred and by the uniform decisions of our courts as having + public relations, we shall yet see legislation in the direction of + providing some suitable tribunal of arbitration for the settlement of + differences between railroad men and the companies that engage their + services. [Great applause.] I believe that in these directions, and + others that I have not time to suggest, reforms will work themselves + out, with exact justice to the companies and with justice to the + men they employ. Because, my friends, I do not doubt--and I hope + you will never allow yourselves to doubt--that the great mass of + our people, of all vocations and callings, love justice and right + and hate oppression. [Applause.] The laboring men of this land may + safely trust every just reform in which they are interested to public + discussion and to the logic of reason; they may surely hope, upon + these lines, which are open to you by the ballot-box, to accomplish + under our American institutions all those right things you have + conceived as necessary to your highest success and well-being. Do not + allow yourselves to doubt, for one moment, the friendly sentiment of + the great masses of our people. Make your appeal wisely, and calmly, + and boldly, for every reform you desire, to that sentiment of justice + which pervades our American public. [Applause.] + + You come to-night from one of our most beautiful Indiana cities. + It was built on the Wabash in the expectation that that stream would + furnish the channel of its communication with the outside world. + But the Wabash is a small tributary to-day to the commerce of Terre + Haute. The railroads that span it are the great vehicles of your + commerce. They have largely superseded the water communication that + was deemed so important in the first settlement, and, perhaps, was so + decisive in the location of your city. Terre Haute is conspicuous for + its industries. The smoke of your factories goes up night and day. + The farms about your city have become gardens, and the cordial and + harmonious relations between the railroad shop and the factory and + the farms that lie about have a conspicuous illustration with you. + You have found that that policy which built up these shops, which + maintains them, which secures the largest output yearly from the + factories, which gives employment to the largest number of men, is + the best thing not only for the railroads that do the transportation, + but for the workingmen, who find steady employment at good wages, + and for the farmers, who supply their needs. [Applause.] You will + not willingly be led to believe that any policy that would check + the progress and the prosperity of these enterprises is good for + you or for the community in which you live. [Applause and cries of + "No, never!"] It will be hard to convince such an intelligent body + of workingmen that a policy which would transfer from this country + to any other the work that might be done here is good for them. + [Applause.] It can easily be demonstrated that if our revenue laws + were so adjusted that the imports from Great Britain should be doubled + it would be good for the workingmen of England, but I think it would + be hard to demonstrate that it would be good for the workingmen of + America. [Applause.] There is a wise selfishness; it begins at home, + and he who has the care of his own family first, of the community in + which he lives, of the nation of which he is a citizen, is wise in his + generation. + + Now, my friends, I have been daily talking. I used to be thought by + my friends to be a reticent man. [Laughter.] I fear I am making an + impression that I am garrulous. [Cries of "No! No!"] And yet, when + friends such as you take the trouble you have to-night to visit me, I + feel that I owe it to you to say something. + + Now, thanking you for this roster, which will furnish authentic + evidence, if it is challenged, that this visit to-night has been from + genuine railroad men [applause], I venture to invite my Terre Haute + friends to enter my house. I will ask the citizens of Indianapolis, + the escort club of my own home, railroad friends who have done so + much to make your coming here to-night pleasant, to kindly refrain + themselves, and allow me to greet the visitors. In order that that + may be accomplished, I will ask some of my Terre Haute friends to + place themselves by the door, that I may meet those who are of their + company. The others I have seen, or will see some other day. + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, AUGUST 6. + + +Monday, August 6, General Harrison received a visit from one hundred +members of the Kansas City Blaine Club, accompanied by many ladies, _en +route_ to New York to welcome the Maine statesman on his return from +Europe. Col. R. H. Hunt led the club, and delivered a stirring address +on behalf of the Republicans of Missouri. On concluding he introduced +Miss Abbie Burgess, who presented the General a beautiful badge +inscribed "The Kansas City Blaine Club Greet Their Next President." +Miss Burgess made the presentation in the name of the working-women of +America. + +General Harrison responded briefly to these addresses, stating that he +found he had been talking a great deal of late; "but," he added, "I +never begin it; some one else always starts it." He returned his cordial +thanks to the visitors for the compliment of their call. + +Speaking of the trip which the visitors were making, he commended its +purpose in meeting upon his return to America "that matchless defender +of Republican principles--James G. Blaine." He felt sure that no +circumstance would be omitted in doing him merited honor. He was glad to +know that the Republicans of Missouri are so zealous and aggressive. He +believed that they had, perhaps, too much acquiesced in the majorities +against them, and had not offered such resistance as would prove their +own strength. In the coming canvass he thought the economic questions +at issue ought to work to the interest of Republicans in Missouri and +overcome in part the prevailing Democratic prejudices there. He also +expressed the hope that the race question would cease to divide men by +prejudices that should long ago have become extinct. + +In reply to Miss Burgess' address the General expressed his grateful +appreciation of the souvenir, and said that the women of the land could +never be forgotten. To those of them who are toilers for their daily +bread the first thought goes out in considering the question that +involves depreciation of wages, and concluded by declaring if cheaper +coats and cheaper garments were to be had by still further reducing +the wages of the sewing-women of America, then he was not in favor of +cheaper apparel. + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, AUGUST 7. + + +Indianapolis contained several thousand visitors at this period, in +attendance on the State convention; in addition to these, however, on +the seventh of August two large delegations arrived. The first came +from Tippecanoe County. The city of Lafayette was represented by the +Lincoln Club, H. C. Tinney, President; the Garfield Club, Henry Vinton, +President; and the Young Men's Republican Club Association. Among other +prominent members of the delegation were James M. Reynolds, N. I. +Throckmorton, W. H. Caulkins, Charles E. Wilson, Wm. Fraser, John B. +Sherwood, Charles Terry, John Opp, Alexander Stidham, Matt Heffner, S. +Vater, Maurice Mayerstein, Geo. A. Harrison, W. D. Hilt, P. W. Sheehan, +C. H. Henderson, Henry Marshall, J. W. Jefferson, Wm. E. Beach, John B. +Gault, and H. M. Carter. Hon. B. Wilson Smith delivered an address on +behalf of his townsmen. + +General Harrison, in his response, touched upon the origin and +principles of the Republican party. He said: + + _Mr. Smith and my Tippecanoe County Friends_--I am very grateful + for the evidence which you give me this morning by your presence, and + by the kind words which your representative has addressed to me, of + your respect and good-will. You are members, in great part, of a party + that was not machine-made. It had its birth in an impulse that stirred + simultaneously the hearts of those who loved liberty. The first + convention of our party did not organize it. Those men were great, but + they were delegates--representatives of principles which had already + asserted their power over the consciences and the hearts of the + people. [Applause.] The Republican party did not organize for spoils; + it assembled about an altar of sacrifice and in a sanctuary beset with + enemies. You have not forgotten our early battle-cry--"Free speech, + a free press, free schools and free Territories." We have widened + the last word; it is now "a free Nation." The appeals which we have + made and shall yet make are addressed to the hearts, the consciences, + and to the mind of our people. Therefore, we believe in schools + and colleges, and seminaries of learning. Education is the great + conservative and assimilating force. A doubter is not necessarily + an evil person. The capacity to doubt implies reason--the power of + solving doubts; and if the doubt is accompanied with a purpose to find + the truth and a supreme affection for the truth when it is found, he + will not go widely astray. Therefore, in our political campaigns let + men think for themselves, and the truth will assert its sway over + the minds of our people. Then everything that affects the record and + character of the candidate and the principles of the parties will + be brought to a safe tribunal whose judgment will be right. [Great + applause and cries of "Good!"] + + I am not unaware of the fact that some of you had another convention + preference, but I have always believed that convention preferences + should be free in the Republican party [applause], and that no + prejudice should follow any Republican on account of that preference. + As party men, we will judge a man by his post-convention conduct. + +The second delegation comprised fifteen hundred citizens from Vanderburg +County. The Tippecanoe Club of Evansville, with sixty veterans, led the +column. + +Leaders in the delegation were ex-Congressman Heilman, Henry S. Bennett, +Chas. H. McCarer, J. E. Iglehart, W. A. Wheeler, C. R. Howe, J. W. +Compton, S. B. Sansom, S. A. Bate, John H. Osborn, John W. Davidson, +Henry Ludwig, Wm. Koelling, A. S. Glover, J. W. Roelker, R. C. +Wilkinson, James D. Parvin, Wm. Warren, Chas. L. Roberts, and Geo. N. +Wells. + +Dr. W. G. Ralston delivered an address in the name of the delegation. + +General Harrison, in reply, said: + + _My Good Friends from the Pocket_--I feel very much complimented by + your visit to-day. Your coming here from so great a distance involved + much inconvenience which those who live nearer have not experienced. + You are geographically remote, but it does not follow from that that + you are remote from the sources of political influence and political + power. + + The General then spoke of the extension of the Republican party from + the lakes to the Ohio in Indiana and all over the North, saying that + geographical lines marked its limits only in the South. He said that + the people of Vanderburg County, living as they did on the Ohio River, + a river that some men sought to make the division line between two + governments, knew what it was to guard their homes and what it was to + send out veterans from the sturdy yeomanry to the defence of their + country. He referred in the highest terms to General Shackelford and + his service in the hour of his country's need. "I greet you to-day," + he continued, "as Republicans--men whose judgment and conscience + compel their political opinions. It does not fall to my lot now to + argue or discuss at length any of the great political questions of + the day. I have done that in the past. It is reserved for others in + this campaign. I recall with pleasure my frequent visits to you and + your cordial reception when I came to speak to you. In this contest + others will maintain before you that great policy which, we believe, + dignifies every American, both at home and abroad." + + Speaking in reference to wages, General Harrison said that he + thought we often forget the women who were compelled to work for their + daily bread. He sometimes thought those persons who demand cheaper + coats would be ashamed of themselves if they could realize that their + demand cut the wages of the women who made these coats. In concluding, + he greeted and thanked the Tippecanoe Club for coming, and the + Young Men's Republican Club also, saying that he had heard of their + efficient work in the highest terms of praise. + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, AUGUST 8. + +_The Republican State Convention._ + + +The Republican State Convention convened at Tomlinson Hall, city of +Indianapolis, August 8, 1888, and concluded its work in one day. + +It was the largest attended and most enthusiastic convention ever held +in Indiana. Hon. Wm. H. Calkins of Indianapolis was chosen Chairman, +and Mark L. De Motte of Valparaiso Secretary. The following ticket was +nominated, and in November triumphantly elected: + +_Governor_--Alvin P. Hovey, Posey County. + +_Lieutenant-Governor_--Ira J. Chase, Hendricks County. + +_Secretary of State_--Charles F. Griffin, Lake County. + +_Auditor of State_--Bruce Carr, Orange County. + +_Treasurer_--J. A. Lemcke, Vanderburg County. + +_Attorney-General_--L. T. Michner, Shelby County. + +_Superintendent Public Instruction_--H. M. LaFollette, Boone County. + +_Reporter Supreme Court_--John L. Griffiths, Marion County. + + +JUDGES OF SUPREME COURT. + +_First District_--Silas T. Coffey, Clay County. + +_Second District_--J. G. Berkshire, Jennings County. + +_Fourth District_--Walter Olds, Whitely County. + +_Electors-at-Large_--James M. Shackelford, Vanderburg County; Thomas H. +Nelson, Vigo County. + +Judge Gardner, a delegate from Daviess County, introduced a resolution, +which was unanimously adopted midst great enthusiasm, inviting General +Harrison to visit the convention, and designating Hon. Richard W. +Thompson, John W. Linck and E. P. Hammond a committee to convey the +invitation. + +On the platform, with the presiding officer, to meet the distinguished +guest were the Hon. James N. Huston, Hon. John M. Butler, Hon. Will +Cumback, William Wallace, Hon. W. P. Fishback, Hon. A. C. Harris, Rev. +Dr. Backus, Judge E. B. Martindale, General Thomas Bennett, Judge J. H. +Jordan, and the Republican State officials. + +The entrance of General Harrison, escorted by the committee, was +followed by a tumultuous scene rarely witnessed outside of a national +convention, the demonstration lasting nearly ten minutes. Chairman +Calkins finally succeeded in introducing--"the next President"--and +General Harrison spoke as follows: + + _Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Convention_--When I received + your invitation to appear for a moment before you I felt that what + you asked could not involve any indelicacy, and as it offered me the + only opportunity which I shall have to look into the faces of my + Indiana Republican friends here assembled, I could not find it in + my heart to deny myself the pleasure of spending a moment in your + presence. [Applause.] This enthusiastic and kindly reception crowns + a long series of friendly acts on the part of my Republican friends + of Indiana. To have your confidence is very grateful to me, to be + worthy of your confidence is the highest ambition I can set before me. + [Applause.] Whatever may befall me, I feel that my fellow-citizens of + Indiana have crowned me and made me forever their debtor. [Applause.] + But I must not detain you from the business which has brought you + here. [Cries of "Go on!"] Such an assemblage as this is characteristic + of America. What you shall do to-day will influence the prosperity and + welfare of the State. Such a meeting is a notable historical event. + We have to-day transpiring in this country two other events that are + attracting wide interest. At the chief seaport of our country that + great Republican, and that great American, James G. Blaine, returns to + his home. [Applause.] We shall not be disappointed, I hope, in hearing + his powerful voice in Indiana before the campaign is old. [Applause.] + Another scene attracts our solemn and even tearful interest, for + while you are transacting your business here to-day a draped train is + bearing from the place of his sojourn by the sea to the place of his + interment at Washington the mortal part of Philip H. Sheridan. From + the convention at Chicago we sent him our greetings and our earnest + prayers for his restoration. To-day we mourn our hero dead. You called + him then a favorite child of victory, and such he was. He was one of + those great commanders who, upon the field of battle, towered a very + god of war. [Applause.] He was one of those earnest fighters for his + country who did not at the end of his first day's fight contemplate + rest and recuperation for his own command. He rested and refreshed + his command with the wine of victory, and found recuperation in the + dispersion of the enemy that confronted him. [Great applause.] This + gallant son of Ireland and America [great applause] has written a + chapter in the art of war that will not fail to instruct and to + develop, when the exigencies may come again, others who shall repeat + in defence of our flag his glorious achievements. [Great applause.] + + And now, Mr. President, and gentlemen, I am sure the heat of this + hall and the labors that are before you suggest to you, as they do + to me, that I shall close these remarks and bid you good-by. [Great + applause.] + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, AUGUST 14. + + +Godfrey Commandery, Knights Templars, of Chicago, colored men, _en +route_ to the Grand Conclave at Louisville, paid their respects to +General Harrison on the 13th, and were individually presented by Eminent +Commander H. S. Cooper. On August 14 the visitors aggregated 6,000. + +The first delegation came from Hamilton County, Indiana, headed by +eighty veterans of the Tippecanoe Club, Charles Swain, President. There +were nine Lincoln League organizations in line. Among the leaders were +J. K. Bush, J. E. Walker, F. B. Pfaff, J. R. Christian, Benj. Goldsmith, +Ike Hiatt, and C. R. Davis, of Noblesville, and Captain Carl, of +Arcadia. Hon. J. R. Gray was their spokesman. + +General Harrison, in reply, said: + + _Colonel Gray and my Hamilton County Friends_--The demonstration + which you have made this morning is worthy of Hamilton County; it is + worthy of the great party to which you have given the consent of your + minds and the love of your hearts; it is altogether more than worthy + of him whom you have come to greet. You come from a county that, as + your spokesman has said, is greatly favored, a county rich in its + agricultural capacity; but, as I look into your faces this morning + I turn from the contemplation of material wealth to the thought of + those things that are higher and better. [Applause and cries of "Good! + Good!"] Not long ago a distinguished Englishman and jurist visited our + country. On the eve of his return, in a public address, he alluded to + the fact that wherever he went he was asked whether he was not amazed + at the great size of our country. This student of law and government + very kindly, but very decidedly, rebuked this too prevalent pride of + bulk, and called our attention to the finer and higher things that he + had observed in our American civilization. + + So to-day, as I look into these intelligent faces, my thoughts + are turned away from those things that are scheduled, that have + their places in our census returns, to those things which belong + to the higher man--his spiritual and moral nature. [Applause.] I + congratulate you, not so much upon the rich farm lands of your + county as upon your virtuous and happy homes. [Applause.] The home is + the best, as it is the first, school of good citizenship. It is the + great conservative and assimilating force. I should despair for my + country if American citizens were to be trained only in our schools, + valuable as their instruction is. It is in the home that we first + learn obedience and respect for law. Parental authority is the type of + beneficent government. It is in the home that we learn to love, in the + mother that bore us, that which is virtuous, consecrated, and pure. + [Applause.] I take more pride in the fact that the Republican party + has always been the friend and protector of the American home than in + aught else. [Applause.] By the beneficent homestead law it created + more than half a million of homes; by the Emancipation Proclamation it + converted a million cattle-pens into homes. [Applause] And it is still + true to those principles that will preserve contentment and prosperity + in our homes. I greet you as men who have been nurtured in such homes, + and call your thought to the fact that the Republican party has always + been, and can be trusted to be, friendly to all that will promote + virtue, intelligence and morality in the homes of our people. + + Now, in view of the fact that I must greet other delegations to-day + [cries of "Don't stop!"], I am sure you will be content with these + brief remarks, though they are altogether an inadequate return for + your cordial demonstration. + +The other delegations of the day came from Macon and Douglas counties, +Illinois, numbering 3,000. A notable feature of the Douglas County +display was the tattered old battle-flag of the Twenty-first Illinois +Regiment--General Grant's original regiment--borne by seven survivors. + +Capt. T. D. Minturn, of Tuscola, was spokesman. At the head of the +Macon County column marched 300 uniformed members of the Young Men's +Republican Club of Decatur, led by Captain Wm. M. Strange and Wm. +Frazier; Prof. L. A. Estes, of Westfield, headed a company from that +town. Andrew H. Mills, of Decatur, spoke for the Macon County people. + +General Harrison said: + + _My Republican Friends_--I feel myself unable to respond suitably + to this magnificent demonstration and to those kindly words which you + have addressed to me. Public duties involve grave responsibilities. + The conscientious man will not contemplate them without seriousness. + But the man who sincerely desires to know and to do his duty may + rely upon the favoring help of God and the friendly judgment of his + fellow-citizens. [Great applause.] + + Your coming from another State and from distant homes testifies to + the observing interest which you feel in those questions which are to + be settled by the ballot in November. [Cries of "We will settle them!"] + + The confessed free-traders are very few in this country. But English + statesmen and English newspapers confidently declare that in fact we + have a great many. [Applause.] + + We are told that it is only an average reduction of seven per + cent. that is contemplated. [Laughter.] Well, if that were true, and + not a very deceptive statement, as it really is, you might fairly + ask whether this average reduction does not sacrifice some American + industry or the wages of our workingmen and working-women. You may + also fairly ask to see the free list, which does not figure in this + "average." [Applause, and cries of "That's it!"] We would have more + confidence in the protest of these reformers that they are not + "free-traders" if we could occasionally hear one of them say that + he was a protectionist [applause], or admit that our customs duties + should adequately favor our domestic industries. But they seem to be + content with a negative statement. + + Those who would, if they could, eliminate the protective principle + from our tariff laws have, in former moments of candor, described + themselves as "progressive free-traders," and it is an apt + designation. The protective system is a barrier against the flood of + foreign importations and the competition of underpaid labor in Europe. + [Applause.] Those who want to lower the dike owe it to those who live + behind it to make a plain statement of their purposes. Do they want to + invite the flood, or do they believe in the dike, but think it will + afford adequate protection at a lower level? [Great and enthusiastic + applause.] + + What I say is only suggestive. I cannot in this brief talk go into + details, or even properly limit the illustrations I have used. But + this is an appropriate and timely inquiry: With what motive, what + ultimate design, what disposition toward the principle of protection + is it that our present tariff schedule is attacked? It may be that + reductions should be made; it may be that some duties should be + increased; but we want to know whether those who propose the revision + believe in taking thought of our American workingmen in fixing the + rates, or will leave them to the chance effects of a purely revenue + tariff. [Applause.] + + Now, having spoken once already to-day, you will accept this + inadequate acknowledgment of this magnificent demonstration. + + I thank you, my Illinois friends, not only on my own behalf, but on + behalf of the Republicans of Indiana, for the great interest you have + manifested. [Applause.] + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, AUGUST 15. + + +Rush, Decatur, and Delaware counties, Indiana, contributed fully five +thousand visitors on the 15th of August. Rush County sent twenty +Republican clubs, mainly township organizations, led by one hundred +veterans of 1836 and '40. The prominent Republicans of the delegation +were Hon. John K. Gowdy, John M. Stevens, A. L. Riggs, W. J. Henley, +John F. Moses, T. M. Green, J. C. Kiplinger, J. W. Study, and G. W. +Looney, of Rushville; R. R. Spencer and J. A. Shannon, of Richland. +Judge W. A. Cullen was their spokesman. + +General Harrison, responding, said: + + _Judge Cullen and my Rush County Friends_--I am glad to see you + here--glad to be assured by him who has spoken in your behalf that + your coming here in some measure is intended as an evidence of your + personal respect for me. The respect of one's fellow-citizens, who + have opportunities to know him, is of priceless value. + + I cannot in these daily addresses enter much into public questions. + + You are Indianians, some of you by birth; some of you, like me, by + choice. You are Republicans; you have opposed always the doctrine of + State's rights; you have believed and gloried in the great citizenship + that embraces all the people of all the States. You believe that + this Government is not a confederation to be dissolved at the will + of any member of it, but a Nation having the inherent right, by + arms, if need be, to perpetuate its beneficent existence. [Great + applause.] Many of you who are here to-day have aided in vindicating + that principle upon the battle-field [cries of "Plenty of us!"], and + yet these views are not inconsistent with a just State pride. We are + proud to be Indianians, proud of the story of her progress in material + development, proud of her educational and benevolent institutions, + proud of her Christian homes, proud of her part in the Civil War. + If there has been any just cause of reproach against our State we + will all desire that it may be removed. We may fairly appeal to all + Indianians, without distinction of party, to co-operate in promoting + such public measures as are calculated to lift up the dignity and + honor and estimation of Indiana among the States of the Union. [Great + applause.] + + I will call your attention to one such subject that seems to me to + be worthy of your thought. It is the reform of our election laws. + [Applause and cries of "That's it!"] A constitutional amendment, to + which a great majority of our people gave their sanction, has removed + the impediments which stood in the way of progressive legislation in + the protection of an honest ballot in Indiana. Formerly we could not + require a definite period of residence in the voting precinct. Now we + may and have. The same amendment authorized our Legislature to enact + a just and strict registry law, which will enable the inspectors + properly to verify the claims of those who offer a ballot. Every + safeguard of law should be thrown around the ballot-box until fraud + in voting and frauds in counting shall receive the sure penalties of + law as well as the reprobation of all good men. [Great applause.] The + Republican party has always stood for election reforms. No measure + tending to secure the ballot-box against fraud has ever been opposed + by its representatives. I am not here to make imputations; I submit + this general suggestion: Find me the party that sets the gate of + election frauds open, or holds it open, and I will show you the party + that expects to drive cattle that way. [Applause.] Let us as citizens, + irrespective of party, unite to exalt the name of Indiana by making + her election laws models of justice and severity, and her elections + free from the taint of suspicion. [Great applause.] And now, as I must + presently speak to other delegations, I am sure my Rush County friends + will allow me to close these remarks. [Applause and cheers.] + +The visitors from Decatur and Delaware counties were received together. +The Decatur delegation numbered fifteen hundred, led by B. F. Bennett, +John F. Goddard, V. P. Harris, J. J. Hazelrigg, Geo. Anderson, Edward +Speer, A. G. Fisher, F. M. Sherwood, and A. S. Creath, of Greensburg. +Their spokesman was the Hon. Will Cumback. Delaware County sent twelve +organizations, conspicuous among which were the Tippecanoe Club, the +Veterans Regiment, and Lincoln Colored Club. Among the leaders of the +delegation were ex-Senator M. C. Smith, A. F. Collins, Hon. James N. +Templer, Major J. F. Wildman, Rev. T. S. Guthrie, J. D. Hoyt, Geo. F. +McCulloch, W. W. Orr, Joseph G. Lefler, Lee Coffeen, C. F. W. Neely, +Ed. R. Templer, W. H. Murray, W. H. Stokes, John S. Aldredge, J. R. +Shoemaker, Jacob Stiffler, Web S. Richey, T. H. Johnson and others, of +Muncie. Rev. N. L. Bray spoke on behalf of the Lincoln Club, but R. S. +Gregory delivered the address for the delegation as a whole. + +In reply to these several addresses General Harrison said: + + _My Friends_--The man who does not believe that the issues of this + campaign have taken a very deep hold upon the minds and upon the + hearts of the American people would do well to come and stand with + me and look into the faces of the masses who gather here. I know + nothing of the human face if I do not read again in your faces and + eyes the lesson I have read here from day to day, and it is this: That + the thinking, intelligent, God-fearing and self-respecting citizens + of this country believe there are issues at stake that demand their + earnest effort. [Applause.] A campaign that is one simply of party + management, a campaign by committees and public speakers, may fail; + but a campaign to which the men and women of the country give their + unselfish and earnest efforts can never fail. [Great applause.] + + It is no personal interest in the candidate that stirs these + emotions in your hearts; it is the belief that questions are involved + affecting your prosperity and the prosperity of your neighbors; + affecting the dignity of the nation; affecting the generation to which + you will presently leave the government which our fathers built and + you have saved. [Applause.] + + One subject is never omitted by those who speak for these visiting + delegations, viz.: the protective tariff. The purpose not to permit + American wages to be brought below the level of comfortable living, + and competence, and hope, by competition with the pauper labor of + Europe, has taken a very strong hold upon our people. [Applause.] And + of kin to this suggestion and purpose is this other: that we will not + permit this country to be made the dumping-ground of foreign pauperism + and crime. [Great applause.] There are some who profess to be eager to + exclude paupers and Chinese laborers, and at the same time advocate + a policy that brings the American workman into competition with the + product of cheap foreign labor. [Applause and cries of "That's it!"] + The disastrous effects upon our workingmen and working-women of + competition with cheap, underpaid labor are not obviated by keeping + the cheap worker over the sea if the product of his cheap labor is + allowed free competition in our market. We should protect our people + against competition with the products of underpaid labor abroad as + well as against the coming to our shores of paupers, laborers under + contract, and the Chinese labor. [Enthusiastic applause.] These two + thoughts are twin thoughts; the same logic supports both; and the + Republican party holds them as the dual conclusion of one great + argument. + + Now, gentlemen, to the first voters, who come with the high impulse + of recruits into this strife; to these old men, seasoned veterans of + many a contest, and to these colored friends, whose fidelity has been + conspicuous, I give my thanks and hearty greetings. [Applause.] There + has been a desire expressed that the reception of these delegations + should be individualized; that Delaware should be received by itself, + and Decatur separately; but that is not possible. You are one in + thought and purpose; and if I am not able to individualize your + reception by counties, I will, so far as I can, now make it absolutely + individual by greeting each one of you. + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, AUGUST 17. + + +Delegations from Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, aggregating between nine +and ten thousand visitors, paid their respects to the Republican nominee +on the seventeenth of August. + +The Ohio delegation came from Bellefontaine, Logan County, led by Judge +William Lawrence. They carried a beautiful old silk banner that had been +presented to a Logan County club at the hands of Gen. Wm. Henry Harrison +in 1840. + +Ford County, Illinois, sent a large delegation, headed by Judge A. +Sample and Col. C. Bogardus, of Paxton. The Young Men's Club--Wm. +Ramsey, President, and the Paxton League--T. T. Thompson, President, +were conspicuous in this delegation. + +The Kankakee County (Illinois) delegation, headed by the Republican club +of the City of Kankakee in campaign uniforms, was led by Judge T. S. +Sawyer, D. H. Paddock, F. S. Hatch, W. F. Kenoga, H. L. Richardson, J. +F. Leonard, R. D. Sherman, Geo. R. Letourneau, and Judge J. N. Orr. + +Morgan County, Illinois, contributed the largest delegation of the day, +over two thousand, with three drum corps, one, the Jacksonville Juvenile +Drum Corps, led by Thomas Barbour, aged 81. Prominent in the Morgan +delegation were C. G. Rutledge, President Young Men's Republican Club, +B. F. Hilligass, D. M. Simmons, Dr. P. G. Gillett, Sam'l W. Nichols, +Judge M. T. Layman, J. G. Loomis, A. P. and J. M. Smith, veterans of +'40, and Henry Yates, son of Illinois' war Governor--all of Jacksonville. + +The Indiana visitors came from three counties--Bartholomew, Johnson, and +Vermilion. + +The Bartholomew contingent was composed largely of veterans of the late +war, who were led by a company of their daughters in uniform. Among +their representative members were John C. Orr, W. W. Lambert, John H. +Taylor, John F. Ott, J. W. Morgan, John Sharp, T. B. Prother, Andrew +Perkinson, and H. Rost, of Columbus. + +The Johnson County delegation numbered two thousand, led by W. T. +Pritchard, D. W. Barnett, Jessie Overstreet, J. H. Vannuys, I. M. +Thompson, Jacob Hazlett, and John Brown, of Franklin. + +Vermilion County sent fifteen hundred enthusiastic visitors, commanded +by A. J. Ralph, Marshal of the delegation. Other leaders were Hon. R. B. +Sears, W. L. Porter, Rob't A. Parrett, S. B. Davis, R. H. Nixon, Geo. H. +Fisher, and Andrew Curtis, of Newport. + +The speakers on behalf of these several delegations were: Hon. William +Lawrence, of Ohio; Hon. Frank L. Cook, Paxton, Ill.; Judge C. R. Starr, +Kankakee County, Ill.; Prof. Wm. D. Saunders, Jacksonville, Ill.; Major +W. T. Strickland, Bartholomew County, Ind.; Col. Sam'l P. Oyler, +Johnson County, Ind.; Hon. H. H. Connelly, Vermilion County, Ind. To +these addresses General Harrison responded as follows: + + _My Friends_--The magnitude of this gathering, I fear, quite + out-reaches the capacity of my voice. It is so great and so cordial, + it has been accompanied by so many kind expressions, that my heart is + deeply touched--too deeply to permit of extended or connected speech. + I return most cordially the greetings of these friends from Ohio, + Indiana, and Illinois [cheers], a trio of great States lying in this + great valley, endowed by nature with a productive capacity that rivals + the famous valley of the Nile, populated by a people unsurpassed in + intelligence, manly independence and courage. [Applause and cheers.] + The association of these States to-day brings to my mind the fact + that in the brigade with which I served Indiana, Ohio and Illinois + were represented [applause]--three regiments from Illinois, the One + Hundred and Second, the One Hundred and Fifth and the One Hundred and + Twenty-ninth; one from Ohio, the Seventy-ninth, and one from Indiana, + the Seventieth Infantry. I have seen the men of these States stand + together in the evening parade. I have seen them also charge together + in battle, and die together for the flag they loved [great applause], + and when the battle was over I have seen the dead gathered from the + field they had enriched with their blood and laid side by side in + a common grave. Again you evidence by your coming that these great + States have in peace common interests and common sympathies. The + Republican party has always been hospitable to the truth. [Applause + and laughter.] It has never shunned debate. It has boldly, and in + the courage of the principles it has advocated, opened the lists and + challenged all comers. It has never found it necessary or consistent + with its great principles to suppress free discussion of any question. + There is not a Republican community where any man may not advocate + without fear his political beliefs. [Cries of "That's so!"] There is + not a Republican voting precinct where any man, whatever may have been + his relations to the flag during the war, may not freely exercise his + right to vote. [Cheers.] There is not one such precinct where the + right of a Confederate soldier freely to cast the ballot of his choice + would not be defended by the Union veterans of the war. [Applause + and cries of "That's true!"] Our party is tolerant of political + differences. It has always yielded to others all that it demanded for + itself. It has been intolerant of but one thing: disloyalty to the + flag and to the Union of States. [Great applause.] It has had the + good fortune to set in the Constitution and in the permanent laws of + our country many of the great principles for which it has contended. + It has not only persuaded a majority of our thinking people, but it + has had the unusual fortune to compel those who opposed it to give a + belated assent to every great principle it has supported. + + Now, gentlemen, I am sure you will excuse further speech. What I say + here must necessarily be very general. It would not be in good taste + for me to make too close or too personal an application of Republican + principles. [Laughter and applause and cries of "You're a dandy!"] + + I do not know what to say further. I have up to this time greeted + personally all those who came. My courage is a little shaken as I + look upon this vast multitude, but for a time, at least--so long as + I can, and to those who especially desire it, I will give a personal + greeting. [Great and prolonged applause.] + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, AUGUST 18. + + +The commercial travelling men, and their friends, from the cities of +Peoria, Bloomington, Terre Haute, and Lafayette, about a thousand in +number, paid their respects to General Harrison on the afternoon of the +18th of August. The Bloomington delegation was led by J. H. Sprague and +Dan Van Elsler, the Peoria Club by J. G. Jones. Each delegation was +escorted by a splendid band. + +They were met and escorted to the Harrison residence by a committee from +the Indianapolis Commercial Travellers' Association, comprising G. C. +Webster, C. H. McPherson, John V. Parker, W. H. Schmidt, D. W. Coffin, +Harry Gates, R. K. Syfers, W. F. Winchester, Wm. Sisson, T. P. Swain, +C. L. Schmidt, Ed. Finney, O. W. Moorman, Charles Lefler, M. P. Green, +J. L. Barnhardt, Berg. Applegate, G. R. Rhoads, Hon. J. H. Rowell, of +Bloomington; and Hon. J. S. Starr of Peoria spoke on behalf of the +visitors. General Harrison said: + + _Gentlemen of the Commercial Travellers' Association of Peoria, + Bloomington, Lafayette, and Terre Haute_--I thank you for this most + cordial and beautiful demonstration. The respect of such a body of men + is a valuable acquisition. But I am particularly glad that a class so + large and so influential, and one that touches so many communities, + is loyally and earnestly devoted to the principles of the Republican + party. I have travelled somewhat in the wake of the commercial men, + and have observed that they have the habit of getting the best of + everything wherever they go. [Applause and laughter. A voice: "That's + the reason we are here!"] I am therefore quite ready to credit the + statement of the gentleman who has just spoken in your behalf when he + tells me that the commercial travellers are all Republicans. [Applause + and cries of "He was right!"] I should expect they would get the best + politics that were to be found. [Laughter and applause.] + + Your calling is an active one--you are always on the move. You are + quick to discover the wants of local trade. You are persuasive in + speech and address; you are honest for the love of integrity, and do + not forget that you must again face your customer after the goods are + delivered. [Laughter and applause.] The men who employed you have + chosen you, picked you out, and they subject you to the weekly test + of success. You have been proved and not found wanting. The wide + intercourse you have with your fellow-men and the wide view you get of + our country must tend to make you liberal and patriotic. + + The provincialism that once existed in this country has largely + disappeared, and the commercial travellers have been an important + agency in bringing this about. This going to and fro has given you a + fuller comprehension, not only of the extent of this country, but of + the greatness and unity of its people. [Cheers.] I have thought that + the prophet Daniel must have had a vision of the commercial travellers + when he said that in the last days many should run to and fro and + knowledge should be increased. [Laughter and applause.] + + You will not expect me to enter upon the discussion of any of the + topics which have been suggested by those who have spoken for you. + Most of them I have already alluded to in public speech since my + nomination, and upon some of them I have spoken more fully before. + Let me suggest but this one thought: Do not allow any one to persuade + you that this great contest as to our tariff policy is one between + schedules. It is not a question of a seven per cent. reduction. + [Applause.] It is a question between wide-apart principles. [Cries of + "That's right!"] + + The principle of protection, the intelligent recognition in the + framing of our tariff laws of the duty to protect our American + industries and maintain the American scale of wages by adequate + discriminating duties [cries of "That's right!" "That's it!"] on the + one hand, and on the other a denial of the constitutional right to + make our customs duties protective, or the assertion of the doctrine + that free competition with foreign products is the ideal condition to + which all our legislation should tend. [Applause.] + + Let me now, in behalf not only of myself, but of my family, thank + you for your visit and ask you to enter our home. [Applause.] + + + + +TOLEDO, OHIO, AUGUST 21. + + +General Harrison left Indianapolis on the morning of August 21, '88, for +a two weeks' outing and vacation at Middle Bass Island, Lake Erie, where +he was the guest--upon invitation of ex-Gov. Charles Foster, of Ohio--of +the Middle Bass Fishing Club, Mather Shoemaker, Sr., President. + +He was accompanied by Mrs. Harrison, Judge Wm. A. Woods and wife, Miss +Woods, Samuel Miller, and representatives of the Associated Press and +Cincinnati _Commercial-Gazette_. + +His departure was not generally known, consequently there was no +demonstration along the line until Defiance, Ohio, was reached, where +several hundred people had gathered. Hon. C. A. Flickinger delivered a +brief address of welcome. + +General Harrison, speaking from the train, said: + + _Gentlemen_--I am very much obliged to you for this reception. You + will excuse me, I am sure, for not attempting to make any speech. + This evidence of your friendly feeling is gratifying to me. We were + intending to travel to-day in quietness, and I am confident you will + conform to our wishes in that respect by allowing me to say simply, + "How do you do" and "Good-by." + +Toledo was reached early in the evening, and several thousand citizens +and militia welcomed the distinguished travellers. A committee of +reception, comprising James M. Brown, Chairman, Mayor Hamilton, Hon. +E. D. Potter, J. C. Bonner, John Berdan, C. A. King, Calvin Barker, +Fred Eaton, Col. S. C. Reynolds, Judge R. F. Doyle, Judge Joseph +Cummings, Hon. John F. Kumler, Hon. Richard Waite, Wm. Baker, and Judge +Austin, escorted General Harrison and his party to the residence of Wm. +Cummings, whose guests they were. At night an open-air mass-meeting was +held in Memorial Hall Square, where ten thousand men assembled. Gov. +Foster spoke at length, and was followed by General Harrison, who was +introduced by Hon. J. M. Brown, President of the Executive Committee +United Republican Clubs, and spoke as follows: + + _My Friends_--You have already been told that this reception was + not planned by me, and yet I do not regret that I have yielded to + the urgent solicitation of your representatives and have consented + to stand for a few moments in the presence of this magnificent + and instructive audience. [Applause.] I say instructive, for that + public man is dull indeed who does not gather both instruction and + inspiration from such meetings as this. [Applause.] I thank you for + any measure of personal respect and interest which your coming here + to-night may witness, but I do not see in this immense gathering any + testimony that is personal to me. I prefer to regard it as another + witness added to the long number I have seen before of the deep-seated + and earnest interest of our people in the public questions that are + to be settled in November. [Applause.] I choose rather to regard it + as a pledge that this interest you manifest in me to-night will not + stop here, but is the pledge of continued and earnest personal work + by each one of you for those principles which have won the consent of + your minds and the love of your hearts. [Applause.] I cannot enter + in any detail into the discussion of public questions; I would not + at all put myself between you and these great, important issues. I + would, in all I may say, put them to the front. We are here citizens + of a great, prosperous, magnificent Nation. We have common interests. + We are here charged with the common duties to perpetuate, if we can, + the prosperity and to maintain the honor of this great Republic. + [Applause.] We are here to-night in the enjoyment of free government. + We are here in the individual possession of better opportunities of + development, of a larger prosperity, and of more individual comfort + than are possessed by any other people in the world. [Applause.] The + great economic question as to what shall be our future legislative + policy is stated with a distinctness in this campaign that it has + never had before, and I believe the verdict and decision will have an + emphasis and finality that it has never had before. [Applause.] If + there is any one here present to-night that knows of any land that + spreads a more promising sky of hope above the heads of the poor and + the laboring man than this, I would be glad if he would name it. The + one fact that I do not need to stop to demonstrate by statistics, + the one fact that I could call out of this vast audience hundreds of + witnesses to support by their personal testimony, is that the scale of + American wages is higher than that of any other country in the world. + [Applause.] If this were not true, why is it that the workingmen and + the working-women of the older lands turn their faces hitherward? If + there is a better country, one that offers better wages, fuller hopes + than this, why is it that those who are in quest of such better things + have not found it out and turned their faces thitherward? Now, if that + is true, then why is it true, and how is it to be continued--this + condition of our country? It is because, and only because, we have for + years, by our protective tariff, discriminated in favor of American + manufacturers and American workingmen. [Applause.] Strike down this + protective system, bring our workingmen and working-women in equal + competition in the products of their toil with those who labor abroad, + and nothing is clearer than that these mills and factories must reduce + wages here to the level with wages abroad, or they must shut down. You + have the choice to make; you, the free citizens of this country, whose + ballots sway its destiny, will settle these questions in November. + [Applause.] I ask you how? Don't be deceived by the suggestion that + this is any contest over a seven per cent. reduction in the tariff + schedule. We are allowed now to say, I think, that all those who + are entitled to speak for the Democratic party have declared that + it is opposed to protection. That being so, the issue is clearly, + distinctly, strongly drawn. I beg you all--not in my interest, but + in your own; in the interest of your families and the country you + love--to ponder this question; to think upon it with that seriousness + its importance demands, and when you have thought it out, settle it, + settle it in November, so that we shall be free for years to come from + this agitation in behalf of free trade. [Great applause.] + + I thank you again for this kindly demonstration. I beg you to accept + these brief suggestions as the only but inadequate return that I can + make you for this kindness. [Applause.] + + + + +PUT-IN-BAY, OHIO, AUGUST 31. + + +The residents of Put-in-Bay Island, about five hundred in number, +tendered General Harrison a reception on the thirty-first of August. The +steamboats from Cleveland, Detroit, Toledo, and Sandusky brought several +thousand excursionists. General Harrison and his party on their arrival +from Middle Bass Island were met at the pier by all the residents of +Put-in-Bay Island, headed by their most distinguished citizen John +Brown, Jr., son of the celebrated "Ossawatomie" Brown, of Harper's Ferry +fame. + +From a pavilion in the adjacent grove John Brown introduced Hon. Charles +Foster, who said: + + _Fellow-citizens_--General Harrison came to Middle Bass for the + purpose of rest and quiet. At the solicitation of a number of people + of this section of country--a great number, I might say--he has kindly + consented to give a reception here to-day, upon one condition--that + he was not to make a speech. Now, fellow-citizens, I have the very + great pleasure of presenting to you General Benjamin Harrison, the + Republican candidate for the presidency. [Applause.] + +As Governor Foster concluded, General Harrison arose midst a shout of +welcome and spoke as follows: + + _My Friends_--I have found Governor Foster to be a very agreeable + and thoughtful host, and I find him to-day to be the most agreeable + master of ceremonies who has ever attended me at a public reception. I + like his announcement of the condition under which I appear before you + to-day. + + I never enjoy a banquet when my name is on the programme for a + toast. I do not, therefore, intend to speak to you about any of those + questions that are engaging your minds as citizens of this prosperous + and mighty and happy Nation. We are here to-day as Americans, proud + of the flag that symbolizes this great Union of States; proud of the + story that has been written by our fathers in council and in war, + in the formation and defence and perpetuation of our magnificent + institutions, We are here in the immediate neighborhood of one of + those great historic events that was among the most potential + agencies in settling our title to the great Northwest. If we had stood + where we stand to-day we could have heard the guns of Perry's fleet. + If we had stood where we stand to-day we could have welcomed him as he + came a victor into Put-in-Bay. + + These institutions of ours are in our own keeping now, and not + only our fundamental institutions, but the fame that has been won + by those who have gone before. I may therefore properly say to-day + that a campaign like this demands the thoughtful consideration of + every American voter. We are prosperous. [Cheers.] The story of our + prosperity, of our development in wealth, of our achievements in + finance as a Nation, since and during the war, is almost as notable + and almost as admirable as that of our achievements in arms. + + The assembling of our revenue was even more difficult than the + assembling of armies, and yet we were able to maintain those armies in + the field, and have been able since not only to bear up the great load + of debt, but to pay it off, until that which was once thought to be + a burden that would crush our industries has come to be in our hands + but as the ball the boy tosses in play [cheers]; and we are to-day + confronted with the question, not how we shall get money, but how we + shall wisely stop some of those avenues by which wealth is pouring + into our public treasury. + + It is an easier problem than that which confronted the great war + Secretary, in whose name you so delight--how to raise revenue to + prosecute the war successfully. It will be wisely solved. And may I + note also the fact that, notwithstanding this complaint of excessive + revenue, there are some who suggest that they are not able adequately + to arouse the popular indignation against excessive taxation because + they cannot disclose to the people when or how they are paying the + taxes? [Applause.] It is taken, they say, so indirectly and so subtly + that these--our plain people--don't know that they are paying them at + all. [Applause.] But I must not cross this line of party discussion. + I have had a pleasant stay in this most delightful neighborhood, and + I cannot let this public opportunity pass without expressing, for + myself and for Mrs. Harrison, our grateful appreciation of the kind + and thoughtful hospitality which has been shown to us by the people of + these islands. [Prolonged applause.] + + + + +FORT WAYNE, IND., SEPTEMBER 4, 1888. + + +General Harrison and party, _en route_ home from Middle Bass Island, +arrived at Toledo on the evening of Sept. 3, and were again the guests +of Wm. Cummings. At night they were tendered a reception by Mr. and Mrs. +John Berdan, at their residence. + +On the morning of Sept. 4 the party started homeward. The first stop was +at Fort Wayne, where several thousand Hoosiers welcomed their leader. +Supt. Wall, of the Pittsburg and Fort Wayne Railroad, introduced the +general, who spoke as follows: + + _My Friends_--I desire to thank you for this cordial demonstration. + I thank you not so much for myself as for the party to which most of + us have given the consent of our minds. I am glad to know that the + people are moved to a thoughtful consideration of those questions + which are this year presented for their determination. Under a popular + government like ours it is of the first importance that every man + who votes should have some reason for his vote; that every man who + attaches himself to this or that political party should intelligently + understand both the creed and the purposes of the party to which he + belongs. I think it is universally conceded by Democrats as well + as by Republicans that the questions involved in this campaign do + have a very direct bearing upon the national prosperity, and upon + the prosperity and welfare of the individual citizen. I think it is + conceded that the result of this election will affect beneficently + or injuriously our great manufacturing interests, and will affect + for weal or for woe the workingmen and working-women who fill these + busy hives of industry. [Applause.] This much is conceded. I do not + intend to-day to argue the question in any detail. I want to call + your attention to a few general facts and principles, and the first + one--the one I never tire of mentioning; the one I deem so important + that I do not shun the charge that I am repeating myself--is this: + that the condition of the wage-workers of America is better than that + of the wage-workers of any other country in the world. [Applause.] + Now, if that be true, it is important that you should each find out + why it is so; that each one of you should determine for himself what + effect a protective tariff has had and is likely to have upon his + wages and his prosperity. Does it need to be demonstrated that if + we reduce our tariff to a revenue level, if we abolish from it every + consideration of protection, more goods will come in from abroad than + come in now? And what is the necessary effect? It is the transfer to + foreign shops of work that you need here; it is to diminish American + production and increase English production. + + That is to be the effect of it. It is, not worth while to stand + upon nice definitions as to free trade. Some think it enough to say + that they are not free-traders because they are not in favor of + abolishing all customs duties. Let me remind such that the free-trade + countries of Europe, recognized to be such, have not abolished + all customs duties. A better distinction is this: The free-trader + believes in levying customs duties without any regard to the effect + of those duties upon the wages of our working people, or upon the + production of our own shops. This, then, is the issue. Take it to + your homes. There are many confusing and contradictory statements + made in the public press and by public speakers. Ask any of those + who assail our protective system whether they do not believe that if + their policy is adopted a larger amount of foreign-made goods will + come into this country. It is their purpose to increase importation + in order to cheapen prices. I think I may safely ask you to consider + the question whether this cheapening of prices, which they seem to + regard as the highest attainment of statesmanship, is consistent with + the rate of wages that our working people enjoy now, whether it will + not involve--if we are to have foreign competition without favoring + duties--a reduction of American wages to the standard of the wages + paid abroad. [Applause.] Do you believe for one moment that two + factories making the same product can be maintained in competition + when one pays thirty-three per cent. more to its workingmen than + the other? Is it not certain that wages must be equalized in those + competing establishments or the one paying the higher wages must + shut down? [Applause and cries, "That's the thing!"] Here in this + city of Fort Wayne, so important and so prosperous, we have a fine + illustration of the accruing advantages of a large factory and shop + population. It has made your city prosperous as well as populous, and + it has made these outlying Allen County farms vastly more valuable + than they otherwise would have been. These interests harmonize. But + I only want to ask you to think upon these questions; settle them in + your own minds, for it is agreed by all that, as they shall be settled + one way or the other, your interests and those of your families and + of this community, and of every other like community in this country, + are to be affected, favorably or unfavorably. May I not appeal to you + to review these questions, to throw off the shackles of preconceived + notions and of party prejudices, and consider them anew in the light + of all the information that is accessible to you? If you shall do + that I do not doubt that the working people of this country will this + November forever settle the question that American customs duties + shall by intention, by forethought, have regard to the wages of our + working people. [Applause.] + + And now, if you will pardon further speech, I shall be glad to avail + myself of the arrangements which the committee have provided to greet + personally any of you who may desire to greet me. [Prolonged applause + and cheers.] + + + + +HUNTINGTON, IND., SEPTEMBER 4. + + +The next stop was at Huntington, where two thousand people were +congregated. + +In response to repeated calls General Harrison said: + + _My Friends_--Our stop here is altogether too brief for me to + attempt to speak; yet I cannot refrain from expressing to you, my + friends of Huntington County, my sincere and grateful appreciation for + the evidence of your kindness in welcoming me so cordially to my home + after a brief absence. I have not travelled very far this time, but + I have seen nothing either on this visit, or any more extended visit + that I have heretofore made, to win away my interests and affection + from the great State of Indiana. [Great applause.] It is great in the + capabilities, both of its soil and its citizenship [applause]; great + in its achievements during the war. When our country was imperilled + no State more nobly or magnificently responded to the demands which + were made by the general Government for men to fight and to die for + the flag. [Applause.] I am glad to greet in this audience to-day my + comrades of the war, and all who have gathered here. I beg to thank + you again for your kindness. + + + + +PERU, IND., SEPTEMBER 4. + + +At Peru a committee, headed by Hon. A. C. Bearss and Giles W. Smith, +waited upon General Harrison, who addressed an audience of over two +thousand as follows: + + _My Friends_--I am very much obliged to you for that kindness of + feeling which your gathering here to-day evinces. I have had a brief + visit for rest, and I am come back to my home with very kind feelings + toward my friends in Indiana, who have, not only during this important + campaign, but always, when I have appealed to them, treated me with + the utmost consideration. I have not time to-day to discuss the issues + of this campaign. They are extremely important, and they will have + a direct bearing upon the prosperity of our country. I can only ask + you to think of them, and not to mistake the issue. It is very plain. + It is the question of whether our tariff laws shall be a protection + to American workingmen and a protection to American manufacturing + establishments. Those who advocate tariff for revenue only do not take + any thought of our wage-workers, but let their interests take care + of themselves. On the other hand the Republican party believes that + high regard should be paid to the question what the effect will be + upon wages and upon the protection of our American shops. Those who + believe the doctrine agree with us; and those who assail it, and say + it is unconstitutional, as has recently been said by a distinguished + citizen, would destroy our protective system if they could. We must + believe so, because we must impute to them sincerity in what they + say. I believe this campaign will settle for many years to come the + question of whether legislation shall be intelligently directed in + favor of the doctrine that we will, so far as may be, see that our + farmers may find home consumers for their home product, and that these + populous manufacturing centres may give a larger value to the farms + that lie about them. You have these questions to settle. They affect + your interests as citizens. I am sure that everything that regards + them, as well as everything that regards the candidate, may be safely + left in the kind hands of these intelligent citizens of Indiana and of + the United States. [Great cheering.] + + + + +KOKOMO, IND., SEPTEMBER 4. + + +The city of Kokomo welcomed the party in the evening with a brilliant +illumination by natural gas. Three thousand people were present. General +Harrison said: + + _My Friends_--I very much appreciate this spontaneous evidence of + your friendliness. That so many of you should have gathered here this + evening to greet us on our return home after a brief absence from the + State is very gratifying to me. Kokomo has been for many years a very + prosperous place. It has been the happy home of a very intelligent and + very thrifty people. You are now, however, realizing a development + more rapid and much greater than the most sanguine among you could + have anticipated three years ago. The large increase in the number + and business of your manufacturing establishments, the coming here + from other parts of the country of enterprising men with their capital + to set up manufacturing plants, has excited your interest and has + promoted your development. There is not a resident of Kokomo, there + is not a resident of Howard County, who does not rejoice in this + great prosperity. I am sure there is not a man or woman in this city + who does not realize that this new condition of things gives to your + boys, who are growing up, new avenues of useful thrift. It opens to + those who might otherwise have pursued common labor access to skilled + trades and higher compensation. There is not a merchant in Kokomo who + does not appreciate the added trade which comes to his store. There + is not a farmer in Howard County who has not realized the benefits + of a home market for his crops [applause and cries of "Good!"], and + especially for those perishable products of the farm which do not bear + distant transportation. Now I submit to your consideration, in the + light of these new facts, whether you have not a very deep interest in + the protection of our domestic industries and the maintenance of the + American standard of wages. There can be no mistaking the issue this + year. In previous campaigns it has been observed by evasive platform + declarations. It is now so clear that all men can understand it. I + would leave this thought with you: Will the prosperity that is now + realized by you, and that greater prosperity which you anticipate, be + better advanced by the continuance of the protective policy or by its + destruction? + + + + +TIPTON, IND., SEPTEMBER 4. + + +At Tipton Junction, where several hundred people had congregated, +General Harrison said: + + _My Friends_--There is no time this evening for me to say more than + that I thank you very sincerely for this cordial evidence of your + kindly feeling. I will not have time to discuss any public questions. + You will consider them for yourselves, and can have ready access to + all necessary information. + + + + +NOBLESVILLE, IND., SEPTEMBER 4. + + +At Noblesville the train was met by a special from Indianapolis, bearing +the Columbia Club, a uniformed organization of three hundred prominent +young men, who had come to escort General Harrison to his home. + +To the assembled citizens of Noblesville the general said: + + _My Friends_--You are very kind, and I am grateful for this + manifestation of your kindness. I cannot speak to you at any length + to-night. You are in the "gas belt" of Indiana. The result of the + discovery of this new fuel has been the rapid development of your + towns. You have shown your enterprise by hospitably opening the way + for the coming of new industrial enterprises. You have felt it worth + while not only to invite them, but to offer pecuniary inducements for + them to come. If it has been worth while to do so much in the hope + of developing your town and to add value to your farms by making a + home market for your farm product, is it not also worth your while + so to vote this fall as to save and enlarge these new industrial + enterprises? [Applause.] Let me acknowledge a new debt of gratitude + to my friends of Hamilton County, who have often before made me their + debtor, and bid you good-night. + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, SEPTEMBER 4. + + +The home-coming of General Harrison was a veritable ovation. Fifteen +thousand people greeted and accompanied him to his residence, led by +the Columbia Club, the Veterans' Regiment, and the Railroad Men's Club. +Escorted by Gen. Foster, Daniel M. Ransdell, and W. N. Harding, General +Harrison--standing in his own door--facing the great assembly, said: + + _My Friends_--Two weeks ago to-day I left Indianapolis quietly + for a brief season of rest. We met in Ohio very considerate and + hospitable friends, who allowed nothing to be lacking to the enjoyment + and comfort of our brief vacation. But, notwithstanding all the + attractions of that island home in Lake Erie, we are to-night very + happy to be again at home. The enthusiastic welcome you have extended + to us has added grace and joy. I think I may conclude that nothing has + happened since I have been gone that has disturbed your confidence + or diminished your respect. [Great applause and cries of "No! no!"] + At the outset of this campaign I said I would confidently commit all + that was personal to myself to the keeping of the intelligent and + fair-minded citizens of Indiana. [Applause.] We will go on our way in + this campaign upon that high and dignified plane upon which it has + been pitched, so far as it lay in our power, commending the principles + of our party to the intelligent interest of our fellow-citizens, + and trusting to truth and right for the victory. [Applause.] Most + gratefully I acknowledge the affectionate interest which has been + shown to-night by my old comrades of the war. [Applause.] I am glad + to know that in this veteran organization there are many who have + heretofore differed with me in political opinion, but who are drawn + in this campaign, by a sense of our common interests, to cast in + their influence with us. I desire also to thank the Railroad Club + for their kind greetings. There has been a special significance in + their friendly organization, and I am grateful, also, to the members + of the Columbia Club for their part in this demonstration. Now, with + an overwhelming sense of inability to respond fittingly to your + cordiality and kindness, I can only thank you once more and bid you + good-night. [Applause.] + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, SEPTEMBER 6. + + +On the night of Sept. 6 General Harrison, in company with General A. +P. Hovey, Ex-Gov. A. G. Porter, Hon. James N. Huston, Hon. R. B. F. +Pierce, Judge Walker, and other friends, reviewed from the balcony of +the New-Denison Hotel ten thousand marching Republicans. + +It was one of the most brilliant and successful demonstrations of the +campaign. The great line was composed of eighty-two Republican clubs and +associations of the city of Indianapolis, commanded by Chief Marshal +Hon. Geo. W. Spahr, assisted by the following mounted aids: Major Geo. +Herriott, Moses G. McLain, Dan'l M. Ransdell, Thomas F. Ryan, W. H. +H. Miller, John B. Elam, Dr. Austin Morris, Col. I. N. Walker, Wm. +L. Taylor, W. A. Pattison, Capt. O. H. Hibben, Charles Murray, Ed. +Thompson, Charles Wright, S. D. Pray, J. E. Haskell, Wm. Thomas, W. +H. Tucker, Joseph Forbes, Ed. Harmon, Lou Wade, John W. Bowlus, M. L. +Johnson, Miles Reynolds, W. E. Tousey, R. H. Rees, and W. D. Wiles. + +The column was divided into four divisions, commanded by Col. N. R. +Ruckle, Col. James B. Black, Horace McKay, and Hon. Stanton J. Peelle. A +great mass-meeting followed the parade, and the issues of the campaign +were presented by General Hovey, Gov. Porter and Hon. John M. Butler. + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, SEPTEMBER 8. + + +General Harrison on this date received perhaps the most unique +delegation of the campaign: a band of one hundred girls and misses, aged +from seven to fifteen years, organized by Mrs. Mattie McCorkle. At their +head rode Master Charles Pettijohn, six years old, mounted upon a pony, +followed by a drum corps of eight young boys. The girls marched four +abreast, dressed in uniforms of red, white and blue, carrying mounted +Japanese lanterns. They were commanded by Miss Florence Schilling. After +singing "Marching through Georgia," Master Pettijohn, on behalf of the +young ladies, presented the general a handsome bouquet and made an +address. General Harrison honored the young orator and the club with a +speech, and said: + + When some one asked this afternoon, over the telephone, if I would + receive some children who wanted to pay me a visit, I gave a very + cheerful consent, because I thought I saw a chance to have a good + time. That you little ones would demand a speech from me never entered + my mind, nor did I expect to see a company so prettily uniformed and + so well drilled, both in marching and in song. + + Children have always been attractive to me. I have found not only + entertainment but instruction in their companionship. Little ones + often say wise things. In the presence of such a company as this, one + who has any aspirations for the things that are good and pure cannot + fail to have them strengthened. The kind words you have addressed to + me in song come, I am sure, from sincere and loving hearts, and I am + very grateful for them and for your visit. Some of the best friends I + have are under ten years of age, and after to-night I am sure I shall + have many more, for all your names will be added. + + And now I hope you will all come in where we can see you and show + you whatever there is in our home to interest you. I would like you + all to feel that we will be glad if you will come to see us often. + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, SEPTEMBER 10. + + +General Harrison's visitors to-day comprised six hundred G. A. R. +veterans and their wives from Northwestern Kansas--_en route_ to the +Grand Encampment--under the lead of General W. H. Caldwell, Frank +McGrath, C. E. Monell, W. S. Search, Dr. A. Patten, J. W. Garner, and +Dr. J. R. King, of Beloit, Kan. Colonel W. C. Whitney, Commander of the +First Division, was orator, and assured General Harrison that "Kansas +grew more corn and more babies than any other State in the Union." In +response the General said: + + _My Comrades_--I have a choice to make and you have one. I can + occupy the few moments I have to spare either in public address or + in private, personal greeting. I think you would prefer, as I shall + prefer, to omit the public speech that I may be presented to each of + you. [Cries of "Good! Good!"] I beg you, therefore, to permit me only + to say that I very heartily appreciate this greeting from my comrades + of Kansas. + + The bond that binds us together as soldiers of the late war is one + that is enduring and close. No party considerations can break it; it + is stronger than political ties, and we are able thus in our Grand + Army associations to come together upon that broad and high plane + of fraternity, loyalty, and charity. [Applause and cries of "Good! + Good!"] Let me now, if it be your pleasure, extend a comrade's hand to + each of you. [Applause.] + + + + +GENERAL HARRISON'S LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE. + + + INDIANAPOLIS, IND., September 11, 1888. + HON. M. M. ESTEE AND OTHERS, COMMITTEE, ETC.: + + _Gentlemen_--When your committee visited me, on the Fourth of July + last, and presented the official announcement of my nomination for + the presidency of the United States by the Republican convention, I + promised as soon as practicable to communicate to you a more formal + acceptance of the nomination. Since that time the work of receiving + and addressing, almost daily, large delegations of my fellow-citizens + has not only occupied all of my time, but has in some measure rendered + it unnecessary for me to use this letter as a medium of communicating + to the public my views upon the questions involved in the campaign. I + appreciate very highly the confidence and respect manifested by the + convention, and accept the nomination with a feeling of gratitude and + a full sense of the responsibilities which accompany it. + + It is a matter of congratulation that the declarations of the + Chicago convention upon the questions that now attract the interest + of our people are so clear and emphatic. There is further cause of + congratulation in the fact that the convention utterances of the + Democratic party, if in any degree uncertain or contradictory, can + now be judged and interpreted by executive acts and messages, and + by definite propositions in legislation. This is especially true of + what is popularly known as the Tariff question. The issue cannot + now be obscured. It is not a contest between schedules, but between + wide-apart principles. The foreign competitors for our market have, + with quick instinct, seen how one issue of this contest may bring them + advantage, and our own people are not so dull as to miss or neglect + the grave interests that are involved for them. The assault upon our + protective system is open and defiant. Protection is assailed as + unconstitutional in law, or as vicious in principle, and those who + hold such views sincerely cannot stop short of an absolute elimination + from our tariff laws of the principle of protection. The Mills bill is + only a step, but it is toward an object that the leaders of Democratic + thought and legislation have clearly in mind. The important question + is not so much the length of the step as the direction of it. Judged + by the executive message of December last, by the Mills bill, by the + debates in Congress, and by the St. Louis platform, the Democratic + party will, if supported by the country, place the tariff laws upon a + purely revenue basis. This is practical free trade--free trade in the + English sense. The legend upon the banner may not be "Free Trade"--it + may be the more obscure motto, "Tariff Reform;" but neither the banner + nor the inscription is conclusive, or, indeed, very important. The + assault itself is the important fact. + + Those who teach that the import duty upon foreign goods sold + in our market is paid by the consumer, and that the price of the + domestic competing article is enhanced to the amount of the duty + on the imported article--that every million of dollars collected + for customs duties represents many millions more which do not reach + the treasury, but are paid by our citizens as the increased cost of + domestic productions resulting from the tariff laws--may not intend + to discredit in the minds of others our system of levying duties on + competing foreign products, but it is clearly already discredited in + their own. We cannot doubt, without impugning their integrity, that + if free to act upon their convictions they would so revise our laws + as to lay the burden of the customs revenue upon articles that are + not produced in this country, and to place upon the free list all + competing foreign products. I do not stop to refute this theory as to + the effect of our tariff duties. Those who advance it are students + of maxims and not of the markets. They may be safely allowed to call + their project "Tariff Reform," if the people understand that in the + end the argument compels free trade in all competing products. This + end may not be reached abruptly, and its approach may be accompanied + with some expressions of sympathy for our protected industries and our + working people, but it will certainly come if these early steps do not + arouse the people to effective resistance. + + The Republican party holds that a protective tariff is + constitutional, wholesome, and necessary. We do not offer a fixed + schedule, but a principle. We will revise the schedule, modify rates, + but always with an intelligent provision as to the effect upon + domestic productions and the wages of our working people. We believe + it to be one of the worthy objects of tariff legislation to preserve + the American market for American producers, and to maintain the + American scale of wages by adequate discriminative duties upon foreign + competing products. The effect of lower rates and larger importations + upon the public revenue is contingent and doubtful, but not so the + effect upon American production and American wages. Less work and + lower wages must be accepted as the inevitable result of the increased + offering of foreign goods in our market. By way of recompense for + this reduction in his wages, and the loss of the American market, it + is suggested that the diminished wages of the workingman will have an + undiminished purchasing power, and that he will be able to make up + for the loss of the home market by an enlarged foreign market. Our + workingmen have the settlement of the question in their own hands. + They now obtain higher wages and live more comfortably than those of + any other country. They will make choice of the substantial advantages + they have in hand and the deceptive promises and forecasts of these + theorizing reformers. They will decide for themselves and for their + country whether the protective system shall be continued or destroyed. + + The fact of a treasury surplus, the amount of which is variously + stated, has directed public attention to a consideration of the + methods by which the national income may best be reduced to the level + of a wise and necessary expenditure. This condition has been seized + upon by those who are hostile to protective customs duties as an + advantageous base of attack upon our tariff laws. They have magnified + and nursed the surplus, which they affect to deprecate, seemingly + for the purpose of exaggerating the evil, in order to reconcile the + people to the extreme remedy they propose. A proper reduction of the + revenues does not necessitate, and should not suggest, the abandonment + or impairment of the protective system. The methods suggested by + our convention will not need to be exhausted in order to effect the + necessary reduction. We are not likely to be called upon, I think, to + make a present choice between the surrender of the protective system + and the entire repeal of the internal taxes. Such a contingency, + in view of the present relation of expenditures to revenues, is + remote. The inspection and regulation of the manufacture and sale of + oleomargarine is important, and the revenue derived from it is not so + great that the repeal of the law need enter into any plan of revenue + reduction. The surplus now in the treasury should be used in the + purchase of bonds. The law authorizes this use of it, and if it is not + needed for current or deficiency appropriations, the people, and not + the banks in which it has been deposited, should have the advantage + of its use by stopping interest upon the public debt. At least those + who needlessly hoard it should not be allowed to use the fear of a + monetary stringency, thus produced, to coerce public sentiment upon + other questions. + + Closely connected with the subject of the tariff is that of the + importation of foreign laborers under contracts of service to be + performed here. The law now in force prohibiting such contracts + received my cordial support in the Senate, and such amendments as may + be found necessary effectively to deliver our working men and women + from this most inequitable form of competition will have my sincere + advocacy. Legislation prohibiting the importation of laborers under + contract to serve here will, however, afford very inadequate relief to + our working people if the system of protective duties is broken down. + If the products of American shops must compete in the American market, + without favoring duties, with the products of cheap foreign labor + the effect will be different, if at all, only in degree, whether the + cheap laborer is across the street or over the sea. Such competition + will soon reduce wages here to the level of those abroad, and when + that condition is reached we will not need any laws forbidding the + importation of laborers under contract--they will have no inducement + to come, and the employer no inducement to send for them. + + In the earlier years of our history public agencies to promote + immigration were common. The pioneer wanted a neighbor with more + friendly instincts than the Indian. Labor was scarce and fully + employed. But the day of the immigration bureau has gone by. While + our doors will continue open to proper immigration, we do not need to + issue special invitations to the inhabitants of other countries to + come to our shores or to share our citizenship. Indeed, the necessity + of some inspection and limitation is obvious. We should resolutely + refuse to permit foreign governments to send their paupers and + criminals to our ports. We are also clearly under a duty to defend our + civilization by excluding alien races whose ultimate assimilation + with our people is neither possible nor desirable. The family has been + the nucleus of our best immigration, and the home the most potent + assimilating force in our civilization. + + The objections to Chinese immigration are distinctive and + conclusive, and are now so generally accepted as such that the + question has passed entirely beyond the stage of argument. The laws + relating to this subject would, if I should be charged with their + enforcement, be faithfully executed. Such amendments or further + legislation as may be necessary and proper to prevent evasions of + the laws and to stop further Chinese immigration would also meet my + approval. The expression of the convention upon this subject is in + entire harmony with my views. + + Our civil compact is a government by majorities, and the law loses + its sanction and the magistrate our respect when this compact is + broken. The evil results of election frauds do not expend themselves + upon the voters who are robbed of their rightful influence in + public affairs. The individual or community or party that practises + or connives at election frauds has suffered irreparable injury, + and will sooner or later realize that to exchange the American + system of majority rule for minority control is not only unlawful + and unpatriotic, but very unsafe for those who promote it. The + disfranchisement of a single legal elector by fraud or intimidation is + a crime too grave to be regarded lightly. The right of every qualified + elector to cast one free ballot and to have it honestly counted must + not be questioned. Every constitutional power should be used to make + this right secure and to punish frauds upon the ballot. + + Our colored people do not ask special legislation in their + interest, but only to be made secure in the common rights of American + citizenship. They will, however, naturally mistrust the sincerity + of those party leaders who appeal to their race for support only in + those localities where the suffrage is free and election results + doubtful, and compass their disfranchisement where their votes would + be controlling and their choice cannot be coerced. + + The Nation, not less than the States, is dependent for prosperity + and security upon the intelligence and morality of the people. This + common interest very early suggested national aid in the establishment + and endowment of schools and colleges in the new States. There is, + I believe, a present exigency that calls for still more liberal and + direct appropriations in aid of common-school education in the States. + + The territorial form of government is a temporary expedient, not + a permanent civil condition. It is adapted to the exigency that + suggested it, but becomes inadequate, and even oppressive, when + applied to fixed and populous communities. Several Territories are + well able to bear the burdens and discharge the duties of free + commonwealths in the American Union. To exclude them is to deny the + just rights of their people, and may well excite their indignant + protest. No question of the political preference of the people of a + Territory should close against them the hospitable door which has + opened to two-thirds of the existing States. But admissions should be + resolutely refused to any Territory a majority of whose people cherish + institutions that are repugnant to our civilization or inconsistent + with a republican form of government. + + The declaration of the convention against "all combinations of + capital, organized in trusts or otherwise, to control arbitrarily the + condition of trade among our citizens," is in harmony with the views + entertained and publicly expressed by me long before the assembling + of the convention. Ordinarily, capital shares the losses of idleness + with labor; but under the operation of the trust, in some of its + forms, the wageworker alone suffers loss, while idle capital receives + its dividends from a trust fund. Producers who refuse to join the + combination are destroyed, and competition as an element of prices is + eliminated. It cannot be doubted that the legislative authority should + and will find a method of dealing fairly and effectively with those + and other abuses connected with this subject. + + It can hardly be necessary for me to say that I am heartily in + sympathy with the declaration of the convention upon the subject of + pensions to our soldiers and sailors. What they gave and what they + suffered I had some opportunity to observe, and, in a small measure, + to experience. They gave ungrudgingly; it was not a trade, but an + offering. The measure was heaped up, running over. What they achieved + only a distant generation can adequately tell. Without attempting to + discuss particular propositions, I may add that measures in behalf of + the surviving veterans of the war and of the families of their dead + comrades should be conceived and executed in a spirit of justice and + of the most grateful liberality, and that, in the competition for + civil appointments, honorable military service should have appropriate + recognition. + + The law regulating appointments to the classified civil service + received my support in the Senate in the belief that it opened the way + to a much-needed reform. I still think so, and, therefore, cordially + approve the clear and forcible expression of the convention upon this + subject. The law should have the aid of a friendly interpretation + and be faithfully and vigorously enforced. All appointments under it + should be absolutely free from partisan considerations and influence. + Some extensions of the classified list are practicable and desirable, + and further legislation extending the reform to other branches of + the service to which it is applicable would receive my approval. In + appointment to every grade and department, fitness, and not party + service, should be the essential and discriminating test, and fidelity + and efficiency the only sure tenure of office. Only the interests of + the public service should suggest removals from office. I know the + practical difficulties attending the attempt to apply the spirit of + the civil service rules to all appointments and removals. It will, + however, be my sincere purpose, if elected, to advance the reform. + + I notice with pleasure that the convention did not omit to express + its solicitude for the promotion of virtue and temperance among our + people. The Republican party has always been friendly to everything + that tended to make the home life of our people free, pure, and + prosperous, and will in the future be true to its history in this + respect. + + Our relations with foreign powers should be characterized by + friendliness and respect. The right of our people and of our ships + to hospitable treatment should be insisted upon with dignity and + firmness. Our Nation is too great, both in material strength + and in moral power, to indulge in bluster or to be suspected of + timorousness. Vacillation and inconsistency are as incompatible + with successful diplomacy as they are with the national dignity. We + should especially cultivate and extend our diplomatic and commercial + relations with the Central and South American States. Our fisheries + should be fostered and protected. The hardships and risks that are + the necessary incidents of the business should not be increased by an + inhospitable exclusion from the near-lying ports. The resources of a + firm, dignified, and consistent diplomacy are undoubtedly equal to the + prompt and peaceful solution of the difficulties that now exist. Our + neighbors will surely not expect in our ports a commercial hospitality + they deny to us in theirs. + + I cannot extend this letter by a special reference to other subjects + upon which the convention gave an expression. + + In respect to them, as well as to those I have noticed, I am + in entire agreement with the declarations of the convention. The + resolutions relating to the coinage, to the rebuilding of the navy, + to coast defences, and to public lands, express conclusions to all of + which I gave my support in the Senate. + + Inviting a calm and thoughtful consideration of these public + questions, we submit them to the people. Their intelligent patriotism + and the good Providence that made and has kept us a Nation will lead + them to wise and safe conclusions. + + Very respectfully, your obedient servant, + BENJAMIN HARRISON. + + + + +CLAYTON, IND., SEPTEMBER 13. + +_Reunion of the Seventieth Indiana Regiment._ + + +General Harrison, accompanied by Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. McKee, on +September 13 attended the fourteenth reunion of the Seventieth Indiana +Regimental Association at Clayton village, Hendricks County. + +The Seventieth Regiment was recruited from the counties of Hendricks, +Johnson and Marion. Of the one hundred and fifty-nine regiments sent to +the front by Indiana, but few, if any, achieved a more honorable and +distinguished record. It was the first regiment to report for duty under +President Lincoln's call of July, '62, and was recruited in less than a +month by Second Lieutenant Benjamin Harrison. + +After the regiment had been recruited Lieutenant Harrison was elected +Captain of Company A, and when the regiment was organized, August +7, 1862, Captain Harrison was commissioned its colonel. It left +Indianapolis for the front August 13, 1862, and returned thirty-four +months later, with a loss of 189 men. It participated in eleven +engagements, including Resaca, Kenesaw, Marietta, Peach Tree Creek, +Atlanta, Savannah and Bentonville. The regiment was a part of Sherman's +army, and was attached to the First Brigade, Third Division, Twentieth +Corps. For several years past General Harrison has been successively +chosen President of the Regimental Association. + +Several hundred veterans, with their families, accompanied the General +from Indianapolis, and were greeted at Clayton by five thousand people. +Three hundred veterans of the Seventieth saluted their Colonel as +he walked to the front and, assuming command, led the column to a +neighboring grove, where the exercises of the day were held. It was the +largest reunion in the history of the Association. Among the prominent +non-resident members in attendance were Lieutenant-Colonel James Burghs, +of Topeka; Capt. Wm. M. Meredith, Chicago (he was captain of Company +E, the color company of the regiment); Captain Tansey, now Judge, +of Winfield, Kansas; Captain Willis Record, of Nebraska; Lieutenant +Hardenbrook and Private Snow, of Kansas, and Cyrus Butterfield, of +Minneapolis. The orator of the day was Comrade J. M. Brown. + +General Harrison, as President of the Association, presided. The +proceedings were opened with prayer by Comrade J. H. Meteer, followed by +an address of welcome by Miss Mary L. Mitchell, daughter of Captain W. +C. Mitchell, who directed her closing remarks to General Harrison. + +With great earnestness the General replied as follows: + + _Miss Mitchell_--I feel quite incompetent to discharge the duty + that now devolves upon me--that of making suitable response to the + touching, cordial and sympathetic words which you have addressed to + us. We thank you and the good citizens of Clayton, for whom you have + spoken, that you have opened your hearts so fully to us to-day. I am + sure we have never assembled under circumstances more attractive than + those that now surround us. The mellow sunshine of this autumn-time + that falls upon us, the balmy air which moves the leaves of those + shadowing trees, the sweet calm and spell of nature that is over + everything, makes the day one of those that may be described in the + language of the old poet as + + "A bridal of the earth and sky." + + Your hospitable welcome makes us feel at home, and in behalf of this + large representation of our regiment, possibly the largest that has + assembled since the close of the war, gathered not only from these + adjacent counties, but from distant homes beyond the Mississippi and + the Missouri, I give you to-day in return our most hearty thanks for + your great kindness. + + The autumn-time is a fit time for our gathering, for our spring-time + is gone. It was in the spring-time of our lives that we heard our + country's call. Full of vigor and youth and patriotism, we responded + to it. The exhaustion of march and camp and battle, and the civil + strife of the years that have passed since the close of the war, + have left their marks upon us, and, as we gather from year to year, + we notice the signs of advancing age, and the roster of our dead is + lengthened. We are reminded by the minutes of our last meeting, that + have been read, of the presence at our last reunion of that faithful + and beloved officer who went out from this county, Major Reagan. + With a prophetic instinct of what was before him, he told us then + that it was probably the last time that he should gather with us. + God has verified the thought that was in his mind, and that simple, + true-hearted, brave comrade has been enrolled with the larger company. + We are glad to-day to be together, yet our gladness is sobered. As I + look into those familiar faces I notice a deep sense of satisfaction, + but I have not failed to observe that there are tears in many eyes. + We are not moved to tears by any sense of regret that we gave some + service to our country and to its flag, but only by the sense that we + are not all here to-day, and that all who are here will never gather + again in a meeting like this. We rejoice that we were permitted to + make some contribution to the glory and credit and perpetuity of the + Nation we love. [Applause.] + + Comrades who served under other regimental flags and who have + gathered here with us to-day, we do not boast of higher motives or + greater service than yours. We welcome you to a participation in + our reunion. We fully acknowledge that you had a full--possibly a + fuller--share than we in the great achievements of the war. We claim + only this for the Seventieth Indiana--that we went into the service + with the full purpose to respond to every order [cries of "That's + so!"], and that we never evaded a fight or turned our backs to the + enemy. [Applause.] We are not here to exalt ourselves, but I cannot + omit to say that a purer, truer self-consecration to the flag and + country was never offered than by you and your dead comrades who, in + 1862, mustered for the defence of the Union. [Applause.] + + It was not in the heyday of success, it was not under the impression + that sixty days would end the war, that you were mustered. It was when + the clouds hung low and disasters were thick. Buell was returning + from the Tennessee, Kirby Smith coming through Cumberland Gap, and + McClellan had been defeated on the Peninsula. It seemed as if the + frown of God was on our cause. It was then, in that hour of stress, + that you pledged your hearts and lives to the country [applause], in + the sober realization that the war was a desperate one, in which + thousands were to die. We are glad that God has spared us to see the + magnificent development and increase in strength and honor which has + come to us as a Nation, and in the glory that has been woven into the + flag we love. [Great applause.] We are glad that with most of us the + struggle in life has not left us defeat, if it has not crowned us with + the highest successes. We are veterans and yet citizens, pledged, each + according to his own conscience and thought, to do that which will + best promote the glory of our country and best conserve and set in + our public measures those patriotic thoughts and purposes that took + us into the war. [Applause.] It is my wish to-day that every relation + I occupy to the public or to a political party might be absolutely + forgotten [cries of "Good! good!"], and that I might for this day, + among these comrades, be thought of only as a comrade--your old + Colonel. [Great applause.] + + Nothing has given me more pleasure on this occasion than to notice, + as I passed through your streets, so beautifully and so tastefully + decorated, that the poles that have been reared by the great parties + were intertwined [applause]--and now I remind myself that I am not + the orator of this occasion [cries of "Go on!"], but its presiding + officer. The right discharge of that duty forbids much talking. + + Comrades of the Seventieth Indiana, comrades of all these associated + regiments, I am glad to meet you. Nothing shall sever that bond, I + hope. Nothing that I shall ever say, nothing that I shall ever do, + will weaken it. And now, if you will permit me again to acknowledge + the generous hospitality of this community, and in your behalf to + return them our most sincere thanks, I will close these remarks and + proceed with the programme which has been provided. + +General Harrison was unanimously re-elected President of the +Association, Colonel Samuel Merrill Vice-President, M. G. McLean +Secretary, Major James L. Mitchell Treasurer. + +When the motion was put by one of the veterans on the adoption of +the report re-electing General Harrison to the presidency of the +Association, the veterans answered with a "Yea" that brought cheer upon +cheer from the crowd. + +General Harrison, visibly affected, simply said: "I feel myself crowned +again to-day by this evidence of comradeship of the old soldiers of the +Seventieth Indiana." [Cheers.] + +On his return from Clayton, General Harrison was visited at his +residence by fifty veterans of Potter Post, G. A. R., Sycamore, Ill., +_en route_ home from the Columbus encampment. They were introduced by +General E. F. Dutton, colonel of the One Hundred and Fifth Illinois +Infantry, and commander of the Second Brigade, Third Division of the +Twentieth Army Corps. + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, SEPTEMBER 14. + + +All trains arriving from the East this day brought large delegations of +homeward-bound veterans from the Columbus, Ohio, encampment. The first +to arrive was one hundred veterans of Ransom Post, St. Louis--General +Sherman's Post--who were introduced by Col. Murphy. General Harrison, +responding to their greeting, said: + + _Comrades_--I esteem it a pleasure to be able to associate with you + by the use of that form of address. I know of no human organization + that can give a better reason for its existence than the Grand Army of + the Republic. [Cries of "Good!"] It needs no argument to justify it; + it stands unassailable, and admits of no criticism from any quarter. + Its members have rendered that service to their country in war, and + they maintain now, in peace, that honorable, courageous citizenship + that entitles them to every patriot's respect. I thank you for this + visit, and will be glad if you will now allow me to welcome you to my + home. + +In the afternoon the streets of Indianapolis were overflowing with +marching veterans from Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin, and +Kansas, headed by the National Drum Corps of Minneapolis, and commanded +by Department Commander Col. James A. Sexton, of Chicago, and a +brilliant staff. The great column passed through the city out to the +Harrison residence. Conspicuous at the head of the line marched the +distinguished Governor of Wisconsin, General Jere M. Rusk, surrounded +by his staff of seventeen crippled veterans, among whom were Capt. E. +G. Fimme, Secretary of State of Wisconsin; Col. H. B. Harshaw, State +Treasurer; C. E. Estabrook, Attorney-General; Philip Cheek, Insurance +Commissioner; Col. H. P. Fischer, Maj. J. R. Curran, Maj. F. L. +Phillips, Maj. F. H. Conse; Captains W. W. Jones, H. W. Lovejoy, and W. +H. McFarland. Eighty members of the Woman's Relief Corps accompanied +the veterans, and were given positions of honor at the reception. +When General Harrison appeared he was tendered an ovation. Governor +Rusk said: "Comrades--I consider it both an honor and a pleasure in +introducing to you the President of the United States for the next eight +years--General Benjamin Harrison." [Cheers.] + +General Harrison responded as follows: + + _Governor Rusk, Comrades of the Grand Army, and Ladies_--I did not + suppose that the Constitution of our country would be subjected to + so serious a fracture by the executive of one of our great States. + [Laughter.] Four years is the constitutional term of the President. + [Laughter.] I am glad to see you; I return your friendly greetings + most heartily. Your association is a most worthy one. As I said to + some comrades who visited me this morning, it has the best reason for + its existence of any human organization that I know of. [Applause.] I + am glad to know that your recent encampment at Columbus was so largely + attended, and was in all its circumstances so magnificent a success. + The National Encampment of the G. A. R. is an honor to any city. The + proudest may well array itself in its best attire to welcome the + Union veterans of the late war. In these magnificent gatherings, so + impressive in numbers and so much more impressive in the associations + they revive, there is a great teaching force. If it is worth while + to build monuments to heroism and patriotic sacrifice that may stand + as dumb yet eloquent instructors of the generation that is to come, + so it is worth while that these survivors of the war assemble in + their national encampments and march once more, unarmed, through the + streets of our cities, whose peace and prosperity they have secured. + [Applause.] + + Every man and every woman should do them honor. We have a body of + citizen soldiers instructed in tactics and strategy and accustomed to + the points of war that make this Nation very strong and formidable. + I well remember that even in the second year of the war instructors + in tactics were rare in our own camps. They are very numerous now. + [Laughter.] Yet, while this Nation was never so strong in a great + instructed, trained body of veteran soldiers, I think it was never + more strongly smitten with the love of peace. The man that would + rather fight than eat has not survived the last war. [Laughter.] He + was laid away in an early grave or enrolled on the list of deserters. + But he would be mistaken who supposes that all the hardships of the + war--its cruel, hard memories--would begin to frighten those veterans + from the front if the flag was again assailed or the national security + or dignity imperilled. [Applause and cries of "You are right!"] The + war was also an educator in political economy. + + These veterans, who saw how the poverty of the South in the + development of her manufacturing interests paralyzed the skill of + her soldiers and the generalship of her captains, have learned to + esteem and value our diversified manufacturing interests. [Applause.] + You know that woollen mills and flocks would have been more valuable + to the Confederacy than battalions; that foundries and arsenals and + skilled mechanical labor was the great lack of the Confederacy. You + have learned that lesson so well that you will not wish our rescued + country, by any fatal free-trade policy, to be brought to a like + condition. [Applause and cries of "Good! good!"] And now, gentlemen, I + had a stipulation that I was not to speak at all. [Laughter.] You will + surely allow me now to stop this formal address, and to welcome my + comrades to our home. [Applause.] + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, SEPTEMBER 15. + + +General Harrison held three receptions this date. The first was tendered +the Scott Rifles of Kansas City, all members of the G. A. R., _en route_ +home from the Columbus encampment. They wore the regulation blue uniform +and carried muskets. Captain Brant introduced his company, stating that +in bringing their arms with them "they did not intend to do General +Harrison any violence." The General responded: + + _Captain and Comrades_--I did not need to be assured that comrades + of the Grand Army, whether bearing arms or not, brought me no peril. + No loyal and orderly citizen will mistrust their friendliness. The + people of Indiana will not ask that you procure any permit or give + bond to keep the peace before passing through this loyal State with + arms in your hands. + + I am especially complimented by the visit of this organized company + of the Missouri militia, composed wholly of Union veterans. It gives + evidence that those who served in the Civil War are still watchful of + the honor and safety of our country and its flag; that our Government + may rest with security upon the defence which our citizen-soldiers + offer. + + And now, without alluding at all to any topic of partisan interest, + I bid you welcome, and will be pleased to have a personal introduction + to each of you, if that is your pleasure. + +The second reception was extended to a delegation of twelve hundred +workingmen from New Albany, Floyd County, organized into political +clubs, among whose leaders were Walter B. Godfrey, M. Y. Mallory, +Geo. B. Cardwell, M. M. Hurley, W. A. Maynor, Andrew Fite, Chas. R. +Clarke, J. W. Edmonson, L. L. Pierce, Horace Brown, N. D. Morris, T. W. +Armstrong, D. C. Anthony, John Hahn, R. E. Burke, Albert Hopkins, F. +D. Connor, Frank Norton, M. McDonald, M. H. Sparks, W. H. Russell, J. +N. Peyton, Daniel Prosser, Geo. Roberts, and G. H. Pennington. A band +of G. A. R. veterans from far-off Texas happened to be present at the +reception, among them Col. J. C. De Gress, Wm. Long, John Herman, S. C. +Slade, W. H. Nye, W. H. Tuttle, Geo. A. Knight, and Dr. S. McKay. James +A. Atkinson, a glassblower of the De Pauw works at New Albany, delivered +an able address on behalf of the visitors. General Harrison responded as +follows: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--There is something very distinctive, very + interesting, and very instructive in this large delegation of + workingmen from the city of New Albany. Your fellow-workman and + spokesman has so eloquently presented that particular issue upon which + you have the greatest interest that I can add nothing to the force + or conclusiveness of his argument. He has said that the interests + of the workingmen were especially involved in the pending political + contest. I think that is conceded even by our political opponents. + I do not think there is a man so dull or so unfair as to deny that + the reduction of our tariff rates so as to destroy the principle of + protection now embodied in our laws will have an influence on your + wages and on the production of your mills and factories. If this be + true, then your interest in the question is apparent. You will want to + know whether the influence of the proposed reduction of rates is to + be beneficial or hurtful; whether the effect will be to stimulate or + diminish production; whether it will be to maintain or increase the + rate of wages you are now receiving, or to reduce them. As you shall + settle these questions, so will you vote in November. [Applause.] + + No man can doubt that a reduction of duties will stimulate the + importation of foreign merchandise. None of these plate-glass workers + can doubt that a reduction of the duty upon plate-glass will increase + the importation of French plate-glass. + + None of these workers in your woollen mills can doubt that the + reduction of the duty upon the product of their mills will increase + the importation of foreign woollen goods. + + And, if that is true, is it not also clear that this increased + importation of foreign-made goods means some idle workingmen in your + mills? The party that favors such discriminating duties as will + develop American production and secure the largest amount of work + for our American shops is the party whose policy will promote your + interests. [Applause and cries of "Hit him again!"] I have heard it + said by some leaders of Democratic thought that the reduction proposed + by the Mills bill, and the further reduction which some of them are + candid enough to admit they contemplate, will stimulate American + production by opening foreign markets and that the interests of our + Indiana manufacturing establishments would thus be promoted. But those + who advance this argument also say that it will not do to progress + too rapidly in the direction of free trade--that we must go slowly, + because our protected industries cannot stand too rapid an advance; + it would not be safe. [Laughter.] Now, my countrymen, if this plan of + revenue reform is to be promotive of our manufacturing interests, why + go slowly? Why not open the gates wide and let us have the promised + good all at once? [Laughter and applause.] + + Is it that these philosophers think the cup of prosperity will + be so sweet and full that our laboring people cannot be allowed to + drink it at one draught? [Applause and cries of "Good! good!"] No, + my countrymen, this statement implies what these gentlemen know to + be true--that the effect of the proposed legislation is diminished + production and diminished wages, and they desire that you shall have + an opportunity to get used to it. [Applause.] But I cannot press + this discussion further. I want to thank you for the cordial things + you have said to me by him who has spoken for you. I trust, and have + always trusted, the intelligence and conscience of our working people. + [Applause.] + + They will inevitably find out the truth, and when they find it they + will justify it. Therefore, there are many things that have been said + to which I have not and shall not allude while this contest is on. + They are with you: the truth is accessible to you, and you will find + it. Now, thanking you most heartily for the personal respect you have + evidenced, and congratulating you upon your intelligent devotion to + that great American system which has spread a sky of hope above you + and your children, I bid you good-by. [Cheers.] + +The crowning event of the day was the reception of several hundred +members of the Irish-American Republican Club of Cook County and +Chicago. The visitors were met by the Home Irish-American Protection +Club, Patrick A. Ward, President, assisted by the Columbia Club and +several thousand citizens. Their demonstration was one of the most +notable of the campaign. This club was the first political organization +in the country to congratulate General Harrison on his nomination. The +evening of June 25 the club met and adopted the following, which was +telegraphed the General: + + The Irish-American Republican Club of Cook County, Illinois, + congratulate you and the country upon your nomination. We greet + the gallant soldier and true American, and rejoice with our + fellow-citizens of every nationality in the glad assurance your + nomination gives that the industries of our country will be protected + and the honor of the Nation maintained with the same courage and + devotion that distinguished you on the bloody field of Resaca. We + salute the next President of the Republic. + + NATHAN P. BRADY, _President_. + +Leaders of the delegation were Hon. John F. Finerty, F. J. Gleason, +Dennis Ward, Richard Powers, and Messrs. Russell and O'Morey. Thomas +F. Byron, of Lowell, Mass., founder of the Land League in America, +accompanied the club. In the absence of President Brady their spokesman +was Mr. John F. Beggs. General Harrison delivered one of his happiest +responses. He said: + + _Mr. Beggs and my Friends of the Irish-American Republican + Club of Cook County, Ill._--You were Irishmen, you are Americans + [cheers]--Irish-Americans [continued cheering], and though you have + given the consecrated loyalty of your honest hearts to the starry flag + and your adopted country, you have not and you ought not to forget + to love and venerate the land of your nativity. [Great applause.] If + you could forget Ireland, if you could be unmoved by her minstrelsy, + untouched by the appeals of her splendid oratory, unsympathetic with + her heroes and martyrs, I should fear that the bonds of your new + citizenship would have no power over hearts so cold and consciences so + dead. [Cheers.] + + What if a sprig of green were found upon the bloody jacket of a + Union soldier who lay dead on Missionary Ridge? The flag he died for + was his flag and the green was only a memory and an inspiration. + + We, native or Irish born, join with the Republican convention in + the hope that the cause of Irish home rule, progressing under the + leadership of Gladstone and Parnell [cheers] upon peaceful and lawful + lines, may yet secure for Ireland that which as Americans we so much + value--local home rule. [Cheering.] I am sure that you who have, + in your own persons or in your worthy representatives, given such + convincing evidence of your devotion to the American Constitution + and flag and to American institutions will not falter in this great + civil contest which your spokesman has so fittingly described. Who, + if not Irish-Americans versed in the sad story of the commercial + ruin of the island they love, should be instructed in the beneficent + influence of a protective tariff? [Continuous cheering.] Who, if not + Irish-Americans should be able to appreciate the friendly influences + of the protective system upon their individual and upon their home + life? Which of you has not realized that not the lot of man only, but + the lot of woman, has been made softer and easier under its influence? + [Applause and "Hear! hear!"] Contrast the American mother and wife, + burdened only with the cares of motherhood and of the household, with + the condition of women in many of the countries of the Old World, + where she is loaded also with the drudgery of toil in the field. + [Applause.] + + I know that none more than Irishmen, who are so characterized by + their deference for women, and whose women have so fitly illustrated + that which is pure in female character, will value this illustration + of the good effects of our American system upon the home life. + [Continued applause.] + + There are nations across the sea who are hungry for the American + market. They are waiting with eager expectation for the adoption of + a free-trade policy by the United States. [Cries of "That will never + happen!"] The English manufacturer is persuaded that an increased + market for English goods in America is good for him, but I think it + will be impossible to persuade the American producer and the American + workman that it is good for them. [Applause and cries of "That's + right!"] I believe that social order, that national prosperity, are + bound up in the preservation of our existing policy. [Loud cheering + and cries of "You are right!"] I do not believe that a republic can + live and prosper whose wage-earners do not receive enough to make life + comfortable, who do not have some upward avenues of hope open before + them. When the wage-earners of the land lose hope, when the star goes + out, social order is impossible, and after that anarchy or the Czar. + [Cheering.] + + I gratefully acknowledge the compliment of your call, and + exceedingly regret that the storm without made it impossible for me + to receive you at my house. [Applause and cries of "Thanks! thanks!"] + I will now be glad to take each member of your club by the hand. + [Continued cheering.] + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, SEPTEMBER 18. + + +General Harrison's callers to-day numbered about five thousand, over +half of whom came from Vermilion County, Illinois, led by a company of +young ladies, in uniform, from the town of Sidell. Hon. Samuel Stansbury +of Danville was Marshal of the delegation, aided by E. C. Boudinot, D. +G. Moore, Chas. A. Allen, J. G. Thompson, and W. C. Cowan. Col. W. R. +Jewell, editor Danville _Daily News_, was spokesman. General Harrison, +in response, said: + + _My Illinois Friends_--The people of your State were very early + in giving evidence to our people and to me that they are deeply and + generally interested in this campaign. I welcome you and accept + your coming as evidence that the early interest you manifested has + suffered no abatement. It was not an impulse that stirred you, but + a deep conviction that matters of great and lasting consequence to + your country are involved in this campaign. Your representative in + Congress, Hon. Joseph Cannon, is well known in Indiana. [Applause.] + I have known him for many years; have observed his conduct in the + National Congress, and always with admiration. He is a fearless, + aggressive, honest Republican leader. [Applause and cries of "Good! + good!"] He is worthy of the favor and confidence you have shown him. + + If some one were to ask to-day, "What is the matter with the United + States?" [laughter and cries of "She's all right!"] I am sure we would + hear some Democratic friend respond, "Its people are oppressed and + impoverished by tariff taxation." [Laughter.] Ordinarily our people + can be trusted to know when they are taxed; but this Democratic friend + will tell us that the tariff tax is so insidious that our people pay + it without knowing it. That is a very unhappy condition, indeed. But + his difficulties are not all surmounted when he has convinced his + hearers that a customs duty is a tax, for history does not run well + with his statement that our people have been impoverished by our + tariff system. Another answer to your question will be perhaps that + there is now a great surplus in the Treasury--he will probably not + state the figures, for there seems to be a painful uncertainty about + that. I have sometimes thought that this surplus was held chiefly to + be talked about. The laws provide a use for it that would speedily + place it in circulation. If a business man finds an accumulated + surplus that he does not need in his business, that stands as a bank + balance and draws no interest, and if he has notes outside to mature + in the future he will make a ready choice between leaving his balance + in the bank and using it to take up his obligations. [Applause.] + But in our national finances the other choice has been made, and + this surplus remains in the national bank without interest, while + our bonds, which, under the law, might be retired by the use of it, + continue to draw interest. + + You have a great agricultural State. Its prairies offer the most + tempting invitation to the settler. I have heard it suggested that one + reason why you have outstripped Indiana in population was because the + men who were afraid of the "deadening" passed over us to seek your + treeless plains. [Applause.] But you have not been contented to be + only an agricultural community. You have developed your manufactures + and mechanical industries until now, if my recollection is not at + fault, for every two persons engaged in agricultural labor you have + one engaged in manufacturing, in the mechanical arts and mining. It is + this subdivision of labor, these diversified industries, that make + Illinois take rank so near the head among the States. By this home + interchange of the products of the farm and shop, made possible by our + protective system, Illinois has been able to attain her proud position + in the union of the States. Shall we continue a policy that has + wrought so marvellously since the war in the development of all those + States that have given hospitable access to manufacturing capital and + to the brawn and skill of the workingman? [Cries of "Good! good!" and + cheers.] + +From Louisville, Ky., came 1,000 enthusiastic visitors, led by the Hon. +Wm. E. Riley, Hon. R. R. Glover, Hon. Albert Scott, W. W. Huffman, W. M. +Collins, M. E. Malone, and J. J. Jonson. A. E. Willson, of Louisville, +delivered a stirring address on behalf of the Republicans of Kentucky, +to which General Harrison responded as follows: + + _My Kentucky Friends_--There have been larger delegations assembled + about this platform, but there has been none that has in a higher + degree attracted my interest or touched my heart. [Applause.] It + has been quite one thing to be a Republican in Illinois and quite + another to be a Republican in Kentucky. [Applause.] Not the victors + only in a good fight deserve a crown; those who fight well and are + beaten and fight again, as you have done, deserve a crown, though + victory never yet has perched on your banner. [A voice, "It will perch + there, though, don't you forget it!"] Yes, it will come, for the + bud of victory is always in the truth. I will not treat you to-day + to any statistics from the census reports [laughter], nor enter the + attractive field of the history of your great State. I have believed + that these visiting delegations were always well advised as to the + history and statistics of their respective States. [Laughter.] If + this trust has been misplaced in other cases, certainly Kentuckians + can be trusted to remember and perhaps to tell all that is noble in + the thrilling history of their great State. [Great applause.] Your + history is very full of romantic and thrilling adventure and of + instances of individual heroism. Your people have always been proud, + chivalric, and brave. In the late war for the Union, spite of all + distraction and defection, Kentucky stood by the old flag. [Applause.] + And now that the war is over and its bitter memory is forgotten, + there is not one, I hope, in all your borders, who does not bless the + outcome of that great struggle. [Applause.] Surely there are none in + Kentucky who do not rejoice that the beautiful river is not a river + of division. [Great applause.] And now what hinders that Kentucky + shall step forward in the great industrial rivalry between the + States? Is there not, as your spokesman has suggested, in the early + and thorough instruction which the people of Kentucky received from + the mouth of your matchless orator, Henry Clay [applause], a power + that shall yet and speedily bring back Kentucky to the support of our + protective system? [Applause.] Can the old Whigs, who so reverently + received from the lips of Clay the gospel of protection, much longer + support a revenue policy that they know to be inimical to our national + interests? If when Kentucky was a slave State she found a protective + tariff promoted the prosperity of her people, what greater things will + the same policy not do for her as a free State? She has now opened + her hospitable doors to skilled labor; her coal and metals and hemp + invite its transforming touch. Why should she not speedily find great + manufacturing cities spring up in her beautiful valleys? Shall any old + prejudice spoil this hopeful vision? [Great applause.] I remember that + Kentucky agitated for seven years and held nine conventions before + she secured a separate statehood. May I not appeal to the children of + those brave settlers who, when but few in number, composed of distant + and feeble settlements, were received into the Union of States, to + show their chivalry and love of justice by uniting with us in the + demand that Dakota and Washington shall be admitted? [Applause.] Does + not your own story shame those who represent you in the halls of + Congress and who bar the door against communities whose numbers and + resources so vastly outreach what you possessed when you were admitted + to statehood? We look hopefully to Kentucky. The State of Henry Clay + and Abraham Lincoln [enthusiastic cheering] cannot be much longer + forgetful [cries of "No! no!"] of the teachings of those great leaders + of thought. + + I believe that Kentucky will place herself soon upon the side of the + truth upon these great questions. [A voice, "We believe it!" Another + voice, "We will keep them out of Indiana, anyhow!" Great cheering.] + Thank you. There is no better way that I know of to keep one + detachment of an army from re-enforcing another than by giving that + detachment all it can do in its own field. [Applause and laughter.] + +The last visitors of the day were 200 delegates, in attendance upon +the sessions of the National Association of Union Ex-Prisoners of War. +They were led by Gen. W. H. Powell, of Belleville, Iowa, President of +the Association; E. H. Williams, of Indianapolis, Vice-President; +Chaplain C. C. McCabe, New York City; Historian Frank E. Moran, +Philadelphia; President-elect Thomas H. McKee and Secretary L. P. +Williams, Washington, D. C.; S. N. Long, of New Jersey, and J. W. Green, +of Ohio. Every one of the visiting veterans had undergone imprisonment +at Andersonville, Libby, or some less noted Southern prison. Conspicuous +among them was Gen. B. F. Kelly, of Virginia, the first Union officer +wounded in the rebellion, and J. A. January, of Illinois, who amputated +both his own feet while in Libby Prison, to prevent gangrene spreading. +General Powell, in a brief address, touchingly referred to the perils +and hardships they had survived. General Harrison was greatly affected +by the scene--the veterans grouped closely about him in his own house. +He paused a moment in silence, then in a low, sympathetic voice, said: + + _General Powell and Comrades_--I am always touched when I meet + either with those who stood near about me in the service, or those who + shared the general comradeship of the war. It seems to me that the + wild exhilaration which in the earlier reunions we often saw is very + much sobered as we come together now. I have realized in meeting with + my own regiment this fall that it was a time when one felt the touches + of the pathetic. And yet there was a glow of satisfaction in being + together again and in thinking of what was and what is. The annals of + the war fail to furnish a sadder story than that of the host of Union + veterans who suffered war's greatest hardship--captivity. The story of + the rebel prison pens was one of grim horror. In the field our armies, + always brave, were generally always chivalric and humane. But the + treatment of the captured Union soldiers surpassed in fiendish cruelty + the best achievements of the savage. It is the black spot without any + lining of silver or any touch of human nature. But you have cause for + congratulation that you have been spared to the glory and prosperity + that your services and sufferings have brought to the Nation. The + most vivid imagination has drawn no picture of the full meaning to + our people and to the world of these simple words--we saved the + Union, perpetuated free government, and abolished slavery. [Prolonged + applause.] + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, SEPTEMBER 19. + + +Five delegations paid their respects to the Republican nominee this day. +The first was sixty veterans of the Seventh Indiana Cavalry--General +J. P. Shanks' old regiment. Colonel Lewis Reeves, of Mentone, Ind., +made the address on behalf of the veterans, to which General Harrison +responded: + + _Comrades_--I recall the services of your gallant regiment. + I welcome you as men who had as honorable a part in the great + achievements of the Union army as any in the Civil War. I congratulate + you that you have been spared to see the fruits of your labors and + sacrifices. In these meetings the thought of those who did not live to + see the end of the bloody struggle is always present. Their honor also + is in our keeping. I am glad to know that at last in our State a shaft + is being lifted to the honor of the Indiana soldier. It will not only + keep alive a worthy memory, but it will instil patriotism into our + children. I thank you for this friendly visit. [Cheers.] + +From Illinois came two large delegations--that from Iroquois County +numbering 1,000, commanded by Chief Marshal Slattery, of Onargo. A +Tippecanoe club of veterans headed their column, led by Chairman Owen, +followed by the John A. Logan Club, commanded by Capt. A. L. Whitehall. +Prominent in the delegation were State Senator Secrist, Judge S. G. +Bovie, B. F. Price, J. F. Ireland, A. Powell, James Woodworth, G. +B. Joiner, W. M. Coney, Dr. J. H. Gillam, Dr. Scull, editors E. A. +Nye and M. S. Taliaferro, of Watseka; also W. H. Howe, of Braidwood, +father of the "Drummer Boy of Vicksburg." Robert Meredith, of Onargo, +spoke on behalf of the colored members of the delegation, and Capt. +R. W. Hilscher, of Watseka, for the veterans. La Porte County, Ind., +was represented by a large delegation, the Michigan City detachment +commanded by Major Biddle, Uriah Culbert, and Major Wood. The Laporte +City clubs were led by Wm. C. Weir, Marshal of the delegation. Other +prominent members were S. M. Closser, W. C. Miller, Frank E. Osborn, +J. N. Whitehead, M. L. Bramhall, Nelson Larzen, Samuel Bagley, Brook +Travis, Wm. Hastings, S. A. Rose, Swan Peterson, and editor Sonneborn. +The presentation address was made by Col. J. W. Crumpacker, of Laporte. + +To these several addresses General Harrison responded: + + _My Illinois and my Indiana Friends_--If I needed any stimulus to + duty, or to have my impression of the dignity and responsibility of + representative office increased, I should find it in such assemblies + as these and in the kind and thoughtful words which have been + addressed to me in your behalf. The American people under our system + of government have their public interests in their own keeping. All + laws and proclamations may be revoked or repealed by them. They will + be called on in November to mark out the revenue policy for our + Government by choosing public officers pledged to the principles + which a majority of our people approve. Fortunately you have now an + issue very clearly drawn and very easy to be understood. In previous + campaigns we have not quite known where our adversaries stood. Now we + do know. Our Democratic friends say a protective tariff is robbery. + You see this written at the head of campaign tracts circulated + by their committees. You hear it said in the public speeches of + their leaders. You have not once, I think, in the campaign heard + any Democratic speaker admit that even a low protective tariff was + desirable. Those who, like Mr. Randall, have in former campaigns + been used to allay the apprehension of our working people by talking + protection have been silenced. On the other hand, the Republican party + declares by its platform and by its speakers that a protective tariff + is wise and necessary. There is the issue. Make your own choice. If + you approve by your votes the doctrine that a protective tariff is + public robbery, you will expect your representatives to stop this + public robbery, and if they are faithful they will do it; not seven + per cent. of it, but all of it. [Applause and cries of "That's it!"] + So that I beg you all to recollect that you will vote this fall for + or against the principle of protection. You are invited to a feast of + cheapness. You are promised foreign-made goods at very low prices, + and domestic competing goods, if any are made, at the same low rates. + But do not forget that the spectre of low wages will also attend the + feast. [Applause and cries of "That's so!"] Inevitably, as certain as + the night follows the day, the adoption of this policy means lower + wages. Choose, then, and do not forget that this cheapening process + may be pushed so far as to involve the cheapening of human life and + the loss of human happiness. [Applause.] + + And now a word about the surplus in the Treasury. Our Democratic + friends did not know what else to do with it, and so they have + deposited it in certain national banks. The Government gets no + interest upon it, but it is loaned out by the banks to our citizens at + interest. Our income is more than our current expenses. There is no + authority for the Secretary of the Treasury to lend the money, and so + only three methods of dealing with it presented themselves, under the + law--first, to lock it up in the Treasury vaults; second, to deposit + it in the banks without interest; or, third, to use it in the purchase + of bonds not yet due. The objection to the first method was that the + withdrawal of so large a sum might result in a monetary stringency; + the second obviated this objection by allowing the banks to put the + money in circulation; but neither method resulted in any advantage to + the Government. + + As to it the money was dead; only the banks received interest for + its use. By the third method the money would be returned to the + channels of trade and the Government would make the difference between + the premium paid for the bond and the interest that the bonds would + draw if left outstanding until they matured. If a Government bond + at the market premium is a good investment for a capitalist who is + free to use his money as he pleases, can it be bad finance for the + Government, having money that it cannot use in any other way, to use + it in buying up its bonds? [Great applause.] It is not whether we will + purposely raise money to buy our bonds at a premium--no one would + advise that--but will we so use a surplus that we have on hand and + cannot lawfully pay out in any other way? Do our Democratic friends + propose to give the banks the free use of it until our bonds mature, + or do they propose to reduce our annual income below our expenditure + by a revision of the tariff until this surplus is used, and then + revise the tariff again to restore the equilibriums? [Great applause.] + I welcome the presence to-day of these ladies of your households. We + should not forget that we have working-women in America. [Applause and + cries of "Good! good!"] None more than they are interested in this + policy of protection which we advocate. If want and hard conditions + come into the home, the women bear a full share. [Applause.] And now + I have been tempted to speak more at length than I had intended. + I thank you for this cordial manifestation of your confidence and + respect. [Cheers.] + +The fourth delegation of the day came from Grundy County, Illinois, +headed by the Logan Club of Morris. An enthusiastic member of this +delegation was the venerable Geo. P. Augustine, of Braceville, +Ill., aged 77, who in the summer of 1840 employed the boy "Jimmie" +Garfield--afterward President of the United States--to ride his horses +on the tow-path of the Ohio canal between Portsmouth and Cleveland. +Hon. P. C. Hayes, of Morris, was spokesman for the delegation. General +Harrison said: + + _General Hayes and my Illinois Friends_--I regret that your arrival + was postponed so long as to make it impossible for you to meet with + the other friends from your State who, a little while ago, assembled + about the platform. I thank you for the kind feelings that prompted + you to come, and for the generous things General Hayes has said in + your behalf. There is little that I can say and little that I can + appropriately do to promote the success of the Republican principles. + A campaign that enlists the earnest and active co-operation of the + individual voters will have a safe issue. I am glad to see in your + presence an evidence that in your locality this individual interest + is felt. [Applause.] But popular assemblies, public debate, and + conventions are all an empty mockery unless, when the debate is + closed, the election is so conducted that every elector shall have + an equal and full influence in determining the result. That is our + compact of government. [Cheers.] I thank you again for your great + kindness, and it will now give me pleasure to accede to the suggestion + of General Hayes and take each of you by the hand. + +The fifth and last delegation of the day reached the Harrison residence +in the evening, and comprised 200 survivors of the Second and Ninth +Indiana Cavalry and the Twenty-sixth Indiana Infantry. Col. John A. +Bridgland, the old commander of the Second Cavalry, spoke on behalf of +the veterans. General Harrison replied: + + _Colonel Bridgland and Comrades_--I am fast losing my faith in men. + [Laughter.] This morning a representative or two of this regiment + called upon me and made an arrangement that I should receive you at + this hour. It was expressly stipulated--though I took no security + [laughter]--that there should be no speech-making at all. Now I find + myself formally introduced to you and under the necessity of talking + to you. [Laughter.] I am under so much stress in this way, from day + to day, that I am really getting to be a little timid when I see a + corporal's guard together anywhere, for fear they will want a speech. + [Laughter.] And even at home, when I sit down at the table with my + family, I have some apprehensions lest some one may propose a toast + and insist that I shall respond. [Laughter.] + + I remember that the Second Indiana Cavalry was the first full + cavalry regiment I ever saw. I saw it marching through Washington + Street from the windows of my law office; and as I watched the long + line drawing itself through the street, it seemed to me the call + for troops might stop; that there were certainly enough men and + horses there to put down the rebellion. [Laughter.] It is clear I + did not rightly measure the capacities of a cavalry regiment, or the + dimensions of the rebellion. [Laughter.] I am glad to see you here + to-day. You come as soldiers, and I greet you as comrades. I will not + allude to political topics, on which any of us might differ. [A voice, + "There ain't any differences!"] Of course, the members of the Ninth + Cavalry and the Twenty-sixth Infantry must understand I am speaking + to all my comrades. [A voice, "The Twenty-sixth were waiting for the + cavalry to get out of the way!" Laughter.] Well, during the war you + were willing to wait, weren't you? [Hearty laughter.] I was going to + say that I had an express promise from Mr. Adams, of the Twenty-sixth + Indiana, there should be no speaking on the occasion of your visit. + [Laughter.] Perhaps his comrades of the Twenty-sixth will say I had + not sufficient reason for so thinking, as we all know that he is given + to joking. [Laughter.] I will be pleased now to meet each of you + personally. + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, SEPTEMBER 20. + + +On September 20 a distinguished delegation arrived from Cincinnati, +for the purpose of inviting General and Mrs. Harrison to attend the +Cincinnati Exposition. The committee, representing the Board of +Commissioners of the Exposition, was headed by Chairman Goodale and +President Allison and wife, accompanied by Mayor Amor Smith and wife, +Comptroller E. P. Eshelby and wife, Hon. John B. Peaslee, Mrs. and Miss +Devereaux, C. H. Rockwell and wife, and others. + +In the evening 300 gentlemen, exhibiting implements and agricultural +machinery at the State Fair--then in progress--called on General +Harrison. John C. Wingate, of Montgomery County, was their spokesman. + +Responding to their greeting the General said: + + _My Friends_--When I was asked yesterday whether it would be + agreeable to me to see about one hundred gentlemen who were here in + attendance upon the Indiana State Fair and connected with the exhibit + of machinery, I was assured their call would be of the most informal + character--that they would simply visit me at my home and spend a few + moments socially. [Laughter.] Until I heard the music of your band and + saw the torchlights, that was my understanding of what was in store + for me this evening. I am again the victim of a misunderstanding. + [Laughter and applause.] Still, though my one hundred guests have been + multiplied several times, and though I find myself compelled to speak + to you en masse rather than individually, I am glad to see you. I + thank you for your visit, and for the cordial terms in which you have + addressed me. What your speaker has said as to the favorable condition + of our working people is true; and we are fortunate in the fact that + we do not need to depend for our evidence on statistics or the reports + of those who casually visit the countries of the Old World. There is + probably not a shop represented here that has not among its workingmen + those who have tried the conditions of life in the old country, and + are able to speak from personal experience. It cannot be doubted that + our American system of levying discriminating duties upon competing + foreign products has much to do with the better condition of our + working people. I welcome you as representatives of one of the great + industries of our country. The demands of the farm have been met by + the ingenuity of your shops. The improvement in farm machinery within + my own recollection has been marvellous. The scythe and the cradle + still held control in the harvest field when I first went out to + carry the noon meal to the workmen. Afterward it sometimes fell to my + lot in the hay-field to drive one of the old-fashioned combination + reapers and mowers. It was a great advance over the scythe and cradle, + and yet it was heavy and clumsy--a very horse-killer. [Laughter and + applause.] When the drivers struck a stump the horse had no power + over the machine in either direction. Now these machines have been so + lightened and improved that they are the perfection of mechanism. Your + inventive genius has responded to the necessities of the farm until + that which was drudgery has become light and easy. I thank you again + for your call, and will be glad to meet personally those strangers who + are here. [Applause.] + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, SEPTEMBER 21. + + +Randolph and Jay counties, Indiana, contributed 3,000 visitors on +September 21. At the head of the Randolph column marched 200 members +of the "Old Men's Tippecanoe Club," of Winchester, led by Marshals J. +B. Ross, A. J. Stakebake, and Auditor Cranor. Other leaders in the +delegation were Mayor F. H. Bowen, Hon. Theo. Shockley, Geo. Patchell, +W. S. Ensign, Frank Parker, Samuel Bell, Dr. G. Rynard, and Washington +Smith, of Union City; J. W. Macy, J. S. Engle, Reverdy Puckett, A. C. +Beeson, and John E. Markle, of Winchester. + +The Jay County contingent was led by James A. Russell, B. D. Halfhill, +Isaac McKinney, J. W. Williams, Eli Clark, J. C. Andrews, T. J. +Cartwright, and Albert Martin. L. C. Hauseman was spokesman for the +Hoosiers. Gen. Stone, of Randolph, spoke on behalf of the veterans. + +From Dayton, Ohio, came 500 visitors, including 60 veterans of the +campaign of '40, led by Secretary Edgar. Marshal James Applegate, Mr. +Eckley, Dr. J. A. Ronspert, and W. R. Knaub were other leaders of the +Ohio contingent. Col. John G. Lowe was their speaker, and referred to +the fact that Gen. Harrison "had won his education and Miss Caroline M. +Scott, now his estimable wife, when a resident of Ohio." + +To these addresses the General, responding, said: + + _My Ohio and Indiana Friends_--The magnitude and the cordiality of + this demonstration are very gratifying. That these representatives of + the State of my nativity, and these, my neighbors in this State of my + early adoption, should unite this morning in giving this evidence of + their respect and confidence is especially pleasing. I do remember + Ohio, the State of my birth and of my boyhood, with affection and + veneration. I take pride in her great history, the illustrious men she + furnished to lead our armies, and the army of her brave boys who bore + the knapsack and the gun for the Union. I take pride in her pure and + illustrious statesmen. Ohio was the first of the Northwestern States + to receive the western emigration after the Revolutionary War. When + that tide of patriotism which had borne our country to freedom and had + established our Constitution threw upon the West many of the patriots + whose fortunes had been maimed or broken by their sacrifices in the + Revolutionary War, this pure stream, pouring over the Alleghanies, + found its first basin in the State of Ohio. [Cries of "Good! Good!"] + + The waters of patriotism that had been distilled in the fires of the + Revolution fertilized her virgin fields. [Applause.] I do not forget, + however, that my manhood has all been spent in Indiana--that all the + struggle which is behind me in life has this for its field. [Cheers.] + + I brought to this hospitable State only that to which Col. Lowe has + alluded--an education and a good wife. [Great cheering.] Whatever + else I have, whatever else I have accomplished, for myself and for + my family or the public, has been under the favoring and friendly + auspices of these, my fellow-citizens of Indiana. [Applause.] To + them I owe more than I can repay. My Indiana friends, you come from + a county largely devoted to agriculture. The invitation of Nature + was so generous that your people have generally accepted it. Guarded + as your early settlers were, and as those of Ohio were, by that + sword of liberty which was placed at your gates by the ordinance of + 1787, stimulated, as you have been, by the suggestions of that great + ordinance in favor of morality and education, you have, in your rural + homes, one of the best communities in the world. [Applause.] You do + not forget, farmers though you are, that 95 per cent. of the product + of your farms is consumed at home, and you are too wise to put that + in peril in a greedy search after foreign trade. [Great applause.] You + will not sacrifice these great industries that have created in our + country a consuming class for your products. [Cheers.] I do not think + that there is any doubt what tariff policy England would wish us to + adopt, and yet some say that England is trembling lest we should adopt + free trade here [laughter], and so rob her of other markets that she + now enjoys. [Laughter.] The story of our colonial days, when England, + with selfish and insatiate avarice, laid her repressive hand upon our + infant manufactories and attempted to suppress them all, furnishes + the first object-lesson she gave us. Another was given when the life + of this Nation--the child of England, as she has been wont to call + us, speaking the mother tongue, having many institutions inherited + from her--was imperilled. The offer of free trade by the Confederacy + so touched the commercial greed of England that she forgot the ties + of blood and went to the verge of war with us to advance the cause of + the rebel Government. [Cheers.] But what England wants, or what any + other country wants, is not very important--certainly not conclusive. + [Cheers.] + + What is best for us and our people should be the decisive question. + [Cheers.] My Randolph County friends, there are State questions that + must take a strong hold upon the minds of people like yours. The + proposition to lift entirely out of the range and control of partisan + politics the great benevolent institutions of the State is one that + must commend itself to all your people. [Cheers.] If all those friends + who sympathize with us upon this question had acted with us in 1886 we + should then have accomplished this great reform. [Applause.] And now, + to these old gentlemen whose judgment and large experience in life + gives added value to their kind words; to these young friends who, + for the first time, take a freeman's place in the line of battle to + do duty for the right, I give my kindly greetings and best wishes in + return for theirs. [Cheers.] + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, SEPTEMBER + + +On the afternoon of September 22 General Harrison was visited by 600 +Chicago "drummers," organized as the Republican Commercial Travellers' +Association of Chicago and accompanied by the celebrated Second Regiment +Band. They were escorted to the Harrison residence by the Columbia Club +and 200 members of the Republican Commercial Travellers' Escort Club of +Indianapolis, George C. Webster, President; Ernest Morris, Secretary. + +The entire business community turned out to greet the visitors as they +marched through the city, performing difficult evolutions, under the +command of Chief Marshal Vandever and his aids--C. S. Felton, P. H. +Brockway, B. F. Horton, Joseph Pomroy, W. H. Haskell, Geo. W. Bristol, +A. C. Boyd, Geo. H. Green, and Secretary H. A. Morgan. + +General Harrison's appearance was signalized by a remarkable +demonstration. Col. H. H. Rude delivered the address on behalf of his +associates. + +In response General Harrison made one of his best speeches. He said: + + _Sir, and Gentlemen of the Republican Commercial Travellers' + Association of Chicago_--I bid you welcome to my home. I give you + my most ardent thanks for this cordial evidence of your interest + in those great principles of government which are advocated by the + Republican party, whose candidate I am. I am not unfamiliar with the + value, efficiency, and intelligence of the commercial travellers + of our country. [Cheers.] The contribution you make to the success + of the business communities with which you are identified is large + and indispensable. I do not doubt that one of the strongest props + of Chicago's commercial greatness would be destroyed if you were + withdrawn from the commercial forces of that great city. [Cheers.] The + growth and development of Chicago has been one of the most marvellous + incidents in the story of American progress. It is gratifying to know + that your interest is enlisted in this political campaign. It is very + creditable to you that in the rush of the busy industries and pushing + trade of your city you have not forgotten that you are American + citizens and that you owe service, not to commerce only, but to your + country. [Great cheering.] It is gratifying to be assured that you + propose to bring your influence into the great civil contest which is + now engaging the interest of our people. The intelligence and energy + which you give to your commercial pursuits will be a most valuable + contribution to our cause. [Cheers.] The power of such a body of men + is very great. + + I want now to introduce to you for a moment another speaker--an + Englishman. Within the last year I have been reading, wholly without + any view to politics, the story of our diplomatic relations with + England during the Civil War. The motive that most strongly influenced + the English mind in its sympathy with the South was the expectancy of + free trade with the Confederacy [cries of "That's right!"], and among + the most influential publications intended to urge English recognition + and aid to the Confederates was a book entitled "The American Union," + by James Spence. It was published in 1862, and ran through several + editions. Speaking of the South he said: + + "No part of the world can be found more admirably placed for + exchanging with this country the products of industry to mutual + advantage than the Southern States of the Union. Producing in + abundance the material we chiefly require, their climate and the + habits of the people indispose them to manufactures, and leave to + be purchased precisely the commodities we have to sell. They have + neither the means nor the desire to enter into rivalry with us. + Commercially they offer more than the capabilities of another India + within a fortnight's distance from our shores. The capacity of a + Southern trade when free from restrictions may be estimated most + correctly by comparison. The condition of those States resembles + that of Australia, both non-manufacturing countries, with the + command of ample productions to offer in exchange for the imports + they require." + + The author proceeds to show that at the time England's exports to + our country were only thirteen shillings per capita of our population, + while the exports to Australia were ten pounds sterling per capita. + Let me now read you what is said of the Northern States: + + "The people of the North, whether manufacturers or ship-owners, + regard us as rivals and competitors, to be held back and cramped + by all possible means. [Applause and cries of "That's it!"] They + possess the same elements as ourselves--coal, metals, ships, an + aptitude for machinery, energy and industry--while the early + obstacles of deficient capital and scanty labor are rapidly + disappearing. [Applause and a voice, "Exactly!"] + + "For many years they have competed with us in some manufactures + in foreign markets, and their peculiar skill in the contrivance of + labor-saving machinery daily increases the number of articles they + produce cheaper than ourselves. [Loud cheering and a voice, "We'll + knock them out again!"] + + "Thus, to one part of the world our exports are at the rate of + ten pounds sterling per head, while those to the Union amount to but + thirteen shillings per head." + + I have read these extracts because they seemed to me very suggestive + and very instructive. The South offered free trade to Europe in + exchange for an expected recognition of their independence by England + and France. [Cries of "You are right!"] The offer was very attractive + and persuasive to the ruling classes of England. They took Confederate + bonds and sent out armed cruisers to prey upon our commerce. They + dallied with Southern agents, fed them with delusive hopes, and thus + encouraged the South to protract a hopeless struggle. They walked to + the very edge of open war with the United States, forgetful of all the + friendly ties that had bound us as nations, and all this to satisfy + a commercial greed. We may learn from this how high a price England + then set upon free trade with a part only of the States. [A voice, "We + remember it!"] + + But now the Union has been saved and restored. Men of both armies + and of all the States rejoice that England's hope of a commercial + dependency on our Southern coast was disappointed. The South is under + no stress to purchase foreign help by trade concessions. She will now + open her hospitable doors to manufacturing, capital, and skilled labor. + + It is not now true that either climate or the habits of her people + indispose them to manufactures. Of the Virginias, North Carolina, + Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Missouri, it may be now said, as + Mr. Spence said of the more northern States, "They possess the same + elements as ourselves [England]--coal, metals, ships, an aptitude + for machinery, energy, and industry--while the early obstacles of + deficient capital and scanty labor are rapidly disappearing." And I + am sure there is a "New South"--shackled as it is by traditions and + prejudices--that is girding itself to take part in great industrial + rivalry with England, which Mr. Spence so much deprecates. These great + States will no longer allow either Old England or New England to spin + and weave their cotton, but will build mills in the very fields where + the great staple is gathered. [Applause.] They will no longer leave + Pennsylvania without an active rival in the production of iron. They + surely will not, if they are at all mindful of their great need and + their great opportunity, unite in this crusade against our protected + industries. + + Our interests no longer run upon sectional lines, and it cannot be + good for any part of our country that Mr. Spence's vision of English + trade with us should be realized. [Cries of "Never! Never!"] Commerce + between the States is working mightily, if silently, to efface all + lingering estrangements between our people, and the appeal for the + perpetuation of the American system of protection will, I am sure, + soon find an answering response among the people of all the States. + [Loud cheering.] + + I thank you again for this beautiful and cordial demonstration, and + will now be glad to meet you personally. + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, SEPTEMBER 25. + + +The third delegation from Wabash County during the campaign arrived +on September 25, a thousand strong, headed by Hon. Jesse Arnold, Col. +Homan Depew, Thomas Black, W. D. Caldwell, Obed Way, Thomas McNamee, +Rob't Thompson, Wm. Alexander, Robert Wilson, Andrew Egnew, C. S. Haas, +W. W. Stewart, W. H. Bent, Robert Stewart, and W. D. Gachenour. Their +spokesman was Capt. B. F. Williams. Parke County, Indiana, contributed a +large delegation the same day, under the lead of John W. Stryker, Jacob +Church, John R. Johnson, A. O. Benson, W. W. McCune, Joseph H. Jordan, +and A. A. Hargrave, of Rockville, and 300 school children, in charge of +A. R. McMurty. Dr. T. F. Leech was orator for the Parke visitors. + +General Harrison spoke as follows: + + _My Wabash County Friends and my Little Friends from Parke_--I + am very glad to meet you here to-day. My friend who has spoken for + Wabash County has very truly said that the relations between me and + the Republicans of that county have always been exceedingly cordial. + I remember well when I first visited your county in 1860, almost a + boy in years, altogether a boy in political experience. I was then a + candidate for Reporter of the Decisions of the Supreme Court of this + State. You had in one of your own citizens, afterward a distinguished + soldier, a candidate for that office in the convention that nominated + me, but that did not interfere at all with the cordial welcome from + your people when, as the nominee of the party, I came into your + county. I think from that day to this my name has never been mentioned + in any convention for any office that I have not had almost the + unanimous support of the Republicans of Wabash County. [Applause.] + This is no new interest which you now manifest to-day. The expressions + of your confidence have been very numerous and have been continued + through nearly thirty years. + + There is one word on one subject that I want to say. Our Democratic + friends tell us that there are about a hundred millions--their + arithmeticians do not agree on the exact figures--in the public + Treasury for which the Government has no need. They have found only + this method of using it, viz.: depositing it in the national banks of + the country, to be loaned out by them to our citizens at interest, the + Government getting no interest whatever from the banks. I suggested, + and it was not an original suggestion with me--Senator Sherman has + advocated the same policy with great ability in the Senate--that + this money had better be used in buying Government bonds, because + the Government would make some money in applying it that way, and + there was no other way in which they could get any interest on it + at all. But it is said if we use it in this manner we pay a premium + to the bondholders. But it is only the same premium that the bonds + are bringing in the market. In other words, as I said the other day, + capitalists who can use their money as they please--put it out on + mortgages, at interest, or in any other way--think the Government + bond at the current rate of premium is a good investment for them. + Now, the Government can buy those bonds at that premium and save a + great deal of interest. I will not undertake to give you figures. One + issue of these bonds matures in 1907, and bears four per cent. annual + interest. Now, suppose this surplus money were to remain all that + time in the banks without bringing any interest to the Government; + is there a man here so dull that he cannot see the great loss that + would result to the people? I have another objection to this policy: + the favoritism that is involved in it. We have heard--and from such + high authority that I think that we must accept it as true--that the + great patronage appertaining to the office of President of the United + States involves a public peril. Now, suppose we add to that danger a + hundred millions of dollars that the Secretary of the Treasury can put + in this community or that, in this bank or that, at his pleasure; is + not the power of the executive perilously increased? Is it right that + the use of this vast sum should be a matter of mere favoritism, that + the Secretary should be allowed to put $10,000,000 of this surplus + in Indianapolis and none of it in Kansas City, or $75,000,000 in New + York and none in Indianapolis? If the money is used in buying bonds it + finds its natural place--goes where it belongs. This is a most serious + objection to the present method of dealing with the surplus. But if + you still object to paying the market premium when we buy these bonds, + see how it works the other way. The banks deposit their bonds in the + Treasury to secure these deposits, get the Government money without + interest, and still draw interest on their bonds. If any of you had a + note for a thousand dollars due in five years, bearing interest, and + your credit was so good that the note was worth a premium, and you had + twelve hundred dollars that you could not put out at interest so as + to offset the interest on your note, would you not make money by using + this surplus to take up the note at a fair premium? Would you think + it wise finance to give the thousand dollars that you had on hand to + your creditor without interest and allow him to deposit your note with + you as security, you paying interest on the note until it was due and + getting no interest on your deposit? [Laughter and applause.]. + + I welcome my young friends from Parke County. There is nothing + fuller of interest than childhood. There is so much promise and + hope in it. Expectancy makes life very rosy to them and them very + interesting to us who have passed beyond the turn of life. [Applause.] + You are fortunate in these kind instructors, who from week to week + instil into your minds the principles of religion and of morality; + but do not forget that there is another vine of beauty that may be + appropriately twined with those--the love of your country and her + institutions. [Applause.] I thank you again for this cordial evidence + of your regard. The skies are threatening, and as there is danger that + our meeting may be interrupted by rain I will stop here in order that + I may meet each of you personally. [Cheers.] + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, SEPTEMBER 26. + + +Ohio and Indiana united to-day again, through their delegations, +aggregating 4,000 citizens, in paying their respects to General +Harrison. The Tippecanoe Veteran Association of Columbus, Ohio, J. E. +St. Clair, President, comprising 200 veterans, whose ages averaged 76 +years, was escorted by the Foraker Club of Columbus, led by President +Reeves. The veterans were accompanied by the venerable Judge John +A. Bingham, of Cadiz, and Gen. Geo. B. Wright, of Columbus, both of +whom made addresses. No other club or organization, during the entire +campaign, was the recipient of such marked attentions as the Ohio +veterans; the youngest among them was 68 years of age. Among the oldest +were Wm. Armstrong, aged 91; Ansel Bristol, 80; H. H. Chariton, 84; +Francis A. Crum, 82; Joseph Davis, 84; Henry Edwards, 80; John Fields, +82; John A. Gill, 82; J. L. Grover, 81; J. A. S. Harlow, 87; Harris +Loomis, 84; Dan'l Melhousen, 80; Sam'l McCleland, 80; Judge John Otstot, +86; James Park, 80; Daniel Short, 83; John Saul, 86; George Snoffer, +85; David Taylor, 87; Jacob Taylor, 88; J. D. Fuller, 82, and Luther +Hillery, aged 90, who knew William Henry Harrison before his first +nomination. Prominent in the Foraker Club were Dr. A. W. Harden and D. +K. Reif. + +The Tipton County, Indiana, visitation was under the auspices of the +First Voters' Club of the town of Tipton. A large club of Tippecanoe +campaign veterans headed their column, led by Chief Marshal J. A. +Swoveland, assisted by M. W. Pershing, James Johns, John F. Pyke, R. J. +McCalion, Isaac Booth, J. Q. Seright, and J. Wolverton. Judge Daniel +Waugh, of Tipton, was the mouthpiece of the delegation. + +From Elkhart County, Indiana, came a notable delegation of a thousand +business men, prominent among whom were State Senator Davis, Hon. Geo. +W. Burt, Daniel Zook, H. J. Beyerle, E. G. Herr, D. W. Neidig, T. H. +Dailey, D. W. Granger, and I. W. Nash, of Goshen; and James H. State, A. +C. Manning, J. W. Fieldhouse, J. G. Schreiner, A. P. Kent, J. H. Cainon, +Frank Baker, and Jacob Berkley, of Elkhart City. Hon. O. Z. Hubbell +was spokesman for the delegation. Judge Bingham's eloquent address was +listened to with marked attention. + +General Harrison responded as follows: + + _Gentlemen, my Ohio and Indiana Friends_--Again about this platform + there are gathered representatives from these two great States. Your + coming is an expression of a common interest, a recognition of the + fact that there is a citizenship that is wider than the lines of any + State. [Cheers.] That over and above that just pride in your own + communities, which you cherish so jealously, there is a fuller pride + in the one flag, to which we all give our allegiance, and in the + one Constitution, which binds the people of these States together + indissolubly in a Government strong enough to protect its humblest + citizen wherever he may sojourn. [Prolonged cheers.] Your State + institutions are based, like those of the Nation, upon the great + principles of human liberty and equality, and are consecrated to the + promotion of social order and popular education. But, above all this, + resting on like foundations, is the strong arch of the Union that + binds us together as a Nation. You are citizens of the United States, + and as such have common interests that suggest this meeting. [Cheers.] + + I cannot speak separately to the various organizations represented + here. There is a broad sense in which you are one. But I cannot omit + to pay a hearty tribute of thanks to these venerable men who are + gathered about me to-day. I value this tribute from them more than + words can tell. I cannot, without indelicacy, speak much of that + campaign to which they brought the enthusiasm of their earlier life + and to which their memories now turn with so much interest. If, out + of it, they have brought on with them in life to this moment and have + transferred to me some part of the respect which another won from + them, then I will find in their kindness a new stimulus to duty. + [Applause and cries, "We have; we have!"] In looking over, the other + day, a publication of the campaign of 1840, I fell upon a card signed + by fifteen Democrats of Orange, N. J., giving their reasons for + leaving the Democratic party. It has occurred to me that it might be + interesting to some of these old gentlemen. [Cries of "We want to hear + it!" and "Read it!"] + + It was as follows: "We might give many reasons for this change in + our political opinions. The following, however, we deem sufficient: + We do not believe the price of labor in this free country should be + reduced to the standard prescribed by despots in foreign countries. + [Applause.] We do not believe in fighting for the country and being + unrepresented in the councils of the country. We do not believe in an + exclusive, hard, metallic currency any more than we believe in hard + bread or no bread! We do not believe it was the design of the framers + of the Constitution that the President should occupy his time during + the first term in electioneering for his re-election to a second + term!" [Loud laughter and applause.] I have read this simply as an + historical curiosity and to refresh your recollections as to some of + the issues of that campaign. If it has any application to our modern + politics I will leave you to make it. [Laughter and applause.] I have + recently been talking, and have one thing further to say, about the + surplus. + + There is a very proper use I think that can be made of more than + twenty millions of it. During the Civil War our customs receipts and + our receipts from internal taxes, which last had brought under tribute + almost every pursuit in life, were inadequate to the great drain + upon our Treasury caused by the Civil War. Our Congress, exercising + one of the powers of the Constitution, levied a direct tax upon the + States. Ohio paid her part of it, Indiana paid hers, and so did the + other loyal States. The Southern States were in rebellion and did + not pay theirs. Now we have come to a time when the Government has + surplus money, and the proposition was made in Congress to return this + tax to the States that had paid it. [Applause.] The State of Indiana + would have received one million dollars, which my fellow-citizens of + this State know would have been a great relief to our taxpayers in + the present depleted condition of our treasury. [Cheers.] I do not + recall the exact amount Ohio would have received, but it was much + larger. If any one asks, Why repay this tax? this illustration will + be a sufficient answer: Suppose five men are associated in a business + corporation. The corporation suffers losses and its capital is + impaired. An assessment becomes necessary, and three members pay their + assessments while two do not. The corporation is again prosperous and + there is a surplus of money in the treasury. What shall be done with + it? Manifestly, justice requires that the two delinquents should pay + up or that there should be returned to the other three the assessment + levied upon them. [Great cheering.] A bill providing for the repayment + of the tax was killed in the House of Representatives, not by voting + it down, but by filibustering, a majority of the House being in favor + of its passage. And those who defeated the bill by those revolutionary + tactics were largely from the States that had not paid the tax. + [Cheers.] I mention these facts to show that twenty millions of the + surplus now lying in the banks, where it draws no interest, might + very righteously be used so as to greatly lighten the real burdens + of taxation now resting on the people--burdens that the people know + to be taxes without any argument from our statesmen. [Applause and + laughter.] I am a lover of silence [laughter], and yet when such + assemblies as these greet me with their kind, earnest faces and their + kinder words, I do not know how I can do less than to say a few words + upon some of these great public questions. I have spoken frankly and + fearlessly my convictions upon these questions. [Cheers and cries of + "Good! Good!"] And now, unappalled by the immensity of this audience, + I will complete the accustomed programme and take by the hand such of + you as desire to meet me personally. [Cheers.] + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, SEPTEMBER 27. + + +General Harrison's visitors this day came from Ohio and Pennsylvania. +Hancock and Allen counties, Ohio, sent over a thousand, including +the Harrison and Morton Battalion of Lima, commanded by Capt. Martin +Atmer, and the Republican Veteran Club of Findlay, Rev. R. H. Holliday, +President. The Chief Marshal of the combined delegations was Major S. F. +Ellis, of Lima, hero of the forlorn hope storming column which carried +the intrenchments at Port Hudson, La., June 15, 1863. Prominent members +of the Allen County delegation were Hon. Geo. Hall, Geo. P. Waldorf, S. +S. Wheeler, J. F. Price, W. A. Campbell, J. J. Marks, and Burt Hagedorn. +Major S. M. Jones was spokesman for the visitors. + +General Harrison, with his usual vigor, replied: + + _Gentlemen and my Ohio Friends_--The State of my nativity has again + placed me under obligations by this new evidence of the respect of her + people. I am glad to meet you and to notice in the kind and interested + faces into which I look a confirmation of the cordial remarks which + have been addressed to me on your behalf. You each feel a personal + interest and, I trust, a personal responsibility in this campaign. + The interest which expresses itself only in public demonstrations is + not of the highest value. The citizen who really believes that this + election will either give a fresh impulse to the career of prosperity + and honor in which our Nation has walked since the war, or will clog + and retard that progress, comes far short of his duty if he does not + in his own place as a citizen make his influence felt for the truth + upon those who are near him. [Applause.] You come from a community + that has recently awakened to the fact that beneath the soil which + has long yielded bounteous harvests to your farmers there was stored + by nature a great and new source of wealth. You, in common with + neighboring communities in Ohio and with other communities in our + State, have only partially realized as yet the increase in wealth + that oil and natural gas will bring to them, if it is not checked by + destructive changes in our tariff policy. This fact should quicken and + intensify the interest of these communities in this contest for the + preservation of the American system of protection. [Applause.] + + It is said by some of our opponents that a protective tariff has + no influence upon wages; that labor in the United States has nothing + to fear from the competition from pauper labor; that in the contest + between pauper labor and high priced labor pauper labor was always + driven out. Do such statements as these fall in line with experiences + of these workingmen who are before me? [Cries of "No, no!"] If that + is true, then why the legislative precautions we have wisely taken + against the coming of pauper labor to our shores? It is because + you know, every one of you, that in a contest between two rival + establishments here, or between two rival countries, that that shop + or that country that pays the lowest wages--and so produces most + cheaply--can command the market. If the products of foreign mills + that pay low wages are admitted here without discriminating duties, + you know there is only one way to meet such competition, and that + is by reducing wages in our mills. [Applause.] They seek to entice + you by the suggestion that you can wear cheaper clothing when free + access is given to the products of foreign woollen mills; and yet + they mention also that now, in some of our own cities, the men, and + especially the women, who are manufacturing the garments we wear + are not getting adequate wages, and that among some of them there + is suffering. Do they hope that when the coat is made cheaper the + wages of the man or woman who makes it will be increased? The power + of your labor organizations to secure increased wages is greatest + when there is a large demand for the product you are making at fair + prices. You do not strike for better wages on a falling market. When + the mills are running full time, when there is a full demand at good + prices for the product of your toil, and when warehouses are empty, + then your organization may effectively insist upon increased wages. + Did any of you ever see one of the organized efforts for better wages + succeed when the mill was running on half time, and there was a small + demand at falling prices in the market for the product? [Applause.] + The protective system works with your labor organization to secure + and maintain a just compensation for labor. Whenever it becomes + true--as it is in some other countries--that the workingman spends + to-day what he will earn to-morrow, then your labor organizations + will lose their power. Then the workman becomes in very fact a part + of the machine he operates. He cannot leave it, for he has eaten + to-day bread that he is to earn to-morrow. But when he eats to-day + bread that he earned last week or last year, then he may successfully + resist any unfair exactions. [Applause.] I do not say that we have + here an ideal condition. I do not deny that in connection with some + of our employments the conditions of life are hard. But the practical + question is this: Is not the condition of our working people on the + average comparatively a great deal better than that of any other + country? [Applause and cries of "Good! Good!"] + + If it is, then you will carefully scan all these suggestions before + you consent that the work of foreign workmen shall supply our market, + now supplied by the products of the hands of American workmen. I thank + you again. The day is threatening and cool, and I beg you to excuse + further public speech. [Applause.] + +At night 200 Pennsylvanians, who came to Indiana to aid in developing +the natural gas industry, called upon General Harrison at his residence, +under the direction of a committee composed of Capt. J. C. Gibney, J. +B. Wheeler, and Geo. A. Richards. Their spokesman was Wm. McElwaine, a +fellow-workman. + +General Harrison addressed them and said: + + _Gentlemen_--It is very pleasant for me to meet you to-night in + my own home. The more informal my intercourse can be made with my + fellow-citizens the more agreeable it is to me. To you, and all others + who will come informally to my home, I will give a hearty greeting. I + am glad to see these representatives from the State of Pennsylvania + whose business pursuits have called them to make their home with us + in Indiana. The State of Pennsylvania has a special interest for me + in the fact that it was the native State of a mother who, though + nearly forty years dead, still lives affectionately in my memory. I + welcome you here to this State as those who come to settle among us + under new conditions of industrial and domestic life, to bring into + our factories and our homes this new fuel from which we hope so much, + not only in the promotion of domestic comfort and economy, but in + the advancement of our manufacturing institutions. Your calling is + one requiring high skill and intelligence and great fidelity. The + agent with which you deal is an admirable servant but a dangerous + master, and through carelessness may bring a peril instead of a + blessing into our households and into our communities. I am glad that + Indiana, so long drained upon by the States west of the Mississippi, + has at last felt in your coming from that stanch, magnificent + Republican commonwealth some restoration of this drain, which has + made the struggle for Republican success in Indiana doubtful in our + previous elections. It is time some of the States east of us, having + such majorities as Pennsylvania, were contributing not only to our + business enterprise and prosperity, but to the strengthening of the + Republican ranks, which have been depleted by the invitations which + the agricultural States of the West have extended to our enterprising + young men. I welcome your here to-night, and will be glad to have a + personal introduction to each of you. [Applause.] + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, SEPTEMBER 29. + + +Ohio and Illinois did honor this day again to the Republican nominee. +From Cleveland came 800 voters; their organizations were the Harrison +Boys in Blue--200 veterans of the Civil War--commanded by Gen. James +Barnett; the Garfield Club, led by Thomas R. Whitehead and Albert M. +Long; the Logan Club, headed by Capt. W. R. Isham, and the German +Central Club. Prominent in the delegation were Hon. Amos Townsend, John +Gibson, and Major Palmer, the blind orator. Gen. E. Myers spoke for the +Buckeyes. The city of Normal, McLean County, Illinois, sent a delegation +of 200 teachers and students of the State Normal School, including 70 +ladies. Student William Galbraith spoke for his associates. + +General Harrison, in response, said: + + _Gentlemen and Friends_--The organizations represented here this + morning have for me each an individual interest. Each is suggestive of + a line of thought which _I_ should be glad to follow, but I cannot, in + the few moments that I can speak to you in this chilly atmosphere, say + all that the names and character of your respective clubs suggest as + appropriate. I welcome those comrades in the Union army in the Civil + War. [Cheers.] + + Death wrought its work in ghastly form in those years when, + patiently, fearlessly, and hopefully, you carried the flag to the + front and brought it at last in triumph to the Nation's capital. + [Cheers.] Death, since, in its gentler forms, has been coming into + the households where the veterans that were spared from shot and + shell abide. The muster-roll of the living is growing shorter. The + larger company is being rapidly recruited. You live not alone in the + memories of the war. Your presence here attests that, as citizens, you + feel the importance of these civil strifes. You recall the incidents + of the great war, not in malice, not to stir or revive sectional + divisions, or to re-mark sectional lines, but because you believe + that it is good for the Nation that loyalty to the flag and heroism + in its defence should be remembered and honored. [Cheers.] There is + not a veteran here, in this Republican Club of veterans, who does not + desire that the streams of prosperity in the Southern States should + run bank-full. [Cheers.] + + There is not one who does not sympathize with her plague-stricken + communities, and rejoice in every new evidence of her industrial + development. The Union veterans have never sought to impose hard + conditions upon the brave men they vanquished. The generous terms of + surrender given by General Grant were not alone expressions of his + own brave, magnanimous nature. The hearts of soldiers who carried + the gun and the knapsack in his victorious army were as generous as + his. You were glad to accept the renewal of the Confederate soldier's + allegiance to the flag as the happy end of all strife; willing that he + should possess the equal protection and power of a citizenship that + you had preserved for yourselves and secured to him. [Cheers.] You + have only asked--and you may confidently submit to the judgment of + every brave Confederate soldier whether the terms are not fair--that + the veteran of the Union army shall have, as a voter, an equal + influence in the affairs of the country that was saved by him for + both with the man who fought against the flag, and that soldiers of + neither army shall abridge the rights of others under the law. [Great + cheering.] Less than that you cannot accept with honor; less than that + a generous foe would not consent to offer. + + To the gentlemen of the John A. Logan Club let me say: You have + chosen a worthy name for your organization. Patriot, soldier, and + statesman, Logan's memory will live in the affectionate admiration of + his comrades and in the respect of all his opponents. His home State + was Illinois, but his achievements were national. + + To these German-American Republicans I give a most cordial welcome. + You have been known in our politics as a people well informed upon all + the great economic questions that have arisen for settlement. You have + always been faithful to an honest currency. [Cheers.] The enticements + of depreciated money did not win you from sound principle. You bravely + stood for a paper currency that should be the true equivalent of coin. + [Cries of "Good! Good!"] Those who, like your people, have learned + the lessons of thrift and economy in your old-country homes, and + have brought them here with you, realized that above all things the + laborer needed honest money that would not shrink in his hands when + it had paid him for an honest day's toil. And now, when another great + economic question is pressing for determination, I do not doubt that + you will as wisely and as resolutely help to settle that also. + + As the great German chancellor, that student of human government + and affairs, turning his thoughtful study toward the history of + our country since the war, has declared that in his judgment our + protective tariff system was the source of our strength, that by + reason of it we were able to deal with a war debt that seemed to be + appalling and insurmountable, I do not doubt that you, too, men who + believe in work and in thrift, and so many of whom are everywhere + sheltered under a roof of their own, will unite with us in this + struggle to preserve our American market for our own workingmen, and + to maintain here a living standard of wages. [Cheers.] + + To these students who come fresh from the class-room to give me a + greeting this morning I also return my sincere thanks. I suggest to + them that they be not only students of books and maxims, but also of + men and markets; that in the study of the tariff question they do not + forget, as so many do, that they are Americans. + + I thank you all again for your visit. I regret that I am not able + to give you, in my own home, a personal and more cordial greeting. My + house is not large enough to receive you. [A voice, "Your heart is!"] + Yes, I have room enough in my heart for all. [Great cheering.] I am + very sincerely grateful for these evidences of your personal regard. + Out of them all; out of the coming of these frequent and enthusiastic + crowds of my fellow-citizens; out of all these kind words; out of + these kind faces of men and women; out of the hearty "God-speeds" you + give me, I hope to bring an inspiration and an endowment for whatever + may be before me in life, whether I shall walk in private or public + paths. [Great cheering.] + +The largest delegation of the day, numbering over a thousand business +men, arrived from Chicago, after stopping _en route_ at several +important points, where their orators, Gen. H. H. Thomas, George +Drigg, and Judge John W. Green, made speeches. Their notable political +organizations were the First Tippecanoe Club of Chicago, 100 veterans +of 1840, led by Dr. D. S. Smith; the Logan Club, and the Twelfth Ward +Republican Club, led by Charles Catlin, E. S. Taylor, Wm. Wilkes, and +Joseph Dixon. Judge Green and Dr. Smith delivered addresses. + +General Harrison, responding, said: + + _My Illinois Friends_--It is a source of great regret to me that + we are not able to make your reception more comfortable. The chill + of this September evening and of this open grove is not suggestive + of the hospitable and cordial welcome that our people would have + been glad to extend to you. Our excuse for this time may be found + in the vastness of this assemblage. I am pleased to have this fresh + and imposing evidence of the enthusiasm and interest of the Illinois + Republicans. [Cheers.] There is nothing in the great history of + the Republican party that need make any man blush to own himself a + Republican. [Cheers.] There is much to kindle the enthusiasm of all + lovers of their country. We do not rest in the past, but we rejoice in + it. [Cheers.] The Republican party has so consistently followed the + teachings of those great Americans whose names the world reveres that + we may appropriately hold a Republican convention on the birthday of + any one of them. [Cheers.] The calendar of our political saints does + not omit one name that was conspicuous in peace or war. [Cheers.] We + can celebrate Jackson's birthday or the anniversary of the battle of + New Orleans because he stood for the unity of the Nation, and his + victory confirmed it in the respect of the world. [Great cheering.] + There is no song of patriotism that we do not sing in our meetings. + There is no marble that has been builded to perpetuate the glory + of our soldiers about which we may not appropriately assemble and + proclaim the principles that we advocate. [Cheers.] We believe in our + country, and give it our love and first care. We have always advocated + that policy in legislation which was promotive of the interests and + honor of our country. [Cheers.] I will not discuss any particular + public topic to-day, as the conditions are so unfavorable for out-door + speaking. Let me thank you again for this cordial evidence of your + interest and for the personal respect which you have shown to me. + I hope you will believe that my heart is deeply touched in these + manifestations of the friendliness of my fellow-citizens. If in + anything I shall come short of the high expectations and hopes they + have formed, it will not be because I do not feel myself put under + the highest obligations by these evidences of their friendly regard + to do my utmost to continue in their respect and confidence. [Great + cheering.] + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, OCTOBER 2. + + +The fourteenth week of General Harrison's public receptions opened +this date with the arrival of an enthusiastic Republican club from +the distant city of Tower, Minn., most of whose members were engaged +in the iron industry. They left a huge specimen of Vermilion range +iron ore--weighing over 500 pounds--in the front yard of the Harrison +residence. Prominent in the delegation were Dr. Fred Barnett, Capt. +Elisha Marcom, S. F. White, Chas. R. Haines, John Owens, W. N. Shepard, +N. H. Bassett, S. J. Noble, J. E. Bacon, J. B. Noble, Frank Burke, W. H. +Wickes, Chas. L. White, A. Nichaud, D. McKinley, and Page Norris; also +Geo. M. Smith and W. H. Cruikshank, of Duluth. + +Immediately following the reception of the Minnesota visitors came two +large delegations from Fulton and Marshall counties, Indiana. The Fulton +leaders were J. H. Bibler, Dr. W. S. Shafer, Dr. E. Z. Capell, Arthur +Howard, Samuel Heftly, Henry Mow, C. D. Sisson, Arch Stinson, J. F. +Collins, A. F. Bowers, W. J. Howard, and T. M. Bitters, of Rochester. +M. L. Essick was their spokesman. Among the prominent members of the +Marshall County delegation were M. W. Simons, John W. Parks, J. W. +Siders, Edward McCoy, M. S. Smith, John V. Astley, Enoch Baker, I. +H. Watson, and Abram Shafer, of Plymouth. H. G. Thayer delivered the +address. + +General Harrison said: + + _My Indiana Friends_--This is a home company to-day. Usually our + Indiana visitors have met here delegations from other States. I am + sure you will understand that I place a special value upon these + evidences of the interest Indiana Republicans are taking in the + campaign. Whatever the fate of the battle may be elsewhere, it is + always a source of pride to the soldier and to his leader that the + part of the line confided to their care held fast. [Applause.] I feel + that I ought also to acknowledge the friendliness and co-operation + which has been already extended to us in this campaign by many who + have differed with us heretofore. [Applause.] It is encouraging to + hear that the prosperous and intelligent farmers of Marshall and + Fulton counties have not been misled by the attempt to separate the + agricultural vote from the vote of the shop. It has seemed to me + that the Mills bill was framed for the purpose of driving from the + protection column the agricultural voters, not by showing them favor, + but the reverse--by placing agricultural products on the free list, + thus withdrawing from the farmer the direct benefits he is receiving + from our tariff laws as affecting the products of his labor, hoping + that the farmers might then be relied upon to pull down the rest + of the structure. I am glad to believe that we have in Indiana a + class of farmers too intelligent to be caught by these unfriendly + and fallacious propositions. [Applause.] I had to-day a visit from + twenty or more gentlemen who came from the town of Tower, in the + most northern part of Minnesota, where, within the last four years, + there has been discovered and developed a great deposit of iron ore + especially adapted to the manufacture of steel. Within the four years + since these mines were opened they tell me that about a million tons + of ore have been mined and sent to the furnaces. They also mentioned + the fact that arrangements are already being made to bring block coal + of Indiana to the mouth of these iron mines, that the work of smelting + may be done there. This is a good illustration of the interlocking of + interests between widely separated States of the Union [applause]--a + new market and a larger demand for Indiana coal. + + The attempt is often made to create the impression that only + particular classes of workingmen are benefited by a protective tariff. + There can be nothing more untrue. The wages of all labor--labor upon + the farm, labor upon our streets--has a direct and essential relation + to the scale of wages that is paid to skilled labor. [Applause.] One + might as well say that you could bring down the price of a higher + grade of cotton cloth without affecting the price of lower grades + as to say that you can degrade the price of skilled labor without + dragging down the wages of unskilled labor. [Applause.] This attempt + to classify and schedule the men who are benefited by a protective + tariff is utterly deceptive. [Applause.] The benefits are felt by all + classes of our people--by the farmer as well as by the workmen in + our mills; by the man who works on the street as well as the skilled + laborer who works in the mill; by the women in the household, and by + the children who are now in the schools and might otherwise be in the + mills. [Applause.] It is a policy broad enough to embrace within the + scope of its beneficent influence all our population. [Applause.] + I thank you for your visit, and will be glad to meet any of you + personally who desire to speak to me. [Applause.] + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, OCTOBER 3. + + +The Porter-Columbian Club, a local organization named in honor of +Governor Porter, with a membership of 700 workingmen, paid their +respects to General Harrison on this night, commanded by their President +and founder, Marshall C. Woods, who delivered an address. + +General Harrison, in reply, said: + + _Mr. Woods and my Friends_--My voice is not in condition to speak at + much length in this cool night air. I am very deeply grateful for this + evidence of the respect of this large body of Indianapolis workingmen. + I am glad to be assured by what has been said to me that you realize + that this campaign has a special interest for the wage-earners of + America. [Cries of "Good! Good!"] + + That is the first question in life with you, because it involves the + subsistence and comfort of your families. I do not wonder then that, + out of so many different associations in life, you have come together + into this organization to express your determination to vote for the + maintenance of the American system of protection. [Great cheering.] + + I think you can all understand that it is not good for American + workingmen that the amount of work to be done in this country should + be diminished by transferring some of it to foreign shops. [Applause.] + Nor ought the wages paid for the work that is done here to be + diminished by bringing you into competition with the underpaid labor + of the old country. [Applause.] + + I am not speaking any new sentiment to-night. Many times before the + Chicago convention I have, in public addresses, expressed the opinion + that every workingman ought to have such wages as would not only yield + him a decent and comfortable support for his family, and enable him + to keep his children in school and out of the mill in their tender + age, but would allow him to lay up against incapacity by sickness or + accident, or for old age, some fund on which he could rely. These + views I entertain to-night. I beg you to excuse further public speech + and to allow me to receive personally such of you as care to speak to + me. [Applause.] + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, OCTOBER 4. + + +Three States did homage to the Republican nominee this date. From Grand +Rapids and Muskegon, Mich., came 500 visitors, under the auspices of the +Belknap Club of Grand Rapids. The wife of Governor Luce was a member +of the delegation, accompanied by R. C. Luce and W. A. Davitt. Other +prominent members were: Judge F. J. Russell, Hon. A. B. Turner, Col. C. +T. Foote, J. B. Pantlind, Don J. Leathers, Col. E. S. Pierce, Wm. A. +Gavett, H. J. Felker, D. G. Crotty, H. J. Stevens, Aldrich Tateum, Louis +Kanitz, A. E. Yerex, and N. McGraft, of Grand Rapids; Thomas A. Parish +and Geo. Turner, of Grand Haven; and John J. Cappon, of Holland. John +Patton, Jr., of Grand Rapids, was orator. + +The Ohio visitors came from Tiffin, Seneca County, led by the venerable +A. C. Baldwin, Capt. John McCormick, Albert Corthell, Capt. Edward +Jones, Edward Naylor, and J. B. Rosenburger. The wife of Gen. Wm. H. +Gibson was an honored guest of the delegation, accompanied by Mrs. +Robert Lysle and Mrs. Root. J. K. Rohn was spokesman for the Ohio +visitors. + +The third delegation comprised 1,200 voters from Jay County, Indiana, +led by Gen. N. Shepherd, Theodore Bailey, Richard A. Green, John Geiger, +E. J. Marsh, Frank H. Snyder, and M. V. Moudy, of Portland. Jesse M. La +Follette was their speaker. + +To these several addresses General Harrison, in response, said: + + _My Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana Friends_--These cordial + manifestations of your personal regard move me very deeply [applause], + but I do not at all appropriate to myself the great expressions of + popular interest of which this meeting is only one. I understand + that my relation to these public questions and to the people is a + representative one--that the interest which thus expresses itself is + in principles of government rather than in men. [Cheers.] I am one + of the oldest Republicans; my first presidential vote was given to + the first Republican candidate for that office [applause], and it has + always been a source of profound gratification to me that, in peace + and war, a high spirit of patriotism and devotion to our country has + always pervaded and dominated the party. [Cheers.] When, during the + Civil War, the clouds hung low, disasters thickened, and the future + was crowded with uncanny fears, never did any Republican convention + assemble without declaring its faith in the ultimate triumph of our + cause [great cheering]; and now, with a broad patriotism that embraces + and regards the interests of all the States, it advocates policies + that will develop and unite all our communities in the friendly and + profitable interchange of commerce as well as in a lasting political + union. [Applause.] These great Western States will not respond to + the attempt to excite prejudice against New England. We advocate + measures that are as broad as our national domain; that are calculated + to distil their equal blessing upon all the land. [Cheers.] The + people of the great West recognize and value the great contribution + which those commonwealths about Plymouth Rock have made to the + civilization, material growth, and manhood of our Western States. + [Cheers.] We are not envious of the prosperity of New England; we + rejoice in it. We believe that the protective policy developed her + great manufacturing institutions and made her rich, and we do not + doubt that a continuance of that policy will produce the same results + in Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana. [Cheers.] We are not content to remain + wholly agricultural States in our relations to either New England or + old England. [Applause.] We believe that in all these great Western + States there are minerals in the soil and energy and skill in the + brains and arms of our people that will yet so multiply and develop + our manufacturing industries as to give us a nearer home market for + much of the products of our soil. [Cheers.] And for that great surplus + which now and always, perhaps, we shall not consume at home we think + a New England market better than a foreign market. [Enthusiastic and + prolonged cheering.] The issue upon this great industrial question + is drawn as sharply as the lines were ever drawn between contending + armies. Men are readjusting their party relations upon this great + question. The appeal that is now made for the defence of our American + system is finding its response, and many of those who are opposed to + us upon other questions are committing such questions to the future + for settlement, while they help us to settle now and for an indefinite + future the great question of the preservation of our commercial + independence. [Applause.] The Democratic party has challenged our + protected industries to a fight of extermination. The wage-earners of + our country have accepted the challenge. The issue of the contest will + settle for many years our tariff policy. [Prolonged cheering.] The + eloquent descriptions to which we have listened of the material wealth + of the great State of Michigan have been full of interest to us as + citizens of Indiana. We cannot doubt that the people of a State having + such generous invitations to the developments of great home wealth in + manufacturing and mining pursuits will understand the issue that is + presented, and will cast their influence in favor of that policy which + will make that development rapid and sure; and more than all, and + better than all, will maintain in her communities a well-paid class + of wage-workers. [Cheers.] Our wage-workers vote; they are American + citizens, and it is essential that they be kept free from the slavery + of want and the discontents bred of injustice. [Applause.] + + I thank my Michigan friends for these handsome specimens of the + products of their mines and of their mills. I shall cherish them with + grateful recollection of this pleasant visit. [Applause.] + + To my Indiana friends, always generous, I return my thanks for this + new evidence of their esteem. [Cheers.] + + To my Ohio friends, who so often before have visited me with kind + expressions of their regard, I return the thanks of a native-born + Ohioan. [Prolonged cheers from the Ohio delegation.] + + Three great States are grouped here to-day. I remember at Resaca, + when the field and staff of the regiments that were to make the + assault were ordered to dismount, there was a Michigan officer too + sick to go on foot and too proud to subject himself to the imputation + of cowardice by staying behind. + + He rode alone, the one horseman in that desperate charge, and + died on that bloody hillside rather than subject his State to the + imputation that one of her sons had lingered when the enemy was to be + engaged. He was a noble type of the brave men these great States gave + to the country. [Cheers.] + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, OCTOBER 5. + + +Wisconsin and Indiana were the States represented at this day's +reception. The Wisconsin visitors came from Madison, Janesville, and +Beloit. Prominent among them were General Atwood, editor Wisconsin +_State Journal_, Surgeon-General Palmer, W. T. Van Kirk, and T. G. +Maudt. R. C. Spooner spoke for the Badgers. + +Fountain County, Indiana, sent 2,000 visitors, led by a club of +Tippecanoe veterans. Among their representative men were H. La Tourette, +W. W. Layton, John H. Spence, of Covington; A. H. Clark, and W. H. +Malory, of Veedersburg; A. S. Peacock, H. C. Martin, and C. E. Holm, of +Attica. Capt. Benj. Hegeler, of Attica, delivered the address on behalf +of the Hoosiers. + +General Harrison responded as follows: + + _My Wisconsin and my Indiana Friends_--These great daily + manifestations of the interest of great masses of our people in the + principles represented by the Republican party are to me increasingly + impressive. I am glad to-day that Indiana has opportunity to welcome + a delegation from the magnificent State of Wisconsin. [Cheers.] It + offers a fitting opportunity to acknowledge my personal obligation and + the obligation of the Indiana Republicans for the early and constant + support which Wisconsin gave to the efforts of the Indiana delegation + in the Chicago convention. [Prolonged cheers.] To-day two States, not + contiguous in territory, but touching in many interests, are met to + express the fact that these great electoral contests affect all our + people. It is not alone in the choice of Presidential electors that + we have common interests. Our national Congress, though chosen in + separate districts, legislates for all our people. Wisconsin has a + direct interest that the ballot shall be free and pure in Indiana, and + Wisconsin and Indiana have a direct interest that the ballot shall be + free and pure in all the States. [Great cheering.] Therefore let no + man say that it is none of our business how elections are conducted in + other States. [Cheers.] I believe that this great question of a free + ballot, so much disturbed by race questions in the South, would be + settled this year if the men of the South who believe with us upon the + great question of the protection of American industries would throw + off old prejudices and vote their convictions upon that question. + [Cheers and cries of "Good! Good!"] I believe there are indications + that the independent manhood of the South will this year strongly + manifest itself in this direction. Those intelligent and progressive + citizens of the South who are seeking to build up within their own + States diversified industries will not much longer be kept in bondage + to the traditions of the days when the South was wholly a community of + planters. + + When they assert their belief in a protective tariff, by supporting + the only party that advocates that policy, the question of a free + ballot, so far as it is a Southern question, will be settled forever, + for they will have the power to insist that those who believe with + them shall vote, and that their votes shall be counted. [Applause.] + The protective policy, by developing a home supply and limiting + importations, helps us to maintain the balance of trade upon our side + in our dealings with the world. [Cheers.] Under the tariff of 1846 + from the year 1850 to 1860 the balance of trade was continuously + against us, aggregating in that period over three hundred millions + of dollars. Under the influence of a protective tariff the balance + of trade has been generally and largely with us, unless disturbed + by special conditions. Instead of sending our gold abroad to pay a + foreign balance we have usually been bringing foreign gold here to + augment our store. [Cheers.] I will not detain you further. These + daily demands upon me make it necessary that I shall speak briefly. + Let me thank most profoundly those gentlemen and ladies from Wisconsin + who have come so far to bring me this tribute of their respect. I very + highly value it. These, my Indiana friends, unite with me in thanking + you for your presence to-day. [Cheers from the Indianians.] To my + nearer friends, my Fountain County friends, let me say I am profoundly + grateful to you for this large and imposing demonstration and for the + interest you are individually taking in this campaign. [Cheers.] I + do not think of it as a personal campaign. It has always seemed to + me to be altogether greater than that, and when I thank you for your + interest and commend your zeal it is an interest in principles and a + zeal for the truth that I approve. [Cheers.] + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, OCTOBER 6. + + +Saturday, October 6, was one of the great days of the campaign. The +first delegation, numbering 2,000, came from Wells and Blackford +counties, Indiana. Conspicuous in their ranks were two large uniformed +clubs of ladies, one from Montpelier, and the Carrie Harrison Club of +Bluffton. In the Wells County contingent were many 1840 veterans and +21 newly-converted Democrats. Their leaders were Asbury Duglay, D. H. +Swaim, B. W. Bowman, Peter Ulmer, Silas Wisner, Joseph Milholland, J. +C. Hatfield, and T. A. Doan. J. J. Todd was their spokesman. Prominent +in the Blackford delegation were Frank Geisler, H. M. Campbell, W. L. +Ritter, Eli Hamilton, R. V. Ervin, W. A. Williams, John Sipe, and John +Cantwell, of Hartford City; J. C. Summerville, Wm. Pugh, J. H. Morrical, +G. A. Mason, John G. Ward, and J. M. Tinsley, of Montpelier. Hon. B. G. +Shinn delivered the address on behalf of the Blackford people. + +General Harrison confined his speech to State questions. He said: + + _My Wells and Blackford County Friends_--I am glad to meet you. + It is extremely gratifying to be assured by your presence here + this inclement day, and by the kind words which you have addressed + to me through your representatives, that I have some part in your + friendly regard as an individual. But individuals are not of the + first importance. That man who thinks that the prosperity of this + country or the right administration of its affairs is wholly dependent + upon him grossly exaggerates his value. The essential things to us + are the principles of government upon which our institutions were + builded, and by and through which we make that symmetrical and safe + growth which has characterized our Nation in the past, and which is + yet to raise it to a higher place among the nations of the earth. + [Applause.] We are Indianians--Hoosiers, if you please [cheers]--and + are proud of the State of which we are citizens. Your spokesmen have + referred with an honest pride to the counties from which you have + come, and that is well. But I would like to suggest to you that + every political community and neighborhood has a character of its + own, a moral character, as well as every man and every woman, and it + is exceedingly important, looked at even from the side of material + advantage, that our communities should maintain a good reputation + for social order, intelligence, virtue, and a faithful and willing + obedience to law. [Applause.] It cannot be doubted that such a + character possessed by any State or county attracts immigration and + capital, advances its material development, and enhances the value + of its farms. There has been much in the history of Indiana that is + exceedingly creditable. There have been some things--there are some + things to-day--that are exceedingly discreditable to us as a political + community; things that I believe retard the advancement of our State + and affect its material prosperity by degrading it in the estimation + of right-thinking men. One of those things is this patent and open + fact: that the great benevolent institutions of this State, instead + of being operated upon the high plane that public charities should + occupy, are being operated and managed upon the lowest plane of party + purposes and advantage. [Cries of "That's so!"] Another such thing is + of recent occurrence. In the campaign of 1886, after advising with + the chief law officer of the State, a Democratic Governor declared + to the people of this State that there was a vacancy in the office + of Lieutenant-Governor which the people were entitled to fill at the + ensuing general election. The Democratic party acted upon that advice, + assembled in convention in this hall, and nominated John C. Nelson + for Lieutenant-Governor. The Republican party followed with their + convention, and placed in nomination that gallant soldier, Robert S. + Robertson. [Cheers.] These two gentlemen went before the people of + Indiana and made a public canvass for the office. The election was + held, and Colonel Robertson was chosen by a majority of about 3,000. + [Applause.] Is there a man in the State, Democratic or Republican, + who doubts that if the choice had been otherwise, and Mr. Nelson + had received a majority at the polls, the House of Representatives, + which was Republican, would have met with the Democratic Senate in an + orderly joint meeting, for canvassing the votes, and that Mr. Nelson + would have been inaugurated as Lieutenant-Governor? [Cries of "No, + no!"] But the result was otherwise; and the public fame, the good + reputation of this State, was dishonored when, by force and brutal + methods, the voice of the people was stifled, and the man they had + chosen was excluded from the right to exercise the duties of the + office of Lieutenant-Governor. [Cries of "Yes, yes!"] Do the people + think that the attractiveness of Indiana as a home for Americans who + believe in social order and popular government has been increased + by this violent and disgraceful incident? Do our Democratic friends + who have an honest State pride, who would like to maintain the honor + and good reputation of the State, who would have the people of our + sister States believe that we have a people who believe in a warm + canvass but in a free ballot, and a manly and ready acquiescence in + election results, intend to support their leaders in this violent + exclusion from office of a duly chosen public officer? Do those + who are Democrats from principle, and not for personal spoils, + intend to support the men who have first prostituted our benevolent + institutions to party and now to personal advantage? These things, if + not reproved and corrected by our people, will not only disgrace us in + the estimation of all good people, but will substantially retard the + material development of the State. [Cheers.] I am not talking to-day + of questions in which I have any other interest than that you have, + my fellow-citizens. [Applause.] I believe the material prosperity of + Indiana, much more the honor, will be advanced if her people in this + State election shall rebuke the shameless election frauds that have + recently scandalized our State, the prostitution of our benevolent + institutions, and the wanton violence that overturned the result of + the popular election in 1886. [Great cheering.] + + + + +THE CHICAGO VETERANS. + + +The great event of the day was the reception tendered the veterans and +citizens from Chicago, Hyde Park, Pullman, South Chicago, and the town +of Lake. They numbered over 3,000, and arrived in the evening, after +stopping _en route_ at Danville, Ill., and Crawfordsville, Ind., to +participate in demonstrations. The Chicago contingent comprised 800 +members of the Union Veteran Club, commanded by its President, Capt. +John J. Healy; 600 members of the Veteran Union League, led by Capt. +James J. Healy; the Blaine Club, Second Regiment Band, and many smaller +clubs. Leaders in the delegation were Major McCarty, Col. Dan. W. Munn, +Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, Jr., S. W. King, Charles H. Hann, and others. +Hyde Park sent several hundred rolling-mill men; the city of Pullman 200 +car-builders; the town of Lake--"the largest village in the world"--was +represented by a flambeau club, the Lake View Screw Club, and numerous +other organizations. Their leading representatives were Col. J. +Hodgkins, Judge C. M. Hawley, Hon. John E. Cowells, Hon. B. E. Hoppin, +Geo. C. Ingham, Judge Freen, Hon. L. D. Condee, Joseph Hardacre, Edward +Maher, M. J. McGrath, A. G. Proctor, Frank I. Bennett, and Col. Foster. + +The visitors were met by about 10,000 citizens and escorted to Tomlinson +Hall. When General Harrison appeared, accompanied by Judge E. B. +Martindale, Chairman of the Reception Committee, there ensued a scene +never to be forgotten by those who witnessed it. The 6,000 people +present arose to their chairs, surrounding the visiting veterans, all +frantically waving flags and banners. The demonstration continued +without abatement for ten minutes. General Harrison stood as if dazed by +the spectacle. Finally ex-Governor Hamilton, of Illinois, secured quiet, +and on behalf of the veterans addressed the gathering, followed by Judge +E. W. Keightly on behalf of the Hyde Park visitors. + +General Harrison's response was by many regarded as his greatest speech +of the campaign. He said: + + _Comrades and Friends_--It is a rare sight, and it is one very + full of interest to us as citizens of Indiana, to see this great + hall filled with the people of another State, come to evidence their + interest in great principles of government. [Cheers.] I welcome + to-night for myself and for our people this magnificent delegation + from Chicago and Hyde Park. [Cheers.] We have not before in the + procession of these great delegations seen its equal in numbers, + enthusiasm, and cordiality. I thank you profoundly for whatever of + personal respect there is in this demonstration [cheers]; but above + all, as an American citizen, I rejoice in this convincing proof that + our people realize the gravity and urgency of the issues involved in + this campaign. [Cheers.] I am glad to know that this interest pervades + all classes of our people. [Cheers.] This delegation, composed of the + business men of Chicago and of the men who wield the hammer in the + shops, shows a common interest in the right decision of these great + questions. [Great cheers.] + + Our Government is not a government by classes or for classes of + our fellow-citizens. [Cheers.] It is a government of the people and + by the people. [Renewed cheering.] Its wise legislation distills its + equal blessings upon the homes of the rich and the poor. [Cheers.] I + am especially glad that these skilled, intelligent workmen coming out + of your great workshops have manifested, by their coming, to their + fellow-workmen throughout the country their appreciation of what is + involved for them in this campaign. [Prolonged cheers.] + + May that God who has so long blessed us as a Nation long defer that + evil day when penury shall be a constant guest in the homes of our + working people, and long preserve to us that intelligent, thrifty + and cheerful body of workmen that was our strength in war and is our + guaranty of social order in time of peace! [Great cheering.] Comrades + of the Civil War, it was true of the great Union army, as it is said + to be of the kingdom of heaven--not many rich. [Cheers.] It was out of + the homes of our working people the great army came. It was the strong + arm inured to labor on the farm or in the shop that bore up the flag + in the smoke of battle, carried it through storms of shell and shot, + and lifted it again in honor over our national Capital. [Prolonged + cheers.] + + After so many historical illustrations of the evil effects of + abandoning the policy of protection for that of a revenue tariff, + we are again confronted by the suggestion that the principle of + protection shall be eliminated from our tariff legislation. Have we + not had enough of such experiments? Does not the history of our tariff + legislation tell us that every revenue tariff has been followed by + business and industrial crashes, and that a return to the policy + of protection has stimulated our industries and set our throbbing + workshops again in motion? [Cheers.] And yet, again and again, the + Democratic party comes forward with this pernicious proposition--for + it has been from that party always that the proposition to abandon our + protective policy and to substitute a revenue tariff has come. [Cries + of "That's so!"] + + I had placed in my hands yesterday a copy of the London News for + September 13. The editor says in substance that, judging the purposes + of the Democratic party by the executive message of last December, + the English people were justified in believing that party meant free + trade; but if they were to accept the more recent utterances of its + leader, protesting that that was not their purpose, then the editor + thus states the issue presented by the Democratic party. I read but + a single sentence: "It is, at any rate, a contest between protection + and something that is not protection." [Prolonged and wild cheering.] + It is not of the smallest interest to you what that other thing is. + [Continued cheering.] It is enough to know that it is not protection. + [Renewed cheering.] Those who defend the present Democratic policy + declare that our people not only pay the tariff duty upon all imported + goods, but that a corresponding amount is added to the price of every + domestic competing article. That for every dollar that is paid into + the Treasury in the form of a customs duty the people pay several + dollars more in the enhanced cost of the domestic competing article. + Those who honestly hold such doctrines cannot stop short of the + absolute destruction of our protective system. [Cries of "No, no!"] + The man who preaches such doctrines and denies that he is on the road + to free trade is like the man who takes passage on a train scheduled + from here to Cincinnati without a stop, and when the train is speeding + on its way at the rate of forty miles an hour, denies that he is going + to Cincinnati. [Great laughter and cheering.] The impulse of such + logic draws toward free trade as surely and swiftly as that engine + pulls the train to its appointed destination. It inevitably brings us + to the English rule of levying duties only upon such articles as we do + not produce at home, such as tea and coffee. That is purely revenue + tariff, and is practically free trade. + + Against this the Republican party proposes that our tariff duty + shall be of an intelligent purpose, be levied chiefly upon competing + articles. [Cheers.] That our American workmen shall have the benefit + of discriminating duties upon the products of their labor. [Cheers.] + The Democratic policy increases importation, and, by so much, + diminishes the work to be done in America. It transfers work from the + shops of South Chicago to Birmingham. [Cries of "Right you are!"] + For, if a certain amount of any manufactured article is necessary for + a year's supply to our people, and we increase the amount that is + brought from abroad, by just so much we diminish the amount that is + made at home, and in just that proportion we throw out of employment + the men that are working here. And not only so, but when this equal + competition is established between our shops and the foreign shops, + there is not a man here who does not know that the only condition + under which the American shop can run at all is that it shall reduce + the wages of its employees to the level of the wages paid in the + competing shops abroad. [Cheers.] This is, briefly, the whole story. + I believe we should look after and protect our American workingmen; + therefore I am a Republican. [Renewed enthusiastic cheering.] + + But I will not detain you longer. [Cries of "Go on!"] You must + excuse me; I have been going on for three months. [A voice, "And + you'll go on for four years!"] I am somewhat under restraint in what I + can say, and others here are somewhat under restraint as to what they + can appropriately say in my presence. I beg you therefore to allow me, + after thanking you again for your kindness, to retire that others who + are here may address you. [Great cheering.] + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, OCTOBER 11. + + +In point of numbers the greatest day of the Indiana campaign was +Thursday, October 11, when over 50,000 visitors arrived from all points +in Indiana and along the border counties of Ohio to participate in the +greeting to the Hon. James G. Blaine, who was the guest of General +Harrison. + +From the balcony of the New-Denison Hotel General and Mrs. Harrison, +accompanied by Mr. Blaine, Gen. Adam King, of Baltimore; Col. A. L. +Snowden and Gen. D. H. Hastings, of Pennsylvania; Col. M. J. Murray, of +Massachusetts; Gen. W. C. Plummer, of Dakota; Corporal James Tanner, +of New York; ex-Senator Ferry, of Michigan; Hon. R. W. Thompson, +ex-Governor A. G. Porter, Hon. J. N. Huston, Gen. A. P. Hovey, and Ira +J. Chase, reviewed probably the greatest political parade ever witnessed +in this country outside of the city of New York. Twenty-five thousand +men constituted the marching column, in nine great divisions, commanded +by Col. Charles S. Millard, Chief Marshal, with Gen. James S. Carnahan, +Chief of Staff, and 200 aids. The division commanders and principal aids +were: + +First Division, Gen. N. R. Ruckle, of Indianapolis. Chief of Staff, +Charles J. Many, of Indianapolis. + +Second Division, Capt. H. M. Caylor, of Noblesville. Chief of Staff, +Major J. M. Watt, of Delphi. + +Third Division, John W. Lovett, of Anderson. Chief of Staff, Col. George +Parker. + +Fourth Division, Gen. Tom Bennett, of Richmond. Chief of Staff, Capt. +Ira B. Myers, of Peru. + +Fifth Division, Col. T. C. Burnside, of Liberty. Chief of Staff, J. W. +Ream, of Muncie. + +Sixth Division, Col. J. M. Story, of Franklin. Chief of Staff, Capt. +David Wilson, of Martinsville. + +Seventh Division, Col. W. R. McClellen, of Danville. Chief of Staff, +Capt. W. H. Armstrong, of Terre Haute. + +Eighth Division, Capt. T. H. B. McCain, of Crawfordsville. Chief of +Staff, Edward Watson, of Brazil. + +Ninth Division, Capt. J. O. Pedigo, of Lebanon. Chief of Staff, C. C. +Shirley, of Kokomo. + +Mr. Blaine visited the Exposition grounds in the afternoon, where Major +W. H. Calkins introduced him to an audience of about 30,000, to whom he +addressed a few words. At night Mr. Blaine delivered one of his masterly +speeches at Tomlinson Hall to an audience of 6,000. At the close of the +Blaine meeting General Harrison received a delegation from Cincinnati, +consisting of A. B. Horton, H. D. Emerson, Wm. Fredberger, James A. +Graff, H. R. Probasco, Dr. M. T. Carey, Abram Myer, Fred Pryor, and +Walter Hartpense, who called to invite him to attend the Cincinnati +Exposition on "Republican Day." A St. Louis delegation, members of the +Loyal Legion, also paid their respects. Among them were Col. R. C. +Kerens, Col. Nelson Cole, Col. J. S. Butler, Major W. R. Hodges, Captain +Gleason, G. B. Adams, H. L. Morrill, C. H. Sampson, and W. B. Gates. + +On October 18 a party of distinguished railroad magnates visited General +Harrison. They were Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, J. D. Layng, H. W. Webb, +Sam'l Barton, Seward C. Webb, and C. F. Cox, of New York; J. De Koven, +of Chicago; S. M. Beach, of Cleveland, and J. Q. Van Winkle, of St. +Louis. + +On October 19 General Harrison received informally 150 survivors of +the Eleventh Indiana Regiment, headed by their first colonel, Gen. Lew +Wallace, and General McGinnis. + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, OCTOBER 13. + + +Two large and influential organizations visited General Harrison +on October 13. From Milwaukee came 400 members of the Young Men's +Republican Club--Paul D. Carpenter, President; George Russell, +Secretary. Among other prominent members were Samuel Chandler, +who organized the pilgrimage, and Walter W. Pollock. President +Carpenter--son of the late Senator Matt Carpenter--and C. S. Otjen, a +wage-worker, were spokesmen for the club. + +The second and largest delegation was the Chicago German-American +Republican Club--Franz Amberg, President; F. J. Buswick, Secretary. +Accompanying them was the Excelsior Band and sixteen voices from the +Orpheus Maennerchor Society of Chicago. Among the widely known members +with the club were Hon. Chris. Mamer, Louis Huck, Peter Hand, Edward +Bert, Peter Mahr, Henry Wulf, City Treasurer Plantz, N. F. Plotke, and +Alderman Tiedemann. As General Harrison entered the hall the reception +exercises were opened by the Maennerchor Society with the inspiring +hymn--"This is the Lord's own day." Addresses on behalf of the visitors +were made by Hon. Wm. Vocke, Henry Greenbaum, and Andrew Soehngen; also, +General Fred Knefler for the German Republicans of Indiana, and Hon A. +B. Ward, of Dakota. + +General Harrison, responding to both visiting delegations, said: + + _My Friends of the German-American Republican Club of Chicago, and + of the Club of Milwaukee, and my Home German Friends_--I am very + grateful for the kind words you have addressed to me. The long journey + most of you have taken upon this inclement day to tender your respects + to me as the candidate of the Republican party is very convincing + evidence that you believe this civil contest to be no mock tournament, + but a very real and a very decisive battle for great principles. + [Cheers]. My German-American friends, you are a home-loving people; + father, mother, wife, child are words that to you have a very full + and a very tender meaning. [Cheers.] The old father and mother never + outlive the veneration and love of the children in a German household. + [Cheers.] You have come from the fatherland in families, and have set + up again here the old hearth-stones. Out of this love of home there + is naturally born a love of country--it is only the widening of the + family circle--and so our fellow-citizens of German birth and descent + did not fail to respond with alacrity and enthusiasm to the call of + their adopted country when armies were mustered for the defence of the + Union. [Cheers.] The people of Indiana will long remember the veteran + Willich and the Thirty-second Regiment of Indiana Volunteers (or First + German), which he took into the field in 1861. The repulse by this + regiment alone of an attacking force under General Hindman of 1,100 + infantry, a battalion of Texas Rangers, and four pieces of artillery + at Rowlett's Station, in December, 1861, filled our people with + enthusiasm and pride. Again and again the impetuous Texas horsemen + threw themselves with baffled fury upon that square of brave hearts. + No bayonet point was lowered, no skulker broke the wall of safety that + enclosed the flag. [Cheers.] + + Your people are industrious, thrifty, and provident. To lay by + something is one of life's earliest lessons in a German home. These + national traits naturally drew your people to the support of the + Republican party when it declared for freedom and free homes in the + Territories. [Cheers.] They secured your adherence to the cause of the + Union in the Civil War. They gave us your help in the long struggle + for resumption and an honest currency, and I do not doubt that they + will now secure our sympathy and help in this great contest in behalf + of our American homes. Your people are largely wage-earners. They have + prospered under a protective tariff, and will not, I am sure, vote for + such a change in our tariff policy as will cut them off from their + wages that margin which they are now able to lay aside for old age and + for their children. + + And now a word to my young friends from Wisconsin. You have come + into the possession of the suffrage at an important, if not critical, + time in our public affairs. The Democratic party out of power was a + party of negations. It did not secure its present lease of power upon + the platform or the policies it now supports and advocates. [Cheers.] + The campaign of 1884 was not made upon the platform of a tariff for + revenue only. Our workingmen were soothed with phrases that implied + some regard to their interests, and Democrats who believed in a + protective tariff were admitted to the party councils and gladly heard + in public debate. [Cheers.] But four years of power have changed all + this. Democrats who thought they could be protectionists and still + maintain their party standing have been silenced or their opinions + coerced. The issue is now distinctly made between "protection and + something that is not protection." [Cheers.] The Republican party + fearlessly accepts the issue and places itself upon the side of the + American home and the American workingman. [Cheers.] We invite these + young men who were too young to share the glory of the struggle for + our political unity to a part in this contest for the preservation of + our commercial independence. [Cheers.] + + And now to these friends who are the bearers of gifts, one word of + thanks. I especially value this cane as a token of the confidence and + respect of the workingmen of Bay View. [Cheers.] I accept their gift + with gratitude, and would wish you, sir, to bear in return my most + friendly regards and good wishes to every one of them. I do not need + to lean on this beautiful cane, but I do feel like resting upon the + intelligent confidence of the men who sent it. [Great cheering.] I am + glad to know that they have not stumbled over the simple problem that + is presented for their consideration in this campaign. They know that + an increase of importation means diminished work in American shops. + [Cheers.] To my friend who brings this beautiful specimen of American + workmanship, this commonly accepted token of good luck, I give my + thanks. But we will not trust wholly in this symbol of good luck. The + earnest individual effort of the American people only can make the + result of this contest so decisive, so emphatic, that we shall not for + a generation hear any party contest the principle that our tariff laws + shall adequately protect our own workingmen. [Great cheering.] + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, OCTOBER 17. + + +Ohio's chief executive, Gov. Joseph B. Foraker, escorted by the Garfield +Club and the Fourteenth Regiment Band of Columbus, made a pilgrimage to +the Republican Mecca on October 17. The widely known Columbus Glee Club +accompanied them. Among the prominent Republicans with the delegation +were Auditor of State Poe, Adjutant-General Axline, Hon. Estes G. +Rathbone, C. L. Kurtz, D. W. Brown, C. E. Prior, L. D. Hogerty, J. W. +Firestone, and Ira H. Crum. Escorted by the Columbia Club, the Buckeyes +marched to the residence of General Harrison and were introduced by +Governor Foraker. + +In response to their greeting General Harrison said: + + _Gentlemen_--It was very appropriate that these representative + Ohio Republicans should accompany to the State of Indiana your + distinguished Governor, whose presence among us to-day is so welcome + to our people. We know his story as the young Ohio volunteer, the + fearless champion of Republican principles in public debate, and the + resolute, courageous, and sagacious executive of the great State of + Ohio. [Applause.] We welcome him and we welcome you. The fame of + this magnificent glee club has preceded them. We are glad to have an + opportunity to hear you. + + To these members of the Garfield Club I return my thanks for this + friendly call. You bear an honored name. I look back with pleasure to + the small contribution I was able to make in Indiana toward securing + the electoral vote of this State to that great son of Ohio, whose + tragic death spread gloom and disappointment over our land. I welcome + you as citizens of my native State--a State I shall always love, + because all of my early associations are with it. In this State, to + which I came in my earliest manhood, the Republicans are as staunch + and true, as valorous and resolute, as can be found in any of the + States. You have no advantage of us except in numbers. We welcome + you all as Republicans. [A voice, "That's what we are!"] We believe + that our party now advocates another great principle that needs to be + established--made fast--put where it shall be beyond assault. It is + a principle which has wrought marvellously in the development of our + country since the war. It has enabled us to handle a great national + debt, which our desponding Democratic friends said would inevitably + sink our country into bankruptcy, so that we are not troubled about + getting the money to pay our maturing bonds, but are getting it + faster than our bonds mature. We need to establish this principle of + protection, the defence of our American workers against the degrading + and unfriendly competition of pauper labor in all other countries + [cheers], so unmistakably that it shall not again be assailed. [A + voice, "Amen!"] Our Democratic friends in previous campaigns have + deceived the people upon this great question by uncertain and evasive + utterances. We are glad to know that now they have drawn the issue + clearly; we accept it. [Applause.] If we shall be able in this + campaign, as I believe we will, to arouse our people to the importance + of maintaining our defences against unfair foreign competition, + we shall administer those who believe in revenue tariffs and in + progressive free trade a wholesome lesson--one that will last them a + lifetime. [Cheers.] + + I had resolutely determined when I came upon these steps not to make + a speech. [Laughter and cries of "Go on!"] I am absolutely determined + to stop now. [Laughter.] I shall be glad to meet the members of these + escort clubs personally in my house. [Three cheers.] + +Later in the day about 100 survivors of the Seventy-ninth Indiana +Regiment, led by their first colonel, General Fred Knefler, called on +General Harrison, and were presented by their leader in a brief speech, +in response to which General Harrison, speaking from his doorway, said: + + _General Knefler and Comrades_--I am always deeply touched when + my comrades visit me and offer their kindly greetings. I have no + higher ambition than to stand well in the estimation of my comrades + of the old Union army. I will not speak of any political topic. These + men who stand before me gave the supreme evidence of their love and + devotion to their country. No man could give more than they offered. + The perpetuity of our institutions, the honor of what General Sherman + so felicitously called the "old glory," demand the country shall + always and in every appropriate way honor and reward the men who kept + it a Nation. Whatever may be said of our great prosperity since the + war, and it can scarcely be exaggerated, if we look for the cause + under God, is it not found in the stout hearts of these men? They + have opened this wide avenue of prosperity and honor in which we are + moving. It will be a shame if our people do not in every way properly + recognize that debt and properly honor the men who gave this supreme + evidence of their devotion to the country and its institutions. + Thanking you again for this visit, I will be glad if you will enter my + house and let me meet you personally. + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, OCTOBER 20. + + +For the fifth time during the campaign the commercial travellers visited +General Harrison, each time with increased numbers. On Saturday, +October 20, under the supervision of the Commercial Travellers' +Republican Club of Indianapolis--G. C. Webster, President; Ernest +Morris, Secretary--they held one of the largest and most successful +demonstrations of this remarkable campaign. Their gathering partook +of a national character, as large numbers of "drummers" were present +from Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan, +Illinois, Missouri, West Virginia, and Vermont, while every important +city in Indiana sent its complement. + +The visitors were received by a local committee of travelling men, +consisting of Fred Schmidt, Chairman; C. McPherson, Wm. Faucet, Joseph +Stubbs, Jeff Cook, Ed. Allcott, J. C. Norris, M. P. Green, Geo. White, +O. W. Morman, Chas. D. Pearson, Jeff Taylor, Wm. P. Bone, Henry Ramey, +Albert A. Womack, John A. Wright, James W. Muir, and Frank Brough. It +was estimated that 40,000 spectators witnessed their fine parade, a +conspicuous feature of which was a big bull covered with a white cloth +on which was printed the words--"John Bull rides the Democratic party +and we ride John Bull." On his back rode "Drummer" Dan'l B. Long in an +emerald suit, while L. A. Worch, dressed as Uncle Sam, led the bovine. +The parade was in charge of Chief Marshal J. R. Ross and his aids. As +the column passed their residence it was reviewed by General and Mrs. +Harrison. Later in the day the visitors were received at Tomlinson Hall. +When General Harrison appeared a great demonstration occurred. President +Webster presided; the speakers were: John E. Dowell, of Boston; R. T. +Dow, of Atlanta; C. L. Young and John L. Fennimore, of Columbus, Ohio; +Chas. P. Banks, of Brooklyn; John L. Griffiths and John C. Wingate, of +Indiana. + +General Harrison said: + + _My Friends_--Four times already, I believe, the commercial + travellers have honored me by calling upon me in large delegations. + You have assembled to-day, not from a single State or locality, but + from many States, upon the invitation of your associates of this + city, to show your intelligent interest in the principles that are + involved in this campaign. [Cheers.] I do not need to repeat what I + have said on former occasions, that I very highly value the respect + and confidence of the commercial travellers of the United States. + [Cheers.] I value it because I believe they give their adherence to + the party whose candidate I am upon an intelligent investigation and + upon an earnest conviction as to what is good for the country of which + they are citizens. [Cheers.] Who should be able, better than you, to + know the commercial and business needs of our country? You, whose hand + is every day upon the business pulse of the people; you, who travel + the country up and down upon all the swift highways of commerce, and + who are brought in contact with the business men of the country, not + only in our great centres of commerce, but in all the hamlets of the + land. I believe I may say for you that, as a result of this personal + knowledge of our business needs, you have concluded that the policy + for America is the policy of a protective tariff. [Great cheering.] + + There are doubtless here many representatives of great American + manufacturing establishments; and who should know better than they the + prostrating effects upon the industries they represent of this policy + of a revenue tariff, or the not much differing policy of free trade? + [Cheers.] Who should know better than you that if the discriminating + duties now levied, which enable our American manufacturers to maintain + a fair competition with the manufacturers of other countries, and at + the same time to pay a scale of living wages to the men and women who + work for them, is once broken down, American competition with foreign + production becomes impossible, except by the reduction of the scale + of American wages to the level of the wages paid abroad? [Cheers.] + Certainly you do not need to be told that that shop or mill that + has the smallest pay-roll in proportion to its production will take + the market. [Cheers.] Certainly you do not need to be told that the + wages now enjoyed by our American workmen are greatly larger and the + comforts they enjoy greatly more than those enjoyed by the working + people of any other land. [Cheers.] Certainly you do not need to be + told that if the American Government, instead of patronizing home + industries, buys its blankets for the public service in England there + is just that much less work for American workmen to do. [Cheers.] This + is to me the beginning and the end of the tariff question. Since I + was old enough to have opinions or to utter them, I have held to the + doctrine that the true American policy was that which should maintain + not only a living rate of wages, but one with a margin for savings and + comfort for our workmen. I believe that policy is essential to the + prosperity and possibly to the perpetuity of our Government. [Cheers.] + The two propositions that now stare our working people--and our whole + country--in the face are these: competition with foreign countries, + without adequate discriminating and favoring duties, means lower wages + to our working people; a revenue-only tariff, or progressive free + trade, means larger importations of foreign goods, and that means less + work in America. [Cheers.] + + Let our Democratic friends fairly meet these two indisputable + conclusions. How do they do it? [Cries, "They don't; they can't!"] + By endeavoring to prevent and poison the minds of our working people + by utterly false and scandalous campaign stories. [Enthusiastic + cheering.] Let me say in conclusion that I believe the managers of + the Democratic campaign greatly underestimate the intelligence, + the sense of decency, and the love of fair play that prevail among + out people. [Great cheering.] You will pardon further remark. The + evening is drawing on, and many of you, I am sure, have been made + uncomfortable by your muddy walk through the streets of our city. I + cannot omit, however, to thank my friends from Lafayette for this + beautiful floral tribute which they have placed at my side--an emblem + of their profession. [Floral gripsack.] I accept it gratefully, and + very highly appreciate it as a mark of the confidence and respect of + the intelligent body of my own fellow-citizens of Indiana. [Great + cheering.] + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, OCTOBER 22. + + +Three thousand enthusiastic citizens of Springfield, Clarke County, +Ohio, paid their respects to the Republican nominee on this date, under +the auspices of the Republican White Hat Brigade, Gen. A. S. Bushnell, +Commander; E. T. Thomes, Vice-Commander; S. J. Wilkerson, Chief of +Staff; J. W. R. Cline, Sam'l Hoffman, and J. H. Arbogast, Aids. The +brigade, comprising 2,300 voters, each wearing a white beaver hat, was +divided into three regiments and accompanied by six excellent bands. + +The First Regiment was commanded by Col. J. A. Dickus, Lieut.-Col. +Geo. Lentz, Major Henry Harper. Second Regiment--Col. Wm. F. Bakhaus, +Lieut.-Col. Darwin Pierce, Major Wm. Robinson. Third Regiment--Col. +H. N. Taylor, Lieut.-Col. Henry Hains, Major P. M. Hawk. When General +Harrison entered the hall every Buckeye stood on his chair and +frantically waved his high hat in one hand and a flag in the other. +General Bushnell made the presentation address, to which General +Harrison responded as follows: + + _General Bushnell and my Ohio Friends_--The people of Clarke + County owed me a visit. I recall, with great pleasure, two occasions + when I visited your prosperous county and the rich and busy city + of Springfield to speak in behalf of the Republican party and its + candidates. I recall with pleasure the cordiality with which I was + received by your people. [Applause.] I noted then the intelligent + interest manifested by the masses of your people in public questions, + and the enthusiasm with which you rallied to the defense of Republican + principles. [Cheers.] We are glad to welcome you to Indiana, but + regret that this inclement day and our muddy streets have thrown + about your visit so many incidents of discomfort. I hope that you + will not allow these incidents to give you an unfavorable impression + of the beautiful capital city of Indiana. [Cheers and cries of "We + won't!"] Our people are glad to have this added evidence of the + interest which the people of your State take in the question which + the issue of this campaign will settle. I say settle, because I + believe that the question of the life of protective tariff system is + now very distinctly presented. The enemies of the system have left + their ambuscades and taken to the open field, and we are to have a + decisive battle over this question. [Great cheers.] I believe that + never before, in any campaign, has this question been so fully and + ably discussed in the hearing of our people. [Cheers.] There can + be found nowhere in this country a better illustration of what a + great manufacturing centre will do for the farmer in enhancing the + value of his farm and in furnishing a home market for his products + than the city of Springfield. [Cheers.] Your city and county--your + merchants and farmers--are prosperous, because you have a great body + of well-paid wage-earners in your great shops and factories. [Cheers.] + It is the policy of the Republican party to multiply, all through our + agricultural regions, such centres of manufacturing industries as + Springfield. [Cheers.] It is conceded that to all our working people, + all those who earn their subsistence by toil, this campaign involves + most important interests. I will not pursue in its details this + question. You have heard it discussed, and most of you, perhaps all, + have made up your conclusions. It is of such importance as, wholly + without respect to the candidate who may by chance represent it, to + be worthy of the intelligent and earnest thought and vigorous effort + of every American citizen. [Cheers.] Let me now only thank you for + this most remarkable evidence of the interest of your people. We have + rarely, if it all, seen here, in this long procession of delegations, + one that equalled that which I see before me now. [Great cheering.] + +At the conclusion of General Harrison's speech General Bushnell +presented him with a highly polished horse-shoe, manufactured from +American steel by S. B. Thomas, formerly an Englishman. Repeated calls +for Mr. Thomas brought that gentleman out, and there was another +prolonged demonstration as General Harrison cordially clasped his hand +and said: + + I accept with pleasure this product of the skill and industry of + one who, out of his own experience, can speak of the benefits of a + protective tariff. One who sought our land because it offered better + wages and better hopes [cheers], and who in his life here has been + able to contrast the condition of working people in England and in + America. [Cheers.] + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, OCTOBER 25. + + +During the campaign in Indiana several prominent labor representatives +from the East canvassed the State in advocacy of a protective tariff +and the Republican ticket. Chief among these speakers were Charles H. +Litchman, of Massachusetts, ex-Secretary-General of the Knights of +Labor; John J. Jarrett, Hon. Henry Hall, Eccles Robinson, and Robert +D. Layton, of Pennsylvania, and Jeremiah Murphy, of New York. These +gentlemen, assisted by John R. Rankin, Marshall C. Woods, and other +prominent Indiana labor leaders, signalized the conclusion of their +campaign work by a notable workingmen's demonstration on October 25. +About 10,000 voters from over the State participated in the parade, led +by Chief Marshal John R. Rankin, assisted by C. A. Rodney, George E. +Clarke, Wm. R. Mounts, John Baker, Fred Andler, Wm. H. Baughmier, Geo. +E. Perry, Lewis Rathbaust, J. N. Loop, Wm. Cook, Gustave Schneider, John +W. Browning, A. Raphel, and Michael Bamberger. + +General Harrison, with Hon. William McKinley, Jr., of Ohio, Senator John +C. Spooner, of Wisconsin, and Senator Henry W. Blair, of New Hampshire, +reviewed the column and later attended a great meeting at Tomlinson +Hall. Many ladies occupied seats on the stage, among them Mrs. Harrison. +When General Harrison appeared, escorted by Secretary Litchman, the vast +audience arose and cheered frantically for full five minutes. + +L. W. McDaniels, a prominent member of the Typographical Union, +presided, and in his address among other things said: + + We are here to repudiate the authority claimed by a few professional + men to speak for the wage-workers of Indiana, to deny the truthfulness + of their statements, and to contradict the assertion that there is + other than the kindliest feeling among the workingmen of Indiana + toward General Harrison. While General Harrison has never acted the + blatant demagogue by making loud professions, yet we have had evidence + of his earnest sympathy and sincere friendship on more than one + occasion, notably his advocacy while in the Senate of the bill making + arbitration the means of settlement of labor troubles and excluding + contract labor from our shores. Also the bill prohibiting the use of + convict labor on Government works, or the purchasing by the Government + of any of the products of convict labor. + +As General Harrison arose to respond there was another prolonged +outbreak; he appeared greatly moved, and delivered probably his most +earnest speech of the campaign. The demonstrations of approval were very +marked, especially as the General warmed up to his denials of matters +suggested by Chairman McDaniels' remarks. He said: + + _Mr. McDaniels and my Friends_--I have seen, during this + busy summer, many earnest and demonstrative assemblages of my + fellow-citizens. I have listened to many addresses full of the kindest + expressions toward me personally; but, among them all, none have been + more grateful to me, none have more deeply touched me than this great + assemblage of the workingmen of Indiana and these kind words which + have been addressed to me in your behalf. [Great cheering.] There + are reasons why this should be so that will readily occur to your + minds, and to some of which Mr. McDaniels has alluded. Early in this + campaign certain people, claiming to speak for the laboring men, but + really in the employ of the Democratic campaign managers, promulgated + through the newspaper press and by campaign publications that were not + given the open endorsement of the Democratic campaign managers, but + were paid for by their funds and circulated under their auspices, a + number of false and scandalous stories relating to my attitude toward + organized labor. [Great and prolonged cheering.] The purpose of all + these stories was to poison the minds of the workingmen against the + candidate of the party that stands in this campaign for the principle + of protection to American labor. [Great cheering.] I have only once, + in all the addresses I have made to my fellow-citizens, alluded to + these malicious and scandalous stories, but, now and in the presence + of this great gathering of workingmen, I do pronounce them to be + utterly false. [Tumultuous cheering, waving of flags and banners, + continued for several minutes.] The story that I ever said that one + dollar a day was enough for a workingman, with all its accompaniments + and appendages, is not a perversion of anything I ever said--it is a + false creation. [Enthusiastic cheering.] I will not follow in detail + this long catalogue of campaign slanders, but will only add that it is + equally false that anywhere or at any time I ever spoke disparagingly + of my fellow-citizens of Irish nativity or descent. Many of them + are now enrolling themselves on the side of protection for American + labor--this created the necessity for the story. [Cheers.] I want + to say again that those who pitch a campaign upon so low a level + greatly underestimate the intelligence, the sense of decency, and + the love of fair play of the American people. [Prolonged cheering.] + I said to one of the first delegations that visited me that this was + a contest of great principles; that it would be fought out upon the + high plains of truth, and not in the swamps of slander and defamation. + [Great cheering.] Those who will encamp their army in the swamp will + abandon the victory to the army that is on the heights. [Cheers.] + The Republican party stands to-day as the bulwark and defense of the + wage-earners of this country against a competition which may reduce + American wages even below the standard they falsely impute to my + suggestion. [Cheers.] + + There are two very plain facts that I have often stated--and others + more forcibly than I--that it seems to me should be conclusive with + the wage-earners of America. The policy of the Democratic party--the + revision of our tariff laws as indicated by the Democratic party, + a revenue-only tariff, or progressive free trade--means a vast and + sudden increase of importations. Is there a man here so dull as not to + know that this means diminished work in our American shops? [Cheers + and cries of "No, no!"] If some one says that labor is not fully + employed now, do you hope it will be more fully employed when you + have transferred one-third of the work done in our shops to foreign + workshops? [Cries of "No, no!"] If some one tells me that labor is not + sufficiently rewarded here, does he hope to have its rewards increased + by striking down our protective duties and compelling our workmen to + compete with the underpaid labor of Europe? [Cheers.] + + I conclude by saying that less work and lower wages are the + inevitable result of the triumph of the principles advocated by the + Democratic party. [Cheers.] + + And now you will excuse further speech from me. [Cries of "Go + on!"] There are here several distinguished advocates of Republican + principles. You will be permitted to hear now, I understand, from the + Hon. Henry W. Blair, a Senator from the State of New Hampshire, who + has been so long at the head of the Committee on Education and Labor + in the United States Senate; and to-night in this hall you will be + permitted to listen to the Hon. William McKinley, Jr., of Ohio. Now + will you allow me again to thank you out of a full heart for this + cordial tender of your confidence and respect. I felt that in return I + could not omit to say what I have said, not because you needed to be + assured of my friendliness, but in recognition of a confidence that + falsehood and slander could not shake. I have not thought it in good + taste to make many personal references in my public addresses. If any + one thinks it necessary that a comparison should be instituted between + the candidates of the two great parties as to their friendliness to + the reforms demanded by organized labor, I must leave others to make + it. [Great cheering.] + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, OCTOBER 27. + + +The railroad men of Indiana held their last gathering of the great +campaign on Saturday night, October 27. Its estimated 7,000 voters +participated in their parade under Chief Marshal A. D. Shaw and +Chief of Staff Geo. Butler. The Porter Flambeau Club, the Harrison +Zouaves, and 1,000 members of the Indianapolis Railroad Club--each +man carrying a colored lantern--escorted the visiting organizations. +General Harrison and the Hon. W. R. McKeen, of Terre Haute, reviewed +the brilliant procession from the balcony of the New-Denison and then +repaired to Tomlinson Hall, where the General's arrival was signalized +by an extraordinary demonstration. Chairman Finch introduced Hon. +Mathew O'Doherty, of Louisville, and A. F. Potts, of Indianapolis, who +addressed the meeting later in the evening. + +General Harrison was the first speaker. He said: + + _My Friends of the Railroad Republican Clubs_--Before your committee + waited upon me to request my presence here to-night I had resolutely + determined that I would not make another address in this campaign. But + when they presented their suggestion that I should meet my railroad + friends, I said to them--the kindness which has been shown to me from + an early period in this campaign by the railroad men of Indiana has + been so conspicuous and so cordial that I could not deny any request + that is presented in their name. [Cheers.] And so I am here to-night, + not to speak upon any political topic, but only to express, if I + can find words to express, the deep and earnest thankfulness I feel + toward you who have shown so much kindness and confidence in me. + [Cheers.] Very early in this campaign there were those who sought to + make a breach between you and me. You did not wait for my answer, but + you made answer yourselves. [Cheers.] And time and again you have + witnessed your faith that my disposition toward you and toward the men + who toil for their living was one of friendliness, and the principles + which I represented and have always advocated were those that promoted + the true interests of the workingmen of America. [Cheers.] I have + always believed and held that the prosperity of our country, that the + supremacy of its institutions and its social order all depended upon + our pursuing such a policy in our legislation that we should have in + America a class of workingmen earning adequate wages that would bring + comfort into their homes and maintain hope in their hearts. [Cheers.] + A despairing man, a man out of whose horizon the star of hope has + gone, is not a safe citizen in a republic. [Cheers.] Therefore I would + preserve against unfriendly competition the highest possible scale of + wages to our working people. [Great cheering.] + + I know the stout hearts, I know the intelligence, I know the + enterprise of those men who man our railway trains and push them at + lightning speed through darkness and storm. I know the skill and + faithfulness of those who sit at the telegraph instrument, holding + in their watchfulness the safety of those who journey. I know the + fidelity of the men who conduct this business, which has grown to + be a system as fine and perfect as the finest product of mechanical + art. [Cheers.] And so I value to-night this evidence of your cordial + respect; and let me say that whatever may happen to me in the future, + whether I shall remain a citizen of Indianapolis to bear with you + the duties and responsibilities of private citizenship, or shall be + honored with office, I shall never forget this great demonstration of + your friendliness. [Prolonged cheers.] + +General Harrison's unequalled campaign of speech-making closed on the +afternoon of this day with a visit from 80 young lady students of +Oxford, Ohio, College. They were organized as the "Carrie Harrison Club +of Oxford," and their visit was in honor of that distinguished lady, +who, 36 years before, as Miss Carrie Scott, graduated from this same +institution, of which her venerable father, the Rev. Dr. John W. Scott, +was the first President. The students were accompanied by President and +Mrs. Faye Walker and Professors Wilson, Fisher, and Dean. + +Miss Nellie F. Deem, of Union City, Indiana, the youngest teacher in +the college, addressed Mrs. Harrison on behalf of the school. General +Harrison responded briefly in a happy little speech, in which he +expressed the pleasure felt by both over the visit of the Oxford young +ladies. He spoke of their mutual memories of the school and the happy +days spent in its charming surroundings, and said they both rejoiced +in the prosperity of the college, noted as it was for its scholarship +and the Christian training of its pupils. In conclusion he thanked them +for their visit, and assured them that the kind words spoken of Mrs. +Harrison and himself were fully appreciated and would be long remembered. + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, NOVEMBER 5. + + +The last day of the great campaign brought a delegation of nearly 100 +ladies and gentlemen from Terre Haute, Indiana, who came to deliver a +handsome present of a miniature silver-mounted plush chair, designated +the "Presidential Chair." They also brought Mrs. Harrison a valuable +flower-stand, voted to her at Germania Fair as the most popular lady. In +returning thanks for these gifts and their visit General Harrison said: + + _Captain Ebel and Gentlemen_--I am very much obliged to you for this + friendly visit. It comes in the nature of a surprise, for it was only + a little while ago that I was advised of your intention. I thank you + for this gift. It is intended, I suppose, as a type, and a type of a + very useful article, one that does not come amiss in any station of + life. Only those who for months found their only convenient seat upon + a log or a cracker-box know what infinite luxury there was in even a + common Windsor chair. We are glad to welcome you to our home, and will + be glad to greet personally the members of this club and those ladies + who accompany you. + +The General then, in behalf of Mrs. Harrison, thanked the ladies for +their present to her. + + + + +THE ELECTION, NOVEMBER, 1888. + + +It is not the purpose of this work to more than chronicle the result +of the great presidential campaign of 1888. The election fell on +November 6. Twenty States gave the Republican candidate 233 votes in the +Electoral College, and 18 States cast 168 votes for Mr. Cleveland, the +Democratic candidate. The total vote cast in the 38 States, for the 7 +electoral tickets, was 11,386,632, of which General Harrison received +5,440,551. The Republican electoral ticket was chosen in Indiana by a +plurality of 2,392 votes. + +When it became evident that General Harrison had won the election a +demonstration without parallel was inaugurated at Indianapolis and +continued three days. The exciting street parades and gatherings +witnessed at the time of his nomination were re-enacted with tenfold +energy and enthusiasm. Delegations came from all points in the State +to offer their congratulations, and 10,000 telegrams and letters from +distinguished countrymen poured in upon the successful candidate. From +an early hour on the morning of the 7th, for days thereafter, the +streets of Indianapolis were thronged with enthusiastic visitors. + +The first delegation to call upon General Harrison after his election +came from Hendricks County, numbering 400 veterans and others, headed +by Ira J. Chase, the newly elected Lieutenant-Governor, Rev. J. H. +Hull, and John C. Ochiltree. General Harrison made no formal response +to their congratulatory address. On November 9 a delegation from the +Commercial Club of Cincinnati arrived, and at night the saw-makers of +Indianapolis--about 100 in number--bedecked in red from head to foot, +marched with glaring torches to the residence of General Harrison, and +after a serenade called upon him for a speech. + +Coming out on the steps the General said: + + The time for speech-making is over. The debate is closed, and I + believe the polls are closed. ["Right you are!"] I will only thank + you for your call to-night and for that friendly spirit which you have + shown to me during the campaign. + + +_A Famous Telegram._ + +The State of New York gave Harrison (Rep.) over Cleveland (Dem.) a +plurality of 13,074 votes; but for Governor--at the same election--the +State gave David B. Hill (Dem.) a plurality of 19,171 over Warner +Miller (Rep.). These opposite results called forth the following famous +telegram from the President-elect: + + INDIANAPOLIS, IND., Nov. 9, 1888. + _To_ HON. WARNER MILLER, _Herkimer, N. Y._: + + I am greatly grieved at your defeat. If the intrepid leader fell + outside the breastworks, the column, inspired by his courage, went on + to victory. + + BENJAMIN HARRISON. + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, JANUARY 1, 1889. + + +The installation of officers by George H. Thomas Post, G. A. R., on the +night of New Year's Day, '89, was attended by General Harrison, who for +many years had been an active member of this post. Many comrades from +other posts in the city were present. The President-elect was escorted +by Col. Irvin Robbins, who was commander of the Democratic regiment +during the recent campaign, and Col. George W. Spahr, who commanded a +Republican regiment. He was received with full honors by the retiring +commander, James B. Black, who presented him to the post. + +In response to their enthusiastic greeting, General Harrison--speaking +in public for the first time since his election--in substance said: + + _Commander and Comrades_--It affords me pleasure to meet with you + again on this occasion. When I left the army so many years ago I + little expected to enter it again, as I soon will. Among the many + honors which may be placed on me in the future there will be none, I + can assure you, that I will esteem more highly than my membership in + this order, instituted by those who sustained the flag of Washington, + the flag of Perry, the flag that was baptized in the blood of the + Revolution and again in the second conflict with the mother country; + that floated over the halls of the Montezumas, and was sustained + in other wars, and which you made possible to wave over every foot + of our beloved country. I esteem it my greatest honor that I bore + even an humble part with you and all the comrades of the Grand Army + in bringing about this most desirable result. I wish to say before + parting with you, if I may never look upon your faces collectively + again, that the parting request I would make of you would be that each + of you, without regard to party (and I believe I can say this without + offence to any comrade of the Grand Army), stand shoulder to shoulder, + as we did during the war, to preserve a free and honest ballot. + There is nothing, I can assure you, that will do more to preserve + and maintain our institutions than this. Our country, separated as + it is by the great watery waste, need have no fear of interference + by foreign countries with its institutions; nor do we desire in any + way to interfere with them. Nor, indeed, is there any fear of another + civil war. The only fear we should now have is a corruption or + suppression of the free ballot, and your utmost exertions should be to + prevent it. + +In concluding, he called for the choicest blessings upon his comrades, +saying: "To each one, God bless you and your families; God keep you and +protect you in your homes!" + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, FEBRUARY 25, 1889. + +_The Departure for Washington._ + + +President-elect and Mrs. Harrison bade their friends and neighbors +good-by and left Indiana on February 25 for Washington. Governor +Hovey, Mayor Denny, and several thousand citizens escorted them from +their residence to the railroad station. In the escort column were +1,000 G. A. R. veterans from Geo. H. Thomas and other posts, commanded +by H. C. Allen. Conspicuous in their ranks was that distinguished +soldier-diplomat, General Lew Wallace. The members of the Indiana +Legislature saluted and joined the _cortege_ as it passed through +Pennsylvania Street. + +General Harrison's carriage was completely enclosed within a hollow +square composed of 32 prominent citizens--a body-guard of honor. The +entire population of the city turned out to witness the eventful +departure, while numerous delegations were present from Danville, +Richmond, Crawfordsville, Terre Haute, and other cities. A great throng +greeted the distinguished travellers at the Union Station. From the rear +platform of the special inaugural train Governor Hovey presented the +President-elect amid tumultuous cheering. + +General Harrison was greatly affected by the scene and the occasion. +Speaking with emotion he said: + + _My Good Friends and Neighbors_--I cannot trust myself to put in + words what I feel at this time. Every kind thought that is in your + minds and every good wish that is in your hearts for me finds its + responsive wish and thought in my mind and heart for each of you. I + love this city. It has been my own cherished home. Twice before I have + left it to discharge public duties and returned to it with gladness, + as I hope to do again. It is a city on whose streets the pompous + displays of wealth are not seen. It is full of pleasant homes, and in + these homes there is an unusual store of contentment. The memory of + your favor and kindness will abide with me, and my strong desire to + hold your respect and confidence will strengthen me in the discharge + of my new and responsible duties. Let me say farewell to all my + Indiana friends. For the public honors that have come to me I am their + grateful debtor. They have made the debt so large that I can never + discharge it. There is a great sense of loneliness in the discharge of + high public duties. The moment of decision is one of isolation. But + there is One whose help comes even into the quiet chamber of judgment, + and to His wise and unfailing guidance will I look for direction and + safety. My family unite with me in grateful thanks for this cordial + good-by, and with me wish that these years of separation may be full + of peace and happiness for each of you. [Great cheering.] + + + + +KNIGHTSTOWN, INDIANA, FEBRUARY 25. + + +As the inaugural train sped along it was greeted at every station by +thousands of cheering spectators. The first stop was at Knightstown, +where the Soldiers' Orphans' Home is located. In response to their calls +General Harrison said: + + _My Friends_--I thank you for this cordial gathering and + demonstration. I can detain the train but a moment, and I only stopped + at the request of the Superintendent of the Soldiers' Orphans' Home, + so that the children might have an opportunity to see me and that I + might wish them the bright and prosperous future which the sacrifices + of their fathers won for them. I bid you farewell. + + + + +RICHMOND, INDIANA, FEBRUARY 25. + + +The city of Richmond was reached at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, where +several thousand people greeted the travellers. General Harrison said: + + _My Friends_--I have so long had my home among you that I cannot + but feel a sense of regret in leaving the soil of Indiana. I go with + a deep sense of inadequacy, but I am sure you will be patient with my + mistakes, and that you will all give me your help as citizens [cheers + and cries of "We will!"] in my efforts to promote the best interests + of our people and the honor of the Nation we love. I thank you for + this cordial greeting. [Cheers.] + + + + +COLUMBUS, OHIO, FEBRUARY 25. + + +At Piqua the President-elect and his party were welcomed by Ohio's chief +executive, Gov. J. B. Foraker, and his wife; and, notwithstanding the +hour, some 20,000 people greeted their arrival at Columbus. The roar of +cannon rendered speaking difficult. Governor Foraker presented General +Harrison, who here made his last public speech before being inaugurated +as President. He said: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--I thank you for the wonderful demonstration + of this evening. In these evidences of the good will of my friends + I receive a new stimulus as I enter upon the duties of the great + office to which I have been chosen. I beg to thank you again for your + interest. [Great cheering.] + + + + +WASHINGTON, D. C., MARCH 4, 1889. + + +General Harrison and his family, accompanied by Hon. James N. Huston, +Hon. W. H. H. Miller, Mr. E. W. Halford, Mr. E. F. Tibbott and family, +Miss Sanger, and the representatives of the press, arrived in Washington +on the evening of February 26. The President-elect was met by Col. A. +T. Britton, Geo. B. Williams, Gen. H. V. Boynton, J. K. McCammon, Gen. +Daniel Macauley, and other members of the Inaugural Committee, and +escorted to the Arlington Hotel. + +The inaugural celebration was conducted by several hundred residents +of Washington, acting through committees. The Executive Committee, +having supervising charge of all matters pertaining to the celebration, +comprised the following prominent Washingtonians: Alex. T. Britton, +Chairman; Myron M. Parker, Vice-Chairman; Brainerd H. Warner, Treasurer; +Henry L. Swords, Secretary; Elmon A. Adams, Joseph K. McCammon, James +E. Bell, James G. Berret, Robert Boyd, Henry V. Boynton, Almon M. +Clapp, A. H. S. Davis, Frederick Douglass, John Joy Edson, Lawrence +Gardner, George Gibson, Charles C. Glover, Stilson Hutchins, E. Kurtz +Johnson, George E. Lemon, John McElroy, Geo. A. McIlhenny, Crosby S. +Noyes, Albert Ordway, Charles B. Purvis, Melancthon L. Ruth, Thomas +Somerville, Orren G. Staples, John W. Thompson, Henry A. Willard, George +B. Williams, Louis D. Wine, Simon Wolf, Levi P. Wright, and Hallett +Kilbourn. General James Beaver, Governor of Pennsylvania, was Chief +Marshal of the day, and with a brilliant staff led the great column +in its march to and from the Capitol. The veterans of the Seventieth +Indiana Regiment were accorded the post of honor on the route to +the Capitol, and on conclusion of the ceremonies escorted their old +commander to the White House. Chief-Justice Fuller administered the oath +of office. + +President Harrison delivered his inaugural address from the terrace of +the Capitol in the presence of a vast concourse and during a rainfall. + + +THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS. + + There is no constitutional or legal requirement that the President + shall take the oath of office in the presence of the people. But + there is so manifest an appropriateness in the public induction to + office of the chief executive officer of the Nation that from the + beginning of the Government the people, to whose service the official + oath consecrates the officer, have been called to witness the solemn + ceremonial. The oath taken in the presence of the people becomes a + mutual covenant; the officer covenants to serve the whole body of the + people by a faithful execution of the laws, so that they may be the + unfailing defence and security of those who respect and observe them, + and that neither wealth and station nor the power of combinations + shall be able to evade their just penalties or to wrest them from a + beneficent public purpose to serve the ends of cruelty or selfishness. + My promise is spoken; yours unspoken, but not the less real and + solemn. The people of every State have here their representatives. + Surely I do not misinterpret the spirit of the occasion when I assume + that the whole body of the people covenant with me and with each other + to-day to support and defend the Constitution and the Union of the + States, to yield willing obedience to all the laws and each to every + other citizen his equal civil and political rights. Entering thus + solemnly in covenant with each other, we may reverently invoke and + confidently expect the favor and help of Almighty God, that He will + give to me wisdom, strength, and fidelity, and to our people a spirit + of fraternity and a love of righteousness and peace. + + This occasion derives peculiar interest from the fact that the + presidential term which begins this day is the twenty-sixth under our + Constitution. The first inauguration of President Washington took + place in New York, where Congress was then sitting, on April 30, 1789, + having been deferred by reason of delays attending the organization + of the Congress and the canvass of the electoral vote. Our people + have already worthily observed the centennials of the Declaration of + Independence, of the battle of Yorktown, and of the adoption of the + Constitution, and will shortly celebrate in New York the institution + of the second great department of our constitutional scheme of + government. When the centennial of the institution of the judicial + department by the organization of the Supreme Court shall have been + suitably observed, as I trust it will be, our Nation will have fully + entered its second century. + + I will not attempt to note the marvellous and, in great part, happy + contrasts between our country as it steps over the threshold into its + second century of organized existence under the Constitution, and that + weak but wisely ordered young Nation that looked undauntedly down the + first century, when all its years stretched out before it. + + Our people will not fail at this time to recall the incidents which + accompanied the institution of government under the Constitution, + or to find inspiration and guidance in the teachings and example of + Washington and his great associates, and hope and courage in the + contrast which thirty-eight populous and prosperous States offer to + the thirteen States, weak in everything except courage and the love of + liberty, that then fringed our Atlantic seaboard. + + The Territory of Dakota has now a population greater than any of + the original States--except Virginia--and greater than the aggregate + of five of the smaller States in 1790. The centre of population when + our national capital was located was east of Baltimore, and it was + argued by many well-informed persons that it would move eastward + rather than westward. Yet in 1880 it was found to be near Cincinnati, + and the new census, about to be taken, will show another stride to + the westward. That which was the body has come to be only the rich + fringe of the nation's robe. But our growth has not been limited to + territory, population, and aggregate wealth, marvellous as it has + been in each of those directions. The masses of our people are better + fed, clothed, and housed than their fathers were. The facilities + for popular education have been vastly enlarged and more generally + diffused. The virtues of courage and patriotism have given recent + proof of their continued presence and increasing power in the hearts + and over the lives of our people. The influences of religion have been + multiplied and strengthened. The sweet offices of charity have greatly + increased. The virtue of temperance is held in higher estimation. We + have not attained an ideal condition. Not all of our people are happy + and prosperous; not all of them are virtuous and law-abiding. But, + on the whole, the opportunities offered to the individual to secure + the comforts of life are better than are found elsewhere, and largely + better than they were here 100 years ago. + + The surrender of a large measure of sovereignty to the general + Government, effected by the adoption of the Constitution, was not + accomplished until the suggestions of reason were strongly re-enforced + by the more imperative voice of experience. The divergent interests + of peace speedily demanded a "more perfect union." The merchant, the + ship-master, and the manufacturer discovered and disclosed to our + statesmen and to the people that commercial emancipation must be + added to the political freedom which had been so bravely won. The + commercial policy of the mother country had not relaxed any of its + hard and oppressive features. To hold in check the development of + our commercial marine, to prevent or retard the establishment and + growth of manufactures in the States, and so to secure the American + market for their shops and the carrying trade for their ships, was the + policy of European statesmen, and was pursued with the most selfish + vigor. Petitions poured in upon Congress urging the imposition of + discriminating duties that should encourage the production of needed + things at home. The patriotism of the people, which no longer found a + field of exercise in war, was energetically directed to the duty of + equipping the young republic for the defence of its independence by + making its people self-dependent. Societies for the promotion of home + manufactures and for encouraging the use of domestics in the dress of + the people were organized in many of the States. The revival at the + end of the century of the same patriotic interest in the preservation + and development of domestic industries and the defence of our working + people against injurious foreign competition is an incident worthy of + attention. + + It is not a departure, but a return, that we have witnessed. The + protective policy had then its opponents. The argument was made, as + now, that its benefits inured to particular classes or sections. If + the question became in any sense, or at any time, sectional, it was + only because slavery existed in some of the States. But for this there + was no reason why the cotton-producing States should not have led + or walked abreast with the New England States in the production of + cotton fabrics. There was this reason only why the States that divide + with Pennsylvania the mineral treasures of the great southeastern + and central mountain ranges should have been so tardy in bringing to + the smelting furnace and the mill the coal and iron from their near + opposing hillsides. Mill-fires were lighted at the funeral pile of + slavery. The emancipation proclamation was heard in the depths of the + earth as well as in the sky--men were made free and material things + became our better servants. + + The sectional element has happily been eliminated from the tariff + discussion. We have no longer States that are necessarily only + planting States. None are excluded from achieving that diversification + of pursuit among the people which brings wealth and contentment. + The cotton plantation will not be less valuable when the product is + spun in the country town by operatives whose necessities call for + diversified crops and create a home demand for garden and agricultural + products. Every new mine, furnace, and factory is an extension of the + productive capacity of the State more real and valuable than added + territory. + + Shall the prejudices and paralysis of slavery continue to hang + upon the skirts of progress? How long will those who rejoice that + slavery no longer exists cherish or tolerate the incapacities it puts + upon their communities? I look hopefully to the continuance of our + protective system and to the consequent development of manufacturing + and mining enterprises in the States hitherto wholly given to + agriculture as a potent influence in the perfect unification of our + people. The men who have invested their capital in these enterprises, + the farmers who have felt the benefit of their neighborhood, and the + men who work in shop or field will not fail to find and to defend + a community of interest. Is it not quite possible that the farmers + and the promoters of the great mining and manufacturing enterprises + which have recently been established in the South may yet find that + the free ballot of the workingman, without distinction of race, is + needed for their defence as well as for his own? I do not doubt that + if these men in the South who now accept the tariff views of Clay and + the constitutional expositions of Webster would courageously avow and + defend their real convictions they would not find it difficult, by + friendly instruction and co-operation, to make the black man their + efficient and safe ally, not only in establishing correct principles + in our national Administration, but in preserving for their local + communities the benefits of social order and economical and honest + government. At least until the good offices of kindness and education + have been fairly tried the contrary conclusion cannot be plausibly + urged. + + I have altogether rejected the suggestion of a special executive + policy for any section of our country. It is the duty of the Executive + to administer and enforce in the methods and by the instrumentalities + pointed out and provided by the Constitution all the laws enacted by + Congress. These laws are general, and their administration should be + uniform and equal. As a citizen may not elect what laws he will obey, + neither may the Executive elect which he will enforce. The duty to + obey and execute embraces the Constitution in its entirety and the + whole code of laws enacted under it. The evil example of permitting + individuals, corporations, or communities to nullify the laws because + they cross some selfish or local interests or prejudices is full of + danger, not only to the Nation at large, but much more to those who + use this pernicious expedient to escape their just obligations or to + obtain an unjust advantage over others. They will presently themselves + be compelled to appeal to the law for protection, and those who would + use the law as a defence must not deny that use of it to others. + + If our great corporations would more scrupulously observe their + legal obligations and duties they would have less cause to complain of + the unlawful limitations of their rights or of violent interference + with their operations. The community that by concert, open or secret, + among its citizens denies to a portion of its members their plain + rights under the law has severed the only safe bond of social order + and prosperity. The evil works, from a bad centre, both ways. It + demoralizes those who practise it, and destroys the faith of those who + suffer by it in the efficiency of the law as a safe protector. The man + in whose breast that faith has been darkened is naturally the subject + of dangerous and uncanny suggestions. Those who use unlawful methods, + if moved by no higher motive than the selfishness that prompts them, + may well stop and inquire what is to be the end of this. An unlawful + expedient cannot become a permanent condition of government. If the + educated and influential classes in a community either practise or + connive at the systematic violation of laws that seem to them to + cross their convenience, what can they expect when the lesson that + convenience or a supposed class interest is a sufficient cause for + lawlessness has been well learned by the ignorant classes? A community + where law is the rule of conduct, and where courts, not mobs, execute + its penalties, is the only attractive field for business investments + and honest labor. + + Our naturalization laws should be so amended as to make the inquiry + into the character and good disposition of persons applying for + citizenship more careful and searching. Our existing laws have been in + their administration an unimpressive and often an unintelligible form. + We accept the man as a citizen without any knowledge of his fitness, + and he assumes the duties of citizenship without any knowledge as to + what they are. The privileges of American citizenship are so great and + its duties so grave that we may well insist upon a good knowledge of + every person applying for citizenship and a good knowledge by him of + our institutions. We should not cease to be hospitable to immigration, + but we should cease to be careless as to the character of it. There + are men of all races, even the best, whose coming is necessarily a + burden upon our public revenues or a threat to social order. These + should be identified and excluded. + + We have happily maintained a policy of avoiding all interference + with European affairs. We have been only interested spectators of + their contentions in diplomacy and in war, ready to use our friendly + offices to promote peace, but never obtruding our advice and never + attempting unfairly to coin the distresses of other powers into + commercial advantage to ourselves. We have a just right to expect that + our European policy will be the American policy of European courts. + + It is so manifestly incompatible with those precautions for our + peace and safety, which all the great powers habitually observe and + enforce in matters affecting them, that a shorter water-way between + our eastern and western seaboards should be dominated by any European + Government, that we may confidently expect that such a purpose will + not be entertained by any friendly power. We shall in the future, as + in the past, use every endeavor to maintain and enlarge our friendly + relations with all the great powers, but they will not expect us + to look kindly upon any project that would leave us subject to the + dangers of a hostile observation or environment. + + We have not sought to dominate or to absorb any of our weaker + neighbors, but rather to aid and encourage them to establish free and + stable governments, resting upon the consent of their own people. We + have a clear right to expect, therefore, that no European Government + will seek to establish colonial dependencies upon the territory of + these independent American States. That which a sense of justice + restrains us from seeking they may be reasonably expected willingly to + forego. + + It must not be assumed, however, that our interests are so + exclusively American that our entire inattention to any events that + may transpire elsewhere can be taken for granted. Our citizens + domiciled for purposes of trade in all countries and in many of the + islands of the sea demand and will have our adequate care in their + personal and commercial rights. The necessities of our navy require + convenient coaling stations and dock and harbor privileges. These and + other trading privileges we will feel free to obtain only by means + that do not in any degree partake of coercion, however feeble the + Government from which we ask such concessions. But having fairly + obtained them by methods and for purposes entirely consistent with the + most friendly disposition toward all other powers, our consent will be + necessary to any modification or impairment of the concession. + + We shall neither fail to respect the flag of any friendly nation + or the just rights of its citizens, nor to exact the like treatment + for our own. Calmness, justice, and consideration should characterize + our diplomacy. The offices of an intelligent diplomacy or of friendly + arbitration, in proper cases, should be adequate to the peaceful + adjustment of all international difficulties. By such methods we will + make our contribution to the world's peace, which no nation values + more highly, and avoid the opprobrium which must fall upon the nation + that ruthlessly breaks it. + + The duty devolved by law upon the President to nominate and, by + and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint all public + officers whose appointment is not otherwise provided for in the + Constitution or by act of Congress has become very burdensome, and its + wise and efficient discharge full of difficulty. The civil list is so + large that a personal knowledge of any large number of the applicants + is impossible. The President must rely upon the representations of + others, and these are often made inconsiderately and without any just + sense of responsibility. + + I have a right, I think, to insist that those who volunteer or are + invited to give advice as to appointments shall exercise consideration + and fidelity. A high sense of duty and an ambition to improve the + service should characterize all public officers. There are many ways + in which the convenience and comfort of those who have business with + our public officers may be promoted by a thoughtful and obliging + officer, and I shall expect those whom I may appoint to justify their + selection by a conspicuous efficiency in the discharge of their + duties. Honorable party service will certainly not be esteemed by + me a disqualification for public office; but it will in no case be + allowed to serve as a shield for official negligence, incompetency, or + delinquency. It is entirely creditable to seek public office by proper + methods and with proper motives, and all applications will be treated + with consideration; but I shall need, and the heads of departments + will need, time for inquiry and deliberation. Persistent importunity + will not, therefore, be the best support of an application for office. + + Heads of departments, bureaus, and all other public officers having + any duty connected therewith, will be expected to enforce the Civil + Service law fully and without evasion. Beyond this obvious duty + I hope to do something more to advance the reform of the civil + service. The ideal, or even my own ideal, I shall probably not + attain. Retrospect will be a safer basis of judgment than promises. + We shall not, however, I am sure, be able to put our civil service + upon a non-partisan basis until we have secured an incumbency that + fair minded men of the opposition will approve for impartiality and + integrity. As the number of such in the civil list is increased + removals from office will diminish. + + While a treasury surplus is not the greatest evil, it is a serious + evil. Our revenue should be ample to meet the ordinary annual demands + upon our treasury, with a sufficient margin for those extraordinary + but scarcely less imperative demands which arise now and then. + Expenditure should always be made with economy, and only upon + public necessity. Wastefulness, profligacy, or favoritism in public + expenditures is criminal; but there is nothing in the condition of + our country or of our people to suggest that anything presently + necessary to the public prosperity, security, or honor should be + unduly postponed. It will be the duty of Congress wisely to forecast + and estimate these extraordinary demands, and, having added them to + our ordinary expenditures, to so adjust our revenue laws that no + considerable annual surplus will remain. We will fortunately be able + to apply to the redemption of the public debt any small and unforeseen + excess of revenue. This is better than to reduce our income below + our necessary expenditures with the resulting choice between another + change of our revenue laws and an increase of the public debt. It is + quite possible, I am sure, to effect the necessary reduction in our + revenues without breaking down our protective tariff or seriously + injuring any domestic industry. + + The construction of a sufficient number of modern war ships and of + their necessary armament should progress as rapidly as is consistent + with care and perfection in plans and workmanship. The spirit, + courage, and skill of our naval officers and seamen have many times + in our history given to weak ships and inefficient guns a rating + greatly beyond that of the naval list. That they will again do so + upon occasion I do not doubt; but they ought not, by premeditation or + neglect, to be left to the risks and exigencies of an unequal combat. + + We should encourage the establishment of American steamship lines. + The exchanges of commerce demand stated, reliable, and rapid means of + communication, and until these are provided the development of our + trade with the States lying south of us is impossible. + + Our pension law should give more adequate and discriminating relief + to the Union soldiers and sailors and to their widows and orphans. + Such occasions as this should remind us that we owe everything to + their valor and sacrifice. + + It is a subject of congratulation that there is a near prospect of + the admission into the Union of the Dakotas and Montana and Washington + Territories. This act of justice has been unreasonably delayed in the + case of some of them. The people who have settled those Territories + are intelligent, enterprising, and patriotic, and the accession + of these new States will add strength to the Nation. It is due to + the settlers in the Territories who have availed themselves of the + invitations of our land laws to make homes upon the public domain that + their titles should be speedily adjusted and their honest entries + confirmed by patent. + + It is very gratifying to observe the general interest now being + manifested in the reform of our election laws. Those who have been for + years calling attention to the pressing necessity of throwing about + the ballot-box and about the elector further safeguards, in order + that our elections might not only be free and pure, but might clearly + appear to be so, will welcome the accession of any who did not so soon + discover the need of reform. The national Congress has not as yet + taken control of elections in that case over which the Constitution + gives it jurisdiction, but has accepted and adopted the election laws + of the several States, provided penalties for their violation and a + method of supervision. Only the inefficiency of the State laws or an + unfair partisan administration of them could suggest a departure from + this policy. It was clearly, however, in the contemplation of the + framers of the Constitution that such an exigency might arise, and + provision was wisely made for it. No power vested in Congress or in + the Executive to secure or perpetuate it should remain unused upon + occasion. + + The people of all the Congressional districts have an equal + interest that the election in each shall truly express the views and + wishes of a majority of the qualified electors residing within it. + The results of such elections are not local, and the insistence of + electors residing in other districts that they shall be pure and free + does not savor at all of impertinence. If in any of the States the + public security is thought to be threatened by ignorance among the + electors, the obvious remedy is education. The sympathy and help of + our people will not be withheld from any community struggling with + special embarrassments or difficulties connected with the suffrage, + if the remedies proposed proceed upon lawful lines and are promoted + by just and honorable methods. How shall those who practise election + frauds recover that respect for the sanctity of the ballot which is + the first condition and obligation of good citizenship? The man who + has come to regard the ballot-box as a juggler's hat has renounced his + allegiance. + + Let us exalt patriotism and moderate our party contentions. Let + those who would die for the flag on the field of battle give a better + proof of their patriotism and a higher glory to their country by + promoting fraternity and justice. A party success that is achieved by + unfair methods or by practices that partake of revolution is hurtful + and evanescent, even from a party standpoint. We should hold our + differing opinions in mutual respect, and, having submitted them to + the arbitrament of the ballot, should accept an adverse judgment with + the same respect that we would have demanded of our opponents if the + decision had been in our favor. + + No other people have a government more worthy of their respect and + love, or a land so magnificent in extent, so pleasant to look upon, + and so full of generous suggestion to enterprise and labor. God has + placed upon our head a diadem, and has laid at our feet power and + wealth beyond definition or calculation. But we must not forget that + we take these gifts upon the condition that justice and mercy shall + hold the reins of power, and that the upward avenues of hope shall be + free to all the people. + + I do not mistrust the future. Dangers have been in frequent ambush + along our path, but we have uncovered and vanquished them all. + Passion has swept some of our communities, but only to give us a new + demonstration that the great body of our people are stable, patriotic, + and law-abiding. No political party can long pursue advantage at the + expense of public honor or by rude and indecent methods, without + protest and fatal disaffection in its own body. The peaceful agencies + of commerce are more fully revealing the necessary unity of all our + communities, and the increasing intercourse of our people is promoting + mutual respect. We shall find unalloyed pleasure in the revelation + which our next census will make of the swift development of the great + resources of some of the States. Each State will bring its generous + contribution to the great aggregate of the Nation's increase. And when + the harvest from the fields, the cattle from the hills, and the ores + of the earth shall have been weighed, counted, and valued, we will + turn from them all to crown with the highest honor the State that has + most promoted education, virtue, justice, and patriotism among the + people. + + + + +NEW YORK CITY, APRIL 30, 1889. + +_The Nation's Centenary._ + + +The celebration, at the city of New York, of the one hundredth +anniversary of the inauguration of George Washington as first President +of the United States was more than national in its scope and influence. +The people of the entire continent manifested a gratifying interest +in it, and no event in our history has been commemorated with greater +success. The occasion called together more than two million people +within the gateways of the great metropolis, many of them our most +distinguished and representative citizens. The celebration was conducted +under the auspices of one hundred prominent citizens, organized as a +general committee, of which the Hon. Hamilton Fish was President; Mayor +Hugh J. Grant, Chairman; Hon. Elbridge T. Gerry, Chairman Executive +Committee; and Clarence W. Bowen, Secretary. + +Early on the morning of April 29 the President, accompanied by Mrs. +Harrison, Mrs. J. R. McKee, Mr. and Mrs. Russell B. Harrison, the +members of the Cabinet, Chief Justice and Mrs. Fuller, Justice and Mrs. +Field, Justice Blatchford, Justice Strong, Major-General Schofield, Mr. +Walker Blaine and Miss Blaine, Col. Thos. F. Barr, Lieut. T. B. M. Mason +and Mrs. Mason, left Washington by special train tendered by President +Geo. R. Roberts and Vice-President Frank Thomson, of the Pennsylvania +Company. The distinguished guests were escorted by the following members +of the Centennial Committee designated for this honorable duty: John A. +King, Chairman; John Jay, Edward Cooper, Wm. H. Wickham, Wm. R. Grace, +Frederick J. DePeyster, Wm. H. Robertson, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Wm. M. +Evarts, Frank Hiscock, Seth Low, Orlando B. Potter, Clifford S. Sims, +Jas. Duane Livingston, and Frank S. Witherbee. + +At Trenton the party was met by the New Jersey Centennial Committee, +consisting of Governor Green, General Sewell, Rev. Dr. Hamill, Colonel +Stockton, General Grubb, Colonel Donnelly, Captain Skirm, Senator +Cramner, Senator Cattell, Colonel Chambers, and others. + +Arrived at Elizabeth the President breakfasted with Governor Green +and then held a reception, conducted by Col. Rob't S. Green, assisted +by Col. Suydam, Chas. G. Parkhurst, and John L. Boggs. Following the +route taken by Washington, President Harrison and his party embarked +at Elizabethport on board the U. S. S. _Despatch_, and, escorted by a +magnificent fleet of war ships, merchant marine, and craft of all kinds, +proceeded up the Kills to the bay amid the roar of cannon from the +several forts and the men-of-war. + +At the gangway of the _Despatch_ the President was received by Jackson +S. Schultz and the following gentlemen, comprising the Committee on +Navy: John S. Barnes, George G. Haven, D. Willis James, Frederick R. +Coudert, Capt. Henry Erben, Ogden Goelet, John Jay Pierrepont, Loyall +Farragut, Alfred C. Cheney, Buchanan Winthrop, and S. Nicholson Kane. +Other distinguished guests on the _Despatch_ were Gov. David B. Hill, +Gen. William T. Sherman, Admiral David D. Porter, Commodore Ramsey, +and Jas. M. Varnum. Several hundred thousand patriotic people greeted +the _Despatch_ as she proudly entered the harbor. The scene was a most +memorable one. + +Following the example of Washington, President Harrison was rowed ashore +in a barge, landing at Pier 16, where he was met by the venerable +Hamilton Fish, who welcomed him to New York. Proceeding to the Equitable +Building, the President was tendered a reception in the rooms of +the Lawyers' Club, followed by a banquet under the auspices of the +Committee on States, consisting of the following distinguished citizens: +William G. Hamilton, Chairman; James C. Carter, John Schuyler, J. T. +Van Rensselaer, James W. Husted, Theo. Roosevelt, Jacob A. Cantor, E. +Ellery Anderson, Floyd Clarkson, Henry W. LeRoy, John B. Pine, Samuel +Borrowe, and Jas. M. Montgomery. Among the guests--other than the +members of the Cabinet and the other prominent gentlemen who accompanied +the President on the _Despatch_--were ex-President R. B. Hayes and the +Governors of thirty-five States. + +At night the President and his Cabinet attended the grand centennial +ball at the Metropolitan Opera House, at which 6,000 guests were +present. This brilliant entertainment, rendered memorable by the +presence of so many distinguished people, was given under the auspices +of a committee composed of the following society leaders: Stuyvesant +Fish, Chairman; William Waldorf Astor, William K. Vanderbilt, William +Jay, Egerton L. Winthrop, Robert Goelet, Wm. B. Beekman, Stephen H. +Olin, Wm. E. D. Stokes, and Gouverneur Morris. + +The morning of the 30th--Centennial Day--the President, members of his +Cabinet, with ex-Presidents Cleveland and Hayes, Governor Hill, and +many other noted guests, attended thanksgiving services at St. Paul's +Church. The President and his family occupied the Washington pew. The +exercises were conducted by the Rt. Rev. Henry C. Potter, Bishop of New +York. The literary exercises were held on the steps of the sub-Treasury, +where General Washington took his oath of office a hundred years before. +Countless thousands surrounded the speaker's stand and congregated in +the vicinity. Elbridge T. Gerry presided and introduced Rev. Richard +S. Storrs, who delivered the invocation. Secretary Bowen read a poem +entitled "The Vow of Washington," composed for the occasion by the +venerable John Greenleaf Whittier. Hon. Chauncey M. Depew then delivered +the Centennial oration. On conclusion, Chairman Gerry introduced +President Harrison, who was greeted with a grand outburst as he advanced +to the front. Amid repeated interruptions with cheers he spoke as +follows: + + _Mr. Chairman, my Countrymen_--Official duty of a very exacting + character has made it quite impossible that I should deliver an + address on this occasion. Foreseeing this, I early notified your + committee that the programme must not contain any address by me. The + selection of Mr. Depew as the orator of this occasion makes further + speech not only difficult, but superfluous. He has met the demand of + this great occasion on its own high level. He has brought before us + the incidents and the lessons of the first inauguration of Washington. + We seem to have been a part of that admiring and almost adoring throng + that filled these streets one hundred years ago. + + We have come into the serious, but always inspiring, presence + of Washington. He was the incarnation of duty, and he teaches us + to-day this great lesson: That those who would associate their + names with events that shall outlive a century can only do so by + high consecration to duty. Self-seeking has no public observance or + anniversary. The captain who gives to the sea his cargo of goods, + that he may give safety and deliverance to his imperilled fellow-men, + has fame; he who lands the cargo has only wages. Washington seemed to + come to the discharge of the duties of his high office impressed with + a great sense of his unfamiliarity with these new calls thrust upon + him, modestly doubtful of his own ability, but trusting implicitly in + the sustaining helpfulness and grace of that God who rules the world, + presides in the councils of nations, and is able to supply every human + defect. We have made marvellous progress in material things since + then, but the stately and enduring shaft that we have erected at the + national capital at Washington symbolizes the fact that he is still + the First American Citizen. [Cheers.] + + +_The Great Military Parade and Banquet._ + +On conclusion of the ceremonies at the sub-Treasury the President and +other honored guests of the day reviewed the grand military parade +from a stand in Madison Square. Along the line of march, especially on +Broadway and Fifth Avenue, for several miles the gorgeous pageant moved +between two living walls. Never were so many people congregated on this +continent. The glittering column, commanded by General Schofield, moved +with continuous precision, and was five hours and twenty-five minutes +in passing the reviewing stand. The President remained at his post, +saluting the last company. The troops of the various States were led by +their Governors. + +This monster military demonstration and the great industrial parade of +the day following were conducted under the management of a committee +comprising the following well-known gentlemen: S. Van Rensselaer Cruger, +Chairman; John Cochrane, Locke W. Winchester, J. Hampden Robb, Frederick +Gallatin, Frederick D. Tappen, and John C. Tomlinson. + +The President's visit concluded with his participation in the greatest +banquet known to modern times, held at the Metropolitan Opera House. +The lavish decorations, the magnitude and occasion of the entertainment +have rendered it historical. Eight hundred guests were seated at +the tables, while the surrounding boxes and stalls were overflowing +with distinguished ladies eagerly partaking of the feast of reason. +Mayor Grant presided, and introduced Governor Hill, who welcomed the +guests. Ex-President Cleveland responded to the toast "Our People;" +Gov. Fitzhugh Lee, of Virginia, spoke to "The States;" Chief-Justice +Fuller responded to "The Federal Constitution;" Hon. John W. Daniel +spoke to "The Senate;" ex-President Hayes to "The Presidency." Among +other prominent guests were Vice-President Morton, General Sherman, +Lieutenant-Governor Jones, of New York, Judge Charles Andrews, Hon. +Hannibal Hamlin, Mayor Chapin, of Brooklyn, Governor Foraker, of Ohio, +Abram S. Hewitt, Cornelius N. Bliss, Fred'k S. Tallmadge, Samuel D. +Babcock, Chauncey M. Depew, Erastus Wiman, Charles W. Dayton, Josiah +M. Fisk, William Henry Smith, Thomas S. Moore, Henry Clews, Austin +Corbin, Philip L. Livingston, Brayton Ives, Darius O. Mills, Richard +T. Wilson, William L. Strong, Henry B. Hyde, James M. Brown, Louis +Fitzgerald, Allan Campbell, John Sloane, James D. Smith, Edward V. Loew, +Eugene Kelly, Walter Stanton, John F. Plummer, J. Edward Simmons, John +Jay Knox, De Lancey Nicoll, Henry G. Marquand, Gordon L. Ford, Daniel +Huntington, F. Hopkinson Smith, William E. Dodge, Chas. Parsons, A. W. +Drake, Oliver H. Perry, Frank D. Millet, H. H. Boyesen, Charles Henry +Hart, Rutherford Stuyvesant, John L. Cadwalader, Lispenard Stewart, +Chas. H. Russell, Jr., and Richard W. Gilder. + +After the Chief-Justice's address President Harrison was introduced and +received with a storm of applause. He spoke to the toast "The United +States of America" as follows: + + _Mr. President and Fellow-citizens_--I should be unjust to myself, + and, what is more serious, I should be unjust to you, if I did not + at this first and last opportunity express to you the deep sense of + obligation and thankfulness which I feel for these many personal and + official courtesies which have been extended to me since I came to + take part in this celebration. The official representatives of the + State of New York and of this great city have attended me with the + most courteous kindness, omitting no attention that could make my + stay among you pleasant and gratifying. From you and at the hands of + those who have thronged the streets of the city to-day I have received + the most cordial expressions of good will. I would not, however, + have you understand that these loud acclaims have been in any sense + appropriated as a personal tribute to myself. I have realized that + there was that in this occasion and all these interesting incidents + which have made it so profoundly impressive to my mind which was above + and greater than any living man. I have realized that the tribute of + cordial interest which you have manifested was rendered to that great + office which, by the favor of a greater people, I now exercise, rather + than to me. + + The occasion and all of its incidents will be memorable not only + in the history of your own city, but in the history of our country. + New York did not succeed in retaining the seat of national government + here, although she made liberal provision for the assembling of the + first Congress in the expectation that the Congress might find its + permanent home here. But though you lost that which you coveted, I + think the representatives here of all the States will agree that it + was fortunate that the first inauguration of Washington took place in + the State and the city of New York. + + For where in our country could the centennial of the event be so + worthily celebrated as here? What seaboard offered so magnificent a + bay on which to display our merchant and naval marine? What city + offered thoroughfares so magnificent, or a people so great, so + generous, as New York has poured out to-day to celebrate that event? + + I have received at the hands of the committee who have been charged + with the details--onerous, exacting, and too often unthankful--of this + demonstration evidence of their confidence in my physical endurance. + [Laughter.] + + I must also acknowledge still one other obligation. The committee + having in charge the exercises of this event have also given me + another evidence of their confidence, which has been accompanied with + some embarrassment. As I have noticed the progress of this banquet, it + seemed to me that each of the speakers had been made acquainted with + his theme before he took his seat at the banquet, and that I alone + was left to make acquaintance with my theme when I sat down to the + table. I prefer to substitute for the official title which is upon the + programme the familiar and fireside expression, "Our Country." + + I congratulate you to-day, as one of the instructive and interesting + features of this occasion, that these great thoroughfares dedicated + to trade have closed their doors and covered up the insignias of + commerce; that your great exchanges have closed and your citizens + given themselves up to the observance of the celebration in which we + are participating. + + I believe that patriotism has been intensified in many hearts by + what we have witnessed to-day. I believe that patriotism has been + placed in a higher and holier fane in many hearts. The bunting with + which you have covered your walls, these patriotic inscriptions, + must go down and the wage and trade be resumed again. Here may I not + ask you to carry those inscriptions that now hang on the walls into + your homes, into the schools of your city, into all of your great + institutions where children are gathered, and teach them that the eye + of the young and the old should look upon that flag as one of the + familiar glories of every American? Have we not learned that no stocks + and bonds, nor land, is our country? It is a spiritual thought that + is in our minds--it is the flag and what it stands for; it is the + fireside and the home; it is the thoughts that are in our hearts, born + of the inspiration which comes with the story of the flag, of martyrs + to liberty. It is the graveyard into which a common country has + gathered the unconscious deeds of those who died that the thing might + live which we love and call our country, rather than anything that can + be touched or seen. + + Let me add a thought due to our country's future. Perhaps never + have we been so well equipped for war upon land as now, and we have + never seen the time when our people were more smitten with the love of + peace. To elevate the morals of our people; to hold up the law as that + sacred thing which, like the ark of God of old, may not be touched + by irreverent hands, but frowns upon any attempt to dethrone its + supremacy; to unite our people in all that makes home comfortable, as + well as to give our energies in the direction of material advancement, + this service may we render. And out of this great demonstration let us + draw lessons to inspire us to consecrate ourselves anew to this love + and service of our country. + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, AUGUST 22, 1889. + +_Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument._ + + +A memorable event in the history of Indiana was the laying of the +corner-stone of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument at Indianapolis +on August 22, 1889. The Board of Commissioners for the erection of +the monument--under whose supervision the attendant exercises were +conducted--comprised: George J. Langsdale, of Greencastle, President; +Geo. W. Johnston, of Indianapolis, Secretary; T. W. Bennett, of +Richmond; S. B. Voyles, of Salem; and D. C. McCollum, of La Porte. + +President Harrison and his party were honored guests on the occasion; he +was accompanied by Secretary Jeremiah M. Rusk, Attorney-General W. H. +H. Miller, Private Secretary E. W. Halford, Capt. William M. Meredith, +Marshal Daniel M. Ransdell, and General Thomas J. Morgan. + +At College Corner, on the Indiana border, the President was met by Gov. +Alvin P. Hovey, Mayor Caleb S. Denny, Hon. William H. English, William +Scott, John P. Frenzel, Robert S. McKee, J. A. Wildman, Albert Gall, +Dr. Henry Jameson, and others, comprising an honorary escort committee. +Governor Hovey welcomed the President to Indiana in a brief, cordial +address, to which President Harrison responded: + + I thank the Governor for this larger welcome extended as Governor on + the part of the people of the whole State. You have well said that the + people of Indiana have been kind to me, and if, when my public career + is ended, I can return to you the happy possessor of your respect and + good-will, I shall not leave public office with regret. + +Arriving at Indianapolis on the evening of the 21st, the President +was formally waited upon by the Monument Commissioners and Board of +Trade Reception Committee. General James R. Carnahan, on behalf of the +Commissioners, and George G. Tanner, President of the Board of Trade, +warmly welcomed him. + +To their addresses President Harrison replied: + + _Gentlemen of the Committees and Friends_--I scarcely know how to + convey to you my deep impressions at this cordial welcome back to + Indianapolis. I cannot hope to do it. I have been deeply touched by + this generous and courteous reception. It was not my expectation when + I left Indianapolis a few months ago, under so serious a sense of my + responsibilities, that I would return again so soon to my home. But + this occasion was one which I could not well be absent from. It is one + that should enlist to a degree that nothing else can do our patriotic + interests and State pride. It is true, as General Carnahan has said, + that I took an early interest in this movement. I felt that until this + monument was built, until its top-stone was laid, and its voice had + been heard by the people of this State in expressive speech, we had + not done that for our soldier dead which we should, and that we had + neglected those who died for us. I am glad, therefore, to be present + and see this monument started. I reverently rejoice with you on this + occasion, and hail the work which these commissioners have so wisely + and magnificently begun. + +Among other distinguished guests participating in the ceremonies were +Mrs. Jennie Meyerhoff, of Evansville, President of the Woman's Relief +Corps, Department of Indiana; Col. George C. Harvey, of Danville, +commanding the Sons of Veterans, Division of Indiana; Mrs. Zelda +Seguin-Wallace and Miss Laura McManis, Indianapolis; Miss Kate Hammond, +Greencastle, and Rev. H. J. Talbott. + +The march to the monument was one of the most imposing demonstrations +ever witnessed in Indiana. Fifteen thousand veterans and others formed +the great column, commanded by Chief Marshal Charles A. Zollinger, of +Fort Wayne; Chief of Staff, Major Irvin Robbins; Adjutant-General, Major +Wilbur F. Hitt, assisted by a brilliant staff of 60 prominent citizens. +In addition to these officers of the day was a mounted honorary staff, +representing the thirteen Congressional districts. They were: First +District, Gil R. Stormont, Princeton; Second, Col. Elijah Cavens, +Bloomfield; Third, Capt. James B. Patton, Jeffersonville; Fourth, +Marine D. Tackett, Greensburg; Fifth, Maj. J. G. Dunbar, Greencastle; +Sixth, Maj. J. F. Wildman, Muncie; Seventh, Capt. D. W. Hamilton, +Indianapolis; Eighth, Capt. A. C. Ford, Terre Haute; Ninth, Col. R. P. +DeHart, Lafayette; Tenth, Capt. M. L. DeMotte, Valparaiso; Eleventh, +Col. C. E. Briant, Huntington; Twelfth, Capt. J. C. Peltier, Fort Wayne; +Thirteenth, Gen. Reub. Williams, Warsaw. More than 100,000 people +witnessed the pageant. + +The monument is a majestic square embellished shaft of Indiana +limestone, some 250 feet high, surmounted by a heroic figure of Victory, +the pedestal resting upon a great circular stone terrace. The architects +were Bruno Schmitz, of Berlin, and Frederick Baumann, of Chicago. The +ceremony of laying the corner-stone was conducted by the following +officials of the Grand Army of the Republic: Commander of the Department +of Indiana Charles M. Travis, of Crawfordsville; Senior Vice Department +Commander P. D. Harris, of Shelbyville; Junior Vice-Commander B. B. +Campbell, of Anderson; Assistant Adjutant-General I. N. Walker, of +Indianapolis; Officers of the Day Wm. H. Armstrong, of Indianapolis, and +Lieut.-Gov. Ira J. Chase, of Danville. + +Gov. Alvin P. Hovey, as presiding officer, delivered an eloquent opening +address, which was followed by the singing of the hymn "Dedication," +written for the occasion by Charles M. Walker, of Indianapolis. The +speakers of the day were Gen. Mahlon D. Manson, of Crawfordsville, and +Gen. John Coburn, of Indianapolis. Their masterly orations were followed +by the reading of a poem, "What Shall It Teach?" written by Capt. Lee O. +Harris, of Greenfield. + +When Governor Hovey introduced the Chief Executive of the Nation the +vast audience swayed with enthusiasm. In a voice low, and with a slight +tremble in it, President Harrison began his fine tribute to the men who +responded to the country's call. As he proceeded his voice rose higher +until it rang out clear as a bugle and drew from the multitude repeated +and vociferous cheers. He spoke as follows: + + _Mr. President and Fellow-citizens_--I did not expect to make any + address on this occasion. It would have been pleasant, if I could + have found leisure to make suitable preparation, to have accepted + the invitation of the committee having these exercises in charge + to deliver an oration. I would have felt it an honor to associate + my name with an occasion so great as this. Public duties, however, + prevented the acceptance of the invitation, and I could only promise + to be present with you to-day. It seemed to me most appropriate that + I should take part with my fellow-citizens of Indiana in this great + ceremony. There have been few occasions in the history of our State + so full of interest, so magnificent, so inspiring, as that which + we now witness. The suggestion that a monument should be builded + to commemorate the valor and heroism of those soldiers of Indiana + who gave their lives for the flag attracted my interest from the + beginning. Five years ago last January, when the people assembled in + the opera-house yonder to unveil the statue which had been worthily + set up to our great war Governor, I ventured to express the hope that + near by it, as a twin expression of one great sentiment, there might + be builded a noble shaft, not to any man, not to bear on any of its + majestic faces the name of a man, but a monument about which the sons + of veterans, the mothers of our dead, the widows that are yet with us, + might gather, and, pointing to the stately shaft, say: "There is his + monument." The hope expressed that day is realized now. [Cheers.] + + I congratulate the people of Indiana that our Legislature + has generously met the expectations of our patriotic people. I + congratulate the commission having this great work in charge that + they have secured a design which will not suffer under the criticism + of the best artists of the world. I congratulate you that a monument + so costly as to show that we value that which it commemorates, so + artistic as to express the sentiment which evoked it, is to stand in + the capital of Indiana. Does any one say there is wastefulness here? + [Cries of "No, no!"] My countrymen, $200,000 has never passed, and + never will pass, from the treasury of Indiana that will give a better + return than the expenditure for the erection of this monument. As I + have witnessed these ceremonies and listened to these patriotic hymns + I have read in the faces of the men who stand about me that lifting up + of the soul, that kindling of patriotic fire, that has made me realize + that on such occasions the Nation is laying deep and strong its future + security. + + This is a monument by Indiana to Indiana soldiers. But I beg + you to remember that they were only soldiers of Indiana until the + enlistment oath was taken; that from that hour until they came back + to the generous State that had sent them forth they were soldiers of + the Union. So that it seemed to me not inappropriate that I should + bring to you to-day the sympathy and cheer of the loyal people of + all the States. No American citizen need avoid it or pass it with + unsympathetic eyes, for, my countrymen, it does not commemorate a war + of subjugation. There is not in the United States to-day a man who, if + he realizes what has occurred since the war and has opened his soul to + the sight of that which is to come, who will not feel that it is good + for all our people that victory crowned the cause which this monument + commemorates. I do seriously believe that if we can measure among the + States the benefits resulting from the preservation of the Union, the + rebellious States have the larger share. It destroyed an institution + that was their destruction. It opened the way for a commercial life + that, if they will only embrace it and face the light, means to them a + development that shall rival the best attainments of the greatest of + our States. + + And now let me thank you for your pleasant greeting. I have felt + lifted up by this occasion. It seems to me that our spirits have been + borne up to meet those of the dead and glorified, and that from this + place we shall go to our homes more resolutely set in our purpose + as citizens to conserve the peace and welfare of our neighborhoods, + to hold up the dignity and honor of our free institutions, and to + see that no harm shall come to our country, whether from internal + dissensions or from the aggressions of a foreign foe. [Great cheering.] + +A camp-fire was held at night at Tomlinson Hall, presided over by +Charles M. Travis, Commander of Indiana G. A. R., where an audience of +over 5,000 assembled. The orators of the occasion were Hon. Samuel B. +Voyles, of Salem; Judge Daniel Waugh, of Tipton; General Jasper Packard, +of New Albany; Col. I. N. Walker and Albert J. Beveridge, Indianapolis; +Hon. Benj. S. Parker, New Castle, and Hon. Wm. R. Myers, Anderson. + +President Harrison's appearance was greeted by a prolonged +demonstration, the audience rising with one impulse. Commander Travis +said: "I told you I would treat you to a surprise. Here is your +President. He needs no introduction." + +President Harrison's reply was: + + _Mr. Chairman, Comrades_--I think I will treat you to another + surprise. My Indiana friends have been so much accustomed to have + me talk on all occasions that I am sure nothing would gratify them + more--nothing would be a greater surprise than for me to decline to + talk to-night. I am very grateful for this expression of your interest + and respect. That comradeship and good feeling which your cordial + salutation has expressed to me I beg every comrade of the Grand Army + here to-night to believe I feel for him. + + Now, I am sure, in view of the labors of yesterday and to-day, + that you will allow me to wish you prosperous, happy, useful lives, + honorable and peaceful deaths, and that those who survive you may + point to this shaft, which is being reared yonder, as a worthy tribute + of your services in defence of your country. [Cheers.] + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, AUGUST 23, 1889. + +_Reunion of the Seventieth Indiana._ + + +The day following the ceremonies at the Soldiers' Monument President +Harrison attended the fifteenth annual reunion of his old regiment, +the Seventieth Indiana, at Tomlinson Hall. Many survivors of the One +Hundred and Second and One Hundred and Fifth Indiana, the One Hundred +and Twenty-ninth Illinois, and the Seventy-ninth Ohio regiments were +present. These regiments, with the Seventieth, constituted the First +Brigade--General Harrison's command. The gathering, therefore, was +alternately a regimental and brigade reunion. + +Col. Samuel Merrill, who delivered the annual address, escorted the +President, and amid enthusiastic cheering installed him as presiding +officer of the assembly. Other prominent members of the Seventieth +present were Gen. Thomas J. Morgan, Capt. Wm. M. Meredith, Daniel M. +Ransdell, Moses G. McLain, Capt. H. M. Endsley, Capt. Wm. Mitchell, +and Capt. Chas. H. Cox. General Harrison was unanimously re-elected +President of the regimental association; he was also chosen first +President of the brigade association. The other brigade officers were +Vice-President, Gen. Daniel Dustin; Second Vice-President, Gen. A. W. +Doane; Secretary, J. M. Ayers; Treasurer, E. H. Conger. + +In the absence of Mayor Denny, City Attorney W. L. Taylor cordially +welcomed the veterans to Indianapolis. To this greeting the presiding +officer, President Harrison, responded: + + _Mr. Taylor_--The survivors of the Seventieth Indiana Volunteer + Infantry, now assembled in annual reunion, have heard, with great + gratification, the cordial words of welcome which you have addressed + to us. We have never doubted the hospitality of the citizens of this + great city, and have several times held our reunions here; and if + we have more frequently sought some of the quieter towns in this + Congressional district--where the regiment was organized--it has + only been because we could be a little more to ourselves than was + possible in this city. You will not think this a selfish instinct when + I tell you that, as the years go on, these reunions of our regiment + become more and more a family affair; and as in the gathering of + the scattered members of a family in the family reunion, so we have + loved, when we get together as comrades, to be somewhat apart, that + we might enjoy each other. It has been pleasant, I am sure, however, + to link this annual reunion with the great event of yesterday. It did + us good to meet with our comrades of the whole State--those who had + other numbers on their uniforms, but carried the same flag under which + we marched--in these exercises connected with the dedication of a + monument that knows no regimental distinction. [Applause.] + + If those having charge now will announce some proper arrangement by + which I can take by the hand the members, not only of the Seventieth + Indiana, but any comrades of the First Brigade, who have done us honor + by meeting with us to-day, I would be glad to conform to their wishes. + It is perhaps possible that, without leaving the hall, simply by an + exchange of seats, this may be accomplished, and when that is done + there may yet be time before dinner to proceed with some other of the + exercises upon the programme. + + + + +CHICAGO, DECEMBER 9, 1889. + + +Monday morning, December 9, 1889, President Harrison, accompanied +by Mr. and Mrs. Russell B. Harrison, Mrs. McKee, and First Ass't +Postmaster-General J. S. Clarkson and wife, arrived in Chicago for the +purpose of participating in the dedication of the great Auditorium +building, in which--while in an unfinished state--was held the +convention of June, 1888, that nominated General Harrison for the +presidency. The distinguished party was met by a committee comprising +Mayor D. C. Cregier, Ferd. W. Peck, Gen. Geo. W. Crook, Hon. A. L. +Seeberger, Col. James A. Sexton, Alexander H. Revell, Franklin S. +Head, C. L. Hutchinson, Charles Counselman, J. J. P. Odell, Col. O. A. +Schaffner, F. S. Bissell, and R. W. Dunham. + +During the morning the President and Vice-President Morton, under the +guidance of Mr. Ferd. Peck, visited the Board of Trade and were tendered +an enthusiastic reception by the members of that famous exchange. Then +followed a reception and lunch at the Union League Club, as the guests +of Mr. Peck and President Bissell of the Club. Other prominent citizens +present were Governor Fifer, Geo. M. Pullman, Marshall Field, Joseph +Medill, S. M. Nickerson, J. R. Rumsey, N. K. Fairbank, Sam. W. Allerton, +A. A. Sprague, H. H. Kohlsaat, Wm. Penn Nixon, A. L. Patterson, Adolph +Caron, C. I. Peck, A. L. Coe, John R. Walsh, J. W. Scott, John B. +Carson, M. A. Ryerson, V. F. Lawson, and O. W. Meysenberg. Later in the +afternoon the President and Mr. Morton, accompanied by Governor Hoard, +of Wisconsin, General Alger, and Judge Thurston, visited the Marquette +Club--of which the President is an honorary member--and were received by +President Revell, Secretary Gould, H. M. Kingman, C. W. Gordon, and C. +E. Nixon, comprising the Reception Committee. + +The dedication of the auditorium hall in the evening was an event of +rare interest in the history of Chicago. President Harrison and his +party and Vice-President and Mrs. Morton were the honored guests of +the occasion. Other distinguished out-of-town guests were Sir Adolph +Caron, Hon. G. A. Kirkpatrick, C. H. McIntosh, and Mr. Wells, of Canada; +Governor and Mrs. Fifer; Governor and Mrs. Merriam, of Minnesota; +Governor Hoard, of Wisconsin; Governor and Mrs. Larrabee, of Iowa; Mrs. +Governor Gordon; ex-Governor Morton, of Nebraska; General Alger, Judge +and Mrs. Walter Q. Gresham; Mr. and Mrs. House, of St. Louis, and Mr. +and Mrs. F. J. Mackey, of Kansas City. + +The Auditorium--the modern Parthenon--typifying the spirit of the age, +is largely the conception of Mr. Ferd. W. Peck, and its realization is +the fruit of his zeal, supported and encouraged by the wealthy men of +Chicago. The great structure, costing three and a half million dollars, +was built by the Chicago Auditorium Association, whose officers at the +time of completion were: Ferd. W. Peck, President; N. K. Fairbank, +First Vice-President; John R. Walsh, Second Vice-President; Charles +L. Hutchinson, Treasurer; Charles H. Lunt, Secretary. The building +was begun June 1, 1887; the laying of the corner-stone occurred in +September that year, and was witnessed by President Cleveland and other +distinguished visitors. It has a frontage of 710 feet on Congress +Street, Michigan and Wabash avenues. The exterior material is granite +and Bedford stone. The height of the main structure is 145 feet, or +ten stories; height of tower above main building 95 feet, or eight +floors; height of lantern above main tower 30 feet, or two floors; +total height 270 feet--one of the tallest buildings in the world. The +permanent seating capacity of the auditorium is over 4,000, but for +conventions--by utilizing stage--this capacity is increased to 8,000. +A feature of the great hall is the grand organ. In addition to this +unrivalled convention hall the colossal structure contains a recital +hall, 136 stores and offices, a hotel with 400 guest rooms, and a +magnificent banquet hall 175 feet long. + +The gathering at the dedicatory exercises nationalized the Auditorium; +15,000 people were within its walls. The President and Mrs. McKee were +the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ferd. W. Peck. Among the several thousand +prominent residents present were the following gentlemen and their +families--stockholders in the Auditorium Association: G. E. Adams, A. +C. Bartlett, G. M. Bogue, C. W. Brega, J. W. Doane, J. B. Drake, J. +K. Fisher, Carter H. Harrison, Charles Henrotin, O. R. Keith, G. F. +Kimball, S. D. Kimbark, J. T. Lester, W. L. Peck, R. W. Roloson, W. +C. Seipp, Lazarus Silverman, Robert Warren, John Wilkinson, Jr., C. +S. Willoughby, C. T. Yerkes, J. McGregor Adams, W. T. Baker, Gen. J. +C. Black, H. Botsford, R. R. Cable, C. R. Cummings, J. C. Dore, G. L. +Dunlap, C. B. Farwell, J. J. Glessner, E. G. Kieth, W. D. Kerfoot, W. W. +Kimball, L. Z. Leiter, J. M. Loomis, A. A. Munger, N. B. Ream, Conrad +Seipp, J. G. Shortall, W. Sooy Smith, P. B. Weare, Norman Williams, F. +H. Winston, and J. Otto Young. + +The exercises opened with an address of welcome by Mayor Cregier, +followed by a speech from Mr. Peck, President of the Association, who +received an ovation. President Harrison's address was followed by the +rendition of the hymn "America" by the Apollo Club of 500 trained +voices. Hon. John S. Runnells delivered the dedicatory oration. Then +came the real event of the day--"Home, Sweet Home" and the "Swiss Echo +Song" by the incomparable songstress Adelina Patti, who shared the +honors of the occasion with the President. The programme concluded with +an address by Governor Fifer and the grand "Hallelujah" chorus from "The +Messiah." + +As Mr. Peck introduced President Harrison the great assembly +enthusiastically testified its welcome. The President spoke as follows: + + _Ladies and Gentlemen_--Some of my newspaper friends have been + puzzling themselves in order to discover the reason why I left + Washington to be present here to-night. I do not think I need, in view + of the magnificent spectacle presented to us here to-night, to state + the motives which have impelled my presence. Surely no loyal citizen + of Chicago who sits here to-night under this witching and magnificent + scene will ask for any other reason than that which is here presented. + [Applause.] + + I do most heartily congratulate you upon the completion and + inauguration of this magnificent building--without an equal in this + country, and, so far as I know, without an equal in the world. + [Applause.] We have here about us to-night in this grand architecture, + in this tasteful decoration, that which is an education and an + inspiration. [Applause.] It might well tempt one whose surroundings + were much farther removed from this scene than is the capital city + to make a longer journey than I have done to stand for an hour + in the view of such a spectacle of magnificence and grandeur and + architectural triumph as this. [Applause.] And if that be true, + surely there is reason enough why the President may turn aside for a + little while from public duty to mingle with his fellow-citizens in + celebrating an event so high and so worthy of commemoration as this + triumph to-night. [Prolonged applause.] + + Not speech, certainly, not the careless words of an extemporaneous + speech, can adequately express all the sentiments I feel in + contemplating the fitting culmination of this deed. [Applause.] Only + the voice of the immortal singer can bring from these arches those + echoes which will tell us the true purpose of their construction. + [Applause.] + + You will permit me, then, to thank you, to thank the Mayor of + Chicago, to thank the President of this Association, and to thank all + those good citizens with whom I have to-day been brought in personal + contact, for the kindness and respect with which you and they have + received me; and you will permit me to thank you, my fellow-citizens, + for the cordiality which you have kindly displayed here to-night. + + It is my wish, and may it be the wish of all, that this great + building may continue to be to all your population that which it + should be--an edifice opening its doors from night to night, calling + your people here away from the care of business to those enjoyments, + and pursuits, and entertainments which develop the souls of men + [applause], which will have power to inspire those whose lives are + heavy with daily toil, and in its magnificent and enchanting presence + lift them for a time out of these dull things into those higher things + where men should live. [Great applause.] + + + + +CLEVELAND, OHIO, MAY 30, 1890. + +_Garfield Memorial Dedication._ + + +On Decoration Day, 1890, President Harrison and Vice-President Morton, +accompanied by Secretary Windom, Postmaster-General Wanamaker, +Attorney-General Miller, Secretary of Agriculture Rusk, and Marshal +Daniel M. Ransdell, visited the city of Cleveland for the purpose of +participating in the dedication of the grand mausoleum erected to the +memory of the lamented President James Abram Garfield. Fifty thousand +people greeted the President and his party on arrival. + +The mausoleum is situated in Lake View Cemetery, overlooking a region +closely associated with Garfield's memory; it is built of Ohio +sandstone--a large and imposing circular tower 50 feet in diameter, +rising 180 feet. At the base projects a square porch, decorated +externally with an historical frieze, divided into panels containing +life-size bas-reliefs picturing the career of Garfield as teacher, +statesman, soldier, and President. This imposing monument was erected +under the auspices of the Garfield National Memorial Association, whose +officers were: Rutherford B. Hayes, President; J. H. Wade and T. P. +Handy, Vice-Presidents; Amos Townsend, Secretary. The Trustees of the +Association were: Charles Foster, R. B. Hayes, James G. Blaine, H. B. +Payne, J. H. Wade, Dan'l P. Eells, J. H. Rhodes, James Barnett, John +Hay, T. P. Handy, J. B. Parsons, William Bingham, W. S. Streator, and H. +C. White. The memorial cost $150,000, of which $75,000 was contributed +by citizens of Cleveland; the architect was George Keller, of Hartford, +Connecticut. + +More than 100,000 people witnessed the parade and the dedicatory +ceremonies, which were conducted under the auspices of the Grand +Commandery, Knights Templars of Ohio--Right Eminent Henry Perkins, +of Akron, Grand Commander; Very Eminent William B. Melish, of +Cincinnati, Grand Marshal; Eminent Sir Huntington Brown, of Mansfield, +Generalissimo; Eminent Sir L. F. Van Cleve, of Cincinnati, Grand +Prelate; Eminent Sir H. P. McIntosh, of Cleveland, Grand Senior Warden; +and Eminent Sir J. Burton Parsons, of Cleveland, Grand Treasurer. +The committee to receive and entertain the guests from other cities +comprised the following prominent residents of Cleveland: Hon. J. H. +Wade, Dan'l P. Eells, M. A. Hanna, Col. William Edwards, Hon. R. C. +Parsons, Henry D. Coffinberry, Gen. M. D. Leggett, Hon. George H. +Ely, Hon. Joseph Turney, Samuel Andrews, Hon. S. Buhrer, Hon. H. B. +Payne, Charles F. Brush, Hon. Charles A. Otis, R. K. Hawley, William +Chisholm, H. R. Hatch, W. J. McKinnie, John Tod, Hon. N. B. Sherwin, +L. E. Holden, George W. Howe, Samuel L. Mather, Judge S. Burke, Col. +John Hay, Hon. T. E. Burton, Hon. R. R. Herrick, Selah Chamberlain, +A. Wiener, Charles Wesley, Hon. Lee McBride, Hon. O. J. Hodge, H. C. +Ranney, G. E. Herrick, Hon. W. W. Armstrong, S. T. Everett, Judge J. +M. Jones, Hon. J. H. Farley, Hon. G. W. Gardner, R. R. Rhodes, J. B. +Zerbe, Samuel W. Sessions, Louis H. Severance, Hon. M. A. Foran, Hon. +C. B. Lockwood, Hon. William Bingham, John F. Whitelaw, Fayette Brown, +Capt. P. G. Watmough, E. R. Perkins, Bolivar Butts, George T. Chapman, +Hon. D. A. Dangler, Charles Hickox, and George W. Pack. Committee on +Finance: John H. McBride, Myron T. Herrick, S. C. Ford, Joseph Turney, +Charles L. Pack, H. S. Whittlesey, H. R. Groff, Percy W. Rice, Charles +H. Bulkley, Douglas Perkins, Kaufman Hays, M. A. Hanna, T. S. Knight, +James Parmelee, I. P. Lampson, Samuel Mather, O. M. Stafford, C. J. +Sheffield, Harvey H. Brown, J. K. Bole, Dan'l P. Eells, H. R. Hatch, +John F. Pankhurst, John Tod, and George P. Welch. + +The event called together one of the most distinguished assemblies of +the decade. Among the guests not previously mentioned--who occupied +places of honor--were Gen. William T. Sherman, Chief-Justice Melville +W. Fuller, Maj.-Gen. John M. Schofield, ex-Postmaster-General Thomas L. +James, Gov. James E. Campbell, Lieutenant-Governor Marquis, Hon. William +McKinley, Jr., Bishop William A. Leonard, Bishop Gilmour, Col. Wm. Perry +Fogg, and many others. Mrs. Garfield was accompanied by her four sons, +her daughter, and General and Mrs. John Newell. + +The spectacular event of the day was the grand military and civic +parade, participated in by President Harrison and the other guests. +Six thousand men were in line, commanded by Chief Marshal Gen. James +Barnett and a brilliant staff. At the head of the great column marched +115 survivors of Garfield's old regiment--the Forty-second Ohio--led by +Capt. C. E. Henry, of Dallas, Texas, the Colonel, Judge Don A. Pardee, +being absent. The procession comprised twelve divisions, commanded by +the following marshals: Capt. J. B. Molyneaux, Gen. M. D. Leggett, Col. +W. H. Hayward, Em. Sir M. J. Houck, Col. Louis Black, Col. John Dunn, +Capt. E. H. Bohm, Captain McNiel, Capt. Louis Perczel, Col. Allen T. +Brinsmade, Col. C. L. Alderson, and Capt. M. G. Browne. + +Ex-President Hayes officiated as Chairman of the dedicatory meeting +at the mausoleum, and introduced Hon. Jacob D. Cox, of Cincinnati, +who delivered the oration of the occasion. Many other distinguished +men spoke briefly. When the Chairman introduced President Harrison an +ovation was tendered him, and almost every sentence of his address was +enthusiastically cheered. + +The President spoke with great earnestness. He said: + + _Mr. Chairman and Fellow-citizens_--I thank you most sincerely + for this cordial greeting, but I shall not be betrayed by it into a + lengthy speech. The selection of this day for these exercises--a day + consecrated to the memory of those who died that there might be one + flag of honor and authority in this republic--is most fitting. That + one flag encircles us with its folds to-day, the unrivalled object of + our loyal love. + + This monument, so imposing and tasteful, fittingly typifies the + grand and symmetrical character of him in whose honor it has been + builded. His was "the arduous greatness of things done." No friendly + hands constructed and placed for his ambition a ladder upon which + he might climb. His own brave hands framed and nailed the cleats + upon which he climbed to the heights of public usefulness and fame. + He never ceased to be student and instructor. Turning from peaceful + pursuits to army service, he quickly mastered tactics and strategy, + and in a brief army career taught some valuable lessons in military + science. Turning again from the field to the councils of state, he + stood among the great debaters that have made our National Congress + illustrious. What he might have been or done as President of the + United States is chiefly left to friendly augury, based upon a career + that had no incident of failure or inadequacy. The cruel circumstances + attending his death had but one amelioration--that space of life was + given him to teach from his dying bed a great lesson of patience and + forbearance. His mortal part will find honorable rest here, but the + lessons of his life and death will continue to be instructive and + inspiring incidents in American history. [Great applause.] + + + + +BOSTON, AUGUST 11, 1890. + +_The Guest of Massachusetts._ + + +Monday afternoon, August 11, the cruiser _Baltimore_, bearing President +Harrison, Secretary Rusk, Secretary Noble, and a number of friends, +entered Boston harbor, saluted by the _Atlanta_, the _Kearsage_, +the _Petrel_, the _Yorktown_, the _Dolphin_, the dynamite cruiser +_Vesuvius_, and the torpedo-boat _Cushing_. The distinguished guests +were met by the Hon. John Q. A. Brackett, Governor of Massachusetts; +Hon. Alanson W. Beard, Collector of the Port; Adj.-Gen. Samuel Dalton, +Surg.-Gen. Alfred F. Holt, Judge Adv. Gen. Edward O. Shepard, Col. +Sidney M. Hedges, Col. Wm. P. Stoddard, Col. Samuel E. Winslow, and +Col. Edward V. Mitchell, of the Governor's military staff; Hon. Thomas +N. Hart, Mayor of Boston; Hon. Geo. L. Goodale, Chairman Executive +Committee National Encampment, G. A. R.; Hon. John D. Long, President +National Encampment Committee; Hon. E. S. Converse, Treasurer; and +Secretary Silas A. Barton. + +Many thousand visiting veterans greeted the head of the Nation as he +passed through the historic streets escorted by the First Battalion of +Cavalry. Arrived at the Hotel Vendome, the President and his party, as +guests of the Commonwealth, attended a State banquet, presided over +by Governor Brackett. There was no speech-making. Other distinguished +guests were Vice-President Morton, Secretaries Proctor and Tracy, +General Sherman, Admiral Gherardi, Gov. Leon Abbett, of New Jersey, +and Lieutenant-Governor Hale, of Massachusetts. Later in the evening +Governor Brackett and staff escorted the President to the Parker House, +where they participated in a reception given by E. W. Kinsley Post of +Boston to Lafayette Post 149 of New York. Many veterans of national +fame were present, among them Gen. Lucius Fairchild, Gen. Dan'l E. +Sickles, Corporal James Tanner, ex-Gov. Austin Blair, of Michigan, +Commander Viele, of Lafayette Post, and the following prominent citizens +of Massachusetts, comprising the Reception Committee of the National +Encampment: Hon. Henry H. Sprague, President Massachusetts Senate; Hon. +Wm. E. Barrett, Speaker Massachusetts House; Hon. Wm. Power Wilson, +Chairman Boston Aldermen; Horace G. Allen, President Common Council; +Hon. John F. Andrew, Geo. H. Innis, Charles E. Osgood, Arthur A. Fowle, +Fred C. King, Paul H. Kendricken, J. H. O'Neil, Joel Goldthwaite, Hon. +Charles J. Noyes, Hon. E. A. Stevens, Horace G. Allen, Capt. Nathan +Appleton, Col. Albert Clarke, Chas. D. Rohan, F. C. Brownell, and +A. S. Fowle, of Boston; Gen. A. B. R. Sprague and Col. H. E. Smith, +of Worcester; John W. Hersey, of Springfield; John M. Deane, Fall +River; Gen. J. W. Kimball, Fitchburg; Maj. Geo. S. Merrill, Lawrence; +Wm. H. Lee, Greenwood; S. W. Benson, Charlestown; Joseph O. Burdett, +Hingham; Col. Myron P. Walker, Belchertown; and Arthur A. Smith, of +Griswoldsville. The reception concluded with a banquet. Col. Charles L. +Taylor acted as toastmaster and presented General Harrison, who received +an ovation. + +In response to these cordial greetings the President said: + + _Comrades_--I do not count it the least of those fortunate + circumstances which have occasionally appeared in my life that I am + able to be here to-night to address you as comrades of the Grand Army + of the United States. [Great applause.] It is an association great + in its achievement and altogether worthy of perpetuation until the + last of its members have fallen into an honorable grave. It is not my + purpose to-night to address you in an extended speech, but only to say + that, whether walking with you in the private pursuits of life, or + holding a place of official responsibility, I can never, in either, + forget those who upheld the flag of this Nation in those days when + it was in peril. Everything that was worthy of preservation in our + history past, everything that is glowing and glorious in the future, + which we confront, turned upon the issue of that strife in which you + were engaged. Will you permit me to wish for each of you a life full + of all sweetness, and that each of you may preserve, undimmed, the + love for the flag which called you from your homes to stand under its + folds amid the shock of battle and amid dying men. I believe there are + indications to-day in this country of a revived love for the flag. + [Applause.] I could wish that no American citizen would look upon it + without saluting it. [Loud applause.] + + + + +BOSTON, AUGUST 12. + +_G. A. R. National Encampment._ + + +The morning of August 12 the President and the several members of his +Cabinet, with Vice-President Morton, Governor Brackett, Mayor Hart, +General Sherman, Governor Dillingham and staff, of Vermont; Governor +Davis, of Rhode Island; Hon. William McKinley, Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, +Mrs. John A. Logan, Mrs. R. A. Alger, Mrs. McKee, Mrs. A. L. Coolidge, +and Lillian Nordica, the _prima donna_, reviewed the grand parade of the +veterans from a stand in Copley Square. As the head of the great column +appeared, led by Commander-in-Chief R. A. Alger, with mounted staff +and escort numbering 600 officers, the President and his Cabinet arose +and saluted the veterans. General Alger and Gen. B. F. Butler reviewed +the column from a stand in Adams Square. The parade was five hours and +thirty-five minutes in passing. + +In the evening the Mayor's Club of Boston tendered a banquet to +President Harrison and other distinguished visitors. Mayor Fisher, of +Waltham, introduced the Chief Executive, who said: + + _Mr. Chairman_--I wish only to thank you for this cordial welcome. + Being upon my feet, I cannot refrain from expressing here my deep + sense of gratitude for all the evidences of friendliness which have + been shown me during my brief stay in Boston. The President of the + United States, whosoever he may have been, from the first to the last, + has always found in the citizenship of Massachusetts stanch supporters + of the Union's Constitution. [Applause.] It has never occurred that he + has called upon this great commonwealth for support that it has not + been cordially and bravely rendered. In this magnificent parade which + we have seen to-day of the survivors of the Massachusetts regiments + in the war for the Union, and in this magnificent parade of the Sons + of Veterans, coming on now to take the fathers' place in civil life + and to stand as they were in their day as bulwarks of the Nation's + defence, we have seen a magnificent evidence of what Massachusetts has + done in defence of the Union and of the flag, and in these young men + sure promise of what she would do again if the exigencies should call + upon her to give her blood in a similar cause. [Applause.] + + Let me again cordially thank you for your interest and friendliness + and to bid you good-night, and, as I must leave you to-night for + Washington, to hope that the closing exercises of this grand and + instructive week may be pleasant, and as the outcome of it all that + there may be kindled in the hearts of you all, and of these comrades + of the Grand Army of the Republic, a newer love for the flag and for + the Constitution, and that this may all inure to us in social, family, + and public life. [Applause and cheers.] + +Quitting the Mayor's banquet, the President and members of the Cabinet, +with Admiral Gherardi and staff, proceeded to Mechanics' Hall, +where a joint reception of the Grand Army and Woman's Relief Corps +was in progress. At least 15,000 people greeted the arrival of the +distinguished visitors. On the platform with the President's party were +Miss Florence Barker, first President Woman's Relief Corps; Mrs. Annie +Wittenmyer, National President; Miss Clara Barton, President Red Cross +Association; Mrs. Mary E. Knowles, Massachusetts Department President; +Mrs. Cheney, National Secretary; Mrs. Lynch, National Treasurer; Mrs. +Nichols, National Inspector of the Relief Corps; Department Commander +T. S. Clarkson, Nebraska; Department Commander P. H. Darling, Ohio; +Governor Brackett and Congressman McKinley. George H. Innis, Commander +Massachusetts Department, welcomed the visiting comrades. Other speakers +were General Sherman, Commander-in-Chief Alger, and Vice-President +Morton. + +General Harrison was introduced as Comrade Harrison, President of the +United States, and was greeted with tremendous applause. He spoke as +follows: + + _Mr. Chairman and Comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic_--I + had impressions both pleasurable and painful as I looked upon the + great procession of veterans which swept through the streets of this + historic capital to-day; pleasurable in the contemplation of so + many faces of those who shared together the perils and glories of + the great struggle for the Union; sensations of a mournful sort as + I thought how seldom we should meet again. Not many times more here. + As I have stood in the great national cemetery at Arlington and have + seen those silent battalions of the dead, I have thought how swiftly + the reaper is doing his work and how soon in the scattered cemeteries + of the land the ashes of all the soldiers of the great war shall be + gathered to honored graves. And yet I could not help but feel that + in the sturdy tread of those battalions there was yet strength of + heart and limb that would not be withheld if a present peril should + confront the Nation that you love. [Applause.] And if Arlington is + the death, we see to-day in the springing step of those magnificent + battalions of the Sons of Veterans the resurrection. [Applause.] They + are coming on to take our places, the Nation will not be defenceless + when we are gone, but those who have read about the firesides of the + veterans' homes, in which they have been born and reared, the lessons + of patriotism and the stories of heroism will come fresh armed to any + conflict that may confront us in the future. [Applause.] + + And so to-night we may gather from this magnificent spectacle a + fresh and strong sense of security for the permanency of our country + and our free institutions. I thought it altogether proper that I + should take a brief furlough from official duties at Washington to + mingle with you here to-day as a comrade [applause], because every + President of the United States must realize that the strength of the + Government, its defence in war, the army that is to muster under its + banner when our Nation is assailed, is to be found here in the masses + of our people. [Applause and cries of "Good!"] And so, as my furlough + is almost done, and the train is already waiting that must bear me + back to Washington, I can only express again the cordial, sincere, + and fraternal interest which I feel this day in meeting you all. I + can only hope that God will so order the years that are left to you + that for you and those who are dear to you they may be ordered in all + gentleness and sweetness, in all prosperity and success, and that, + when at last the comrades who survive you shall wrap the flag of the + Union about your body and bear it to the grave, you may die in peace + and in the hope of a glorious resurrection! [Applause.] + + + + +CRESSON, PENNSYLVANIA, SEPTEMBER 13. + + +Nearly 1,000 veterans from the several G. A. R. posts of Altoona, +Tyronne, and Holidaysburg visited Cresson on September 13, 1890, for +the purpose of paying their respects to President Harrison. General +Ekin and Col. Theo. Burchfield headed the delegation. Other prominent +veterans were Post Commanders Painter, Beighel, Lewis, and Calvin; J. +C. Walters, W. H. Fentiman, Rob't Howe, Maj. John R. Garden, George +Kuhn, William Aiken, Oliver Sponsler, Wm. Guyer, Hon. J. W. Curry, +Capt. Joseph W. Gardner, and ex-Mayor Breth, of Altoona. The President +received the veterans at the Mountain House. After the reception J. D. +Hicks delivered a congratulatory address on behalf of the veterans. + +General Harrison, speaking from the balcony of the hotel, warmly thanked +his comrades for their good wishes, and in mentioning the events of +the war referred feelingly to the tragic death of the great Lincoln +and the memorable words of Garfield on that occasion. His reference to +the Constitution and the flag, and the love of the people for them, +elicited a hearty response. He concluded as follows: "Now, my comrades, +who have suffered and still suffer for your country, I wish in this +world all good to you and your dear ones, and in the world to come joy +everlasting." + + + + +OSCEOLA, PENNSYLVANIA, SEPTEMBER 20. + + +During the stay of the President and his family at Cresson Springs +in September, 1890, they made an excursion through the celebrated +Clearfield coal regions, under the guidance of Frank L. Sheppard, +General Superintendent of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Geo. W. Boyd, Ass't +Gen'l Passenger Agent, Gen. D. H. Hastings, and S. S. Blair. The party +comprised the President and Mrs. Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. McKee, +Mrs. Dimmick, and Miss Alice Sanger, accompanied by Hon. John Patton, +of Curwensville, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Dill, of Clearfield, and F. N. +Barksdale. + +The first point visited was Osceola, where 5,000 people tendered the +President a rousing reception. The Committee of Reception were Geo. M. +Brisbin, D. R. Good, R. J. Walker, T. C. Heims, and J. R. Paisley. The +veterans of McLarren Post, G. A. R., acted as an escort through the town +from one depot to the other. The President briefly thanked the veterans +and citizens for extending him such a cordial reception. + + + + +HOUTZDALE, PENNSYLVANIA, SEPTEMBER 20. + + +Arrived at Houtzdale, about noon Saturday, the President and his party +were welcomed by an assemblage numbering fully 10,000. They were met at +Osceola by an escort committee consisting of G. W. Dickey, Abe Feldman, +Julius Viebahn, Thos. Rolands, B. W. Hess, W. E. Meek, W. C. Davis, W. +B. Hamilton, J. V. Henderson, J. B. McGrath, James White, D. W. Smith, +John Charlton, W. H. Patterson, and Thomas Byers. + +All work in the mines and stores was suspended for the day, and the +visit of the Chief Magistrate was celebrated with a grand parade and +demonstration directed by Chief Burgess John Argyle, aided by the G. A. +R. veterans. The President was received by the following committee of +prominent citizens: W. Irvin Shaw, Esq., of the Clearfield County Bar; +W. C. Langsford, Alex. Monteith, John F. Farrell, Geo. P. Jones, Joseph +Delehunt, Harry Roach, Ad. Hanson, S. T. Henderson, R. R. Fleming, and +E. J. Duffy. The veterans of Wm. H. Kinkead Post acted as a guard of +honor to the President during the parade. + +A notable incident of the demonstration was the reception by the +children of the parochial school. After the parade the formal reception +of the distinguished visitors took place in the presence of the great +assemblage. John F. Farrell presided, and introduced Chairman W. I. +Shaw, who delivered an eloquent address of welcome on behalf of the +citizens. + +President Harrison responded as follows: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--I beg to assure you that I very highly + appreciate your cordial welcome. I did not need the assurance of + him who has spoken in your name that we are welcome in this home of + profit and industry. As I have passed along the streets, and as I + now look into your eyes, I have read welcome in every face. I do not + regard this greeting as personal. How can it be, since you look into + my face as I into yours for the first time? I assume that in this + demonstration you are evidencing your loyalty and fidelity to the + Government of which we are all citizens. + + You welcome me as one who, for the time being by your choice, is + charged with the execution of the law. It is a great thing to be a + citizen of this country, and the privilege has its corresponding + obligations. This Government can never be wrecked by the treason or + fault of those who for the time are placed in public position so + long as the people are true to the principles of the Government and + to the flag. [Applause.] Set your love upon the flag and that which + it represents. Be ready, if occasion should call, to defend it, as + my brave comrades did in the time of its greatest peril. Honor it + in peace, cherish your loyal institutions, civil and educational; + maintain social order in your community, let every one have respect + for the rights and privileges of others while asserting his own. + + These are the springs of our national and social life. If these + springs are kept pure and strong the great river they form will ever + flow on in purity and majesty. If local interests are carefully + preserved the general good is secured, and all our people, each in his + own place--the place where he labors, the place where he lives, the + roof under which his family is sheltered--will continue to enjoy the + benison of liberty in the fear of God. + + To every one of you, those who come from the village shops, those + who come from the mines and every vocation of life to join in this + welcome, let me declare that I have no other purpose as President of + the United States than to so administer my office as to promote the + general good of all our people. [Great applause.] + + + + +PHILIPSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, SEPTEMBER 20. + + +Other points visited were Clearfield, where the veterans of Lamar +Post and Colonel Barrett at the head of a committee received the +distinguished excursionists. At Curwensville the party became the guests +of A. E. Patton, and the President shook hands with 1,500 residents. + +Philipsburg was reached at 3 P.M. The entire population of the town +welcomed the President. The Reception Committee comprised Major H. C. +Warfel, Hon. Chester Munson, J. B. Childs, O. P. Jones, S. S. Crissman, +W. E. Irwin, Dr. T. B. Potter, Capt. J. H. Boring, M. G. Lewis, Henry +Lehman, H. K. Grant, Al. Jones, W. T. Bair, Geo. W. Wythes, A. B. Herd, +John Nuttall, and A. J. Graham. The President and Mrs. Harrison were +driven through the city, which was elaborately decorated. + +Returning to the station Mayor Warfel introduced the President, who said: + + _Citizens of Philipsburg_--I thank you for this very cordial + expression of your esteem. You must excuse my not addressing you at + any length because of the very limited time at our disposal. I again + thank you. + + + + +WESTERN TOUR, OCTOBER, 1890. + + +On the morning of October 6, 1890, President Harrison left Washington +to attend the reunion of the First Brigade, Twentieth Army Corps, +at Galesburg, Ill., and to visit points in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, +and Indiana. He was accompanied by Secretary Tracy, Gen. Charles H. +Grosvenor, Private Secretary Halford, Marshal Daniel M. Ransdell, Capt. +Wm. M. Meredith, Gen. T. J. Morgan, and E. F. Tibbott, stenographer. + + + + +CLIFTON FORGE, VIRGINIA, OCTOBER 6. + + +The trip through Virginia was uneventful. At Staunton the President was +serenaded, and among those who met him were ex-Congressman Desendorf, of +Virginia, and David Stewart, of Indianapolis. Clifton Forge was reached +at twilight, and nearly 1,000 residents heartily cheered the President +and called for a speech. In response he said: + + _My Friends_--I hope you will excuse me from making a speech. I have + travelled for the first time over the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, + and I have noticed with great interest and pleasure the development + which is being made along the road of the mineral resources of the + State of Virginia. What I have seen moves me to offer my sincere + congratulations on what you have already accomplished, and what is + surely in store for you if you but make use of your resources and + opportunities. [Cheers.] + + + + +LAWRENCEBURG, INDIANA, OCTOBER 7. + + +At Cincinnati, Tuesday morning, the party was joined by Archibald Eaton, +the President's nephew; Col. W. B. Shattuc, Col. John C. New, and a +committee of escort from Lawrenceburg, comprising Gen. Thomas J. Lucas, +Archibald Shaw, John O. Cravens, John K. Thompson, and Valentine J. +Koehler. Near North Bend, Ohio, the old Harrison homestead was reached, +and the train came to a stop just abreast the house in which Benjamin +Harrison was born, and but a few yards from the white shaft that marks +the tomb of his illustrious ancestor, President William Henry Harrison. +The occasion was not for words, and as the President passed to the rear +platform he was unaccompanied by the rest of the party, who left him to +the memories that the scenes of his childhood and youth called forth. + +Arrived at Lawrenceburg the President was visibly affected at meeting +many old friends and neighbors of years ago. Among the leading citizens +who welcomed him were: John Isherwood, Z. Heustes, Peter Braun, Dr. J. +D. Gatch, Frank R. Dorman, D. W. C. Fitch, J. H. Burkham, W. H. Rucker, +Wm. Probasco, Louis Adler, H. G. Kidd, John S. Dorman, John B. Garnier, +A. D. Cook, Chas. Decker, John F. Cook, Dr. T. C. Craig, C. J. B. Ragin, +J. E. Larimer, D. E. Sparks, and Capt. John Shaw; also, M. C. Garber, of +Madison, Robert Cain, of Brookville, and Alfred Shaw, of Vevay, Ind. + +The President addressed the large assembly in a voice heavy with +emotion. He said: + + _My Friends_--I want to thank you very cordially for this greeting. + All the scenes about here are very familiar to me. This town of + Lawrenceburg is the first village of my childish recollections, + and as I approached it this morning, past the earliest home of my + recollections, the home in which my childhood and early manhood were + spent, memories crowded in upon me that were very full of interest, + very full of pleasure, and yet full of sadness. They bring back to me + those who once made the old home very dear, the most precious spot + on earth. I have passed with bowed head the place where they rest. + We are here in our generation, with the work of those who have gone + before upon us. Let us see, each of us, that in the family, in the + neighborhood, and in the State, we do at least with equal courage, + and grace, and kindness, the work which was so bravely, kindly, and + graciously done by those who filled our places fifty years ago. Now, + for I must hurry on, to these old friends, and to these new friends + who have come in since Lawrenceburg was familiar to me, I extend again + my hearty thanks for this welcome, and beg, in parting, to introduce + the only member of my Cabinet who accompanies me, General Tracy, + Secretary of the Navy. + + + + +NORTH VERNON, INDIANA, OCTOBER 7. + + +At North Vernon, Jennings County, many old acquaintances greeted the +President, among them J. C. Cope, John Fable, P. C. McGannon, and +others. Acknowledging the repeated cheers of the assembly, the President +said: + + _My Friends_--I am very glad to see you, and very much obliged to + you for your pleasurable greeting. It is always a pleasure to see my + old Indiana friends. We have had this morning a delightful ride across + the southern part of the State, one that has given me a great deal of + refreshment and pleasure. [Cheers.] Let me again assure you that I am + very much obliged to you for this evidence of your friendship. I hope + you will excuse me from further speech on this occasion. It gives me + pleasure now, my fellow-citizens, to introduce to you General Tracy, + of New York, the Secretary of the Navy, who accompanies me on this + trip. [Cheers.] + + + + +SEYMOUR, INDIANA, OCTOBER 7. + + +At Seymour, Jackson County, 2,000 citizens gave evidence of General +Harrison's popularity in that town. Among the prominent residents who +welcomed him were Hon. W. K. Marshall, Louis Schneck, Travis Carter, Ph. +Wilhelm, W. F. Peters, J. B. Morrison, R. F. White, S. E. Carter, John +A. Ross, John A. Weaver, L. M. Mains, John A. Goodale, Theo. B. Ridlen, +and V. H. Monroe. + +After he had introduced Secretary Tracy, the President said: + + _My Friends_--I feel that I ought to thank you for your friendly + greeting this beautiful morning. It is a pleasure indeed to me to + greet so many of you. Again I thank you for this welcome. A request + has just been handed me that I speak a few minutes to the school + children here assembled. I scarcely know what to say to them, except + that I have a great interest in them, and the country has a great + interest in them. Those who, like myself, have passed the meridian + of life realize more than younger men that the places we now hold + and the responsibilities we now carry in society and in all social + and business relations must devolve upon those who are now in the + school. Our State has magnificently provided for their education, so + that none of them need be ignorant, and I am sure that in these happy + homes the fathers and mothers are not neglecting their duties, but are + instilling into these young minds morality and respect for the law + which must crown intelligence in order to make them. + + + + +SHOALS, INDIANA, OCTOBER 7. + + +The citizens of Shoals, the county seat of Martin County, gave the +President a most cordial reception. Prominent among those friends who +welcomed him were R. E. Hunt, J. A. Chenoweth, J. P. Albaugh, J. B. +Freeman, J. T. Rogers, M. Shirey, S. P. Yeune, H. Q. Houghton, James +Mahany, C. H. Mohr, S. N. Gwin, F. J. Masten, C. S. Dobbins, and N. H. +Matsinger. + +Responding to their cheers and calls the President said: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--I am very glad to see you. My trip this + morning is more like a holiday than I have had for a long time. I am + glad to see the cordiality of your welcome. It makes me feel that I am + still held somewhat in the esteem of the people whose friendship I so + very much covet and desire to retain. [Cheers.] + + + + +SULLIVAN, INDIANA, OCTOBER 7. + + +It was an agreeable surprise to the President to find several thousand +people awaiting an opportunity to greet him at the town of Sullivan. Of +prominent townsmen there were present J. H. Clugage, G. W. Buff, Rob't +H. Crowder, John T. Hays, C. P. Lacey, C. F. Briggs, O. H. Crowder, S. +Goodman, R. B. Mason, W. A. Bell, Joseph Hayden, John H. Dickerson, and +R. F. Knotts. + +In answer to repeated calls for a speech the President said: + + _My Friends_--Some of you have requested that I would give you a + little talk. The range of things that I can say on an occasion like + this is very limited, but one thing, though it seems to involve + repetition, I can say to you very heartily and very sincerely: I am + very glad to again look into the faces of my Indiana friends. I trust + I have friends that are not in Indiana, but my earliest and my best + are here. Again I thank you. [Cheers.] + + + + +TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA, OCTOBER 7. + + +The principal demonstration of the day was at Terre Haute, where fully +10,000 people greeted the President. The following Reception Committee +escorted the party from Vincennes: Hon. W. R. McKeen, H. Hulman, Sr., +Judge C. F. McNutt, George W. Faris, Samuel Huston, A. Herz, W. C. +Isbell, R. A. Campbell, Dr. Rob't Van Valzah, Jacob D. Early, George +E. Pugh, A. G. Austin, F. E. Benjamin, and B. G. Hudnut. _En route_ to +the speaker's stand every bell and steam whistle in the city added its +tribute to the enthusiasm of the occasion. This unique Hoosier welcome +was arranged by D. C. Greiner. Other leading citizens participating +prominently in the reception were: D. W. Minshall, N. Filbeck, Judge B. +E. Rhoades, S. C. Beach, J. S. Tally, Senator Bischawsky, G. W. Bement, +Jay Cummings, Geo. M. Allen, and P. S. Westfall. + +Mayor Frank C. Danaldson made the welcoming address, and concluded by +introducing President Harrison, who said: + + _Mr. Mayor, Fellow-citizens of Indiana, Ladies and Gentlemen_--I + very heartily appreciate this large gathering assembled to greet me. + I very heartily appreciate the welcome which your kind and animated + faces, as well as the spoken words of the chief officer of your city, + have extended to me. I have known this pretty city for more than + thirty years, and have watched its progress and growth. It has always + been the home of some of my most cherished personal friends, and I am + glad to know that your city is in an increasing degree prosperous, + and your people contented and happy. I am glad to know that the local + industries which have been established in your midst are to-day busy + in producing their varied products, and that these find a ready market + at remunerative prices. I was told as we approached your city that + there was not an idle wheel in Terre Haute. It is very pleasant to + know that this prosperity is so generally shared by all our people. + Hopefulness, and cheer, and courage tend to bring and maintain good + times. + + We differ widely in our views of public politics, but I trust every + one of us is devoted to the flag which represents the unity and + power of our country and to the best interests of the people, as we + are given to see and understand those interests. [Applause.] We are + in the enjoyment of the most perfect system of government that has + ever been devised for the use of men. We are under fewer restraints; + the individual faculties and liberties have wider range here than in + any other land. Here a sky of hope is arched over the head of every + ambitious, industrious, and aspiring young man. There are no social + conditions; there are no unneeded legal restrictions. Let us continue + to cherish these institutions and to maintain them in their best + development. Let us see that as far as our influence can bring it to + pass they are conducted for the general good. [Applause.] + + It gives me pleasure to bring into your city to-day one who is the + successor as the head of the Navy Department of that distinguished + citizen of Indiana who is especially revered and loved by all the + people of Terre Haute, but is also embraced in the wider love of all + the citizens of Indiana--Col. Richard W. Thompson. Let me present to + you Gen. Benjamin F. Tracy, of New York, the Secretary of the Navy. + [Cheers.] + + + + +DANVILLE, ILLINOIS, OCTOBER 7. + + +Danville was reached at 6 P.M. The roar of cannon sounded a hearty +welcome to the Prairie State. Fully 10,000 people were assembled around +the pavilion erected near the station. Among the prominent residents who +received the President on the part of the citizens were: Hon. Joseph G. +Cannon, Mayor W. R. Lawrence, Justice J. W. Wilkin, of the Supreme Court +of Illinois, Col. Samuel Stansbury, H. P. Blackburn, W. R. Jewell, M. J. +Barger, W. C. Tuttle, Henry Brand, and Capt. J. G. Hull. + +Congressman Cannon introduced the President, who said: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--I regret that the time of our arrival and the + brief time we can give you should make it so inconvenient for you + who have assembled here to greet us. Yet, though the darkness shuts + out your faces, I cannot omit to acknowledge with the most heartfelt + gratitude the enthusiastic greeting of this large assembly of my + fellow-citizens. It is quite worth while, I think, for those who are + charged with great public affairs now and then to turn aside from + the routine of official duties to look into the faces of the people. + [Applause.] It is well enough that all public officers should be + reminded that under our republican institutions the repository of + all power, the originator of all policy, is the people of the United + States. [Great applause.] I have had the pleasure of visiting this + rich and prosperous section of your great State before, and am glad + to notice that, if the last year has not yielded an average return to + your farms, already the promise of the coming year is seen in your + well-tilled fields. Let me thank you again and bid you good-night. + [Great applause.] + + + + +CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS, OCTOBER 7. + + +At Urbana, Ill., Secretary Tracy addressed several thousand residents. +At Champaign the citizens were attended by the students of the +University of Illinois, who received the President with their college +cheer. Among the leading citizens who participated in welcoming the +Chief Executive were Dr. L. S. Wilcox, John W. Spalding, F. K. Robinson, +P. W. Woody, H. H. Harris, J. L. Ray, T. J. Smith, H. Swannell, Ozias +Riley, A. P. Cunningham, J. B. Harris, Edward Bailey, Solon Philbrick, +C. J. Sabin, W. S. Maxwell, L. W. Faulkner, J. W. Mulliken, Judge C. +B. Smith, W. P. Lockwood, W. A. Heath, Geo. F. Beardsley, Hon. Abel +Harwood, W. H. Munhall, A. W. Spalding, and C. M. Sherfey. + +President Harrison said: + + _My Good Friends_--It is very evident that there is a large + representation here of the Greek societies. [Cheers.] I thank you + for this greeting. We are on our way to Galesburg to unite with + my old comrades in arms of the First Brigade, Third Division, + Twentieth Army Corps, in a reunion. I had not expected here, or at + any other intermediate point on the journey, to make addresses, but + I cannot fail to thank these young gentlemen from the University of + Illinois for the interest their presence gives to this meeting. Your + professors, no doubt, give you all needed admonition and advice, + and you will, I am sure, thank me for not adding to your burdens. + Good-night. [Cheers.] + + + + +PEORIA, ILLINOIS, OCTOBER 8. + + +The third day of the President's journey found him in Peoria, where +he was warmly welcomed by Mayor Charles C. Clarke at the head of the +following committee of prominent citizens: Alexander G. Tyng, Jr., +President Board of Trade; John D. Soules, President Travelling Men's +Association; editor Eugene Baldwin, and Hon. Julius S. Starr. Miss Elsie +Leslie Lyde, the child actress, on behalf of the citizens and the Grand +Army, presented the President with a beautiful bouquet, which the Chief +Magistrate acknowledged by kissing the little orator in the presence of +the great assemblage. + +Mayor Clarke introduced the President, who spoke as follows: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--It is not possible that I should introduce + this morning any serious theme. I have greatly enjoyed this trip + through my own State and yours, sisters in loyalty and sacrifice for + the Union, sisters also in prosperity and honor. I find myself simply + saying thank you, but with an increasing sense of the kindness of the + people. If anything could add to the solemn sense of responsibility + which my official oath places upon me, it would be these evidences + of friendliness and confidence. The great mass of the people of this + country are loyal, loving, dutiful citizens, ready to support every + faithful officer in the discharge of his duties and to applaud every + honest effort for their good. It is a source of great strength to know + this, and this morning, not less from this bright sunshine and this + crisp Illinois air than from these kindly faces, I draw an inspiration + to do what I can, the very best I can, to promote the good of the + people of the United States. I go to-day to meet with some comrades + of your State who stood with me in the army of the great Union for + the defence of the flag. I beg now to thank these comrades of Peoria + and this company of National Guards and all these friends, and you, + Mr. Mayor and gentlemen of the Reception Committee, for this kindly + greeting, and to say that I have great satisfaction in knowing the + people of this community are very prosperous. May that prosperity + increase until every citizen, even the humblest, shares it. May peace, + social order, and the blessing of God abide in every house is my + parting wish for you. [Cheers.] + + + + +GALESBURG, ILLINOIS, OCTOBER 8. + +_The Public Reception._ + + +During the trip from Peoria the President and Secretary Tracy rode a +goodly portion of the distance on the locomotive with Engineer Frank +Hilton, a veteran who served in the President's old command. Galesburg, +the principal objective point of the journey, was reached at noon on +October 8, where 10,000 patriotic citizens greeted their arrival. Mayor +Loren Stevens, at the head of the following committee, received and +welcomed the President: Forrest F. Cooke, President of the Day, Judge +A. A. Smith, Hon. H. M. Sisson, Hon. O. F. Price, Maj. H. H. Clay, Z. +Beatty, Henry Emerich, James M. Ayres, Francis A. Free, Gersh Martin, F. +C. Rice, C. D. Hendryx, Gen. F. C. Smith, John Bassett, R. W. Sweeney, +Sam'l D. Harsh, Colonel Phelps, Hon. Philip S. Post, Rev. John Hood, +Rev. G. J. Luckey, H. A. Drake, Matthias O'Brien, K. Johnson, C. P. +Curtis, H. C. Miles, Capt. E. O. Atchinson, and Mr. Weeks. Fully 2,000 +veterans participated in the parade; also the local militia, commanded +by Captain Elder and Lieutenants Ridgley and Tompkins; Company D, +Fifth Regiment, from Quincy, Capt. F. B. Nichols, Lieutenants Treet +and Whipple; Company H, Sixth Regiment, Monmouth, Capt. D. E. Clarke, +Lieutenants Shields and Turnbull; Company I, Sixth Regiment, Morrison, +Capt. W. F. Colebaugh, Lieutenants Griffin and Baker. + +Arriving at the Court-House Park, Mayor Stevens delivered the address of +welcome. President Harrison responded as follows: + + _Mr. Mayor and Fellow-citizens_--The magnitude of this vast + assemblage to-day fills me with surprise and with consternation as I + am called to make this speech to you. I came here to meet with the + survivors of my old brigade. I came here with the expectation that the + day would chiefly be spent in their companionship and in the exchange + of those cordial greetings which express the fondness and love which + we bear to each other; but to my surprise I have found that here + to-day the First Brigade, for the first time in its history, has been + captured. One or two of them I have been able to take by the hand, a + few more of them I have seen as they marched by the reviewing stand, + but they seemed to have been swallowed up in this vast concourse of + their associate comrades and their fellow-citizens of Illinois. I hope + there may yet be a time during the day when I shall be able to take + each by the hand, and to assure them that in the years of separation + since muster-out day I have borne them all sacredly in my affectionate + remembrance. They were a body of representative soldiers, coming from + these great central States of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, and as the + borders of those States touch in friendly exchange, so the elbows of + these great heroes and patriots touched in the great struggle for the + Union. Who shall say who was chiefest? Who shall assign honors where + all were brave? The distinction that Illinois may claim in connection + with this organization is that, given equal courage, fidelity, and + loyalty to every man, Illinois furnished three-fifths of the brigade. + But possibly I should withhold here those suggestions which come to + me, and which will be more appropriate when I meet them in a separate + organization. + + I have been greatly impressed with this assemblage to-day in this + beautiful city, in this rich and prosperous State. The thought had + occurred to me, and the more I thought of it the more sure I was + of the conclusion, that nowhere on the face of the earth except in + the United States of America, under no flag that kisses any breeze, + could such an assemblage as this have been gathered. Who are these? + Look into these faces; see the evidences of contentment, thrift, + prosperity, and intelligence that we read in all these faces. They + have come by general summons from all these homes, of village, + city, and farm, and here they are to-day the strength and rock of + our security as a Nation; the people who furnished an invincible + army when its flag was in danger; the people upon whose enlightened + consciences and God-fearing hearts this country may rest with + unguarded hope. Where is the ultimate distribution of governmental + powers? How can all the efforts of President, cabinet and judges, + and armies, even, serve to maintain this country, to continue it in + its great career of prosperity, if there were lacking this great + law-abiding, liberty-loving people by whom they are chosen to these + important offices? It is the great thought of our country that men + shall be governed as little as possible, but full liberty shall be + given to individual effort, and that the restraints of law shall be + reserved for the turbulent and disorderly. What is it that makes our + communities peaceful? What is it that makes these farm-houses safe? + It is not the policemen. It is not the soldiers. It is this great and + all-pervading American sentiment that exalts the law, that stands with + threatening warning to the law-breaker, and, above all, that pervading + thought that gives to every man what is his and claims only what is + our own. The war was only fought that the law might not lose its + sanction and its sanctity. If we had suffered that loss, dismemberment + would have been a lesser one. But we taught those who resisted law and + taught the world that the great sentiment of loyalty to our written + laws was so strong in this country that no associations, combinations, + or conspiracies could overturn it. Our Government will not fail to go + on in this increased career of development, in population, in wealth, + in intelligence, in morality, so long as we hold up everywhere in the + local communities and in the Nation this great thought that every man + shall keep the law which secures him in his own rights, and shall not + trample upon the rights of another. Let us divide upon tariff and + finance, but let there never be a division among the American people + upon this question, that nowhere shall the law be overturned in the + interests of anybody. If it fails of beneficent purpose, which should + be the object of all law, then let us modify it, but while it is a + law let us insist that it shall be obeyed. When we turn from that + and allow any other standard of living to be set up, where is your + security, where is mine, when some one else makes convenience more + sacred, more powerful than the law of the land? + + I believe to-day that the great rock of our security is this deeply + imbedded thought in the American heart that does not, as in many of + our Spanish-American countries, give its devotion to the man, but to + the law, the Constitution, and to the flag. So that in that hour of + gloom, when that richest contribution of all gems that Illinois has + ever set in our Nation's diadem, Abraham Lincoln, and in that hour + of the consummation of his work, dies by the hand of the assassin, + Garfield, who was to meet a like fate, might say to the trembling and + dismayed people: "Lincoln is dead, but the Government at Washington + still lives." + + My fellow-citizens, to all those who, through your Mayor, have + extended me their greeting, to all who are here assembled, I return + my most sincere thanks. I do not look upon such assemblages without + profound emotion. They touch me, and I believe they teach me, and + I am sure that the lessons are wholesome lessons. We have had here + to-day this procession of veterans, aged and feeble many of them. + That is retrospective. That is part of the great story of the past, + written in glorious letters on the firmament that is spread above + the world. And in these sweet children who have followed we read the + future. How sweet it was to see them bearing in their infant hands + these same banners that those veterans carried amid the shot and + battle and dying of men! I had occasion at the centennial celebration + of the inauguration of Washington in New York, being impressed by the + great display of national colors, to make a suggestion that the flag + should be taken into the schoolhouses, and I am glad to know that in + that State there is daily a little drill of the children that pays + honor to the flag. But, my friends, the Constitution provides that + I shall annually give information to Congress of the state of the + Union and make such recommendations as I may think wise, and it has + generally been understood, I think, that this affirmative provision + contains a negative and implies that the President is to give no one + except Congress any information as to the state of the Union, and + that he shall especially make no suggestions that can be in any shape + misconstrued. + + I confess that it would give me great pleasure, if the occasion were + proper, to give you some information as to the state of the Union as I + see it, and to make some suggestions as to what I think would be wise + as affecting the state of the Union. But I would not on an occasion + like this, when I am greeted here by friends, fellow-citizens of all + shades of thought in politics and in the Church, say a word that could + mar the harmony of this great occasion. I trust we are all met here + together to-day as loyal-loving American citizens, and that over all + our divisions and differences there is this great arch of love and + loyalty binding us together. + + And now you will excuse me from further speech when I have said + again that I am profoundly grateful to the people of Galesburg and + this vicinity, and to these, my comrades in arms, who have so warmly + opened their arms to welcome me to-day. [Cheers.] + + +_Reunion First Brigade, Third Division, Twentieth Army Corps._ + +In the afternoon General Harrison attended the reunion of the First +Brigade Association, of which he is President. This brigade was the +General's command in the late war, and comprised the Seventieth Indiana +Regiment, Seventy-ninth Ohio, One Hundred and Second, One Hundred and +Fifth, and One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Illinois. Many veterans were +present from these regiments. Among the prominent participants were: +Generals Daniel Dustin and E. F. Dutton, Sycamore, Ill.; Gen. F. C. +Smith, Galesburg; Gen. A. W. Doane, Wilmington, Ohio; General Miles, +Col. H. C. Corbin, H. H. Carr, N. E. Gray, Dr. P. L. McKinnie, and +Colonel Sexton, Chicago; H. H. McDowell, Pontiac; Capt. Edward L. +Patterson, Cleveland; Capt. F. E. Scott, Brokenbow, Neb.; Capt. J. T. +Merritt, Aledo; Major M. G. McLain, Indianapolis; Capt. J. E. Huston, +Clearfield, Iowa; James M. Ayers, R. M. Smock, Colonel Mannon, Major +Jack Burst, Wm. Eddleman, C. D. Braidemeyer, Capt. T. U. Scott, Capt. +T. S. Rogers, C. P. Curtis, Captain Bodkins, and others. Congressman +Thos. J. Henderson and many of the above-mentioned officers made brief +speeches during the reunion. General Dustin occupied the chair pending +the election of officers for the ensuing year. General Harrison's +re-election as President of the Association was carried amid cheers, and +as he appeared to assume the presiding chair the veterans gave him a +rousing reception. + +The President then addressed the brigade as follows: + + _Comrades_--The object of my visit to Galesburg was this meeting + which we are to have now. I should not, I think, have been persuaded + to make this trip except for the pleasure which I expected to find + in meeting the men of the old brigade, from most of whom I have been + separated since the muster-out day. We have had a great demonstration, + one very full of interest, on the streets and in the park, but I think + we are drawn a little closer in this meeting and understand each other + a little better than in the larger assemblages of which we have made a + part. It is very pleasant for me to see so many here. I cannot recall + the names of all of you. Time has wrought its changes upon the faces + of us all. You recognize me because there were not so many colonels + as there were soldiers--fortunately, perhaps, for the country. + [Laughter.] I saw you as individuals in the brigade line when it was + drawn up either for parade or battle. It is quite natural, therefore, + and I trust it will not be held against me, that you should have a + better recollection of my features than I can possibly have of yours. + And yet some of you I recall and all of you I love. [Applause.] When + you were associated in a brigade in 1862 we were all somewhat new to + military duties and life. The officers as well as the men had come + together animated by a common purpose from every pursuit in life. We + were not so early in the field as some of our comrades. We yield them + the honor of longer service, but I think we may claim for ourselves + that when our hands were lifted to take the enlistment oath there was + no inducement for any man to go into the army under any expectation + that he was entering on a holiday. In the early days of the war men + thought or hoped it would be brief. They did not measure its extent or + duration. They did not at all rightly estimate the awful sacrifices + that were to be made before peace with honor was assured. + + I well remember an incident of the early days of volunteering at + Indianapolis, when the first companies in response to the first call + of President Lincoln came hurrying to the capital. Among the first + to arrive was one from Lafayette, under the command of Capt. Chris. + Miller. They came in tumultuously and enthusiastic for the fight. + These companies were organized into regiments, which one by one were + sent into West Virginia or other fields of service. It happened that + the regiment to which my friend Miller was assigned was the last to + leave the State. I met him one day on the street, and a more mad and + despondent soldier I never saw. He was not absolutely choice in the + use of his language--all soldiers were not. I think the First Brigade + was an exception. [Laughter.] He was swearing like a pirate over the + disgrace that had befallen him and his associates, growing out of the + fact that he was absolutely certain that the war would be over before + they got into the field, and left in camp a stranded regiment, having + no part in putting down the rebellion. + + Well, his day came presently, and he was ordered to West Virginia, + and among the first of those who, under the fire of the enemy at Rich + Mountain, received a bullet through his body was Capt. Chris. Miller. + When these regiments of ours were enlisted we were not apprehensive + that the war would be over before we had an adequate share of it. We + were pretty certain we would all have enough before we were through. + The clouds were dark in those days of '62. McClellan was shut up + in the Peninsula; Buell was coming back from Alabama; Kirby Smith + was entering through Cumberland Gap, and everything seemed to be + discouraging. I think I may claim for these men of Illinois, and these + men of Indiana and of Ohio--if some of them are here to meet with us + to-day--that when they enlisted there was no other motive than pure, + downright patriotism, and there was no misunderstanding of the serious + import of the work on which they entered. [Applause.] + + Those early days in which we were being transformed from civilians + into soldiers were full of trial and hardship. The officers were + sometimes bumptious and unduly severe--I am entering a plea in my own + behalf now. [Laughter.] The soldiers had not yet got to understand + why a camp guard should be established, why they should not be at + perfect liberty to go to town as they were when on the farm and the + day's work was over. It was supposed that an army was composed of so + many men, but we had not learned at that time that it was absolutely + necessary that all those men should be at the same place at the same + time, and that they could not be scattered over the neighborhood. + There were a good many trials of that sort while the men were being + made soldiers and the officers were learning their duties, and to know + the proper margin between the due liberty of the individual and the + necessary restraint of discipline. But those days were passed soon, + and they passed the sooner when the men went into active duties. Camp + duties were always irksome and troublesome, but when they were changed + for the active duties of the march and field there was less need of + restraint. + + I always noticed there was no great need of a camp guard after + the boys had marched twenty-five miles. They did not need so much + watching at night. Then the serious time came when sickness devastated + us and disease swept its dread swath, and that dreadful progress of + making soldiers was passed through when diseases which should have + characterized childhood prostrated and destroyed men. Then there came + out of all this, after the sifting out of those who were weak and + incapable, of those who could not stand this acclimating process, that + body of tough, strong men, ready for the march and fight, that made up + the great armies which under Grant and Sherman and Sheridan carried + the flag to triumph. + + The survivors of some of them are here to-day, and whatever else has + come to us in life, whether honor or disappointment, I do not think + there are any of us--not me, I am sure--who would to-day exchange the + satisfaction, the heart comfort we have in having been a part of the + great army that subdued the rebellion, that saved the country, the + Constitution, and the flag. [Applause.] If I were asked to exchange it + for any honor that has come to me, I would lay down any civil office + rather than surrender the satisfaction I have in having been an humble + partaker with you in that great war. [Applause.] Who shall measure it? + Well, generations hence, when this country, which had 30,000,000, now + 64,000,000, has become 100,000,000, when these institutions of ours + grow and develop and spread, and homes in which happiness and comfort + have their abiding place, then we may begin to realize, North and + South, what this work was. We but imperfectly see it now, yet we have + seen enough of the glory of the Lord to fill our souls full of a quiet + enthusiasm. [Applause.] + + Here we are pursuing our different works in life to-day just as when + we stood on picket or on guard, just as in the front rank of battle + facing the foe--trying to do our part for the country. I hope there + is not a soldier here in whom the love of the flag has died out. I + believe there is not one in whose heart it is not a growing passion. + I think a great deal of the interest of the flag we see among the + children is because you have taught them what the flag means. No one + knows how beautiful it is when we see it displayed here on this quiet + October day, amid these quiet autumnal scenes, who has not seen it + when there was no other beautiful thing to look upon. [Applause.] And + in those long, tiresome marches, in those hours of smoke and battle + and darkness, what was there that was beautiful except the starry + banner that floated over us? [Applause.] + + Our country has grown and developed and increased in riches until + it is to-day marvellous among the nations of the earth, sweeping from + sea to sea, embracing almost every climate, touching the tropics and + the arctic, covering every form of product of the soil, developing in + skill in the mechanical arts, developing, I trust and believe, not + only in these material things which are great, but not the greatest, + but developing also in those qualities of mind and heart, in morality, + in the love of order, in sobriety, in respect for the law, in a + God-fearing disposition among the people, in love for our country, in + all these high and spiritual things. I believe the soldiers in their + places have made a large contribution to all these things. + + The assembling of our great army was hardly so marvellous as + its disbanding. In the olden time it was expected that a soldier + would be a brawler when the campaign was over. He was too often a + disturber. Those habits of violence which he had learned in the field + followed him to his home. But how different it was in this war of + ours. The army sprang into life as if by magic, on the call of the + martyred President--Illinois' greatest gift, as I have said, to the + Nation. They fought through the war, and they came out of it without + demoralization. They returned to the very pursuits from which they had + come. It seemed to one that it was like the wrapping of snow which + nature sometimes puts over the earth in the winter season to protect + and keep warm the vegetation which is hidden under it, and which + under the warm days of spring melts and disappears, and settles into + the earth to clothe it with verdure and beauty and harvest. [Great + cheering.] + + +_Alumni Hall, Knox College._ + +After the public reception was concluded the President and party +participated in the laying of the corner-stone of the Alumni Hall +on the campus of Knox College. Dr. Newton Bateman, president of the +college, conducted the exercises. Prof. Milton L. Comstock read a brief +history of Knox College, at the conclusion of which Dr. Adams introduced +President Harrison, who spoke as follows: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--Speaking this morning in the open air, which + since my official isolation from campaigning has made my voice + unaccustomed to it, will make it impossible for me to speak further + at this time. I do not deem this ceremony at all out of accord with + the patriotic impulses which have stirred our hearts to-day. Education + was early in the thought of the framers of our Constitution as one of + the best, if not the only guarantee of their perpetuation. Washington, + as well as the founders of the venerable and useful institution, + appreciated and expressed his interest in the establishment of + institutions of learning. How shall one be a safe citizen when + citizens are rulers who are not intelligent? How shall he understand + those great questions which his suffrage must adjudge without thorough + intellectual culture in his youth? We are here, then, to-day engaged + in a patriotic work as we lay this corner-stone of an institution that + has had a great career of usefulness in the past and is now entering + upon a field of enlarged usefulness. We lay this corner-stone and + rededicate this institution to truth, purity, loyalty, and a love of + God. + + +_Phi Delta Theta Banquet._ + +In the evening the President attended a banquet tendered him by Lombard +and Knox chapters of Phi Delta Theta, of which college fraternity +General Harrison was a member in his student days. At the President's +table sat Toastmaster Lester L. Silliman, of Lombard Chapter, with +General Miles, Generals Grosvenor, Morgan, and Post, Mayor Stevens, Dr. +Ayres, and Rev. Dr. Hood. Brother Geo. W. Prince delivered the welcoming +address on behalf of the local chapters, to which the distinguished Phi +brother, President Harrison, arising amid great applause, responded. +After a few pleasant remarks regarding his recollections of college life +and his pleasure at meeting again with the members of the Phi Delta +Theta, he said: + + My college associations were broken early in life, partly by + necessity and partly by choice; by necessity so far as the compulsion + to work for a living was upon me, and by choice in that I added to my + responsibility at an early date, so that it has not been my pleasure + often to meet with or sit about the banquet board with members of this + society. It gives me pleasure to meet with you to-night. I feel the + greatest sympathy with these young men who are now disciplining their + minds for the work of life. I would not have them make these days too + serious, and yet they are very full of portent and promise. It is not + inconsistent, I think, with the joyfulness and gladness which pertains + to youth that they shall have some sense of the value of these golden + days. They are days that are to affect the whole future. If I were to + select a watchword that I would have every young man write above his + door and on his heart, it would be that good word "Fidelity." I know + of no better. The man who meets every obligation to the family, to + society, to the State, to his country, and his God, to the very best + measure of his strength and ability, cannot fail of that assurance and + quietness that comes of a good conscience, and will seldom fail of the + approval of his fellow-men, and will never fail of the reward which is + promised to faithfulness. Unfaithfulness and lack of fidelity to duty, + to work, and to obligation is the open door to all that is disgraceful + and degrading. + + I want to thank you again, gentlemen, for this pleasant greeting, + and to ask you, after the rather exhaustive duties of this day, to + excuse me from further address and accept the best wishes of a brother + in the Phi Delta Theta organization. [Cheers.] + + +_The Brigade Banquet._ + +Later in the evening the President and party attended a banquet given by +the citizens in honor of the First Brigade. It was a brilliant affair, +conducted by the ladies of the city, active among whom were Mrs. Geo. +Lescher, Miss Tillie Weeks, Miss Maude Stewart, Miss Winnie Hoover, +and Mrs. Whiffen. Mrs. George Gale had charge of the table of honor, +assisted by Mrs. Otto M. Smith and Miss Louise Tryon. Gen. Philip S. +Post was Master of Ceremonies and presented General Harrison. + +The President prologued his parting words with an incident of a visit +he made to a small town down the Potomac. Although he was introduced +as President all over the town, no special attention was paid to him, +and when the local paper came out with a column and a half report of +the visit of the Chief Executive, the good people of the town were +astonished, but explained their lack of attention by saying they thought +Mr. Harrison was president of some fishing club. Aside from jokes, said +the President: + + One serious word in leaving. This day in Galesburg I shall long + remember. The enthusiasm and the cordiality of the citizens, the + delicacy and kindness of their attention, have impressed me deeply. + I shall ever gratefully recollect Galesburg as a spot of especial + interest, as the place of the meeting of the old brigade. Comrades, + I hope to meet you again when my time is more my own, and on several + occasions like this to speak to you more familiarly, and to recall + this time. I have tried not to be stinted in my intercourse with you, + for I have wanted you to feel me warm and sincere. I have expressed + myself, but not as freely as I would if by ourselves, or if I were + but a private citizen or member of the brigade. But I would say to + you and all your families, to the wives that sit here, to the wives + and children that are at home, to those who have gone out from your + roof-tree to prepare homes, to your grand-children--and I hope all of + you have them--to one and all, I extend the hearty sympathy and best + wishes of the "old-timer" you served so faithfully. + + + + +OTTUMWA, IOWA, OCTOBER 9. + + +The President's party left Galesburg the night of the 8th, arriving +at Burlington at 10 o'clock, where about 8,000 people greeted them. +The President was escorted to the Commercial Club rooms, where Mayor +Duncan, on behalf of the city of Burlington, and P. M. Crapo, president +of the club, made addresses of welcome. A reception of one hour's +duration followed, during which President Harrison shook hands with +3,000 callers. Ottumwa was reached at 8 o'clock Thursday morning. A +committee of citizens, headed by Hon. J. G. Hutchison, met the President +at Galesburg. On arrival the President and his brother, John Scott +Harrison, were immediately driven to the residence of their sister, Mrs. +T. J. Devin, where they passed the morning. + +At the Coal Palace the President and Secretary Tracy were met by Gov. +Horace Boies and his staff, headed by Adjt.-Gen Greene; also Senator +Wm. B. Allison, Senator James F. Wilson, ex-Senator Harlan, Hon. John +F. Lacey, and the following Committee of Reception, representing the +city of Ottumwa: T. J. Devin, W. T. Harper, J. E. Hawkins, W. B. Smith, +Henry Phillips, Sam'l A. Flager, J. C. Manchester, A. W. Johnson, W. T. +Fenton, J. G. Meek, Calvin Manning, Geo. Withall, J. W. Garner, J. J. +Smith, W. W. Epps, H. B. Hendershott, J. H. Merrill, W. B. Bonnifield, +A. H. Hamilton, C. F. Blake, John C. Fisher, Hon. John N. Irwin, J. T. +Hackworth, W. C. Wyman, John C. Jordan, A. G. Harrow, Allen Johnston, +T. D. Foster, J. W. Edgerly, A. W. Lee, William Daggett, G. H. Sheffer, +W. D. Elliott, Charles Bachman, H. A. Zangs, R. H. Moore, Capt. S. B. +Evans, Capt. S. H. Harper, H. W. Merrill, J. R. Burgess, J. B. Mowrey, +A. C. Leighton, W. S. Cripps, R. L. Tilton, Dr. L. J. Baker, D. A. +Emery, Samuel Mahon, W. S. Coen, O. C. Graves, Thomas Swords, and +John F. Henry. Other cities in Iowa were represented on the Reception +Committee by the following prominent citizens: Hon. John Craig, of +Keokuk; Judge Traverse and Senator Taylor, of Bloomfield; Gen. W. W. +Wright and Gen. F. M. Drake, Centerville; Gen. B. M. McFall, Oskaloosa; +T. B. Perry and J. H. Drake, Albia; Geo. D. Woodin and Hon. F. E. White, +Sigourney; Hon. Chas. D. Leggett and Chas. D. Fullen, Fairfield; Hon. +Edwin Manning and Capt. W. A. Duckworth, Keosauqua; F. R. Crocker +and E. A. Temple, Chariton; O. P. Wright, Knoxville; E. B. Woodruff, +Marion Co.; Col. Al. Swalm, Oskaloosa; Hon. W. P. Smith, Hon. Josiah +Given, Hon. Fred Lehman, G. W. Wright, Des Moines; Hon. John H. Gear, +Hon. John J. Seely, Burlington; Hon. F. C. Hormel, Capt. M. P. Mills, +Cedar Rapids; Hon. Geo. H. Spahr, Hon. W. I. Babb, Mt. Pleasant; Hon. +J. B. Grinnell, of Grinnell; Dr. Engle, Newton; Frank Letts and J. S. +McFarland, Marshalltown; Hon. J. B. Harsh and M. A. Robb, Creston; +ex-Governor Kirkwood and Ezekiel Clark, Iowa City. + +The President and Governor Boies reviewed the parade from a stand +in the park. The column was led by the veterans of the famous Third +Iowa Cavalry. Three thousand school children participated in the +demonstration, which was witnessed by fully 40,000 spectators. The +public reception took place in the afternoon at the Coal Palace; the +great building was overflowing. Hon. P. G. Ballingall, President of the +Coal Palace Exposition, introduced Governor Boies, who welcomed the +President in behalf of the people of Iowa. + +President Harrison responded as follows: + + _Governor Boies and Fellow-citizens_--I accept in the same cordial + and friendly spirit in which they have been offered these words of + welcome spoken on behalf of the good people of the great State of + Iowa. It gives me pleasure in this hasty journey to pause for a + little time in the city of Ottumwa. I have had especial pleasure in + looking upon this structure and the exhibits which it contains. It is + itself a proof of the enterprise, skill, and artistic taste of the + people of this city of which they may justly be very proud. I look + about it and see that its adornment has been wrought with materials + that are familiar and common, and that these have assumed, under the + deft fingers and artistic thoughts of your people, shapes of beauty + that are marvellously attractive. If I should attempt to interpret + the lesson of this structure, I should say it was an illustration of + how much that is artistic and graceful is to be found in the common + things of life; and if I should make an application of the lesson, it + would be to suggest that we might profitably carry into all our homes + and into all neighborly intercourse the same transforming spirit. + The common things of this life, touched by a loving spirit, may be + made to glow and glisten. The common intercourse of life, touched by + friendliness and love, may be made to fill every home and neighborhood + with a brightness that jewels cannot shed. And it is pleasant to think + that in our American home-life we have reached this ideal in a degree + unexcelled elsewhere. + + I believe that in the American home, whether in the city or on + the farm, the American father and the American mother, in their + relations to the children, are kinder, more helpful, and benignant + than any others. [Cries of "Good! Good!" and cheers.] In these homes + is the strength of our institutions. Let these be corrupted and + the Government itself has lost the stone of strength upon which it + securely rests. + +(Here, by some accident of arrangement, the water of an artificial +waterfall immediately behind the President was turned on, and the rush +and roar of the water drowned his voice almost completely.) + + I have contended with a brass band while attempting to address a + popular audience, but I have never before been asked to speak in the + rush and roar of Niagara. [Laughter and cheers.] I think if I were to + leave it to this audience whether they would rather see that beautiful + display and hear the rippling of these waters [pointing] than to hear + me, they would vote for the waterfall. [Cries of "No, no!" and "Shut + off the water!"] + +(At this point the management succeeded in finally turning off the water +so that the deafening noise ceased.) + + I had supposed that there were limitations upon the freedom of this + meeting this afternoon, both as to the Governor and myself, and that + no political suggestion of any sort was to be introduced into this + friendly concourse of American citizens; and I think both of us have + good cause for grievances against the prohibitionists for interrupting + us with this argument for cold water. [Great laughter and applause.] + + It is quite difficult, called upon as I am every day, and + sometimes three or four times a day, to make short addresses with + the limitations that are upon me as to the subjects upon which I may + speak, to know what to say when I meet my fellow-citizens. I was + glad to hear the Governor say that Iowa is prosperous. We have here + a witness that it is so. It offers also, I think, a solution of the + origin of that prosperity, and suggests how it may be increased and + developed. We have in this structure a display of all the products of + the farm, and side by side with it a display of the mechanic arts. I + think in this combination, in this diversity of interest and pursuit, + in this mutual and helpful relation between the toilers of the soil + and the workers in our shops, each contributing to the commonwealth + and each giving to the other that which he needs, we have that which + has brought about the prosperity you now enjoy, and which is to + increase under the labors of your children to a degree that we have + not realized. The progress in the mechanical arts that men not older + than I have witnessed, the application of new agencies to the use of + men within the years of my own notice and recollection, read like a + fairy tale. Let us not think that we have reached the limits of this + development. There are yet uses of the agencies already known to be + developed and applied. There are yet agencies perhaps in the great + storehouse of nature that have not been harnessed for the use of + man. The telegraph, the telephone, and the phonograph have all come + within the memory of many who stand about me to-day. The application + of steam to ocean travel is within the memory of many here. The + development of our railroad system has all come within your memory + and mine. The railroad was but a feeble agency in commerce when + my early recollection begins; and now this great State is covered + with railroads like a network. Every farm is within easy reach of a + shipping station, and every man can speak to his neighbor any day of + the week, though that neighbor live on the opposite side of the globe. + Out of all this what is yet to come? Who can tell? You are favored + here in having not only a surface soil that yields richly to the labor + of the farmer, but in also having hidden beneath that surface rich + mines of coal which are to be converted into power to propel the mills + that will supply the wants of your people. + + Now, my friends, thanking you for the kindness with which you have + listened to me, expressing again my appreciation of the taste and + beauty of this great structure in which we stand, and wishing for Iowa + and all its citizens the largest increase of prosperity in material + wealth, the most secure social order in all their communities, and the + crowning blessing of home happiness, I bid you good-by. [Prolonged + cheering.] + + + + +ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI, OCTOBER 10. + + +The first reception in the State of Missouri took place at St. Joseph +at 6:30 the morning of October 10. Many thousands greeted the President +at the Union Depot. Conspicuous in the assemblage were the veterans of +Custer Post, G. A. R., who escorted the party to the neighboring hotel. +The Committee of Reception consisted of Col. A. C. Dawes, Chairman; +Mayor Wm. Shepard, Hon. John L. Bittinger, Capt Chas. F. Ernst, Capt. F. +M. Posegate, Col. N. P. Ogden, August Nunning, Wm. M. Wyeth, Major T. J. +Chew, Hon. Geo. J. Englehart, Hon. O. M. Spencer, Dr. J. D. Smith, James +McCord, ex-Gov. Silas Woodson, John M. Frazier, Frank M. Atkinson, Rev. +H. L. Foote, and Major Joseph Hansen. + +Colonel Dawes made a brief welcoming address and presented the +President, who spoke as follows: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--If you are glad to see me at this hour in the + morning, if you are so kind and demonstrative before breakfast, how + great would have been your welcome if I had come a little later in the + day? [Applause.] + + I beg to thank you, who at an inconvenient and early hour, have + turned out to speak these words of welcome to us as we pass through + your beautiful city. Many years ago I read of St. Joseph. I know + something of its history, when, instead of being a large city, it was + a place for outfitting those slow and toilsome trains that bore the + early pioneers toward California and the far West. Those days are not + to be forgotten. Those means of communication were slow, but they + bore men and women, full of courage and patriotism, to do for us on + the Pacific and in the great West the work of peaceful conquest that + has added greatly to the glory and prosperity of our country. And yet + we congratulate ourselves that the swifter means of communication + have taken the place of the old; we congratulate ourselves that these + conveniences, both of business and social life, have come to crown + our day. And yet in the midst of them, enjoying the luxuries which + modern civilization brings to our doors, let us not lose from our + households those plain and sturdy virtues which are essential to + true American citizenship; let us remember always that above all + surroundings, above all that is external, there is to be prized those + solid and essential virtues that make home happy and that make our + country great, and that enable us in every time of trial and necessity + to call out from among the people some who are fit to lead our armies + or to meet every emergency in the history of the State. We are here + as American citizens, not as partisans; we are here as comrades of + the late war, or, if there are here those who under the other banner + fought for what seemed to them to be right, we are here to say one + and all that God knew what was best for this country when he cast + the issue in favor of the Union and the Constitution. [Applause and + cheers.] + + Now, again united under its ample guarantee of personal liberty and + public security, united again under one flag, we have started forward, + if we are true to our obligations, upon a career of prosperity that + would not otherwise have been possible. Let us therefore, in all + kindliness and faithfulness, in devotion to the right, as God shall + give us light to see it, go forward in the discharge of our duties, + setting above everything else the flag and the Constitution on which + all our rights and securities are based. Now, my comrades of the Grand + Army of the Republic and fellow-citizens of Missouri, again I thank + you and bid you good-by. [Cheers.] + + + + +ATCHISON, KANSAS, OCTOBER 10. + + +Entering Kansas the President was the recipient of a unique welcome at +Atchison, where 1,000 school children and several thousand citizens +greeted him. Little Edna Elizabeth Downs was the orator on behalf of the +children, and delivered a beautiful address, at the conclusion of which +the children showered the President with flowers. + +The Mayor of Atchison, Hon. B. P. Waggener, and the following prominent +citizens welcomed the Chief Executive: Hon. John J. Ingalls, Hon. +Edward K. Blair, Hon. Clem Rohr, Hon. S. C. King, Hon. S. H. Kelsey, +Hon. John C. Tomlinson, Hon. A. J. Harwi, Hon. Henry Elleston, Hon. S. +R. Stevenson, Hon. C. W. Benning, Judge Rob't M. Eaton, ex-Gov. Geo. +W. Glick, Hon. H. C. Solomon, Judge A. G. Otis, Judge David Martin, L. +C. Challiss, E. W. Howe, David Auld, B. T. Davis, Chas. E. Faulkner, +Major W. H. Haskell, Major S. R. Washer, Capt. J. K. Fisher, Capt. David +Baker, Capt. John Seaton, Stanton Park, T. B. Gerow, and H. Claypark. +Chief-Justice Albert H. Horton made the welcoming address and introduced +President Harrison, who said: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--I stand to-day for the first time upon the + soil of Kansas. I am glad to have been permitted to enter it by the + vestibule of this attractive city, the home of one of your most + brilliant statesmen. I cannot refrain from saying, God be thanked + that freedom won its early battle in Kansas. [Applause.] All this + would have been otherwise impossible. You have a soil christened with + the blood of men who died for liberty, and you have well maintained + the lessons they taught, living and dying. It was appropriate that + the survivors of the late war, men who came home crowned with the + consummating victory of liberty, should make the State of Kansas + pre-eminently the soldier State of the Union. Now, after telling you + that I am very grateful for your friendly greeting this morning, you + will, I am sure, excuse me, in this tumult, from attempting further + speech. May every good attend you in your homes; may the career of + this great State be one of unceasing prosperity in things material, + and may your citizenship never forget that the spiritual things that + take hold of liberty and human rights are higher and better than all + material things. [Prolonged cheering.] Allow me now to present to you + the only member of my Cabinet who accompanied me, General Tracy, of + New York, the Secretary of the Navy. + + + + +TOPEKA, KANSAS, OCTOBER 10. + + +The President's reception at Topeka on Friday, October 10, was a +remarkable ovation; over 50,000 people from every county in the State +greeted him. The famous Seventh U. S. Cavalry, Gen. J. W. Forsythe +commanding, acted as the guard of honor. The President was welcomed by +Gov. Lyman U. Humphrey, Senator John J. Ingalls, Chief-Justice Albert +H. Horton, Mayor Robert L. Cofran, and the following distinguished +committee: Ex-Gov. Thomas A. Osborn, ex-Gov. Geo. T. Anthony, Capt. +Geo. R. Peck, Col. James Burgess, Hon. S. B. Bradford, Judge N. C. +McFarland, Judge John Martin, A. J. Arnold, John Guthrie, Wm. P. +Douthitt, John Mileham, William Sims, Cyrus K. Holliday, Perry G. +Noel, S. T. Howe, Bernard Kelly, J. Lee Knight, N. D. McGinley, Wm. H. +Rossington, Rev. Dr. F. S. McCabe, Geo. W. Reed, Elihu Holcomb, Lark +Odin, L. J. Webb, Milo B. Ward, J. K. Hudson, F. P. McLennan, H. O. +Garvey, Frank Root, John M. Bloss, John F. Gwinn, A. M. Fuller, J. W. F. +Hughes, John R. Peckham, James L. King, Henry Bennett, Geo. H. Evans, +M. C. Holman, John C. Gordon, H. P. Throop, Joseph R. Hankland, T. W. +Durham, Judge C. G. Foster, A. K. Rodgers, A. B. Jetmore, and Thomas F. +Oenes. + +The parade was an imposing affair. Thirty thousand veterans were in +line. The Indiana contingent numbered over 1,000, and as they passed +the reviewing carriage, led by Major George Noble, cheer after cheer +was given in honor of the distinguished Hoosier. Nearly 6,000 school +children participated in the parade. In the afternoon the President +visited the reunion grounds with Commander Ira F. Collins and other +officers of the Kansas Department, G. A. R. Governor Humphrey delivered +the welcoming address. + +The President responded as follows: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--I am strongly tempted to omit even an attempt + to speak to you to-day; I think it would be better that I should go + home and write you an open letter. [Great laughter and cheering.] I + have been most profoundly impressed with the incidents which have + attended this tremendous and, I am told, unprecedented gathering + of the soldiers and citizens of the great State of Kansas. No one + can interpret in speech the lessons of this occasion. No power of + description is adequate to convey to those who have not looked upon + it or into the spirit and power of this meeting. This assembly is + altogether too large to be greeted individually--one cannot get his + arms around it. [Laughter and cheers.] And yet so kindly have you + received me that I would be glad if to each of you I could convey the + sense of gratitude and appreciation which is in my heart. There is + nothing for any of us to do but to open wide our hearts and let these + elevating suggestions take possession of them. I am sure there has + been nothing here to-day that does not point in the direction of a + higher individual, social, State and national life. Who can look upon + this vast array of soldiers who fought to a victorious consummation + the war for the Union without bowing his head and his heart in + grateful reverence? [Great applause.] Who can look upon these sons of + veterans, springing from a patriotic ancestry, full of the spirit of + '61, and coming into the vigor and strength of manhood to take up the + burdens that we must soon lay down, and who, turning from these to the + sweet-faced children whose hands are filled with flowers and flags, + can fail to feel those institutions of liberty are secure for two + generations at least? [Great cheering.] I never knew until to-day the + extent of the injury which the State of Kansas had inflicted upon the + State of Indiana [laughter and cheers]--never until I had looked upon + that long line of Indiana soldiers that you plucked from us when the + war was over by the superior inducement which your fields and cities + offered to their ambitious toil. Indiana grieves for their loss, but + rejoices in the homes and prosperity they have found here. [Cheers.] + They are our proud contribution to the great development which this + State has made. They are our proud contribution to that great national + reputation which your State has established as the friend as well as + one of the bulwarks of liberty and law. [Cheers.] It was not unnatural + that they, coming back from scenes where comrades had shed their blood + for liberty, should choose to find homes in a State that had the + baptism of martyrs' blood upon its infant brow. [Prolonged cheering.] + The future is safe if we are but true to ourselves, true to these + children whose instruction is committed to us. There is no other foe + that can at all obstruct or hinder our onward progress except treason + in our own midst--treachery to the great fundamental principle of our + Government, which is obedience to the law. The law, the will of the + majority expressed in orderly, constitutional methods, is the only + king to which we bow. But to him all must bow. Let it be understood + in all your communities that no selfish interest of the individual, + no class interests, however entrenched, shall be permitted to assert + their convenience against the law. This is good American doctrine, + and if it can be made to prevail in all the States of the Union until + every man, secure under the law in his own right, is compelled by the + law to yield to every other man his rights, nothing can shake our + repose. [Cheers.] + + Now, fellow-citizens, you will excuse me from the attempt at further + speech. I beg you again to believe that I am grateful, so far as + your presence here has any personal reference to myself--grateful as + a public officer for this evidence of your love and affection for the + Constitution and the country which we all love. [Great applause.] + + There is some grumbling in Kansas, and I think it is because your + advantages are too great. [Laughter.] A single year of disappointment + in agricultural returns should not make you despair of the future or + tempt you to unsafe expedients. Life is made up of averages, and I + think yours will show a good average. Let us look forward with hope, + with courage, fidelity, thrift, patience, good neighborly hearts, and + a patriotic love for the flag. Kansas and her people have an assured + and happy future. [Prolonged cheers.] + + + + +NORTONVILLE, KANSAS, OCTOBER 10. + + +At Nortonville the citizens, and especially the school children, turned +out _en masse_ and gave the President the heartiest of welcomes. Among +the prominent residents who participated in the greeting were Hon. A. J. +Perry, S. P. Griffin, Thomas Eckles, C. C. McCarthy, Dr. D. T. Brown, L. +P. King, D. A. Ellsworth, O. U. Babcock, Dr. R. D. Webb, J. G. Roberts, +W. T. Eckles, Harry Ellison, Rev. T. Hood, and M. Crowberger. On behalf +of the school children a little girl climbed the steps and presented the +Chief Magistrate with an armful of beautiful bouquets, for which she +received a hearty kiss. + +Governor Humphrey introduced the President, who spoke as follows: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--This brief stop forbids that I should say + anything more than thank you and to extend to you all my most + friendly greeting. The sky is overcast, but in this assemblage of + your school children, with flags and flowers, and in this gathering + of the sturdy men who have made Kansas great among States, there are + suggestions that spread a sky of beauty and hope above our country + and its destiny. It gives me great pleasure to make this first visit + to Kansas. It gives me great pleasure to see both at Atchison and + here the interest which the presence of these children shows you + take in public education. There are many here who in their early + days experienced the hardships and privations of pioneer life. The + avenues of learning were shut against them, but it is much to their + credit that what they lacked in early life, the impediments which have + burdened their careers, they have bravely resolved shall not burden + their children. I thank you again for this pleasant reception, and I + bid you good-by, as we proceed on our journey. + + + + +VALLEY FALLS, KANSAS, OCTOBER 10. + + +At Valley Falls, Kan., another large crowd was assembled. The President +was welcomed by Mayor A. D. Kendall, Dr. A. M. Cowan, R. H. Crosby, M. +M. Maxwell, Dr. Frank Swallow, Mrs. J. H. Murry, Miss L. M. Ring, and +other prominent residents. Mrs. Dr. Cowan, on behalf of the ladies, +presented General Harrison with a basket of flowers. + +In response to the enthusiastic greetings the President said: + + _My Friends_--I thank you sincerely for this cordial reception. I + will not attempt any speech further than to say that this greeting + puts me, if possible, under still stronger obligations in every + official duty that devolves upon me to consult the interests of the + people and do that which seems to be most promotive of public good. + [Cheers.] + + + + +LAWRENCE, KANSAS, OCTOBER 10. + + +The historic city of Lawrence was reached at 4:40 o'clock, where the +cheers of an immense multitude, including a battalion from Haskell +Institute, welcomed the President. The Reception Committee consisted of +Mayor A. Henley, George Innis, W. H. Whitney, Gov. Chas. Robinson, Gen. +J. N. Roberts, and E. F. Goodrich. The veterans of Washington Post, G. +A. R., Gen. H. S. Hall, Commander, were present in a body. + +Mayor Henley, in the name of the city, welcomed the President, who, +responding, said: + + _My Friends_--I am sure you are kind, and the greatest kindness you + can do me is not to ask me to attempt to speak again so recently after + attempting at Topeka to talk to all the rest of the people in Kansas + [laughter] who are not here. I supposed until the train pulled into + this city that the entire citizenship of the State was in the immense + crowd congregated at Topeka to-day. My voice was so strained in + attempting to speak there that I will only say to you that it gives me + great pleasure to see you and to speak to you, even for a moment, at + this hospitable town. All the inspiration connected with the story of + the early history of Kansas clusters around the city of Lawrence. I am + sure you will find in that story inspiration and suggestion that will + keep the cause of liberty ever near to your hearts. [Great applause.] + + + + +KANSAS CITY, OCTOBER 10. + + +The presidential party reached Kansas City at 5:30 P.M. Friday, where +a grand reception was tendered the Chief Executive. The Committee +of Reception, representing the municipality and business interests, +comprised the following prominent citizens, who escorted the President +from Topeka: Mayor Benjamin Holmes, Witten McDonald, J. C. James, Joseph +Speyer, Judge C. L. Dobson, Col. M. J. Payne, W. S. Woods, Hon. E. H. +Allen, F. L. Kaufman, M. E. Lawrence, Joseph Cahn, Col. T. B. Bullene, +Col. E. H. Phelps, Col. J. F. Richards, George R. Barse, Major William +Warner, William Taylor, Col. Louis Hammerslough, E. C. Sattley, J. H. +Fink, Col. W. A. Wilson, Marshal Tracy, F. B. Nofsinger, Collector +Devol, Surveyor Guffin, Dr. F. W. Schulte, W. T. Urie, G. S. Hampton, J. +H. Smith, M. D. Henderson, H. J. Rosecrans, R. M. Easley, H. C. Fike, +B. S. Flersheim, Wm. Barton, H. J. Long, E. M. Clendening, T. James, +James M. Coburn, L. E. Irwin, C. L. Valandingham, G. W. Hollinger, E. E. +Richardson, E. M. Wilcox, J. M. Cooper, W. H. Bundage, M. H. Dickerson, +C. A. Brockett, S. A. Pierce, J. H. Neff, S. R. Hudson, A. H. Moffitt, +S. B. Stokely, P. L. Whipple, J. W. Merrill, D. G. Saunders, F. W. +Hatch, G. Bernheimer, B. C. Burgess, S. T. Smith, and J. L. Walker. + +An enormous crowd greeted the President as he was driven to the Coates +House, where the distinguished party were entertained at dinner by Mayor +Holmes, ex-Governor Crittenden, Mayor W. A. Coy, of Kansas City, Kan.; +Gov. A. J. Smith, of the Soldiers' Home at Leavenworth; Hon. John Scott +Harrison--the President's brother--and other leading citizens. + +In response to a toast to the President's health, General Harrison said: + + _Gentlemen_--I am sorry to cause even this temporary interruption by + leaving the banquet, but I am sure you will all appreciate the desire + I have to spend a few minutes under my brother's roof in your city, + and will therefore excuse me. Let me say that I very much appreciate + the friendly and hospitable spirit of the business men of Kansas + City, to whom I am indebted for this banquet and reception. It has + never been my pleasure before to visit your city, but it has been + well advertised, and I have heard of it frequently. [Laughter and + applause.] So far as I could tell by the dim light of the evening in + riding through the city, it realizes fully my expectations in growth + and prosperity. [Applause.] Let me say, in conclusion, that I hope all + your dreams for Kansas City may be realized. [Great applause.] + +After passing the evening at his brother's residence, at 8 P.M. the +President was escorted by 300 members of the Third Regiment and a +cavalry guard, commanded by Col. Milton Moore, to the Chamber of +Commerce, where an informal reception was held. + +Major William Warner introduced the President, who said: + + _My Fellow citizens_--I will not attempt to say more than that I + am very grateful to you for your kindness, for this cordial, genuine + Kansas City welcome. [Cheers.] The arrangements which have been made, + and which are intended to give me an opportunity to meet some of you + personally, and the early hour at which we are to take the train for + St. Louis, make it inappropriate that I should attempt to speak at + any length. I thank you again for your kindness, and will now submit + myself to such arrangements as the committee have made to spend the + little time I have to spend with you. [Cheers.] + + + + +ST. LOUIS, OCTOBER 11. + + +The President arrived in St. Louis at 9:30 in the morning and received +a royal welcome. As he drove through the city amid the roar of cannon, +it is estimated that fully 200,000 people greeted him, and his journey +partook of a triumph. The committee of escort that met the President at +Kansas City consisted of ex-Gov. E. O. Stanard, Col. S. W. Fordyce, Hon. +R. C. Kerens, and Marcus Bernheimer. The guard of honor was a detail +from the Grand Army, commanded by Major Leo Rassieur. + +The President was met on arrival by the following distinguished +Committee of Reception: His Honor, Mayor Noonan, D. M. Houser, Geo. D. +Reynolds, R. M. Scruggs, Nelson Cole, Col. James G. Butler, Col. J. O. +Churchill, Daniel Catlin, Wm. M. Senter, John Orrick, John S. Moffett, +S. Newman, D. P. Rowland, John J. Daly, A. B. Ewing, Miles Sells, +John Dillon, Professor Waterhouse, Frank Buchanan, John B. Harlow, +Marquand Foster, Philip Brockman, Wm. Grassmuck, Chas. Scudder, John +J. O'Brien, T. J. Cummings, John H. Terry, J. S. Finkenbauer, C. J. +Hanabrinck, L. Bohle, O. M. Dean, John M. Sellers, James Green, Dr. +Thomas O'Reilly, Samuel Kennard, O. M. Haye, John A. Scudder, H. L. +Morrill, S. H. H. Clark, John Scullen, C. C. Maffitt, Joseph Franklin, +Hon. F. G. Niedringhaus, Hon. Nathan Frank, W. M. Kinsey, E. S. Rowse, +Geo. D. Barnard, J. L. Boland, D. H. King, C. P. Walbridge, B. F. +Harnett, Geo. Taylor, R. P. Tansey, A. S. White, F. A. Wann, M. M. +Bodenheimer, W. A. Hargadine, George A. Baker, John N. Booth, Geo. W. +Parker, J. D. Thompson, George A. Medill, E. C. Simmons, Edwin C. Kehr, +G. A. Finkelnburg, Marcus Bernheimer, L. Beavis, Charles F. Joy, Henry +Hitchcock, Wm. H. Thompson, W. F. Niedringhaus, Charles Espenschied, A. +B. Goodbaugh, Jonathan Rice, Jacob Meyer, Goodman King, D. C. Nugent, +John Davis, J. D. Bascom, R. W. Shapleigh, Edgar D. Tilton, John C. +Wilkinson, D. D. Walker, Frederick Vaughn, E. F. Williams, J. H. Wear, +C. D. Comfort, C. C. Rainwater, F. W. Humphrey, Michael McGinnis, John +Wahl, W. L. Hughes, and Thomas H. West. + +After reviewing the parade from the balcony of the Southern Hotel the +President and Secretary Tracy visited the Merchants' Exchange and +were tendered a reception by the business men of the city. Mr. Marcus +Bernheimer, President of the Exchange, occupied the presiding chair and +introduced Gov. D. R. Francis, who, in an eloquent address, welcomed +the President in the name of the people of Missouri. The Governor was +followed by Hon. Edward A. Noonan, Mayor of St. Louis, who extended a +"sincere and hearty greeting," on behalf of the residents of the city. + +Hon. Charles Parsons then introduced the President, who addressed the +assemblage as follows: + + _Governor Francis, Mr. Mayor, and Fellow-citizens_--It is very + grateful and very healthful to be so cordially received by you this + morning. The office which I have been called upon to administer + is very great in dignity, but it is very full of care and heavy + responsibility. The man who with conscientious regard and a proper + appreciation of the great trust seeks to administer it for the public + good will find himself daily beset with perplexities and doubts, + and daily besieged by those who differ with him as to the public + administration. But it is a great comfort to know that we have an + intelligent, thoughtful, and, at the same time, a very kind people, + who judge benevolently and kindly the acts of those public servants + of whose good disposition to do right they are not left in doubt. And + it is very pleasant to know--and I do not need these eloquent words + of assurance to have already impressed upon me--the great lesson that + there are more things in which we agree and have common interests + than in which we differ. But our differences of opinion as to public + administration are all brought together in a genuine patriotism and + love of country. [Applause]. It gives me pleasure to witness since + my last visit to St. Louis evidence of that steady and uninterrupted + growth which this great commercial centre has made since its birth as + an Indian trading-post on the Mississippi. No year has been without + its added evidences of progress, development, accumulation of wealth, + and increase in population. You have now passed any period of doubt or + uncertainty, and the career of St. Louis is assured. You have grown + like the oak, annually adding a ring to the prosperity and wealth and + commercial importance of your great city. You have struck the roots + of your influence broad and deep into the nourishing earth of this + great fertile land in which you have lived; and the branches--the + high branches of your enterprise--are reaching toward the sunlight + that shines upon them. You are situated upon the Mississippi River, + giving you water communication with the sea, a communication which + this Government has undertaken to improve and secure, and which I + believe will be made secure by appropriate legislation. [Applause.] + Nor do I know any reason why these great lines of railway stretching + from St. Louis to the Southwest may not yet touch great ports of + commerce, deep harbors, until they shall become trunk lines. We have + come to regard only these lines of railway communication to eastern + seaboards as trunk lines. I do not know why. Indeed, I believe that in + the future, when we shall have seized again, as we will seize if we + are true to ourselves, our own fair part of commerce upon the sea, and + when we shall have again our appropriate share of South American trade + [cheers], that these railroads from St. Louis, touching deep harbors + on the gulf, and communicating there with lines of steamships, shall + touch the ports of South America and bring their tribute to you. You + shall in all these things find a special interest, but an interest + that will be shared, as all great interests are, by the Nation and + people, of which you are a loyal and enterprising part. And now, my + friends, again let me thank you, and all those who have spoken in your + behalf, for these friendly words. These great industries of commerce + and manufactures here are entwined in friendly helpfulness. As they + are diversified your prosperity is increased; but under them all, + as the only secure rock upon which they can rest, is social order + and obedience to the law. Let it never be forgotten anywhere that + commerce builds only upon social order. Be watchful and careful of + every instrumentality or suggestion which puts itself against the law. + Where the law is wrong make it right. [Cries of "Good!" and cheering.] + Let that be the one rule of conduct in the public relations of every + American citizen. And now, my friends, again let me say thank you and + good-by. + +At the conclusion of the reception on 'Change the President, escorted +by the Committee of Reception, visited the Fair Grounds and attended +a banquet in his honor at the Jockey Club House. In the evening the +distinguished guests visited the Exposition, where a tremendous crowd +gathered. As the President entered Music Hall, Gilmore's famous band +struck up "Hail to the Chief." The great audience stood and called +repeatedly for a speech. The President arose in his box and bowed +several times; but there was no denying their demands, and Governor +Francis finally introduced his excellency, who said: + + _Ladies and Gentlemen_--I have sometimes thought that the life of + the President of the United States is like that of the policeman in + the opera--not a happy one. So many cares strew his path, so many + people's welfare is to be considered, that wiser heads than mine may + well be puzzled. The attention of this mighty audience to-night has + been distracted from the concert by my entrance, not withstanding the + fact that it has a leader more a master of his art than any other on + the continent. I did not, nor do I desire to make a speech to-night. + But as I have always declared myself in favor of the rule of the + majority, I feel compelled to do so. + + From early morn till late this evening the day has been one of + unalloyed pleasure to me. Every possible courtesy has been shown our + party, and we have gathered, I assure you, a most high opinion of your + people and your city. This building is in every way a credit to St. + Louis, the metropolis of the Southwest, and its exhibits do credit to + the merchants and manufacturers represented. I am glad to see that the + higher arts go hand-in-hand with mechanics. Art, music, poetry, and + song should not be separated from the homes of the poor, and such an + institution as this cannot fail to instil all that is good into the + hearts of every one. Before I close let me tell you all how grateful + and how complimented I feel at my hearty reception in your midst. I + shall always recall this day with happy remembrance. Now, won't you + crown the great courtesies of the day by allowing me to end my speech? + [Applause.] + + + + +ANDERSON, INDIANA, OCTOBER 13. + + +President Harrison passed the Sabbath quietly at his Indianapolis +residence, and early Monday morning, accompanied by Secretary Tracy and +Marshal Ransdell, started for Washington. + +The first stop was at Pendleton, where the President shook hands with +quite a crowd. Anderson, the county seat of Madison County, was reached +at 7:10, and a large concourse of people greeted the travellers. The +President was received by Hon. Winfield T. Durbin, Chas. T. Doxey, W. A. +Kittinger, John F. McClure, Caleb Brown, Jacob Koehler, Francis Watkins, +A. A. Small, and other leading citizens. Mayor Terhune, in a patriotic +address, presented the Chief Executive. + +After acknowledging the cordial greeting, the President spoke of the +rapid industrial development of that section consequent upon the +discovery and development of natural gas, and predicted a fine future +for the county. Concluding, he said: + + I am here to-day, returning to my duties at Washington from a trip + taken to meet some of my old comrades during the war. There are some + here this morning. I bid them God-speed; I give them a comrade's + greeting; and to you, my old-time friends, not in politics, but in + that pride and association which makes us all Indianians--we are + all proud of our State and proud of our communities--I desire to + say that while I have friends elsewhere, these were my earliest + friends--friends of my boyhood almost, for I was scarcely more than + a boy when I became a citizen of this State, and I always turn to it + with affectionate interest. [Cheers.] + + + + +MUNCIE, INDIANA, OCTOBER 13. + + +At Muncie the assemblage was very large, numbering over 10,000, and the +President received the most vociferous greeting of the day. Here, as at +other points in the State, hundreds of General Harrison's old friends +crowded forth to welcome him and bid him God-speed. Prominent among +these were: Hon. Frank Ellis, Mayor of the city; Hon. M. C. Smith, Hon. +John C. Eiler, Hon. Fred W. Heath, Hon. W. W. Orr, Hon. O. N. Cranor, +Hon. Geo. W. Cromer, Judge O. J. Lotz, Dr. G. W. H. Kemper, Dr. Thos. +J. Bowles, Dr. A. B. Bradbury, A. L. Kerwood, Geo. L. Lenon, F. E. +Putnam, Thos. H. Kirby, Charles H. Anthony, D. H. H. Shewmaker, Theodore +F. Rose, N. N. Spence, Chas. M. Kimbrough, Webster S. Richey, Thos. L. +Zook, John T. Watterhouse, J. W. Ream, C. E. Jones, and R. I. Patterson. +Mayor Ellis delivered a brief welcoming address and introduced the +President, who spoke as follows: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--I have known this beautiful city of yours and + many of the people of this prosperous county for more than thirty + years. I have known in a general way the development of your interests + by almost yearly visits to the city of Muncie, but it seems to me that + in these two years I have been out of the State you have made more + progress than in any ten years when I was in the State. [Cheers.] I + think it was in the year 1886, when I spent a night in Muncie, that + my attention was drawn by some of your citizens, as darkness settled + down, to a remarkable and what was then thought to be chiefly a + curious red glow in your horizon. It was, if I recollect aright, about + the earliest development of natural gas in Indiana, and the extent of + this great field was wholly unknown. How rapidly events have crowded + each other since! You have delved into the earth and have found the + supply of this most adaptable and extraordinary fuel inexhaustible; + and what has it done for you? No longer are you transporting coal from + the distant mines to feed your furnaces. No longer are you sending the + choppers into the woods to cut your trees and haul them in, that they + may bring you winter heat and fuel. The factories have been coming + to you. This convenient heat and serviceable fuel is found in the + humblest home in Muncie. How it has added to your comfort only those + who have used it know. How much it has added to your prosperity and + development of manufactures here you have only begun to know. [Cheers.] + + The sunlight will not more surely shed its beams on us this morning + than this great tide of prosperity which has set in through this gas + belt in Indiana shall go on increasing until all these cities and + towns within its radius are full of busy men and humming machinery. + What does all this mean? It means employment for men. It means happy + and comfortable homes for an increasing population. It means an + increased home market for the products of your farm. It means that + the farmer will have a choice of crops, and will have consumers for + perishable products of his farm at his very door. It means, if you + preserve the order of your community, if this good county of Delaware + continues to maintain its reputation as a law-abiding, liberty-loving, + free-school-loving population [cheers], that you shall have a + prosperity--an increase of riches and of human comfort that we have + scarcely conceived. + + And now, my friends, all over this, and above all this, and better + than it all, let us keep in mind those higher things that make our + country great. I do not forget that your good county sent to the war + of the Union, in the gallant regiments that went from this State, a + multitude of brave men to stand by the flag. [Cheers.] Some of them + are with you to-day. [Applause.] Now let that love of the flag be + still uppermost in your hearts. Nothing has pleased me more as I + passed through some of our Western States than to see that the school + children everywhere had the starry flag in their hands. [Cheers.] Let + it be so here and everywhere. Let them learn to love it, to know its + beauty, in order that when the time of peril comes they may be ready + to defend it. [Applause.] Now to these friends, I am most grateful for + your appreciative kindness, and if I shall be able, in the discharge + of high and difficult duties, to maintain the respect and confidence + of my fellow-citizens of Indiana, other things will take care of + themselves. + + + + +WINCHESTER, INDIANA, OCTOBER 13. + + +Winchester's greeting was of the most cordial character; a large share +of the population of Randolph County seemed to have turned out to do +the President honor. Among the prominent citizens participating were: +Leander J. Monks, Albert O. Marsh, Martin B. Miller, C. W. Moore, Dennis +Kelley, W. R. Way, W. E. Miller, T. F. Moorman, Albert Canfield, John +R. Engle, A. C. Beeson, E. L. Watson, Thos. S. Gordon, H. P. Kizer, J. +E. Watson, John T. Chenoweth, W. H. Reinheimer, B. Hawthorne, and B. W. +Simmons. + +Gen. Thomas M. Browne, on behalf of the citizens, delivered an eloquent +address of welcome, and closed by introducing President Harrison, who +said: + + _My Friends_--It gives me great pleasure to hear from the lips of + your honored fellow-citizen, my old-time army comrade, these words of + welcome, spoken in your behalf. I thank you and him for his assurance + that your assembling here together is without regard to difference + in belief, and as American citizens having common interests and a + common love for the flag and the Constitution. Now, to these good + people of Randolph County I render this morning my sincere thanks + for their hearty and cordial welcome. No public servant, in whatever + station, can ever be indifferent to the good esteem of men and women + and children like these. You do not know how much these kindly faces, + these friendly Indiana greetings, help me in the discharge of duties + that are not always easy. + + I bid you good-by and God-speed. I do wish for Indiana and all her + people the greatest happiness that God can give. [Prolonged cheers.] + + + + +UNION CITY, INDIANA, OCTOBER 13. + + +The President found another great crowd awaiting him at Union City, +including several hundred school children, each waving a flag. Between +rows of children he was escorted to the park near the station by a +committee consisting of Hon. Theo. Shockney, B. F. Coddington, J. S. +Reeves, and Geo. W. Patchell. Arrived at the park he was met by James +B. Ross, S. R. Bell, L. C. Huesman, J. F. Rubey, W. S. Ensign, L. D. +Lambert, J. B. Montani, C. S. Hardy, J. C. Platt, Judge J. W. Williams, +R. G. Clark, H. H. Le Fever, H. D. Grahs, Chas. Hook, and other +prominent citizens. Senator Shockney made the welcoming address. The +President, responding, said: + + _Senator Shockney and Fellow-citizens_--The conditions are not such + here that I can hope to make many of you hear the few words that + it is possible for me to speak to you. I have found myself in this + tour through these Western States, undertaken for the purpose of + meeting some of my comrades of the late war, who had invited me to + be with them at their annual gatherings, repeating the words "Thank + you" everywhere. I have felt how inadequate this word or any other + word was to express the sense of gratitude I should feel to these + friendly fellow-citizens who everywhere greeted me with kind words and + kinder faces. I feel very grateful to see you, and to realize that + if there are any fault-finders, sometimes with reason, and sometimes + without, that the great body of our people are interested only in good + government, in good administration, and that the offices shall be + filled by men who understand that they are the servants of the people, + and who serve them faithfully and well. If it were not so a President + would despair. Great as the Government is, vast as is our civil list, + it is wholly inadequate to satisfy the reasonable demands of men, and + so, from disappointment, reasonable or unreasonable, we turn with + confidence and receive with encouragement these kindly greetings from + the toilers of the country--the men and women who only ask from the + Government that it shall protect them in their lives, their property, + and their homes; that it shall encourage education, provide for these + sweet young children, so that they shall have an easier road in life + than their fathers had, and that there shall be an absence of corrupt + intent or act in the administration of public business. + + And now, standing on the line which divides these two States, + the one for which I have the regard every man should feel for his + birthplace, and the other to which I owe everything I have received + in civil life or public honor, I beg to call your attention to the + fact how little State lines have to do with American life. Some of + you pay your taxes on that side of the line, some on this, but in + your intercourse, business, and social ties you cross this line + unknowingly. Above both and greater than both--above the just pride + which Ohioans have in that noble State, and above the just pride which + we have in Indiana--there floats this banner that is the common banner + of us all. We are one in citizenship; we are one in devotion to the + Government, which makes the existence of States possible and their + destruction impossible. [Cheers.] And now, to these children, to my + Grand Army friends, and to these old citizens, many of whom I have + met under other conditions, I beg to say God bless you every one, and + good-by. + + + + +DE GRAFF, OHIO, OCTOBER 13. + + +Crossing the Ohio line a short stop was made at Sidney, where the +President shook hands and received a delegation from Bellefontaine +headed by Judge Wm. Lawrence. At De Graff the President met with a +cordial reception, especially from the school children. He was welcomed +by ex-Mayor H. P. Runyon, Dr. W. W. Hamer, Dr. W. H. Hinkle, W. E. +Haris, G. W. Harnish, John F. Rexer, Dr. F. M. Galer, Dr. Wm. Hance, R. +O. Bigley, D. S. Spellman, D. W. Koch, Benjamin Bunker, W. H. Valentine, +J. W. Strayer, and S. E. Loffer. + +Superintendent of Schools Joseph Swisher introduced the President, who +said: + + _My Friends_--I am very glad to see you all, and especially these + dear young children. I have been passing through a country glorious + in the autumnal tints which make a landscape that can be seen nowhere + else in the world, and yet I turn always from these decaying glories + of nature with great delight to look into the bright faces of these + happy children, where I see a greater, because immortal, glory. I + thank them for their presence here this morning. I wish their lives + may be as sunny and bright through manhood and through womanhood, + finding happiness in usefulness. I wish I had time to shake hands with + you all. [Cheers.] + + + + +BELLEFONTAINE, OHIO, OCTOBER 13. + + +Bellefontaine accorded the President an enthusiastic welcome. The +Committee of Reception consisted of Dr. A. L. Wright, Mayor of the +city; Judge William Lawrence, Judge West, Judge Price, J. C. Brand, D. +Hennesy, Geo. W. Emerson, Aaron Gross, A. C. Elliott, A. E. Griffen, H. +J. King, J. E. West, I. N. Zearing, and J. Q. A. Campbell. + +Mayor Wright delivered a brief welcoming address and introduced the +President, who spoke as follows: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--I wish all of you could have seen what I have + seen in this extended but hasty visit through some of the great States + of the central West, the broader view which we get as we journey + through this country of the capabilities of its soil, of the beauties + of its landscape, of the happiness of its homes, but, above all, of + the sturdy manhood of its people, can but be useful to every public + man and every patriot. [Applause.] No one can make such a journey + as we have and look into the faces of hundreds of thousands of his + fellow-citizens and see how here in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, + Kansas, and Missouri they are everywhere characterized by a sturdy + independence and intelligent thoughtfulness and manhood, and doubt + the future of this country of which they are citizens. Nothing can + shake its repose as long as this great mass of people in these homes, + on these farms, in these shops and city dwelling-places are true to + themselves and to their children. Not every one can hope to reach the + maximum of human wealth or enjoyment, but nowhere else is there so + general a diffusion of human comfort and the conveniences of life as + in this land of ours. You must not, then, show unthankfulness to the + framers of our great Constitution or to God by indulging in gloomy + forebodings or in unreasonable complaint. He has not promised that + everywhere and every season the fields should give full returns. He + has promised that the food of man should not fail, and where else + is famine unknown? Other countries have now and then appealed for + philanthropic help from abroad to feed their population, greater or + less. The United States has always a surplus after its people are fed, + and for this we should be thankful. I have been told everywhere that + though crops in some respects and in some places have been short, the + general prosperity is very great. Everywhere I have been told that no + wheel is idle, and that no hand is idle that seeks employment that + honest bread may come to his household. I believe that we are on an + upward grade of prosperity, if we will be brave and hopeful and true, + that shall lead us perhaps to a development and an increase of wealth + we have never before attained. And now, my fellow-citizens, thanking + you for this friendly morning greeting, I bid you good-by. [Applause.] + Let me have the pleasure, however, of introducing to you my valued + associate at Washington--Secretary Tracy. [Applause.] + + + + +CRESTLINE, OHIO, OCTOBER 13. + + +The people of Crestline honored the President with a large assembly, +prominent among whom were: Mayor P. W. Pool, Hon. Daniel Babst, John +G. Barney, Alexander Hall, B. F. Miller, John Whittle, John F. Castle, +C. F. Frank, Dr. W. P. Bennett, L. G. Russell, A. Howorth, G. B. +Thrailkill, E. S. Bagley, D. L. Zink, J. P. Davis, T. P. Kerr, W. R. +Boyd, E. W. Hadley, Samuel Gee, C. C. Hall, D. S. Patterson, and Richard +Youngblood. + +Mayor Pool welcomed and introduced the President in a brief address. +General Harrison responded: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--Already some seven or eight times this + morning, beginning before breakfast, I have been called upon to talk + briefly to my fellow-citizens who have gathered at the various points + where we made brief stops at their request. The story I must tell + you is the same old story I have been telling them--that I am very + grateful for your friendly expressions and presence; very grateful for + the kindliness which speaks through those who address me, and for the + kindness which appears in all your faces. It is pleasant to know that + as against all enemies of our country we are one, that we have great + pride, just pride in our birthright as American citizens, just pride + in the country of our adoption as to those who have found a home here + with us. It is the people's land more than any other country in the + world. Mr. Lincoln felicitously expressed it to be a "government of + the people, by the people, for the people." [Applause.] They originate + it; they perpetuate it. If it does not miss its purpose it is + administered for their good. [Applause.] And so to you upon whom the + burden of citizenship now rests, you who have the care of these homes + and the responsibilities of womanhood; to these lads who will soon be + citizens, and to these girls who are coming on to womanhood, to all I + express my thanks for your friendly greeting. [Applause.] To every one + of you I wish the most abundant success; that every home represented + here may be a typical American home, in which morality and purity and + love sit as the crowning virtues and are household gods. Our country + is prosperous, though not all have attained this year the measure of + success which they had hoped for. If there was any shortness of crops + anywhere, already the fields are green with the promise of another + year. Let our hearts be hopeful, let us be faithful and true, and the + future of our country and our own comfort are assured. [Cheers.] + + + + +MANSFIELD, OHIO, OCTOBER 13. + + +At Mansfield, the home of Senator Sherman, a large assemblage greeted +the President, prominent among whom was the distinguished Senator, and +Hon. Henry C. Hedges, Frank W. Pierson, J. M. Waugh, Frank K. Tracy, +Maj. Joseph S. Hedges, Hon. W. S. Kerr, J. R. Brown, Nelson Ozier, Capt. +W. S. Bradford, Hon. W. S. Cappeller, Hon. W. M. Hahn, Capt. Joseph +Brown, G. U. Harn, Maj. W. W. Smith, Geo. C. Wise, Judge Jas. E. Lowry, +James McCoy, John Crum, Ried Carpenter, and Wm. C. Hedges, Jr. + +Senator Sherman introduced the President, who spoke briefly, saying: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--We stop so frequently upon this journey and + our time at each station is so brief, that I cannot hope to say + anything that would be interesting or instructive. I thank you most + sincerely for these friendly manifestations. I am glad to be permitted + to stop at the home of your distinguished Senator and my friend. + [Cheers.] I am sure, however you may differ from him in political + opinion, the people of Mansfield and of Ohio are proud of the eminence + which he has attained in the counsels of the Nation and of the + distinguished service he has been able to render to his country not + only in Congress but in the Treasury Department. [Cheers.] He is twin + in greatness with that military brother who led some of you, as he did + me, in some of the great campaigns of the war, and they have together + rendered conspicuous services to this country, which we, as they, love + with devoted affection. We have so many common interests and so much + genuine friendliness among the American people that except in the very + heat and ardor of a political campaign the people are kind to each + other, and we soon forget the rancor of these political debates. We + ought never to forget that we are American citizens; we ought never to + forget that we are put in charge of American interests, and that it + is our duty to defend them. [Applause.] Thanking you again for your + presence and kindliness, I bid you good-by. [Applause.] + + + + +WOOSTER, OHIO, OCTOBER 13. + + +At Wooster, the seat of the well-known university, the presidential +party received a rousing greeting, especially from the students with +their college cry. At the head of the Committee of Reception was the +venerable Professor Stoddard, formerly professor of chemistry at Miami +University when Benjamin Harrison attended that institute. Among other +prominent townsmen who received the President were: Hon. M. L. Smyser, +Hon. A. S. McClure, Jacob Frick, Col. C. V. Hard, Capt. Harry McClarran, +Dr. John A. Gann, Dr. R. N. Warren, Capt. R. E. Eddy, Lieut. W. H. +Woodland, W. O. Beebe, Dr. J. D. Robison, Wm. Annat, John C. Hall, Enos +Pierson, R. J. Smith, Samuel Metzler, Geo. W. Reed, C. W. McClure, A. G. +Coover, A. M. Parish, Anthony Wright, Abram Plank, J. S. R. Overholt, +Jesse McClellan, David Nice, Andrew Branstetter, Charles Landam, Wm. F. +Kane, Capt. Lemuel Jeffries, Sylvester F. Scovel, D.D., O. A. Hills, +D.D., Jas. M. Quinby, R. W. Funck, and Harry Heuffstot. + +Congressman Smyser introduced the President, who said: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--If anything could relieve the sense of + weariness which is ordinarily incident to extended railroad travel, + it would be the exceeding kindness with which we have been everywhere + received by our fellow-citizens, and to look upon an audience like + that assembled here, composed in part of venerable men who experienced + the hardships of early life in Ohio, of some of those venerable women + who shared those labors and self-denials of early life in the West, + and in part of their sons, that gallant second generation, who, in the + time of the Nation's peril in 1861, sprang to its defence and brought + the flag home in honor [applause], and in part of these young men here + undergoing that discipline of mind which is to fit them for useful + American citizenship, full of the ambitions of early manhood, and, I + trust, rooted in the principles of morality and loyalty [applause], + and in part of these sweet-faced children, coming from your schools + and homes to brighten with their presence this graver assembly. Where + else in the world could such a gathering be assembled? Where else so + much social order as here? The individual free to aspire and work, + the community its own police officer and guardian. + + We are here as American citizens, having, first, duties to our + families, then to our neighborhood--to the institutions and business + with which we are connected--but above all, and through and by all + these duties, to our country and to God, by whose beneficial guidance + our Government was founded, by whose favor and protection it has + been preserved. [Applause.] Friendly to all peoples of the world, we + will not thwart their course or provoke quarrels by unfriendly acts, + neither will we be forgetful of the fact that we are charged here + first with the conservation and promotion of American interests, and + that our Government was founded for its own citizenship. [Applause + and cheers.] But I cannot speak at further length. I must hurry on to + other places, where kind people are impatiently awaiting our coming, + and to duties which will be assumed and undertaken with more courage + since I have so often looked into the kind faces of the people whom + I endeavor to serve. [Applause.] Let me present to you now, and I do + so with great pleasure, one of the gentlemen called by me under the + Constitution to assist in the administration of the Government--one + whom I know you have learned to love and honor as you are now + privileged to know--Gen. Benjamin F. Tracy, the Secretary of the Navy. + [Cheers.] + + + + +ORRVILLE, OHIO, OCTOBER 13. + + +At Orrville, Wayne County, it was not contemplated to stop; but so large +and enthusiastic was the crowd the President held a brief reception. +Among the prominent townsmen who welcomed him were: A. H. Walkey, S. +N. Coe, A. E. Clark, J. W. Hostetter, A. Dennison, N. S. Brice, D. J. +Luikheim, and John Trout. + +In response to repeated cries of "speech," the President said: +"Fellow-citizens--The American people are very kind"--at this point the +train started, and the President closed abruptly by saying-"and I feel +sure that they will here excuse my failure to make a speech." There were +loud shouts of laughter at the President's readiness as the train pulled +out. + + + + +MASSILLON, OHIO, OCTOBER 13. + + +At Massillon several thousand people assembled and great enthusiasm +prevailed. The Committee of Reception consisted of Hon. William M. Reed, +Mayor of the city; Prof. E. A. Jones, Hon. J. Walter McClymonds, Hon. S. +A. Conrad, William F. Ricks, Clement Russell, and Joseph Grapevine, Esq. +The Grand Army veterans and school children were present in force. Mayor +Reed made the welcoming address. + +President Harrison, responding, said: + + _Mr. Mayor and Fellow-citizens_--The burden of obligation connected + with this visit is put upon me by the enthusiasm and magnitude of this + welcome which you have extended to me. It gives me pleasure to stop + for a brief moment in a city widely celebrated for its industries, and + among a people widely celebrated for their virtues and intelligence. + [Cheers.] It was especially gratifying as we passed in your suburbs, + one of these busy hives of industry, to see upon the bank, waving + with hearty cheers, the operatives in their work-day clothes. It is + of great interest to know that you have these diversified industries + among you. Your lot would be unhappy and not prosperous if you were + all pursuing the same calling, even if it were the calling to which I + belong, the profession of the law. [Laughter.] + + It is well that your interchanging industries and pursuits lean upon + and help each other, increasing and making possible indeed the great + prosperity which you enjoy. I hope it is true here that everybody is + getting a fair return for his labor. We cannot afford in America to + have any discontented classes, and if fair wages are paid for fair + work we will have none. [Cheers.] I am not one of those who believe + that cheapness is the highest good. I am not one of those who believe + that it can be to my interest, or to yours, to purchase in the market + anything below the price that pays to the men who make it fair living + wages. [Great cheering.] We should all "live and let live" in this + country. [Cheers.] Our strength, our promise for the future, our + security for social happiness are in the contentment of the great + masses who toil. It is in kindly intercourse and relationship between + capital and labor, each having its appropriate increase, that we + shall find the highest good, the capitalist and employer everywhere + extending to those who work for human rights a kindly consideration + with compensatory wages. [Cheers.] + + Now, to these children and Grand Army friends who greet me here, I + say, thank you and God speed you and good-by. [Cheers.] + + + + +CANTON, OHIO, OCTOBER 13. + + +Canton, the home of Hon. William McKinley, Jr., gave the President +a most cordial and clamorous greeting. The G. A. R. and other +organizations were out in full force. Among the leading citizens who +welcomed the Chief Executive were: W. K. Miller, W. L. Alexander, Judge +J. P. Fawcett, J. M. Campbell, Judge J. W. Underhill, Andrew D. Braden, +Col. J. E. Dougherty, Col. J. J. Clark, N. Holloway, and Capt. C. T. +Oldfield. + +Major McKinley introduced the President, who addressed the large +assemblage, saying: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--The inconvenience which you suffer to-day, + and under which I labor in attempting to speak to you, comes from the + fact that there are more of you here than can come within the range + of my voice, but not more, I assure you, my fellow-citizens, than I + can take and do take most hospitably in my regard. [Cheers.] It gives + me great pleasure to stand here in the prosperous and growing city + of Canton. I am glad to be at the home of one with whom I have been + associated in Congressional duties for a number of years, and who in + all personal relations with me, as I believe in all personal relations + with you, his neighbors, has won my regard, as I am sure he has won + yours [cheers]; and without any regard to what may be thought of the + McKinley bill, I am sure here to-day you are all the good neighbors + and friends of William McKinley. [Cheers.] Kind-hearted and generous + as he seems to me, I am sure he has not failed in these social + relations, whatever judgment you may have of his political opinions, + in making the masses of the people proud of him as their distinguished + friend. [Cheers.] + + You have here to-day the representatives of men from the shops, + from the railroads, from the stores, from the offices of your city. + You are living together in those helpful and interchanging relations + which make American life pleasant and which make American cities + prosperous. The foundation of our society is in the motto that every + man shall have such wages as will enable him to live decently and + comfortably, and rear his children as helpful and safe and useful + American citizens. [Cheers.] We all desire, I am sure--every kindly + heart--that all the relations between employers and workmen shall be + friendly and kind. I wish everywhere the associations were closer and + employers more thoughtful of those who work for them. I am sure there + is one thing in which we all agree, whatever our views may be on the + tariff or finance, and that is, there is no prosperity that in the + wide, liberal sense does not embrace within it every deserving and + industrious man and woman in the community. [Cheers.] We are here all + responsible citizens, and we should all be free from anything that + detracts from our liberties and independence, or that retards the + development of our intelligence, morality, and patriotism. + + I am glad here to speak to some, too, who were comrades in the great + struggle of the Civil War [cheers]; glad that there are here soldiers + who had part in that great success by which our institutions were + preserved and the control and sovereignty of the Constitution and law + were forever established. [Cheers.] To them, and to all such friends, + I extend to-day a hearty greeting, and would if I could extend a + comrade's hand. [Cheers.] And now, my friends, the heat of this day, + the exhaustion of a dozen speeches, made at intervals as we have come + along, renders it impossible that I should speak to you longer. I beg + to thank you all for your presence. I beg to hope that, as American + citizens, however we differ about particular matters of legislation or + administration, we are all pledged, heart and soul, life and property, + to the preservation of the Union and to the honor of our glorious + flag. [Great cheering.] + + + + +ALLIANCE, OHIO, OCTOBER 13. + + +At Alliance the assembly was very large. A Reception Committee, headed +by Mayor J. M. Stillwell and comprising the following leading citizens, +met the President: Hon. David Fording, H. W. Harris, T. R. Morgan, Wm. +Brinker, Madison Trail, Dr. J. H. Tressel, H. W. Brush, W. H. Morgan, +Thos. Brocklebank, Chas. Ott, Dr. W. P. Preston, E. N. Johnston, J. H. +Focht, W. H. Ramsey, W. W. Webb, E. E. Scranton, Henry Heer, Jr., and +Harper Brosius. + +Chairman Fording delivered a welcoming address and introduced President +Harrison, who in response said: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--There is nothing in which the American people + are harder upon their public servants than in the insatiable demand + they make for public speech. I began talking before breakfast this + morning, and have been kept almost continuously at it through the + day, with scarcely time for lunch; and yet, as long as the smallest + residuum of strength or voice is left I cannot fail to recognize these + hearty greetings and to say some appreciative word in return. I do + very much thank you, and I do very deeply feel the cordial enthusiasm + with which you have received me. It is very pleasant to know that + as American citizens we love our Government and its institutions, + and are all ready to pay appropriate respect to any public officer + who endeavors in such light as he has to do his public duty. This + homage is not withheld by one's political opponents, and it is + pleasant to know that in all things that affect the integrity and + honor and perpetuity of our Government we rise above party ties and + considerations. The interests of this Government are lodged with you. + There is not much that a President can do to shape its policy. He is + charged under the Constitution with the duty of making suggestions to + Congress, but, after all, legislation originates with the Congress of + the United States, and the policy of our laws is directed by it. The + President may veto, but he cannot frame a bill. Therefore it is of + great interest to you, and to all our people, that you should choose + such men to represent you in the Congress of the United States as + will faithfully promote those policies to which you have given your + intelligent adhesion. This country of ours is secure, and social + order is maintained, because the great masses of our people live in + contentment and some good measure of comfort. God forbid that we + should ever reach the condition which has been reached by some other + countries, where all that is before many of their population is the + question of bare subsistence, where it is simply "how shall I find + bread for to-day?" No hopes of accumulation; no hope of comfort; no + hope of education, or higher things for the children that are to come + after them. God be blessed that that is not our condition in America! + Here is a chance to every man; here fair wages for fair work, with + education for the masses, with no classes or distinctions to keep down + the ambitious young. We have a happy lot. Let us not grumble if now + and then things are not prosperous as they might be. Let us think of + the average, and if this year's crop is not as full as we could wish, + we have already in these green fields the promise of a better one to + come. Let us not doubt that we are now--as I have seen the evidence of + it in a very extended trip through the West--entering upon an up grade + in all departments of business. [Cheers.] Everywhere I went, in the + great city of St. Louis and the smaller manufacturing towns through + which we passed, there was one story to tell--and I have no doubt it + is true in your midst--every wheel is running and every hand is busy. + [Cheers.] I believe the future is bright before us for increasingly + better times for all, and as it comes I hope it may be so generally + diffused that its kindly touch may be felt by every one who hears me, + and that its beneficent help may come into every home. [Prolonged + cheers.] + + + + +KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, APRIL 14, 1891. + +_Letter to Western States Commercial Congress._ + + +The first Western States Commercial Congress met at Kansas City, Mo., +April 14, 1891. Delegations composed mainly of business men, appointed +by the Governors of the various States and Territories, were present +from the following Western and Southern States and Territories: Alabama, +California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, +Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, +Montana, Nebraska, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming, New +Mexico, and Oklahoma. On motion of Governor Francis, of Missouri, State +Senator H. B. Kelly, of Kansas, was chosen Chairman of the Congress and +Hon. John W. Springer, of Illinois, Secretary. Letters of regret were +read from those who had been specially invited to attend the Congress. +Among the letters was the following from President Harrison: + + WASHINGTON, April 7. + HON. H. B. KELLY, _Chairman, Kansas City, Mo._: + + DEAR SIR--I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter + of March 24, inviting me to attend the meeting of the commercial + congress of the Western agricultural and mining States, to assemble in + Kansas City, April 14 to 19, for the purpose of considering measures + affecting the general agricultural and business prosperity of the + Mississippi Valley States. I regret that it will not be possible for + me to accept this invitation. If I am not detained here by public + business I shall probably start about that time for the Pacific coast + by the Southern route; and if that purpose should be thwarted it will + be by considerations that will also prevent the acceptance of your + invitation. + + A public discussion of the conditions affecting agricultural and + business prosperity cannot but be helpful, if it is conducted on broad + lines and is hospitable to differences of opinion. The extraordinary + development of the productions of agriculture which has taken place + in a recent period in this country by reason of the rapid enlargement + of the area of tillage under the favoring land laws of the United + States, very naturally has called attention to the value, and, indeed, + the necessity of larger markets. I am one of those who believe that + a home market is necessarily the best market for the producer, as + it measurably emancipates him in proportion to its nearness from + the exactions of the transportation companies. If the farmer could + deliver his surplus produce to the consumer out of his farm-wagon + his independence and his profits would be larger and surer. It seems + to me quite possible to attain a largely increased market for our + staple farm products without impairing our home market by opening the + manufacturing trades to a competition in which foreign producers, + paying a lower scale of wages, would have the advantage. A policy that + would reduce the number of our people engaged in mechanical pursuits + or diminish their ability to purchase food products by reducing wages + cannot be helpful to those now engaged in agriculture. The farmers + insist that the prices of farm products have been too low--below the + point of fair living and fair profits. I think so too, but I venture + to remind them that the plea they make involves the concession that + things may be too cheap. A coat may be too cheap as well as corn. + The farmer who claims a good living and profits for his work should + concede the same to every other man and woman who toils. + + I look with great confidence to the completion of further reciprocal + trade arrangements, especially with the Central and South American + states, as furnishing new and large markets for meats, breadstuffs, + and an important line of manufactured products. Persistent and earnest + efforts are also being made, and a considerable measure of success has + already been attained, to secure the removal of restrictions which we + have regarded as unjust upon the admission and use of our meats and + live cattle in some of the European countries. I look with confidence + to a successful termination of the pending negotiations, because I + cannot but assume that when the absolutely satisfactory character of + the sanitary inspections now provided by our law is made known to + those foreign states they will promptly relax their discriminating + regulations. No effort and none of the powers vested in the Executive + will be left unused to secure an end which is so desirable. + + Your deliberations will probably also embrace consideration of the + question of the volume and character of our currency. It will not be + possible and would not be appropriate for me in this letter to enter + upon any elaborate discussion of these questions. One or two things + I will say, and first, I believe that every person who thoughtfully + considers the question will agree with me upon a proposition which is + at the base of all my consideration of the currency question, namely, + that any dollar, paper or coin, that is issued by the United States + must be made and kept in its commercial uses as good as any other + dollar. So long as any paper money issued or authorized by the United + States Government is accepted in commercial use as the equivalent of + the best coined dollar that we issue, and so long as every coined + dollar, whether of silver or gold, is assured of an equivalent value + in commercial use, there need be no fear as to an excess of money. The + more such money the better. But, on the other hand, when any issue of + paper or coined dollars is, in buying and selling, rated at a less + value than other paper or coined dollars, we have passed the limit of + safe experiment in finance. If we have dollars of differing values, + only the poorest will circulate. The farmer and the laborer, who are + not in hourly touch with the ticker of the telegraph, will require, + above all other classes of our community, a dollar of full value. + Fluctuations and depreciations are always at the first cost of these + classes of our community. The banker and the speculator anticipate, + discount, and often profit by such fluctuations. It is very easy, + under the impulse of excitement of the stress of money stringency, to + fall into the slough of a depreciated or irredeemable currency. It is + a very painful and slow business to get out when once in. + + I have always believed, and do now more than ever believe, in + bimetallism, and favor the fullest use of silver in connection with + our currency that is compatible with the maintenance of the parity + of the gold and silver dollars in their commercial uses. Nothing, in + my judgment, would so much retard the restoration of the free use of + silver by the commercial nations of the world as legislation adopted + by us that would result in placing this country upon a basis of + silver monometallism. The legislation adopted by the first session + of the Fifty-first Congress I was assured by leading advocates of + free coinage--representatives of the silver States--would promptly + and permanently bring silver to $1.29 per ounce and keep it there. + That anticipation has not been realized. Our larger use of silver has + apparently, and for reasons not yet agreed upon, diminished the demand + for silver in China and India. + + In view of the fact that it is impossible in this letter to + elaborate, and that propositions only can be stated, I am aware + that what I have said may be assailed in points where it is easily + defensible, but where I have not attempted to present the argument. + + I have not before, excepting in an official way, expressed myself + on these subjects; but feeling the interest, dignity, and importance + of the assemblage in whose behalf you speak, I have ventured, without + bigotry of opinion, without any assumption of infallibility, but as an + American citizen, having a most earnest desire that every individual + and every public act of my life shall conduce to the glory of our + country and the prosperity of all our people, to submit these views + for your consideration. + + Very respectfully, BENJAMIN HARRISON. + + + + +ACROSS THE CONTINENT, 1891. + + +President Harrison started on his memorable journey to Texas and +the Pacific Coast States at 12:15 o'clock Tuesday morning, April +14, 1891. The party consisted of the President and Mrs. Harrison, +Postmaster-General John Wanamaker, Secretary of Agriculture J. M. Rusk, +Mr. and Mrs. Russell B. Harrison, Mrs. J. R. McKee, Mrs. Dimmick, Maj. +J. P. Sanger, Military Aid to the President, Marshal Daniel M. Ransdell, +Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Boyd, Mr. E. F. Tibbott, stenographer to the +President, and Alfred J. Clark, O. P. Austin, and R. Y. Oulahan, press +representatives. At Chattanooga the party was joined by the President's +younger brother, Mr. Carter B. Harrison, and wife, and at Los Angeles by +Mr. C. L. Saunders. + +The train that safely carried the head of the Nation on this great tour +was a marvel of mechanical perfection unrivalled in equipment. Mr. Geo. +W. Boyd, General Assistant Passenger Agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad, +prepared the schedule and had charge of the train throughout. + +No predecessor of President Harrison ever attempted the great task of +travelling 10,000 miles, or delivering 140 impromptu addresses within +the limit of 30 days--an achievement remarkable in many respects. His +long-extended itinerary was an almost continuous series of receptions +and responses, and there is no instance where any man in public life, +subjected to the requirements of a similar hospitable ordeal, has +acquitted himself with greater dignity, tact, and good sense both as +to the matter and manner of his utterances. This series of speeches is +in marked contrast with his incisive utterances during the campaign of +1888, and disclose General Harrison's ability to seize the vital topic +of the moment and present it to a mixed audience in such a way that +while consistent with his own record he yet raises no antagonisms. + + + + +ROANOKE, VIRGINIA, APRIL 14. + + +Leaving Washington shortly after midnight, the train passed through +Lynchburg at an early hour and arrived at Roanoke, its first +stopping-point, at 8:50 A.M. Seemingly the entire population of the +enterprising city was out to welcome the President to Old Virginia. +Prominent among those who greeted the party were Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. +Eddy, W. B. Bevill, John A. Pack, Allen Hull, A. S. Asberry, and John D. +Smith. + +After shaking hands with several hundred, President Harrison, in +response to repeated calls, spoke as follows: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--I desire to thank you very sincerely for + this friendly greeting. The State of Virginia is entitled, I think, + to high estimation among the States for its great history--for the + contribution it has made to the great story of our common country. + This fact you discovered, I think, long ago. For personal reasons I + have great affection for Virginia. It is the State of my fathers. I am + glad this morning to congratulate you upon the marvellous development + which has come, and the greater which is coming, to your commonwealth. + + You not only have an illustrious story behind you, but before you + prospects of development in wealth and prosperity, in all that makes a + great State, such as never entered into the imagination of those who + laid the foundation of the commonwealth. [Cheers.] You are arousing + now to a realization of the benefits of diversity of industries. + + In the olden time Virginia was a plantation State. I hope she may + never cease to have large agricultural interests. It is the foundation + of stable society, but I rejoice with you that she has added to + agriculture the mining of coal and iron, and, bringing these from + their beds, is producing all the products that enter into the uses of + life. + + In this is the secret of that great growth illustrating what I see + about me here, and the promise of a future which none of us can fully + realize. In all of these things we have a common interest, and I beg + to assure you that in everything that tends to the social order of + your people and the development and increased prosperity of the State + of Virginia I am in most hearty sympathy with you all. [Cheers.] + + + + +BRISTOL, TENNESSEE, APRIL 14. + + +The town of Radford, Va., acknowledged the honor of the President's +visit in a cordial way. General Harrison shook hands with many of the +inhabitants. At Bristol, Tenn., a crowd of several thousand greeted +the party at the station. The President was met and escorted to a high +bluff overlooking the city by Hon. Harvey C. Wood, at the head of the +following committee of prominent citizens: Col. E. C. Manning, Hon. I. +C. Fowler, Judge M. B. Wood, A. S. McNeil, W. A. Sparger, A. C. Smith, +C. H. Slack, Rockingham Paul, Esq., Capt. J. H. Wood, Judge C. J. St. +John, Col. Nat M. Taylor, and John H. Caldwell. + +Judge Wood made the welcoming address and introduced the President, who, +in response, said: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--I have found not only pleasure but instruction + in riding to-day through a portion of the State of Virginia that is + feeling in a very striking way the impulse of a new development. It + is extremely gratifying to notice that those hidden sources of wealth + which were so long unobserved and so long unused are now being found, + and that these regions, once so retired, occupied by a pastoral + people, having difficult access to the centres of population, are + now being rapidly transformed into busy manufacturing and commercial + centres. + + In the early settlement of this city the emigrants poured over the + Alleghanies and the Blue Ridge like waters over an obstructing ledge, + seeking the fertile and attractive farm regions of the great West. + They passed unobserved these marvellous hidden stores of wealth which + are now being brought into use. Having filled those great basins of + the West, they are now turning back to Virginia and West Virginia and + Tennessee to bring about a development and production for which the + time is ripe, and which will surprise the world. [Cheers.] + + It has not been long since every implement of iron, domestic, + agricultural, and mechanical, was made in other States. The iron + point of the wooden mould-board plough with which the early farmers + here turned the soil came from distant States. But now Virginia and + Tennessee are stirring their energies to participate in a large degree + in mechanical productions and in the great awakening of American + influence which will lift the Nation to a place among the nations of + the world never before attained. [Cheers.] + + What hinders us, secure in the market of our own great population, + from successful competition in the markets of the world? What hinders + our people, possessing every element of material wealth and endowed + with inventive genius and energy unsurpassed, from having again upon + the seas a merchant marine flying the flag of our country and carrying + its commerce into every sea and every port? + + I am glad to stand for this moment among you, glad to express my + sympathy with you in every enterprise that tends to develop your + State and local communities; glad to stand with you upon the one + common platform of respect to the Constitution and the law, differing + in our policies as to what the law should be, but pledged with a + common devotion and obedience to law as the majority shall by their + expressions make it. + + I shall carry away from here a new impulse to public duty, a new + inspiration as a citizen with you of a country whose greatness is + only dawning. And may I now express the pleasure I shall have in + every good that comes to you as a community and to each of you as + individuals? May peace, prosperity, and social order dwell in your + communities, and the fear and love of God in every home! [Cheers.] + + + + +JOHNSON CITY, TENNESSEE, APRIL 14. 1891 + + +The President was welcomed at Johnson City by 3,000 people. S. K. N. +Patton Post, G. A. R, with Maj. A. Cantwell, J. M. Erwin, and W. Hodges, +acted as a guard of honor to the Chief Magistrate. The committee to +receive and entertain the President comprised: Mayor Ike T. Jobe, Hon. +W. G. Mathes, President Board of Trade; Hon. T. F. Singiser, Hon. A. +B. Bowman, Hon. B. F. Childress, Thos. E. Matson, Jas. M. Martin, J. +C. Campbell, H. C. Chandler, J. W. Cox, C. W. Marsh, L. W. Wood, J. +A. Mathes, H. W. Hargraves, J. F. Crumley, M. N. Johnson, and W. W. +Kirkpatrick. + +Congressman Alfred A. Taylor presented the President, who spoke as +follows: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--The office of President of the United States + is one of very high honor and is also one of very high responsibility. + No man having conscientiously at heart the good of the whole people, + whose interests are, under the law, in some degree committed to his + care, can fail to feel a most oppressive sense of inadequacy when he + comes to the discharge of these high functions. + + Elected under a system of government which gives to the majority + of our people who have expressed their wishes through constitutional + methods the right to choose their public servants, when he has taken + the oath that inducts him into office he becomes the servant of all + the people, and while he may pursue the advocacy of those measures to + which the people have given their approval by his choice, he should + always act and speak with a reserve and a respect for the opinion + of others that shall not alienate from him the good-will of his + fellow-citizens, without regard to political belief. + + I shall not speak of what has been done, but I have a supreme regard + for the honor of the Nation, a profound respect for the Constitution, + and a most sincere desire to meet the just expectations of my + fellow-citizens. I am not one of those who believe that the good of + any class can be permanently and largely attained except upon lines + which promote the good of all our people. + + I rejoice in the Union of the States. I rejoice to stand here + in East Tennessee among a people who so conspicuously and at such + sacrifice during the hour of the Nation's peril stood by the flag + and adhered to their convictions of public duty [cheers]; and I am + especially glad to be able to say that those who, following other + views of duty, took sides against us in that struggle, without + division in voice or heart to-day praise Almighty God that He + preserved us one Nation. [Cheers.] + + There is no man, whatever his views upon the questions that then + divided us, but, in view of the marvellous benefits which are + disseminating themselves over these States, must also bless God to-day + that slavery no longer exists and that the Union of free States is + indissoluble. [Cheers.] + + What is it that has stirred the public of this great region, that + has kindled these furnace fires, that has converted these retired and + isolated farms upon which you and your ancestors dwelt into centres + of trade and mechanical pursuits, bringing a market close to the door + of the farmer and bringing prosperity into every home? It is that we + have no line of division between the States; it is that these impulses + of freedom and enterprise, once limited in their operations, are now + common in all the States. We have a common heritage. The Confederate + soldier has a full, honorable, and ungrudged participation in all the + benefits of a great and just Government. [Cheers.] + + I do not doubt to-day that these would be among the readiest of our + population to follow the old flag if it should be assailed from any + quarter. [Cheers.] + + Now, my fellow-countrymen, I can pause but a moment with you. It + does me good to look into your faces, to receive these evidences of + your good-will. I hope I may have guidance and courage in such time as + remains to me in public life conscientiously to serve the public good + and the common glory of our beloved country. [Great cheering.] + + + + +JONESBORO, TENNESSEE, APRIL 14. + + +At Jonesboro, the oldest city in Tennessee and the ancient capital +of the State of Franklin, the President was the recipient of a most +cordial welcome. All the residents of the town seemed to be present. +Among the prominent citizens who participated in the greeting were: +Mayor I. E. Reeves, Judge Newton Hacker, R. M. May, Col. T. H. Reeves, +A. J. Patterson, S. H. Anderson, Capt. A. S. Deaderick, James H. Epps, +Jacob Leab, S. H. L. Cooper, Judge A. J. Brown, John D. Cox, E. H. West, +J. A. Febuary, T. B. Hacker, R. N. Dosser, Capt. Geo. McPherson, and +Chancellor J. P. Smith. + +General Harrison's allusion to John Sevier and his struggle to establish +the State of Franklin elicited hearty applause. He spoke as follows: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--We tarry but a moment at this ancient and + interesting city, whose story goes back, I think, to the establishment + of the State of Franklin, of which perhaps not all of you, certainly + not these little ones, ever heard, which John Sevier attempted to set + up as an independent commonwealth. + + But yet it is not of antiquity that I desire to speak, for ancient + history is not of the greatest interest to you now. The Scripture + speaks, I think--my Postmaster-General is near, and if I fall into + error will correct me [laughter]--of a time when the old things shall + pass away and all things shall become new. Tennessee is realizing that + beatitude; the old things, the old way of doing things, the stiff clay + and steep mountain roads have passed away and the steam-car has come. + + The old times of isolation in these valleys, when these pioneers, + some of whom I see, made their frontier homes, have passed away, and + influences from the outside have come; life has been made easier to + men and easier to the toiling women who used to carry the water from + the spring at the bottom of the hill in a piggin, but who now by + modern appliances have it brought into the kitchen. + + You have come to know now that not only the surface of the soil + has wealth in it, but that under the surface there are vast sources + of wealth to gladden the homes of your people and to bring with new + industries a thrifty population. But of all these old things that + have passed away and the new ones that have come, I am sure you are + exultantly glad in this region, where there was so much martyrdom for + the flag, so much exile, so much suffering, that the one Union, the + one Constitution, and the one flag might be preserved, to know that + those old strifes have passed away, and that a period of fraternity + has come when all men are for the flag and all for the Constitution, + when it has been forever put out of the minds of all people that + this Union can be dissolved or this Constitution overthrown. [Great + cheering.] + + On all these new things I congratulate the citizens of Tennessee. + Turn your faces to the morning, for the sun is lightening the + hill-tops; there is coming to our country a great growth, an + extraordinary development, and you are to be full participants in it + all. While other nations of the world have reached a climax in their + home development, and are struggling to parcel out remote regions of + the earth that their commerce may be extended, we have here prodigious + resources that are yet to be touched by the finger of development, and + we have the power, if we will, to put our flag again on the sea and to + share in the world's commerce. [Cheers.] + + + + +GREENVILLE, TENNESSEE, APRIL 14. + + +The home of President Andrew Johnson--Greenville, Tenn.--gave the +President a cordial greeting through its welcoming committee, consisting +of Mayor John M. Brabson, Aldermen A. N. Shown, J. D. Britton, E. C. +Miller, and W. H. Williams; also Burnside Post, G. A. R., W. T. Mitchell +Commander; A. J. Frazier, and the children of the public schools, in +charge of Principal L. McWhisler. + +President Harrison said: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--The arrangements for our journey will not + permit me to tarry with you long. I thank you most sincerely for this + cordial demonstration. I rejoice to see in the hands of the children + here that banner of glory which is the symbol of our greatness and the + promise of our security. + + I am glad that by the common consent of all our people, without any + regard to past differences, we have once and forever struck hands + upon the proposition that from the lakes to the gulf, from the St. + Lawrence to the Bay of California, there shall be one flag and one + Constitution. [Great cheering.] The story that it brings to us from + the time of its adoption as our national emblem is one in which we may + all find instruction and inspiration. It is the flag of the free. + + It symbolizes a government most aptly expressed by the greatest + statesman of the people, Abraham Lincoln, to be "a government of the + people, by the people, and for the people"--a government that spreads + a sky of hope above the head of every child, that has abolished + all class distinctions, and has opened all places of eminence and + usefulness in the state and in commerce to the ambitious and energetic + young man. + + This city has given to the country a conspicuous illustration in + your distinguished former fellow-citizen, Andrew Johnson, of what free + institutions may do, and what an aspiring young man may do against all + adverse conditions in life. To every one perfect freedom is guaranteed + within the limits of due respect to the rights of others. Thanking you + again for this presence and friendly greeting, I bid you good-by. + + + + +MORRISTOWN, TENNESSEE, APRIL 14. + + +At Morristown several thousand citizens and residents of Hamblen, Cocke, +Grainger, and Jefferson counties assembled to greet the President. The +Reception Committee was Mayor W. S. Dickson, R. L. Gaut, H. Williams, W. +H. Maze, A. S. Jenkins, and James A. Goddard. At the conclusion of the +President's speech an old grizzled veteran stepped upon the platform, +and reaching out his hand said: "Mr. President, I was in that Atlanta +campaign, on the other side, and helped to keep you back, but now the +war is over I'm proud to take your hand." The President showed great +pleasure at this greeting, and held the old soldier's hand several +minutes, the spectators meanwhile cheering lustily. A large number of +ex-Confederates witnessed this incident. + +President Harrison's speech on the occasion was as follows: + + _My Fellow citizens_--It will not be possible for me to speak to you + for more than a moment, and yet I cannot refuse, in justice to my own + feelings, to express my deep appreciation of your cordial reception. + I visit to-day for the first time East Tennessee, but it is a region + in which I have always felt a profound interest and for whose people I + have always entertained a most sincere respect. + + It seems to be true in the history of man that those who are called + to dwell among mountain peaks, in regions where the convulsions + of nature have lifted the rocks toward the sky, have always been + characterized by a personal independence of character, by a devotion + to liberty, and by courage in defence of their rights and their homes. + The legends that cluster about the mountain peaks of Scotland and the + patriotic devotion that makes memorable the passes of Switzerland have + been repeated in the mountains of East Tennessee. + + In those periods of great struggles, when communications were + difficult and often interrupted, the hearts of the people of Indiana + went out to the beleaguered friends of the Union beyond the Cumberland + Gap. I am glad to know that it is no longer difficult to reach you + for succor or for friendly social intercourse, for travel has been + quickened and made easy. Some one mentioned just now that it was only + four hours and a half from Chattanooga to Atlanta. That is not my + recollection [laughter]; I think we spent as many months making that + trip. [Laughter.] + + I am glad to know that now, by the consent of all your people, + without regard to the differences that separated you then, your + highways are open to all of us, without prejudice; that your hearts + are true to the Union and the Constitution, and that the high sense + of public duty which then characterized you still abides among your + people. May your valleys be always full of prosperity, your homes the + abode of affection and love, and of all that makes the American home + the best of all homes and the sure nursery of good citizens. [Cheers.] + + + + +KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE, APRIL 14. + + +On the evening of the first day of the journey Knoxville was reached. +The distinguished travellers were welcomed by a citizens' committee, +composed of William Rule, Chairman; Col. E. J. Sanford, Hon. J. C. +J. Williams, Hon. L. C. Houk, Col. J. Vandeventer, M. L. Ross, John +T. Hearn, Alex. Summers, Wm. M. Baxter, F. A. Moses, John W. Conner, +B. R. Strong, Hon. Peter Kern, Capt. W. P. Chamberlain, Col. J. B. +Minnis, W. H. Simmonds, John L. Hudiburg, Capt. A. J. Albers, Hon. J. W. +Caldwell, and W. P. Smith. After visiting Fort Sanders and viewing the +battle-field by twilight the party returned to the city, where a vast +audience was assembled. + +Col. William A. Henderson introduced the President, who spoke as follows: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--It gives me pleasure to visit this historical + city--a city that has given to the country many men who have been + eminent in its councils and brought to the Nation they served and to + the people who called them into the public service great honor. I am + glad to visit East Tennessee, the scene of that early immigration and + of those early struggles of men who, for vigor of intellect, strength + of heart, and devotion to republican principles, were among the most + conspicuous of the early pioneers of the West and Southwest. + + I am glad to know that that deep devotion to the cause of the + Union which manifested itself in the early contributions of + Tennessee to the armies that went to the defence of the homes of the + Northwest abides still in these valleys and crowns with its glory + and lustre every hill-top of the Alleghanies. You are feeling now a + material development that is interesting and pleasing to all your + fellow-citizens of the States. + + I beg to say to you that whoever supposes that there is anywhere + in the Northern States any jealousy of this great material progress + which the South is making wholly misconceives the friendly heart of + the people of the North. It is my wish, as I am sure it is the wish + of all with whom I associate in political life, that the streams of + prosperity in the South may run bank-full; that in everything that + promotes the prosperity of the State, the security and comfort of the + community, and the happiness of the individual home, your blessings + may be full and unstinted. + + We live in a Government of law. The compact of our organization + is that a majority of our people, taking those methods which are + prescribed by the Constitution and law, shall determine our public + policies and choose our rulers. It is our solemn compact; it cannot + safely be broken. We may safely differ about policies; we may safely + divide upon the question as to what shall be the law; but when the + law is once enacted no community can safely divide on the question of + implicit obedience to the law. + + It is the one rule of conduct for us all. I may not choose as + President what laws I will enforce, and the citizen may not choose + what laws he will obey. Upon this broad principle our institutions + rest. If we save it, all the agitations and tumults of our campaigns, + exciting though they may be, will be harmless to move our Government + from its safe and abiding foundation. + + If we abandon it, all is gone. Therefore, my appeal everywhere is + to hold the law in veneration and reverence. We have no other king; + public officers are your servants; but in the august and majestic + presence of the law we all uncover and bow the knee. + + May every prosperity attend you. May this ground, made memorable by + one of the most gallant assaults and by one of the most successful + defences in the story of the war, never again be stained by + blood; but may our people, in one common love of one flag and one + Constitution, in a common and pervading fealty to the great principles + of our Government, go on to achieve material wealth, and in social + development, in intelligence, in piety, in everything that makes + a nation great and a people happy, secure all the Lord has in His + mind for a Nation that He has so conspicuously blessed. [Great and + prolonged cheering.] + + + + +CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, APRIL 15. + + +Chattanooga was reached Wednesday morning at 8:30 o'clock. The President +was received with marked cordiality and enthusiasm by the several +thousand citizens assembled at the station. At this point the party +was joined by the President's younger brother, Mr. Carter B. Harrison, +and his wife, of Murfreesboro, Tenn. The following prominent citizens +comprised the committee that received the President: Hon. J. B. Merriam, +Mayor of Chattanooga; Hon. H. Clay Evans, Judge David M. Key, H. S. +Chamberlain, D. J. O'Connell, Henophen Wheeler, John Crimmins, Maj. J. +F. Shipp, Col. Tomlinson Fort, John T. Wilder, Adolph S. Ochs, John B. +Nicklin, L. G. Walker, A. J. Gahagan, C. E. James, F. G. Montague, H. M. +Wiltse, John W. Stone, J. B. Pound, E. W. Mattson, and Judge Whiteside. + +The committee escorted the distinguished guests to the summit of +Lookout Mountain. At the Lookout Inn President Harrison pointed out +to his immediate companions the spot where he was encamped for a time +during the war. From the mountain the party was driven about the city, +which was profusely decorated. All the school children in the city stood +in front of their respective schools and waved flags and shouted as the +President and Mrs. Harrison drove by. Assembled around the platform +where the general reception was held were many thousand people. + +Ex-Congressman Evans, amid deafening cheers, introduced the President, +who said: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--I have greatly enjoyed the opportunity of + seeing Chattanooga again. I saw it last as the camp of a great army. + Its only industries were military, its stores were munitions of war, + its pleasant hill-tops were torn with rifle-pits, its civic population + the attendants of an army campaign. I see it to-day a great city, a + prosperous commercial centre. I see these hill-tops, then bristling + with guns, crowned with happy homes; I see these streets, through + which the worn veterans of many campaigns then marched, made glad with + the presence of happy children. Everything is changed. + + The wand of an enchanter has touched these hills, and old Lookout, + that frowned over the valleys from which the plough had been + withdrawn, now looks upon the peaceful industries of country life. + All things are changed, except that the flag that then floated over + Chattanooga floats here still. [Cheers.] It has passed from the hand + of the veterans, who bore it to victory in battle, into the hands + of the children, who lift it as an emblem of peace. [Cheers.] Then + Chattanooga was war's gateway to the South; now it is the gateway of + peace, commerce, and prosperity. [Cheers.] + + There have been two conquests--one with arms, the other with the + gentle influences of peace--and the last is greater than the first. + [Cheers.] The first is only great as it made way for that which + followed; and now, one again in our devotion to the Constitution and + the laws, one again in the determination that the question of the + severance of the federal relations of these States shall never again + be raised, we have started together upon a career of prosperity and + development that has as yet given only the signs of what is to come. + + I congratulate Tennessee, I congratulate this prosperous city, I + congratulate all those who through this gateway give and receive + the interchanges of friendly commerce, that there is being wrought + throughout our country a unification by commerce, a unification by + similarity of institutions and habits, that shall in time erase every + vestige of difference, and shall make us, not only in contemplation of + the law, but in heart and sympathy, one people. [Cheers.] + + I thank you for your cordial greeting to-day, and hope for the + development of the industries of our country and for the settling of + our institutions upon the firm base of a respect for the law. In this + glad springtime, while the gardens are full of blossoms and the fields + give promise of another harvest, and your homes are full of happy + children, let us thank God for what He has wrought for us as a people, + and, each in our place, resolutely maintain the great idea upon which + everything is builded--the rule of the majority, constitutionally + expressed, and the absolute equality of all men before the law. + [Cheers.] + + + + +CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, APRIL 15. + + +The first stop after crossing the Georgia State line was Cartersville, +where a citizens' committee, headed by M. G. Dobbins, W. H. Howard, and +Walter Akerman, received the President, who in response to repeated +calls said: + + _My Friends_--I am very much obliged to you for coming here in this + shower to show your good-will. I can only assure you that I entirely + reciprocate your good feelings. I have had great pleasure to-day in + passing over some parts of the old route that I took once before under + very different and distressing circumstances, to find how easy it is, + when we are all agreed, to travel between Chattanooga and Atlanta. + I am glad to see the evidences of prosperity that abound through + your country, and I wish you in all your relations every human good. + [Cheers.] + + + + +ATLANTA, GEORGIA, APRIL 15. + + "What War has ravaged Commerce can bestow, + And he returns a Friend who came a Foe." + + +The presidential party travelled over the Western and Atlantic route +from Chattanooga to Atlanta, passing through historic battle-grounds +with which the President and other members of his party were once +familiar. General Harrison actively participated in the Atlanta campaign +and held the chief command at the battle of Resaca. It was with keen +interest, therefore, that he viewed this memorable field in company +with Marshal Ransdell, who lost an arm there. Short stops were made +at the battle-fields of Chickamauga, Tunnel Hill, Resaca, Dug Gap, +and Kennesaw. At Marietta the President was met by a committee from +the city government of Atlanta, consisting of Mayor W. A. Hemphill, +Aldermen Hutchison, Woodward, Rice, Shropshire, and Middlebrooks; +Councilmen Murphy, Hendrix, Lambert, Holbrook, Sawtell, King, Turner, +McBride, and City Clerk Woodward. These officials were accompanied by a +special committee of citizens representing the Chamber of Commerce and +the veteran associations, comprising ex-Gov. R. B. Bullock, Gen. J. R. +Lewis, Capt. John Milledge, Julius L. Brown, S. M. Inman, Hon. J. T. +Glenn, and Hon. W. L. Calhoun. + +A vast throng greeted the President's arrival. Gov. William J. Northen +and the other members of the Reception Committee received the party. +Governor Northen said: "I am glad to welcome your excellency to the +State of Georgia. You will find among us a loyal and hospitable people, +and in their name I welcome you to the State." + +Replying, the President said it gave him great pleasure to visit the +Empire State of the South, the wonderful evidences of the prosperity of +which were manifest in the stirring city of Atlanta. + +In the evening the President and his party were tendered a reception +at the Capitol by Governor Northen and Mayor Hemphill, assisted by +Chief-Justice Bleckley, Judge Simmons, Judge Lumpkin, Gen. Phil. Cook, +Comptroller-General Wright, Judge Van Epps, and the following prominent +citizens: E. P. Chamberlin, J. W. Rankin, G. T. Dodd, Judge Hook, R. J. +Lowry, J. W. English, Hoke Smith, Phil. Breitenbucher, J. G. Oglesby, +John Silvey, Capt. Harry Jackson, Jacob Haas, W. L. Peel, B. F. Abbott, +John Fitten, Joe Hirsch, George Hillyer, A. A. Murphy, P. Romare, J. B. +Goodwin, David Wyly, G. H. Tanner, Dr. Henry S. Wilson, J. F. Edwards, +M. A. Hardin, A. J. McBride, John J. Doonan, Hugh Inman, J. H. Mountain, +M. C. Kiser, E. P. Howell, A. E. Buck, Edgar Angier, Col. L. M. Terrell, +S. A. Darnell, John C. Manly, T. B. Neal, Walter Johnson, Major Mims, +W. R. Brown, Col. T. P. Westmoreland, Albert Cox, Clarence Knowles, H. +M. Atkinson, J. C. Kimball, C. A. Collier, Rhode Hill, Howard Van Epps, +W. H. Venable, G. W. Adair, F. T. Ryan, L. P. Thomas, H. F. Starke, W. +A. Wright, Amos Fox, R. L. Rodgers, H. C. Divine, W. M. Scott, A. B. +Carrier, W. B. Miles, T. C. Watson, and L. B. Nelson. + +At the conclusion of the reception the President, accompanied by Mayor +Hemphill, Hon. A. L. Kontz, and Superintendent Slaton, visited the night +school, where the boys gave him an enthusiastic welcome and called for a +speech. + +The President said: + + I am glad to be with you to-night. Having but a few minutes to spare + I would offer a few words of encouragement to you. Most, if not all, + of you are here at night because your circumstances are such that the + day must be given to toil. The day is your earning period. The night + must, therefore, be set apart for study. I am glad to see that so many + find it in your hearts to be here in this school; it is a very hopeful + sign. I think it has in it the promise that you will each become a + useful citizen in this country. Pluck and energy are two essential + elements. A boy wants to be something. With pluck and energy success + is assured. There is a day of hope above every one of you. + + I bid you good cheer and would offer encouragement to every one of + you, and I know every one of you may be useful and honorable citizens + in this community, whose officers have taken the interest to organize + this school for your benefit. I very sincerely and earnestly wish + you God-speed. Stick to your studies and don't neglect to acquire a + needful education, and you may one day occupy the positions of honor + which are held by those to-day in charge of the affairs of your city. + + + + +ATLANTA, APRIL 16. + + +On the morning of the 16th the President's party bade adieu to Atlanta. +More than 10,000 people were present. Mayor Hemphill invited the +President to the rear platform of the train and presented him to the +assemblage. In response to their cheers he said: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--I desire, in parting from you, to give + public expression of my satisfaction and enjoyment in my brief visit + to Atlanta. I saw this city once under circumstances of a very + unfavorable character. I did not think I would like it, although we + were making great efforts to get it. [Laughter.] I am glad after all + these years to see the great prosperity and development that has come + to you. I think I am able to understand some of the influences that + are at the bottom of it, and I am sure that I look into the faces of + a community that, whatever their differences may have been, however + they viewed the question of the war when it was upon us, can have but + one thought as to what was best. We can all say with the Confederate + soldier who carried a gun for what seemed to him to be right, that God + knew better than any of us what was best for the country and for the + world. + + You are thankful for what He has wrought and chiefly for + emancipation. It has opened up to diversified industries these States + that were otherwise exclusively agricultural, and made it possible + for you not only to raise cotton, but to spin and weave it, and has + made Georgia such a State as it could not have been under the old + conditions. I am sure we have many common purposes, and as God shall + give us power to see truth and right, let us do our duty, and, while + exacting all our own rights, let us bravely and generously give every + other man his equal rights before the law. [Cheers.] + + Thanking you for your reception, which has been warm and + hospitable, I go from you very grateful for your kindness and very + full of hope for your future. + + I cannot wish more than that those enterprising land-owners whose + work in grading and laying new additions I saw yesterday will realize + all their hopes. I am very sure if that is done Atlanta will not long + be rated the second city of the South. [Cheers.] + +At the conclusion of the President's address there were many calls for +Mr. Wanamaker. These finally brought the Postmaster-General to the +platform, who said: + + That man is unfortunate who is called on to speak after a President. + But at such a moment as this, parting from people who in a single + night have shown so much kindness and good-fellowship, it is not + difficult to return at least our grateful thanks for your most + generous welcome. Of all objects in your city I have looked with most + interest upon the house where a great light had gone out, and felt + again the common sorrow in the absence of Henry Grady, a man whose + life and influences were larger than Atlanta. The words he spoke and + the principles he stood for cannot be forgotten. If we can but learn + to know each other and understand each other there will be fewer + differences than might be supposed. By more frequent intercourse and a + fairer consideration of each other we should rise to a higher level of + happiness. I wish we had come sooner and could stay longer. [Cheers.] + + + + +TALLAPOOSA, GEORGIA, APRIL 16. + + +The city of Tallapoosa was bedecked with flags and bunting in honor of +the distinguished visitors, and gave the President a cordial reception. +Mayor A. J. Head and the following representative citizens were among +those who greeted the Chief Executive: James H. Rineard, Walker Brock, +U. G. Brock, J. A. Head, R. M. Strickland, J. C. Parker, W. T. King, R. +G. Bently, T. J. Barrett, J. T. Tuggle, R. J. McBride, G. W. Bullard, C. +Tallafario, J. A. Burns, J. R. Knapp, C. W. Fox, M. C. Reeve, M. Munson, +W. W. Summerlin, S. J. Cason, J. H. Davis, S. White, A. Hass, T. L. +Dougherty, G. A. Stickney, N. L. Hutchens, O. F. Sampson, H. Martin, M. +C. Haiston, G. W. Tumlin, and J. C. Murrey. + +Responding to the welcoming cheers the President addressed the assembly +as follows: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--This large assemblage of people from this new + and energetic city is very pleasant, and I thank you for the welcome + that it implies. All of these evidences of extending industry are + extremely pleasing to me as I observe them. They furnish employment to + men; they imply comfortable homes, contented families, a safe social + organization, and are the strength of the Nation. + + I am glad to see that these enterprises that are taking the ores + from the earth and adapting them to the uses of civilization have + not been started here unaccompanied by that more important work--the + work of gathering the children into the schools and instructing them, + that they in their turn may be useful men and women. [Applause.] I am + glad to greet these little ones this morning; it is a cheerful sight. + We are soon to lay down the work of life and the responsibilities of + citizenship, these mothers are soon to quit the ever-recurring and + never-ending work of the home and give it into new hands. + + It is of the utmost consequence that these little ones be trained + in mind and taught the fear of God and a benevolent regard for their + fellow-men, in order that their lives and social relations may be + peaceful and happy. We are citizens of one country, having one flag + and one destiny. We are starting upon a new era of development, and I + hope this development is to keep pace and to be the promoting cause of + a very perfect unification of our people. [Cheers.] + + We have a Government whose principles are very simple and very + popular. The whole theory of our institutions is that, pursuing those + election methods which we have prescribed under the Constitution, + every man shall exercise freely the right that the suffrage law + confides to him, and that the majority, if it has expressed its will, + shall conclude the issue for us all. There is no other foundation. + This was the enduring base upon which the fathers of our country + placed our institutions. Let us always keep them there. Let us press + the debate in our campaigns as to what the law should be; but let us + keep faith and submit with the reverence and respect which are due to + the law when once lawfully enacted. [Applause.] + + The development which is coming to you in these regions of the + South is marvellous. In ten years you increased your production of + iron about 300 per cent.--nearly a million and a quarter of tons--and + you have only begun to open these mines and to put these ores to the + process of reduction. Now, I want to leave this thought with you: In + the old plantations of the South you got everything from somewhere + else; why not make it all yourselves? [Cheers.] + + + + +ANNISTON, ALABAMA, APRIL 16. + + +Many thousands greeted the President on his arrival at Anniston. The +Reception Committee consisted of Mayor James Noble, J. W. Lapsley, H. W. +Bailey, T. G. Garrett, B. F. Cassady, John J. Mickle, C. H. Camfield, J. +J. Willett, J. C. Sproull, R. H. Cobb, I. Finch, and Alex. S. Thweatt. +The committee appointed by the Alabama State Sunday-School Association, +then in session, was: Joseph Hardie, Geo. B. Eager, P. P. Winn, M. +J. Greene, and C. W. O'Hare. On the part of the colored citizens the +Committee of Reception was: Rev. W. H. McAlpine, Wm. J. Stevens, S. E. +Moses, Rev. J. F. Fitspatrick, and Rev. Jas. W. Brown. Daniel Tyler +Post, G. A. R., H. Rosenbaum, Commander, G. B. Randolph acting Adjutant, +also participated. The Hon. John M. McKleroy delivered the address of +welcome, followed by Wm. J. Stevens in behalf of the colored people. + +President Harrison responded as follows: + + _Fellow-citizens_--I very much regret that I am able to make so + little return to you for this cordial manifestation of your respect + and friendship; and yet, even in these few moments which I am able to + spend with you, I hope I shall gather and possibly be able to impart + some impulse that may be mutually beneficial. I am glad to see with + the eye that of which I have kept informed--the great development + which is taking place in the mineral regions of the Southern States. + + I remember, as a boy, resident upon one of the great tributaries + of the Mississippi, how the agricultural products of those States, + the corn and provisions raised upon the fertile acres of the Ohio and + Mississippi valleys, were marketed in the South. The old broad-horn + took its way down the Mississippi, stopping at the plantations to + sell the provisions upon which the people of the South were largely + sustained. The South was then essentially a plantation region, + producing one or two great staples that found a ready market in the + world, but dependent for its implements of industry and domestic + utensils upon the States of the North Mississippi Valley. + + I am glad all this is changed, that you are realizing the benefits + of diversified agriculture, and that the production upon your farms of + the staples which you once bought elsewhere is largely increasing; and + I am glad that to diversified agriculture you have also added these + great mechanical pursuits which have brought into your communities + artisans and laborers who take from the adjacent farms the surplus of + your fertile lands. [Cheers.] There has been received in the South + since the war not less than $8,000,000,000 for cotton, and while I + rejoice in that, I am glad to know that in this generous region there + are near 100,000 acres devoted to raising watermelons. [Laughter.] + + No farmer, certainly no planter in the old time, would have + consented to sell watermelons. You are learning that things which were + small and despised have come to be great elements in your commerce. + Now your railroads make special provision for the transportation of a + crop which brings large wealth to your people. + + I mention this as a good illustration of the changing conditions + into which you are entering. You are realizing the benefits of home + markets for what you produce, and I am sure you will unite with me + in those efforts which we ought to make, not only to fill our own + markets with all that this great Nation of 65,000,000 needs, but to + reach out to other markets and enter into competition with the world + for them. [Cheers.] This we shall do, and with all this mechanical + and commercial development we shall realize largely that condition of + unification of heart and interest to which those who have spoken for + you have so eloquently alluded. [Cheers.] + + And now, wishing that the expectations of all who are interested in + this stirring young city may be realized, that all your industries + may be active and profitable, I add the wish that those gentler and + kindlier agencies of the school and church, of a friendly social life, + may always pervade and abide with you as a community. [Cheers.] + + + + +BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, APRIL 16. + + +Large delegations came from Mobile, Selma, Montgomery, Sheffield, and +other points in Alabama, to participate in the grand ovation tendered +President Harrison and his party at Birmingham on April 16. Gov. +Thomas G. Jones and the following members of his staff welcomed the +presidential party at Henryellen: Adjt.-Gen. Charles B. Jones, Col. F. +L. Pettus, Col. Eugene Stollenwerck, Col. M. P. Le Grand, Col. W. W. +Quarles, Col. B. L. Holt, Lieut. James B. Erwin, and J. K. Jackson, +Secretary to the Governor. The Governor's party was accompanied by five +members from the Citizens' Committee: Col. E. T. Taliaferro, Rufus N. +Rhodes, J. W. Hughes, R. L. Houston, and C. A. Johnston. + +On arrival at Birmingham, in the afternoon, the President was greeted by +an enormous gathering and formally welcomed by Mayor A. O. Lane at the +head of the following distinguished committee: H. M. Caldwell, Joseph +F. Johnston, B. L. Hibbard, William Youngblood, W. J. Cameron, J. A. +Van Hoose, R. H. Pearson, E. H. Barron, M. M. Williams, J. O. Wright, +James Weatherly, Chappell Cory, Louis Saks, D. D. Smith, J. P. Mudd, +Charles M. Shelley, Paul Giacopazzi, James A. Going, Joe Frank, T. H. +Spencer, P. G. Bowman, J. M. Martin, G. W. Hewitt, T. T. Hillman, E. +Soloman, F. P. O'Brien, Lewis M. Parsons, Robert Jemison, John McQueen, +Geo. L. Morris, B. Steiner, Mack Sloss, J. A. Yeates, J. M. Handley, +Fergus W. McCarthy, E. V. Gregory, F. H. Armstrong, Geo. M. Morrow, +Thomas Seddon, E. W. Rucker, W. H. Graves, Gus Shillinger, M. T. Porter, +Edwin C. Campbell, Eugene F. Enslen, R. L. Thornton, Charles Whelan, +W. S. Brown, John M. Cartin, Wm. M. Bethea, I. R. Hochstadter, John W. +Johnston, Wm. Vaughn, Jas. E. Webb, and Robert Warnock. George A. Custer +Post, G. A. R., commanded by Ass't Adjt.-Gen. W. J. Pender, escorted +the President on the march through the city. The following officers +participated: W. H. Hunter, Department Commander; F. G. Sheppard, Past +Department Commander; William Snyder, Commander; A. A. Tyler, Senior +Vice-Commander; Henry Asa N. Ballard, Surgeon; Edward Birchenough, +Assistant Quartermaster-General; A. W. Fulghum, Past Commander; and John +Mackenzie, Officer of the Day. + +Both the Governor and the Mayor delivered eloquent addresses of welcome, +to which President Harrison responded as follows: + + _Governor Jones, Mr. Mayor, and Fellow-citizens_--The noise of + your industries will not stay itself, I fear, sufficiently to enable + me to make myself heard by many in this immense throng that has + gathered to welcome us. I judge from what we have seen as we neared + your station that we have here at Birmingham the largest and most + enthusiastic concourse of people that has met us since we left the + national capital. [Great and prolonged cheering.] For all this I am + deeply grateful. The rapidity with which we must pursue this journey + will not allow us to look with any detail into the great enterprises + which cluster about your city; but if we shall only have opportunity + to see for a moment these friendly faces and listen to these friendly + words, we shall carry away that which will be invaluable, and, I + trust, by the friendly exchange of greetings, may leave something + to you that is worth cherishing. [Great cheering.] I have read of + the marvellous development which, in the last few years, has been + stirring the solitude of these southern mountains, and I remember that + not many years after the war, when I had resumed my law practice at + Indianapolis, I was visited by a gentleman, known, I expect, to all of + you, upon some professional business. He came to pursue a collection + claim against a citizen of Indiana; but he seemed to be more + interested in talking about Birmingham than anything else. [Laughter + and cheers.] That man was Colonel Powell, one of the early promoters + of your city. [Cheers.] I listened to his story of the marvellous + wealth of iron and coal that was stored in this region; of their + nearness to each other, and to the limestone necessary for smelting; + to his calculations as to the cheapness with which iron could be + produced here, and his glowing story of the great city that was to be + reared, with a good deal of incredulity. I thought he was a visionary; + but I have regretted ever since that I did not ask him to pay me my + fee in town lots in Birmingham. [Laughter and cheers.] + + My countrymen, we thought the war a great calamity, and so it was. + The destruction of life and of property was sad beyond expression; + and yet we can see now that God led us through that Red Sea to a + development in material prosperity and to a fraternity that was + not otherwise possible. [Cheers.] The industries that have called + to your midst so many toiling men are always and everywhere the + concomitants of freedom. Out of all this freedom from the incubus + of slavery the South has found a new industrial birth. Once almost + wholly agricultural, you are now not the less fruitful in crops, but + you have added all this. [Cheers.] You have increased your production + of cotton, and have added an increase in ten years of nearly 300 per + cent. in the production of iron. You have produced three-fourths + of the cotton crop of the world, and it has brought you since the + war about $8,000,000,000 of money to enrich your people. But as + yet you are spinning in the South only 8 per cent, of it. Why not, + with the help we will give you in New England and the North, spin + it all? [Cheers.] Why not establish here cotton mills that shall + send, not the crude agricultural product to other markets, but the + manufactured product? [Cheers.] Why not, while supplying 65,000,000 + of people, reach out and take a part we have not had in the commerce + of the world? [Cheers.] I believe we are to see now a renaissance + in American prosperity and in the up-building again of our American + merchant marine. [Cheers.] I believe that these Southern ports that so + favorably look out with invitations to the States of Central and South + America shall yet see our fleets carrying the American flag and the + products of Alabama to the markets of South America. [Great cheering.] + + In all this we are united; we may differ as to method, but if + you will permit me I will give an illustration to show how we have + been dealing with this shipping question. I can remember when no + wholesale merchant ever sent a drummer into the field. He said to his + customers, "Come to my store and buy;" but competition increased and + the enterprising merchant started out men to seek customers; and so + his fellow-merchant was put to the choice to put travelling men into + the field or to go out of business. It seems to me, whatever we may + think of the policy of aiding our steamship lines, that since every + other great nation does it, we must do it or stay out of business, + for we have pretty much gone out. [Cheers.] I am glad to reciprocate + with the very fulness of my heart every fraternal expression that has + fallen from the lips of these gentlemen who have addressed me in your + behalf. [Cheers.] I have not been saved from mistakes; probably I + shall not be. I am sure of but one thing--I can declare that I have + simply at heart the glory of the American Nation and the good of all + its people. [Great and prolonged cheering.] I thank these companies + of the State militia, one of whom I recognize as having done me the + honor to attend the inaugural ceremony, for their presence. They are + deserving, sir [to the Governor], of your encouragement and that of + the State of Alabama. They are the reserve army of the United States. + It is our policy not to have a large regular army, but to have a + trained militia that, in any exigency, will step to the defence of the + country; and if that exigency shall ever arise--which God forbid--I + know that you would respond as quickly and readily as any other State. + [Cheers.] [The Governor: "You will find all Alabama at your back, + sir!"] [Continued cheering.] + + I am glad to know that in addition to all this business you are + doing you are also attending to education and to those things that + conduce to social order. The American home is the one thing we cannot + afford to lose out of the American life. [Cheers.] As long as we have + pure homes and God-fearing, order-loving fathers and mothers to rear + the children that are given to them, and to make these homes the + abodes of order, cleanliness, piety, and intelligence, the American + society and the American Union are safe [Great cheering.] + +After the parade the President's party, the Governor and staff, and the +citizens' Reception Committee sat down to luncheon. On the right of +the President was Mrs. Jones, wife of the Governor; on his left, Mrs. +Lane, wife of the Mayor. Mr. Rufus N. Rhodes proposed the health of the +President of the United States, to which General Harrison responded +briefly, saying: + + We have seen something of the marvellous material growth of + Birmingham, and seen evidence of the great richness of your "black + diamonds" and your iron, and now we see something of your home life. + The many beautiful women whom we have had the happiness to meet, and + some of whom are now with us, are the angels of your homes, and right + glad we are to be favored by their presence. After all, it is their + homes which make a people great. We are glad to be here; for, really, + you overwhelm us with kindness. [Long-continued applause.] + + + + +MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, APRIL 17. + + +The presidential party arrived at Memphis early on the morning of the +17th and were greeted by 10,000 people. The committee for the reception +and entertainment of President Harrison and his guests comprised the +following prominent citizens: Lucas W. Clapp, president of the taxing +district of Memphis, Chairman; H. M. Neely, M. Cooper, J. P. Jordan, +B. M. Stratton, R. C. Graves, D. P. Hadden, R. P. Patterson, Wm. M. +Randolph, John K. Speed, John R. Godwin, Sam Tate, Jr., N. W. Speers, +Jr., Josiah Patterson, W. J. Crawford, Martin Kelly, John Loague, J. +M. Keating, J. Harvey Mathes, A. B. Pickett, W. J. Smith, Emerson +Etheridge, T. J. Lathan, A. D. Gwynne, R. D. Frayser, J. T. Fargason, +Samuel W. Hawkins, T. J. Graham, B. M. Estes, S. R. Montgomery, W. A. +Collier, A. C. Treadwell, F. M. Norfleet, Alfred G. Tuther, W. D. Beard, +S. H. Haines, R. J. Morgan, Louis Erb, Dr. J. P. Alban, W. A. Gage, +J. N. Snowden, John T. Moss, Thomas F. Tobin, J. S. Robinson, James +Ralston, L. B. Eaton, John W. Dillard, J. M. Semmes, M. T. Williamson, +Andrew J. Harris, R. S. Capers, L. H. Estes, J. J. DuBose, J. B. Clough, +J. E. Bigelow, George Arnold, T. B. Edgington, Luke E. Wright, D. T. +Porter, J. T. Pettit, Napoleon Hill, E. S. Hammond, Wm. R. Moore, G. C. +Matthews, Colton Greene, Isham G. Harris, J. A. Taylor, P. M. Winters, +Holmes Cummins, E. Lowenstein, J. S. Menken, A. Vaccaro, N. M. Jones, +R. B. Snowden, W. M. Farrington, Barney Hughes, J. H. Smith, Noland +Fontaine, J. H. Martin, J. C. Neely, Robert Gates, James W. Brown, G. +E. Dunbar, J. W. Falls, S. C. Toof, W. H. Carroll, S. P. Read, H. G. +Harrington, H. F. Dix, J. S. Galloway, T. W. Brown, H. J. Lynn, J. W. +Person, H. B. Cullen, S. W. Green, P. J. Quigley, T. J. Brogan, M. C. +Gallaway, W. E. McGuire, Ralph Davis, J. J. Williams, T. A. Hamilton, +E. B. McHenry, George B. Peters, John L. Norton, W. H. Bates, M. T. +Garvin, S. H. Dunscomb, F. H. White, and R. D. Jordan. + +The following military committee also assisted: Gen. S. F. Carnes, +Chairman; Col. Kellar Anderson, Col. Hugh Pettit, Maj. J. F. Peters, +Col. W. F. Taylor, Col. L. W. Finley, Gen. A. J. Vaughn, Gen. G. W. +Gordon, and Gen. R. F. Patterson. + +Chairman Clapp made the address of welcome. President Harrison responded +as follows: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--The name of the city of Memphis was familiar + to me in my early boyhood. Born and reared upon one of the tributaries + of the great river upon which your city is located, these river marts + of commerce were the familiar trading-posts of the farmers of the Ohio + Valley. I well remember when, on the shores of father's farm, the old + "broad-horn" was loaded from the hay-press and the corn-crib to market + with the plantations along the Lower Mississippi. I remember to have + heard from him and the neighbors who constituted the crew of those + pioneer craft of river navigation of the perils of these great waters; + of the snags and caving banks of the Lower Mississippi. In those times + these States were largely supplied with grain and forage from the + Northwestern States. Here you were giving your attention to one or two + great staple products, for which you found a large foreign market. I + congratulate you that the progress of events has made you not less + agricultural, but has diversified your agriculture so that you are not + now wholly dependent upon these great staples for the income of your + farms. + + The benefits of this diversification are very great and the change + symbolizes more than we at first realize. This change means that we + are now coming to understand that meanness cannot be predicated of + any honest industry. I rejoice that you are adding to diversified + agriculture diversified manufacturing pursuits; that you are turning + your thought to compressing and spinning cotton as well as raising it. + I know no reason why these cotton States, that produce 75 per cent. of + the cotton of the world, should not spin the greater portion of it. I + know no reason why they should export it as raw material, rather than + as a manufactured product, holding in their midst the profits of this + transformation of the raw material to the finished product. [Applause.] + + I hope it may be so. I see evidence that the people are turning + their attention to new industries, and are bringing into the midst of + these farming communities a large population of artisans and laborers + to consume at your own doors the product of your farms. I am glad that + a liberal Government is making this great waterway to the sea safe and + capable of an uninterrupted use. I am glad that it is here making the + shores of your own city convenient and safe, and that it is opening, + north and south, an uninterrupted and cheap transportation for the + products of these lands that lie along this great system of rivers. I + am glad that it is bringing you in contact with ports of the Gulf that + look out with near and inviting aspect toward a great trade in South + America that we shall soon possess. I am glad to believe that these + great river towns will speedily exchange their burdens with American + ships at the mouth of the Mississippi to be transported to foreign + ports under the flag of our country. [Great cheering.] + + This Government of ours is a compact of the people to be governed by + a majority, expressing itself by lawful methods. [Cheers.] Everything + in this country is to be brought to the measure of the law. I propose + no other rule, either as an individual or as a public officer. I + cannot in any degree let down this rule [cries of "No!" and cheers] + without violating my official duty. There must be no other supremacy + than that of lawful majorities. We must all come at last to this + conclusion--that the supremacy of the law is the one supremacy in this + country of ours. [Cheers.] + + Now, my fellow citizens, I thank you for this warm and magnificent + demonstration of your respect, accepting cordially the expression of + the chief of your city Government that you are a sincere, earnest, + patriotic, devoted people. I beg to leave with you the suggestion that + each in his place shall do what he can to maintain social order and + public peace; that the lines here and everywhere shall be between the + well-disposed and the ill-disposed. + + The effort of speech to this immense throng is too great for me. + I beg to assure you that I carry from the great war no sentiment of + ill-will to any. [Cheers.] I am glad that the Confederate soldier, + confessing that defeat which has brought him blessings that would + have been impossible otherwise, has been taken again into full + participation in the administration of the Government; that no + penalties, limitations, or other inflictions rest upon him. I have + taken and can always take the hand of a brave Confederate soldier with + confidence and respect. [Great cheering.] + + I would put him under one yoke only, and that is the yoke that the + victors in that struggle bore when they went home and laid off their + uniforms--the yoke of the law and the obligation always to obey it. + [Cheers.] Upon that platform, without distinction between the victors + and the vanquished, we enter together upon possibilities as a people + that we cannot overestimate. I believe the Nation is lifting itself + to a new life; that this flag shall float on unfamiliar seas, and + that this coming prosperity will be equally shared by all our people. + [Prolonged cheering.] + + + + +LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, APRIL 17. + + +As the presidential party crossed the Mississippi they were met on the +Arkansas shore by Gov. James P. Eagle and wife, Judge John A. Williams, +Mayor H. L. Fletcher, James Mitchell, Col. Logan H. Roots, Mrs. Judge +Caldwell, Mrs. C. C. Waters, Mrs. Wm. G. Whipple, Mrs. W. C. Ratcliffe, +Miss Jean Loughborough, and Miss Fannie Mitchell. Arriving at Little +Rock, late in the afternoon, the President was welcomed by Hon. Josiah +H. Shinn, R. A. Edgerton, Chas. C. Waters, B. D. Caldwell, W. A. Clark, +H. F. Roberts, T. H. Jones, and the other members of the Committee of +Reception. McPherson and Ord posts, G. A. R., in charge of Marshal +O. M. Spellman, Lee Clough, and C. Altenberg, acted as escort to the +President, accompanied by the McCarthy Light Guards. The parade was in +charge of Grand Marshal Zeb Ward, Jr., assisted by Col. W. T. Kelley, +Horace G. Allis, and Oscar Davis. The Lincoln Club, commanded by P. +Raleigh and P. C. Dooley, participated in the reception. At the State +House Governor Eagle formally welcomed the distinguished travellers. + +President Harrison replied: + + _Governor Eagle and Fellow-citizens_--No voice is large enough + to compass this immense throng. But my heart is large enough to + receive all the gladness and joy of your great welcome here to-day. + [Applause.] I thank you one and all for your presence, for the kind + words of greeting which have been spoken by your Governor, and for + these kind faces turned to me. In all this I see a great fraternity; + in all this I feel new impulses to a better discharge of every public + and every private duty. I cannot but feel that in consequence of this + brief contact with you to-day I shall carry away a better knowledge + of your State, its resources, its capabilities, and of the generous + warm-heartedness of its people. We have a country whose greatness this + meeting evidences, for there are here assembled masses of independent + men. The commonwealth rests upon the free suffrage of its citizens + and their devotion to the Constitution, and the flag is the bulwark + of its life. [Cheers.] We have agreed, I am sure, that we will do no + more fighting among ourselves. [Cries of "Good! good!" and cheers.] + I may say to you confidentially that Senator Jones and I agreed + several years ago, after observing together the rifle practice at Fort + Snelling, that shooting had been reduced to such accuracy that war was + too dangerous for either of us to engage in it. [Laughter and cheers.] + But, my friends, I cannot prolong this talk. Once already to-day + in the dampness of this atmosphere I have attempted to speak, and + therefore you will allow me to conclude by wishing for your State, for + its Governor and all its public officers, for all its citizens without + exception, high or humble, the blessing of social order, peace, and + prosperity--the fruits of intelligence and piety. [Great cheering.] + + + + +TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS, APRIL 17. + + +Notwithstanding it was nearly midnight when the presidential train +reached Texarkana, about 2,000 citizens were present. Foremost in the +movement to give a fitting reception to the President were: George H. +Langsdale, Robert Langsdale, Richard Brunazzi, and Edward Donnelly. +Among other well-known citizens present were Lyman S. Roach, Commander +of Dick Yates Post, G. A. R.; Ira A. Church, J. A. Mifflin, Wm. +Rhinders, W. F. Loren, W. W. Shaw, Fred A. Church, J. P. Ashcraft, Wm. +H. Bush, A. B. Matson, W. W. De Prato, T. P. McCalla, J. W. Hatcher, +John McKenna, Peter Gable, John Mayher, Martin Foster, J. K. Langsdale, +and F. L. Schuster. + +The President spoke briefly and said: + + Having had notice of your request that we stop here for a few + moments, I have remained up in order to thank you for your expressed + interest and for this very large and cordial demonstration. I have + spoken several times during the day, and am sure you will excuse + me from attempting now, at midnight, to make a speech. I hope that + prosperity is here and that it may abide with you. Thanking you again, + I bid you good-night. + + + + +PALESTINE, TEXAS, APRIL 18. + + +The first stop in the Lone Star State was at Palestine, where the +President received a royal welcome, the population of the city turning +out to do him honor. His excellency Gov. James S. Hogg cordially +greeted the President at this point. Hon. John H. Reagan, Hon. Geo. A. +Wright, Mayor of Palestine, and the City Council in a body, constituted +the Committee of Reception, together with the following prominent +residents: Capt. T. T. Gammage, A. H. Bailey, Geo. E. Dilley, N. R. +Royall, W. C. Kendall, A. Teah, J. R. Hearne, J. W. Ozment, P. W. Ezell, +O. B. Sawyers, G. W. Burkitt, W. M. Lacy, Henry Ash, A. C. Green, +A. R. Howard, A. L. Bowers, D. W. Heath, Wm. Broyles, John J. Word, +E. R. Kersh, R. J. Wallace, J. M. Fullinwider, Rev. E. F. Fales and +Mrs. Fales, who welcomed her distinguished brother Postmaster-General +Wanamaker. + +Governor Hogg made the formal address of welcome, to which the President +responded as follows: + + _Governor Hogg and Fellow-citizens_--It gives me pleasure to come + this fresh morning into this great State--a kingdom without a king, + an empire without an emperor, a State gigantic in proportions and + matchless in resources, with diversified industries and infinite + capacities to sustain a tremendous population and to bring to every + home where industry abides prosperity and comfort. Such homes, I am + sure, are represented here this morning--the American home, where the + father abides in the respect and the mother in the deep love of the + children that sit about the fireside; where all that makes us good + is taught and the first rudiments of obedience to law, of orderly + relations one to another, are put into the young minds. Out of this + comes social order; on this rests the security of our country. + The home is the training-school for American citizenship. There we + learn to defer to others; selfishness is suppressed by the needs of + those about us. There self-sacrifice, love, and willingness to give + ourselves for others are born. + + I thank you that so many of you have come here this morning from + such homes, and all of us are thankful together that peace rests upon + our whole country. All of us have pledged ourselves that no sectional + strife shall ever divide us, and that while abiding in peace with all + the world we are, against all aggression, one mighty, united people. + [Cheers.] + + I desire to assure you, my countrymen, that in my heart I make no + distinction between our people anywhere. [Cheers.] I have a deep + desire that everywhere in all our States there shall be that profound + respect for the will of the majority, expressed by our voters, that + shall bring constant peace into all our communities. It is very kind + of you to come here this morning before breakfast. Perhaps you are + initiating me into the Texas habit--is it so?--of taking something + before breakfast. [Laughter and cheers.] This exhilarating draught of + good-will you have given me this morning will not, I am sure, disturb + either my digestion or comfort during this day. [Cheers.] + + + + +HOUSTON, TEXAS, APRIL 18. + + +The presidential party reached Houston at noon on April 18 and were +greeted by an enthusiastic assemblage estimated at 20,000. The welcoming +committee, headed by Mayor Scherffius, comprised the following-named +prominent citizens: Hon. Charles Stewart, Geo. A. Race, J. W. Temby, +Maj. R. B. Baer, A. K. Taylor, Col. John T. Brady, W. D. Cleveland, +D. C. Smith, C. Lombardi, Dr. E. F. Schmidt, Capt. J. C. Hutcheson, +T. W. House, S. K. Dick, W. B. Chew, James F. Dumble, R. B. Morris, +James A. Patton, Jr., A. P. Root, W. V. R. Watson, G. W. Kidd, G. +C. Felton, H. W. Garrow, Geo. E. Dickey, F. Halff, John F. Dickson, +E. W. Cave, Charles Dillingham, A. C. Herndon, J. W. Jones, D. M. +Angle, Geo. L. Porter, Rufus Cage, F. A. Rice, Dr. D. F. Stuart, and +President Mitchell, of the Commercial Club. Many prominent ladies of +the city participated in receiving and entertaining the ladies in the +presidential party. + +Congressman Stewart introduced the President, who spoke as follows: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--Your faces all respond to the words of welcome + which have been spoken in your behalf. We have been not only pleased + but touched by the delicate and kindly expressions of regard which we + have received since entering the State of Texas. I remained up last + night until after midnight that I might not unconsciously pass into + this great State, and I was called very early from my bed this morning + to receive a draught of welcome, before I had breakfasted, from + another Texas audience. You have a State whose greatness I think you + have discovered. + + A stranger can hardly hope to point out to you that which you + have not already known. Perhaps Virginia and Kentucky have been + heard to say more about their respective States than Texas; but I + think their voices are likely soon to be drowned by the enthusiastic + and affectionate claims which you will present to the country for + your great commonwealth. [Cheers.] You have the resources in some + measure--in a great measure--of all the States gathered within your + borders; a soil adapted to the production of all the cereals and + grasses; and to this you add cotton, sugar, and tobacco. You are very + rightly diversifying your crops, because the history of intelligent + farming shows that as the crops are diversified the people prosper. + + All is not staked upon the success of a single crop. You do well, + therefore, to raise cotton, sugar, and tobacco, and I am glad you are + not neglecting cattle, sheep, hogs, corn, and all the cereals. We + have been trying to do what we could from Washington to make for you + a larger and better market for your enormous meat products. [Cheers.] + We have felt that the restrictions imposed by some of the European + governments could not be fairly justified upon the ground stated by + them. Already the Secretary of Agriculture--himself a farmer, who has + with his own hands wrought in all the work of the farm--has succeeded + in procuring the removal of some of these injurious restrictions, + and has announced to the country that exportation of cattle has + increased 100 per cent. in the last year. [Cheers.] I beg to assure + you that these interests will have the most careful attention from + the Government at Washington and from our representatives at foreign + courts. It is believed that we have now by legislation a system of + sanitary inspection of our meat products that, when once put in + operation and examined by the European governments, will remove the + last excuse for the exclusion of our meats from those foreign states. + + Our time is so limited that I can scarcely say more than "thank + you." We cannot at all repay you for this demonstration of welcome, + but let me say that in all your prosperity I shall rejoice. I do + desire that all our legislation and all our institutions and the + combined energies of all our people shall work together for the common + good of all our States and all our population. [Great cheering.] You + have great resources of a material sort, and yet above all this I + rejoice that the timely forethought of your public men has provided an + unexampled school fund for the education of the children. + + These things that partake of the life that is spiritual are better + after all than the material. Indeed, there can be no true prosperity + in any State or community where they are not thoughtfully fostered. + Good social order, respect for the law, regard for other men's rights, + orderly, peaceful administration are the essential things in any + community. [Cheers.] + + + + +GALVESTON, TEXAS, APRIL 18. + + +The President and his party, accompanied by Governor Hogg, arrived at +Galveston on the afternoon of Saturday, April 18, and were tendered +an ovation by the hospitable residents of the Island City. The +distinguished travellers were met at Houston by a committee of escort +consisting of Chairman Leo N. Levi, George Sealy, Julius Runge, R. B. +Hawley, W. F. Ladd, Col. R. G. Lowe, Maj. C. J. Allen, Aldermen C. M. +Mason and T. W. Jackson, D. D. Bryan, J. W. Burson, Mrs. R. L. Fulton, +Mrs. R. B. Hawley, Mrs. Aaron Blum, Mrs. W. F. Ladd, and Mrs. C. J. +Allen. + +On arriving in the city the President was welcomed by the other members +of the Reception Committee, headed by Mayor Roger L. Fulton, the Board +of Aldermen, and the following prominent citizens: Leon Blum, R. S. +Willis, J. C. League, H. A. Landes, J. E. Wallis, Col. J. S. Rogers, P. +J. Willis, Robert Bornefeld, C. C. Sweeney, M. F. Mott, Albert Weis, M. +Lasker, J. Z. Miller, Fen Cannon, Col. John D. Rogers, J. N. Sawyer, W. +H. Sinclair, Joseph Cuney, Geo. Seeligson, Julius Weber, J. D. Skinner, +Thos. H. Sweeney, James Montgomery, F. L. Dana, James Moore, W. F. +Beers, J. H. Hutchings, Wm. H. Masters, M. W. Shaw, W. B. Denson, H. +B. Cullum, C. H. Rickert, W. B. Lockhart, U. Muller, F. Lammers, H. F. +Sproule, Judge C. L. Cleveland, Judge Wm. H. Stewart, R. T. Wheeler, N. +W. Cuney, Thomas W. Cain, Samuel Penland, R. G. Street, J. Lobit, D. +M. Erlich, C. M. Trueheart, L. Fellman, C. R. Reifel, Charles Vidor, +George Butler, W. Vowrinckle, Joe Owens, C. E. Angel, Rev. S. M. Bird, +Dr. A. W. Fly, Dr. J. T. Y. Paine, Dr. H. P. Cooke, J. R. Gibson, Howard +Carnes, Charles Maddox, Bishop Gallagher, Rev. A. T. Spaulding, A. B. +Tuller, Dr. J. D. Daviss, Rev. J. E. Edwards, A. B. Homer, Rev. Joseph +B. Sears, J. Singer, R. C. Johnson, J. W. Riddell, B. Tiernan, T. A. +Gary, John Focke, Joseph Scott, W. E. McDonald, Geo. Schneider, F. O. +Becker, Thomas Goggan, J. D. Sherwood, O. H. Cooper, E. O'C. MacInerney, +Thos. S. King, Robert Day, Daniel Buckley, J. J. Hanna, F. W. Fickett, +Wm. Selkirk, and J. A. Robertson. + +Immediately following their arrival the presidential party, escorted by +Hon. Wm. H. Crain, Mr. Leon Blum, and other members of the Reception +Committee, enjoyed a trip about the harbor aboard one of the Mallory +line steamships, enabling them to view the extensive Government works +for deepening the channel at the entrance to the harbor. This excursion +was followed by a ride across the island amid a shower of flowers. + +The parade was participated in by all the military and industrial +organizations of the city; also by the Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, +and other orders, and was a most imposing demonstration. The G. A. R. +veterans acted as a guard of honor to the President on the march, and +the day was just closing when the column arrived at the Beach Hotel, +on the very shore of the Gulf of Mexico, where the formal address of +welcome was ably delivered by Gen. T. N. Waul. + +President Harrison's response was the longest speech of his trip, and +attracted wide-spread and favorable comment. He said: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--We close to-night a whole week of travel, a + whole week of hand-shaking, a whole week of talking. I have before me + 10,000 miles of hand-shaking and speaking, and I am not, by reason of + what this week has brought me, in voice to contend with the fine but + rather strong Gulf breeze which pours in upon us to-night; and yet it + comes to me laden with the fragrance of your welcome. [Cheers.] It + comes with the softness, refreshment, and grace which have accompanied + all my intercourse with the people of Texas. [Great cheering.] + + The magnificent and cordial demonstration which you have made in our + honor to-day will always remain a bright and pleasant picture in my + memory. [Great cheers.] I am glad to have been able to rest my eyes + upon the city of Galveston. I am glad to have been able to traverse + this harbor and to look upon that work which a liberal and united + Government has inaugurated for your benefit and for the benefit of + the Northwest. [Great and prolonged cheers.] I have always believed + that it was one of the undisputed functions of the general Government + to make these great waterways which penetrate our country and these + harbors into which our shipping must come to receive the tribute of + rail and river safe and easy of access. + + This ministering care should extend to our whole country, and I + am glad that, adopting a policy with reference to the harbor work, + here at least, which I insisted upon in a public message [great and + prolonged cheering], the appropriation has been made adequate to a + diligent and prompt completion of the work. [Great cheering.] In + the past the Government has undertaken too many things at once, and + its annual appropriations have been so inadequate that the work of + the engineers was much retarded and often seriously damaged in the + interval of waiting for fresh appropriations. + + It is a better policy, when a work has once been determined to be of + national significance, that the appropriation should be sufficient to + bring it speedily and without loss to a conclusion. [Great cheering.] + I am glad that the scheme of the engineer for giving deep water to + Galveston is thus to be prosecuted. + + I have said some of our South Atlantic and Gulf ports occupy a most + favorable position for the new commerce toward which we are reaching + out our hands, and which is reaching out its hands to us. [Great + cheering.] I am an economist in the sense that I would not waste + one dollar of public money, but I am not an economist in the sense + that I would leave incomplete or suffer to lag any great work highly + promotive of the true interests of our people. [Great cheering.] + + We are great enough and rich enough to reach forward to grander + conceptions than have entered the minds of some of our statesmen in + the past. If you are content, I am not, that the nations of Europe + shall absorb nearly the entire commerce of these near sister republics + that lie south of us. It is naturally in large measure ours--ours by + neighborhood, ours by nearness of access, ours by that sympathy that + binds a hemisphere without a king. [Cheers.] + + The inauguration of the Three Americas Congress, or more properly + the American Conference, the happy conduct of that meeting, the + wise and comprehensive measures which were suggested by it, with + the fraternal and kindly spirit that was manifested by our southern + neighbors, has stimulated a desire in them and in our people for a + larger intercourse of commerce and of friendship. The provisions of + the bill passed at the last session looking to a reciprocity of trade + not only met with my official approval when I signed the bill, but + with my zealous promotion before the bill was reported. [Great and + prolonged cheering.] + + Its provision concerning reciprocity is that we have placed upon our + free list sugar, tea, coffee and hides, and have said to those nations + from whom we receive these great staples: Give us free access to your + ports for an equivalent amount of our produce in exchange, or we will + reimpose duties upon the articles named. The law leaves it wholly to + the Executive to negotiate these arrangements. It does not need that + they shall take the form of a treaty. + + They need not be submitted for the concurrence of the Senate. It + only needs that we, having made our offer, shall receive their offer + in return; and when they shall have made up an acceptable schedule of + articles produced by us that shall have free access to their ports, + a proclamation by the President closes the whole business. [Cheers.] + Already one treaty with that youngest of the South American republics, + the great republic of Brazil, has been negotiated and proclaimed. I + think, without disclosing an Executive secret, I may tell you that + the arrangement with Brazil is not likely to abide in lonesomeness + much longer [great and prolonged cheering]; that others are to follow, + and that as a result of these trade arrangements the products of + the United States--our meats, our breadstuffs, and certain lines of + manufactured goods--are to find free or favored access to the ports of + many of these South and Central American States. All the States will + share in these benefits. We have had some analysis of the manifests + of some of our steamers now sailing to South American ports, and in a + single steamer it was found that twenty-five States contributed to the + cargo. + + But we shall need something more. We shall need American steamships + to carry American goods to these ports. [Great cheering.] The last + Congress passed a bill appropriating about $1,500,000, and authorized + the Postmaster-General to contract with steamship companies for a + period not exceeding ten years for the carrying of the United States + mail. The foreign mail service is the only mail service out of which + the Government has been making a net profit. We do not make a profit + out of our land service. + + There is an annual deficiency which my good friend the + Postmaster-General has been trying very hard to reduce or wipe out. + The theory of our mail service is that it is for the people, that we + are not to make a profit out of it, that we are to give them as cheap + postage as is possible. We are, many of us, looking forward to a time + when we shall have one-cent postage in this country. [Cheers.] We have + been so close and penurious in dealing with our ships in the carrying + of foreign mails that we have actually made revenues out of that + business, not having spent for it what we have received from it. Now + we propose to change that policy and to make more liberal contracts + with American lines carrying American mail. [Cheers.] + + Some one may say we ought not to go into this business, that it is + subsidy. But, my friend, every other great nation of the world has + been doing it and is doing it to-day. Great Britain and France have + built up their great steamship lines by Government aid, and it seems + to me our attitude with reference to that is aptly portrayed by an + illustration I mentioned the other day. In olden times no wholesale + merchant sent out travelling men to solicit custom, but he stood + in his own store and waited for his customers. But presently some + enterprising merchant began to send out men with their samples to seek + the trade, to save the country buyer the cost of the trip to New York + or Philadelphia, until finally that practice has become universal, and + these active, intelligent travelling men are scurrying this country + over, pushing and soliciting in their several lines of business. Now + imagine some conservative merchant in New York saying to himself: "All + this is wrong; the trade ought to come to me." If he should refuse to + adopt these modern methods what would be the result? He must adopt + the new methods or go out of business. We have been refusing to adopt + the universal method of our competitors in commerce to stimulate + their shipping interest and have gone out of the business. [Laughter + and cheers.] Encouraged by what your spokesman has said to-night, + I venture to declare that I am in favor of going into business + again, and when it is re-established I hope Galveston will be in the + partnership. [Great cheers.] + + It has been the careful study of the Postmaster-General in preparing + to execute the law to which I have referred to see how much increase + in routes and ships we could secure by it. We have said to the few + existing American lines: You must not treat this appropriation as + a plate of soup, to be divided and consumed. You must give us new + lines, new ships, increased trips, and new ports of call. Already the + steamship lines are looking over the routes to see what they can do, + with a view of increasing their tonnage and establishing new lines. + + The Postmaster-General has invited the attention and suggestion + of all the boards of trade of all our seaboard cities. Undoubtedly + you have received such a letter. This appropriation is for one year; + what the future is to be must depend upon the deliberate judgment of + the people. If during my term of office they shall strike down a law + that I believe to be beneficial or destroy its energy by withholding + appropriations, I shall bow to their will, but I shall feel great + disappointment if we do not make an era for the revival of American + commerce. I do much want that the time shall come when our citizens + living in temporary exile in foreign ports shall now and then see + steaming into these distant ports a fine modern man-of-war, flying the + United States flag [cheers], with the best modern guns on her deck, + and a brave American crew in her forecastle. [Cheers.] I want, also, + that in these ports, so long unfamiliar with the American flag, there + shall again be found our steamships and our sailing vessels flying the + flag that we all love, and carrying from our shores the products that + these men of toil have brought to them to exchange for the products of + other climes. + + I think we should add to all this, and happily it is likely to + be accomplished by individual efforts, the early completion of the + Nicaragua Canal. [Cheers.] The Pacific coast should no longer be found + by sea only by the passage of the Horn. The short route should be + opened, and it will be, and then with this wondrous stirring among the + people of all our States, this awakening to new business plans and + more careful and economical work, there will come great prosperity to + all our people. Texas will spin more of the cotton that she raises. + + The great States of the South will be in discontent with the old + condition that made them simply agricultural States, and will rouse + themselves to compete with the older manufacturing States of the North + and East. [Cheers.] The vision I have, all the thoughts I have of this + matter embrace all the States and all my countrymen. I do not think of + it as a question of party; I think of it as a great American question. + [Cheers.] By the invitation of the address which was made to me I have + freely spoken my mind to you on these topics. I hope I have done so + with no offence or impropriety. [Cries of "No, no!" and cheers.] + + I would not on an occasion so full of general good feeling as this + obtrude anything that should induce division or dissent. For all + who do dissent I have the most respectful tolerance. The views I + hold are the result of some thought and investigation, and as they + are questions of public concern I confidently submit them to the + arbitrament of brave and enlightened American suffrage. [Applause and + cheers.] + + + + +SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, APRIL 20. + + +The President and his party passed their first Sunday at Galveston, +leaving the Island City at midnight and arriving at San Antonio at +11:15 Monday morning. A special committee, consisting of Hon. C. W. +Ogden, Chairman; Col. C. M. Terrell, S. M. Johnson, J. S. McNamara, +Mrs. Ogden, Mrs. Johnson, and Miss Eleanor Sullivan, escorted the party +from Galveston. The _Alamo City_ was profusely decorated in honor of +the visit, and a great throng greeted the President's arrival. He was +received by the Hon. Bryan Callaghan, Mayor of the city, at the head of +the following committee of leading citizens: Gen. David S. Stanley, U. +S. A.; Col. J. P. Martin, Col. W. B. Wright, Col. H. B. Andrews, Maj. C. +C. Cresson, Hon. W. W. King, L. M. Gregory, B. F. Yoakum, C. W. Ogden, +H. D. Kampmann, J. S. Alexander, W. J. B. Patterson, A. W. Houston, +Reagan Houston, Richard Wooley, Jr., R. H. Russell, N. Mackey, George +Dullnig, J. V. Dignowity, J. S. Thornton, F. Groos, H. P. Drought, D. +Sullivan, Charles Hugo, Rev. Dr. Giddings, C. K. Breneman, W. H. Weiss, +Frank Grice, Alex. Joske, Henry Elmendorf, Robert Driscoll, Paul Wagner, +J. Ronse, J. E. Pancoast, Adolph Wagner, George H. Kalteyer, Charles J. +Langholz, C. B. Mullaly, R. H. McCracken, A. G. Cooper, Dr. G. Graham +Watts, Dr. J. P. Ornealus, Dr. Amos Graves, and A. T. Wilson. Mayor +McDonald, of Austin, and Hon. L. L. Foster also participated in the +reception. + +A rainstorm interfered with the parade, and the public reception +was held at the Opera House, thousands being unable to enter. Mayor +Callaghan made the welcoming address and introduced President Harrison, +who spoke as follows: + + _Mr. Mayor and Fellow-citizens_--I very much regret that frequent + speaking in the open air during the past week and the very heavy + atmosphere which we have this morning have somewhat impaired my + voice. I am sure you will crown your hospitality and kindness by + allowing me to speak to you very briefly. I sympathize with you in the + distress which you feel that the day is so unpropitious for any street + demonstration, but I have been told by one wise in such matters that + this rain is worth $5,000,000 to Western Texas. That being the case, + it greatly moderates our regret. It has come to be a popular habit + of attributing to the President whatever weather may happen on any + demonstration in which he takes a part. I suppose I may claim credit + this morning for this beneficial rain. [Applause.] I generously assure + you that if it is worth as much money as my friend has estimated I + shall not take more than half that sum. [Laughter.] In visiting for + a little while this historic city, I had anticipated great pleasure + in looking upon the remains of an earlier occupancy of this territory + in which you now dwell. Our glance this morning must be brief and + imperfect, but the history has been written and the traditions of + these martyrdoms which occurred here for liberty are fresh in your + minds and are still an inspiring story to be repeated to your children. + + I remember in my early boyhood to have heard in our family thrilling + descriptions of the experiences of an uncle, whose name I bear, in + some of those campaigns for freedom in Texas in which he took a part, + so that the story to me goes back to those dim early recollections of + childhood. I am glad to stand where those recollections are revived + and freshened, for they were events of momentous importance to this + country, to this State, and to the whole Union. I rejoice that you + have here so great a commonwealth. The stipulations under which Texas + came into the Union of the States, and which provided that that great + Territory might be subdivided into five States, seem not to attract + much attention in Texas now. + + Indeed, as far as I can judge, no man would be able successfully to + appeal to the suffrages of any hamlet in Texas upon the issue that + the State should be divided at all. [Cheers.] The great industrial + capacities which you have, the beneficent climate that spreads over + much of your vast territory, the great variety of productions which + your soil and climate render possible, give a promise for the future + of a prominence among the great States of the Union that seems to me + can scarcely fail to bring Texas to the front rank. [Cheers.] You are + only now beginning to plough this vast stretch of land. You are only + now beginning to diversify those interests, to emancipate yourselves + by producing at home in your fields all of those products which are + necessary to comfortable existence. + + I hope you will soon add, indeed, you are now largely adding, to + this diversity of agricultural pursuits a diversity of mechanical + pursuits. The advantages which you have to transmute the great + production of the field into the manufactured product are very great. + There can be certainly no reason why a very large part of the million + bales of cotton which you produce should not be spun in Texas. + [Cheers.] I hope your people will more and more turn their thoughts to + this matter, for just in proportion as a community or State suitably + divides its energies among various industries, so does it retain the + wealth it produces and increase its population. [Applause.] + + A great Englishman, visiting this country some time ago, in speaking + of the impressions which were made upon his mind, said he was + constantly asked as he travelled through the country whether he was + not amazed at its territorial extent. He said while this, of course, + was a notable incident of travel, he wondered that we did not forget + all our bigness of territory in a contemplation of the great spectacle + we presented as a free people in organized and peaceful community. He + regarded this side of our country and her institutions as much more + important than its material development or its territorial extent, and + he was right in that judgment. + + My fellow-citizens, the pride of America, that which should attract + the admiration and has attracted the imagination of many people upon + the face of the earth, is our system of government. [Applause.] I am + glad to know, and to have expressed my satisfaction before, that here + in this State of Texas you are giving attention to education; that + you have been able to erect a school fund, the interest upon which + promises a most magnificent endowment for your common schools. These + schools are the pride and safety of your State. They gather into them + upon a common level with us, and I hope with you, the children of the + rich and poor. In the State in which I dwell everybody's children + attend the common schools. + + This lesson of equality, the perfect system which has been developed + by this method of instruction, is training a valued class of citizens + to take up the responsibilities of government when we shall lay them + down. [Applause.] I hope every one of your communities, even your + scattered rural communities, will pursue this good work. I am sure + this hope is shared by my honored host, Governor Hogg, who sits beside + me [applause], and who, in the discharge of his public duties, can + influence the progress of this great measure. No material greatness, + no wealth, no accumulation of splendor, is to be compared with those + humble and homely virtues which have generally characterized our + American homes. + + The safety of the State, the good order of the community--all + that is good--the capacity, indeed, to produce material wealth, is + dependent upon intelligence and social order. [Applause.] Wealth and + commerce are timid creatures; they must be assured that the nest will + be safe before they build. So it is always in those communities where + the most perfect order is maintained, where intelligence is protected, + where the Church of God and the institutions of religion are revered + and respected, that we find the largest development in material + wealth. [Applause.] + + Thanking you for your cordial greeting, thanking all your people, + and especially the Governor of your State, for courtesies which have + been unfailing, for a cordiality and friendliness that has not found + any stint or repression in the fact that we are of different political + opinions [great cheering], I beg to thank you for this special + manifestation of respect, and to ask you to excuse me from further + speech. I shall follow such arrangements as your committee have made, + and shall be glad if in those arrangements there is some provision by + which I may meet as many of you as possible individually. [Prolonged + cheering.] + + + + +DEL RIO, TEXAS, APRIL 21. + + +The chief incident of the long run from San Antonio to El Paso was the +enthusiastic reception tendered the President by the residents of the +thriving frontier town of Del Rio, county seat of Val Verde County. The +town was handsomely decorated, and the following Reception Committee +welcomed the President and party: Judge W. K. Jones, C. S. Brodbent, +Zeno Fielder, J. A. Price, H. D. Bonnett, E. L. Dignowity, Paul Flato, +Clyde Woods, Thomas Cunningham, W. C. Easterling, J. C. Clarkson, E. G. +Nicholson, C. G. Leighton, and R. J. Felder. + +Rev. Dr. H. S. Thrall, the veteran historian of Texas, delivered the +address of welcome. The President, responding, said: + + _My Friends_--I had supposed when we left San Antonio that we were + not to be stopped very often between that point and El Paso with such + assemblages of our fellow-citizens. We had settled down to an easy + way of living on the train, and I had supposed that speech-making + would not be taken up until to-morrow. I thank you most cordially + for this friendly evidence of your interest, and I assure you that + all of these matters to which your spokesman has alluded are having + the most careful consideration of the authorities at Washington. + The Secretary of Agriculture, who is with me on the train, has been + diligent in an effort to open European markets for American meats, + and he has succeeded so far that our exportation has very largely + increased in the last year. It is our hope that these restrictions + may still further be removed, and that American meat products may + have a still larger market in Europe than they have had for very many + years past. The inspections now provided by law certainly must remove + every reasonable objection to the use of American meats; for we shall + demonstrate to them that they are perfectly wholesome and pure. I want + to say, from the time of my induction into office until this hour I + have had before me constantly the need of the American farmer of a + larger market for his products. [Cries of "Good! good!" and cheers.] + Whatever we can do to accomplish that will be done. I want to thank + the public-school children for this address which they have placed in + my hands. What a blessed thing it is that the public school system is + found with the pioneer! It follows the buffalo very closely. I am + glad to find that your children are being trained in intelligence and + in those moral restraints which shall make them good citizens. I thank + you for your kindly presence. + + + + +EL PASO, TEXAS, APRIL 21. + + +The enterprising city of El Paso was reached at 10 o'clock Tuesday +morning, and the President was tendered a veritable ovation. The +reception at this point partook of an international aspect. President +Diaz of Mexico was represented in the person of Governor Carrillo, +Chief Executive of the State of Chihuahua, accompanied by a brilliant +staff of 20 officers. The War Department of the Mexican Government was +represented by Gen. Jose Maria Ranjel, Chief of the Second Military +Zone, accompanied by his staff, a company of artillery, and the Eleventh +Battalion Band of 45 instruments. From the City of Mexico came Col. +Ricardo Villanueva and Col. Ygnacio J. Monroy, representing the Federal +Government, while the neighboring city of Juarez was represented by +Colonel Ross, commander of the garrison, Senor Mejia, Senor Urtetiga, +and many other prominent citizens. The city of El Paso was represented +by Mayor Richard Caples and the members of the City Council. The +Citizens' Committee of Reception comprised W. S. Hills, Chairman; E. B. +Bronson, M. B. Davis, S. W. Russell, W. F. Payne, Frank P. Clark, C. F. +Slack, Geo. L. Stewart, H. S. Beattie, Judge Allen Blacker, A. Solomon, +W. B. Merrick, A. Berla, Louis Papin, Geo. E. Bovee, James A. Smith, +Hon. S. W. T. Lanham, A. J. Eaton, Z. T. White, W. S. McCutcheon, A. M. +Loomis, H. C. Myles, Ben Schuster, A. J. Sampson, D. W. Reckhart, and J. +F. Satterthwaite. + +Governor Carrillo stood beside President Harrison during the reception. +After the distinguished Mexicans had paid their respects and greeted our +Chief Magistrate, Gen. A. G. Malloy, on behalf of the citizens of El +Paso, in an eloquent address welcomed him to the Gate City of the two +republics. + +President Harrison responded as follows: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--I have been journeying for several days + throughout the great State of Texas. We are now about to leave her + territory and receive from you this parting salutation. Our entrance + into the State was with every demonstration of respect and enthusiasm. + This is a fitting close to the magnificent expression which the + people of this State have given to us. I am glad to stand at this + gateway of trade with the great republic of Mexico. [Cries of "Hear! + hear!" and cheers.] I am glad to know that it is not only a gateway + of commerce, but a gateway of friendship [cheers]; that not only do + these hurrying vehicles of commerce bear the products of the fields + and mines in mutual exchange, but that they have facilitated those + personal relations which have promoted and must yet more promote the + friendliness of two independent liberty-loving peoples. [Cheers.] + + I receive with great satisfaction these tributes of respect + which have been brought to me by the Governor of Chihuahua and the + representatives of the army of Mexico. [Cheers.] I desire to return to + them and through them to the people of Mexico and to that illustrious + and progressive statesman who presides over her destinies [cheers] not + only my sincere personal regard, but an assurance of the friendliness + and respect of the American Government and the American people. I look + forward with interest to a larger development of our trade; to the + opening of new lines of commerce and new avenues of friendship. We + have passed that era in our history, I hope, when we were aggressive + and unpleasant neighbors. We do not covet the territory of any other + people [cheers], but do covet their friendship and those trade + exchanges which are mutually profitable. [Cheers.] + + And now to you, my fellow-citizens, I bring congratulations for + the rapid development which you are making here, and extend the most + cordial good wishes for the realization of every hope you have for + El Paso and its neighborhood. [Cheers.] All republics are builded + on the respect and confidence of the people. They are enduring and + stable as their institutions and their rulers continue to preserve + their respect. I rejoice that those influences that tend to soften the + asperities of human life--the home, the school, and the church--have + kept pace with the enterprises of commerce and are established here + among you. All commerce and trade rest upon the foundation of social + order. You cannot attract an increased citizenship except as you give + to the world a reputation for social order [cheers], in which crime is + suppressed, in which the rights of the humble are respected [cheers], + and where the courts stand as the safe bulwark of the personal and + public rights of every citizen, however poor. [Cheers.] I trust that + as your city grows you will see that these foundations are carefully + and broadly laid, and then you may hope that the superstructure, + magnificent in its dimensions, perfect in its security and grace, + shall rise in your midst. [Cheers.] + + I am glad to meet my comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic + [cheers], the survivors of the grand struggle for the Union. It was + one of the few wars in history that brought blessings to the "victors + and vanquished," and was followed by no proscriptions, no block, no + executions, but by the reception of those who had striven for the + destruction of the country into friendly citizenship, laying upon them + no yoke that was not borne by the veterans--that of obedience to the + law and a due respect for the rights of others. [Cheers.] + + Again, sir [to the Mexican representative], I thank you for the + friendly greeting you have brought from across this narrow river that + separates us, and to you my fellow-countrymen, I extend my thanks and + bid you good-by. [Prolonged cheers.] + + + + +DEMING, NEW MEXICO, APRIL 21. + + +As the train crossed the Rio Grande and entered New Mexico Hon. L. +Bradford Prince, Governor of that Territory, gave the Chief Magistrate +a cordial welcome. Deming was reached at 2 o'clock. The city was in +holiday attire; a battery of artillery thundered the presidential +salute, two companies of the Tenth Cavalry, under Captain Keyes, came +to a present as the President appeared, and the Twenty-fourth Infantry +Band burst forth in patriotic strains. The Committee of Reception +comprised the following prominent citizens: Judge Boone, C. H. Dane, B. +A. Knowles, J. R. Meyers, A. J. Clark, J. P. Bryon, W. H. Hudson, S. +M. Ashenfelter, Gustav Wormser, Ed. Pennington, W. Burg, James Martin, +Colonel Fitzerell, James A. Lockhart, Seaman Field, John Corbett, E. +G. Ross, and Robert Campbell. Professor Hayes delivered the welcoming +address. + +In reply President Harrison said: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--It gives me great pleasure to tarry for a + moment here and to receive out on these broad and sandy plains the + same evidence of friendliness that has greeted me in the States. I + feel great interest in your people, and thinking that you have labored + under a disadvantage by reason of the unsettled state of your land + titles--because no country can settle up and become populous while the + titles to its land remain insecure--it was my pleasure to urge upon + Congress, both in a general and special message, the establishment of + a special land court to settle this question once for all. [Cheers.] + + I am glad that the statute is now a law, and immediately upon my + return from this trip I expect to announce the judges of that court, + and to set them immediately to work upon these cases, so that you + shall certainly, within two years, have all these questions settled. + I hope you will then see an increase of population that has not as + yet been possible, and which will tend to develop your great mineral + resources and open up your lands to settlement. Thanking you, on + behalf of our party, for this pleasant greeting, I bid you good-by. + [Cheers.] + + + + +LORDSBURG, NEW MEXICO, APRIL 21. + + +At Lordsburg, New Mexico, the train made a brief stop. A number of +citizens, headed by Don. H. Kedzee, welcomed the President and presented +him a handsome silver box, manufactured from metal mined in the +vicinity. On the case was inscribed, "Protect the chief industry of our +Territories. Give us free coinage of silver." In accepting the memento +the President said: "Mr. Kedzee and gentlemen, I thank you for this +cordial welcome and for this elegant souvenir, and assure you due care +will be taken of your interests." [Cheers.] + + + + +TUCSON, ARIZONA, APRIL 21. + + +Tucson, the metropolis of Arizona, was brilliantly illuminated in +honor of the visitors, who were welcomed by 5,000 citizens and a band +of Papago Indians. Negley Post, G. A. R., J. J. Hill, Commander, +represented the veterans. The city government was present in the persons +of Mayor Frederick Maish and Councilmen M. G. Sameniego, M. Lamont, Geo. +Lesure, Wm. Reid, Frank Miltenberg, and Julius Goldbaum. The Committee +of Reception on the part of the citizens comprised many of the most +distinguished men of the Territory as well as of the city, among whom +were: Federal Judges R. E. Sloan and H. C. Gooding, Gen. R. A. Johnson, +Gen. R. H. Paul, Charles R. Drake, Herbert Brown, Brewster Cameron, +J. Knox Corbett, George Christ, J. S. McGee, S. Ainsa, Samuel Hughes, +Juan Elias, Rev. Howard Billman, Albert Steinfeld, H. S. Stevens, M. +P. Freeman, S. M. Franklin, W. C. Davis, W. M. Lovell, J. S. Noble, H. +B. Tenny, F. H. Hereford, D. C. Driscoll, J. C. Handy, J. A. Black, +Thomas Hughes, A. J. Keen, J. M. Ormsby, H. E. Lacy, G. B. Henry, Frank +Allison, George Pusch, H. W. Fenner, R. D. Furguson, F. J. Henry, and C. +C. Eyster. + +Hon. Thos. F. Wilson made the address of welcome. The President said: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--It is surprising as well as gratifying to + see so many friends assembled to greet us on our arrival at Tucson + to-night. I beg to assure you that the interests of the Territories + are very close to my heart. By reason of my service as Chairman of the + Territory Committee in the United States Senate I was brought to study + very closely the needs of the Territories. I have had great pleasure + issuing the proclamations admitting five Territories to the sisterhood + of States since I became President. I realize the condition of the + people of the Territory without having representation in Congress as + one of disadvantage, and I am friendly to the suggestion that these + Territories, as they have sufficient population to sustain a State + Government and to secure suitable administration of the own affairs, + shall be received into the Union. [Cheers.] It will be gratifying to + me if you shall come into that condition during the time that I occupy + the presidential chair. [Cheers.] I thank you again for your cordial + demonstration, and beg to present to you that gentleman of the Cabinet + who has charge of the postal affairs, Mr. Wanamaker. [Prolonged + cheers.] + + + + +INDIO, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 22. + + +The morning of the 22d brought the President and his party out of the +great desert to the borders of California, where at Indio, the first +station, they were enthusiastically greeted by the Governor of the +State, Hon. Henry H. Markham, at the head of the following distinguished +committee: Senator Charles N. Felton, ex-Gov. Geo. C. Perkins, Col. +Charles F. Crocker, Hon. R. F. Del Valle, Hon. Stephen M. White, Gen. +E. P. Johnson, Hon. Hervey Lindley, Hon. Freeman G. Teed, Hon. Irwin +C. Stump, Hon. Frank McCoppin, and Adjutant-General Allen. From the +districts adjacent to Indio were gathered several hundred people to +greet the Chief Magistrate, mostly Indians. Postmaster A. G. Tingman +introduced the venerable Chief Cabazon, head of the Cohuilla tribe +and over 100 years old, who presented a petition to the President +asking that the lands guaranteed his people by the treaty with Mexico +be restored to them. Governor Markham delivered a cordial welcoming +address, wherein he reviewed the wonderful growth of California. + +The President, in reply, said he would not undertake, while almost +choked with the dust of the plains he had just left, to say all that +he hoped to say in the way of pleasant greetings to the citizens of +California. Some time, when he had been refreshed by their olive oil and +their vineyards, he would endeavor to express his gratification at being +able to visit California. He had long desired to visit California, and +it was the objective point of this trip. He had seen the northern coast +and Puget Sound, but had never before been able to see California. He +remembered from boyhood the excitement of the discovery of gold, and +had always distantly followed California's growth and progress. The +acquisition of California was second only to that of Louisiana and the +control of the Mississippi River. It secured us this great coast, and +made impossible the ownership of a foreign power on any of our coast +line. It has helped to perfect our magnificent isolation, which is our +great protection against foreign aggression. He thanked the Governor and +committee for their kindly reception, and assured them that if he should +have any complaints to make of his treatment in California it would be +because its people had been too hospitable. + + + + +COLTON, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 22. + + +At Colton the presidential party were enthusiastically greeted by +several thousand people. The Citizens' Committee comprised A. B. Miner, +Chairman; Dr. Fox, J. B. Shepardson, Wilson Hays, W. H. Wright, F. M. +Hubbard, Dr. Hutchinson, H. B. Smith, J. W. Davis, S. M. Goddard, J. B. +Hanna, Captain Topp, W. W. Wilcox, M. A. Murphy, Prof. Mathews, R. A. +Kuhn, C. B. Hamilton, J. M. White, Dr. Sprecher, Geo. E. Slaughter, R. +F. Franklin, E. A. Pettijohn, E. E. Thompson, Dan Swartz, R. M. McKie, +Wm. McCully and Proctor McCann. The committee appointed to wait on Mrs. +Harrison were: Mesdames Hubbard, Button, Shepardson, Fuller, Gilbert, +Shibley, Hebbard, and Wright. Twelve school-girls presented as many +baskets of oranges to the lady of the White House. + +The President addressed the assemblage and said: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--We have travelled now something more than + 3,500 miles. They have been 3,500 miles of cordial greeting from my + fellow-citizens; they have been 3,500 miles of perpetual talk. It + would require a brain more fertile in resources, more diversified + in its operations than the State of California in its richness and + productions, to say something original or interesting at each one of + these stopping places; but I can say always with a warm heart to my + fellow-citizens who greet me so cordially, who look to me out of such + kindly faces, I thank you; I am your servant in all things that will + conduce to the general prosperity and happiness of the American people. + + Remote from us of the far East in distance, we are united to you + not only by the ties of a common citizenship, by the reverence and + honor we joyfully give to the one flag, but by those interchanges + of emigration which have brought so many of the people of the older + States to you. At every station where I have stopped since entering + California some Hoosier has reached up his hand to greet me [laughter + and cheers], and the omnipresent Ohio man, of course, I have found + everywhere. I was assured by these gentlemen that they were making + their full contributions to the development of your country, and that + they have possessed themselves of their fair share of it. + + I have been greatly pleased this morning to come out of the land of + the desert and the drifting sand into this land of homes and smiling + women and bright children. I have been glad to see these beautiful + gardens and these fertile fields, and to know that you are now, by + the economical collection and distribution of the waters of the + hills, making all these valleys to blossom like the garden of Eden. + We do not come to spy the land with any view of dispossessing you, as + the original spies went into Palestine. We come simply to exchange + friendly greetings, and we shall hope to carry away nothing that does + not belong to us. [Cheers.] + + If we shall leave your happy and prosperous State freighted with + your good-will and love, as we shall leave ours with you, it will be a + happy exchange. [Cheers.] + + + + +ONTARIO, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 22. + + +At Ontario the President received a most patriotic greeting; throngs of +school children brought him flowers. The Reception Committee was G. T. +Stamm, I. S. Miller, E. P. Clarke, S. G. Blood, R. E. Blackburn, G. W. +A. Luckey, Dr. O. S. Ensign, Dr. R. H. Tremper, and O. S. Picher. + +H. Z. Osborne, of the Los Angeles committee, introduced the President, +who spoke as follows: + + _My Friends_--I thank you for this cordial greeting. I am sure you + will excuse me from extended remarks. I have been subjected to such + a strain in that direction that my brain needs irrigation to make it + blossom with new thoughts. It to me is a pleasure to look into the + intelligent faces of American citizens. No such people gather in any + other country as meet me at every station. They come from good homes, + which are the safety of our commonwealth. I am pleased to see these + children here. Good schools have everywhere followed the pioneer. You + have brought to this new country the old New England ideas of thrift, + of living on a little and having a good deal left over. [Cheers.] + + + + +BANNING, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 22. + + +Banning, the gateway to Southern California, gave the presidential +party an enthusiastic welcome and loaded them down with fruits and +flowers. Mr. Louis Munson, editor of the Banning _Herald_, at the head +of the Reception Committee, delivered the welcoming address. The next +day at Arlington, where he had gone to again assist in receiving the +President, Mr. Munson was suddenly taken with hemorrhage and died as the +train passed. Other members of the committee were M. G. Kelley, W. S. +Hathaway, C. H. Ingelow, W. H. Ingelow, Dr. J. C. King, F. J. Clancy, W. +Morris, and M. L. Bridge. Two hundred Indian school children, in charge +of Miss Morris and Father Hahn, were objects of interest to the party. + +Replying to Mr. Munson's address, the President said that although the +good people of Banning were far in point of distance from the seat of +government, yet he was sure they were bound nearly and close to it by +ties of loyalty and of patriotism. He expressed his pleasure at meeting +the citizens of Banning and his appreciation of their cordial welcome. + + + + +POMONA, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 22. + + +At Pomona the President's car was profusely decorated with floral +designs by the ladies of the town. The members of the Reception +Committee were Senator J. E. McComas, Rev. Chas. F. Loop, W. E. Ward, +W. M. Woody, A. H. Wilbur, F. P. Firey, C. I. Lorbeer, Capt. T. C. +Thomas, Geo. Osgoodby, C. D. Ambrose, Con Howe, John E. Packard, and E. +B. Smith. Vicksburg Post, G. A. R., H. H. Williams, Commander, was in +attendance. + +Responding to their cheers and calls the President said: + + This cordial demonstration of respect, these friendly greetings, + make me your debtor. I beg to thank you for it all, and out of such + gatherings as these, out of the friendly manifestations you have + given me on my entrance to California, I hope to get new impulses to + a more faithful and diligent discharge of the public duties which + my fellow-citizens have devolved upon me. No man can feel himself + adequate to these responsible functions, but I am sure if you shall + judge your public servants to be conscientiously devoted to your + interests, to the bringing to the discharge of their public duties a + conscientious fidelity and the best intelligence with which they are + endowed, you will pardon any shortcoming. Again I thank you for your + friendliness and beg you to excuse me from further speech. + + + + +LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 22. + + +The famous city of Los Angeles was reached at 3 o'clock on the afternoon +of the 22d. An ovation awaited the President and his party here the like +of which they had not witnessed. They were met at Colton by a committee +of escort consisting of Mayor Henry T. Hazard and Mrs. Hazard, Mr. and +Mrs. E. F. Spence, H. W. Hellman, Gen. and Miss Mathews, W. C. Furrey +and wife, Judge and Mrs. S. O. Houghton, A. W. Francisco and wife, Col. +H. G. Otis and wife, J. A. Kelly and wife, H. Z. Osborne and wife, +Capt. George J. Ainsworth, Mrs. Hervey Lindley, E. H. Lamme, and L. +N. Breed. Fully 20,000 voices greeted the President's arrival at the +station, where the members of the Citizens' Reception Committee, of +which Mayor Hazard was Chairman, received him. This committee comprised +the leading men of the city, among whom were Hon. R. F. Del Valle, Gen. +John Mansfield, Gen. E. P. Johnson, Gen. A. McD. McCook, Gen. E. E. +Hewitt, Maj. Geo. E. Gard, Hon. John R. Mathews, Maj. E. W. Jones, Col. +H. C. Corbin, Maj. A. W. Barrett, Col. T. A. Lewis, Eugene Germain, C. +F. A. Last, J. Frankenfeld, W. H. Workman, Joseph Mesmer, L. I. Garnsey, +G. J. Griffith, John W. Green, J. F. Humphreys, H. L. Macneil, A. E. +Pomeroy, Frank W. Sabichi, I. H. Polk, J. W. Haverstick, S. B. Hynes, +R. S. Baker, Harris Newmark, J. C. Kays, Maj. J. R. Toberman, I. R. +Dunkleberger, Maj. A. W. Elderkin, ex-Gov. Geo. Stoneman, K. H. Wade, +A. E. Fletcher, Col. Joseph R. Smith, W. W. Howard, Maj. W. H. Toler, +Capt. W. H. Seamans, George W. Bryant, Poindexter Dunn, Judge Lewis H. +Groff, Hon. R. B. Carpenter, Maj. E. F. C. Klokke, Hon. S. M. White, +W. H. Perry, S. C. Hubbell, S. H. Mott, I. N. Van Nuys, A. Haas, J. de +Barth Shorb, Maj. George S. Patton, Maj. E. L. Stern, Dr. H. Nadeau, K. +Cohn, O. W. Childs, Jr., L. Lichtenberger, A. H. Denker, Col. George H. +Smith, A. Glassell, Herman Silver, Louis Mesmer, J. M. Elliott, S. B. +Caswell, Dr. Eyraud, William R. Rowland, D, Amestoy, J. M. Glass, M. L. +Wicks, J. A. Booty, Maj. A. F. Kimball, Capt. H. K. Bailey, Judge W. P. +Wade, Judge Walter Van Dyke, Judge W. H. Clarke, Judge J. W. McKinley, +Judge B. N. Smith, Judge Lucien Shaw, W. W. Robinson, A. Lowe, K. Loeb, +Hancock Banning, Capt. Will Banning, T. W. Brotherton, W. J. Brodrick, +M. S. Severance, J. Illich, Gen. D. Remick, R. Cohen, Fred Eaton, H. +Siegel, V. Dol, M. Polaski, Dr. John S. Griffin, J. F. Humphreys, J. +M. Davies, Washington Hadley, George C. Cook, Sanford Johnson, C. O. +Collins, Col. F. A. Eastman, D. Desmond, C. Ducommun, James McLachlan, +J. E. Plater, J. F. Towell, John S. Chapman, G. Wiley Wells, Judge Enoch +Knight, J. W. Hendricks, George A. Vignolo, George R. Valiant, Philip +Garnier, Judge W. P. Gardiner, T. J. Weldon, R. M. Widney, A. C. Shafer, +Freeman G. Teed, Chas. H. White, John Keneally, Joseph Shoder, Judge +J. D. Bicknell, Thomas A. Lewis, Dr. W. G. Cochran, Louis Phillips, +Richard Gird, D. M. McGarry, J. T. Sheward, J. M. Hale, B. F. Coulter, +Andrew Mullen, H. Jevne, W. S. Moore, L. L. Bradbury, H. J. Fleishman, +Dr. J. P. Widney, George L. Arnold, L. A. Sheldon, Will D. Gould, R. +R. Haines, John McRae, C. J. Ellis, J. K. Tufts, Dan McFarland, L. +Harris, L. Ebinger, A. E. Pomeroy, ex-Gov. J. G. Downey, ex-Gov. Pico, +T. E. Rowan, O. T. Johnson, Col. W. G. Schreiber, Dr. W. Lindley, O. +H. Churchill, W. G. Kerckhoff, J. A. Muir, Silas Hoolman, Hon. J. F. +Crank, I. B. Newton, James Castruccio, J. A. Kelly, L. E. Mosher, A. F. +Coronel, J. C. Daly, Dr. W. L. Graves, H. W. O'Melveny, J. H. Shanklin, +Charles Froman, Albert M. Stephens, A. W. Hutton, Rev. W. J. Chichester, +H. T. Gage, Anson Brunson, Charles Silent, Dr. Joseph Kurtz, Judge T. +K. Wilson, Rev. A. G. Meyer, Simon Maier, Jacob Kuhrts, Judge J. D. +Bethune, Judge M. T. Allen, Albert McFarland, W. E. Hughes, Herman +Silver, Williamson Dunn, R. J. Northam, Capt. F. N. Marion, Capt. A. M. +Thornton, L. Roeder, H. T. Newell, E. A. Forrester, John W. Wolfskill, +Joseph Wolfskill, H. J. Shoulter, Niles Pease, F. E. Brown, M. G. Jones, +John J. Schallert, Walter Patrick, Charles F. Harper, F. W. King, J. M. +Griffith, C. H. Hance, J. A. Henderson, Newell Mathews, John Wigmore, +W. C. Howell, H. Baruch, L. W. Blum, Andrew W. Ryan, J. Schumacher, +E. T. Wright, A. B. Whitney, H. C. Austin, A. E. Davis, M. Dodsworth, +R. Rees, William Lacy, Jotham Bixby, J. W. Potts, L. A. Grant, T. H. +Ward, George P. McLain, J. J. Warner, Henry Owens, F. M. Nickell, J. H. +Dockweiler, Dan Innes, M. D. Johnson, Ed. D. Gibson, Charles Stern, H. +D. Barrows, M. V. Biscailuz, H. Hiller, J. E. Yoakum, J. P. Moran, J. W. +Hinton, George Hansen, Len J. Thompson, W. S. Maxwell, L. Polaski, Theo. +Summerland, Joseph Mullaly, P. Beaudry, James Hanley, L. Bixby, William +M. Friesner, C. Ganahl, Tom Strohm, B. T. Tolbert, Sherman Smith, +John A. Hughes, H. V. Van Dusen, John Bernard, O. J. Muchmore, C. F. +Heinzman, J. C. Quinn, William Pridham, L. C. Goodwin, C. H. Alford, E. +H. Hutchinson, W. H. Rhodes, A. McNally, E. E. Crandall, J. W. Hendrick, +H. W. Mills, John Goldsworthy, Thomas Pierson, Robert E. Wirshing, Cyrus +Vena, S. W. Luitweiler, R. H. Slater, H. Bartning, A. H. Denker, E. B. +Millar, A. L. Bath, T. S. C. Lowe, Frank H. Howard, Joseph Maier, J. +Frank Burns, Conrad Jacoby, Charles A. Homer, Judge A. Brunson, Mark +G. Jones, D. McFarland, J. J. Gosper, J. M. Frew, R. Dillon, Dr. K. D. +Wise, T. D. Mott, J. C. Dotter, W. T. Lambie, Frank Gibson, John Bryson, +C. H. Bradley, V. Ponet, M. C. Marsh, F. J. Capitan, William Ferguson, +M. Meyberg, L. Jacoby, H. Mosgrove, A. Hamburger, Al Workman, W. T. +Dalton, S. Hutton, Dr. J. H. Bryant, Fred Gilmore, J. H. Book, C. E. +Day, C. B. Woodhead, Gen. E. Bouton, Robert Steere, F. N. Meyers, L. M. +Wagner, and F. E. Lopez. + +As the President passed through the crowded streets of the city, +escorted by several hundred G. A. R. veterans, he encountered a +veritable rain of flowers at the hands of several thousand school +children. Arriving at the grand stand Mayor Hazard, for the Reception +Committee, formally welcomed the President, who responded as follows: + + _Mr. Mayor and Fellow-citizens_--My stay among you will not be long + enough to form an individual judgment of the quality of your people, + but it has been long enough already to get a large idea of the number + of them. [Cheers.] I beg of you to accept my sincere thanks for this + magnificent demonstration of your respect. I do not at all assume + that these huzzas and streamers and banners with which you have + greeted me to-day are a tribute to me individually. I receive them as + a most assuring demonstration of the love of the people of California + for American institutions. [Great and prolonged cheering.] And well + are these institutions worthy of all honor. The flag that you have + displayed here to-day, the one flag, the banner of the free and the + symbol of the indissoluble union of the States, is worthy of the + affections of our people. Men have died for it on the field of battle; + women have consecrated it with their tears and prayers as they placed + the standard in the hands of brave men on the morning of battle. It + is historically full of tender interest and pride. It has a glorious + story on the sea in those times when the American navy maintained our + prestige and successfully beat the navies of our great antagonist. + [Cheers.] + + It has a proud record from the time of our great struggle for + independence down to the last sad conflict between our own citizens. + We bless God to-day that these brave men who, working out His purpose + on the field of battle, made it again the symbol of a united people. + [Cheers.] Our institutions, of which this flag is an emblem, are free + institutions. These men and women into whose faces I look are free + men and women. I do not honor you by my presence here to-day. I hold + my trust from you and you honor me in this reception. [Great cheers.] + This magnificent domain on the Pacific coast, seized for the Union + by the energy and courage and wise forethought of Fremont and his + associates, is essential to our perfection. Nothing more important in + territorial extension, unless it be the purchase of the territory of + Louisiana and the control of the Mississippi River, has ever occurred + in our national history. [Great cheering.] We touch two oceans, and + on both we have built commonwealths and great cities, thus securing + in that territory individuality and association which give us an + assurance of perpetual peace. [Cheers.] No great conflict of arms + can ever take place on American soil if we are true to ourselves and + have forever determined that no civil conflict shall again rend our + country. [Cheers.] + + We are a peace-loving Nation, and yet we cannot be sure that + everybody else will be peaceful, and therefore I am glad that by + the general consent of our people and by the liberal appropriations + from Congress we are putting on the sea some of the best vessels of + their class afloat [cheers], and that we are now prepared to put + upon their decks as good guns as are made in the world; and when we + have completed our programme, ship by ship, we will put in their + forecastles as brave Jack Tars as serve under any flag. [Great + cheering.] The provident care of our Government should be given to + your sea-coast defences until all these great ports of the Atlantic + and Pacific are made safe. [Cheers.] + + But, my countrymen, this audience overmatches a voice that has been + in exercise from Roanoke, Va., to Los Angeles. I beg you, therefore, + again to receive my most hearty thanks and excuse me from further + speech. [Great and prolonged cheering.] + +In the evening the President was escorted to the pavilion, with a view +to receiving personally the citizens, but when he viewed the great +assemblage he desisted from the herculean task of taking each one by the +hand, and instead thereof made the following address: + + _Ladies and Gentlemen_--I thank you for the warm greeting that you + have given me and the royal welcome you have extended to my party and + myself to your lovely city. I am thoroughly aware of the non-partisan + character of this gathering, and appreciate the good-will with which + you have gathered here in this vast building to receive me. I had a + touching evidence of the non-partisan character of this gathering--and + the good-will as well--just now when a man said to me: "I want to + shake hands with you, even if I did lose a thousand dollars on your + election." There will be no trouble to keep the flame of patriotism + and love of country glowing so long as the American people thus + manifest their loyalty to the officers whom the will of the people + has placed in power. I thank you again for your good-will and hearty + welcome. [Great cheering.] + + + + +SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 23. + + +The presidential party reached San Diego Wednesday evening and was +escorted at once to Coronado Beach Hotel. The Indiana residents of the +city called upon the President shortly after his arrival, and Mr. Wright +delivered an address in their behalf. + +The President, in response, said: + + _My Friends_--I regret that I can only say thank you. Our time is + now due to the citizens of San Diego, and I have promised not to + detain that committee. It is particularly pleasurable to me to see, + as I have done at almost every station where our train stopped, some + Indianian, who stretched up the hand of old neighborship to greet + me as I passed along. It is this intermingling of our people which + sustains the merit of the home. The Yankee intermingles with the + Illinoisian, the Hoosier with the Sucker, and the people of the South + with them all; and it is this commingling which gives that unity which + marks the American Nation. I am glad to know that there are so many of + you here, and as I said to some Hoosiers as I came along, I hope you + have secured your share of these blessings. + +The formal reception of the President took place Thursday morning, when +he was welcomed by Mayor Douglas Gunn, at the head of the following +Committee of Reception: Hon. John D. Works, Hon. Eli H. Murray, Hon. +W. W. Bowers, Howard M. Kutchin, Hon. Olin Wellborn, E. S. Babcock, +Col. W. G. Dickinson, Col. Chalmers Scott, Hon. G. W. Hardacre, W. J. +Hunsaker, Hon. George Puterbaugh, E. S. Torrance, W. L. Pierce, Watson +Parrish, M. A. Luce, N. H. Conklin, Maj. Levi Chase, Col. E. J. Ensign, +James P. Goodwin, M. L. Ward, Col. A. G. Gassen, James McCoy, Dr. R. M. +Powers, W. N. King, A. E. Horton, L. S. McLure, T. S. Van Dyke, Col. +John Kastle, Carl Schutze, Geo. D. Copeland, M. Sherman, H. L. Story, +D. C. Reed, S. W. Switzer, Col. G. G. Bradt, Thos. Gardner, E. N. Buck, +Dr. D. Gochenauer, Henry Timken, Col. W. L. Vestal, C. W. Pauly, Col. +G. M. Brayton, U. S. A.; Capt. Leonard Hay, Capt. W. R. Maize, Lieut. +E. B. Robertson, John R. Berry, H. T. Christian, D. H. Hewitt, Col. A. +G. Watson, Daniel Stone, W. E. Howard, J. S. Buck, R. C. Allen, A. V. +Lomeli, Mexican Consul; J. B. Neilson, Danish Consul; J. W. Girvin, +Hawaiian Consul; M. Blochman, French Vice-Consul; Bryant Howard, Jacob +Gruendike, J. W. Collins, John Long, Frank A. Kimball, S. Levi, Gen. +T. T. Crittenden, J. F. Sinks, Dr. P. C. Remondino, O. J. Stough, J. +S. Mannasse, Frank M. Simpson, J. E. Fishburne, Warren Wilson, T. A. +Nerney, H. C. Treat, F. S. Jennings, T. M. Loup, Dr. J. G. Beck, Capt. +C. T. Hinde, G. S. Havermale, H. A. Howard, Philip Morse, George W. +Marston, Fred N. Hamilton, E. W. Morse, J. S. Gordon, E. J. Louis, +R. M. Dooley, E. W. Bushyhead, O. S. Witherby, W. J. Prout, William +Collier, J. H. Gay, G. H. Ballou, F. S. Plympton, J. P. Winship, Tomas +Alvarado, Col. E. B. Spileman, Ariosto McCrimmon, Paul H. Blades, and +Walter G. Smith. + +Heintzelman Post, G. A. R., Gen. Datus E. Coon, Commander, participated +in the reception, which was held on the Plaza. Mayor Gunn delivered the +address of welcome. + +The President, responding, said: + + _Mr. Mayor and Fellow-citizens_--I am in slavery to a railroad + schedule, and have but a few moments longer to tarry in your beautiful + city. If there were no other reward for our journey across the + continent, we have seen to-day about your magnificent harbor that + which would have repaid us for all the toil of travel. [Applause.] + + I do not come to tell you anything about California, for I have + perceived in my intercourse with Californians in the East and during + this brief stay among you that already you know all about California. + [Laughter.] + + You are, indeed, most happily situated. Every element that makes + life comfortable is here; every possibility that makes life successful + and prosperous is here; and I am sure, as I look into those kindly, + upturned faces, that your homes have as healthful a moral atmosphere + as the natural one that God has spread over your smiling land. + + It is with regret that we now part from you. The welcome you + have extended to us is magnificent, kindly, and tasteful. We shall + carry away the most pleasant impression, and shall wish for you all + that you anticipate in your largest dreams for your beautiful city + [cheers]--that your harbor may be full of foreign and coast-wise + traffic, that it may not be long until the passage of our naval and + merchant marine shall not be by the Horn, but by Nicaragua. [Cheers.] + I believe that great enterprise, which is to bring your commerce into + nearer and cheaper contact with the Atlantic seaboard cities, both of + this continent and of South America, will not be long delayed. + + And now, again with most grateful thanks for your friendly + attention, in my own behalf and in behalf of all who journey with me I + bid you a most kindly farewell. [Prolonged cheers.] + +At the conclusion of the President's address Governor Torres, of Lower +California, in the uniform of a Major-General of the Mexican army, +approached the President and read the following telegram from Gen. +Porfirio Diaz, President of Mexico: + + It has come to my knowledge that the President of the United States, + Hon. Benjamin Harrison, shall visit San Diego on the 23d instant, and + I let you know it so that you may call to congratulate him in my name + and present him with my compliments. + + [Signed] PORFIRIO DIAZ. + +Responding to this friendly international salute, President Harrison +said: + + _Governor Torres_--This message from that progressive and + intelligent gentleman who presides over the destinies of our sister + republic is most grateful to me. I assure you that all our people, + that the Government, through all its instituted authorities, + entertain for President Diaz and for the chivalrous people over which + he presides the most friendly sentiments of respect. [Cheers and + applause.] We covet, sir, your good-will and those mutual exchanges + which are mutually profitable, and we hope that the two republics may + forever dwell in fraternal peace. + +As the President sat down Governor Torres remarked: "The Mexican people +respond heartily to your kind wishes." + + + + +SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 23. + + +On the return route from San Diego the presidential train stopped at +Santa Ana, a thriving town in Orange County, where 5,000 people had +assembled to greet the Chief Magistrate. The Committee of Reception was +John T. Nourse, C. S. McKelvey, W. S. Taylor, J. A. Crane, John Beatty, +Geo. E. Edgar, Geo. T. Insley, Capt. H. T. Matthews, W. H. Drips, and +Robert Cummings. Sedgwick Post, G. A. R., H. F. Stone, Commander, was +present. Prof. M. Manley delivered the address of welcome, and the Hon. +W. H. Spurgeon, founder of the city, introduced the President, who spoke +as follows: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--I have already proved your hospitality. It is + very, very generous, and it is very graceful. I have but one doubt in + regard to it, and that is whether I can stand so much of it. [Laughter + and applause.] It has given me great gladness of heart to look into + your faces. I have been discharging some public business far remote + from you, and I hope with some concern for your interest, for I have + tried to take a wide view of public questions and to have in my mind a + thought of the people of this great land. + + Our politics should be as broad as the territory over which our + people have spread. It is a part of the history of the country which + has always kept in memory the safety and interests of those who pushed + civilization to the Rocky Mountains and over its rugged peaks into + these fruitful valleys. I am glad to see here this afternoon these + little children. The order in which they have assembled gives me + assurance that they have come from the school-houses, those nurseries + of knowledge and common interests in our American States. + + I am glad that you grow not only the olive-tree in your garden, but + that to the olive-trees that are planted in the household and bloom + about your table you give your greatest attention. Now, thanking you + very kindly and confessing very humbly that I am not able to repay you + for your generous welcome, and leaving to all these little ones my + best hopes for useful, prosperous, and honorable lives, I bid you all + good-by. + + + + +ORANGE, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 23. + + +Through the zealous efforts of Mrs. T. I. Halsted, President of the +Woman's Relief Corps of Orange, Mrs. Emilie N. Tener, and others, the +presidential train stopped at that town. The Committee of Reception was: +Rev. A. Parker, Robert E. Tener, E. E. Risley, Wm. H. Arne, Mrs. E. B. +Strong, H. W. Wilson, and D. C. Pixley. Gordon Granger Post, G. A. R., +A. Meacham, Commander, was present in full force. + +Responding to enthusiastic cheers the President said: + + _My Friends_--I am glad to look into your smiling faces, and I + thank you for this welcome. California is a State that is favorably + situated, and, so far as I can judge, this section is among the most + favored in the State. There is no time for a speech, but we can shake + hands with a few of those who are nearest. + + + + +RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 23. + + +One of the most enjoyable visits of the President and his party was +to Riverside, San Bernardino County, where, on driving from Arlington +station, they were welcomed by several thousand residents of the +district. The Committee of Reception comprised Hon. H. M. Streeter, +Judge W. W. Noland, Judge Harvey Potter, C. O. Perrine, Capt. C. H. +Vosburg, C. M. Loring, A. P. Johnson, F. M. Dunbar, A. Keith, C. T. +Rice, Capt. J. T. Lawler, A. H. Naftzger, E. W. Holmes, F. McChoppin, +Frank A. Miller, G. W. Dickson, J. A. Wilbur, F. M. Heath, C. N. +Andrews, J. R. Newberry, F. E. Abbott, W. C. Fitzsimmons, D. W. McLeod, +B. R. Williams, C. P. Hayt, and Mrs. S. A. Ames, representing the city +of Riverside; Mrs. C. W. Sylvester, representing the Woman's Relief +Corps; Mrs. C. Button, representing the W. C. T. U., and Mrs. Davis. + +The President and Mrs. Harrison and all the other members of the party +were treated to a delightful drive through the celebrated orange groves. +The President was accompanied by Hon. S. C. Evans. Returning from the +groves the President's carriage was halted in front of the High School +building, where 1,400 scholars and several thousand others had assembled. + +On being presented by Mr. Evans the President said: + + _My Friends_--We can tarry only for a moment, as we are already + behind the regular time for leaving. I cannot, however, drive by this + large assemblage of friends, gathered to greet us on the way, without + expressing the delight with which I have looked upon these beautiful + surroundings. My trip from Washington has been full of pleasures and + surprises, but nothing has given me greater surprise and more pleasure + than the drive of this afternoon through this magnificent valley of + Riverside. I am glad you are interested in cultivating the children as + well as the orange, and I trust that their young minds may be kept as + free from all that is injurious as these fine orange orchards are of + weeds and everything that is noxious. May their lives be as fruitful + as your trees, and their homes as happy and full of joy as this land + seems to be of the bright sunshine of God. + +The distinguished visitors then proceeded through the city and reviewed +the parade, at the conclusion of which the President, speaking without +introduction, said: + + _My Friends_--I am sorry that we can tarry with you only for a + moment. We are now twenty minutes behind our schedule time for + leaving. If we should stay with you longer we should disappoint others + who are waiting for us at an appointed time. + + We are grateful to you for your presence. I have enjoyed very much + the ride through the valley. You are a favored people, and ought to + be, as I have no doubt you are, a law-abiding, liberty-loving, and + patriotic people. + + + + +SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 23. + + +Another typical gathering, full of California enthusiasm, greeted +the party at San Bernardino. The Reception Committee comprised C. C. +Haskell, Chairman; J. C. Lynch, Hon. Samuel Merrill, W. A. Harris, +Joseph Brown, J. N. Victor, L. C. Waite, Richard Gird, W. E. W. +Lightfoot, W. B. Beamer, R. J. Waters, Truman Reeves, Dr. A. Thompson, +Col. T. J. Wilson, D. A. Scott, A. S. Hawley, J. J. Hewitt, E. B. +Stanton, A. G. Kendall, Dr. J. P. Booth, W. H. Timmons, Wilson Hays, +Geo. Cooley, R. B. Taylor, H. A. Keller, E. E. Katz, Lewis Jacobs, H. L. +Drew, N. G. Gill, and I. W. Lord. Mr. W. J. Curtis delivered the address +of welcome. In response the President said: + + _Mr. Mayor and Fellow citizens_--I can only repeat to you what I + have already had occasion to say to many similar audiences assembled + in California, that I am delighted with my visit to the Pacific coast; + that much as I had heard of the richness and high cultivation, + what I have seen to-day in this great valley has far surpassed my + expectations. You have subdued an unpromising soil and made it blossom + as the rose; but better than all the fruits and harvests, and better + than all the products of the field, is this intelligent population + which out of their kindly faces extend to us a greeting wherever we go. + + I am glad, coming from the far East, to observe how greatly our + people are alike. But that is not surprising, because I find all + through this valley many Hoosiers and Buckeyes I knew at home. It is + not singular that you should be alike when you are really and truly + the same people, not only in lineage and general characteristics, but + the same men and women we have known in the older States. And now I + thank you again, and beg you will excuse me from further speech, with + the assurance that if it were in my power I would double the rich + blessings which you already enjoy. [Cheers.] + + + + +PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 23. + + +It was 8 o'clock in the evening when the presidential train rolled into +Pasadena, the home of Governor Markham. The President's reception was +notable for its marked enthusiasm. The committee of escort that met +the party at Riverside was: Hon. J. A. Buchanan, Mayor T. P. Lukens, +ex-Gov. L. A. Sheldon, Col. G. G. Green, Geo. F. Foster, and P. M. +Green. A great assemblage greeted the President's arrival, which was +celebrated by booming cannon, ringing bells, and bonfires. The Committee +of Reception, comprising the following leading citizens, welcomed the +President and escorted him to the hotel: Gov. H. H. Markham, Chairman; +J. H. Holmes, W. U. Masters, C. M. Simpson, Geo. F. Kernaghan, Col. J. +R. Bowler, Delos Arnold, M. M. Parker, W. H. Wiley, W. E. Arthur, J. +W. Wood, Dr. W. L. McAllister, C. D. Daggett, Judge H. W. Magee, James +Clarke, A. B. Manahan, J. W. Scoville, J. E. Farnum, M. D. Painter, T. +Banbury, W. W. Webster, Prof. T. S. C. Lowe, Rev. E. L. Conger, Rev. D. +D. Hill, Rev. J. W. Phelps, Hon. A. G. Throop, F. J. Woodbury, G. B. +Ocheltree, G. A. Greely, W. L. Wotkyns, C. S. Martin, A. R. Metcalfe, +F. C. Bolt, E. R. Hull, Dr. Mohr, John McDonald, Judge A. McCoy, B. +M. Wotkyns, A. K. McQuilling, S. Washburn, T. J. Rigg, T. Earley, C. +S. Cristy, A. C. Armstrong, A. McNally, J. Brockway, J. E. Howard, J. +S. Hodge, C. W. Buchanan, O. S. Picher, Dr. Thomas R. Hayes, M. Fish, +J. R. Greer, Jr., A. K. Nash, C. H. Richardson, J. G. Rossiter, W. T. +Vore, Rev. C. E. Harris, H. H. Rose, J. Banbury, A. Dodworth, Dr. Frary, +Judge M. C. Hester, James H. Campbell, C. C. Brown, A. H. Conger, W. S. +Wright, George Bremner, James McLachlan, J. S. Cox, C. T. Hopkins, O. +E. Weed, J. H. Baker, L. Blankenhorn, W. S. Monroe, George F. Granger, +W. S. Gilmore, Rev. L. P. Crawford, W. E. Channing, A. J. Painter, S. +H. Doolittle, Dr. George Rodgers, E. E. Jones, W. D. McGilvray, Webster +Wotkyns, Theodore Coleman, R. M. Furlong, J. W. Vandevoort, B. E. Ball, +E. T. Howe, H. R. Hertel, Charles Foster, G. R. Thomas, A. F. Mills, Dr. +W. B. Rowland, Dr. F. F. Rowland, Dr. Van Slyck, Rev. J. B. Stewart, D. +R. McLean, C. M. Phillips, C. E. Tebbetts, William Heiss, H. W. Hines, +H. E. Pratt, S. R. Lippincott, J. W. Hugus, W. P. Forsyth, O. Freeman, +S. E. Locke, C. F. Holder, Capt. A. C. Drake, Prof. J. D. Yocum, J. H. +Woodworth, General McBride, W. T. Clapp, E. H. Royce, Charles Legge, +Calvin Hartwell, J. O. Lowe, T. C. Foster, T. L. Hoag, Dr. Ezra F. +Carr, E. H. May, Dr. Mansfield, G. D. Patton, Prof. S. C. Clark, H. +H. Visscher, F. R. Harris, Capt. A. L. Hamilton, J. S. Mills, H. B. +Sherman, R. C. Slaughter, James Smith, S. C. Arnold, I. N. Sears, Chas. +A. Smith, Wm. Menner, S. H. Yocum, D. W. Permar, John Permar, I. N. +Wood, Emil Kayser, N. W. Bell, Rev. E. E. Scannell, Rev. H. T. Staats, +W. R. Staats, F. L. Bushnell, H. C. Allen, Rev. A. W. Bunker, Rev. James +Kelso, Judge J. P. Nelson, C. J. Morrison, M. Rosenbaum, E. S. Frost, +F. B. Wetherby, W. J. McCaldin, A. J. Brown, Dr. Philbrook, Captain +Rogers, Dr. S. P. Swearingen, Fred McNally, J. E. Doty, F. D. Stevens, +O. Stewart Taylor, A. F. M. Strong, C. M. Parker, C. E. Langford, G. E. +Meharry, Maj. C. M. Skillen, Judge B. F. Hoffman, Henry Washburn, Capt. +A. Wakeley, W. S. Nosworthy, J. G. Shoup, Mrs. I. B. Winslow, Geo. W. +Sheaff, Mrs. T. H. Kuhns, P. G. Wooster, A. McLean, F. L. Jones, Dr. +A. H. Palmer, J. J. Allen, E. C. Webster, Arturo Bandini, Will Forbes, +W. W. Mills, Mrs. Dr. Elliott, L. C. Winston, S. S. Vaught, I. N. +Stevenson, John Habbick, Thomas Croft, Wm. J. Craig, M. A. De Forest, R. +K. Janes, C. W. Mann, John Sedwick, Homer Morris, Perry Bonham, Prof. +Kyle, R. W. Lacey, Dr. J. C. Michener, A. A. Choteau, A. O. Bristol, Dr. +J. M. Radebaugh, J. F. Mullen, T. M. Livingston, G. W. Stimson, W. E. +Cooley, W. S. Arnold, W. H. Housh, E. W. Longley, C. W. Hodson, J. D. +Graham, M. E. Wood, F. S. Wallace, Prof. W. P. Hammond, C. S. Howard, +Joseph Wallace, Robert Vandevoort, H. K. W. Bent, John Allen, George +Goings, Jeans James Coleman, Aug. Mayer, Geo. Taylor, J. D. Requa, Rev. +A. M. Merwin, W. B. Mosher, P. F. McGowan, G. A. Gibbs, F. K. Burnham, +and C. E. Brooks. + +The women's Reception Committee to receive Mrs. Harrison and the other +ladies in the party consisted of: Mrs. L. A. Sheldon, Mrs. J. A. +Buchanan, Mrs. J. W. Wood, Mrs. C. D. Daggett, Mrs. J. R. Bowler, Mrs. +James Clarke, Miss Greenleaf, Mrs. W. E. Arthur, and Mrs. W. U. Masters. + +It was 11 o'clock at night when the President and the gentlemen of his +party attended an elegant banquet at the Hotel Green, over which the +Hon. W. U. Masters presided. Mr. Buchanan proposed the President's +health in words of welcome. + +President Harrison, responding, said: + + _Gentlemen_--I beg you to accept my thanks for this banquet spread + in honor of this community of strangers who have dropped in upon you + to-night. We come to you after dark. I am not, therefore, prepared to + speak of Pasadena. When the sun shall have lightened your landscape + again and our expectant eyes shall have rested upon its glories, + I shall be able to give you my impressions of your city, which I + am already prepared to believe is one of the gems in the crown of + California. [Applause.] + + Perhaps no other place in California has by name been more familiar + to me than Pasadena, if you except your great commercial city of San + Francisco. That comes from the fact that many of your early settlers + were Indiana friends. I am glad to meet some of these friends here + to-night. It is pleasant to renew these old acquaintances, to find + that they have been received with esteem in this new community. I + have found a line of Hoosiers all along these railroads we have been + traversing. + + Everywhere our train has stopped some Hoosier has lifted his hand to + me, and often by dozens. As I said the other day, Ohio men identify + themselves to me by reason of that State being my birthplace, but it + is not a surprise to me to find an Ohio man anywhere. [Laughter.] Ohio + people are especially apt to be found in the vicinity of a public + office. [Laughter.] I suppose whatever good fortune has come to me in + the way of political preferment must be traced to the fact that I am + a Buckeye by birth. [Laughter.] And now I thank you most cordially + again for your attention and kindness. California has been full of the + most affectionate interest to us. I have never looked into the faces + of a more happy and intelligent people than those I have seen on the + Pacific coast. [Applause.] + + You occupy the most important position in the sisterhood of States, + stretching for these several hundred miles along the Pacific shore. + You have fortunate birth, and your history has been a succession of + fortunate surprises. You have wrought out here great achievements in + converting these plains that seemed to be so unpromising to the eye + into such gardens as cannot be seen anywhere else upon the continent. + [Applause.] + + And now, when I remind you that bedtime was 1 o'clock last night and + the reveille sounded at 6 o'clock this morning on our car, I am sure + you will permit me to say good-night. [Applause.] + + + + +SAN FERNANDO, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 24. + + +The first stop on Friday was at San Fernando, the home of Dr. J. K. +Hawks, who for twenty years was General Harrison's near neighbor. The +Committee of Reception was: R. P. Waite, S. Maclay, J. Burr, J. S. +Kerns, C. Smith, Colonel Hubbard, Mesdames Bodkin, Hubbard, Smith, and +Misses Platt, Gower, and Jennie Hawks. + +Dr. Hawks made a brief address of welcome and introduced the President, +who said: + + _Ladies and Gentlemen_--I am pleased to be introduced to you by my + old and honored friend, and I do sincerely hope that he has won your + respect to the same extent which I learned to respect him when he was + my neighbor. I hope you will excuse me from speaking further. I thank + you all for your friendly greeting. + + + + +SANTA PAULA, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 24. + + +The thriving town of Santa Paula, Ventura County, gave the President +and his party a hearty reception, distinguished above others by a truly +mammoth floral piece 24 feet long by 6 feet in width, covered with +calla-lilies, and bearing the word "Welcome" in red geranium letters +40 inches in height. The Committee of Reception was: W. L. Hardison, +Chairman; Casper Taylor, Rev. F. D. Mather, C. J. McDevitt, F. A. +Morgan, F. E. Davis, J. B. Titus, C. H. McKevett, N. W. Blanchard, Dr. +D. W. Mott, C. N. Baker, A. Wooleven, Harry Youngken, and S. C. Graham. +The Major Eddy Post, G. A. R., Henry Proctor, Commander, was present. + +Maj. Joseph R. Haugh, an old Indianapolis acquaintance, welcomed the +President on behalf of the committee. President Harrison, replying, said: + + _My Friends_--I cannot feel myself a stranger in this State, so + distant from home, when I am greeted by some familiar faces from my + Indiana home at almost every station. Your fellow-citizen who has + spoken in your behalf was an old-time Indianapolis friend. I hope he + is held in the same esteem in which he was held by the people among + whom he spent his early years as a boy and man. [Cries of "He is!"] + That you should have gone to the pains to make such magnificent + decorations and to come out in such large numbers for this momentary + greeting very deeply touches my heart. + + I have never seen in any State of the Union what seems to me to + be a more happy and contented people than I have seen this morning. + Your soil and sun are genial, healthful, and productive, and I have + no doubt that these genial and kindly influences are manifested in + the homes that are represented here, and that there is sunshine in + the household as well as in the fields; that there is contentment + and love and sweetness in these homes as well as in these gardens + that are so adorned with flowers. Our pathway has been strewn with + flowers; we have literally driven for miles over flowers that in + the East would have been priceless, and these favors have all been + accompanied with manifestations of friendliness for which I am very + grateful, and everywhere there has been set up as having greater + glory than sunshine, greater glory than flowers, this flag of our + country. [Applause.] Everywhere I have been greeted by some of these + comrades, veterans of the late war, whose presence among you should + be the inspiration to increased patriotism and loyalty. I bid them + affectionate greeting, and am sorry that I cannot tarry with them + longer. [Cheers.] + + + + +SAN BUENAVENTURA, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 24. + + +Three thousand people welcomed the party at San Buenaventura, including +nearly 1,000 school-children, who bounteously provided the President +and Mrs. Harrison with flowers. The Reception Committee consisted of: +Mayor J. S. Collins, J. R. Willoughby, E. M. Jones, P. Bennett, C. D. +Bonestel, N. H. Shaw, and Cushing Post, G. A. R., D. M. Rodibaugh, +Commander. + +Gen. William Vandever welcomed the party, and the President spoke as +follows: + + _My Friends_--I am very glad to meet my old friend and your former + representative, General Vandever. I have had some surprise at almost + every station at which we have stopped. I did not know until he came + upon the platform that this was his home. I have not time to make a + speech, and I have not the voice to make one. I can only say of these + hearty and friendly Californians that my heart is deeply touched with + this evidence of friendly regard. You have strewn my way with flowers; + you have graced every occasion, even the briefest stop, with a most + friendly greeting, and I assure you that we are most grateful for it + all. You are fortunate in your location among the States; and I am + sure that in all this great republic nowhere is there a more loyal and + patriotic people than we have here on the Pacific coast. I thank you + again for this greeting. [Cheers.] + + + + +SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 24. + + +The reception at Santa Barbara was the most unique that the presidential +party experienced on their trip, and also one of the most enjoyable; it +was a veritable flower carnival. + +Leading the procession was a Spanish cavalcade commanded by Carlos de la +Guerra. The President's escort was a cavalcade of children marshalled +by Mrs. Schermerhorn, with flower-decked saddles and bridles; then +followed over 100 flower-trimmed equipages, each displaying a different +design and flower and bespeaking the marvellous flora of Santa Barbara +in the month of April. The stand from whence the President reviewed +the procession and witnessed the Battle of Flowers was a floral +triumph; 20,000 calla-lilies were used in its decoration and as many +bright-colored flowers. The battle scene occurred on the grand stand, +immediately opposite the reviewing stand, between several hundred +ladies and gentlemen. The whole was a spectacle to be witnessed but +once in a lifetime. The parade was under the direction of Grand Marshal +D. W. Thompson, assisted by special aids George Culbertson, Dr. H. +L. Stambach, T. R. Moore, Samuel Stanwood, Paschal Hocker, and C. A. +Fernald. The Committee of Reception comprised Mayor P. J. Barber, C. F. +Eaton, W. W. Burton, W. C. Clerk, I. G. Waterman, D. Baxter, E. P. Roe, +Jr., C. E. Bigelow, Alston Hayne, Frank Stoddard, L. P. Lincoln, W. N. +Hawley, J. W. Calkins, Geo. A. Edwards, C. C. Hunt, Edward M. Hoit, Hon. +E. H. Heacock, Dr. J. M. McNulta, W. B. Cope, C. F. Swan, W. M. Eddy, J. +C. Wilson, R. B. Canfield; also, Joseph Sexton, of Goleta; E. J. Knapp, +of Carpinteria; T. R. Bard, of Hueneme; R. E. Jack and E. W. Steele, +of San Luis Obispo; H. H. Poland, of Lompoc, and Dr. W. T. Lucas and +Thomas Boyd, of Santa Maria. Starr King Post, G. A. R., C. A. Storke, +Commander, participated in the reception. + +After witnessing the parade the entire party, including the ladies, +visited the ancient Mission of Santa Barbara and were taken within its +sacred precincts, it being the second occasion on which any woman was +admitted. At night they witnessed a Spanish dance, conducted by many +ladies and gentlemen, under the direction of F. M. Whitney, Mrs. Bell, +and Mrs. Dibblee. The eventful day closed with a public reception, +participated in by 15,000 people. + +Gen. Wm. Vandever delivered an address of welcome, to which the +President, responding, said: + + _General Vandever, Gentlemen of the Committee and Friends_--If I + have been in any doubt as to the fact of the perfect identity of + your people with the American Nation, that doubt has been displaced + by one incident which has been prominent in all this trip, and that + is that the great and predominant and all-pervading American habit + of demanding a speech on every occasion has been characteristically + prominent in California. [Laughter.] I am more than delighted by this + visit to your city. It has been made brilliant with the display of + banners and flowers--one the emblem of our national greatness and + prowess, the other the adornment which God has given to beautify + nature. With all this I am sure I have read in the faces of the men, + women and children who have greeted me that these things--these + flowers of the field and this flag, representing organized + government--typify what is to be found in the homes of California. + The expression of your welcome to-day has been unique and tasteful + beyond description. I have not the words to express the high sense + of appreciation and the amazement that filled the minds of all our + party as we looked upon this display which you have improvised for our + reception. No element of beauty, no element of taste, no element of + gracious kindness has been lacking in it, and for that we tender you + all our most hearty thanks. We shall keep this visit a bright spot in + our memories. [Applause.] + + + + +BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 25. + + +The first stop of the presidential train on Friday, April 25, was at +Bakersfield, the gateway of the famous San Joaquin Valley, which was +reached at 8:30 in the morning. Fifteen hundred residents greeted the +President, who was met by W. E. Houghton, W. H. Scribner, W. Canfield, +and C. E. Sherman, constituting a special Committee of Reception. The +general committee for the occasion comprised the following prominent +citizens: N. R. Packard, E. M. Roberts, John J. Morrison, Emil +Dinkelspiel, H. L. Borgwardt, Jr., J. Neideraur, P. Galtes, O. D. Fish, +H. A. Jastro, Geo. K. Ober, Dr. Helm, J. J. Mack, E. A. Pueschel, S. +N. Reed, H. A. Blodget, C. A. Maul, Chas. E. Jewett, A. Harrell, G. W. +Wear, Wm. Montgomery, John Barker, H. P. Olds, E. Willow, B. Brundage, +B. A. Hayden, F. H. Colton, W. H. Cook, B. Ardizzi, C. C. Cowgill, L. +S. Rogers, John O. Miller, Geo. G. Carr, N. R. Wilkinson, A. Weill, H. +C. Lechner, S. W. Wible, Dr. John Snook, L. McKelvy, A. Morgan, E. C. +Palmes, John S. Drury, W. A. Howell, A. C. Maude, Chas. Vandever, Alonzo +Coons, T. A. Metcalf, R. M. Walker, Richard Hudnut, Sol. Jewett, J. C. +Smith, S. A. Burnap, H. H. Fish, S. W. Fergusson, J. W. Mahon, A. Fay, +Chas. Bickirdike, H. F. Condict, H. C. Park, and I. L. Miller. + +A large number of beautiful bouquets were showered upon the party here. +Judge A. R. Conklin made the welcoming address. President Harrison spoke +as follows: + + _My Friends_--I am very much obliged to you for your friendly + greeting and for these bouquets. You must excuse me if I seem a little + shy of the bouquets. I received one in my eye the other day which gave + me a good deal of trouble. You are very kind to meet us here so early + in the morning with this cordial demonstration. It has been a very + long journey, and has been accompanied with some fatigue of travel, + but we feel this morning, in this exhilarating air and this sweet + sunshine, and refreshed with your kind greeting, as bright and more + happy than when we left the national capital. + + I am glad to feel that here, on the western edge of the continent, + in this Pacific State, there is that same enthusiastic love for the + flag, that same veneration and respect for American institutions, for + the one Union and the one Constitution, that is found in the heart + of the country. We are one people absolutely. We follow not men, but + institutions. We are happy in the fact that though men may live or + die, come or go, we still have that toward which the American citizen + turns with confidence and veneration--this great Union of the States + devised so happily by our fathers. General Garfield, when Mr. Lincoln + was stricken down by the foul hand of an assassin, and when that great + wave of dismay and grief swept over the land, standing in a busy + thoroughfare of New York, could say: "The Government at Washington + still lives." It is dependent upon no man. It is lodged safely in the + affections of the people, and having its impregnable defence and its + assured perpetuity in their love and veneration for law. [Cheers.] + + + + +TULARE, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 25. + + +Tulare was reached at 10 o'clock. Nearly 6,000 people awaited the +President's arrival. Capt. Thomas H. Thompson, E. W. Holland, and Hon. +O. B. Taylor met the distinguished travellers. The other members of the +committee were: Hon. John. G. Eckles, Hon. J. O. Lovejoy, I. N. Wright, +J. Wolfrom, E. T. Cosper, Hon. J. W. Davis, Sam Richardson, Dr. C. F. +Taggart, M. W. Cooley, H. H. Francisco, C. C. Brock, James Scoon, D. O. +Hamman, J. L. Bachelder, R. B. Bohannan, James Morton, A. O. Erwin, J. +B. Zumwalt, Hon. E. De Witt, Alfred Fay, J. H. Whited, J. A. Goble, W. +L. Blythe, M. M. Burnett, Scott Bowles, R. L. Reid, F. M. Shultz, B. F. +Moore, F. Rosenthal, Henry Peard, Sam Blythe, J. A. Allen, E. Lathrop, +E. J. Cox, J. F. Boller, Hon. G. S. Berry, R. Linder, Miles Ellsworth, +R. N. Hough, C. F. Hall, Dr. E. W. Dutcher, M. Premo, Hon. John Roth, +A. Borders, T. W. Maples, E. D. Lake, S. S. Ingham, D. W. Madden, Sam +Newell, M. C. Hamlin, W. C. Ambrose, H. C. Faber, C. Talbot, L. E. +Schoenemann, M. C. Hunt, G. W. Zartman, A. P. Hall, J. H. Woody, Isaac +Roberts, Capt. E. Oakford, J. C. Gist, H. F. Tandy, C. F. Stone, and Dr. +B. M. Alford. + +The committee escorted the presidential party to a unique platform +constructed inside the stump of a gigantic redwood tree, and there was +ample seating capacity upon the platform for the entire party; about the +base of the great stump were arranged boxes of elegant flowers. Mrs. +Harrison and the other ladies in the party were escorted to the stand by +Mrs. E. B. Oakford, Mrs. T. H. Thompson, Mrs. G. J. Reading, and Mrs. +Patrick, of Visalia. Gettysburg Post, G. A. R., and Company E, from +Visalia, were a guard of honor to the Chief Magistrate. + +Governor Markham introduced the President, who spoke as follows: + + _My Friends_--This seems to be a very happy and smiling audience, + and I am sure that the gladness which is in your hearts and in + your faces does not depend at all upon the presence of this little + company of strangers who tarry with you for a moment. It is born of + influences and conditions that are permanent. It comes of the happy + sunshine and sweet air that are over your fields, and still more + from the contentment, prosperity, and love and peace that are in + your households. California has been spoken of as a wonderland, and + everywhere we have gone something new, interesting, and surprising has + been presented to our observation. There has been but one monotone in + our journey, and that is the monotone of universal welcome from all + your people. [Cheers.] Everything else has been new and exceptional at + every stop. + + My own heart kindles with gladness, my own confidence in American + interests is firmer and more settled as I mingle with the great masses + of our people. You are here in a great agricultural region, reclaimed + from desert waste by the skill and energy of man--a region populated + by a substantial, industrious, thrifty, God-fearing people, a people + devoted to the institutions under which they live, proud to be + Americans, feeling that the American birthright is the best heritage + they can hand down to their children; proud of the great story of + our country from the time of independence to this day; devoted to + institutions that give the largest liberty to the individual and at + the same time secure social order. Here is the firm foundation upon + which our hopes for future security rest. What but our own neglect, + what but our own unfaithfulness, can put in peril either our national + institutions or our local organizations of government? True to + ourselves, true to those principles which we have embodied in our + Government, there is to the human eye no danger that can threaten the + firm base of our institutions. + + I am glad to see and meet these happy children. I feel like kneeling + to them as the future sovereigns of this country, and feel as if + it were a profanation to tread upon these sweet flowers that they + have spread in my pathway. God bless them, every one; keep them in + the lives they are to live from all that is evil, fill their little + hearts with sunshine and their mature lives with grace and usefulness. + [Cheers.] + + + + +FRESNO, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 25. + + +A crowd of 10,000 greeted the party at Fresno; upward of 1,000 school +children were present, led by Professors Heaton, Sturges, and Sheldon. +The Committee of Reception consisted of Mayor S. H. Cole, Dr. Chester +A. Rowell, F. G. Berry, Dr. A. J. Pedlar, Dr. St. George Hopkins, W. W. +Phillips, I. N. Pattison, Louis Einstein, Nathan W. Moodey, C. W. De +Long, and J. C. Herrington. Altanta Post, G. A. R., Capt. Fred Banta, +Commander, also Company C, National Guard, Capt. M. W. Muller, and +Company F, Capt. C. Chisholm, participated in the reception. A number +of handsome floral designs and other mementoes were presented to the +several members of the party. + +Dr. Rowell delivered the welcoming address. President Harrison, +responding, said: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--It is altogether impossible for me to reach + with my voice this vast concourse of friends. I can only say I am + profoundly grateful for this enthusiastic greeting. I receive with + great satisfaction the memento you have given me of the varied + products of this most fertile and happy valley. I shall carry it with + me to Washington as a reminder of a scene that will never fade from + my memory. It is very pleasant to know that all these pursuits that + so much engage your thoughts and so industriously employ your time + have not turned your minds away from the love of the flag and of those + institutions which spread their secure power over all your homes. What + is it that makes the scattered homes of our people secure? There is no + policeman at the door; there is no guard to accompany us as we move + across this great continent. You and I are in the safe keeping of the + law and of the affection and regard of all our people. Each respects + the rights of the other. I am glad to receive this manifestation of + your respect. I am glad to drink in this morning with this sunshine + and this sweet balmy air a new impulse to public duty, a new love + for the Union and flag. It is a matter of great regret that I can + return in such a small measure your affectionate greeting. I wish it + were possible I could greet each one of you personally, that it were + possible in some way other than in words to testify to you my grateful + sense of your good-will. [Cheers.] + + + + +MERCED, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 25. + + +The presidential party arrived at Merced shortly after noon and was +welcomed by several thousand enthusiastic residents. The Committee of +Reception was composed of the following representative citizens: E. T. +Dixon, Maj. G. B. Cook, L. R. Fancher, C. H. Marks, E. M. Stoddard, S. +A. D. Jones, Frank Howell, W. J. Quigley, M. Goldman, C. E. Fleming, J. +H. Rogers, J. A. Norvell, Thomas Harris, Maj. C. Ralston, F. H. Farrar, +R. N. Hughes, Judge J. K. Law, Thomas H. Leggett, and H. J. Ostrander. +Hancock Post, G. A. R., J. Q. Blackburn, Commander, participated in the +reception. Three little girls, Dottie Norvell, Mattie Hall, and Baby +Ingalsbe, representing the citizens of Merced, presented Mrs. Harrison +with a beautiful souvenir in the shape of a large American flag woven +from roses and violets. + +Chairman Dixon made the welcoming address, and President Harrison +replied in the following words: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--I have scarcely been able to finish a meal + since I have been in California. [Laughter.] I find myself hardly + seated at the table till some one reminds me that in about five + minutes I am to meet another throng of cordial and friendly people. + But I think I could have subsisted on this trip through California + without anything to eat, and have dined the while upon the stimulus + and inspiration which your good-will and kindly greetings have + given me. I do not think, however, from what I have seen of these + valleys, that it will be necessary for anyone to live without eating. + [Laughter.] I have been greatly delighted with the agricultural + richness, with the surprises in natural scenery, and in the production + which have met us on this journey. Everywhere something has been + lying in ambush for us, and when I was thinking of prunes and English + walnuts and oranges we suddenly pulled up to a station where they had + a pyramid of pig tin to excite our wonder and interest at the variety + of the production in this marvellous State. But let me say, above all + those fruits and flowers, above all these productions of mine and + field, I have been most pleased with the men and women of California. + [Applause.] It gives me great pleasure, too, to meet everywhere + these little ones. I am fond of children. They attract my interest + always, and the little ones of my own household furnish about the only + relaxation and pleasure I have at Washington. [Applause.] I wish for + your children and for you, out of whose homes they come, and where + they are treasured with priceless affection and tender supervision, + all the blessings that a benign Providence and a good Government + can bestow. I shall be glad if in any way I have the opportunity to + conserve and promote your interests. [Cheers.] + + + + +MODESTO, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 25. + + +Modesto was reached at 2:40 P.M. The veterans of Grant Post, G. A. +R., with Company D, N. G. C., and several hundred citizens, gave the +President a rousing greeting. The Committee of Reception was Hon. John +S. Alexander, Charles A. Post, and Rev. Dr. Webb. + +George Perley introduced President Harrison, who spoke as follows: + + _Fellow-citizens_--It is very pleasant for me to meet here, + as at all the stations I have passed, a kindly assembly of my + fellow-countrymen. We do not need any one to watch us, nor do we need + to keep watch against anybody else. Peace and good-will characterize + our communities. I was quite amused at a station not far from here to + hear a wondering Chinaman remark as he came up to the train, "Why, + they have no guns on board!" [Laughter.] How different it is with + us!--no retinue, no guards. We travel across this broad country safe + in the confidence and fellowship and kindness of its citizenship. What + other land is there like it? Where else are there homes like ours? + Where else institutions so free and yet so adequate to all the needs + of government, to make the home and community safe, to restrain the + ill-disposed, and everywhere to promote peace and individual happiness? + + We congratulate each other that we are American citizens. Without + distinction of party, without taking note of the many existing + differences of opinion, we are all glad to do all in our power to + promote the dignity and prosperity of the country we love. We cannot + love it too much; we cannot be too careful that all our influence is + on the side of good government and of American interests. We do not + wish ill to any other nation or people in the world, but they must + excuse us if we regard our own fellow-citizens as having the highest + claim on our regard. We will promote such measures as look to our own + interests. [Cheers.] + + + + +LATHROP, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 25. + + +The President's arrival at Lathrop was celebrated by several thousand +residents, re-enforced by large delegations from the neighboring city +of Stockton. The Committee of Reception consisted of James J. Sloan, +A. Henry Stevens, Z. T. White, O. H. P. Bailey, E. Jesurun, T. B. +Walker, W. S. Reyner, D. Sanguinite, Geo. H. Seay, O. D. Wilson, C. F. +Sherburne, F. D. Simpson, and F. J. Walker. The Committee of Reception +appointed by the Mayor of Stockton, and participating in behalf of that +city, was J. K. Doak, F. J. Ryan, I. S. Haines, Willis Lynch, H. R. +McNoble, J. M. Dormer, and F. T. Baldwin. A feature of the reception +was 100 school children, each carrying a bouquet, which they presented +to the President and Mrs. Harrison, both of whom kissed several of the +little donors. Postmaster Sloan delivered the welcoming address. The +President, responding, said: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--I should be less than human if I were not + touched by the rapid succession of hearty greetings received by us in + our journey through California. I should be more than human if I were + able to say something new or interesting at each of these assemblies. + + My heart has but one language: it is, "I thank you." + + Most tenderly do I feel as an individual so much of this kindness + as is personal to me, and as a public official I am most profoundly + grateful that the American people so unitedly show their love and + devotion to the Constitution and the flag. + + We have a Government of the majority; it is the original compact + that when the majority has been fairly counted at the polls, the + expressed will of that majority, taking the form of public law enacted + by State Legislatures or the national Congress, shall be the sole rule + of conduct of every loyal man. [Cheers.] + + We have no other king than law, and he is entitled to the allegiance + of every heart and bowed knee of every citizen. [Cries of "Good! + good!" and cheers.] + + I cannot look forward with any human apprehension to any danger to + our country, unless it approaches us through a corrupt ballot-box. + [Applause.] Let us keep that spring pure, and these happy valleys + shall teem with an increasing population of happy citizens, and our + country shall find in an increasing population only increased unity + and strength. [Cheers.] + + + + +SAN FRANCISCO, APRIL 25. + + +At Keyes Station, near Merced, the presidential train was joined by a +special car containing the San Francisco escort committee. The following +gentlemen composed the party and represented the organizations named: +Mexican Veterans--Maj. R. P. Hammond. California Pioneers--L. L. +Baker, W. B. Farwell, Nathaniel Holland, and Col. A. W. von Schmidt. +Citizens' Committee--E. S. Pillsbury, J. B. Crockett, M. M. Estee, +Irving M. Scott, W. D. English, and Rev. Dr. Samuel V. Leech. Loyal +Legion and Grand Army of the Republic--Chief Engineer J. W. Moore, U. +S. N., Commander Loyal Legion; Past Senior Vice-Commander-in-Chief S. +W. Backus; Past Department Commanders W. H. Aiken, E. Carlson, C. Mason +Kinne, W. A. Robinson, R. H. Marfield, W. R. Smedburg, E. S. Salomon, T. +H. Goodman, G. E. Gard, and A. J. Buckles; Past Junior Vice-Commander +Jesse B. Fuller, Adjt.-Gen. T. C. Mastellar, Past Commander J. M. +Litchfield, Congressmen E. F. Loud and John T. Cutting, comrades J. P. +Meehan, S. S. Flint, and A. J. Hawes. + +Seven o'clock Saturday evening the boom of cannon and clang of bells +signalized the President's arrival at Oakland, where he immediately +embarked on the ferry steamer _Piedmont_ for passage across the bay. +On board the _Piedmont_, in addition to the veteran guard of the G. A. +R., commanded by Capt. Geo. F. Knowlton, Jr., and Lieutenants Wiegand, +Franks and Stateler, were the following prominent residents: Senator +and Mrs. Leland Stanford, A. N. Towne, R. H. Platt, A. J. Bolfing, +H. C. Bunker, C. F. Bassett, Maj. J. N. E. Wilson, Capt. G. D. Boyd, +J. C. Quinn, Geo. L. Seybolt, George Sanderson, J. Steppacher, Ass't +Postmaster Richardson, G. W. Fletcher, Mrs. Peter Donohue, Mrs. Geo. R. +Sanderson, Mrs. James Denman, Mrs. W. W. Morrow, Mrs. Joseph McKenna, +Mrs. M. Ehrman, Mrs. E. Martin, and Mrs. J. D. Spreckels. The scene of +the _Piedmont_ crossing the bay, illuminated with thousands of lights, +covered with flying flags, and greeted by all the craft in the harbor +with myriads of rockets and lights, was a bewildering spectacle. At a +signal great tongues of flame shot up from the summits of Telegraph and +Nob hills, and the monstrous bonfires from the deck of the _Piedmont_ +resembled volcanoes. The entire population of the city came out to +do honor to the head of the Nation, and the principal streets were +beautifully illuminated. + +As the President descended on the arm of Hon. W. W. Morrow he was met on +the wharf by Mayor George H. Sanderson, Col. Basil Norris, Lieut.-Col. +Geo. H. Burton, Lieut.-Col. John P. Hawkins, Maj. Frank M. Coxe, Maj. +Edward Hunter, Maj. James H. Lord, Capt. Chas. N. Booth, and First +Lieutenants L. A. Lovering and James E. Runcie, of the regular army; +General Dickinson and staff and city officials. Mayor Sanderson formally +welcomed the President and presented him a beautiful gold tablet bearing +a resolution of the Board of Supervisors tendering the freedom of the +city and county of San Francisco. + +In response the President said: + + _Mr. Mayor_--I have received with great gratification these words + of welcome which you have extended to me on behalf of the city of San + Francisco. They are but new expressions of the welcome which has been + extended to me since I entered the State of California. Its greatness + and glory I knew something of by story and tradition, but what I have + seen of its resources has quite surpassed my imagination. But what + has deeply impressed me is the loyal and intelligent and warm-hearted + people I have everywhere met. I thank you for this reception. + + + + +SAN FRANCISCO, APRIL 27. + + +Monday, April 27, the President and his party reviewed many thousand +school children assembled on Van Ness Avenue. Escorted by Mayor +Sanderson, General Ruger, and other distinguished citizens, the party +were driven through the famous Golden Gate Park. At the entrance the +President was met and welcomed by Park Commissioner Hammond, while +awaiting the guests inside was a reception committee consisting of E. S. +Pilsbury, W. D. English, General Sheehan, Chief Crowley, C. F. Crocker, +Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Wilshire, Judge Hawley, of Nevada, ex-Mayor Pond, +Colonel Taylor, Marshal Long, Park Commissioner Austin, Mr. and Mrs. +Francis G. Newlands, Samuel Shortridge, C. M. Leavy, Surveyor-General +Pratt, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Le Count, Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Danforth, Colonel +and Mrs. J. B. Wright, of Sacramento, Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Easton, Mr. +Gregory, Mr. and Mrs. Paris Kilbourn, Mr. and Mrs. Timothy G. Phelps, +Senator Carpenter, of Los Angeles, Miss Harriet Bolinger, Mr. and Mrs. +Bolinger, District Attorney Garter, Mrs. Judge W. T. Wallace, F. W. +Sharon, T. B. Shannon, Mrs. B. L. Haseltine, and others. + +The reception concluded, the drive was continued to the Cliff House, +overlooking Seal Rocks; from thence the party visited Sutro Heights and +became the guests of Mr. Adolph Sutro. At the close of luncheon Mr. +Sutro, addressing President Harrison, said in part: + + _Mr. President_--I rise to present you a photo-lithographic letter + written by Sebastian Viscano, the great Spanish navigator. This is + probably the first letter in existence written by any human being from + California. It is dated at the port of Monterey, December 28, 1602, + named in honor of the Conde de Monterey, then Viceroy of Mexico. It + is addressed to the Court of Spain, and states that he (Viscano) had + taken possession of this country for his majesty. + + The original of this letter I found in hunting through the Archives + de las Indias at Seville, Spain. At the date of this letter Queen + Elizabeth was still on the throne of England, Louis XIV. of France was + not born yet, and the Pilgrim Fathers had not yet landed on Plymouth + Rock. + + Mr. President, we all thank you for having come to see our beautiful + land, and permit me especially to thank you for the honor of your + visit to Sutro Heights. + +With the closing words Mr. Sutro extended to the President a red plush +album inclosing the letter. President Harrison, in accepting it, said: + + I beg to thank you both for this letter and your generous welcome + to a spot the natural beauty of which has been so much enhanced by + your efforts. My visit to Sutro Heights, the cliff, and park will be a + red-letter day in my journey. + +The next visit was to the Presidio, where the President and +General Ruger witnessed the brilliant manoeuvres of the troops. +Lieutenant-Colonel Graham was in command; Captain Zalinski was the +officer of the day. Captain Morris led the heavy artillery; Captains +Brinkle and Kinzie commanded the mounted batteries; Colonel Mills headed +the cavalry aided by Captains Wood and Dorst. + + +_Phi Delta Theta._ + +In the evening the President attended a banquet in his honor by +California Alpha Chapter of the State University of the Phi Delta Theta +fraternity, of which Mr. Harrison is a member. George E. de Golbia +presided. When the President arrived he was greeted with the fraternity +cheer. J. N. E. Wilson introduced the honored guest and proposed the +health of "the President." + +General Harrison, responding, said: + + _My Friends and Brothers in this Old Society_--I enjoy this moment + very much in being able to associate with you. I was a member of the + first chapter of this fraternity, which you all know was founded at + Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. I have not lost the impression of + solemnity and reverence which I experienced hunting in the dark in + those early times to find my chapter room, and I am very glad to know + that those meetings were not meetings in the dark. I belonged to the + order when it was young, and now I find its members scattered in all + States, where they all hold positions of trust and influence. I find + that in its history it has produced nothing discreditable to itself, + but always something of which we may all well be proud. I thank you + for these few moments of association with you. [Cheers.] + +At night President and Mrs. Harrison, Secretary Rusk, and +Postmaster-General Wanamaker attended an official card reception at the +Palace Hotel, tendered by the citizens of San Francisco. The visitors +were introduced by Col. J. P. Jackson and George R. Sanderson. The +occasion was one of unusual brilliancy, rendered especially so by the +presence of Admiral A. E. K. Benham and the officers of the fleet, Gen. +Thomas H. Ruger, Gen. G. D. Green, Gen. John P. Hawkins, Gen. John G. +Chandler, Col. Geo. N. Burton, and a hundred or more other officers of +the regular army; Governor Markham and staff in full uniform, Maj. Gen. +W. H. Dimond and staff, Gen. J. H. Dickinson, and scores of officers +of the National Guard, and a thousand or more private citizens of +prominence accompanied by their wives. + + + + +SAN FRANCISCO, APRIL 28. + +_Launch of the Monterey._ + + +Tuesday, April 28, the President enjoyed an excursion on the bay on +board the steamer _Puebla_. Following the _Puebla_ came the cruiser +_Charleston_, literally covered with bunting, and with booming guns, +leading a long line of vessels. The presidential party was accompanied +by Mayor Sanderson, Colonel Andrews, Supervisor Jackson, Colonel +Marceau, Colonel Chadbourne, General Gibbon, Collector Phelps, Capt. C. +M. Goodall, General Cutting, W. T. Coleman, Wm. Dargie, W. G. Harrison, +W. D. English, Stewart Menzies, Judge Murphy, Judge Troutt, Barry +Baldwin, A. E. Castle, A. Chesebrough, Martin Corcoran, W. D. Clarke, +W. R. Hearst, J. G. Fair, W. J. Dutton, W. F. Goad, Wm. Harney, John P. +Irish, J. D. Spreckels, Leon Sloss, Levi Strauss, A. W. Scott, W. S. +Tevis, C. L. Taylor, J. H. Wise, C. E. Whitney, R. J. Wilson, James. D. +Phelan, R. H. Pease, Arthur Rodgers, F. W. Sumner, F. J. Symmes, N. T. +James, G. L. Bradner, C. F. Mullins, Geo. A. Moore, T. C. Grant, and +other gentlemen of prominence. + +In the afternoon, at the Union Iron Works, the President and Mrs. +Harrison participated in the launch of the armored coast-defence vessel +_Monterey_. Mrs. Harrison pressed the button which signalized the +launching of the great ship, and Miss Gunn, daughter of J. O'B. Gunn, +christened the ship with a bottle of California champagne. On the +platform with the President's party were Henry T. Scott and Irving M. +Scott, builders of the _Monterey_; master shipwright Geo. W. Dickie, +Governor Markham, and other prominent people. + +In the evening the distinguished visitors attended a banquet and +reception at the mansion of Senator and Mrs. Leland Stanford. Nineteen +couples sat down at the sumptuous table. They comprised the President +and Mrs. Stanford, Senator Stanford and Mrs. Harrison, Governor Markham +and Mrs. Lowe, General Wanamaker and Mrs. Benham, Secretary Rusk and +Mrs. Markham, General Ruger and Mrs. Russell Harrison, Admiral Benham +and Mrs. Morrow, Col. Lloyd Tevis and Mrs. Dimmick, Mayor Sanderson +and Mrs. Boyd, Hon. M. M. Estee and Mrs. Moses Hopkins, Col. C. F. +Crocker and Miss Houghton, Senator Felton and Mrs. McKee, Mr. Russell +B. Harrison and Mrs. T. Hopkins, Col. J. P. Jackson and Mrs. Dodge, +Mr. Geo. W. Boyd and Mrs. Hewes, Hon. W. W. Morrow and Mrs. Estee, Mr. +Irving M. Scott and Mrs. Jackson, Major Sanger and Mrs. Gwin, Mr. H. +L. Dodge and Mrs. Easton. In the Pompeiian parlor of the mansion the +President, with Mrs. Harrison and Senator and Mrs. Stanford, received +the thousand or more guests, who comprised the prominent society people +of San Francisco and many other cities on the coast. + + + + +REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 29. + + +Leaving San Francisco on Wednesday, April 29, the President spent the +morning at Senator Stanford's famous Palo Alto ranch. The first stop _en +route_ to Monterey was at Redwood City, where a large and enthusiastic +crowd, including 200 school children, welcomed the President. Geo. S. +Evans Post, G. A. R., C. D. Harkins, Commander, was present. Among +the prominent citizens participating were: H. R. Judah, of San Mateo; +Geo. C. Ross, W. R. Welch, Geo. W. Lovie, John Poole, Henry Buger, +Sheriff Kinne, Marshal Jamieson, and Judge Geo. H. Buck, who delivered +the speech of welcome and presented the President, on behalf of the +citizens, with a polished redwood tablet two feet in width. + +As the train moved off President Harrison said: + + _My Friends_--I am sorry that I can say nothing more to you in + the limited time we have than that I am sincerely thankful for your + friendly demonstration. + + + + +SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 29. + + +Arriving at San Jose the President remained an hour and reviewed a +parade in his honor. He was received at the depot by Mayor S. N. +Rucker at the head of the following Committee of Reception: Judge John +Reynolds, Judge F. E. Spencer, D. B. Moody, R. O. Shively, S. F. Lieb, +V. A. Schellar, C. M. Shortridge, T. E. Beans, L. G. Nesmith, C. T. +Ryland, O. A. Hale, H. W. Wright, J. W. Rea, C. T. Park, A. McDonald, C. +T. Settle, H. M. Leonard, B. D. Murphy, J. H. Henry, A. E. Mintie, S. F. +Ayer, Judge W. G. Lorigan, and H. V. Morehouse. Mayor Rucker delivered +the address of welcome at the court house. + +President Harrison, responding, said. + + _Mr. Mayor and Fellow-citizens_--I am again surprised by this large + outpouring of my friends and by the respectful interest which they + evince. I cannot find words to express the delight which I have felt + and which those who journey with me have felt as we have observed + the beauty and, more than all, the comfort and prosperity which + characterize the great State of California. I am glad to observe here, + as I have elsewhere, that my old comrades of the great war for the + Union have turned out to witness afresh by this demonstration their + love for the flag and their veneration for American institutions. + + My comrades, I greet you, every one, affectionately. I doubt not + that every loyal State has representatives here of that great army + that subdued the rebellion and brought home the flag in triumph. I + hope that you have found in this flowery and prosperous land, in the + happy homes which you have builded up here, in the wives and children + that grace your firesides, a sweet contrast to those times of peril + and hardship which you experienced in the army, and I trust above all + that under these genial and kindly influences you still maintain your + devotion to our institutions and are teaching it to the children that + shall take your places. + + We often speak of the children following in the footsteps of + their fathers. A year ago nearly, in Boston, at the great review of + the Grand Army of the Republic, after those thousands of veterans, + stricken with years and labor, had passed along, a great army, nearly + as large, came on with the swinging step that characterized you when + you carried the flag from your home to the field. They were the sons + of veterans, literally marching in their fathers' steps; and so I love + to think that in the hands of this generation that is coming on to + take our places our institutions are safe and the honor and glory of + the flag will be maintained. We may quietly go to our rest when God + shall call us, in the full assurance that His favoring providence will + follow us, and that in your children valor and sacrifice for the flag + will always manifest themselves on every occasion. + + Again thanking you for your presence and friendly interest, I must + beg you to excuse further speech, as we must journey on to other + scenes like this. Good-by and God bless you, comrades. + + + + +GILROY, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 29. + + +Two thousand people welcomed the President on his arrival at Gilroy at 6 +o'clock in the evening. The floral decorations were particularly fine; +the piece attracting the greatest attention was a life-size white bear +made of tea-roses. The Committee of Reception was Mayor Loupe, Thomas +Rea, Geo. E. Hersey, Victor Bassignsno, F. W. Blake, Professor Hall, and +Messrs. Eckhart, Casey, and Cleveland. + +Mayor Loupe introduced the President, who made one of his briefest +speeches. He said: + + _My Friends_--It gives me great pleasure to see you for a moment, + and thank you for your kindness in coming out on this occasion. In + all my travels I have never seen a more intelligent and happy people + than I have met in California. Let me introduce you to Mr. Wanamaker. + + + + +WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 29. + + +At Pajaro Station the presidential party was welcomed by the Board of +Trustees and 2,000 residents of the thriving city of Watsonville, in +the beautiful Pajaro Valley. Six hundred school children and a young +ladies' zouave company participated in the greeting. The Committee of +Reception comprised the Board of Trustees, E. H. Madden, T. J. Horgan, +James A. Linscott, H. P. Brassell, and the following prominent citizens +of Watsonville: W. A. Sanborn, A. B. Hawkins, Geo. A. Shearer, Geo. W. +Peckham, W. R. Radcliff, J. A. Hetherington, James Waters, Mark Hudson, +Geo. A. Trafton, John T. Porter, John F. Kane, and F. E. Mauk; also, +Wm. Wilson and C. E. Bowman, representing the town of Corralitos, and +C. R. Whitcher, Jr., representing Castroville. Chairman Madden made the +welcoming address. + +The President said: + + _My Friends_--I am very glad to see you this evening. I am sorry + that the fatigues of the past few days have left us all in a state + not quite so fresh and blooming as your fields and gardens. We are a + little dusty and a little worn, but you quite rekindle our spirits by + this demonstration. We have ridden with great delight through this + beautiful valley to-day. It seems to me, as we pass each ridge or + backbone and come into a new valley, that we see something that still + more resembles the Garden of Eden. It is a constant succession of + surprises, but most of all I delight to see such convincing evidence + of the contentment and happiness of your people. I am sure that those + I see here to-day must come from happy and prosperous homes. I wish + you all good-by. [Cheers.] + + + + +MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 30. + + +The presidential party arrived at Del Monte depot at 8 o'clock Wednesday +evening and were the guests of Manager Schonewald, of the famous Hotel +Del Monte. The next morning the distinguished travellers were driven +over to Monterey, the historic old capital of California; they were +met at the outskirts by the City Trustees and a committee of prominent +citizens, among whom were: C. I. Burks, Capt. Thomas Bralee, Francis +Doud, David Rodrick, F. R. Day, Edward Ingram, Job Wood, Thomas Doud, +J. T. Stockdale, Jacob R. Leese, Wm. Kay, A. A. Osio, and H. Whitcomb. +The reception was held on the grounds fronting the old Capitol--now +used as a school-house. After the reception the visitors were taken on +an 18-mile drive through the parks and groves along the Pacific Ocean. +Mayor W. J. Hill, of Salinas, delivered the address of welcome on behalf +of the citizens of Monterey and Salinas, and presented the President +with a silver plate engraved with a fac-simile of the old Custom House +and the words "The Custom House where the American flag was first raised +in California, July 7, 1846. Monterey, April 30, 1891. Greeting to our +President." + +In response the President said: + + _Mr. Mayor and Fellow-citizens_--Our whole pathway through the State + of California has been paved with good-will. We have been made to walk + upon flowers. Our hearts have been touched and refreshed at every + point by the voluntary offerings of your hospitable people. Our trip + has been one continued ovation of friendliness. I have had occasion + to say before that no man is entitled to appropriate to himself these + tributes. They witness a peculiar characteristic of the American + people. Unlike many other people less happy, we give our devotion to + a Government, to its Constitution, to its flag, and not to men. We + reverence and obey those who have been placed by our own suffrages + and choice in public stations, but our allegiance, our affection, is + given to our beneficent institutions, and upon this rock our security + is based. We are not subject to those turbulent uprisings that prevail + where the people follow leaders rather than institutions; where they + are caught by the glamour and dash of brilliant men rather than by the + steady law of free institutions. + + I rejoice to be for a moment among you this morning. The history + of this city starts a train of reflections in my mind that I cannot + follow out in speech, but the impression of them will remain with me + as long as I live. [Applause.] California and its coast were essential + to the integrity and completeness of the American Union. But who + can tell what may be the result of the establishment here of free + institutions, the setting up by the wisdom and foresight and courage + of the early pioneers in California of a commonwealth that was very + early received into the American Union? We see to-day what has been + wrought. But who can tell what another century will disclose, when + these valleys have become thick with a prosperous and thriving and + happy people? I thank you again for your cordial greeting and bid you + good-morning. [Cheers.] + + + + +SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA, MAY 1. + + +At 8 o'clock Friday morning the presidential train halted at Santa Cruz, +the City of the Holy Cross, where another floral greeting awaited the +distinguished guests. They were met by Mayor G. Bowman at the head of a +committee of prominent citizens, among whom were: Col. Thomas P. Robb, +W. P. Young, Dr. T. W. Drullard, W. Finkeldey, O. J. Lincoln, W. J. +McCollum, A. L. Weeks, P. R. Hinds, W. H. Galbraith, E. C. Williams, +Duncan McPherson, Wm. T. Jeter, A. A. Taylor, W. D. Storey, F. A. +Hihn, Z. N. Goldsby, Richard Thompson, R. C. Kirby, J. H. Logan, A. J. +Jennings, Judge McCann, J. F. Cunningham, Benj. Knight, Z. Barnet, E. C. +Williams, and J. T. Sullivan. Grand Marshal J. O. Wanzer, with his aids, +U. S. Nichols, M. S. Patterson, H. Fay, W. D. Haslam, R. H. Pringle, W. +C. Hoffman, and George Chittenden, acted as an escort of honor to the +President during the parade. When the Pacific Ocean House was reached +Mayor Bowman made a welcoming address. After the reception the party +visited the grove of big trees near the city. + +As the President arose to respond the great audience cheered +enthusiastically. He said: + + _Mr. Mayor and Fellow-citizens_--It seems to me like improvidence + that all this tasteful and magnificent display should be but for a + moment. In all my journeying in California, where every city has + presented some surprise and where each has been characterized by + lavish and generous display, I have not seen anything so suddenly + created and yet so beautiful. I am sure we have not ridden through + any street more attractive than this. I thank you most sincerely for + this cordial welcome. I am sure you are a loyal, and I know you are a + loving and kindly people. [Cheers.] We have been received, strangers + as we were, with affection, and everywhere as I look into the faces of + this people I feel my heart swell with pride that I am an American and + that California is one of the American States. [Cheers.] + + + + +LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA, MAY 1. + + +The first stop after leaving Santa Cruz was at Los Gatos, overlooking +the Santa Clara Valley, where a large assemblage welcomed the party. The +Committee of Reception comprised the Board of Town Trustees and W. H. B. +Trantham, James H. Lyndon, G. A. Dodge, and C. F. Wilcox. E. O. C. Ord +Post, G. A. R., James G. Arthur, Commander, was out in full force. + +Chairman J. W. Lyndon made the address of welcome and introduced +President Harrison, who said: + + _My Fellow citizens_--If California had lodged a complaint against + the last census I should have been inclined to entertain it and to + order your people to be counted again. [Laughter.] From what I have + seen in these days of pleasant travel through your State I am sure + the census enumerators have not taken you all. We have had another + surprise in coming over these mountains to find that not the valleys + alone of California, but its hill-tops are capable of productive + cultivation. We have been greatly surprised to see vineyards and + orchards at these altitudes, and to know that your fields rival in + productiveness the famous valleys of your State. + + I thank you for your cordial greeting. It overpowers me I feel that + these brief stops are but poor recompense for the trouble and care + you have taken. I wish we could tarry longer with you. I wish I could + know more of you individually, but I can only thank you and say that + we will carry away most happy impressions of California, and that in + public and in private life it will give me pleasure always to show my + appreciation of your great State. [Cheers.] + + + + +SAN FRANCISCO, MAY 1. + +_Chamber of Commerce Reception._ + + +The President returned to San Francisco from his trip to Monterey and +Santa Cruz at noon Friday, May 1. He was met across the bay by W. W. +Montague, Geo. C. Perkins, and Oliver Eldridge, constituting a committee +of escort from the Chamber of Commerce. Arrived at the Chamber of +Commerce the President was met by the following Reception Committee, +trustees of the Chamber, composed of: William L. Merry, A. J. Ralston, +W. T. Y. Schenck, Robert Watt, A. R. Briggs, James Carolan, N. W. +Spaulding, General Dimond, John Rosenfeld, Charles R. Allen, J. J. +McKinnon, C. B. Stone, and Louis Parrott. On the floor of the Merchants' +Exchange the President was greeted by a great and enthusiastic assembly, +composed of members of the following bodies invited to participate in +the reception: Mexican War Veterans, Society of Pioneers, Territorial +Pioneers, Geographical Society, Art Association, Geological Society, +State Board of Trade, Board of Trade of the city, Bar Association, +Bankers' Association, Produce Exchange, San Francisco Stock Exchange, +Merchants' Exchange, Boards of Brokers, Boards of Marine Institute, +Chamber of Commerce, Manufacturers' Association, and California Academy +of Sciences. Colonel Taylor, President of the Chamber of Commerce, +delivered an able address upon the trade of the Pacific coast, and +closed by cordially welcoming President Harrison, Postmaster-General +Wanamaker, and Secretary Rusk. + +When the President arose to respond he was greeted with a storm of +applause. His address was punctured throughout with cheers. He said: + + _Mr. President and Gentlemen of these Assembled Societies_--I have + been subjected during my stay in California in some respects to + the same treatment the policeman accords to the tramp--I have been + kept moving on. You have substituted flowers and kindness for the + policeman's baton. And yet, notwithstanding all this, we come to you + this morning not exhausted or used up, but a little fatigued. Your + cordial greetings are more exhilarating than your wine, and perhaps + safer for the constitution. [Laughter and applause.] + + I am glad to stand in the presence of this assemblage of business + men. I have tried to make this a business Administration. [Applause.] + Of course we cannot wholly separate politics from a national + Administration, but I have felt that every public officer owed his + best service to the people, without distinction of party [cries of + "Good! good!" and applause]; that in administering official trusts + we were in a very strict sense, not merely in a figurative sense, + your servants. It has been my desire that in every branch of the + public service there should be improvement. I have stimulated all the + Secretaries and have received stimulus from them in the endeavor, in + all the departments of the Government that touch your business life, + to give you as perfect a service as possible. This we owe to you; but + if I were pursuing party ends I should feel that I was by such methods + establishing my party in the confidence of the people. [Applause.] + + I feel that we have come to a point where American industries, + American commerce, and American influence are to be revived and + extended. The American sentiment and feeling was never more + controlling than now; and I do not use that term in the narrow sense + of native American, but to embrace all loyal citizens, whether + native-born or adopted, who have the love of our flag in their hearts. + [Great cheering.] I shall speak to-night, probably, at the banquet of + business men, and will not enter into any lengthy discussion here. + Indeed, I am so careful not to trespass upon any forbidden topic, + that I may not in the smallest degree offend those who have forgotten + party politics in extending this greeting to us, that I do not know + how far I should talk upon these public questions. But since your + Chairman has alluded to them, I can say I am in hearty sympathy with + the suggestions he has made. I believe there are methods by which + we shall put the American flag upon the sea again. [Applause.] In + speaking the other day I used an illustration which will perhaps be + apt in this company of merchants. You recall, all of you, certainly + those of my age, the time when no merchant sent out travelling men. He + expected the buyer to come to his store. Perhaps that was well enough; + but certain enterprising men sought custom by putting travelling men + with samples on the road. However the conservative merchant regarded + that innovation, he had but one choice--to put travelling men on the + road or go out of business. In this question of shipping we are in a + similar condition. The great commercial governments of the world have + stimulated their shipping interests by direct or indirect subsidies, + while we have been saying: "No, we prefer the old way." We must + advance or--I will not say go out of business, for we have already + gone out. [Applause.] I thank you most cordially for your greeting, + and bid you good-by. [Applause.] + + + + +ADDRESS TO THE VETERANS, MAY 1. + + +From the Chamber of Commerce the President and his party were escorted +to the Mechanics' Pavilion by the Veteran Guard under Captain Knowlton, +preceded and followed by Lincoln, Garfield, Cass, Meade, Liberty, and +Geo. Sykes posts, G. A. R. Fully 10,000 children and citizens were +assembled to witness the May Day festivities under the auspices of +the G. A. R. posts. Escorted by Grand Marshal Saloman, the President +advanced to the stage and was received by Hon. Henry C. Dibble, who +presented him to the throng of veterans and children. + +He spoke as follows: + + _Comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic_--It will not be + possible in so large a hall for me to make myself heard, and yet I + cannot refuse when appealed to to say a word of kindly greeting to + those comrades who have found their homes on the Pacific coast. I have + no doubt that all the loyal States of the Union are represented in + this assembly, and it is pleasant to know that, after the strife and + hardships of those years of battle, you have found among the flowers + and fruits of the earth homes that are full of pleasantness and peace. + + It was that these things might continue to be that you went to + battle; it was that these homes might be preserved; it was that the + flag and all that it symbolizes might be perpetuated, that you fought + and many of our comrades died. All this land calls you blessed. The + fruits of division and strife that would have been ours if secession + had succeeded would have been full of bitterness. The end that was + attained by your valor under the providence of God has brought peace + and prosperity to all the States. [Applause.] + + It gave me great pleasure in passing through the Southern States + to see how your work had contributed to their prosperity. No man can + look upon any of these States through which we campaigned and fought + without realizing that what seemed to their people a disaster was, + under God, the opening of a great gate of prosperity and happiness. + + All those fires of industry which I saw through the South were + lighted at the funeral pyre of slavery. [Cries of "Good! good!" and + applause.] They were impossible under the conditions that existed + previously in those States. We are now a homogeneous people. You in + California, full of pride and satisfaction with the greatness of your + State, will always set above it the greater glory and the greater + citizenship which our flag symbolizes. [Cheers.] You went into the + war for the defence of the Union; you have come out to make your + contribution to the industries and progress of this age of peace. As + in our States of the Northwest the winter covering of snow hides and + warms the vegetation, and with the coming of the spring sun melts and + sinks into the earth to refresh the root, so this great army was a + covering and defence, and when the war was ended, turned into rivulets + of refreshment to all the pursuits of peace. There was nothing greater + in all the world's story than the assembling of this army except its + disbandment. It was an army of citizens; and when the war was over the + soldier was not left at the tavern--he had a fireside toward which + his steps hastened. He ceased to be a soldier and became a citizen. + [Cheers.] + + I observe, as I look into your faces, that the youth of the army + must have settled on the Pacific coast. [Laughter and applause.] You + are younger men here than we are in the habit of meeting at our Grand + Army posts in the East. May all prosperity attend you; may you be + able to show yourselves in civil life, as in the war, the steadfast, + unfaltering, devoted friends of this flag you are willing to die for. + [Great cheering.] + + + + +PALACE HOTEL BANQUET, MAY 1. + + +In the evening President Harrison attended a grand banquet given in +his honor by the prominent citizens at the Palace Hotel. Of all the +entertainments extended to the distinguished visitors on their journey +this banquet was beyond question the most notable. Representatives of +the business, professional, political, educational, and society circles +of the city were present in numbers. The brilliant affair was largely +directed by Colonel Andrews, Alfred Bovier, Geo. R. Sanderson, and +Messrs. Le Count, Jackson, and Menzies of the Citizens' Committee. + +The President was escorted to the banquet hall by General Barnes and +introduced to the distinguished assembly quite early in the evening. +After the vociferous cheering subsided General Harrison rewarded the +magnificent assemblage with an address that called forth from the press +of the country general commendation, and is only second to his great +speech at Galveston. He said: + + _Mr. President and Gentlemen_--When the Queen of Sheba visited the + court of Solomon and saw its splendors she was compelled to testify + that the half had not been told her. Undoubtedly the emissaries of + Solomon's court, who had penetrated to her distant territory, found + themselves in a like situation to that which attends Californians + when they travel East--they are afraid to put too much to test + the credulity of their hearers [laughter and applause], and as a + gentleman of your State said to me, it has resulted in a prevailing + indisposition among Californians to tell the truth out of California. + [Laughter and applause.] Not at all because Californians are + unfriendly to the truth, but solely out of compassion for their + hearers they address themselves to the capacity of those who hear + them. [Laughter.] And taking warning by the fate of the man who told a + sovereign of the Indies that he had seen water so solid that it could + be walked upon, they do not carry their best stories away from home. + [Laughter.] + + It has been, much as I have heard of California, a brilliant + disillusion to me and to those who have journeyed with me. The half + had not been told of the productiveness of your valleys, of the + blossoming orchards, of the gardens laden with flowers. We have seen + and been entranced. Our pathway has been strewn with flowers. We have + been surprised, when we were in a region of orchards and roses, to be + suddenly pulled up at a station and asked to address some remarks to a + pyramid of pig tin. [Laughter and applause.] + + Products of the mine, rare and exceptional, have been added to the + products of the field, until now the impression has been made upon my + mind that if any want should be developed in the arts, possibly if + any wants should be developed in statesmanship, or any vacancies in + office [great laughter], we have here a safe reservoir that can be + drawn upon _ad libitum_. [Laughter]. But, my friends, sweeter than all + the incense of flowers, richer than all the products of mines, has + been the gracious, unaffected, hearty kindness with which the people + of California have everywhere received us. Without division, without + dissent, a simple yet magnificent and enthusiastic American welcome. + [Great applause.] + + It is gratifying that it should be so. We may carry into our + campaigns, to our conventions and congresses, discussions and + divisions, but how grand it is that we are a people who bow reverently + to the decision when it is rendered, and who will follow the flag + always, everywhere, with absolute devotion of heart without asking + what party may have given the leader in whose hands it is placed. + [Enthusiastic cheering.] + + I believe that we have come to a new epoch as a Nation. There are + opening portals before us inviting us to enter--opening portals to + trade and influence and prestige such as we have never seen before. + [Great applause.] We will pursue the paths of peace; we are not + a warlike Nation; all our instincts, all our history is in the + lines of peace. Only intolerable aggression, only the peril of our + institutions--of the flag--can thoroughly arouse us. [Great applause.] + With capability for war on land and on sea unexcelled by any nation in + the world, we are smitten with the love of peace. [Applause.] We would + promote the peace of this hemisphere by placing judiciously some large + guns about the Golden Gate [great and enthusiastic cheering]--simply + for saluting purposes [laughter and cheers], and yet they should be of + the best modern type. [Cheers.] + + We should have on the sea some good vessels. We don't need as + great a navy as some other people, but we do need a sufficient navy + of first-class ships, simply to make sure that the peace of the + hemisphere is preserved [cheers]; simply that we may not leave the + great distant marts and harbors of commerce and our few citizens who + may be domiciled there to feel lonesome for the sight of the American + flag. [Cheers.] + + We are making fine progress in the construction of the navy. The + best English constructors have testified to the completeness and + perfection of some of our latest ships. It is a source of great + gratification to me that here in San Francisco the energy, enterprise, + and courage of some of your citizens have constructed a plant capable + of building the best modern ships. [Cries of "Good! good!" and cheers.] + + I saw with delight the magnificent launch of one of these new + vessels. I hope that you may so enlarge your capacities for + construction that it will not be necessary to send any naval vessel + around the Horn. We want merchant ships. [Cheers.] I believe we have + come to a time when we should choose whether we will continue to be + non-participants in the commerce of the world or will now vigorously, + with the push and energy which our people have shown in other lines of + enterprise, claim our share of the world's commerce. [Cheers.] + + I will not enter into the discussion of methods of the Postal bill + of the last session of Congress, which marks the beginning. Here in + California, where for so long a time a postal service that did not pay + its own way was maintained by the Government, where for other years + the Government has maintained mail lines into your valleys, reaching + out to every remote community, and paying out yearly a hundred times + the revenue that was derived, it ought not to be difficult to persuade + you that our ocean mail should not longer be the only service for + which we refuse to expend even the revenues derived from it. + + It is my belief that, under the operation of the law to which I have + referred, we shall be able to stimulate ship-building, to secure some + new lines of American steamships, and to increase the ports of call of + all those now established. [Enthusiastic cheering.] + + It will be my effort to do what may be done under the powers lodged + in me by the law to open and increase trade with the countries of + Central and South America. I hope it may not be long--I know it will + not be long if we but unitedly pursue this great scheme--until one can + take a sail in the bay of San Francisco and see some deep-water ships + come in bearing our own flag. [Enthusiastic and continued cheering.] + + During our excursion the other day I saw three great vessels come + in; one carried the Hawaiian and two the English flag. I am a thorough + believer in the construction of the Nicaragua Canal. You have pleased + me so much that I would like a shorter water communication between + my State and yours. [Cheers.] Influences and operations are now + started that will complete, I am sure, this stately enterprise; but, + my fellow-citizens and Mr. President, this is the fifth time this day + that I have talked to gatherings of California friends, and we have so + much taxed the hospitality of San Francisco in making our arrangements + to make this city the centre of a whole week's sight-seeing that I do + not want to add to your other burdens the infliction of longer speech. + [Cries of "Go on!"] Right royally have you welcomed us with all that + is rich and prodigal in provision and display. With all graciousness + and friendliness I leave my heart with you when I go. [Great and + prolonged cheering.] + + + + +SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, MAY 2. + + +Early Saturday morning, May 2, the President left San Francisco, +accompanied by Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. Dimmick, Secretary Rusk, Marshal +Ransdell, and Major Sanger, to visit the capital city, Sacramento. They +were met at Davisville by a special committee consisting of: Hon. Newton +Booth, Hon. A. P. Catlin, Hon. W. C. Van Fleet, Col. J. B. Wright, Hon. +J. O. Coleman, Maj. Wm. McLaughlin, Col. C. H. Hubbard, Hon. N. Curtis, +Hon. Theo. Reichert, R. B. Harmon, and Hon. W. C. Hendricks. + +A presidential salute at 8 o'clock announced the arrival of the Chief +Magistrate, who was welcomed by Hon. W. D. Comstock, Mayor of the city, +at the head of the following distinguished Committee of Reception: Hon. +J. W. Armstrong, Prof. E. C. Atkinson, Hon. Frederick Cox, Edwin F. +Smith, H. M. Larue, P. S. Lawson, W. A. Anderson, Wells Drury, C. K. +McClatchy, Maj. H. Weinstock, A. A. Van Voorhies, A. S. Hopkins, T. W. +Humphrey, Hon. F. R. Dray, Wm. Beckman, R. D. Stephens, W. P. Coleman, +Dr. Wm. H. Baldwin, Allen Towle, Dr. G. L. Simmons, C. T. Wheeler, J. +C. Pierson, W. H. H. Hart, A. Abbott, Chas. McCreary, Rev. Stephenson, +T. M. Lindley, E. W. Roberts, Grove L. Johnson, Frank Miller, Dr. W. +R. Cluness, H. W. Byington, Chris. Green, Clinton L. White, Alonzo +R. Conklin, Wm. Geary, Gen. A. L. Hart, Dr. S. Bishop, L. Tozer, D. +H. McDonald, L. W. Grothan, W. H. Ambrose, J. S. McMahon, Geo. W. +Chesley, W. R. Strong, Rev. A. C. Herrick, T. M. Lindley, H. J. Small, +Felix Tracy, C. A. Luhrs, Philip Scheld, Wm. Land, H. G. May, C. A. +Jenkins, Geo. C. McMulle, Jabez Turner, M. A. Baxter, O. W. Erlewine, +Albert Hart, L. Elkus, B. B. Brown, T. C. Adams, B. U. Steinman, G. W. +Safford, W. D. Perkins, Ed. F. Taylor, A. J. Johnston, E. Greer, L. +Mebus, W. E. Gerber, S. E. Carrington, E. C. Hart, Dr. M. Gardner, Dr. +T. W. Huntington, Chris. Weisel, Joseph E. Werry, W. F. Knox, E. W. +Hale, Dr. G. M. Dixon, W. O. Bowers, Geo. W. Hancock, E. G. Blessing, +A. J. Rhoads, R. S. Carey, E. B. Willis, Jud C. Brusie, T. L. Enright, +V. S. McClatchy, Wm. J. Davis, Dr. J. R. Laine, Geo. M. Mott, Harrison +Bennett, R. M. Clarken, Jerry Paine, J. W. Wilson, John Weil, Gen. J. G. +Martine, H. B. Neilson, Chas. M. Campbell, M. S. Hammer, J. M. Avery, +Dr. H. L. Nichols, W. W. Cuthbert, James I. Felter, R. H. Singleton, +E. M. Luckett, L. L. Lewis, C. S. Houghton, C. A. Yoerk, T. H. Berkey, +P. Herzog, M. J. Dillman, Robert T. Devlin, A. Poppert, J. L. Huntoon, +Capt. Wm. Siddons, Maj. W. A. Gett, C. J. Ellia, F. W. Fratt, Judge H. +O. Beatty, W. A. Curtis, H. A. Guthrie, Thomas Scott, Benj. Wilson, +Chas. Wieger, H. Fisher, C. H. Gilman, W. L. Duden, S. S. Holl, J. Frank +Clark, H. G. Smith, L. Williams, John Gruhler, F. A. Jones, R. J. Van +Voorhies, James Woodburn, Samuel Gerson, M. A. Burke, C. C. Bonte, Lee +Stanley, Perrin Stanton, A. Mazzini, John F. Slater, J. E. Burke, Capt. +J. H. Roberts, Thos. Geddes, S. L. Richards, M. M. Drew, Gen. Geo. B. +Cosbey, J. F. Linthicum, J. N. Larkin, Richard Burr, and Samuel Lavenson. + +The march from the depot to the Capitol grounds was one continuous +ovation. The veterans of Warren, Sumner, and Fair Oaks posts, G. A. +R., acted as an escort of honor. The militia was commanded by Gen. T. +W. Sheehan. More than 30,000 people witnessed or participated in the +demonstration. As the President passed Pioneer Hall he halted the column +to receive the greetings of the venerable members of the Sacramento +Society. Governor Markham delivered an eloquent address, reciting +the discovery of gold in California, reviewing the President's tour +through the State, and bidding him "good-by and God-speed." Ex-Governor +Booth and Secretary Rusk also made short speeches. Postmaster-General +Wanamaker was detained at San Francisco, inspecting sites for a new +post-office. His absence was a disappointment to the postal employees, +who sent him a silver tablet, the size of a money-order, engraved with +their compliments, as a memento. + +The President's address was as follows: + + _Governor Markham and Fellow-citizens_--Our eyes have rested upon no + more beautiful or impressive sight since we entered California. This + fresh, delightful morning, this vast assemblage of contented and happy + people, this building, dedicated to the uses of civil government--all + things about us tend to inspire our hearts with pride and with + gratitude. + + Gratitude to that overruling Providence that turned hither after the + discovery of this continent the steps of those who had the capacity to + organize a free representative government. + + Gratitude to that Providence that has increased the feeble colonies + on an inhospitable coast to these millions of prosperous people, who + have found another sea and populated its sunny shores with a happy and + growing people. [Applause.] + + Gratitude to that Providence that led us through civil strife to + a glory and a perfection of unity as a people that was otherwise + impossible. + + Gratitude that we have to-day a Union of free States without a slave + to stand as a reproach to that immortal declaration upon which our + Government rests. [Cheers.] + + Pride that our people have achieved so much; that, triumphing over + all the hardships of those early pioneers, who struggled in the face + of discouragement and difficulties more appalling than those that met + Columbus when he turned the prows of his little vessels toward an + unknown shore; that, triumphing over perils of starvation, perils of + savages, perils of sickness, here on the sunny slope of the Pacific + they have established civil institutions and set up the banner of the + imperishable Union. [Cheers.] + + Every Californian who has followed in their footsteps, every man and + woman who is to-day enjoying the harvest of their endeavors, should + always lift his hat to the pioneer of '49. [Cheers.] + + We stand here at the political centre of a great State, in this + building where your lawmakers assemble, chosen by your suffrages + to execute your will in framing those rules of conduct which shall + control the life of the citizen. May you always find here patriotic, + consecrated men to do your work. May they always assemble here with a + high sense of duty to those brave, intelligent, and honorable people. + May they catch the great lesson of our Government, that our people + need only such regulation as shall restrain the ill-disposed and shall + give the largest liberty to individual enterprise and effort. [Cheers.] + + No man is gifted with speech to describe the beauty and the + impressiveness of this great occasion. I am awed in this presence. + I bow reverently to this great assembly of free, intelligent, + enterprising American sovereigns. [Cheers.] + + I am glad to have this hasty glimpse of this early centre of + immigration. I am glad to stand at the place where that momentous + event, the discovery of gold, transpired, and yet, after you have + washed your sand of gold, after the eager rush for sudden wealth, + after all this you have come into a heritage in the possession of + these fields, in those enduring and inexhaustible treasures of your + soil, which will perpetually sustain a great population. + + In parting, sir [to the Governor], to you as the representative of + this people I give the most hearty thanks of all who journey with me + and my own for the early, continuous, kindly, yea, even affectionate + attention which has followed us in all our footsteps through + California. [Great cheering.] + + + + +BENICIA, CALIFORNIA, MAY 2. + + +On leaving Sacramento the President made a brief stop at Benicia, where +a large crowd greeted him, including the school children, who bombarded +him with flowers. The welcoming committee was D. M. Hart, President of +the Board of Trustees; A. Dalton, Jr., S. C. Gray, and W. H. Foreman. + +In response to calls for a speech the President said: + + _My Friends_--I thank you most sincerely for this pleasant tribute + which I have received from these children. It is a curious thing, + perhaps, that among the earliest towns that became familiar to me in + my younger days was Benicia. In 1857, when the United States sent an + armed expedition to Utah, and thence across the continent, I happened + to have an elder and much-beloved brother who was a lieutenant in that + campaign. He was stationed at Benicia Barracks, and his letters from + this place have fixed it in my memory, and recalls to me, as I stand + here this morning, very tender memories of one who has long since gone + to his rest. I thank you again for this demonstration. + + + + +BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, MAY 2. + +_State University._ + + +The President arrived at West Berkeley station at 1 o'clock and was +met by the Berkeley Reception Committee, consisting of C. R. Lord, +J. L. Scotchler, R. Rickard, E. F. Neihauser, Samuel Heywood, C. +Gaines, J. S. Eastman, John Squires, F. B. Cone, Chris. Johnson, John +Finn, George Schmidt, L. Gottshall, A. F. Fonzo, H. W. Taylor, and +C. E. Wulferdingen. A procession was formed, and amid thousands of +enthusiastic onlookers the party was driven to the State University. +At the main entrance the President found the Faculty, the University +Battalion, and about 1,000 other people awaiting his coming. Acting +President Kellogg briefly welcomed the distinguished guest. + +The President, standing with uncovered head in the carriage, spoke as +follows: + + It gives me great pleasure even to inspect these grounds + and the exterior of these buildings devoted to education. Our + educational institutions, beginning with the primary common schools + and culminating in the great universities of the land, are the + instrumentalities by which the future citizens of this country are + to be trained in the principles of morality and in the intellectual + culture which will fit them to maintain, develop, and perpetuate what + their fathers have begun. + + I am glad to receive your welcome, and only regret that it is + impossible for me to make a closer observation of your work. I unite + with you in mourning the loss which has come to you in the death of + Professor Le Conte. I wish for the institution and for those who are + called here to train the young the guidance and blessing of God in all + their endeavors. + + +_Institute of the Dumb and Blind._ + +Leaving the University the President was rapidly driven through a +beautiful residence district and entered the grounds of the California +Institute of the Deaf, Dumb and Blind. Before the great edifice stood +the teachers: G. B. Goodall, T. D'Estrella, T. Grady, F. O'Donnell, +Henry Frank, Douglas Kieth, C. T. Wilkinson, N. F. Whipple, Mary Dutch, +Laura Nourse, Elizabeth Moffitt, Rose Sedgwick, Otto Fleissner, and +Charles S. Perry. Assembled on the green were more than 200 afflicted +little ones. The blind welcomed the President with their sympathetic +voices, the dumb looked upon him and smiled, while the deaf waved their +little hands with joy. Superintendent Wilkinson in an address warmly +thanked the party for their visit. + +The President, responding, said: + + It gives me great pleasure to stop for a moment at one of these + institutions so characteristic of our Christian civilization. In + the barbarous ages of the world the afflicted were regarded by + superstition unhelpful, or treated with cruel neglect; but in this + better day the States are everywhere making magnificent provision for + the comfort and education of the blind and deaf and dumb. + + Where one avenue to the mind has been closed science is opening + another. The eye does the work of the ear, the finger the work of + the tongue for the dumb, and touch becomes sight to the blind. I am + sure that gladness has come to all these young hearts through the + benevolent, careful, and affectionate instruction they are receiving + here. I thank you, and wish all of you the utmost happiness through + life. + + + + +OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, MAY 2. + + +Leaving the Asylum for the Blind the presidential party was driven +rapidly to Oakland, passing through the suburban town of Temescal, where +a large crowd, including several hundred school children, greeted the +distinguished visitors. The President was accompanied by Mayor Melvin +Chapman and the following members of the Oakland Reception Committee: +Ex-Mayor John R. Glascock, Hon. Geo. E. Whitney, Senator W. E. Dargie, +J. G. McCall, A. C. Donnell, T. C. Coogan, John P. Irish, Hon. E. S. +Denison, C. D. Pierce, J. W. McClymonds, W. D. English, H. M. Sanborn, +M. J. Keller, J. F. Evans, A. W. Bishop, W. W. Foote, Robert McKillican, +Charles G. Yale, G. W. McNear, W. R. Thomas, C. B. Evans, and Maj. F. R. +O'Brien. + +As the presidential carriage turned into Jackson Street at half-past +1 o'clock nearly 10,000 school children welcomed the Chief Magistrate +with a fusillade of bouquets. The crowd was so great the President was +unable to reach the reviewing stand, where Mr. Wanamaker awaited him. +Making the best of the situation, Mayor Chapman arose in the carriage +and formally welcomed the President on behalf of the citizens. + +President Harrison, speaking from the same carriage, responded as +follows: + + _Mr. Mayor and Fellow-citizens_--I am glad to meet you all, and + I assure you I appreciate this magnificent demonstration. I must + congratulate you upon your fine institutions, and particularly your + streets, which, I believe, are the best in the country. I thank you + for this reception most heartily. I regret that your enthusiasm and + the vast size of this assembly has somewhat disconcerted the programme + marked out, but I can speak as well from here as from the stand, which + seems to be inaccessible. I return my sincere thanks for your welcome + and express the interest and gratification I have felt this morning + in riding through some of the streets of your beautiful city. I thank + you most sincerely for your friendliness and bid you good-by. [Great + cheering.] + + + + +SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, MAY 2. + +_Union League Reception._ + + +Immediately on returning from his arduous trip to Sacramento and Oakland +the President attended a reception in his honor tendered by members of +the Union League at their club-house. The affair was one of the most +notable of any in which the presidential guests participated during +their visit to the golden West, and was conducted under the direction +of the following committee: A. E. Castle, Joseph S. Spear, Jr., F. S. +Chadbourne, W. H. Chamberlain, T. H. Minor, J. H. Hegler, Frank J. +French, J. T. Giesting, William Macdonald, J. S. Mumaugh, R. D. Laidlaw, +S. K. Thornton, W. D. Sanborn, Joseph Simonson, J. M. Litchfield, and L. +H. Clement. + +The President entered upon the arm of Wendell Easton, President of the +Union League Club, followed by the first lady of the land, escorted by +Governor Markham. The Reception Committee comprised: Senator Stanford, +General Dimond, M. H. de Young, Judge Estee, I. C. Stump, W. C. Van +Fleet, C. J. Bandmann, W. E. Dargie, N. P. Chipman, Lewis Gerstle, F. A. +Vail, Col. W. R. Shafter, Mrs. Leland Stanford, Mrs. R. D. Laidlaw, Mrs. +W. H. Chamberlain, Mrs. Joseph S. Spear, Jr., Mrs. W. W. Morrow, Mrs. F. +L. Castle, Mrs. M. H. de Young, Mrs. N. P. Chipman, Mrs. C. J. Bandmann, +Miss Emma Spreckels, Miss Thornton, Mrs. Wendell Easton, Mrs. S. W. +Backus, Mrs. G. H. Sanderson, Mrs. W. E. Dargie, Miss Stump, Miss Reed, +and others prominent in society. + +After the long and brilliant column had passed before the presidential +line Samuel M. Shortridge stepped before the President and in an +eloquent address in behalf of the Union League Club presented him with a +fac-simile, in gold, of the invitation issued to the reception. + +General Harrison, in accepting the beautiful souvenir, said: + + California is full of ambuscades, not of a hostile sort, but with + all embarrassments that attend surprise. In a hasty drive this + afternoon, when I thought I was to visit Oakland, I was suddenly + drawn up in front of a college and asked to make an address, and in a + moment afterward before an asylum for the deaf, dumb, and blind, the + character of which I did not know until the carriage stopped in front + of it. All this taxes the ingenuity as your kindness moves the heart + of one who is making a hurried journey through California. I do not + need such souvenirs as this to keep fresh in my heart this visit to + your State. It will be pleasant, however, to show to others who have + not participated in this enjoyment the record of a trip that has been + very eventful and one of perpetual sunshine and happiness. I do not + think I could have endured the labor and toil of travel unless I had + been borne up by the inspiriting and hearty good-will of your people. + I do not know what collapse is in store for me when it is withdrawn. + I fear I shall need a vigorous tonic to keep up to the high level of + enjoyment and inspiration which your kind treatment has given me. I + thank you for this pleasant social enjoyment and this souvenir of it. + [Applause.] + + + + +SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, MAY 3. + +_Farewell._ + + +Sunday evening the President and his party, after passing a restful +day at the Palace Hotel, quietly took their leave of San Francisco and +repaired to their palatial train. Mayor Sanderson and his secretary, +Mr. Steppacher, Col. Charles F. Crocker and Colonel Andrews, of the +Reception Committee, escorted the party to their train. The President +personally thanked these gentlemen for their kind and unremitting +attentions during their visit. Shortly before the train resumed its +long journey, at a quarter past midnight, the President gave out the +following card of thanks to the people of California: + + I desire, for myself and for the ladies of our party, to give + an expression of our thanks for many individual acts of courtesy, + which, but for the pressure upon our time, would have been specially + acknowledged. Friends who have been so kind will not, I am sure, + impute to us any lack of appreciation or intended neglect. The very + excess of their kindness has made any adequate, and much more, any + particular, return impossible. You will all believe that there has + been no purposed neglect of any locality or individual. We leave you + with all good wishes for the State of California and all her people. + + BENJ. HARRISON. + + + + +RED BLUFF, CALIFORNIA, MAY 4. + + +Monday morning, May 4, found the presidential train rolling through +Northern California. A short stop was made at Tehama, where the +President shook hands with the crowd in the rain. Red Bluff, the county +seat of Tehama County, was reached at 8:30 o'clock, and several thousand +people greeted the President, among them D. D. Dodson and Capt. J. T. +Matlock, the latter an old army friend who served in General Harrison's +regiment. + +On being presented to the assemblage by his former comrade the President +spoke as follows: + + _My Friends_--It is very pleasant to meet here an old comrade of + the Seventieth Indiana Volunteers. Your fellow citizen, Captain + Matlock, who has spoken for you, commanded one of the companies of my + regiment, and is, therefore, a very old and very dear friend. Once + before in California I had a like surprise. The other day a glee club + began to sing a song that was familiar to me, and I said to those + standing about me. "Why, that song was written by a lieutenant in my + old regiment, and I have not heard it since the war." Presently the + leader of the glee club turned his face toward me and I found he was + the identical lieutenant and the composer of the song, singing it + for my benefit. All along I have met old Indiana acquaintances, and + I am glad to see them, whether they were of my old command or from + other regiments of the great war. They all seem to be prosperous and + happy. Captain Matlock was about the same size during the war that he + is now. I very well remember, according to his own account, that at + Resaca he undertook to make a breastwork of some "down timber," but he + found, after looking about, that it was insufficient cover, and took a + standing tree. [Laughter.] + + Seriously, my friends, you have a most beautiful State, capable of + promoting the comfort of your citizens in a very high degree, and + although already occupying a high place in the galaxy of States, it + will, I am sure, take a much higher one. It is pleasant to see how the + American spirit prevails among all your people, the love for the flag + and the Constitution, those settled and permanent things that live + whether men go or come. They came to us from our fathers and will pass + down to our children. You are blessed with a genial climate and a most + productive soil. I see you have in this northern part of California + what I have seen elsewhere--a well-ordered community, with churches + and school-houses, which indicates that you are not giving all your + thoughts to material things, but thinking of those things that qualify + the soul for the hereafter. We have been treated to another surprise + this morning in the first shower we have seen in California. I + congratulate you that it rains here. May all blessings fall upon you, + like the gentle rain. [Cheers.] + + + + +REDDING, CALIFORNIA, MAY 4. + + +At Redding, Shasta County, the distinguished travellers were welcomed +by several hundred school children, marshalled by William Jackson. +Mayor Brigman and the members of the City Council, with W. P. England, +L. H. Alexander, B. F. Roberts, Mrs. E. A. Reid, and other prominent +residents, participated in the reception. Judge C. C. Bush, through +whose exertions the visit was secured, delivered an address of welcome +and introduced the President, who spoke as follows: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--It is very pleasant, as we near the northern + line of California, after having traversed the valleys of the + south, and are soon to leave the State in which we have had so much + pleasurable intercourse with its people, to see here, as I have seen + elsewhere, multitudes of contented, prosperous, and happy people. I + am assured you are here a homogeneous people, all Americans, all by + birth or by free choice lovers of one flag and one Constitution. It + seems to me as I look into the faces of these California audiences + that life must be easier here than it is in the old States. I see + absolutely no evidences of want. Every one seems to be well nourished. + Your appearance gives evidence that the family board is well supplied, + and from the gladness on your faces it is evident that in your social + relations everything is quiet, orderly, and hopeful. I thank you + for your friendly demonstrations. I wish it were possible for me to + do more in exchange for all your great kindness than simply to say + thank you; but I do profoundly thank you, and shall carry away from + your State the very happiest impressions and very pleasant memories. + [Cheers.] + + + + +SISSON, CALIFORNIA, MAY 4. + + +A brief stop was made at Dunsmuir, where the President shook hands with +and thanked the people for their greeting, remarking that he was glad +to find that even on the hilltops of California they found something +profitable to do. + +Sisson, at the foot of Mount Shasta, was reached at 3 o'clock; it +was the last stopping-point in California, and the entire population +turned out in honor of the visitors. The Committee of Reception was Asa +Persons, Hugh B. Andrews, Oliver E. Moors, T. J. Sullivan, Frank B. +Moors, and the veterans of Mount Shasta Post, G. A. R. + +President Harrison, addressing the assemblage, said: + + _My Friends_--I have been talking now over a trip of 6,000 miles and + feel pretty well talked out; but I can always say, as I say to you + now, that it is ever a very great pleasure to me to see these kindly + faces turned toward me. We have received in South California, in their + orange groves, a very hearty welcome, and it is very pleasant to come + now to this fine scenery among these snow-capped mountains. I have no + doubt that you find here in this high altitude an inspiration for all + good things. I thank you again for your cordial greeting. + + + + +ASHLAND, OREGON, MAY 4. + + +The first stop in Oregon was at Ashland, at 8 P.M., in a drizzling rain. +An escort committee from the Oregon Legislature and the Portland Board +of Trade, headed by Hon. Joseph Simon, President of the Senate, met the +Chief Executive at this point. The local Reception Committee comprised +Mayor G. M. Grainger, Hon. J. M. McCall, D. R. Mills, Dr. J. Hall, and +Col. J. T. Bowditch, Judge Advocate General O. N. G. + +Responding to the greeting of the Legislative Committee the President +said: + + _Mr. Simon and Gentlemen of the Committee_--I esteem it an honor + that the Legislature of the State of Oregon has taken this notice of + my visit, and I receive with pleasure this welcome you have extended + to me. I am very glad to greet you, and it will give me pleasure to + see you further before leaving the State. + +The President then appeared on the platform, and was presented to the +citizens by the Mayor, and spoke briefly, saying: + + _My Friends_--This cordial welcome, under the infelicitous + circumstances, is very gratifying to us as we enter the great State of + Oregon. In the State of California we had sunshine, and it was perhaps + to be expected that the favorable weather conditions should draw about + our platform a large concourse of people, but you have evidenced your + interest in the Government and the flag and your friendly interest + in us by turning out on this inclement night to bid us welcome to + your State. I thank you most sincerely, and wish for you and yours + all good, and for your State a continued career of development and + prosperity. + + + + +MEDFORD, OREGON, MAY 4. + + +The President's visit to Medford at 10 P.M. was acknowledged by a +general illumination. The veterans of Chester A. Arthur Post, G. A. R., +J. R. Erford, Commander, and J. H. Faris, Adjutant, were out _en masse_. +Mayor G. W. Howard made a brief address and introduced the President, +who said: + + _Comrades and Fellow-citizens_--It gives me great pleasure to see + you to-night, especially these old comrades, to whom I am glad to + give a comrade's greeting. I would have you think of me as a comrade. + I recall those army scenes which are fresh in your minds as well as + mine, the scenes of privation, suffering, and battle, and I am glad to + see that the old flag you took to the field and brought home in honor + is still held in honor among you. It is a beautiful emblem of a great + Government. We ought to teach our children to love it and to regard + it as a sacred thing, a thing for which men have died and for which + men will die. It symbolizes the government of the States under one + Constitution, for while you are all Oregonians as I am an Indianian, + and each has his pride in State institutions and all that properly + pertains to our State Government, we have a larger and greater pride + in the fact that we are citizens of a Nation, of a Union of States, + having a common Constitution. [Cheers.] + + It is this flag that represents us on the sea and in foreign + countries, it is under this flag that our navies sail and our armies + march. I thank you for this cordial greeting. I hope you have found + in this State comfortable homes, and that in the years that remain to + you God will follow you with those blessings which your courage and + patriotism and sacrifices have so well merited. [Cheers.] + + + + +ALBANY, OREGON, MAY 5. + + +The presidential party arrived at the thriving city of Albany, in the +Willamette Valley, at 8 o'clock on the morning of the 5th, and were +received by 5,000 people. Mayor J. L. Cowan headed the Committee of +Reception, consisting of J. W. Cusick, Judge L. Flinn, W. C. Tweedale, +J. R. Whitney, L. E. Blain, M. Sternberg, G. F. Simpson, Dr. D. M. +Jones, A. Hackleman, and Thomas Monteith. McPherson Post, G. A. R., +J. F. Whiting, Commander, and Company F, O. N. G., Capt. Geo. E. +Chamberlain, together with 200 students from the State Agricultural +College at Corvallis, under Prof. J. D. Letcher, participated in the +reception. Mayor Cowan delivered the address of welcome. + +President Harrison, in response, said: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--It gives me great pleasure to see you, and + to have the testimony of your presence here this wet morning to the + interest you take in this little party of strangers who are pausing + only for a moment with you. We do not need any assurance, as we + look over an American audience like this, that upon some things, + at least, we are of one mind. One of these things is that we have a + Union indissoluble; that we have a flag we all honor, and that shall + suffer no dishonor from any quarter. While I regret the inclemency of + the morning, I have been thinking that after all there was a sort of + instructive moral force in the uncertainty of the weather, which our + friends in Southern California do not enjoy. How can a boy or young + woman be well trained in self-denial and resignation who does not + know what it is to have a picnic or picnic dress spoiled by a shower, + or some fishing excursion by a storm? I thank you for this welcome. + [Cheers.] + + + + +SALEM, OREGON, MAY 5. + + +Salem, the capital of Oregon, was reached at 9 A.M. The local militia +and several thousand citizens assembled to greet the President, +including Governor Pennoyer, Mayor P. H. D'Arcy, Charles Morris, E. +M. Waite, A. N. Gilbert, William Brown, and other prominent citizens; +also, the Legislative Reception Committee, headed by Hon. Joseph Simon, +President of the Senate, and Hon. T. T. Geer, Speaker of the House. _En +route_ from the depot to the State House thousands of people lined the +sidewalks and several hundred school children, bearing flags, waved +a cordial greeting. Arriving at the Assembly Chamber, Mayor D'Arcy +presided and welcomed the President in the name of the city; he was +followed by Governor Pennoyer, who extended "a generous, heartfelt +welcome on behalf of the people of Oregon." + +With marked earnestness President Harrison responded as follows: + + _Governor Pennoyer, Mr. Mayor and Fellow-citizens_--It is very + pleasant to be assured by these kindly words which have been spoken + by the Governor of this State and by the chief officer of this + municipality that we are welcome to the State of Oregon and to the + city of Salem. I find here, as I found elsewhere, that these cordial + words of welcome are repeated with increased emphasis by the kindly + faces of those who assemble to greet us. I am glad that here as + elsewhere we look into the faces of happy, prosperous, contented, + liberty-loving, patriotic American citizens. Our birthright, the + wise anticipation of those who framed our Government, our national + and constitutional organization, which has repeated itself in all + the States of the Union, this wholesome and just division of power + between the three great independent, co-ordinate branches of the + Government--the executive, the legislative, and the judicial--has + already demonstrated that what seems to the nations of Europe to be + a complicated and jangling system produces in fact the most perfect + harmony, and the most complete and satisfactory organization for + social order and for national strength. + + We stand here to-day in one of these halls set apart to the + law-making body of your State. Those who assemble here are chosen by + your suffrages. They come here as representatives to enact into laws + those views of public questions which have met the sanction of the + majority of your people, expressed in an orderly and honest way at + the ballot-box. I hope it may be always found to be true of Oregon + that your legislative body is a representative body; that coming + from the people, its service is consecrated to the people, and the + purpose of its creation is attained by giving to the well-ordered + and well-disposed the largest liberty, by curbing, by wholesome + laws, the ill-disposed and the lawless, and providing by economical + methods for the public needs. The judiciary, that comes next in our + system, to interpret and apply the public statutes, has been in our + country a safe refuge for all who are oppressed. It is greatly to our + credit as a Nation that with rare exceptions those who have worn the + judicial ermine in the highest tribunals of the country, and notably + in the Supreme Court of the United States, have continued to retain + the confidence of the people of the whole country. The duty of the + Executive is to administer the law; the military power is lodged with + him under constitutional limitations. He does not frame statutes, + though in most States, and under our national Government, a veto + power is lodged in him with a view to secure reconsideration of any + particular measure. + + But a public executive officer has one plain duty: it is to enforce + the law with kindness and forbearance, but with promptness and + inexorable decision. He may not choose what laws he will enforce any + more than the citizen may choose what laws he will obey. We have here + but one king: it is the law, passed by those constitutional methods + which are necessary to make it binding upon the people, and to that + king all men must bow. It is my great pleasure to find so generally + everywhere a disposition to obey the law. I have but one message for + the North and for the South, for the East and the West, as I journey + through this land. It is to hold up the law, and to say everywhere + that every man owes allegiance to it, and that all law-breakers + must be left to the deliberate and safe judgment of an established + tribunal. You are justly proud of your great State. Its capabilities + are enormous; its adaptation to comfortable life is peculiar and fine. + The years will bring you increased population and increased wealth. + I hope they will bring with it, marching in this stately progress of + material things, those finer things--piety, pure homes, and orderly + communities. But above all this State pride, over all our rejoicings + in the advantages which are about us in our respective States, we look + with greater pride to that great arch of government that unites these + States and makes of them all one great Union. But, my fellow-citizens, + the difficulties that I see interposed between us and the train which + is scheduled to depart very soon warn me to bring these remarks + to a speedy close. I beg again, most profoundly, to thank you for + this evidence of your respect, this evidence of your love for the + institutions of our common country. [Cheers.] + + + + +CHEMAWA, OREGON, MAY 5. + + +At Chemawa, the seat of an Indian training-school, the President +reviewed the pupils and, in response to calls for a speech, addressed +them as follows: + + _My Young Friends_--It gives me great pleasure to stop for a moment + to see these evidences of the good work the Government is doing for + you and the good work you are doing for yourselves. All the purposes + of the Government toward you and your people are benevolent and + friendly. It is our wish that you may become such people as your + neighbors are--industrious, kindly, peaceful, and self-respecting. + Everything that I can do to promote this end will be gladly done. + I hope your instructors and all those who are brought close to you + will in every way express and carry out the benevolent and kindly + intentions of the Government. + + + + +OREGON CITY, OREGON, MAY 5. + + +A cordial greeting was accorded the President at Oregon City by the +pioneers and army veterans. The Committee of Reception was Hon. J. T. +Apperson, Hon. H. E. Cross, Hon. T. W. Sullivan, and T. Rands. From +beneath a triumphal floral arch near the station the Mayor delivered a +welcoming address, closing with three cheers. + +The President, in response, said: + + _Fellow-citizens_--This is a very pleasant morning reception. The + heartiness and genuineness of your greeting is unmistakable, and I + beg to assure you that we most heartily appreciate and return your + kindly thoughts. You have here a most important State, one of those + bordering on the Pacific, completing the autonomy of our great + country, and giving us a seaboard on the Pacific as well as upon the + Atlantic which was essential to our completeness and separateness as + a people. The interesting story of the early settlement of Oregon, of + the international contest which for some time threatened international + war, is fresh in the minds of these pioneers, and I am sure is taught + to these children of your public schools. The work of those who set up + the American flag here, and who secured to us this fertile region, is + worthy of mention and of honorable commemoration by this generation, + which is entering into their labors. Your State has added another + to that succession of kindly greetings which began when we left the + national capital. We have come out of the land of irrigation and + roses into this land where the Lord takes care of the crops; and this + dependence upon the seasons is not without its instructive and moral + influences. Nature seems to have made a fresh, white toilet for us as + we have come down the banks of this beautiful river. To the pioneers, + to those who have entered in with less labor to the inheritance left + to them, to these children and to these comrades of the Grand Army, I + give my most hearty greeting. + + + + +PORTLAND, OREGON, MAY 5. + + +Tuesday, at noon, found the President and his party at Portland, where +they received an enthusiastic greeting. Ten thousand people were +present, notwithstanding the rainy weather. The President was welcomed +at the station by Mayor Van B. De Lashmutt and wife, Chief-Justice R. +S. Strahan, Supreme Judges W. P. Lord and R. S. Bean, Federal Judge M. +P. Deady, Hon. Joseph Simon, President of the Senate; Hon. T. T. Geer, +Speaker of the House; ex-Atty.-Gen. Geo. H. Williams, Hon. T. F. Osborn, +President Chamber of Commerce; Hon. E. B. McElroy, Gen. O. Summers, Gen. +Wm. Kapus, Hon. M. C. George, Hon. Henry Failing, Hon. C. A. Dolph, Hon. +P. L. Willis, Hon. F. V. Drake, Hon. G. L. Story, Hon. J. C. Moreland, +Hon. J. C. Fullerton, Hon. H. B. Miller, Philip Metschan, and Mrs. Rosa +F. Burrell; also W. F. Matlock, J. H. McClung, and S. B. Eakin, Jr., of +Eugene City. + +The parade was a brilliant affair. The veterans of the several G. A. +R. posts acted as the guard of honor. The great column was directed by +Col. T. M. Anderson, U. S. A., aided by O. F. Paxton, Chief of Staff; +C. M. Idleman, D. S. Tuthill, Dr. Henry E. Jones, J. G. Woodworth, R. +W. Mitchell, F. K. Arnold, L. A. Lewis, E. C. Michenor, C. R. Holcomb, +Charles E. Dodd, J. C. Courtney, J. A. Sladden, John Gwilt, G. A. +Harding, Gen. C. S. Wright, Gen. C. P. Holloway, Col. R. S. Greenleaf, +Col. D. H. Turner, N. S. Pierce, G. E. Caukin, A. E. Borthwick, Col. H. +H. Northup, Col. R. T. Chamberlain, G. H. Durham, H. C. Allen, E. A. +Weed, M. J. Morse, Geo. C. Sears, F. R. Neal, Dr. W. H. Saylor, Capt. J. +E. Lombard, C. E. Dubois, H. P. Wilson, and M. G. Steffen. + +Conspicuous in the procession were the following staff officers of the +Department of the Columbia: Maj. C. A. Wikoff, Maj. W. H. Nash, Maj. +J. C. Muhlenberg, Maj. J. G. C. Lee, and Captains C. McClure and C. +H. Ingalls; also Hon. R. P. Earhart, Geo. A. Steel, F. P. Mays, E. T. +Hatch, J. T. Stewart, Mayor of East Portland; D. M. McLauchlin, Mayor of +Albina; A. M. Crawford, of Roseburg, and the French, Russian, and Danish +vice-consuls. + +In the evening five companies of the First Regiment, O. N. G., commanded +by Col. Charles F. Beebe, escorted the President, Secretary Rusk, and +Postmaster-General Wanamaker to the Exposition Building, where an +audience of 15,000 greeted them. Mayor De Lashmutt delivered an eloquent +address of welcome. + +President Harrison was tendered an ovation as he arose to respond. He +said: + + _Mr. Mayor and Fellow-citizens_--No more brilliant or inspiring + scene than this has been presented to our eyes in this wonderful + series of receptions which have been extended to us on our journey. + You have been filled with regret to-day that your weeping skies did + not present to us the fair spectacle which you had hoped; and yet this + very discouragement has but added to the glory of this magnificent + reception. [Cheers.] To stand in the bright sunshine of a genial day + and to wave a welcome is not so strong a proof of the affectionate + interest of a people as you have given to-day standing in this + down-pouring rain [Cheers.] In the presence of a multitude like this, + in a scene made brilliant by these decorations, I stand inadequate to + any suitable expression of the gratitude that fills my heart. [Cheers.] + + I was quite inclined to stand by the Superintendent of the Census + in the count which he made of the States; but I am afraid if I had + witnessed this scene, pending your application for a recount, that it + would have been granted. [Laughter and great cheering.] I am sorry + that it could not have been made as the people turned out to give us + this welcome; I am sure no one would have been missed. [Laughter and + cheers.] + + This State is interesting in its history. The establishment of the + authority of the United States over this region was an important event + in our national history. The possession of the Columbia and of Puget + Sound was essential to the completeness and the roundness of our + empire. We have here in this belt of States, reaching from the Gulf + of California to the Straits of Fuca, a magnificent possession which + we could not have dispensed with at all. [Cheers.] The remoteness + of Oregon from the older settled States, the peril and privation + which attended the steps of the pioneer as he came hither, delayed + the development of this great country. You are now but beginning to + realize the advantage of closer and easier communications. You are but + now beginning to receive from an impartial and beneficent Government + that attention which you well deserve. [Cheers.] + + That this river of yours should be made safe and deep, so that + waiting commerce may come without obstruction to your wharf, is to be + desired. [Cheers.] It should receive those appropriations which are + necessary to make the work accomplish the purpose in view. [Cheers.] I + believe that you may anticipate a largely increased commerce. Looking + out as you do toward the regions across the Pacific, it would be but + natural that this important centre should draw from them and exchange + with them a great and increasing commerce. [Cheers.] I am in entire + sympathy with the suggestion of the Mayor that it is important that + this commerce should be carried in American ships. [Cheers.] A few + days ago, when I sailed in the harbor of San Francisco, I saw three + great deep water ships come into that port. One carried the flag of + Hawaii and two the English flag. None bore at the masthead the Stars + and Stripes. I believe it is the duty of the national Government + to take such steps as will restore the American merchant marine. + [Cheers.] Why shall we not have our share in the great commerce of + the world? I cannot but believe--and such inspiring presences as this + but kindle and confirm my belief--that we are come to a time when + this Nation should look to the future and step forward bravely and + courageously in new lines of enterprise. [Cheers.] + + The Nicaragua Canal should be completed. [Cheers.] Our harbors + should have adequate defence. [Cheers.] We should have upon the sea a + navy of first-class ships. [Cheers.] We are here in the most kindly + relations to these South American and Central American countries. We + have been content that Europe should do the commerce of these nations. + We have not availed ourselves of the advantages of neighborhood + and of friendly kindred republican institutions to develop our + commerce with those people. We have, fortunately, as a result of the + great conference of American nations, set on foot measures that I + confidently hope will bring to us speedily our just share of this + great commerce. [Cheers.] + + I am glad to know that we are here to-night as American citizens, + lovers of the one flag and the one Constitution. [Enthusiastic + cheering.] Proud of Oregon! Yes, you may well be proud of Oregon. + But, my countrymen, above all, crowning all, greater than all, is our + American citizenship. [Great cheering.] What would one of these States + be without the other? What is it that gives us prestige abroad and + power at home? It is that we have formed a government of the people, + that we have one flag and speak with one voice to all the nations + of the earth. [Enthusiastic cheering.] I hope that narrow sentiment + that regards the authority of the United States or its officers as + alien or strange has once and forever been extinguished in this land + of ours. [Great cheering.] My countrymen, I am profoundly grateful + for this magnificent demonstration. I accept it as a tribute to your + institutions and to your country. No man is worthy of it; he can + only return for it a fresh consecration of himself to the duties of + public office and private citizenship. [Great cheering.] Again I + assure you that you have given us to-day what is to my mind, under the + conditions, taking into account the population of your city, the most + splendid demonstration we have seen on the whole journey. [Prolonged + and enthusiastic cheering.] + +At the conclusion of the President's address the great assemblage +began calling for Postmaster-General Wanamaker. After a few moments' +hesitation the distinguished Philadelphian came forward and was the +recipient of an ovation. He said: + + _Fellow-countrymen_--I am proud to be present at this magnificent + demonstration. I am especially pleased at the address the President + has delivered. Instead of having it printed for Congress he has + reserved it for the people of Oregon, and personally brought you his + message. [Cheers.] What you have done to-day has certainly touched + his heart; and no man would be human who did not feel moved at this + wonderful welcome that you have prepared for your President. I think + you had him in mind all the time, and wanted to show that your loyalty + and affection would wash. [Laughter and cheers.] + + I am proud to be an American citizen, and to see how the people + rally round the flag and the chief standard-bearer, the President of + the United States. [Cheers.] From the day he started from home his + pathway has been strewn with garlands, and many times our way has lain + through a path knee-deep with flowers. They have been scattered all + the way from Virginia to Oregon; but above all is the hearty, loving, + loyal welcome that has been extended to us at every stop we have made. + On the boundary of your State, at the little town of Salem [laughter], + I think, a welcome was spoken most beautifully and heartily by your + Governor. [Tremendous cheering.] But you have about 60,000 majority + over Salem. [Cheers.] + + How can any one thank you for it except to go back to Washington and + do the very best in his power for your good and the good of the whole + people? Some of us Eastern people are doing now what Columbus did 400 + years ago--we are discovering America. [Cheers.] If what you have done + for us here to-night and what you have done to-day is a true index to + your energy and determination, what is there you will not grasp and do + when you get at it? [Cheers.] I am sure you will find one opportunity + in aiding in the postal telegraph. We are going to have penny postage + all the country over. [Cheers.] But before that time comes let us go + out into the new States as the villages and hamlets build up and let + us give them the mail with the freest intercourse and the fullest + facility. I will now make way for the next man, for the largest + Secretary of all is still to come. [Cheers and laughter.] + +Secretary Rusk also received a hearty welcome. His remarks about the +Weather Bureau had a peculiar zest because of the presence of Gen. A. W. +Greely, chief signal officer. He said: + + _Ladies and Gentlemen_--It is with great pleasure that I meet you + here to-night. I would not have a heart if I did not say that I have + been touched by this demonstration and the demonstration on your + streets to-day. [Cheers.] I account for this in a different way from + those who have preceded me. I saw on your streets to-day more ladies + than I saw in any city which we have visited since we left Washington. + And the beautiful children! While we have had more flowers in other + States, we have not met more beautiful women and lovely children. I + tell you, in order to raise anything sweetly and beautifully you must + have rain. [Cheers.] Congress has passed a law providing that the + Weather Bureau be turned over to me July 1, and if I can control the + weather and another President comes here I will see that you have a + flood. [Cheers and laughter.] I will endeavor, however, after July 1 + to give you thirteen months' rain every year. I have been touched to + the heart in many ways since I came to your beautiful city. I have + met friends who were my boyhood's friends away back in Wisconsin, and + comrades who served with me in battle and in camp. [Cheers.] I would + fail to do my duty if I did not say that I am glad to see you all. + God bless them and may the future deal kindly with you all. [Great + cheering.] + + + + +CENTRALIA, WASHINGTON, MAY 6. + + +Early on the morning of the 6th the presidential train crossed the +State line and entered the new State of Washington, stopping a moment +at Chehalis, and reaching Centralia at 7 o'clock. Here the President +was received with a national salute, and notwithstanding the rain +several thousand people were present. Mayor D. B. Rees and the following +prominent residents welcomed the Chief Magistrate: J. H. Corwin, H. J. +Miller, W. H. Bachtall, H. L. Meade, Geo. Miller, E. R. Butherworth, +Charles Johnson, Henry Shield, N. B. Kelsey, A. J. Wright, and Geo. H. +Ellsbury. + +The President said: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--It is very kind of you to turn out so early + in the morning. I can count among my pleasantest experiences in the + Northwest this very early rising. I am a good deal of a Daniel Webster + as to early risings. [Laughter.] It gives me great pleasure to notice + the evidence of increased population as contrasted with what I saw + six years ago as I passed through this country. I was so unfortunate + then as to find it enveloped in smoke, so that the mountain tops were + invisible. I am afraid we are to have this experience repeated on this + visit on account of the fog. I suppose this is because the beauties + of your country are so great that they have to be shaded to the eyes + of a stranger. Seriously, however, you have a great commonwealth. + I do not doubt that your future is to be one of great development + and great increase in population, and that you are to found here a + very contented, prosperous, and happy people. Fortunately you have a + capacity for great agricultural development after you have cleared + away the forests; and that, after all, is the permanent foundation + of every American city. It is well enough to have trees on the land + and mines in the earth; but trees will be cut down and mines be dug + out, and the only thing that lasts is good soil in the hands of good + husbandmen. I thank you most sincerely. [Cheers.] + + + + +TACOMA, WASHINGTON, MAY 6. + + +Ten thousand cheers greeted the arrival of the President at Tacoma +Wednesday morning. Gov. Elisha P. Ferry, Mayor Geo. B. Kandle, and +Judge Wm. H. Calkins, at the head of the following Committee of +Reception, met the party: Gen. John W. Sprague, Samuel Collyer, Colonel +Garretson, Judge Allyn, Hon. M. Hill, Mrs. Frank Allyn, W. D. Tyler, +Mrs. Derrickson, Thomas Carroll, Dr. Munson, Judge John Beverly, Judge +Applegate, H. C. Wallace, Senator John B. Allen and wife, Mrs. Galusha +Parsons, Charles Hale, George Reed, Charles Catlin, S. C. Slaughter, +Thomas Sloane, L. E. Post, Nelson Bennett, F. F. Jacobs, I. W. Anderson, +A. C. Mason, C. W. Griggs, G. W. Holmes, E. M. Hunt, John D. Hills, L. +R. Manning, Hon. Thomas Carroll, Col. Charles Reichenbach, Atty.-Gen. +Jones, State Treasurer Lindsley, J. D. Hogue, C. B. Zabriskie, and Fred +T. Taylor. + +The decorations were upon an elaborate scale. Chief among the +attractions of this order were five mammoth arches spanning Pacific +Avenue, constructed from products typifying the principal industries of +the State, to wit: the timber arch, coal arch, iron arch, grain arch, +and shingle arch. Notwithstanding the rain the parade, under Chief +Marshal C. W. Griggs, was a brilliant success. + +A noteworthy incident was the special reception tendered to Mrs. +Harrison and the other ladies of the presidential party by the ladies of +Tacoma at the Opera House. Fully 5,000 paid their respects. Mrs. S. C. +Slaughter, on behalf of the ladies of Tacoma, presented to Mrs. Harrison +a beautiful painting of Mt. Tacoma by the artist Rollins. Accompanying +the picture was an illustrated copy of Mrs. Bernice E. Wewell's poem on +"Mt. Tacoma," also a gold engraved spoon, the latter for the President's +grandson. In acknowledging the receipt of these souvenirs Mrs. Harrison +made perhaps her first public speech on the trip. She said: + + _Ladies_--I cannot thank you enough for all your kindness. I shall + take your gifts home and treasure them all my life as mementos of a + most enjoyable visit to your beautiful city. [Applause.] + +After the review of the procession Governor Ferry, in the presence of +many thousands, formally welcomed President Harrison to the State of +Washington. The distinguished veteran General Sprague made the address +on behalf of the citizens of Tacoma. + +The President responded as follows: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--I feel that it would be cruel to prolong + this exposure which you are enduring in the inclement weather of the + day. I visited your city and the region of Puget Sound six years + ago. I found this country then enveloped in smoke, so that these + grand mountain-tops, of which mention has been made in the address + of welcome, were hidden from our view. I come again and the smoke is + replaced by fog, and we are still, I suppose, to take the existence of + these snow-clad peaks on faith. [Laughter and applause.] I don't know + but there is a benevolent provision for your comfort in the fact that + this magnificent scenery, this unmatched body of water are frequently + hidden from the eye of the traveller. If every one who journeys hither + could see it all everybody would want to live here, and there wouldn't + be room. [Laughter and cheers.] I congratulate you, citizens of + Tacoma, upon the magnificent, almost magical, transformation which has + been wrought here in these six years since I first saw your city. It + has been amazing: it is a tribute to the energy and the enterprise and + courage of your people that will endure and increase and attract in a + yet higher degree the attention of the whole country. + + A harbor like this, so safe and commodious and deep, upon Puget + Sound, should be made to bear a commerce that is but yet in its + infancy. I would like to see the prows of some of these great + steamship lines entering your ports and carrying the American flag + at the masthead. [Cheers.] I believe we have come to the time in our + development as a people when we must step forward with bold progress, + or we will lose the advantage we have already attained. We have within + ourselves the resources, and a market of which the world is envious. + We have been content, in the years gone by, to allow other nations + to do the carrying trade of the world. We have been content to see + the markets of these American republics lying south of us mastered + and controlled by European nations. I think the period of discontent + with these things has now come to our people, and I believe the time + is auspicious for the enlargement of our commerce with these friendly + republics lying to the south of us. I believe the time is propitious + for re-establishing upon the sea the American merchant marine, that + shall do its share of the carrying trade of the world. [Applause.] + + My friends, I desire to again express to you my regret that to give + us this magnificent welcome, under circumstances so inauspicious, you + have been exposed to so much wet. I especially regretted, as I passed + those long lines of dear school children, that they should have been + exposed in order to do us honor. I will not detain you longer. For + your city, for this magnificent young State that we have received + into the great sisterhood of the Union, of which you are a glorious + part, we give our aspirations, our prayers, and our best endeavors. + [Applause.] + + +_On Steamer "City of Seattle," Puget Sound._ + +At 11:30 A.M. the President and his party left Tacoma, embarking on the +steamer _City of Seattle_ for the Queen City of the Northwest. There +was a great outpouring at Tacoma to witness the departure, and the +presidential convoy was escorted down the sound by all the steamers in +the bay. As the President came aboard he was met by Mayor and Mrs. Harry +White at the head of the following committee of prominent citizens of +Seattle: Jacob Furth, John H. McGraw, A. W. Bash, Postmaster Griffith +Davies, A. M. Brookes, A. A. Denny, L. S. J. Hunt, W. E. Bailey, F. J. +Grant, President and Mrs. G. W. Hall, President and Mrs. R. W. Jones, +Maj. J. R. Hayden, Mr. and Mrs. E. Brainerd, Mrs. George H. Heilbron, +Mrs. J. C. Haines, Mrs. R. C. Washburn, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Holman, Mrs. +E. L. Terry, Mrs. J. F. McNaught, Mrs. A. B. Stewart, Mrs. James A. +Panting, Mrs. H. F. Jackson and daughter, Mrs. Charles F. Jackson, Mr. +and Mrs. W. R. Bentley, Miss Ina Jameson, Miss Annie Longfellow, Miss +Millie Longfellow, Walter F. Cushing, Col. G. G. Lyon, Dr. Young, D. B. +Ward, Colonel Langley, J. T. Ronald, John Wiley, C. M. Ogden, Colonel +Street, Judge Roger S. Greene, Mr. John Collins, Capt. W. A. Snyder, +ex-Atty.-Gen. J. B. Metcalfe, Lieut. A. B. Wyckoff, and Dr. Whyte +Fredrick. + +When the convoy and her noisy consorts had passed out of Commencement +Bay and entered Puget Sound the Reception Committee assembled on deck, +and Mayor White in an address cordially welcomed the President, who, in +response, said: + + _Mr. Mayor_--I accept with great gratification these words of + welcome on behalf of the citizens of Seattle. It will give me great + pleasure to contrast my observations of your State in 1885 with what + I shall see to-day. I have not lost track of the progress of Seattle, + but have, through friends, been advised of the marvellous development + which you have made, and how you have repeated in the substantial + character of your edifices the story of the Chicago fire, coming as + you have out of what seemed a disaster with increased magnificence, + and finding in it really an advantage. I will defer until I am in the + presence of your people any further acknowledgment of your courtesies, + and will now only thank you, as you are repeating here what we have + observed on our whole trip, namely, the unification of all our people + and the absolute oneness of sentiment in devotion to our institutions + and the flag. + + + + +SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, MAY 6. + + +The steamer bearing the presidential party, followed by a great flotilla +that had come out to greet them, arrived at Seattle at 1:30 P.M., and +fully 40,000 people witnessed the disembarking. The city was profusely +decorated. On Pioneer Place stood a triumphal arch bearing the ensigns +of all nations. Ranged at its entrance were the Sons of Veterans in +uniform and 75 school-girls. As the President's carriage entered the +great arch the choir-girls greeted him with a song of welcome, composed +for the occasion by Prof. L. A. Darling. Near the arch, on a platform, +sat the shrivelled form of Angeline, daughter of Chief Seattle, the last +of the race of royal barbarians who once ruled in the bays and forests +of the sound. She was an object of great interest to the President +and his party. After visiting Lake Washington on the cable cars the +President was escorted to the University campus by Stevens, Miller, and +Cushing posts, G. A. R., M. M. Holmes and J. St. Clair, commanders. +Thirty thousand people were assembled on the campus; officials were +present from every part of the State, also from British Columbia. +Opposite the speakers' stand were 2,000 school children, each waving +a flag. Governor Ferry, Senator John B. Allen, Hon. John H. McGraw, +Jacob Furth, and numerous other prominent men were on the platform with +the President, Secretary Rusk, and Mr. Wanamaker. Rev. G. A. Tewksbury +pronounced the invocation. Judge Thomas Burke then delivered the +welcoming address on behalf of the citizens. + +President Harrison replied: + + _Judge Burke and Fellow-citizens_--I am sure you have too much + kindness in your heart to ask me to make an address to you this + afternoon. This chilly air, this drizzling rain, the long exposure + during the day which you and these precious children have suffered, + warn me, on your account as well as my own, that I should say but a + few words in recognition of this magnificent welcome. Six years ago + I visited your beautiful city, and the distinguished gentleman who + has been your spokesman to-day was one of a hospitable committee that + pointed out to me the beauties of this location. You were then largely + a prospective city. Some substantial and promising improvements + had been begun, but it was a period of expectancy rather than of + realization. I am glad to come to-day and to see how fully and + perfectly the large expectations then entertained by your enterprising + people have been realized. It is a matter of amazement to look upon + these towering substantial granite and iron structures in which the + great business of your city is transacted. That disaster, as it seemed + to you, which swept away a large portion of the business part of your + city was like the afflictions that come to the saints, a blessing in + disguise. [Cheers.] You have done what Chicago did. You have improved + the disaster by rearing structures and completing edifices that were + unthought of before. Those who were not enterprising or liberal have + been compelled to be liberal and enterprising in order that they might + realize rents for their property made vacant by fire. [Cheers.] + + I fully appreciate the importance of this great body of water upon + which your city is situated. This sound, this inland sea, must be in + the future the highway, the _entrepot_, of a great commerce. I do most + sincerely believe that we are entering now upon a new development + that will put the American flag upon the seas and bring to our ports + in American bottoms a largely increased share of the commerce of + the world. [Cheers.] As I have said in other places, for one I am + thoroughly discontented with the present condition of things. We + may differ as to methods, but I believe the great patriotic heart + of our people is stirred, and that they are bent upon recovering + that share of the world's commerce which we once happily enjoyed. + Your demonstration to day under these unfavorable environments has + been most creditable to your city. We have certainly seen nothing + in a journey characterized by great demonstrations to surpass this + magnificent scene. [Cheers.] I realize what your spokesman has said, + that in all this there is a patriotic expression of the love of our + people for the flag and for the Constitution. [Cheers.] And now, my + friends, thanking you for all you have done for me, humbly confessing + my inability to repay you, pledging to you my best efforts to + promote the good of all our people, and that I will have a watchful + observation of the needs of your State, of your harbors, for defence, + improvement, and security, I bid you good by. [Cheers.] + +After the President's address an effort was made to present the veterans +individually, but the inclement weather forbade it. Turning to those +about him President Harrison said: + + I leave you very reluctantly, and I shall always be sorry that + my time was so limited here that I could not do justice to your + hospitality. [Great cheering.] + +At 5 o'clock the party boarded their train, but a great crowd had +assembled and called repeatedly for the President, who responded and +said: + + I can only thank you once more; you have given me a royal welcome, + and I carry away with me the most grateful memory of your kindness. + I was up until past midnight last night, making a speech, and had + to be up at 6 o'clock this morning to speak to some friends in + Oregon. I leave you with the best wishes for your city and the State. + [Enthusiastic cheers.] + +As the President concluded there were loud calls for Postmaster-General +Wanamaker, who waved his hand toward the children and said: + + The reasons given by the President for not making a speech certainly + apply to those who are in your programme to follow him. I cannot, + however, leave the platform without thanking you for that share of the + welcome that falls to us who attended. There is a chill in the air, + but there is no lack of warmth in the cordial greeting that you have + given to us who, though we felt ourselves to be strangers among you, + have found ourselves to be among friends. I have been trying to find + out since the census report was announced what the reason was that + Philadelphia had fallen behind. [Laughter and applause.] It is all + very plain to me now. This city set on a hill I shall put down in my + book as Philadelphia Junior. [Applause.] You have the family likeness. + I recognize some of you by name, and I do not wonder that you have + settled in this beautiful spot, so rich in its resources, where you + discovered everything that we have in Pennsylvania except one thing, + and I expect you will find that before long, and I am sure that I hope + that you will find the anthracite coal stored away somewhere in your + hills. I know if you undertake to find it you will do it. [Applause.] + You need no better illustration than the choir over yonder, that + could not be stopped even to allow the President to speak. [Applause + and laughter.] I shall carry away from here a story that I am afraid + they will call a California story, but I will get your Mayor to give + me a certificate that I was perfectly sober--that there was nothing + but water. [Applause and laughter.] And I shall try to recommend + what I have seen in this wild West, where people have their splendid + schools, their many churches, their refined homes, and where there is + such a hearty welcome for all that come in their midst. For my part + of the work at Washington I have already given you evidence that the + Post-office Department was thinking of the Pacific coast. I shall + do the best that I can as a business man for this splendid business + people that you have in your city and for the many more that are to + come; that all the facilities of the mail--quickening it, increasing + it--shall be given to you; that you shall not say that your Government + does not give you all the assistance in building up your great + enterprises and swelling the prosperity of all this coast. I say + good-by to you and give you a heart full of good wishes. [Continued + applause.] + + + + +PUYALLUP, WASHINGTON, MAY 6. + + +It was 10 P.M. when the train stopped at Puyallup, where a goodly crowd +awaited the visitors. The President shook hands with several score, and +in response to calls for a speech said: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--I am very glad to see you to-night, but I am + sure you will excuse me from speaking when you remember that I have + been out in the rain all day at Tacoma and Seattle, and have had to + talk several times. I am glad to see you, and appreciate the friendly + interest you manifest in coming out here to-night in such great + numbers to greet us with such kindliness. I have known for a long time + of the great hop industry of this region, and I am glad to know that + it has proven profitable. The question of the Puyallup reservation was + one of the last which was brought officially to my attention before + leaving, and I expect it will be one of the first I shall take up on + my return. Good-night and good-by. + + + + +CHEHALIS, WASHINGTON, MAY 6. + + +A great crowd greeted the President with cannon and bonfires on his +arrival at Chehalis at 10:30 at night. The Committee of Reception +consisted of Mayor Milet, who delivered an address of welcome; Judge +Ashman, an old comrade of the President's at Resaca; and J. F. Sachs, an +early pioneer, who presented the President a native hawthorn cane. + +Responding to greetings the President said: + + _My Friends_--I am very much obliged to you for this midnight + reception. We passed you this morning without stopping, and regretted + it when we saw the number who had collected here. We gladly yielded + to your request to stop to-night in order to show our appreciation of + your kindness. It is very pleasant for me to see those people who have + no interest in politics except for good government. [Cheers.] + + + + +CASCADE LOCKS, OREGON, MAY 7. + + +The first stop on the morning of the 7th was at Cascade Locks, where +several hundred people gave an early morning greeting to the President, +who responded briefly, saying: + + _My Friends_--I am very much obliged to you for your kindly + greeting, and, as we stop only a few moments, I can only express my + sincere thanks for your presence. + + + + +HOOD RIVER STATION, OREGON, MAY 7. + + +At Hood River Station the President shook hands with a number and +addressed the gathering as follows: + + _My Friends_--It is very pleasant to see you this morning, and to + come out into the sunshine after two or three days of chilly rain. I + have been talking so much, and so much in the dampness, that my voice + is not very good; but my heart is always fresh and open to these + receptions. I thank you very sincerely for your friendliness and wish + for you all, and especially for these little ones, every happiness in + life. [Cheers.] + + + + +THE DALLES, OREGON, MAY 7. + + +After traversing the famous gorge of the Columbia River the presidential +train at 11 o'clock emerged within view of the city of The Dalles, where +an enthusiastic welcome was extended the Chief Executive. The Committee +of Reception consisted of Mayor Moody, D. M. French, Dr. William +Shackelford, J. A. Varney, R. F. Gibson, Robert Mays, H. M. Beall, John +McCaul, J. P. McInerry, M. T. Nolan, George Ruch, and the following +prominent ladies of the city: Mrs. T. S. Lang, Mrs. N. B. Sinnott, +Mrs. A. M. Williams, Mrs E. M. Wilson, Mrs. S. French, Mrs. S. Brooks, +Mrs. Geo. Liebe, Mrs. Charles Hilton, and Mrs. J. Patterson. Many old +soldiers and a large number of school children were present. + +Mayor Moody, in behalf of the city, welcomed the President, who +responded as follows: + + _My Friends_--I have spoken at all times of the night and all + hours of the day, and under conditions much less auspicious than + those around us this morning. We have here a bright sunshine and a + bracing air, and everything in nature adds to the gladness of this + demonstration which you have made in our honor. I most sincerely thank + you for this evidence of your friendliness. I assure you that it is + very pleasant, and I cannot but believe that it is very useful for + those who are charged with public duties at Washington occasionally to + move about a little and look into the faces of the plain, patriotic + people of the country. Most of the people who come to see me at + Washington want something, and as the provision made by law is not + adequate to meet all these wants there is very apt to be a great + deal of discontent; but when we get out among the great masses of + the people, among those who are doing the work of the farm, of the + shop, and of the office, who have a patriotic pride in their country + and its institutions, and are kindly disposed, charitable in their + judgments, and who have no other interests than that the laws shall be + faithfully executed and the whole interest of the people faithfully + looked after, we find great refreshment in their presence. I am sure + we have such an audience here this morning. You will not expect of any + officer that he will altogether avoid mistakes; you have a right to + expect a conscientious, courageous fidelity to public duty. I quite + sympathize with the suggestion of your Mayor, that it is one of the + proper Government functions to improve and to open to safe navigation + the great waterways of our country. The Government of the United + States has reserved to itself the exclusive control of all navigable + inland waters, and that being so, it is, of course, incumbent upon + the Government to see that the people have the best possible use of + them. They are important, as they furnish cheap transportation, and + touch points that are often, either for economy or natural reasons, + inaccessible to railway traffic. I thank you again for your interest + and bid you a kindly farewell. If no ill happens to you that I do not + wish, and all the good comes to you that I do wish in your behalf, + your lives will be full of pleasantness and peace. [Enthusiastic + cheers.] + + + + +PENDLETON, OREGON, MAY 7. + + +After leaving The Dalles the presidential party encountered a sand +storm. At 5 o'clock in the afternoon they arrived at the beautiful +city of Pendleton and were greeted by a large crowd, including several +hundred Umatilla Indians, led by Chiefs Peo and Ten-a-ow-itz. Chief Peo +made an address and said: + + I am glad to greet the great father. Indian and white man are now + one family, friendly, and I give you the hand of welcome for my + people. You represent one race, I another, but we are all of one + Government, and between red man and white there should no longer be + war. My people want only peace. In behalf of my tribe I say welcome, + President. + +The Committee of Reception comprised Mayor J. H. Raley, Judge J. A. +Fee, J. M. Leezer, Senator Matlock, Capt. A. L. Ewing, T. C. Taylor, W. +D. Fletcher, S. Rothchild, T. F. Rourke, R. Alexander, Lot Livermore, +Benj. S. Burroughs, H. L. Marston, T. G. Hailey, W. D. Hansford, F. W. +Vincent, Mrs. M. B. Clopton, Mrs. T. C. Taylor, and Mesdames Fee, De +Spain, and Fletcher. Mayor Raley made an address of welcome. + +The President replied: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--Among all the surprises that have greeted us + on our journey I do not remember any that burst upon us with more + suddenness than this beautiful sight that you have arranged for our + welcome here. Travelling for some hours through a sparsely settled + region, I did not at all anticipate that so large an assemblage could + be gathered here. I am glad to read in your faces a full confirmation + of the Mayor's words of welcome. You have a pride in the common + heritage of Government which our fathers organized for us. You honor + the flag which floats about us here. It is pleasant to meet here, + scattered over these plains of the West, so many veterans of the great + Civil War, men who came out of the army poor as they went into it, + men who did not serve their country for reward, but out of a loving + fealty to its flag and to their Government; men who asked no questions + about pay, but went with loyal hearts to battle, determined that the + flag should be maintained in its supremacy from sea to sea; men who, + returning safely from the vicissitudes of the camp and the march and + from the perils of battle, have been ever since giving their brave + endeavors to open this new country, to increase its prosperity, and + by honorable labor to make comfortable homes for themselves and their + children. I greet you to-day, comrades, with a loving heart. God grant + that these later days--for years are increasing with us all--may be + full of sunshine, full of the respect of your neighbors, full of + prosperity, and crowned at last with the full blessing of immortality. + + To these little ones now enjoying the beneficent provisions which + your State has made for their care and education I give the most + affectionate greeting. The children of this land are the light and + the life of our households. They are in the family what the blossoms + are in the orchard and garden. May they appreciate the blessings they + enjoy, and when they come to mature years and take up the unfinished + labors of their fathers, may they hold aloft the flag which their + fathers followed to battle and maintain all those things that conduce + to decent and orderly communities and to the purity of the home. To + these pioneers who have under discouragements and great difficulties + sought these Western homes and opened the way for civilization I give + my greeting, and to all I give the assurance that these distant States + are not forgotten by us who are, for the time, chosen to administer + public office at Washington. We take you all into our consideration, + our confidence, and our affection. I believe there is a great + community of interest that touches all our States. I believe that our + legislation should be as broad as our territory, should not be for + classes, but should be always in the interest of all our people. And + now, thanking you for this most interesting and cordial welcome, I bid + you good-by. [Cheers]. + + + + +LE GRANDE, OREGON, MAY 7. + + +The President had an enthusiastic reception at Le Grande from several +thousand residents. The city was beautifully illuminated in honor of +the visit. The Committee of Reception consisted of Hon. J. H. Slater, +E. S. McComas, M. F. Honan, and R. E. Bryan. Mayor C. H. Finn made the +welcoming address. + +The President responded: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--It is very gratifying to see this vast + assembly here to-night, and I regret that our arrival was not in + the daylight, that we might have a better view of this city and its + surroundings, as well as of these prosperous and happy people who are + assembled here to-night. We have travelled many thousands of miles + on this journey, and it has been one continued succession of happy + greetings. We have passed through the land of flowers, and they have + strewn our pathway with them. We have come now to this north land + where the flowers are not so abundant, but where the welcome and + heartiness of the people is quite as manifest and quite as sincere. + I rejoice to have had the opportunity to see portions of the State + of Oregon which I had not previously visited. Your industries and + products are so varied that working together, supplying the wants of + different communities by the productions of each, it must be that you + shall grow in population, and that the rewards of your labor shall be + full and rich. But above all these material things in which you show + the country the resources of your people, I rejoice that social order, + education, good morals, and all those things that tend to promote + the human happiness, the peace of your communities, and the glory of + your State, are also here thought of and promoted. [Cheers.] We are + citizens of one great country, and I do not believe there is a nation + in the world where there is a more perfect unification of heart and + purpose than in the United States of America. I do not believe there + is anywhere any people more earnestly in love with their institutions + and with the flag that symbolizes them, more in love with peace and + peaceful industries, and yet stronger in their defence of the truth + and of the right. [Cheers.] I beg again to thank your citizens of this + city and of the surrounding country for this gracious and hospitable + welcome. [Cheers.] + + + + +BAKER CITY, OREGON, MAY 7. + + +The closing event of the long day was the reception at Baker City +at 11:30 P.M. Fifteen hundred people were present and the town was +illuminated. The Reception Committee was Mayor S. B. McCord, Hon. R. S. +Anderson, and Geo. H. Tracy. Joe Hooker Post, G. A. R., Fred K. Ernst, +Commander, was present. + +Responding to Mr. Anderson's welcoming address President Harrison said: + + _Mr. Mayor and Fellow-citizens_--It is very pleasing, so late at + night, to be greeted on our arrival here by this large audience and + by these hearty cheers. We thank you very sincerely for this evidence + of your friendly interest, and beg to assure you in return that not + only as public officers, but as citizens with you of this great + country, we are in hearty sympathy with all your pursuits and plans + and hopes in this distant State. I have heard before of its beauty + and the fertility and productiveness of its wheat fields and of the + rich mines which are found in this vicinity. Situated as you are, the + great question with you must be one of transportation, one of getting + the products of your field, the surplus of your agricultural products, + to a market. I hope you appreciate all the advantages in this regard + which the development of these Pacific cities is giving. Every great + manufacturing establishment that is built there produces and increases + population, and makes additional and nearer market for the products + of your fields. I hope the day is not far distant when the completion + of the Nicaragua Canal will make a shorter way to the Atlantic + seaboard States and much shorter and cheaper communication with a + European market. I am glad to be assured--indeed, I do not need the + assurance--that here in Oregon, as in the Central and Eastern States, + we are one people, loyal and united in the love for the flag which + some of these comrades aided to be victorious in the great war, and + that you are thoroughly in love with our American institutions. I am + glad to assure you that, so far as I am concerned, I know no sections + in this country. I desire to promote those measures which shall always + be for the interests of all classes, and which shall diffuse the + benefits of our institutions equally and fairly among all the States + and among all our people. [Cheers.] + + + + +BOISE CITY, IDAHO, MAY 8. + + +Boise City, the capital of Idaho, was reached at 7 o'clock the morning +of the 8th, where a stop of two hours was made. The following committee +of distinguished officials and citizens received the President: His +Excellency Gov. N. B. Willey and official staff, comprising Col. E. J. +Curtis, Col. J. A. Torrance, Lieutenant-Colonel Casswell, and Maj. Geo. +F. Hinton; Senator Geo. L. Shoup, Hon. James A. Pinney, Mayor of Boise +City; R. Z. Johnson, President Board of Trade; John Lemp, Charles A. +Clark, E. R. Leonard, C. W. Moore, J. W. Daniels, Calvin Cobb, A. J. +Glorieaux, Nathan Falk, Peter Sonna, A. R. Andola, J. H. Richards, Hon. +S. W. Moody, Capt. C. C. Stevenson, and Capt. D. W. Figgins. + +The President was escorted to the Capitol grounds by Phil. Sheridan +Post, G. A. R., D. F. Baker Commander, A. C. Bellus, Senior +Vice-Commander, N. F. Kimball, Junior Vice-Commander. The parade was in +charge of Maj. H. E. Noyes, of the Fourth Cavalry, and was one of the +most creditable demonstrations witnessed on the trip. The local militia +and more than 1,000 school children participated. Every veteran and +each scholar carried a flag, which elicited from President Harrison a +beautiful tribute to the national symbol. + +After the review Governor Willey and Mayor Pinney formally welcomed the +President, who responded as follows: + + _My Friends_--This is instructive and inspiring to us all as + American citizens. It is my great pleasure to stand for a little while + this morning in the political Capitol of this fresh and new State. + I had great satisfaction in taking an official part in admitting + Idaho to the Union of States. I believed that it was possessed of a + population and resources and capable of a development that fairly + entitled her to take her place among the States of the American Union. + You are starting now upon a career of development which I hope and + believe will be uninterrupted. Your great mineral resources, now being + rapidly developed, have already brought you great wealth. Undoubtedly + these are to continue to be a source of enrichment and prosperity to + your State, but I do not forget that we must look at last for that + paramount and enduring prosperity and increase which our States should + have to a development of their agricultural resources. You will, of + course, as you have done, carefully guard and secure your political + institutions. You will organize them upon a basis of economy, and yet + of liberal progress. You will take care that only so much revenue + is taken from the people as is necessary to the proper public + expenditure. [Applause.] + + I am glad to see that this banner of liberty, this flag of our + fathers, this flag that these--my comrades here present--defended + with honor and brought home with victory from the bloody strife of + the Civil War, is held in honor and estimation among you. [Great + applause.] Every man should take off his hat when the starry flag + moves by. It symbolizes a free republic; it symbolizes a Nation; not + an aggregation of States, but one compact, solid Government in all + its relations to the nations of the earth. [Applause.] Let us always + hold it in honor. I am glad to see that it floats not only over your + political Capitol, but over the school-houses of your State; the + children should be taught in the primary schools to know its story + and to love it. To these young children, entering by the beneficent + and early provision of your State into the advantages of that great + characteristic American institution--the common school--I give my + greeting this morning. May every good attend them in life, and as the + cares of life come on to take the place of the joys of childhood, God + grant that, instructed in mind and heart in those things that are high + and good, they may bear with honor the responsibility which you will + soon lay down. + + To these comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic, survivors + of the great war, upon whom the years are making their impression, + I do not doubt that these who stand by me have borne an honorable + part among your fellow-citizens in the development of the resources + of this, their adopted State. Not long will we tarry; but, my + comrades, the story of what you have done is undying, and I doubt + not this morning that the satisfaction of having had some small part + in redeeming this Nation and preserving its integrity will fill + your hearts with gladness, even under adverse conditions of life. + A grateful Nation honors you. Every community should give you its + respect, and I can only add to-day a comrade's greeting and a hearty + God bless you all! [Cheers.] + + + + +POCATELLO, IDAHO, MAY 8. + + +A great crowd, including several hundred Indians, greeted the +President's arrival at Pocatello the night of the 8th. The Committee of +Reception consisted of Frederick K. Walker, A. B. Bean, A. F. Caldwell, +John S. Baker, O. L. Cleveland, R. J. Hayes, E. C. Hasey, George Dash, +Frank Ramsey, J. J. Guheen, H. G. Guynn, and L. A. West. A large +delegation from Blackfoot was represented on the committee by Hon. F. W. +Beane, Col. J. W. Jones, and F. W. Vogler. + +Chairman Savidge of the committee delivered the welcoming address and +introduced the President, who said: + + _Fellow-citizens_--In 1881, that sad summer when General Garfield + lay so long in agony and the people suffered so long in painful + suspense, I passed up the Utah and Northern Narrow Gauge Railroad + through this place--if it was a place then--to Montana on a visit. + The country through which we have passed is therefore not unfamiliar + to me. I have known of its natural conditions, and I have seen + its capabilities when brought under the stimulating influence of + irrigation. I have had, during my term in the Senate, as Chairman of + the Committee on Territories of that body, to give a good deal of + attention to the condition and needs of our Territories. My sympathy + and interest have always gone out to those who, leaving the settled + and populous parts of our country, have pushed the frontiers of + civilization farther and farther to the westward until they have met + the Pacific Ocean and the setting sun. Pioneers have always been + enterprising people. If they had not been they would have remained at + home; they endured great hardships and perils in opening these great + mines of minerals which show in your State, and in bringing into + subjection these wild plains and making them blossom like gardens. + To all such here I would do honor, and you should do honor, for they + were heroes in the struggle for the subjugation of an untamed country + to the uses of man. I am glad to see that you have here so many happy + and prosperous people. I rejoice at the increase of your population, + and am glad to notice that with this development in population and in + material wealth you are giving attention to those social virtues--to + education and those influences which sanctify the home, make social + order secure, and honor and glorify the institutions of our common + country. [Cheers.] + + I am glad, not only for the sake of the white man, but of the red + man, that these two extensive and useless reservations are being + reduced by allotment to the Indians for farms, which they are expected + to cultivate and thereby to earn their own living [cheers], that the + unneeded lands shall furnish homes for those who need homes. [Cheers.] + + And now, fellow-citizens, extending to such comrades of the Grand + Army of the Republic as I see scattered about through this audience my + most cordial greeting as a comrade, to these children and these ladies + who share with you the privations of early life on the frontier, and + to all my most cordial greeting and most sincere thanks for your + kindly demonstration, I will bid you good-by. [Great cheering.] + + + + +SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, MAY 9. + + +At Pocatello the President was met by a committee representing the +citizens of Ogden, Utah, who took this opportunity to pay their +respects, it being impracticable to hold a reception in that city owing +to the late hour the train passed. The Ogden committee consisted of +Mayor W. H. Turner and wife, Hon. James A. Miner, E. M. Allison and +wife, J. R. Elliott, W. N. Shilling and wife, Capt. Ransford Smith, Wm. +H. Smith, M. N. Graves and wife, Col. A. C. Howard, Rev. A. J. Bailey, +E. M. Correl and wife, Thomas Bell, J. Cortez and wife, W. W. Funge +and wife, O. E. Hill and wife, John N. Boyle, Gilbert Belnap and wife, +Joseph Belnap, J. S. Painter, Maj. R. H. Whipple, W. R. White, and Prof. +T. B. Lewis. + +The committee appointed by Governor Thomas to meet and welcome the +President at the State line on behalf of the Territory of Utah consisted +of Hon. E. P. Ferry, of Park City; H. G. Whitney, O. J. Salisbury, and +M. K. Parsons, of Salt Lake; Lieutenant Dunning, of Fort Douglas; and +Chief-Justice Zane, Associate Justice Anderson, Hon. C. S. Varian, +Colonel Godfrey, John E. Dooly, Heber M. Wells, E. C. Coffin, and +Spencer Clawson. + +The presidential party arrived at the "City of Zion" at 2:45 A.M. At +8 o'clock they were met by Governor Thomas and Mayor Geo. M. Scott at +the head of the following Citizens' Committee of Reception: Secretary +Sells, Irving A. Benton, General Kimball, Colonel Nelson, Commissioner +Robertson, C. C. Goodwin, Hon. J. T. Caine, R. C. Chambers, Fred Simon, +Hoyt Sherman, Ellsworth Daggett, Judge Blackburn, Colonel Lett, James +Hansborough, Frank D. Hobbs, Judge Miner, General Connor, Judge Bartch, +J. H. Rumel, C. E. Allen, Arthur Pratt, H. G. McMillan, J. P. Bache, +Judge Boreman, W. H. H. Spafford, A. J. Pendleton, Fred Heath, W. L. +Pickard, H. Pembroke, Daniel Wolstenholm, Councilman Armstrong, W. +P. Noble, Louis Cohn, W. P. Lynn, L. C. Karrick, E. R. Clute, J. B. +Walden, J. M. Young, Sheriff Burt, Selectmen Howe, Miller, and Cahoon; +C. B. Jack, W. H. Bancroft, R. Mackintosh, J. H. Bennett, Robert +Harkness, H. W. Lawrence, J. B. Toronto, and Mesdames Zane, Salisbury, +Dooly, Blunt, Chambers, Goodwin, James, Anderson, Lawrence, Gaylord, +Simon, and Bartch; Miss Robertson, Mrs. I. A. Benton, and Mrs. Hobbs. +This committee and a large body of citizens escorted the party to the +Walker House, where breakfast was served. The President then headed a +procession, composed of U.S. troops, State guards, G. A. R. veterans, +pioneers, and many other local organizations, and was escorted to a +pavilion in Liberty Park. + +Governor Thomas and Mayor Scott delivered welcoming addresses, to which +President Harrison responded as follows: + + _Fellow-citizens_--The scenes which have been presented to us in + this political and commercial metropolis of the Territory of Utah have + been very full of beauty and full of hope. I have not seen in all this + long journey, accompanied as it has been with every manifestation of + welcome and crowned with flowers, anything that touched my heart more + than that beautiful picture on one of your streets this morning when + the children from the free public schools of Salt Lake City, waving + the one banner that we all love [cheers] and singing an anthem of + praise to that beneficent Providence that led our worthy forefathers + to land and has followed the pathway of this Nation with His + beneficent care until this bright hour, gave us their glad welcome. + [Applause and cheers.] + + My service in public life has been such as to call my special + attention to, and to enlist my special interest in, the people of + the Territories. It has been a pleasant duty to welcome the Dakotas, + Washington, Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming into the great sisterhood of + the States. I think it has not fallen to any President of the United + States to receive into the Union so large a number of States. The + conditions that surround you in this Territory are of the most hopeful + character. The diversity of your productions, your mines of gold and + silver, iron, lead and coal, placed in such proximity as to make the + work of mining and reduction easy and economical; your well-watered + valley, capable, under the skilful touch of the husbandman, of + transformation from barren wastes into fruitful fields--all these + lying in easy reach and intercommunication, one with the other, must + make the elements of a great commercial and political community. You + do not need to doubt the future. You will step forward confidently and + progressively in the development of your great material wealth. + + The great characteristic of our American institutions--the compact + of our Government--is that the will of the majority, expressed by + legal methods at the ballot box, shall be the supreme law of all + our community. To the Territories of the United States a measure of + local government has always been given, but the supervisory control, + the supreme legislative and executive power has been, continuously, + as to the Territories, held and exercised by the general Government + at Washington. The territorial state has always been regarded as a + temporary one. The general Government has always looked forward to a + division of its vast domain--first, the territory northwest of the + Ohio, then the Louisiana purchase, then these accessions upon the + Pacific coast--into suitable sections for the establishment of free + and independent States. This great work of creating States has gone + forward from the Ohio to the Pacific, and now we may journey from + Maine to Puget Sound through established States. [Cheers.] + + The purity of the ballot-box, the wise provisions and careful + guardianship that shall always make the expression of the will of the + people fair, pure and true, is the essential thing in American life. + We are a people organized upon principles of liberty, but, my good + countrymen, it is not license. It is liberty within and under the law. + [Great applause.] I have no discord, as a public officer, with men of + any creed or politics if they will obey the law. My oath of office, my + public duty, requires me to be against those who violate the law. + + The foundation of American life is the American home. That which + distinguishes us from other nations whose political experience and + history have been full of strife and discord is the American home, + where one wife sits in single uncrowned glory. [Great applause and + cheers.] And now, my countrymen, I beg to assure you that every hope + you have for safe running on these lines of free government, on these + lines of domestic and social order, I have. For every one of you I + have the most cordial greeting. God bless and keep you and guide you + in the paths of social purity, order, and peace, and make you one of + the great communities of the American Union. [Cheers.] + + +_Chamber of Commerce Speech._ + +The visitors were then taken to the new Chamber of Commerce, where the +business men of the city greeted the Chief Executive. The occasion was +also the formal opening of the building for business. + +President Harrison made an address. He said: + + I am very glad to witness in this magnificent structure which + you are opening to-day for your use an evidence of the commercial + importance of the city. Organizations of this character are very + useful when rightly conducted, very promotive of the business + prosperity of the cities in which they are established, and of the + best interest of their membership. It is quite right that those who + may be engaged in the rivalries of business, pushing their several + lines of trade with the energy and enterprise that characterize our + people, should now and then assemble and lay aside things that are + personal and selfish and consider the things that affect the whole + community. These organizations, as I have known them in other States, + have been the council chamber in which large and liberal things have + been devised for the development of the interests and prosperity of + the community. I do not doubt that you will do so here; that new + enterprise will be welcomed, and that the friendly business hand + will be extended to those who are seeking investments. I wish you + all success in this enterprise, and I hope you may grow until its + membership shall embrace all of your commercial classes, and that + its influence may do for your business here what the water of your + mountain streams has done for the plains--make them grow longer and + more productive, and at the same time expel from them those mean + jealousies which sometimes divide men. [Prolonged Cheers.] + + +_Address to the School Children._ + +The party visited the Mormon Tabernacle, which was profusely decorated +with bunting and flags. On the side of the Temple in large letters +was the motto "Fear God; Honor the President." The entire city was +tastefully decorated. The President reviewed the school children, about +2,000 in number. They rendered patriotic songs, and he addressed them in +the following happy speech: + + _To the School Children_--In all this joyous journey through + this land of flowers and the sunny South I have seen nothing more + beautiful and inspiring than this scene which burst upon us so + unexpectedly. This multitude of children bearing waving banners + makes a scene which can never fade from our memories. Here, in these + children from the free schools established and guarded by your public + authorities, is the hope of Utah and the country. [Cheers.] I give you + my thanks for a demonstration that has cheered my heart. May each of + you enjoy every blessing that a free country and a more beneficent and + kindly Creator can bestow. [Cheers.] + + + + +LEHI CITY, UTAH, MAY 9. + + +The first stop after leaving the capital of Utah was at Lehi City, where +a large sugar factory is located. The Committee of Reception consisted +of Mayor A. J. Evans, Bishop T. R. Cutler, James Harwood, and C. A. +Granger. + +The President made a brief address, saying: + + _My Friends_--This industry which you have established here is very + interesting to me. I hope it is to open the way to a time when we + shall have a home supply of sugar for every household. [Cheers.] + + + + +PROVO CITY, UTAH, MAY 9. + + +The presidential train arrived at Provo--the Garden City of Utah--at +1:30 P.M. The greeting was a cordial one; about 1,000 school children +were present. The Reception Committee was Mayor J. E. Booth, R. H. Dodd, +J. R. Bishop, J. B. McCauslin, M. M. Kellogg, W. S. Myton, E. A. Wilson, +Wm. H. King, D. D. Houtz, Dr. J. N. Christensen, Dr. H. Simmons, F. F. +Reed, G. W. Olger, and W. Burlew. + +Mayor Booth introduced the President, who spoke as follows: + + _Mr. Mayor and Fellow-citizens_--This is another of those bright + and beautiful pictures that have been spread before our eyes on this + whole journey from Washington. I am glad to stop for a moment in this + enterprising and prosperous city. I am glad to know that you are + adding manufacturing to your agriculture, and that you are weaving + some of the abundance of wool that is furnished by your flocks. It is + the perfection of society, commercially, when you find immediately + at your own doors a market for those things that you have to sell. + You are a long way from the seaboard. The transportation companies, + however fair their rates may be, must levy very heavy tolls upon your + produce for taking it to the Atlantic or to the Pacific. It is then + a pleasing thing when, instead of sending your wool to some distant + city to be woven into cloth, you can do that work yourselves as you + develop, bringing in these manufacturing industries whose employees + consume the products of your farm and in turn give to the farmer that + which he and his children have to wear. You are approaching the most + independent commercial condition. When every farmer is able to sell + from his own wagon everything he produces and is emancipated from + transportation tolls, he is independent and prosperous. + + I am glad to see these dear children here coming from the free + schools of your city. The public school is a most wholesome and + hopeful institution. It has an assimilative power possessed by no + other institution in our country. Where the children of rich and poor + mingle together on the play-ground and in the school-room, there is + produced a unity of feeling and a popular love for public institutions + that can be brought about in no other way. [Cheers.] God bless and + promote your public schools until every child in your Territory shall + be gathered into them. [Cheers.] + + + + +AMERICAN FORK, UTAH, MAY 9. + + +Early in the afternoon a brief stop was made at American Fork, where +several hundred children were marshalled under Bishop George Halliday +(Mormon) and Rev. F. G. Webster. The Reception Committee consisted of +Mayor George Cunningham, James Chipman, John J. Cushing, and John F. +Pribyl. + +The President, addressing the school children, said: + + I want to express my interest in these dear children who have + gathered here. It is very pleasant to have at all these little + stations these expressions of your good-will. I rejoice to see the + development which has taken place in these regions since I was here a + few years ago, and I have no doubt that it will go on until all your + valleys are prosperous and full of happy homes. [Cheers.] + + + + +SPRINGVILLE, UTAH, MAY 9. + + +As the presidential train reached Castle Gate, a mining town on the +summit of the Wahsatch Mountains, the people turned out _en masse_. A +salute was fired with dynamite cartridges. The President briefly thanked +the people for their greeting. + +At Springville, the last stopping-point in Utah, the committee that +welcomed the President consisted of Don C. Johnson, Joseph M. Westwood, +H. M. Dougall, R. A. Deal, and Anthony Ethier. + +Governor Thomas introduced President Harrison, who said: + + _My Friends_--Your towns in Utah are very close together. I scarcely + close an address at one before we are in the corporate limits of + another; but I am glad to receive here this pleasant welcome. The + evidence of kindliness which I read in all your faces is very + reassuring and very comforting. It is delightful, I think, to those + who are charged with public duties to come now and then and look + into the faces of the people who have no other interest than that + the Government shall be well administered. [Cheers.] I cannot hope, + of course, to give a post office to everybody. I have endeavored in + the selection of those who are to administer the functions of public + office for the general Government to secure good men. I have desired + that everywhere they should understand that they were the servants of + the people [applause], that they were to give the best public service + possible, and that they were to treat everybody alike. + + It has been very pleasant to-day to ride through this most + extraordinary valley, and to notice how productive your fields are and + how genial and kindly your people are. [Cheers.] + + I am to do whatever I can in public office to serve our people. + I am glad to contribute whatever I can as a citizen to the general + prosperity and to the glory and dignity of our country. [Cheers.] + + And now one word or two to these few comrades who gather about me. + They are not many, but they are entitled to honor. Those who struggled + in the early years to establish homes in the West, and those who in + the hour of public distress and peril bared their breasts to the + shaft of battle that the Nation might live, are worthy of the highest + regard. [Cheers.] You have entered into the heritage which they + bought and preserved. May you, with as true, loyal hearts as they, + preserve and hand down to your children these institutions. [Cheers.] + + + + +GLENWOOD SPRINGS, COLORADO, MAY 10. + + +At an early hour Sunday morning, May 10, the presidential party arrived +at Glenwood Springs, where they were met by the Governor of Colorado, +Hon. J. L. Routt, Chief-Justice J. C. Helm, Hon. N. P. Hill, ex-Senator +H. A. W. Tabor, and Congressman Townsend, from Denver. At 8 o'clock +the Hon. J. L. Hodges, Mayor of the city, with Judge G. D. Thayer, +L. Schwarz, C. W. Darrow, J. H. Fesler, F. Mager, and M. W. Mather, +escorted the party to the Hotel Glenwood, where they passed the day. The +President and Postmaster-General Wanamaker attended divine services at +the Presbyterian Church. The pastor, Rev. W. S. Rudolph, was assisted by +Rev. A. E. Armstrong, of Leadville, and Rev. L. N. Haskell, of Denver, +Chaplain of the State Senate. The city was filled with thousands of +visitors from Aspen and other neighboring mining towns and camps until +over 10,000 people were gathered--notwithstanding it was the Sabbath--to +greet the Chief Magistrate of the Nation. + +When the President returned from witnessing several members of his party +enjoy a dip in the mammoth pool he was met by Mayor Hodges at the head +of the following Reception Committee of prominent citizens: Joseph Love, +A. W. Dennis, Reed Burritt, F. C. Ewing, F. S. Dart, F. C. Sohram, H. +C. Eaton, J. R. De Remer, Alex. Anderson, A. W. Dennis, Miles Standish, +J. L. Hays, W. H. Hallett, H. R. Kamm, J. T. McLean, W. H. Bradt, J. +R. Wallingford, J. G. Pease, Paul Blount, J. H. Campbell, C. B. Ellis, +B. T. Napier, Thomas Kendrick, E. T. Wolverton, Fred Korupkat, C. A. +Lee, Dr. G. H. Moulton, M. V. B. Blood, James Leach, P. F. Carr, George +Edinger, W. H. Spear, Joseph Enzensperger, C. M. Keck, J. W. Beaman, J. +M. Stevens, R. O. Hoover, E. Schuster, J. W. Ross, William Chrisman, G. +H. Ferris, F. A. Enoch, Frank Lindsley, Frank Kaiser, J. A. I. Claudon, +F. A. Barlow, Ed. B. Everett, N. Falk, H. C. Bunte, H. W. Ennen, William +Dougan, Dr. L. G. Clark, James Anderson, Chris. Beck, J. S. Swan, H. J. +Holmes, James Coughlin, S. H. Wood, John Miller, N. S. Henderson, J. M. +Durand, Jr., Matt. Carroll, John Lynch, W. H. Trumbor, S. W. Nott, B. +Hopkins, William Houston, C. V. Noble, C. M. Kiggins, Dr. E. A. Bryant, +J. N. Bishop, William Denning, A. Miller, J. H. Connor, C. H. Belding, +William Dinkle, C. L. Todd, George Yule, C. A. Hahn, H. H. Gates, James +Soister, C. C. Hendrie, P. R. Morris, J. L. Noonan, Fred L. Walthers, +T. W. Thomas, C. C. Parks, J. T. Shumate, Wm. Gelder, M. J. Bartley, A. +E. Bartlett, John McReavy, W. S. Parkinson, Frank Dallis, E. H. Watson, +J. H. Bixby, Jake Kline, M. M. Cantrell, J. H. Pierce, C. C. Streeter, +E. T. Taylor, John Eitel, P. C. Coryell, Frank Mason, Fred Korn, W. +H. Richardson, H. C. Babize, George Bennett, Frank Lyle, J. F. Myser, +R. Stees, J. W. Ritter, R. P. Mallaby, W. De Long, L. F. Grace, Ed. +Meachem, Andrew Anderson, Joe Keating, W. H. Sikes, W. L. Willoughby, +T. R. Williams, J. W. Dollison, Alex. Voorhees, Theo. Rosenberg, H. T. +Sale, S. J. De Lan, William Cardnell, G. B. Garrison, R. M. Hedden, P. +H. Fitzpatrick, C. W. Durand, Kellie Cookson, Albert Gerstle, F. P. +Monroe, William Shaw, C. J. Feist, E. E. Knight, George Phillips, Ed. S. +Hughes, D. W. Smart, P. G. Foote, W. T. Beans, C. Poole, J. H. Mager, W. +J. Brennan, Murdo McLeod, J. E. Chaney, A. W. Maxfield, William Smith, +A. M. Stevenson, C. B. Brown, M. N. Edwards, and Harry Van Sickle. + +The Mayor made the welcoming address and presented the President with a +solid silver plate, superbly engraved with the coat-of-arms of Colorado. + +President Harrison replied: + + _Mr. Mayor and Fellow-citizens_--In arranging the programme of this + trip, and desiring to find one day in the seven for rest, we selected + this spot because of its fame throughout the East as one of delightful + location and natural attractions. I am glad this selection was made. + It has given me much pleasure--the beauty of your surroundings + and especially the picturesque attractiveness and magnificence of + the scenery. The city which you are launching forth upon the tide + of usefulness and prosperity will grow in fame. I thank you most + cordially for this souvenir, and I leave with you my most earnest hope + for the prosperity of the city. + +Senator Tabor introduced a delegation from Aspen representing 1,000 +miners from that famous camp. Col. E. F. Browne then presented a most +unique souvenir--a silver card bearing mottoes worked in native wire +silver. + +In accepting this rare token the President said: + + This is one of the most beautiful of all the souvenirs that have + been presented me on this trip. I wish to say to you that I do not + regard your visit as an intrusion. I will not undertake to dilate upon + the fatigue of this trip. I have been leaning over the hind rail of + the train for a long time, and I came to Glenwood Springs tired. I + wish to remain quiet, not from any puritanical notion of the Sabbath, + and I hope none of you will feel that way. It is not because I don't + want to see you. It is the contrary, I assure you, and I regret my + inability to give you all a public reception. + + I have for Aspen and her people the kindest wishes. As for the State + of Colorado, it will grow more vigorous and richer in all that makes + an American commonwealth. + + In common with Western States, Colorado has had the pick of the + people of the Eastern States. It seems to me as though her citizens + had passed competitive examination for push and enterprise, and only + the worthless were turned back at the ferry. I thank you for your + liberality. + +Charles R. Bell, of Aspen, State President Patriotic Order Sons of +America, presented the President with an address. In the afternoon +President Harrison and Mr. Wanamaker attended union services and +children's mass-meeting at Durand's Hall. Rev. H. M. Law presided, but +Mayor Hodges introduced the President, who said: + + _Mr. Mayor, Fellow-citizens and Children_--Our stop at Glenwood + Springs was, as you all know, intended to be for rest; and yet I + have not felt that I could deny myself to this large body of friends + assembled from the homes of this city, and, perhaps, to an even larger + body of friends who have come from some of the neighboring towns to + pay their respects and testify their good-will. The trip we have + been making has been a prolonged one, and it has been a continued + experience of speech-making and hand-shaking. The physical labor has + been very great, and I think if one had been called upon to do the + same amount of work without the stimulus and inspiration which have + come from the happy faces and kind hearts of the people who have + greeted us, almost any man would have given out. Certainly I would had + I not been borne up and helped by the wonderful kindness of our people. + + I have been intensely interested in what I have seen. It has + testified to me of the unity of the people East and West. Out here + you take on some peculiarities as we do in Indiana, but underneath + these peculiarities there is the same true American grit and spirit. + [Applause.] It is not wonderful that this should be so. It is not a + mere likeness between different people, because you are precisely + the same people that I have known in the Central and Eastern States. + Everywhere I have gone I have seen Hoosiers; everywhere Mr. Wanamaker + has gone he has seen Pennsylvanians; everywhere General Rusk has gone + Wisconsin hands have been reached up to him. These new States have + been filled up by the enterprising and pushing young men of the older + States. They have set out to find here greater advantages, more rapid + pathways to wealth and competence. Many of them have found it, many of + them are still perhaps in the hard struggle of life; but to you all, + to every man, whether he is mine-owner or handles the pick, I bring + you my warmest sympathy and my most sincere thanks for your friendly + greeting. [Applause.] + + Our Government was instituted by wise men--men of broad views. It + was based upon the idea of the equal rights of men. It absolutely + rejects the idea of class distinction and insists that men should + be judged by their behavior. That is a good rule; those who are + law-abiding and well-disposed, those who pursue their vocations + lawfully and with due respect to the rights of others, are the true + American citizens. I am glad to know that the love of our institutions + is so deeply imbedded in your hearts. It has been a most delightful + and cheering thing to see that the starry banner, the same old flag + that some of you carried amid the smoke of battle, the rattle of + musketry, booming of cannon, and the dying of men, is in the hands of + such children. [Applause.] Some of the prettiest as well as some of + the most hopeful sights we have looked upon have been these companies + of children gathered on the streets or hill-sides waving this banner. + + The American institutions deserve our watchful care. All our + communities should be careful in the beginning to establish law and + maintain it. It is very difficult when lawlessness once obtains the + upper hand to put it down. It is very easy to keep it out of any + community if the well-disposed, true-hearted people will sink all + their differences, religious and political, and stand together as + citizens for the good of their municipalities. [Applause.] + + I want to thank the children who have gathered for this + Sabbath-day's observance. I have had a life that has been full of + labor. From my early manhood until this hour my time has had many + demands upon it. I have been under the pressure of the practice of + my profession. I have been under the pressure of political campaigns + and of public office, and yet in all these pursuits, and under all + these conditions, I have found, simply as a physical question, without + reference to its religious aspects at all, that I could do more by + working six days than seven. + + I think you will all find it so, and that as a civil institution + rest on the Sabbath day is good for man. It is not only good, but it + is the right of the workingman. Men should have one free day in which + to think of their families, of themselves, of things that are not + material, but are spiritual. [Applause.] + + I desire to express from a sincere and earnest heart my thanks to + you all for all your kindness, giving you in return simply the pledge + that I will in all things keep in mind what seems to me to be the true + interests of our people. I have no thought of sections, I have no + thought upon any of the great public questions that does not embrace + the rights and interests of all our people and all our States. I + believe we shall find a common interest and safe ground upon all the + great questions, and by moderating our own views and making reasonable + and just concessions we shall find them all settled wisely and in the + true interest of the people. [Applause.] + + + + +LEADVILLE, COLORADO, MAY 11. + + +Leadville, the Cloud City, was reached at 7:30 A.M. Monday. Ten thousand +citizens greeted the Chief Magistrate at this greatest of silver camps. +The following delegation met the presidential party at Glenwood and +escorted them to Leadville: His Honor Mayor John E. Foutz, Hon. H. I. +Higgins, W. Arens, John Harvey, A. Sherwin, A. V. Hunter, S. F. Maltby, +John Ewing, John Williams, W. F. Patrick, H. C. Burnett, Rev. A. E. +Armstrong, Mrs. Foutz, Mrs. Hunter, Mrs. Morgan H. Williams, and Mrs. +E. Forbes. The ladies of this committee presented Mrs. Harrison with +numerous beautiful silver souvenirs. + +Chairman Higgins and the following members of the Reception Committee +escorted the party to the Hotel Kitchen: Mrs. W. F. Patrick, W. W. Old, +Mrs. J. Y. Oliver, A. A. Blow, Mrs. H. W. Hardinge, Charles Cavender, +Rev. E. S. Ralston, B. S. Buell, Samuel Brown, A. Sherwin, Robert Estey, +H. R. Pendery, Charles L. Hill, J. S. Jones, Robert Cary, Geo. W. +Trimble, C. P. Schumacher, J. S. Saunders, John Harvey, J. H. Weddle, +John Nowland, W. F. Patrick, Hon. Wm. Kellogg, Frank G. White, John +F. Champion, James Smith, Moses Londoner, J. J. M. McRobbie, Maj. A. +V. Bohn, and John Lumsden. The veterans of Garfield Post, G. A. R., +composed the guard of honor. Judge Luther M. Goddard made the welcoming +address, and in the name of the city presented the distinguished visitor +a silver brick. + +The President responded as follows: + + _Mr. Mayor and Fellow-citizens_--This rare, pure atmosphere, this + bright sunshine, the national colors, this multitude of lifted, + smiling faces to greet us is a scene that should raise the dullest + heart to emotions of thankfulness and pride--pride wholly separated + from personal considerations, a pride in which everything personal + is swallowed up by the contemplation that all this is the outcome, + the manifestation, the culmination of free American institutions. + [Cheers.] We stand here on this mountain-top and see what I think + is the highest evidence of American pluck to be found in the United + States. [Laughter and applause.] I have addressed my fellow-citizens + on many thousands of occasions, but never before stood so near + the dome. [Cheers.] It is a wonderful testimony to the energy and + adaptation of the American that he should have pushed his way to this + high altitude, above the snow-line, and erected here these magnificent + and extensive industries and these beautiful and happy homes. I + rejoice with you in all that has been accomplished here. + + I bring thanks to you for that great contribution you have made to + the wealth of a country we all love. [Cheers.] I bring to you the + assurance that as an individual citizen and as a public officer my + interest, my affection, and my duty embrace all the people of this + land. [Cries of "Good!" and cheers.] + + I am glad to know we have in the past history of our country found + that happy unity of interest which has acted beneficially upon all + our institutions and all our people. With due regard to all local + interests, we should seek that general legislation which touches with + kindly fingers the humblest homes in our land. I do most sincerely + thank you for this token of the product of your mines. It is a + precious metal, but much more precious to me is the kindly thought and + the generous welcome which you have given us in Leadville. [Cheers.] + + My lungs are unaccustomed to this rare and stimulating atmosphere, + and you will permit me to close by giving you all, to the men who, + deep down in these mines, are toilsomely working out the precious + metal, to those who welcome you in your homes when you return from + your toil, the wives and children who add grace and sweetness to our + lives, to these children who have gathered to greet us, a most cordial + salutation and a regretful good-by. [Cheers.] + + + + +BUENA VISTA, COLORADO, MAY 11. + + +Buena Vista gave the President a cordial greeting. The Committee of +Reception included Mayor Mason, Hon. A. R. Kenedy, Capt. A. V. P. Day, +A. H. Wade, Col. Henry Logan, J. C. Stuart, and A. C. Bottorff. Phil. +Sheridan Post, G. A. R., Col. G. D. Childs Commander, participated in +the reception. Dr. Struthers and W. W. Fay presented the President with +three fine trout caught in Thompson's Lake, and weighing six pounds each. + +President Harrison said: + + _My Friends_--I am very glad to see your bright and kind faces this + morning, and to tarry for a few moments, just long enough to say "How + do you do?" and "Good-by." It is very pleasant to find everywhere + and at every station the same friendly looks and the same kindly + greeting. I am glad to have an opportunity that I have not previously + had of seeing the State of Colorado, great in her present condition + and having a greater future development than perhaps you yourselves + realize. This combination of agricultural and mining industries can + work but good for the high development of Colorado. Your cattle and + your sheep and your mines and your agriculture in your valleys all + produce that ideal condition of things in which you find a nearer + market for what you raise. I hope the time will come when in addition + to smelting furnaces in your mines you will learn to weave the + wool from your sheep in place of sending it abroad to be made into + clothing. The more you can develop these things and do your own work + the more prosperous will be your condition. These dear children have + cheered me heartily all the way on this journey. The public schools + are worthy of your most thoughtful care. It is there that the children + meet on a common ground. It is there class distinctions are wiped out. + It is the great American institution. You have well named your little + hamlet Buena Vista. [Cheers.] + + + + +SALIDA, COLORADO, MAY 11. + + +Three thousand people from the surrounding district welcomed the +President at Salida. The Reception Committee consisted of Mayor John G. +Hollenbeck, J. H. Stead, S. M. Jackson, W. W. Roller, J. A. Israel, E. +B. Jones, and W. P. Harbottle. Stanton Post, G. A. R., W. G. Westfall +Commander, and the children of the public schools were present. Miss +Clara Ayers, on behalf of the public schools, presented Mrs. Harrison +with a handsome portfolio of Colorado wild flowers prepared by Mrs. +E. P. Chester. Dr. Durbin, on behalf of the citizens of Villa Grove, +presented a fine collection of mineral specimens. + +President Harrison spoke as follows: + + I have looked with great interest, in passing through these + mountain gorges, at the enterprise of the people who have constructed + intersecting lines of railroad upon these difficult grades and + through threatening canyons. It has not been many days since such + feats of engineering would have been regarded as impossible, and yet + now railroads have touched the highest points, have gone above the + snow line, have reached elevated mines, and brought isolated valleys + into rapid and easy communication with the more settled parts of the + country. It has given me great pleasure to look upon the beautiful + valley in which the town of Salida is situated, and which will + undoubtedly be capable of large agricultural production when a system + of irrigation is completed. It might be desirable to the people of + Indiana and Illinois and other agricultural States if Colorado had + to buy her wheat and corn from them, but our larger interest makes + it desirable that every community should supply its own wants. I + anticipate with pleasure the day when these mountain States will + not be content with mining, but shall add agricultural pursuits and + manufacturing, and when the wool which is sheared from the flocks will + be woven at home. [Cheers.] + + It is a pleasant condition of things when all classes are + prosperous, when the workingman has fair wages that leave him some + margin above his daily necessities. I should lose hope for our + institutions when there should be despairing classes among us. An + American citizen could not be a good citizen who did not have hope in + his heart. Every boy, however humble, can pass through our public + schools and climb to any position of usefulness and honor he has + the ability to attain. There have been marvellous instances of what + courage and pluck and intelligence may do in this way. + + To the children I give a cordial greeting. They have been a happy + feature of almost every gathering in the journey. I hope they may + all receive that attention which will make them men and women of + intelligence, and capable of taking a full share in all these good + things in the community and in the State, for which they are to be + responsible. [Cheers.] + + + + +CANYON CITY, COLORADO, MAY 11. + + +Leaving Salida the route lay through a stretch of country unsurpassed +in grandeur. The train made a short stop on the hanging bridge over the +Arkansas River in the Grand Canyon. Emerging through the Royal Gorge +the party reached Canyon City at 2 P.M. amid the cheers of its entire +population, including 400 school children. Mayor J. M. Bradbury, T. M. +Harding, A. D. Cooper, and Warden W. A. Smith were among the prominent +residents who welcomed the President; also, Greenwood Post, G. A. R., +Dr. J. L. Prentiss, Commander. + +President Harrison spoke as follows: + + _Comrades and Fellow-citizens_--It gives me great pleasure to see + you and accept with a thankful heart those cordial greetings with + which you have met us. I have been talking so much since I left + Washington that I really am almost talked out; and yet, until I shall + have altogether lost my voice, of which there does not seem to be any + prospect, I cannot refrain from saying thank you to those friends who + greet us with such affectionate interest. We do appreciate it very + highly. But I do not at all assume it is merely your interest in me. + It is, I am sure, your interest in the country, in its Constitution, + and in its flag--the flag for which these comrades fought, which they + carried through the stress of battle and brought home in honor. It is + our free institutions, our free ballot, our representative Government, + that you all honor in coming here to-day. It is very surprising and + very pleasant to drop down out of these snow-clad summits and to have + passed into our hands in the valley, branches of peach and pear and + bouquets of flowers, the first fruits of spring--a spring more genial + here than it seemed at Leadville this morning. [Applause.] I am very + glad to have revealed to me the possibilities of this country, and to + see how, under the system of irrigation, that which seemed to be a + waste--accursed of God--comes to be a very garden of Eden in beauty + and productiveness. I hope you have not only the fruits and flowers + of paradise, but that you have in your homes that state of peace and + blessedness which prevailed before our first mother took the apple. + [Applause.] To these comrades I want to give a comrade's greeting. I + know of no higher honor in this world than to be called "comrade" by + the survivors of those who saved the Union, [Applause.] + + + + +FLORENCE, COLORADO, MAY 11. + + +The next stop was at Florence, in the oil district, whose citizens gave +the President a most cordial greeting. The Reception Committee comprised +Mayor Isaac Canfield, Senator J. A. McCandless, J. F. Collins, J. H. +McDaniel, Thomas Robinson, Thomas E. Spencer, Richard McDonald, W. J. +Daniels, and Joseph Patterson. An enthusiastic citizen proposed three +cheers "for the first President who has thought enough of us to come and +see us." They were given with a will, and the President responded as +follows: + + _My Fellow citizens_--I am very much obliged to you for this + greeting. I expect there have been other Presidents who thought + of you, though they have not visited you. This has been a very + pleasant and instructive journey to me. I thought I had kept myself + reasonably well informed of the capabilities of this country and of + its productions, but I am amazed to find how things are put together. + We come out of the snow where everything is barren and where labor + is under ground, where the precious metals are being extracted, and + there is nothing pleasant in the landscape except the snow covered + mountains, and presently we are into a land of fruit, and have handed + up to us great branches laden with well-set peach and pear, and are + showered again, as we were in California, with the flowers of the + early spring, and now, to my surprise, we seem to be in the oil + region of Pennsylvania. These numerous derricks and oil lodes remind + us of things about Oil City. Until I saw them I was not aware that + you had here in Colorado oil production. It shows us how impartial, + after all, the great Creator has been. He has given us everywhere + possibilities which, if well improved, will make comfortable, happy + homes. You have the metals, precious and common, and the coal that + is needed for the smelter; oil to light your homes and lubricate + your machinery, and these orchards and beautiful valleys, all in the + right proximity. No man could have improved upon it. [Applause.] Our + Government intends to have a careful and impartial consideration of + all its people. We do not recognize classes or distinctions. We want + everybody to be prosperous and happy, especially the working people. + [Cheers.] + + I do not know how our institutions could endure unless we so + conduct our public affairs and society that every man who is sober + and industrious shall be able to make a good, comfortable living and + lay something aside for old age or for evil days; to have hope in his + heart and better prospects for his children. That is the strength + of American institutions. Whatever promotes that I want to favor. + Whatever tends to pauperize our people or impair the earning power of + the laboring class I do not favor. [Cheers.] + + + + +PUEBLO, COLORADO, MAY 11. + + +An artillery salute welcomed the party to Pueblo at 3:30 P.M. Mayor W. +B. Hamilton, Col. M. H. Fitch, D. W. Barkley, Hon. I. W. Stanton, A. +McClelland, and O. H. P. Baxter comprised the committee that escorted +the President from Glenwood Springs. Arrived at the station the Chief +Executive was conveyed to the Court House Square by the following +Committee of Reception: E. C. Lyman, Paul Wilson, Benjamin Guggenheim, +D. L. Holden, E. R. Chew, Fred Betts, N. O. McClees, W. A. Moses, F. +E. Baldwin, A. S. Dwight, J. R. Flickenger, R. M. Stevenson, W. B. +McKinney, John Lockin, E. C. Billings, A. F. Ely, W. B. Palmer, J. S. +Johnston, N. E. Guyot, M. Studzinski, G. T. Nash, J. W. Purdy, P. F. +Sharp, S. A. Abbey, E. H. Martin, N. S. Walpole, T. J. Cribbs, J. G. +Keller, and C. C. Gaines. Upton Post, G. A. R., C. J. Long Commander, +and many other organizations participated in the parade. + +At the Court House Square 6,000 children greeted the President, who was +introduced by Dr. William A. Olmsted and said: + + _Children of the Public Schools and Others_--I am glad to meet + such an immense number here, and I can't allow this opportunity + to pass without expressing to you my thanks for this whole-souled + reception. It moves my heart to say that from your appearances you are + well taught, not only in manners but in your intellectual pursuits; + your bright, ruddy faces show health, and as you are living in this + healthful place it speaks marvels for Pueblo. The country need fear + no attack from foreign foes when such an army as you'll some day make + would be called into action. You have your destiny all before you, and + no one can tell but that some of these boys may be a President and + these beautiful girls advise those who are born to fill high places + in the Government. Children, I am pleased to see you, and will hold + in dear remembrance this, my first visit to Pueblo--a city full of + American genius and enterprise, which will hold its own and keep on + apace with that progress characteristic of Americans. God bless you + all. [Cheers.] + +As Mrs. Harrison's carriage drew up the school children presented her +with a handsome painting--the "Colorado Columbine." The President then +visited the Colorado Mineral Palace, where President L. S. McLain and +Secretary Livezey of the Exposition presented him with specimens of rich +ore. + +Colonel Stanton made the welcoming address and introduced President +Harrison to the great assemblage, who responded as follows: + + _Mr. Mayor and Fellow-citizens_--The brief time which we are able + in this hasty journey to allot to the city of Pueblo has now almost + expired. It has given me pleasure to drive through the streets of + this prosperous and enterprising municipality and to see that you + are concentrating great business interests which must in the future + make you a very important centre in this great State. You have in + this State a variety of resources unexcelled, I think, by any other + State. Your attention was very naturally first directed toward the + precious metals, to the mining of gold and silver. The commoner ores + were neglected. Your cities were mining camps. Nowhere in all our + history has the American capacity for civil organization been so + perfectly demonstrated as in the mining camps of the West. Coming + here entirely beyond the range of civil institutions, where courts, + sheriffs, and police officers could not give a hand to suppress the + unruly at a time when our mining laws were unframed, these pioneer + miners of California, Colorado, Nevada, Montana, and Idaho wrought out + for themselves in their mining camps a system of government and mining + laws that have received the approval of the State. [Cheers.] It was + quite natural that interest should have been first directed toward the + precious metals. You are coming to realize that the baser metals, as + we call them, with which your great hills are stored are of great and + more lasting value. [Cheers.] We passed this morning through a region + where I was surprised to see orchards that reminded me of California. + Now for all these things, for the beneficent influence under which you + live, for that good law that has distributed this public domain freely + to every man who desires to make a home for himself and family, for + this free Government that extends its protection over the humblest as + well as the mighty, for all these resources of sky and air and earth, + the people of Colorado should be joyously thankful. [Cheers.] I am + glad to hail you as fellow-citizens. I am glad for a moment to stand + in the midst of you, to see your great capabilities, and to assure + you that my best wishes are with you in the development of them all. + [Cheers] I am glad to know that Colorado, this young Centennial State, + has established a system of free public schools unexcelled by any + State in the Union [Cheers.] But, my friends, as I said once before, I + am in slavery to a railroad schedule, and time is up Good-by. [Cheers.] + + + + +COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, MAY 11. + + +The presidential party arrived at Colorado Springs at 6 o'clock in the +evening and received the heartiest kind of a welcome. They were met at +the station by the Hon. Ira G. Sprague, Mayor of the city, at the head +of a large Committee of Reception, comprising the following prominent +citizens: Judge John Campbell, J. F. Seldomridge, J. H. Barlow, Irving +Howbert, J. W. Stillman, W. S. Jackson, B. F. Crowell, Col. Geo. De +La Vergne, Hon. W. F. Slocum, J. A. Hayes, Jr., E. Barnett, Geo. H. +Stewart, G. S. Barnes, W. A. Conant, W. L. Weed, H. C. McCreery, E. W. +Davis, D. Heron, W. R. Roby, C. H. White, C. E. Noble, B. W. Steele, +L. H. Gowdy, J. H. B. McFerran, D. M. Holden, W. S. Nichols, Dr. T. G. +Horn, Dr. W. A. Campbell, Thomas Hughes, J. P. Barnes, W. A. Roby, Dr. +B. P. Anderson, Judge J. B. Severy, T. A. McMorris, F. L. Martin, J. M. +Sellers, H. H. Stevens, J. A. Weir, Geo. W. Thorne, J. J. Hagerman, H. +C. Lowe, L. R. Ehrich, J. F. Pebbles, Charles Thurlow, A. Van Vechten, +E. S. Wooley, J. M. Ellison, C. C. Hoyt, Dr. W. M. Strickler, Dr. J. P. +Grannis, Dr. S. E. Solly, Judge William Harrison, W. H. Reed, Geo. F. +Whitney, E. A. Colburn, W. R. Barnes, Charles W. Collins, N. O. Johnson, +E. W. Giddings, P. C. Helm, C. E. Durkee, W. C. Stark, Matt Wilbur, C. +E. Stubbs, H. C. Fursman, J. H. Sinclair, L. P. Lowe, J. C. Woodbury, W. +H. Tilton, L. A. Pease, Thomas Barber, David McShane, H. A. Fuller, W. +A. Perkins, Fred Robinson, Geo. B. Perry, Count James Pourtales, W. B. +Faunce, E. M. Stedman, M. W. Everleth, Dr. O. Gillette, A. A. McGooney, +E. J. Eaton, Matt France, Henry L. B. Wills, H. S. Ervay, C. J. +Reynolds, Frank White, W. F. Anderson, Thomas Parrish, P. A. McCurdy, C. +B. Crowell, W. A. Otis, J. N. Bolton, H. A. Ferugson, H. Collbran, Geo. +P. Riplet, H. G. Lunt, T. H. Edsall, A. L. Lawton, W. H. D. Merrill, K. +H. Field, Dr. H. T. Cooper, A. J. Denton, H. I. Reid, C. W. Howbert, W. +H. Hoagland, J. W. D. Stovell, S. H. Kingsley, F. A. Mangold, Dr. T. C. +Kirkwood, Godfrey Kissell, Thomas Gough, V. Z. Reed, H. S. Van Petten, +T. S. Brigham, O. P. Hopkins, D. C. Dudley, E. R. Stark, A. S. Holbrook, +Milo Rowell, Charles Walker, Prof. J. E. Ray, W. S. Nichols, Thomas +Shideler, Leonard Jackson, L. C. Dana, L. E. Sherman, Samuel Bradford, +William Clark, F. E. Dow, Geo. P. Vaux, I. J. Woodworth, A. A. Williams, +W. D. Belden, W. H. Goshen, D. A. Russell, C. L. Gillingham, C. E. +Aiken, Dr. G. W. Lawrence, Geo. H. Parsons, Jehu Fields, Edward Ferris, +E. F. Clark, A. Sutton, Phil Strubel, F. A. Sperry, P. K. Pattison, +L. H. Gilbert, Prof. Wm. Strieby, Theo. Harrison, F. H. Morley, E. T. +Ensign, Wm. Lennox, W. H. McIntyre, J. E. Newton, John Hundley, Dr. +F. Hale, John Lennox, Wm. Bischoff, N. J. Davis, J. L. Clinton, J. +D. O'Haire, Dr. B. St. G. Tucker, E. S. Josleyn, Seth Baker, Joseph +Dozier, O. Roberts, J. E. Ray, J. Plumb, H. Hall, Dr. M. S. Smith, W. H. +Sanford, Lawrence Myers, S. N. Nye, John Potter, C. H. Burgess, L. G. +Goodspeed, J. Sumner, E. F. Rudy, Maj. O. Remick, E. S. Bumstead, G. C. +Hemenway, John Simmons, H. Halthusen, William Banning, Reuben Berrey, +A. H. Corman, F. D. Pastorious, J. L. Armit, Judson Bent, Rev. James B. +Gregg, Rev. A. R. Kieffer, Rev. R. Montague, Rev. H. H. Bell, Rev. J. P. +Lucas, Rev. M. D. Ormes, Rev. H. E. Warner, and Rev. M. Carrington. + +The G. A. R. veterans comprised the presidential guard of honor during +the parade through the city. Civic organizations from Manitou, Colorado +City, Colfax, and Koener participated in the demonstration, which was +very fine and received the special commendation of President Harrison. + +After the parade the Garfield School was visited, and the President +addressed the scholars as follows: + + You have very appropriately named this school in which you + have gathered a portion of the children of Colorado Springs for + instruction--Garfield. I understand another of your public schools + is named after Abraham Lincoln. That, too, is a most appropriate + designation; for where, in all the story of our country, among its + men who have been illustrious in civil pursuits or in war, can two + names be found which furnish more inspiration and hope to the youth + of the land than the names of Lincoln and Garfield? [Applause.] Both + men came of parentage so poor that no advantages attended their early + years, and yet each by his own indomitable will, by the persevering + improvement of the meagre opportunities they enjoyed, reached the + highest place in our land, and are to-day embalmed in the affectionate + recollection of their countrymen. I bid you all to read the lessons + of these great lives, and to ponder them well, for while not all may + achieve all they achieved, useful and honorable position may be + achieved by you all. Wishing you every prosperity and success, I bid + you good-by. [Cheers.] + +At night the city was brilliantly illuminated. A public reception was +held at the Hotel Antlers. The President and his party were assisted +by Governor and Mrs. Routt and the Citizens' Committee. The welcoming +ceremonies took place before a great assemblage; Mayor Sprague made the +address. + +The President, responding, said: + + _Mr. Mayor and Fellow-citizens_--I am sure you will crown the + kindness which you have shown me to-day by permitting me to make my + response to these words of welcome exceedingly brief. I have spoken + four or five times to-day, and the chill of the evening will not allow + me to exercise my voice with the accustomed immunity, but I cannot + refrain from saying to you how much we have been pleased by the hasty + glimpse we have been permitted to get of this beautiful city. The fame + of Colorado Springs has spread throughout the entire East. I heard + much of the beauty of its location, the grandeur and sublimity of + these mountains that stand about bulwarked, as it is, like Jerusalem + of old; of the health-giving atmosphere that fills this valley, of + the marvellous springs, refreshing and life giving, which break out + from your mountain sides; of these marvellous and weird products of + time that stand in the Garden of the Gods--of all this I had heard. + But, my countrymen, no spring that ever broke from mountain side, no + bracing air that ever filled these valleys, was more refreshing and + invigorating to the invalid or to the weary than your hearty greeting + has been to us. [Cheers.] + + I visit your great State for the first time. When this journey has + been completed only two of the States of the Union, and only its + most distant Territory, will have escaped my personal inspection and + observation. From Maine to California, from the northern line of + Michigan, where it is washed by the waters of the Sault Ste. Marie, + to the Savannah, I have traversed this broad land of ours, and out + of all this journeying, out of all this mingling with our people, I + have come to be a prouder and, I hope, a better American. We have + a country whose diversity of climate, soil, and production makes + it, in a degree not true of other people in the world, independent + and self-contained. None of the necessaries of life, and few of its + luxuries, would be denied to us if we were to limit ourselves to + articles of American growth and production. [Cheers.] But better than + all this, greater than our bulk, are those things that enter into and + characterize the American social and political life. A distinguished + Englishman journeying in this country not many years ago, speaking + of his observations, rather caustically mentioned that the question + most often propounded to him was whether he was not surprised by the + great size of the country. He was a man of discernment, one who looked + beneath the surface, who had learned to measure the mighty impulses + which turn the current of human civilization, and rebuking this pride + of bulk he said: Yes, it was a surprise, but greater still to him was + the surprise that over 60,000,000 people could maintain and preserve + under free republican institutions the social order and individual + liberty which was maintained here; greater to him than bulk was the + marvel that this great people could have survived and maintained + its institutions under the terrible stress of the great Civil War; + greater than all else to him was that unification of the people which + seemed to follow that period of deadly strife. I rejoice to be with + you to-night as an American citizen. I rejoice in the glory which the + Centennial State has brought to the Union, and which will greatly + increase. [Cheers.] + + + + +DENVER, COLORADO, MAY 12. + + +On his arrival at Denver, at 9:45 Tuesday morning, President Harrison +received an ovation. The tribute was a spontaneous, hearty one, +emphasized by the acclaim of 100,000 people. Governor Routt, ex-Senator +Tabor, ex-Senator Hill, and other distinguished citizens escorted the +presidential party from Glenwood Springs. + +The Chief Executive was met at the Union Depot by the Hon. Platt Rogers, +Mayor of the city, and 200 prominent residents, comprising the Committee +of Reception, as follows: D. H. Moffat, I. B. Porter, C. E. Taylor, +Wolfe Londoner, J. E. Leet, Professor Haswell, S. H. Standart, W. S. +Cheesman, James Leonard, W. D. Todd, Adolph Zang, Phil. Bockfinger, +T. M. Patterson, C. S. Thomas, J. M. Berkey, M. J. McNamara, C. H. +Reynolds, J. D. McGilvray, H. N. Chittenden, J. A. Thatcher, J. S. +Wolfe, Dr. L. E. Lemen, Edward Eddy, Dr. Stedman, E. R. Barton, D. +Sheedy, H. B. Chamberlin, George Tritch, James Rice, Victor Elliott, E. +Monash, Thomas E. Poole, W. J. Barker, J. T. Cornforth, J. K. Mullen, +E. B. Light, Fine P. Ernest, Colonel Dodge, Donald Fletcher, W. G. +Fisher, A. C. Fisk, M. Hallett, F. A. Meredith, Charles B. Kountz, I. +E. Blake, Dr. Dennison, W. H. James, C. M. Kittredge, Joseph H. Smith, +William Stapleton, J. C. Helm, S. T. Smith, P. J. Flynn, Isaac Brinker, +Judge Rising, Frank Bishop, Supervisor Anderson, J. W. Roberts, Herman +Strauss, J. H. Brown, A. B. McKinley, W. J. Barker, H. P. Steele, +Lafe Pence, George F. Batchelder, Rev. J. M. Freeman, John Arkins, +ex-Governor Grant, J. M. Lawrence, J. J. Joslin, F. J. V. Skiff, W. +S. Decker, John Corcoran, W. B. Felker, F. B. Hill, J. D. Best, John +Riethmann, Thomas Hayden, Anthony Sweeney, ex-Governor Cooper, Charles +D. Cobb, John Evans, William Scott Lee, Peter Magnes, Dr. Bancroft, E. +F. Hallack, R. H. McMann, S. L. Holzman, H. R. Wolcott, J. S. Brown, +M. B. Carpenter, Joseph Cresswell, R. W. Woodbury, E. M. Ashley, J. S. +Appel, E. L. Scholtz, Dennis Sullivan, Samuel Elbert, G. W. Clayton, +J. C. Montgomery, G. C. De Bronkart, Louis Mack, C. S. Morey, George +E. Randolph, William Barth, T. S. McMurray, J. E. Bates, C. F. Wilson, +Rev. Myron W. Reed, Dr. Graham, J. L. McNeill, W. H. Bush, G. G. Symes, +Rodney Curtis, J. W. Nesmith, O. E. Le Fevre, Judge Furman, H. J. Adams, +J. C. Twombly, Judge Graham, F. Rinne, Supervisor Slack, Gen. W. A. +Hamill, H. P. Parmelee, General Dunn, J. H. Poole, George Raymond, J. +W. Hampton, Henri Foster, W. C. Lothrop, James H. Blood, E. W. Merritt, +Wm. Harris, General Humphrey, Daniel Ryan, R. S. Roe, R. W. Speer, C. S. +Lee, Jos. Milner, J. A. McDonald, Judge Bentley, M. Currigan, M. D. Van +Horn, Fred Walsen, Dr. H. K. Steele, Assyria Hall, A. P. Rittenhouse, +Richard Sopris, F. C. Goudy, C. H. Hackley, Isaac N. Stevens, Thomas +Croke, J. P. Ewing, George C. Manly, J. T. Adams, George Ady, D. W. +Hart, Judge Alvin Marsh, C. D. Titus, Supervisor Chase, Otto Mears, H. +Solomon, D. F. Carmichael, Amos Steck, E. S. Chapman, W. B. Hanscome, +R. A. Gurley, C. H. Sage, Rev. Dr. Tupper, Henry Apple, Herbert George, +W. H. Firth, Egbert Johnson, F. E. Edbrooke, S. K. Hooper, Thos. G. +Anderson, A. D. Shepard, J. S. McGilvray, E. L. Fox, D. C. Packard, O. +Whittemore, David May, Ralph Voorhees, Senator Cochrane, J. M. Daily, +Col. C. J. Clark, H. L. Morris, Rev. Father Malone, Dr. Blickensderfer, +J. M. Downing, C. M. Hampson, Thomas Nicholas, Judge Miller, Jerome +Riche, J. D. McGilvray, W. H. Milburn, F. H. Kreuger, L. H. Guldman, W. +N. Byers, William M. Bliss, George H. Graham, Lewis Price, Jay Cook, +Jr., C. S. Prowitt, S. C. Shepard, O. Carstarphen, Captain J. T. Smith, +and Hugh Butler. + +The parade was an imposing and brilliant spectacle, in charge of Chief +Marshal A. H. Jones, assisted by Gen. E. K. Stimson, Chief of Staff, +and the following aides: John C. Kennedy, Adjutant-General of Colorado; +Benjamin F. Klee, E. J. Brooke, W. H. Conley, John A. McBeth, W. Y. +Sedam, N. G. Dunn, George Ady, Thomas R. Scott, John Corcoran, B. A. +Harbour, Thomas Baldwin, G. G. Symes, S. A. Shepard, and Robert R. +Wright. Over 1,000 G. A. R. comrades were in line, led by George W. +Cook, and several hundred Sons of Veterans, commanded by Col. C. H. +Anderson. The President's carriage, drawn by six white horses, was +escorted by Lieut. Col. A. W. Hogle and staff. Countless thousands +thronged the streets along the route of the procession. As the column +passed the High School 10,000 scholars and children gave the President +and Mrs. Harrison an enthusiastic greeting. A vast assemblage awaited +the President's arrival at the reviewing stand, where he was met by the +Colorado Pioneers, led by Maj. William Wise. Governor Routt delivered an +eloquent address of welcome, followed by Mayor Rogers, who portrayed +the triumphant struggle and growth of Denver. President Harrison +responded as follows: + + _Governor Routt, Mr. Mayor, Pioneers of Colorado, Comrades of the + Grand Army_ [cheers] _and Fellow-citizens_--This scene is inspiring. + This beautiful city, the fame of which your journeying citizens + have not failed to carry to the far East [laughter and cheers], has + become known to me as we can know by the hearing of the ear; and I am + rejoiced to add to my pleasant impressions of Colorado, and of its + commercial and political capital, that which is in sight of the eye, + which has but deepened and enlarged the favorable impressions which + I brought to your State. It is a marvellous thing that all we see + here is in a State whose existence dates from the dawn of the second + century of our national life. What a tremendous testimony to the + organizing power and energy of the American people this great State + is! That these wastes, so unpromising to the eye in that early time, + should have been invaded by the restless energy of indomitable men; + that they should have seen in visions that which was to follow their + heroic labor for the development of these hidden resources; that no + drought or drifting sand, no threat of mountain nor of sky, could turn + back these brave-hearted men who had set their faces to pierce and + uncover the hidden riches of these mountains. The pioneers of Colorado + are worthy of honor. Those who have entered into their labors, who + have come not toilsomely but on swift and easy wings into the heritage + that they have opened, should, always and everywhere, gratefully + acknowledge the services of those who made this easy pathway for their + feet. [Cheers.] + + Your State is blessed in the diversity of its resources. You do not + depend on any one of the great industries of civilized life. You have + taken from your mines immense stores of the precious metals, but when + these are gone or their supply is diminished you will turn your eyes + toward those metals that we call base, but that after all enter in + so many ways into human life that they supply more enduring and in + the end more profitable industries. Your iron, and coal, and lead, + and building stone will be sources of income inexhaustible. These + valleys, touched by the magical power of irrigation, will yield to + your population abundant food, and you will yet have within yourselves + that happy commercial condition of a State producing and exchanging + within its own limits nearly all the necessaries of life. [Cheers.] + Transportation is always a burden. The industrial condition is always + best when the producers and the consumers are near together. + + I am glad to know that you have not been so busy in delving into + the earth; that you have not so turned your minds to the precious + metal as to have forgotten that there is a blue sky above you; that + there are aspirations, and hopes, and glories that are greater than + all material things. [Cheers.] You have not failed to make sure that + the children, the blessed children of your homes, that are now coming + on, are made secure in the possession of a well-ordered and of a + well-endowed school system. [Cheers.] What a testimony it is to the + American character that, however intense the push for the things of + this life, however eager the pursuit of gain, you can never assemble a + community of 200 people that they do not begin to organize schools for + the children. [Cheers.] These common schools are not simply nurseries + of intellectual training; they are nurseries of citizenship. [Cheers.] + + It has been a most happy sight to see the same old banner that we + bore into the smoke of battle and carried over dying comrades to + place it in triumph on the ramparts of the enemy now in the hands of + the children of Colorado. [Cheers.] Proof has been made a thousand + times--proof will be made whenever the occasion requires--that, as + much as we pursue gain and personal ends, we have nothing--property or + life--that we do not freely lay down upon the altar of our country for + the general good. [Cheers.] But, my fellow-citizens, this assemblage + is too vast, and the demand upon my time for public speech has been + too protracted, to enable me to pursue these remarks further. + + Comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic, survivors of the + great war whose success preserved all that our fathers had devised + and established, whose success brought back this flag in honor and + established it again the undisputed emblem of an indissoluble Union + [cheers], God has bountifully lengthened out your days that you might + catch some glimpse of the glory that has come from the achievements in + which you bore an honorable part. But only the vision of the prophet + reaching out over centuries to come can catch the full glory of + what your deeds have wrought. I give you to-day a most affectionate + greeting [cheers]; I give you a regretful good-by. May you hold in + the community where you live that respect and honor to which you are + entitled. Let no Grand Army man ever dishonor in civil life the noble + record he made in war. May every blessing follow you, and if it shall + not be in God's dispensation to give you riches, at least, comrades, + you shall die with the glorious satisfaction of having contributed to + the greatest work that man ever wrought for humanity and good; and, + wrapped in the flag you followed, your comrades will, one by one, see + that in honored graves your bodies rest until the resurrection, and + that on each returning day of decoration flowers are strewn upon your + graves. + + Citizens of Denver, I cannot close without expressing the great + satisfaction and surprise with which I have witnessed this morning the + magnificent commercial developments which have been made here. These + streets, these towering, substantial, and stately houses in which your + commerce is transacted, place you in the front rank of enterprise. I + do not think any city so young can claim so high a place. [Cheers.] + I thank you very sincerely for a demonstration which I cannot accept + as personal--all this is too great for any man--but as a spontaneous + tribute to our free institutions. I accept this as an evidence that in + all essential things we are one people. The fuller revelation of that + fact to us all has been worth all the labor and time we have mutually + expended in this long journey. In all essential things we are one; we + divide and strive and debate, but we are patriotic American citizens, + having a love for the Constitution and the flag that brings us all + at last to submit our opinion to the lawfully expressed wish of the + majority. [Cheers.] + + And now again good-by. I shall leave behind me every good wish + for your prosperity, individually as a municipality and as a State. + [Cheers.] + +After a drive over Capitol Hill the President and the gentlemen of his +party were the guests of W. H. Bush at the Hotel Metropole. Senator +Teller presided at luncheon. + +Responding to a toast in honor of the President of the United States, +General Harrison said: + + _Gentlemen_--I cannot fail to respond to such a toast. Indeed, I + should be unkind to you and to myself as well if I did not. However, + I cannot speak at length in thanking you for the gracious hospitality + I have received in Denver. I can truly say my visit has culminated + in Denver. For pleasure during my stay here, for perfection in + arrangement, for cordiality, and all things which go to make a stop + pleasant, Denver has given a climax of enjoyment. + + It has given me great pleasure to take note of some of the things + which have made this beautiful city here and its recent and massive + developments a wonder to the civilization of to-day. I am apt to judge + the city by the home. That is with me the test, more than the business + buildings, the manufactories, etc. It gives me great pleasure to + state that in all my travels, and they have included all the States + but two, I have never seen a city with such elegant homes as here. + [Cheers.] I am sure, when you have worked out your silver mines and + the more common products, stone and granite, you will have that which + will last you for an indefinite time, and which will also add to the + beauty of your already beautiful city. [Cheers.] + + I have the pleasure of testifying to the satisfaction with which the + party has spent these few days in the Centennial State. I hope I may + have the pleasure of being with you again at some near future time. + + I say good-by, and again express our thanks for your hospitality, + which has been excelled nowhere on our journey. [Cheers.] + + + + +AKRON, COLORADO, MAY 12. + + +The President made his farewell Colorado speech at Akron at 9 o'clock +at night. The Reception Committee consisted of Hon. D. W. Irwin, R. +S. Langley, and J. M. Aitkin. Upward of 3,000 people welcomed the +distinguished travellers. Colonel Griffith and Gen. L. C. Colby, +Commander Nebraska State Guards, joined the party at Akron as the +representatives of Governor John M. Thayer. + +Commander John N. Tague, of Akron Post, G. A. R., introduced President +Harrison, who said: + + _My Friends_--It is very kind of you to gather here to-night as + we pass by. We have had a very pleasant trip. Our interest in your + State and our appreciation of its great resources have been very much + increased on this visit. I am glad to find--indeed, I knew I should + find--the same people here that we have in Illinois, Indiana, and + Ohio. Most of you come from some of those States, and you are not new + people. I have been very much pleased to notice that here, as well as + in the East, you take deep interest in schools and in all those things + that tend to elevate a community and to set social order on a firm and + secure basis. Allow me to thank you again, and to bid you good-night. + [Cheers.] + + + + +HASTINGS, NEBRASKA, MAY 13. + + +Hastings, Nebraska's third city, was reached at 6:30 the morning of +the 13th, and notwithstanding the early hour fully 10,000 people were +present to welcome the President. The Reception Committee consisted of +Mayor A. L. Clarke, Hon. John M. Ragan, C. H. Dietrich, Judge W. R. +Burton, F. H. Firman, W. M. Kerr, General Dilworth, J. J. Buchanan, R. +A. Batty, James B. Heartwell, A. F. Powers, A. V. Cole, M. Van Fleet, +Dr. Johnson, Dr. J. E. Hilts, A. H. Brown, Dr. Cook, R. B. Wahlquist, +and C. Cameron. + +J. N. Clarke delivered the address of welcome and introduced President +Harrison, who said: + + _My Fellow-countrymen_--There is a freshness and a beauty about + the Nebraska prairies, but I hope I will not fall in your esteem + if I say I do not like to get up early. [Shouts, "Neither do we!"] + Occasionally, in our trip, we seem to pick up an hour. When I retired + at Denver last night, at none too early an hour, I was told that we + would be at Hastings at 6:30. But we arrived here, it seems to me, at + 5:20 by the time I went to bed by last night; but, my friends, all + these things that make labor of travel are as nothing compared with + the great gratification we find in such assemblages as this. + + As we journeyed eastward we have seen the arid land where the + water ran in ditches and did not fall in showers. That system has + its advantages and its disadvantages, but I must confess that it + seems more homelike for me to get back to the land where the showers + fall and everything is fresh and green. This diversity of natural + conditions and of agricultural and mineral wealth makes the greatness + of our country. Diversity is found everywhere in nature, and it is + a happy thing. It is found in the field and crop, but never in the + people--any observing man can see that we are one people. [Cheers.] + The people I saw in California, in Arizona, and all along our journey, + were just such people as I see here; indeed, they were in a strict + sense the same people, because they are Yankees, Pennsylvanians, + Wisconsin men, Hoosiers, and Buckeyes--I think the Ohio man must be + here. [Several responses of "Here we are!"] + + The Westerners are the overspill of the enterprising population + of the East. They kept going a little farther west, still a little + farther, until at last they touched the Pacific; and so anywhere the + traveller may go, if he will make himself known, the hands of old + neighbors will be stretched out to him. Out of all this comes the love + for the one flag, and I am glad to say that we have not passed any + little way station--even in Arizona, where a few scores had gathered + from distant ranches--but some one with an American flag was there and + American cheers for that flag. Sometimes the incidents were almost + pathetic. At one little station in Arizona, as we drew up in the + darkness, there were half a dozen ranchers on the platform. I noticed + on the lapels of two or three coats the Grand Army button. One of them + shouted, "There are but few of us, but let us give a cheer for the old + flag, boys!" [Cheers.] + + I thank you most cordially for your gathering here. I do not know + whether it is prejudice or not, but anyway I always have a very high + opinion of a State whose chief production is corn. [Laughter and + applause.] + + + + +CRETE, NEBRASKA, MAY 13. + + +At Crete the President received a musical welcome. Nedela's band +rendered "America," and over 2,000 voices joined in the chorus. It was +a beautiful tribute to patriotism. Governor Thayer, accompanied by +Lieut. Gov. T. J. Majors, Secretary of State J. C. Allen, Auditor T. H. +Benton, Treasurer J. E. Hill, Atty. Gen. Geo. H. Hastings, Adjt. Gen. A. +V. Cole, Commissioner A. R. Humphry, and Col. H. E. Palmer, came down +from Lincoln and met the President's party at Crete. The local Reception +Committee consisted of Mayor Norris, ex-Governor Dawes, S. L. Andrews, +Capt. John Sherrill, and H. M. Wells. + +Governor Thayer introduced the President, who said: + + _My Friends_--It appears sometimes in the heat of political + campaigns that the American people do not agree upon anything; but + after it is all over we take a broader survey of things and we find + that underneath all these divisions is the bed rock of patriotism. In + that at least we have a common purpose. + + I am glad to see these children here this morning. They have greeted + me everywhere with their happy smiles, and they brighten the way + quite as much as the flowers that have been given us. It is pleasant + to know that in these pioneer countries you are establishing common + schools in order that the generation which is coming on may have a + better chance than you had. I do not know of anything better than the + father and mother working and striving that their children may have an + easier and better chance in life than they had. I am very glad to see + you all this morning, and thank you for your cordial welcome. [Cheers.] + + + + +LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, MAY 13 + + +The capital of Nebraska was reached at 9 o'clock in the morning and the +Lincolnites gave the President a warm greeting. The State officials, +with Mayor Weir and the following prominent citizens, comprised the +Committee of Reception: Maj. H. C. McArthur, Charles H. Gere, E. E. +Brown, N. S. Harwood, C. M. Parker, C. E. Montgomery, S. S. Royce, A. +H. Weir, J. B. Archibald, W. E. Churchill, Alva Brown, John D. Wright, +Phelps Paine, J. B. Strode, C. H. Gould, Joseph Teeters, J. J. Imhoff, +John H. McClay, D. W. Mosely, J. H. McMurtry, Professor Bessey, and +Alva Kennard. During the march to the Capitol grounds the President was +escorted by the veterans of Farragut Post, Martin Howe Commander, and +Appomattox Post, C. W. Lyman Commander. Governor Thayer and Mayor Weir +each delivered an address welcoming the President to Nebraska and to +Lincoln. + +President Harrison responded: + + _Governor Thayer and Mr. Mayor_--It will, I think, be entirely + impossible for me to make myself heard by this vast assemblage, + situated as you are here this morning. Our stay with you is + necessarily brief, and yet I do not want you to feel that we have + discriminated against the political capital of one of the very + greatest of the newer States. I have been so pressed with the + engagements which have been suggested to us that I have only been able + to give three-quarters of an hour to Indianapolis, my own home. I have + given you the same, and I had hoped, very much, that this time could + be extended and that I would be able to address you with more comfort + to myself and to you. + + We are here as American citizens, for common hope and love; we are + here the friends of the flag, of the Constitution, of social order, + of every school, of all that characterizes this Nation and makes it + better than any other nation in the world. + + I thank you, most cordially thank you, for this magnificent + demonstration. It has but one fault, and that is it is altogether too + large to be suitably arranged with a view to public speaking. + + I hope you will allow me again to thank you very sincerely for your + most cordial and magnificent welcome, and wish for you and your State + all prosperity and for the country of which we are common citizens a + career of unchecked glory. [Cheers.] + +As the President was about to depart he was met by a committee +representing the Nebraska Travelling Men's Association, consisting of +President Fred A. Wilson, Secretary R. M. Simons, and Capt. J. S. Agey, +who presented him with an address of welcome printed on satin in gold. +In accepting the souvenir the President said: + + Convey my thanks to the travelling men, for whom I entertain the + kindest regard. I remember them in the last campaign, and shall always + be thankful for the favors extended. I noticed your body in the + parade, and have never seen a finer representation of the fraternity. + [Renewed cheering.] + + + + +ASHLAND, NEBRASKA, MAY 13. + + +About 2,000 people greeted the President at Ashland. The school children +were assembled at the station under Superintendent Crabtree. Mayor J. C. +Railsback, H. H. Shedd, S. G. Bryan, Col. J. K. Clarke, R. E. Butler, +C. N. Folsom, M. Newman, W. T. Spere, J. H. Snell, J. H. Oliver, J. W. +Moon, and S. B. Hall, Commander of Bob McCook Post, G. A. R., welcomed +the President, who made a brief address, as follows: + + _My Friends_--I am very much obliged to you for your cordial + welcome. We pause but for a moment, and it will not be possible for me + to make a speech. You are talking yourselves, and I am sure in very + high tones of patriotism, by your display of the national colors in + your own hands and in the hands of the school children, and by this + welcome to one who for the time is placed at the head of the national + Government. I have not accepted what I have seen on this trip as + personal; it is too much for any man. I accept it as the expression of + our people for the love of our flag and for the institutions which it + symbolizes. [Cheers.] + + + + +OMAHA, NEBRASKA, MAY 13. + + +President Harrison arrived at Omaha Wednesday noon and was accorded a +reception that in numbers and enthusiasm was scarcely surpassed during +the entire trip. He was met at Lincoln by an escort committee consisting +of Senator Charles F. Manderson, Senator A. S. Paddock, Hon. J. C. +Cowin, ex-Gov. R. B. Furnas, Maj. D. H. Wheeler, Judge J. M. Thurston, +G. W. Willard, W. V. Morse, D. J. O'Donohue, B. B. Wood, Dr. G. L. +Miller, C. Hartman, Maj. T. S. Clarkson, C. J. Greene, A. J. Poppleton, +Hon. J. E. Boyd, J. H. Millard, Thomas Swobe, A. P. Hopkins, Max Meyer, +W. F. Bechel, and T. J. Lowry. + +Arrived at the station the President and his party were met and +welcomed by Mayor R. C. Cushing at the head of the following committee +of prominent citizens: Hon. E. S. Dundy, E. Wakely, T. J. Mahoney, +Dr. J. E. Summers, L. Berka, W. J. Broatch, Fred Metz, T. L. Kimball, +G. M. Hitchcock, J. A. Creighton, J. F. Coad, C. V. Gallagher, Herman +Kountze, W. A. Paxton, C. S. Chase, G. W. Lininger, Lee Hartley, Amos +Field, H. G. Burt, G. W. Holdrege, J. E. Kinney, Edward Rosewater, M. +V. Gannon, W. A. L. Gibbon, Henry Pundt, J. B. Furay, J. T. Clarke, E. +A. Cudahy, J. O. Phillippi, F. P. Hanlon, B. S. Baker, John Peters, W. +H. Alexander, Brad Slaughter, W. N. Nason, Euclid Martin, Henry Yates, +J. L. McCague, J. A. Wakefield, C. L. Chaffee, Julius Meyer, C. E. +Burmester, L. R. Rosaker, James Stephenson, J. M. Woolworth, Charles +Ogden, J. S. Webster, Col. Dudley Evans, Richard Smith, L. D. Fowler, +G. M. Nattinger, J. W. Eller, Simon Bloom, H. H. Benson, Capt. R. S. +Wilcox, S. Adamsky, J. A. Cusadore, O. G. Decker, Charles L. Thomas, M. +J. Feenan, Frank Moores, General Brooke and staff, and the following +city officials: C. S. Goodrich, John Rush, Lee Helsley, W. S. Shoemaker, +Silas Cobb, John Groves, Geo. W. Tillson, P. W. Birkhauser, Geo. C. +Whitlock, Geo. L. Dennis, A. B. Howatt, Clark Gapan, J. J. Galligan, +Wilber S. Seavey, James Flannery, H. L. Rammacciotti, James Gilbert, +Thomas J. McLean, J. H. Standeven, Thomas Riley, Thomas Bermingham, Fred +Hickstein, Peter A. Welch, and Frank R. Morrisey. + +The ladies on the Reception Committee were Mrs. Alvin Saunders, Mrs. +General Brooke, Mrs. General Wheaton, Mrs. Judge Dundy, Mrs. Clark +Woodman, Mrs. H. W. Yates, Mrs. E. Rosewater, Mrs. S. S. Caldwell, and +Mrs. Geo. M. O'Brien. + +An imposing procession, conducted by Chief Marshal C. F. Weller, +assisted by Jacob Fawcett and Capt. Geo. Porter, escorted the +presidential party to the pavilion near the Court House, from whence +the President reviewed the column, headed by the Second Regiment U.S. +Infantry. General Frederick, Col. M. V. Sheridan, Colonel Turson, +General Mulcahy, Captain Morseman, Major Potwin, Colonel Curtis, Colonel +Strong, Captain Richardson, Captain Rhodes, Captain Stickle, Major +Luddington, Lieutenant Jensen, Lieutenant Korty, and other members of +the Loyal Legion, awaited the Commander-in-Chief at the pavilion, around +which a vast concourse assembled. Mayor Cushing made the welcoming +address. + +When the demonstration subsided President Harrison responded as follows: + + _Mr. Mayor and Fellow-citizens_--I can accept without question + and with very deep gratitude these cordial words of welcome which + you have spoken on behalf of the people of this great city. Twice + before it has been my pleasure to spend a brief time in this great + commercial metropolis of the great Valley of the Missouri. I have had + opportunity, therefore, to witness the rapid development which your + city has made. I recollect it as I saw it in 1881, and as I see it + to-day I feel that I need to be told where I am. [Applause and cheers.] + + These magnificent structures dedicated to commerce, these + magnificent churches lifting their spires toward the heavens, these + many school-houses consecrated to the training of those who shall + presently stand in our places to be responsible for these our public + institutions, these great stock-yards, where the meat product of the + great meat-producing States of the Missouri Valley is prepared for + market, and, above all and crowning all, these thousands of happy, + comfortable homes which characterize and constitute your great city + are a marvel and tribute to the enterprise and power of development of + the American people, unsurpassed, I think, by any city in the United + States. [Cheers.] + + As I turn my face now toward Washington, as I hasten on to take up + public duties partially laid aside during this journey, I rejoice to + receive here in Omaha that same kindly greeting with which we were + welcomed as we journeyed from Washington through the South to the + Pacific. If anything were needed to call for a perfect surrender + of all personal thought in an absolute consecration of public duty + to the general good of all our people, I have found it in these + magnificent demonstrations. [Cheers.] We shall always have parties--it + is characteristic of free people--we need to have party divisions, + debate, and political contention; but it is pleasant to observe in all + this journey we have taken how large a stock of common patriotism we + find in all the people. [Cheers.] + + You have here in Nebraska a State of magnificent capabilities. I + have seen the orange grove, and all those fruits which enrich and + characterize the State of California. I have seen Leadville, the + summit city, these mining camps upon the peaks where men are delving + into the earth to bring out the riches stored there, but I return + again to the land of the cornstalk with an affection that I cannot + describe. [Cheers.] + + I am sure these friends who have delighted us with the visions + of loveliness and prosperity will excuse me if my birth and early + training in Ohio and Indiana leads me to the conclusion that the + States that raise corn are the greatest States in the world. [Cheers.] + + We have a surplus production in these great valleys for which we + must seek foreign markets. It is pleasant to know that 90 per cent. + or more of our agricultural productions are consumed by our own + people. I do not know how soon it may be that we shall cease to be + dependent upon any foreign market for our farm products. With the + rapid development which is being made in manufacturing pursuits, with + the limitation which the rapid occupation of our public domain now + brings to our minds as to the increase of agriculture, it cannot be a + very distant day when the farmer shall realize the ideal condition and + find a market out of his own farm wagon for what he produces. + + It has been a source of constant thought and zealous effort on the + part of the Administration at Washington to secure larger foreign + markets for our farm products. I rejoice that in the last two years + some of those obstructions which hindered the free access of our + meat products to American markets have been removed. I rejoice to + know that we have now freer, larger access for our meats to the + markets of England and of Europe than we have had in many years. + [Applause.] I rejoice to know that this has brought better prices to + the stock-raisers of these great western valleys. I believe, under the + provision looking to reciprocal trade in the law of the last Congress, + that we shall open yet larger and nearer markets for the products of + Nebraska farmers. [Cheers.] So distant as you are from the Atlantic + seaboard, it may have seemed to you that your interest in the revival + of our trade, in the re-establishment of an American merchant marine, + was not perceptible or direct. + + Not long since an inquiry was made as to the origin of the freight + that was carried by one of the Brazilian steamers from the port of New + York, and it was found that twenty-five States had made contribution + to that cargo, and among those States was the State of Nebraska. + [Cheers.] And so by such methods as we can it is our purpose to + enlarge our foreign markets for the surplus productions of our great + country. And we hope--and we think this hope fills the great West as + well as the East--that when this increased traffic and commerce is + found upon the sea it shall be carried in American bottoms. [Cheers.] + + A few days ago, sailing in the harbor of San Francisco, I saw three + great deep-water ships enter the Golden Gate. One carried the flag of + Hawaii and two the British flag, and at Portland they took the pains + to tow up from the lower harbor and to deck in bunting an American + ship that was lying in the harbor. It was a curious sight--one they + thought important to exhibit to strangers visiting that city. Why, + my countrymen, I hope the day is not far distant when the sight of + great American ships flying the Stars and Stripes at the fore will be + familiar not only in our own ports, but in every busy mart of commerce + the world around. [Cheers.] + + This Government of ours cannot do everything for everybody. The + theory of our Government is large individual liberty. It is that we + shall take out of the way all legislative obstructions to the free and + honest pursuit of all human industries; that each individual shall in + his own place have the best chance possible to develop the highest + prosperity for himself and his family. + + Some functions are lodged with our Government. It must provide a + currency for the use of our people, for I believe the time has gone + by when we will be content to return to the old system of an issue + of money by State banks. But I will not discuss such questions. I + only desire to say this--which is common ground upon which we can all + stand--that whatever money the Government issues, paper or coin, must + be good money. [Cheers.] + + I have an idea that every dollar we issue should be as good as any + dollar we issue, for, my countrymen, whenever we have any money, paper + or coin, the first errand that dollar does is to pay some workingman + for his daily toil. No one so much as the laboring man and the farmer + requires a full value dollar of permanent value the year around. + [Cheers.] + + But, my countrymen, I had not intended to speak so long. I hope + I have not intruded upon any ground of division. I am talking, not + as a partisan, but as an American citizen, desiring by every method + to enhance the prosperity of all our people; to have this great + Government in all that it undertakes touch with beneficence and equal + hands the pursuits of the rich and of the poor. [Cheers.] Nothing + has been so impressive in all this journey as the magnificent spirit + of patriotism which pervades our people. I have seen enough American + flags to wrap the world around. [Great applause and cheers.] + + The school children have waved it joyously to us, and many a time + in some lonesome country home on the bleak sand I have seen a man or + woman or a little boy come to the door of a cabin as we hurried by + waving the starry banner in greeting to our train. I am sure, as your + Mayor has said, that this same magnificent, patriotic, American spirit + pervades you all here to-day. + + God bless you all; prosper you in every endeavor; give glory and + increase to your city, and settle all its institutions upon a secure + basis of social order and obedience to the law. [Great cheering.] + + +_At the High-School Grounds._ + +On concluding the formal reception the President and his party became +the guests of Hon. E. Rosewater, editor and proprietor of the Omaha +_Daily Bee_, and after inspecting the editorial rooms the President held +a reception in the rotunda of the _Bee_ building. This was followed +by a ride over the city, escorted by the Reception Committee. As the +_cortege_ passed the High-School grounds 20,000 children and adults gave +the President a most patriotic greeting. + +Halting in front of the building, the President arose in his carriage +and said: + + It gives me great pleasure to receive this cordial greeting from + the teachers and pupils of the Omaha public schools. The most + pleasant features of this journey have been the beautiful and cordial + receptions given us by the school children. I am pleased to notice the + magnificent system of schools you have here in Omaha--part of a system + that had its origin in New England and now extends over this entire + country, the mainstay of this great Government. A number of years ago + I was standing upon the banks of the headwaters of the Missouri River, + where its waters are pure and limpid, but after passing through the + bad lands of Dakota the waters of the mighty river become contaminated + and impure, as you see it rolling by your beautiful city. Let me hope + that none of you, my little friends, will ever become tainted by + contact with the bad lands of experience as you journey through life + on to manhood and womanhood. God bless you all; good-by. + +At the conclusion of these remarks General Harrison was apprised that +a mistake had been made in halting at the entrance, as the children +were unable to either hear or see him. Upon learning this the President +immediately alighted and made his way with some difficulty to the +platform, where he addressed the children, saying: + + _My Little Friends_--You do not feel half as badly as I do at the + thought that I made my speech intended for you to your papas and + mammas. I have not the time to attempt to repeat it, but I can't get + away without telling you of the affectionate interest I have in all + the children of this great country. Bless you--you are the blossoms of + our homes. With a good-by and another God bless you I am off. [Great + cheering.] + + + + +COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA, MAY 13. + + +A short stop was made at Council Bluffs, where several thousand people +greeted the party. Owing to the brief time allowed by the schedule no +committees were appointed, but the veterans of Abe Lincoln Post, G. A. +R., Dr. F. S. Thomas Commander, greeted the party. Hon. Joseph R. Reed +made a brief welcoming address. + +The President, responding, said: + + _My Friends_--It gives me great pleasure to thank you for this + cordial greeting as we cross the river. I was not anticipating a + meeting here or any call for an address. I see about me some of my old + comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic, and I want to give them a + comrade's greeting. I have seen them everywhere; even out on the sands + of Arizona I found them gathered together, and it has always been a + pleasure to meet them. [Cheers.] + + + + +SHENANDOAH, IOWA, MAY 13. + + +The town of Shenandoah was illuminated in honor of the President's +visit. The travellers were welcomed by Mayor H. S. Nichols, Hon. +Benjamin Todd, C. M. Conway, W. H. Harrison, R. W. Morse, C. S. Keenan, +Capt. C. V. Mount, and the veterans of Burnside Post, G. A. R., +commanded by C. P. Coleneous. + +The President, responding to cheers from the large crowd, said: + + _My Friends_--It gives me great pleasure to see you and to receive + from you this hearty greeting. Our schedule is so close that we can + tarry only a moment with you, and therefore I can only say thank you + and good-by. [Cheers.] + + + + +MARYVILLE, MISSOURI, MAY 13. + + +It was 11 P.M. when the train made its first stop in Missouri, at +Maryville, where an unusually large crowd greeted the President. +The welcoming committee consisted of Judge Lafayette Dawson, Ira K. +Alderman, James Todd, W. C. Pierce, H. E. Robinson, and Lyman Parcher. + +When the cheering subsided President Harrison said: + + _My Friends_--This multitude is a great surprise. I have already + spoken six or seven times to-day, and am very much fatigued, so that + I shall not attempt to speak. Indeed, my time is so close that I can + tarry but a moment. But I would be untrue to myself if I did not + acknowledge this most magnificent demonstration. I thank you most + sincerely for your kindness and bid you good-night. + + + + +HANNIBAL, MISSOURI, MAY 14. + + +About the earliest reception on the great journey occurred at Hannibal, +which was reached at 5:30 the morning of the 14th. Notwithstanding +the hour, 5,000 people gave the President an enthusiastic welcome. +Secretary Rusk and Postmaster-General Wanamaker appeared on the platform +with General Harrison. The Reception Committee comprised Capt. John E. +Catlett, C. P. Heywood, J. J. Kirkland, Smith Alexander, Lewis Jackson, +W. H. Dulany, Edward Price, S. J. Miller, James C. Gill, J. H. McVeigh, +John T. Leighter, J. H. Pelhem, W. E. Chamberlain, J. H. Boughton, +Thomas H. Bacon, G. O. Bishop, S. W. Philips, and W. F. Drescher. The +veterans of W. T. Sherman Post, G. A. R., W. H. Davis Commander, and +several hundred school children were conspicuous in the reception. + +President Harrison spoke as follows: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--I have only time to assure you that I + appreciate very highly this evidence of your respect. We have + extended our journey to the Pacific coast: we have crossed the sandy + plain, where for days together the eye saw little to refresh it, + where the green of the blue grass that is so restful to the eye was + wanting, and yet again and again at some lone station in the desert + a few children from a school and some of the enterprising people who + had pushed out there to make new homes assembled with this old banner + in their hands and gave us a hearty American welcome. I am glad to + return to this central body of States in which I was raised; glad + to be again in the land of the buckeye, the beech, and the maple. + To these dear children I want to say one word of thanks. They have + done for us much on this journey to make it pleasant; their bright + faces have cheered us; I love to see them. The care the States are + taking for their education is wisely bestowed. God bless them all; + open to their feet pleasant ways and qualify them better than we have + been in our generation to uphold and perpetuate these magnificent + civil institutions. Thanking you most sincerely for this kindly + demonstration I bid you good-by. [Great cheers.] + + + + +SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, MAY 14. + +_At the Tomb of Lincoln._ + + +Brief stops were made at Barry, Baylis, Griggsville, and Jacksonville, +but not long enough for speech-making. Thousands of visitors from +neighboring towns helped the people of Springfield welcome the President +on his arrival at 9:15 o'clock. The Committee of Reception that met the +presidential party and escorted them through the principal streets to +the Lincoln Monument in Oak Ridge Cemetery consisted of the Hon. Joseph +W. Fifer, Governor of Illinois; Senator Shelby M. Cullum, Senator John +M. Palmer, ex-Governor Oglesby, Representatives Henderson and Springer, +Lieut.-Gov. L. B. Ray, Secretary of State J. N. Pearson, Auditor +of State C. W. Pavey, Treasurer of State E. S. Wilson, Atty.-Gen. +George Hunt, Adjt-Gen. J. W. Vance, Hon. Rheuna D. Lawrence, Mayor of +Springfield, and Hon. James C. Conkling; also, Hon. John M. Clark and +Col. E. D. Swain, of Chicago. + +The procession, composed of Illinois National Guards, veterans of the +G. A. R., Sons of Veterans, Knights of Pythias, and the City Fire +Department, was marshalled by Gen. Jasper N. Reese, assisted by Col. +J. H. Barkley. During the exercises at the monument Mayor Lawrence +presided. Governor Fifer delivered an eloquent address of welcome, to +which the President made the following response: + + _Governor Fifer and Fellow-citizens_--During this extended journey, + in the course of which we have swept from the Atlantic coast to the + Golden Gate, and northward to the limits of our territory, we have + stood in many spots of interest and looked upon scenes that were full + of historical associations and of national interest and inspiration. + The interest of this journey culminates to-day as we stand here for + a few moments about the tomb of Lincoln. As I passed through the + Southern States and noticed those great centres of busy industry which + had been builded since the war, as I saw how the fires of furnaces had + been kindled where there was once a solitude, I could not then but + think and say that it was the hand that now lies beneath these stones + that kindled and inspired all that we beheld; all these fires of + industry were lighted at the funeral pyre of slavery. The proclamation + of Abraham Lincoln can be read on all those mountain sides where free + men are now bending their energies to the development of States that + had long been under the paralysis of human slavery. + + I come to-day to this consecrated and sacred spot with a heart + filled with emotions of gratitude that that God who wisely turned + toward our Eastern shores a body of God-fearing and liberty-loving men + to found this republic did not fail to find for us in the hour of our + extremity one who was competent to lead the hearts and sympathies and + hold up the courage of our people in the time of our greatest national + peril. + + The life of Abraham Lincoln teaches more useful lessons than any + other character in American history. Washington stands remote from us. + We think of him as dignified and reserved, but we think of Lincoln + as one whose tender touch the children, the poor--all classes of our + people--felt at their firesides and loved. The love of our people + is drawn to him because he had such a great heart--such a human + heart. The asperities and hardships of his early life did not dull, + but broadened and enlivened, his sympathies. That sense of justice, + that love of human liberty which dominated all his life, is another + characteristic that our people will always love. You have here in + keeping a most precious trust. Toward this spot the feet of the + reverent patriots of the years to come will bend their way. As the + story of Lincoln's life is read his virtues will mould and inspire + many lives. + + I have studied it and have been filled with wonder and admiration. + His life was an American product; no other soil could have produced + it. The greatness of it has not yet been fully discovered or measured. + As the inner history of the times in which he lived is written we find + how his great mind turned and moved, in time of peril and delicacy, + the affairs of our country in their home and foreign relations with + that marvellous tact, with that never-failing common-sense which + characterized this man of the people. And that impressive lesson we + have here this morning. I see in the military uniform of our country, + standing as guards about this tomb, the sons of a race that had been + condemned to slavery and was emancipated by his immortal proclamation. + And what an appropriate thing it is that these whose civil rights were + curtailed even in this State are now the trusted, affectionate guards + of the tomb in which he sleeps! + + We will all again and again read the story of Lincoln's life, and + will find our hearts and minds enlarged, our loves and our charities + broadened, and our devotion to the Constitution, the flag, and the + free Government which he preserved to us, intensified. And now, + my friends, most cordially do I thank you for these kind words of + welcome. I shall go from this tomb impressed with new thoughts as to + the responsibilities of those who bear the responsibilities, though in + less troublous times, of that great man to whose memory my soul bows + this morning. [Applause.] + + +_At the State House._ + +When the President closed he was presented by Governor Fifer, on +behalf of the citizens of Petersburg, Ill., with a gold-headed cane +made from the Lincoln store building at New Salem. Speeches were made +by Postmaster-General Wanamaker and Secretary Rusk, during which the +President and Governor Fifer proceeded to the State House, where a large +crowd collected and the President made the following address: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--I feel that we make a very poor return to you + here for your cordial welcome, and for these extensive preparations + which you have made to do us honor, but this journey has been so + long, the time consumed already so great, the demand for my presence + in Washington is such that I cannot protract the stay here with you + this morning. I beg all to believe that most heartily and sincerely I + thank you for this cordial welcome from Illinois, for the interesting + moments that we have spent about the tomb of that man who would have + made the fame of Illinois imperishable and Springfield the Mecca for + patriotic feet if no other man in the history of the State had ever + come to eminence--Abraham Lincoln. [Cheers.] In his life you have a + treasury of instruction for your children, a spring of inspiration for + your people that will be lasting. [Cheers.] + + + + +DECATUR, ILLINOIS, MAY 14. + + +Decatur tendered the President an enthusiastic greeting. Ten +thousand citizens and school children participated in the welcoming +demonstrations. The Committee of Reception consisted of Mayor Chambers, +Hon. S. S. Jack, Hon. W. C. Johns, Dr. John T. Hubbard, Dr. William +A. Barnes, W. H. Bramble, Maj. F. L. Hays, M. F. Kanan, Mrs. W. B. +Chambers, Mrs. J. M. Clokey, Mrs. W. F. Calhoun, and Miss Belle Burrows. +Hon. J. H. Rowell, of Bloomington, was also a member of the committee. + +In response to Mayor Chambers' welcoming address President Harrison said: + + _Mr. Mayor and Fellow-citizens_--We have been now something + more than four weeks traversing this broad and beautiful domain + which, without regard to State lines, we call our country. We have + passed with such rapidity that our intercourse with the people has + necessarily been brief and attended by many inconveniences to them. + Everything that kind hearts could do to make the trip pleasant to us + has been done, and yet I have always felt that our hasty call at these + prosperous cities where so much pains have been taken in decoration + to do honor to us gives us opportunity to make very inadequate + returns to them. We have been shooting like a meteor as to rapidity, + but without its luminosity. [Laughter.] It is very pleasant after + seeing California, Arizona, Idaho, and Colorado, States in which the + annual rainfall is inadequate to the annual crops, and where the + dependence of the husbandman is wholly upon irrigation, to come again + in these Central States, familiar to me from my boyhood, to see crops + that the Lord waters in every season. The land of the blue grass is + the land of my love. Nowhere can there be seen fairer landscapes, + nowhere richer farms, than here in your own great State of Illinois, + a State whose history has been full of illustrious achievements, rich + in possibilities, where lived our illustrious sons; a State whose + population is intelligent, contented, orderly, and liberty-loving; a + State whose development has not yet begun to approach its possible + limits; a State having advantages by the location, swept as it is by + two of the great waterways of the continent, advantages of access + and markets by lake and rail and river unexcelled by any State in + the Union; a State that has not forgotten that the permanence of + our free institutions depends upon the intelligence of the people, + and has carefully, at the very beginning, laid a foundation for a + common-school system in which every man's child may have a free + education. [Cheers.] These are not simply schools of intelligence, + but, as I have said before, they are schools of statesmanship. They + tend as much as any other public institution to make our people a + Nation of loving people. Here on these benches and on this playground + the people of rich and poor mingle together, and the pampered son gets + his airs rubbed off with the vigor of his playmates. ["That's so!" + and cheers.] Our Government does not undertake to regulate many of + the affairs of civil life. The bright blue sky of hope is above every + boy's head, affording great opportunities for advancement, and then + our people are left to themselves. Certain great duties are devolved + upon the Government--to provide revenue and finance and in every + branch of public interest to legislate in the general interests of all + the people. I thank you most heartily for this great demonstration. We + leave you with our thanks, our best wishes for your State, your city, + and especially for these dear little ones from your schools who come + to greet us. [Applause.] + + + + +TUSCOLA, ILLINOIS, MAY 14. + + +At Tuscola another large assemblage greeted the travellers most +enthusiastically. The Committee of Reception consisted of Mayor Patrick +C. Sloan, A. W. Wallace, J. J. Knox, Frank Pearce, Dr. S. V. Ramsey, O. +H. Sloan, Hans Heurichs, A. C. Sluss, J. W. King, P. M. Moore, D. A. +Conover, and Col. W. Taggart. + +In response to a hasty but cordial welcome from Mayor Sloan the +President said: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--It is very kind of you to assemble here in + such large numbers to extend to us a greeting as we hurry through your + beautiful State. We can tarry with you but for a moment, for we are in + true sense pilgrims. It is pleasant to look in your faces and to read + there the same kindly thoughts and the same friendliness that seems + to have covered this whole land as we have journeyed through it. I do + not like to say anything anywhere that makes a line of division; for I + know that these assemblages are without regard to politics, and that + men of all parties have extended to us a cordial greeting. The flag, + the institutions, and the general good of our people are themes which + we appreciate, are themes which we honor, though we may approach them + on different lines. I am glad to notice as I journey through your + State the evidences of a coming harvest that I hope will be bountiful. + Wishing for you every good, I bid you good-by. [Cheers.] + + + + +CHRISMAN, ILLINOIS, MAY 14. + + +At Chrisman the President met with another hearty welcome. More than +6,000 people were present, many coming from Paris, Danville, and other +neighboring points. The Reception Committee consisted of J. F. Van +Voorhees, C. E. Kenton, C. A. Smith, and Revs. Wiley and Wilkin. Kenesaw +Post, G. A. R., of Paris, Ill., J. M. Moody Commander, and a number of +veterans from Ridge Farm were present. + +Mr. Van Voorhees introduced the President, who spoke as follows: + + _My Friends_--I have but one message for all these vast assemblies + of my fellow-citizens who have been greeting us for something more + than a month at every point where we have stopped. That message is + to thank you for all these greetings and for the friendliness which + shines in your faces. I am glad this is a Government by the people, + because they are the most capable governors that can be found. No + man can traverse this country, as I have done, from the Potomac to + the Golden Gate and from the Golden Gate to the cities that open on + Puget Sound, to the great North Sea, and can look into the faces + of these people that come from every pursuit, without feeling that + this Government, raised upon the bulwark of patriotism, is, by God's + goodness, a perpetual institution. The patriotism of our people, their + unselfish love for the flag, the great good-nature with which they lay + aside all sharp party divisions and come together under one banner, + is very gratifying to us all. Our trip has been attended by many + incidents that have been full of pleasure and sometimes full of pathos. + + We have never lost sight of the flag in all this journey. Sometimes + out on the Great American Desert, as it used to be called, where + nothing but the sage brush gave evidence of the power of nature to + clothe the earth, from a little dug-out, where some man had set out to + make a home for himself, would float the starry banner. [Cheers.] + + This is a great country, girded around by the Grand Army of the + Republic. I have never been out of the fellowship of that great + organization. I have never stopped on all this trip but some comrade + did not stretch up his hand to greet me. I have evidence that some + of you are here to-day in this great State, such a magnificent + contribution to the Grand Army that they were. I am glad to see these + children. They have added grace and beauty to every meeting which we + have had in this long journey. Cherish it in your community--this most + beneficial institution--the common school of your State. + + And now, thanking your kindly welcome, and sorry that we can tarry + for only these few minutes, I bid you good-by, and God bless you. + [Prolonged cheering.] + + + + +MONTEZUMA, INDIANA, MAY 14. + + +It was about 3 P.M. Thursday when the train crossed the Indiana line +and arrived at Montezuma, where the President was met by a very large +and enthusiastic delegation from Indianapolis, headed by Gov. Alvin P. +Hovey, Mayor Thomas L. Sullivan, Gen. Lew Wallace, ex-Gov. Isaac P. +Gray, Judge William A. Woods, ex-Senator McDonald, and Senator David +Turpie. The escort from Indianapolis included representatives from 52 +labor organizations, from each G. A. R. post in the city, and delegates +from the Hendricks, Gray, Cleveland, Columbia, Marion, Metropolitan, +and Tippecanoe clubs. The Montezuma committee consisted of Rev. Thomas +Griffith, Joseph Burns, T. A. Welshan, J. E. Johnston, N. S. Wheeler, +and H. B. Griffith. + +No meeting could have been more cordial. Hon. James T. Johnston, of +Rockville, in a few eloquent sentences welcomed the President and Mrs. +Harrison on their home-coming. + +The greeting overcame the President for a few moments, and he was unable +to respond to the demand for a speech at any length. He said: + + _My Friends_--We have had a long journey, and one that has been + attended by a great many pleasant incidents. We have had cheers of + welcome reaching from our first stop, at Roanoke, Va., stretching + across the mountains of Tennessee and Northern Georgia and Alabama, + down through Arkansas and Texas, and along the Pacific coast. + Everywhere we have had the most cordial and kindly greeting; but as + I cross to-day the border line of Indiana and meet again these old + friends I find in your welcome a sweetness that exceeds it all. + +At this point tears came to the President's eyes, and his utterance +became so choked he could say no more. + + + + +INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, MAY 14. + + +Promptly on schedule time, at 4:45, the presidential train arrived at +Indianapolis. Its approach was heralded by an artillery salute. The stay +in the city was limited to forty-five minutes. The Escort and Reception +Committee--in addition to the distinguished officials mentioned at +Montezuma--consisted in part of the following prominent citizens: +Hon. R. B. F. Peirce, Hon. C. W. Fairbanks, Rev. M. L. Haines, Daniel +Stewart, Col. Eli Lilly, George L. Knox, George G. Tanner, President +of the Board of Trade; W. D. Wiles, John W. Murphy, George E. Townley, +Silas T. Bowen, W. B. Holton, John M. Shaw, Albert Gall, I. S. Gordon, +John P. Frenzel, D. A. Richardson, W. F. C. Golt, Arthur Gillet, John +H. Holliday, Dr. Henry Jameson, Robert Kipp, Thomas C. Moore, V. K. +Hendricks, Charles E. Hall, Nathan Morris, E. E. Perry, Smiley N. +Chambers, G. B. Thompson, Franklin Landers, and R. K. Syfers. + +The preparations for the President's reception were upon an extensive +scale; the business houses were covered with bunting, and pictures +of the distinguished traveller were seen everywhere. Fully 50,000 +people participated in the welcome home. A speakers' stand was erected +in Jackson Place. The parade was a most successful feature of the +demonstration; thousands of veterans, sons of veterans, and other +citizens were in line. Gen. Fred Knefler was Marshal of the day, aided +by the following staff: Major Holstein, George W. Spahr, J. Hauch, John +V. Parker, J. B. Heywood, W. O. Patterson, Samuel Laing, J. A. Wildman, +H. C. Adams, A. W. Hendricks, John W. Keeling, Charles Martindale, W. H. +Tucker, J. M. Paver, H. C. Cale, Josh Zimmerman, T. S. Rollins, E. S. +Kise, O. P. Ensley, Frank Sherfey, and Berry Robinson. + +Cheer after cheer went up from the vast concourse as the President made +his way to the stand, accompanied by Secretary Rusk, Postmaster-General +Wanamaker, and the Escort Committee. It was a genuine Hoosier +welcome. Governor Hovey made a brief but feeling address, welcoming +the President's return with "pride and pleasure." Mayor Sullivan +followed the Governor in a warm greeting on behalf of the citizens of +Indianapolis. + +President Harrison was visibly affected at the manifestations of love +and esteem, and during the speech-making clearly betrayed the emotion he +felt at the cordiality of his welcome. He spoke as follows: + + _Governor Hovey, Mayor Sullivan and Friends_--I do not think I can + speak much to-day. The strain of this long journey, the frequent + calls that have been made upon me to speak to my fellow citizens from + Washington to the Golden Gate, from the Golden Gate to the Straits of + Fuca, and from the most northwestern portion of our territory here to + my own home, has left me somewhat exhausted in body and in mind, and + has made my heart so open to these impressions, as I greet my old home + friends, that I cannot, I fear, command myself sufficiently to speak + to you at any length. Our path has been attended by the plaudits of + multitudes; our way has been strewn with flowers; we have journeyed + through the orchards of California, laden with its golden fruit; we + have climbed to the summit of great mountains and have seen those + rich mines from which the precious metals are extracted; we have + dropped again suddenly into fruitful valleys, and our pathway has + been made glad by the cheerful and friendly acclaim of our American + fellow-citizens without regard to any party division [applause]; but + I beg to assure you that all the sweetness of the flowers that have + been showered upon us, that all the beauty of these almost tropical + landscapes upon which we have looked, that all the richness of these + precious mines sink into forgetfulness as I receive to day this + welcome from my old friends. [Great applause.] My manhood has known + no other home but this. It was the scene of my early struggles; it + has been the scene, and you have been the instruments and supporters + in every success I have achieved in life. I come to lay before you + to-day my thankful offering for your friendly helpfulness that was + extended to me as a boy and that has been mine in all the years of + our intercourse that have intervened until this hour. [Applause.] + I left you a little more than two years ago to take up the work of + the most responsible office in the world. I went to these untried + duties sustained by your helpful friendliness. I come to you again + after these two years of public office to confess many errors, but to + say to you that I have had but one thought in my mind. It was to use + whatever influence had been confided to me for the general good of all + our people. [Applause.] Our stay to-day is so brief that I must deny + myself the pleasure I would have in taking these old friends by the + hand. God bless you all. I have not forgotten, I can never forget, + Indianapolis. [Prolonged applause.] I look forward to it, if my life + shall be spared, as the city in which I shall rest when the hard work + of life is done. I rejoice in its increase, in its development as a + commercial centre. I love its homes, its people; and now if you will + pardon me the effort of further speech and believe me when I say this + is a most interesting and tender moment to me, allow me to say to you + for a time, God bless you every one and good-by. [Great cheering.] + + + + +RICHMOND, INDIANA, MAY 14. + + +At Richmond, Ind., a very large and enthusiastic assemblage cheered the +President. The Reception Committee consisted of Mayor Perry J. Freeman, +Hon. Henry U. Johnson, C. C. Binkley, John Harrington, Everett A. +Richey, Andrew F. Scott, J. H. Macke, John H. Nicholson, Col. John F. +Miller, Capt. J. Lee Yaryan, Dr. J. R. Weist, E. D. Palmer, H. C. Starr, +Frank J. Brown, J. B. Howes, and Isaac Jenkins. + +Congressman Johnson introduced the President, who said: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--We are now about completing a very long + journey. For something more than four weeks we have been speeding + across the country, from the Potomac to the Golden Gate, and northward + along Puget Sound. The trip, while it has been full of pleasurable + incidents, while it has been attended with every demonstration of + friendliness and respect, has, as you can well understand, been full + of labor. I began this day--and it is only a sample of many--at 5 + o'clock this morning, by speaking to my fellow-citizens at Hannibal, + Mo., and from that place to this I have been almost continuously on + my feet or shaking hands over this platform with friends who had + gathered there. We have seen regions that were new to me, people that + were strangers, and yet, throughout the whole of this journey we + have been pervaded, surrounded, inspired by the magnificent spirit + of American patriotism. [Cheers.] I come now to pass through my own + State. I have so often within the last two years been at Indianapolis + and passed through Richmond that I did not expect you would take any + special notice of our passage to-night. I am all the more gratified + that you should have surprised us by this magnificent demonstration. + As I had occasion to say at Indianapolis, the respect, the confidence, + the affectionate interest of my Indiana friends is more valuable + to me than anything else in life. I went from you two years ago to + new duties, borne down with a sense of the great responsibility + that was upon me, and I am glad to believe from what I see to-night + that I have at least saved the respect and friendship of my Indiana + fellow-citizens. [Cries of "That's so!" and cheers.] And now, as + I return again to labors and duties that are awaiting me, I leave + with you my most affectionate greeting and sincere desire for the + prosperity of Indiana and all its citizens. I hope that my life will + be spared to be once more a dweller in this great State. [Cheers.] + + + + +DAYTON, OHIO, MAY 14. + + +A great assembly, numbering over 10,000 people, greeted the President +on arrival at Dayton, Ohio, at 9 o'clock. The veterans of "The Old +Guard Post", Parker Rusby Commander, were present in a body; also +many veterans from Dister Post, Hiram Strong Post, Birch, and Martin +De Lancy posts, together with a large representation of the Sons of +Veterans. Among the prominent citizens and ladies who received the +presidential party were Mrs. W. D. Bickham, Miss Rebecca Strickel, +Charles and Daniel Bickham, Hon. Ira Crawford, Hon. Washington Silzel, +Wm. P. Callahan, Fred G. Withoft, Dr. J. M. Weaver, E. B. Lyon, Dr. J. +S. Beck, C. M. Hassler, A. L. Bauman, Dr. Joseph E. Lowes, B. T. Guion, +Henry Kissinger, Hon. Dennis Dwyer, E. F. Pryor, Charles P. Garman, +D. K. Hassler, Charles Auderton, N. D. Bates, John A. Miller, John +A. Bell, C. Y. Osborn, Joseph S. Crane, Ed. Best, Daniel E. Meade, +Samuel Craighead, Warren Munger, H. C. Harries, G. C. Kennedy, William +Craighead, A. A. Simonds, S. Brenner, D. F. Giddinger, Simon Gebhart, +George La Rue, D. E. McSherry, Charles James John Patterson, Dr. J. A. +Walters, and Rev. Dr. A. A. Willett. + +The President's appearance was the signal for a prolonged outburst of +patriotic feeling, in recognition and response to which he spoke as +follows: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--We have journeyed now about nine thousand + miles, and I have never been, in all this distance, out of sight of an + Ohio man. [Laughter and cheers.] Everywhere we have journeyed, whether + in the New South, awakening under the new influences of freedom to + an industrial life that was not possible under slavery; whether on + the deserts of Arizona or among the orange groves of California, or + in one of those wonderful States that have been builded within the + last few years on Puget Sound, some one, noting the fact that I was + Ohio-born, would claim kin-ship, and so far as I could judge, in my + limited observation of them, I think they carried the Ohio faculty + with them to their new homes of getting their fair share of things. + [Laughter and cheers.] I do most cordially thank you, citizens of + Dayton, for this pleasant and friendly demonstration. I cannot talk + long. This whole journey has been a succession of speeches. I have + come to think it must be tiresome to you to have one of my speeches + every morning with your breakfast coffee. [Cries of "No! no!" and + applause.] But it has been a most cheerful thing to me to observe + everywhere, even in those distant and sparsely settled regions of + the West, that the American flag was never out of sight. I do not + think I have ever lost sight of the Stars and Stripes since we left + Washington. [Cheers.] Several times we have been deeply touched as we + moved along over the sandy plains to see at some isolated and very + humble cabin a man or child step to the door and unfurl the Starry + Banner. [Cheers.] Everywhere I have met comrades of the Grand Army of + the Republic, everywhere the atmosphere seemed to be pervaded by a + magnificent spirit of Americanism. [Cheers.] We are one people--one + in our purposes, aims and lives; one in our fealty to the flag, the + Constitution, and the indissoluble Union of the States. [Cheers.] + + Ohio has always maintained a magnificently conspicuous place in the + sisterhood of the States--peopled, as she was, by the great patriots + of the Revolutionary period; receiving, as she did, in this great + basin, that overspill of patriotism that moved toward the West after + the Revolutionary struggle was ended. She has given to the Government, + in army life and in the civil service, a magnificent galaxy of great + men. [Cheers.] In the hope that this journey, which has been full of + toil, may not prove unprofitable to the people, as it certainly has + not been unprofitable to me, I leave you to take up my public duties + with new encouragement and new resolves to do the best I can for all + the people. [Cheers.] + + + + +XENIA, OHIO, MAY 14. + + +It was nearly 10 o'clock when the city of Xenia was reached, but a large +crowd greeted the tired travellers. A reception committee, consisting of +Hon. Charles F. Howard, Mayor; Hon. John Little, Hon. N. A. Fulton, Hon. +George Good, Charles L. Spencer, and F. E. James escorted the party from +Dayton. + +Judge Little introduced President Harrison, who said: + + _My Friends_--I began my day's work at 5 o'clock and have already + made ten speeches, but I feel that a few spoken words are but small + return to those who have gathered to express their friendly regard. No + man is worthy to hold office in this Republic who does not sincerely + covet the good-will and respect of the people. The people may not + agree in their views on public questions, but while they have a great + many points of difference they have more of agreement, and I believe + we are all pursuing the same great end--the glory of our country, the + permanency of our institutions, and the general good of our people. + The springs of all good government--the most important things after + all--are in the local communities. In the townships, school districts, + and municipalities, there the utmost care should be taken. If their + affairs are wisely and economically administered, those of the State + and the Nation are sure to be. Upon these foundation stones the safety + of the Nation rests, and I am glad to know that so much careful + thought is being given to these questions by public men and the people + generally. Thanking you for your attendance and cordial greeting. I + bid you good-night. [Cheers.] + + + + +COLUMBUS, OHIO, MAY 14. + + +It lacked but fifteen minutes of midnight when the train rolled into +the Union Depot at Columbus. Notwithstanding the lateness of the hour a +fair-sized and enthusiastic crowd was present, including a number of G. +A. R. veterans. + +In response to repeated calls the President appeared, accompanied by +Secretary Rusk, and said: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--I left Hannibal, Mo., this morning at 6 + o'clock, and have made twelve speeches to-day. You have been very + thoughtful to meet us here, and I know you will excuse me if I say + nothing more than I thank you. Good-night. [Applause.] + + + + +ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA, MAY 15. + + +The last day of the long journey began with a speech at Altoona at 10 +o'clock. Superintendent and Mrs. Theodore N. Eby joined the party here. +The assemblage was a large one and the President shook hands with many +until the crowd began calling for a speech. + +Postmaster-General Wanamaker introduced the distinguished traveller, +saying: "Outside of Indiana I think the President could not be more at +home than he is in Pennsylvania, and he requires no introduction." + +The President spoke as follows: + + _My Friends_--The book has been closed. I have been talking so much + while on this trip that I am sure you will excuse me this morning. It + has been a delightful journey, yet we experienced, perhaps, that which + is the crowning joy of all trips--getting back home; that is the place + for us. [Cheers.] I am glad to have this greeting from my Pennsylvania + friends this morning. Mr. Wanamaker was not far wrong when he said + that after Indiana Pennsylvania was pretty close to me. It was in + one of these valleys, not very distant from your political Capitol, + that my mother was born and reared, and of course this State and this + section of Pennsylvania has always had a very dear interest for me. + [Cheers and great noise from steam being blown off at shops.] Of the + applause that we have enjoyed on this journey our reception here has + been the most original of all. [Prolonged cheering.] + + + + +HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, MAY 15. + + +The arrival at Harrisburg at 1:15 P.M. was heralded by a presidential +salute, and 10,000 cheers went up as the President emerged on the rear +platform, accompanied by Secretary Rusk and Postmaster-General Wanamaker. + +Among the prominent citizens who pressed forward to greet the travellers +was his excellency Governor Pattison, Speaker Thompson, of the House of +Representatives, Secretary of the Commonwealth Harrity, Adjutant-General +McClelland, Hon. B. F. Meyers, Private Secretary Tate, and many members +of the Legislature. The Governor's Troop, commanded by Lieutenant Ott, +presented arms and Bugler Bierbower sounded the President's march as +the Chief Magistrate appeared. Governor Pattison cordially welcomed the +President and presented him to the great assemblage. + +President Harrison closed his long series of brilliant and interesting +addresses in the following words: + + _Governor Pattison and Fellow citizens_--I thank you for the + courtesy of this reception at the political centre of the great + State of Pennsylvania. I was informed, a little while ago, by the + stenographer who had accompanied me on this trip, that I had made + 138 speeches, and when I saw the magnitude of my offence against the + American people I was in hopes I should be permitted to pass through + Harrisburg without adding anything to it. I will only express my + thanks and appreciation. No one needs to tell you anything about + Pennsylvania or its resources; indeed, my work was very much lightened + on this journey, because I found that all the people clear out to + Puget Sound had already found out more about their country than I + could possibly tell them. [Cheers.] + + It is a pleasant thing that we appreciate our surroundings. We + love our own home, our own neighborhood, our own State. It would be a + sad thing if it were not so. There is only just enough discontent to + keep our people moving a little. Now and then some boy gets restless + in the homestead and pushes out to the West; the result is a thorough + mingling of the people. I do not know what would have become of + Pennsylvania if some people from other States had not come in and + some of your people gone out. It is this that makes the perfect unity + of our country. It was delightful on our trip to meet old faces from + home. Though they had apparently been discontented with Indiana and + left it, they were willing to recall the fact, as I came near to them, + that they were Hoosiers. It was very pleasant, also, to see people + as they met the Postmaster-General put up their hands and say, "I am + from the old Keystone State." General Rusk was never out of sight of a + Wisconsin man, and of course the Ohio man was always there. [Laughter + and applause.] Our journey has been accompanied with the labor of + travel, but out of it all I think I have a higher sense of the perfect + unity of our people and of their enduring, all-pervading patriotism. + [Cheers.] + + + + +THE RETURN TO WASHINGTON. + + +There was no demonstration at Baltimore. As the train neared +Washington--on the homestretch of its great run of 9,232 miles--the +President gathered all the members of his party about him in the +observation car, including the train employees and servants, and made +a short speech, in which he thanked all who accompanied him for their +courtesy and attention. He referred to the long journey--without +accident of any kind and without a minute's variance from the +prearranged schedule--as a most remarkable achievement, and paid a high +compliment to Mr. George W. Boyd, the General Assistant Passenger Agent +of the Pennsylvania Railroad for his successful management of the trip, +adding that it was a superb exhibition of what energy and training could +do for a man. He then returned his thanks individually to the engineer, +conductor, and every employee. + +The train reached Washington at 5:30 o'clock, exactly on time to a +fraction of a minute. General Harrison was the first to alight to meet +his young grandson, Master Benjamin McKee, and the latter's little +sister. There was no unusual demonstration or speech-making. The +President was met by Secretaries Foster and Proctor, Attorney-General +Miller, Ass't Atty.-Gen. James N. Tyner, Assistant Secretary Nettleton, +Assistant Secretary Willetts, Major Pruden, and Captain Dinsmore. + + + + +PHILADELPHIA, MAY 30. + + +On Decoration Day, 1891, President Harrison, accompanied by +Postmaster-General Wanamaker, Secretary Proctor, Secretary Tracy, +and Private Secretary Halford, visited Philadelphia as the guests of +George G. Meade Post, No. 1, G. A. R., to participate in their memorial +ceremonies. They were met at the station by a committee from the post, +comprising the following veterans: Post Commander Louis P. Langer, +Senior Vice-Commander Alexander M. Appel, Junior Vice-Commander James +Thompson, Adjutant A. C. Johnston, Officer of the Day Robert M. Green, +Guard Charles Harris, Chaplain Rev. I. Newton Ritner, and Past Post +Commanders Henry H. Bingham, Joseph R. C. Ward, George W. Devinny, L. D. +C. Tyler, Alfred J. Sellers, William J. Simpson, James C. Wray, John A. +Stevenson, Alexander Reed, Lewis W. Moore, John W. Wiedersheim, Isaiah +Price, W. Wayne Vogdes, G. Harry Davis, Charles L. Sherman, Henry C. +Harper, Penn Righter, and Isaac R. Oakford. Department Commander George +Boyer and Asst. Adjt.-Gen. Samuel Town were also present to welcome the +Commander-in-Chief. The historic City Troop of cavalry--who, from the +day that General Washington entered Philadelphia to take his second +inaugural oath, have acted as an escort to every President who has +been a guest of the city--escorted the President and the committee to +Independence Hall, where in a brief speech Mayor Stuart, in behalf of +the city, welcomed the Chief Magistrate. + +The President, replying to the address of welcome, said: + + _Mr. Mayor, Comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic, and + Fellow-citizens_--I esteem it a great pleasure to stand in this + historic edifice in this historic city and to take part to-day as a + comrade of the Grand Army of the Republic in these most interesting + and instructive exercises, which commemorate events which have been + most deeply sunk in our hearts. I think it eminently appropriate that + we should stand for a little time before going to the graves of our + fallen comrades in this edifice, where the foundations of independence + were laid and put into development to make this great Nation to-day. + In my recent extensive trip through the country I was able to see the + effects of planting these seeds of freedom, in the flourishing plants + that have grown. [Applause.] + + We are here in a community that was instituted on principles of + peace and good will among men. But you gave a conspicuous illustration + of the facts that the fruits of peace need to be protected. + + You did not all depart from the great lessons taught when you united + with the comrades from all the other States to hold up the banner of + the Union and to maintain peace and to perpetuate it at all times. You + went out to maintain peace, and you have established in the affections + of all of us the flag of our faith, and the question of submission to + the Constitution and the law in all States has been settled to the + contentment of all. + + I appreciate most highly this welcome, and I take part in these + exercises with a sense of their fitness and a sense of the greatness + of the event which they commemorate. + + I have never been able to think that this day is one for mourning, + but think that instead of the flag being at half mast it should be at + the peak. I feel that the comrades whose graves we honor to-day would + rejoice if they could see where their valor has placed us. I feel that + the glory of their dying and the glory of their achievement covers all + grief and has put them on an imperishable roll of honor. + + +_At General Meade's Grave._ + +At the conclusion of the public reception at Independence Hall the +President and his party were escorted to Laurel Hill Cemetery, where +they took part in the ceremonies over the grave of Gen. George G. Meade, +the hero of Gettysburg. + +Along the entire line of march to the stand were immense crowds, who +greeted the President with silent demonstrations of respect. + +The usual Memorial Day exercises were held, and at their conclusion +Commander Langer said: "I wish to introduce to you the honored guest of +the day, Comrade Harrison, the Chief Magistrate of the Nation." + +As the President stepped forward he was heartily cheered. He said: + + _Commander, Comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic, and + Fellow-citizens_--I have neither the strength nor the voice adequate + to any extended speech to-day. I come to you as a comrade to take + part in the interesting exercises of this Memorial Day. It gives me + special pleasure to combine with that tribute which I have usually + been able to pay since this day was instituted to the dead of all + our armies a special mark of respect to that great soldier who won + Gettysburg. It is impossible to separate some impressions of sorrow + from these exercises, for they bring to memory comrades who have gone + from us. How vividly there comes to my memory many battle scenes; not + the impetuous rush of conflict, but the hour of sadness that followed + victory. Then it was our sad duty to gather from the field the bodies + of those who had given the last pledge of loyalty. + + There is open to my vision more than one yawning trench in which we + laid the dead of the old brigade. We laid them, elbow touching elbow, + in the order in which they had stood in the line of battle. We left + them in the hasty sepulchre and marched on. Now we rejoice that a + grateful Government has gathered together the scattered dust of all + these comrades and placed them in beautiful and safe places of honor + and repose. I cannot but feel that if they could speak to us to-day + they would say put the flag at the top of the mast. + + I have recently returned from an extended tour of the States, and + nothing so impressed and refreshed me as the universal display of + this banner of beauty and glory. It waved over every school-house, it + was in the hands of the school children. As we sped across the sandy + wastes at some solitary house a man, a woman, a child would come to + the door and wave it in loyal greeting. Two years ago I saw a sight + that has ever been present in my memory. As we were going out of the + harbor of Newport about midnight on a dark night some of the officers + of the torpedo station had prepared for us a beautiful surprise. The + flag at the top of the station was unseen in the darkness of the + night, when suddenly electric search-lights were turned on it, bathing + it in a flood of light. + + All below the flag was hidden, and it seemed to have no touch with + earth, but to hang from the battlements of heaven. It was as if Heaven + was approving the human liberty and human equality typified by that + flag. + + Let us take on this occasion a new draught of courage, make new + vows of consecration, for, my countrymen, it was not because it was + inconvenient that the rebel States should go, not that it spoiled the + autonomy of the country, but because it was unlawful that all this + sacrifice had to be made, to bring them back to their allegiance. + Let us not forget that as good citizens and good patriots it is our + duty always to obey the law and to give it our loyal support and + insist that every one else shall do so. There is no more mischievous + suggestion made than that the soldiers of the Union Army desire to lay + any yoke on those who fought against us other than the yoke of the + law. We cannot ask less than that in all relations they shall obey + the law, and that they shall yield to every other man his full rights + under the law. + + I thank you for the pleasure of participating in these exercises + with you to-day, and give you a comrade's best wishes and a comrade's + good-by. + + + + +THE BENNINGTON TRIP, AUGUST, 1891. + + +On Tuesday, August 18, President Harrison left Cape May Point on a +journey to Bennington, to participate in the dedication of Bennington +Battle Monument. He was accompanied by Private Secretary Halford, +Russell B. Harrison, Mr. Howard Cale, of Indianapolis, and George W. +Boyd, of the Pennsylvania Company. The trip through New Jersey was +uneventful. At Vineland, Glassboro, Camden, Trenton, and Burlington +crowds greeted the President, but as it was raining there was no +speech-making. At Jersey City the party was joined by John A. Sleicher, +W. J. Arkell, and E. F. Tibbott, the President's stenographer. + +Leaving New York at noon the first stop was at Cornwall, where the +President was heartily welcomed by a large crowd and bowed his +acknowledgments. + + + + +NEWBURGH, NEW YORK, AUGUST 18. + + +The weather cleared as the party reached historic Newburgh, where 3,000 +people gave the Chief Executive a rousing welcome. Hon. M. Doyle, Mayor +of Newburgh, and the following representative citizens received the +President: Ex-Mayor B. B. Odell, Hon. A. S. Cassedy, Hon. B. B. Odell, +Jr., William G. Taggart, Daniel S. Waring, William Chambers, Charles H. +Hasbrouck, J. M. Dickey, Henry B. Lawson, James G. Graham, Thomas R. +Spier, A. E. Layman, George Hasting, Maj. E. C. Boynton, A. Woolsey, +John F. Tucker, William Lynn, George Brown, Dr. D. L. Kidd, H. C. Smith, +Augustus Denniston, E. M. Murtfeldt, and John J. Nutt. + +Colonel Sleicher introduced President Harrison, who said: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--I am very much obliged to you for this + friendly greeting. It is pleasant to run out of the rain and mist + that have hung about our train for an hour or two into this bright + sunshine and into the gladness of the pleasant welcome which you have + extended to us. You are situated here in a region full of historic + interest. Every child learns early here the story of the sacrifice and + courage of those who laid the foundation of this Government, which + has grown beyond the conception of even the wisest of our fathers. I + am sure that in these things you must all find inspiration to good + citizenship, and it is pleasant to know that you rejoice that it has + left its impress upon the hearts of all our people; that upon the + Sacramento as well as upon the Hudson men love the old memories and + the old flag. [Applause.] + + I am glad to pause with you a moment in passing to the observance + in Vermont of one of those great battle events which led to the + independence of our country. We have great common interests as a + people, and, while we divide as to the method by which we would + promote the national prosperity, I am sure we are all devoted in heart + to the country and the institutions that have done so much for us. In + the interest of good government we are one; we all believe that the + Government should be so administered that all the people shall share + equally in its benefits; that there shall be no favored class. I thank + you again, and bid you good-by. [Applause.] + + + + +KINGSTON, NEW YORK, AUGUST 18. + + +At Kingston fully 2,000 people were assembled. Prominent among those who +welcomed the President were Hon. James G. Linsley, Hon. Geo. M. Brink, +H. W. Baldwin, William D. Brinnier, D. C. Overbaugh, S. B. Sharpe, B. J. +Winnie, Charles B. Safford, George B. Merritt, O. P. Carpenter, James E. +Phinney, and Noah Wolven. + +After shaking hands for several minutes, Hon. William H. Turner +introduced President Harrison, who said: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--Perhaps I had better spend the moment or two + that remains in saying a word to all of you than in shaking hands + with the few that can gather about the car. You ask for a speech. It + is not very easy to know what one can talk about on such an occasion + as this. Those topics that are most familiar to me, because I am + brought in daily contact with them, namely, public affairs, are in + some measure prohibited to me, and I must speak therefore only of + those things upon which we agree; for I have no doubt, if we were + closely interrogated, some differences would develop in the views + of those assembled here. That is one of the things we are proud of + and that tend to the perpetuity and purity of our institutions--that + we are permitted to differ in our views, to be independent in our + opinions, and to be answerable to our consciences and to God only for + the convictions we entertain. I am sure, however, we all rejoice in + the evidences of prosperity which are spread over this good land of + ours. We rejoice in the freedom and happiness and contentment that are + in our communities and in our homes. We rejoice to know that no cloud + is over our horizon; that we are at peace with the world and at peace + among ourselves. I think the world has come to understand that it is + well to be at peace with us [applause], and I am sure we have come + to understand that it is very well to be at peace among our selves. + [Applause.] + + Our situation is one of great favor. We are pretty widely separated + from those who would hurt us, if there are any such. We are secure + in our great isolation, and we are secure, too, in our great and + patriotic people. [Applause.] We do not maintain armies; we do not + need to extend the conscription list until it takes old age and youth. + We maintain only the merest skeleton of an army, but we have already + seen how speedily it may develop into gigantic proportions, and how, + in a few months, it may take on the discipline that makes it the equal + of any of the great armies of the world. [Applause.] We have this year + a season of unusual productiveness. The orchards are laden with fruit, + the gardens yield their abundant supplies to the table, and the fields + have produced crops that are too great for our storehouses. + + God has greatly blessed us, and it happens that this season of our + abundance is not only good for us, but for the world; for again, as + many times before, the nations of Europe, by reason of crop failures, + must look to us to feed their people. We have a great surplus and an + assorted market for it. Our riches must be greatly increased as the + result of two magnificent harvests. Their good effects will be felt + in every home, contentment upon the farm, and well-paid labor in all + our cities and centres of manufacture. Thus it should be. Thus, I am + sure, we all rejoice that it is, because these institutions of ours + can have no danger except in a discontented citizenship. As long as + men have a free and equal chance, as long as the labor of their hands + may bring the needed supplies into the household, as long as there are + open avenues of hope and advancement to the children they love, men + are contented--they are good, loyal, American citizens. [Applause.] + And now I thank you again for your kindness. [Cheers.] + + + + +ALBANY, NEW YORK, AUGUST 18. + + +It was 6 o'clock in the afternoon when the President arrived at Albany, +during a heavy rain. In anticipation of this visit from the head of the +Nation, the following telegraphic correspondence had passed between the +courteous Governor of New York and President Harrison: + + ALBANY, August 12. + HON. BENJAMIN HARRISON, _Cape May, N. J._: + + I learn for the first time to-day that you have accepted the + invitation of Mayor Manning to stop at Albany on your way to Vermont. + If the plan of your journey will enable you to pass a night in Albany, + as I hope it may, I shall be pleased to have yourself and party become + my guests at the Executive Mansion. Personally, as well as officially, + I assure you it gives me great pleasure to extend this invitation, and + I sincerely trust that you will so arrange your plans as to give me + the opportunity of entertaining you. The Executive Mansion is ample + for the accommodation of such members of your Cabinet or friends as + may accompany you. On behalf of the people of the State, also, I shall + be pleased to tender you a public reception at the State Capitol. + + DAVID B. HILL. + + STOCKTON HOUSE, CAPE MAY, August 12. + GOV. D. B. HILL, _Albany_: + + I am very much obliged for your very cordial invitation, but it + will be only possible for me to make a brief stay at Albany. How + long depends upon the railroad schedule, not yet communicated to me. + As soon as details are arranged will advise you. For such time as + I can spare I will place myself in the hands of the city and State + authorities. + + BENJAMIN HARRISON. + +The following prominent citizens of Albany met the President at Selkirk +and escorted him to the city: James Ten Eyck, Chairman; Col. A. E. +Mather, John G. Myers, James M. Warner, Henry C. Nevitt, and William +Barnes. Among others who greeted the President on his arrival were +Capt. John Palmer, Commander-in-Chief of the G. A. R., Hon. Simon W. +Rosendale, Deputy Controller Westbrook, H. N. Fuller, C. B. Templeton, +William H. Cull, and Oscar Smith. + +The reception was held in City Hall Square, where many thousand +Albanians assembled. On the platform Governor Hill, Mayor Manning, with +the Common Council, Secretary of State Rice, State Treasurer Danforth, +and other State and municipal officers were gathered. The President +received an ovation as he approached the stand. Mayor Manning welcomed +him in the name of the city and presented Governor Hill, who extended to +the Chief Magistrate a broader welcome in the name of the people of the +Empire State. + +Responding to these hospitable addresses, the President said: + + _Governor Hill, Mr. Mayor, and Fellow-citizens_--The conditions + of the evening, these threatening and even dripping clouds, are not + favorable to any extended speech. I receive with great gratification + the very cordial expressions which have fallen from the lips of his + excellency, the Governor of this great State, and of his honor, + the Mayor of this great municipality. It is very gratifying to me + to be thus assured that as American citizens, as public officers + administering each different functions in connection with the + government of the Nation, of the State, and of the municipality, we, + in common with this great body of citizens, whose servants we all + are, have that common love for our institutions, and that common + respect for those who, by the appointed constitutional methods, have + been chosen to administer them, as on such occasions as this entirely + obliterates all differences and brings us together in the great and + enduring brotherhood of American citizens. [Prolonged cheering.] + + This great capital of a great State I have had the pleasure of + visiting once or twice before. I have many times visited your + commercial capital, and have traversed in many directions the great + and prosperous Empire State. You have concentrated here great wealth + and great productive capacity for increased wealth, great financial + institutions that reach out in their influences and effects over + the whole land. You have great prosperity and great responsibility. + The general Government is charged with certain great functions in + which the people have a general interest. Among these is the duty + of providing for our people the money with which its business + transactions are conducted. There has sometimes been in some regions + of the great West a thought that New York, being largely a creditor + State, was disposed to be a little hard with the debtor communities + of the great West; but, my fellow-citizens, narrow views ought not to + prevail with them or with you and will not in the light of friendly + discussion. The law of commerce may be selfishness, but the law of + statesmanship should be broader and more liberal. I do not intend to + enter upon any subject that can excite division; but I do believe that + the general Government is solemnly charged with the duty of seeing + that the money issued by it is always and everywhere maintained at + par. I believe that I speak that which is the common thought of us all + when I say that every dollar, whether paper or coin, issued or stamped + by the general Government should always and everywhere be as good as + any other dollar. I am sure that we would all shun that condition of + things into which many peoples of the past have drifted, and of which + we have had in one of the great South American countries a recent + example--the distressed and hopeless condition into which all business + enterprise falls, when a nation issues an irredeemable or depreciated + money. The necessities of a great war can excuse that. + + I am one of those that believe that these men from your shops, these + farmers remote from money centres, have the largest interest of all + people in the world in having a dollar that is worth one hundred cents + every day in the year, and only such. If by any chance we should fall + into a condition where one dollar is not so good as another I venture + the assertion that that poorer dollar will do its first errand in + paying some poor laborer for his work. Therefore, in the conduct of + our public affairs I feel pledged, for one, that all the influences of + the Government should be on the side of giving the people only good + money and just as much of that kind as we can get. [Cheers.] + + Now, my fellow-citizens, we have this year a most abundant, yes, + extraordinary, grain crop. All of the great staples have been yielded + to the labor of the farmer in a larger measure than ever before. A + leading agricultural paper estimated that the produce of our farms + will be worth $1,000,000,000 more this year than ever before, and + it happens that just with this great surplus in our barns we find + a scarcity in all the countries of Europe. Russia has recently + prohibited the export of rye, because she needs her crop to feed her + own people. The demands in France and in England and Germany will + absorb every bushel of the great surplus we shall have after our + people are fed, and, whatever complaints there may have been in the + past, I believe this year will spread a smile of gladness over the + entire agricultural population of our country. + + This is our opportunity, and I cannot see how it shall be possible + but that these exports of grain, now reaching the limit of the + capacity of our railroads and of our ships, shall soon bring back to + us the lost gold we sent to Europe and more that we did not lose. I + was told by an officer of the West Shore road to-day that that road + alone was carrying 100,000 bushels of wheat every day into New York, + and that it scarcely stopped an hour in the elevator, but was run + immediately into the bottom of a steam vessel that was to carry it + abroad. [Cheers.] + + This is only an illustration of what is going on. As the result + of it our people must be greatly enriched. Where there has been + complaint, where there has been poverty, there must come this year + plenty, for the gardens have loaded the table, the orchards cannot + bear the burdens that hang upon their reddening limbs, and the + granaries are not equal to the product of our fields. We ought, + then, this day to be a happy people. We ought to be grateful for + these conditions and careful everywhere to add to them the virtue + of patience, frugality, love of order, and, to crown all, a great + patriotism and devotion to the Constitution and the law--always our + rule of conduct as citizens. [Cheers.] + + My fellow-citizens, it is very difficult to speak in this heavy + atmosphere. I beg, therefore, that you will allow me to thank you for + your friendly demonstration, and bid you good-night. + + + + +TROY, NEW YORK, AUGUST 18. + + +When the special train reached Troy in the evening an immense throng +greeted the President. It was the noisiest demonstration of the day. +General Harrison shook hands with hundreds, many of them working men +just from the shops. The following prominent Trojans composed the +Committee of Reception and escorted the party from Albany: Gen. Joseph +B. Carr, Charles W. Tillinghast, William Kemp, Thomas Dickson, F. N. +Mann, William H. Hollister Jr., Col. Lee Chamberlin, John I. Thompson, +Col. Arthur MacArthur, D. S. Hasbrouck, Samuel Morris, James H. Potts, +J. F. Bridgeman, C. L. Fuller, T. J. O'Sullivan, Cornelius Hannan, +Henry McMillen, H. M. Reynolds, George H. Mead, Dr. C. B. Herrick, and +William Kemp, Jr. The veterans of Willard Post G. A. R., under Commander +Leet, participated in the reception. + +Ex-Mayor Wm. Kemp made the address of welcome in the unavoidable +absence of Mayor Whelan. Midst great enthusiasm and cheers General Carr +introduced the President, who spoke as follows: + + _My Friends_--I attempted a little while ago to speak in Albany in + this damp atmosphere, and find my voice is so much roughened by the + effort that I can hardly hope to make myself heard by you. I am glad + to have the opportunity to pause some moments in the city of Troy, + to look into the faces of its industrious and thrifty population. + I have long known of your city as a city of industry--as a great + manufacturing city--sending out its products to all the land, and by + the skill of its workmen and the integrity of its merchants finding + everywhere a market for wares kept up to the standard. [Applause.] + +The President was here interrupted by the blowing of steam-whistles, and +continued, smiling: + + I am quite used to having my speeches punctuated by steam-whistles. + I am sure that you realize here in a large degree the benefit of + a policy that keeps the American market for the American workmen. + [Cries of "Good!" and applause.] I try to be broadly philanthropic in + my thoughts about the human race, but cannot help thinking that an + American workman has a stronger claim on my sympathy and help than any + other workman. [Applause.] + + I believe that our institutions are only safe while we have + intelligent and contented working classes. I would adopt + constitutional methods--any administrative method--that would + preserve this country from the condition into which some others + have unfortunately fallen, where a hard day's work does not bring + sustenance for the workman and his family. [Applause.] I would be glad + if there were not a home in Troy--not a home in the United States of + America--where there was not plenty for man and wife and child; where + there was not only sustenance, but a margin of saving that might make + the old age of the husband and wife and the life of the children + easier than this generation has been. [Cheers.] + + + + +BENNINGTON, VERMONT, AUGUST 19. + +_Dedication of the Battle Monument._ + + +President Harrison and his party reached North Bennington at 8 o'clock +on the night of the eighteenth. He was met by the following Committee of +Reception on the part of the city of Bennington: Gen. J. G. McCullough, +M. S. Colburn, J. V. Carney, S. B. Hall, and A. P. Childs; also, Dr. +William Seward Webb, and Col. Geo. W. Hooker, representing the State +Entertainment Committee. As the President appeared he was greeted with +rousing cheers by the large crowd and escorted to the residence of +General McCullough, whose guest he was. + +The following morning the distinguished visitors reviewed the grand +parade in honor of the centenary of the admission of Vermont into +the Union and the dedication of the Bennington Battle Monument. +Col. W. Seward Webb, President-General of the Sons of the American +Revolution, accompanied by a mounted Grand Army Post, escorted President +Harrison to the Soldiers' Home, where Gov. Carroll S. Page and all +the living ex-Governors of Vermont greeted him. The presidential +party to review the parade consisted of sixty guests of the State, +and included Secretary of War Proctor, Attorney-General Miller, Gen. +O. O. Howard, Governor Russell, of Massachusetts; Governor Tuttle, +of New Hampshire; Senator Henry L. Dawes and ex-Gov. A. H. Rice, of +Massachusetts; Senators Edmunds and Morrill; Senators Wm. E. Chandler +and J. H. Gallinger, of New Hampshire; Congressmen Grout and Powers; +Adjutant-General Ayling and Hon. John King, of New York. + +The parade was the most brilliant and imposing ever seen in the State. A +feature of the decorations was a magnificent triumphal arch, the turrets +and embrasures of which were filled with young maidens clad in brilliant +colors, while on the top of the arch were 125 little girls dressed +in white, with flowing hair, singing patriotic songs. In the loftiest +turret was a gorgeous throne of gold, occupied by Miss Lillie Adams, +personating the Goddess of Liberty. + +After the review the presidential party was escorted to the grand stand +at the monument, where 15,000 people assembled. + +The battle monument is a plain, square shaft of magnesian limestone +302 feet high. The interior at the base is 22 feet square and has a +stairway. It was built under the supervision of the Trustees of the +Bennington Battle Monument Association. The Building Committee comprised +Gen. John G. McCullough, H. G. Root, A. B. Valentine, M. C. Huling, and +L. F. Abbott. + +Gen. Wheelock G. Veazey was President of the Day, and introduced Rev. +Dr. Charles Parkhurst, of Boston, who opened the dedicatory exercises +with prayer. Governor Page delivered the address of welcome, and +was followed by ex-Gov. B. F. Prescott, of New Hampshire, President +of the Bennington Battle Monument Association, who transferred the +monument to the care and keeping of Vermont. Hon. Edward J. Phelps, +the chosen orator of the occasion, then delivered a historical and +scholarly address, which was listened to with marked attention by his +distinguished audience. + +At the conclusion of Mr. Phelps' oration Chairman Veazey introduced +President Harrison, who arose midst prolonged cheers and spoke as +follows: + + _Mr. President and Fellow-citizens_--There are several obvious + reasons why I should not attempt to speak to you at this time. + This great audience is so uncomfortably situated that a further + prolongation of these exercises cannot be desirable, but the stronger + reason is that you have just listened with rapt attention to a most + scholarly and interesting review of those historical incidents which + have suggested this assemblage and to those lessons which they furnish + to thoughtful and patriotic men. [Applause.] A son of Vermont honored + by his fellow-citizens, honored by the Nation which he has served in + distinguished public functions, honored by the profession of which he + is an ornament and an instructor, has spoken for Vermont [applause]; + and it does not seem to me fit that these golden sentences should be + marred by any extemporaneous words which I can add. I come to you + under circumstances that altogether forbid preparation. I have no + other preparation for speech than this inspiring cup of good-will + which you have presented to my lips. [Applause.] The most cordial + welcome which has been extended to me to-day makes it unfitting that + I should omit to make a cordial acknowledgment of it. Perhaps I may + be permitted, as a citizen of a Western State, to give expression to + the high regard and honor in which Vermont is held. Perhaps I may + assume, as a public officer representing in some sense all the States + of the Union, to bring to-day their appreciation of the history and + people of this patriotic State. Its history is unique, as Mr. Phelps + has said. The other colonies staked their lives, their fortunes and + honor upon the struggle for independence, with the assurance that + if, by their valor and sacrifice, independence was achieved, all + these were assured. The inhabitants of the New Hampshire grants alone + fought with their fellow-countrymen of the colonies for liberty, for + political independence, unknowing whether, when it had been achieved, + the property, the homes upon which they dwelt, would be assured by + the success of the confederate colonies. They could not know--they + had the gravest reason to fear--that when the authority of the + confederation of the States had been established this very Government, + to whose supremacy Vermont had so nobly contributed, might lend its + authority to the establishment of the claims of New York upon their + homes; and yet, in all this story, though security of property would + undoubtedly have been pledged by the royal representative, Vermont + took a conspicuous, unselfish, and glorious part in achieving the + independence of the united colonies, trusting to the justice of her + cause for the ultimate security of the homes of her people. [Applause.] + + It is a most noble and unmatched history; and if I may deliver the + message of Indiana as a citizen of that State, and as a public officer + the message of all the States, I came to say, "Worthy Vermont!" + [Cheers]. She has kept the faith unfalteringly from Bennington + until this day. She has added, in war and peace, many illustrious + names to our roll of military heroes and of great statesmen. Her + representation in the national Congress, as it has been known to + me, has been conspicuous for its influence, for the position it has + assumed in committee and in debate, and, so far as I can recall, has + been without personal reproach. [Cheers] We have occasionally come to + Vermont with a call that did not originate with her people, and those + have been answered with the same pure, high consecration to public + duty as has been the case with those who have been chosen by your + suffrages to represent the State, and I found when the difficult task + of arranging a Cabinet was devolved upon me that I could not get along + without a Vermont stick in it [laughter and applause], and I am sure + you have plenty of timber left in each of the great political parties. + [Cheers.] The participation of this State in the War of the Rebellion + was magnificent. Her troops took to the fields of the South that high + consecration to liberty which had characterized their fathers in the + Revolutionary struggle. [Applause.] They did not forget, on the hot + savannas of the South, the green tops of these hills, ever in their + vision, lifting up their hearts in faith that God would again bring + the good cause of freedom to a just issue. [Applause.] We are to-day + approaching the conclusion of a summer of extraordinary fruitfulness. + How insignificant the stores that were gathered at Bennington in 1777 + compared with these great storehouses bursting with fulness to-day! + Our excess meets the deficiency of Europe, and a ready market is + offered for all our cereals. We shall grow richer by contributions + which other countries shall make as they take from our storehouses + the food needed to sustain their people. But after all, it is not + the census tables of production or of wealth that tell the story of + the greatness of this country. Vermont has not been one of the rich + States of the Union in gold and silver, and its lands have not given + the returns that some of the fertile riversides of the West yield. + There has been here constant effort and honest toil; but out of all + this there has been brought a sturdy manhood, which is better than + riches, on which, rather than to wealth, the security of our country + rests. [Applause.] I beg you to accept my sincere thanks again for the + evidence of your friendliness, and my apology that the conditions are + not such as to enable me to speak as I could wish. [Cheers] + + +_The Banquet in the Tent._ + +At 4 o'clock the President's party and the State's invited guests were +entertained at a banquet spread in a mammoth tent. The ladies of the +party were seated in front of the President. Among the notable ladies +present were the wives of General Alger and Attorney-General Miller, +Mrs. E. J. Phelps, Mrs. H. H. Baxter, Mrs. A. F. Walker, Mrs. Horatio +Loomis, Mrs. W. G. Veazey, and the wives of ex-Governor Ormsbee and Gen. +L. G. Kingsley, Miss Roberts, Miss Brown, Miss Ormsbee, the wife of +Senator Morrill, Mrs. B. B. Smalley, the wives of ex-Governors Farnham +and Pingree, and of Auditor Towell. President Harrison was seated +between Governor Page and Secretary Proctor. + +Among the distinguished guests--other than those previously +enumerated--were Justice Blatchford, of the Supreme Court; Gen. Russell +A. Alger; Gen. Alexander S. Webb, of New York; Col. A. F. Walker, of +Chicago; Speaker W. E. Barrett, Massachusetts; Col. Albert Clarke, +Boston; Maj.-Gen. J. M. Warner, of Albany; John King, President Erie +Railway; H. W. Bruce, Kentucky; ex-Gov. R. S. Green, New Jersey; Hon. +B. B. Smalley, Dr. E. H. Doty, Asa B. Gardner, Maj.-Gen. William Walls; +Surg.-Gen. J. C. Rutherford and Quartermaster-General W. H. Gilmore, +of Vermont, F. B. Barrett and L. L. Tarbell, Massachusetts; Col. H. C. +Cutler, Col. M. J. Horton, Col. W. H. H. Slack, and Col. H. F. Brigham, +of Governor Page's staff. The following ex-Governors of Vermont were +present: J. W. Stewart, Barstow, Pingree, Farnham, and E. J. Ormsbee. + +The entertainment was upon an extraordinary scale, inasmuch as over +3,500 persons were seated at the banquet tables at one time, and 16,000 +pieces of figured china were used, while the President's table was +provided with a dinner service of rare Sevres and old Delft ware. + +General Veazey, the President of the Committee, again introduced +President Harrison, who spoke as follows: + + _Mr. President and Fellow-citizens_--Whatever temporary injury my + voice has suffered was not at the hands of Vermont. [Laughter and + applause.] New York is responsible. In Albany I spoke in the rain to a + large assemblage. Perhaps, if it were worth while to trace this vocal + infirmity further, I might find its origin at Cape May [laughter], + for I think I started upon this trip with the elements of a cold that + has to some degree marred the pleasure which I had anticipated to-day. + But, notwithstanding what my friend, General Veazey, has described + as "the dilapidated condition" of my voice, I will respond to his + request to say a word to you. I know that General Veazey had been + put in charge of the transportation lines of the country; but I did + not expect to find him in charge of what the boys used to call the + "cracker line." [Laughter.] It seems that his capacity for usefulness + in the public service is so great and so diversified that you have + called upon him to conduct the exercises of this magnificent occasion. + He is a most excellent Interstate Commerce Commissioner [applause], an + honor to your State, and I have no criticism of him as President of + the day, except that he calls too much attention to me. [Laughter and + applause.] + + This scene, these tables so bountifully and so tastefully spread, + was one full of beauty when we entered, but it seems now to have + taken on some of that "dilapidation" which General Veazey ascribed + to my voice. [Laughter.] I am sure that if the supplies gathered at + Bennington to-day had been here in 1777 that struggle would have been + much more obstinate. [Laughter.] But, my fellow-citizens, there is + much in this occasion that is full of instruction to the strangers + who by your hospitable invitation have the privilege of meeting with + you. Wherever men may have been born within this galaxy of great + States, which makes the greater Union, there is respect and honor + for the New England character. It has been a source of strength to + the Nation in its development in material things. It has furnished + to literature and to invention some of the largest contributions; + but, more than all this, it has done a great work for all the States, + and especially those States of the West and Northwest, in which its + enterprising sons have found new homes, in establishing everywhere a + love of social order and a patriotic devotion to the Union of States. + [Applause.] If we seek to find the institutions of New England that + have formed the character of its own people and have exercised a + stronger moulding influence than that of any other section upon our + whole people we shall find them, I think, in their temples, in their + schools, in their town meetings and in their God-fearing homes. + [Applause.] The courage of those who fought at Bennington, at Concord, + Lexington, Bunker Hill, and Saratoga was born of a high trust in God. + They were men who, fearing God, had naught else to fear. That devotion + to local self-government which originated and for so long maintained + the town meeting, establishing and perpetuating a true democracy, an + equal, full participation and responsibility in all public affairs + on the part of every citizen, was the cause of the development of + the love of social order and respect for law which has characterized + your communities, has made them safe and commemorable abodes for + your people. These migrations between the States have been to your + loss, but there is now a turning back to these States of New England + and to some of its unused farms, which I believe is to continue and + increase. The migration which you have sent into the South to develop + its industries, to open its mines, to set up factories and furnaces, + is doing marvellous work in unifying our people. [Applause.] As I + journeyed recently across the continent this oneness of our people was + strongly impressed upon me. I think these centennial observances which + have crowded one upon another from Concord to the centennial of the + adoption of the Constitution and the organization of the Supreme Court + have turned the thought of our people to the most inspiring incident + in our history, and have greatly intensified and developed our love + of the flag and our Constitution. [Applause.] I do not believe there + has been a time in our history when there has been a deeper, fonder + love for the unity of the States, for the flag that emblematizes this + unity, and for the Constitution which cements it. [Applause.] + + I believe we have come to a time when we may look out to greater + things. Secure in our own institutions, enriched almost beyond + calculation, I believe we have reached a time when we may take a large + part in the great transactions of the world. [Cheers.] I believe + our people are prepared now to insist that the American flag shall + again be seen upon the sea [applause], and that our merchants and + manufacturers are ready to seize the golden opportunity that is now + offered for extending our commerce into the States of Central and + South America. [Cheers.] I believe that conservative views of finance + will prevail in this country. [Applause.] I am sure discontent and + temporary distress will not tempt our people to forsake those safe + lines of public administration in which commercial security alone + rests. [Applause.] As long as the general Government furnishes the + money of the people for their great business transactions I believe + we will insist, as I have said before, that every dollar issued, + whether paper or coin, shall be as good and be kept as good as any + other dollar that issues. [Cheers.] The purity, the equality of what + we call dollars must be preserved, or an element of uncertainty and + of bankruptcy will be introduced into all business transactions. This + I may say without crossing lines of division: How this end is to be + attained I will not attempt to sketch, but I do not hesitate to say + that I feel myself, in the public interest, pledged so far as in me + lies to maintain that equality between our circulating money that is + essential to the perfect use of all. [Prolonged applause.] + + I have gone beyond the promise of the President of the day, and have + been betrayed by your friendliness into speaking two or three words. + May I, in closing, tender to these good women of Vermont my thanks + for the grace and sweetness which their services and their presence + have lent to this happy occasion? May I say to them that the devoted + services of their mothers, their courage and patience and helpfulness + shown by the women in the great struggle for liberty cannot be too + highly appreciated? It was an easier fate to march with bared breasts + against the Hessian ramparts at Bennington than to sit in the lonely + homestead awaiting the issue with tearful eyes uplifted to God in + prayer for those who perilled their lives for the cause. All honor to + the New England mother, the queen of the New England home! [Applause.] + There, in those nurseries of virtue and truth, have been found the + strongest influences that have moulded your people for good and led + your sons to honor. [Great cheering.] + +At the conclusion John B. Carney, Chairman of the Citizens' Committee, +presented General Harrison with a gold medal bearing a likeness of the +Bennington Monument. As the medal was pinned on the President's coat he +remarked: "It needed not this memento to remind me of this auspicious +occasion." + + + + +MT. M'GREGOR, AUGUST 20. + + +President Harrison and his party arrived at Saratoga on the morning of +the 20th, and were heartily greeted. He immediately embarked for Mt. +McGregor, where another large gathering welcomed him. After visiting the +historic Grant cottage the President became the guest of W. J. Arkell, +at the latter's cottage on the mountain. In the afternoon the party +partook of a "country dinner" at the Hotel Balmoral, given by the Hon. +James Arkell in honor of the President's fifty-eighth birthday. + +About 120 guests participated. Senator Arkell presided. Among those +present besides the President's party were: B. Gillam, Capt. John +Palmer, Commander G. A. R.; Hugh Reilly, W. H. Bockes, M. L. Staver, +P. Farrelly, J. S. Lamoreaux, J. M. Francis, William Barnes, Jr., +and William Whitney, of Albany; Edward Ellis and Samuel Insul, of +Schenectady; John W. Vrooman, of Herkimer; J. Y. Foster, C. C. Shayne, +Spencer Trask, John A. Sleicher, J. H. Breslin, W. A. Sweetzer, S. E. +May, and Marshall P. Wilder, of New York; D. F. Ritchie, W. T. Rockwood, +H. B. Hanson, J. G. B. Woolworthy, W. Lester, C. S. Lester, W. W. +Worden, E. H. Peters, J. M. Marvin, E. C. Clark, and T. F. Hamilton, of +Saratoga; J. A. Manning, of Troy; D. W. Mabee, Frank Jones, and S. C. +Medberry, of Ballston, and John Kellogg and W. J. Kline, of Amsterdam. +Mr. Arkell paid an eloquent tribute to the memory of General Grant and +congratulated his distinguished guest. + +President Harrison arose and amid great cheering began: + + _Mr. Arkell and Friends_--It was a part of the covenant of + this feast that it should be a silent one; not exactly a Quaker + meeting, as Mr. Arkell has said, because silence there is apt to + be broken by the moving of the spirit. That is not a safe rule for + a banquet. [Laughter.] I rise only to thank your generous host and + these gentlemen from different parts of the State who honor this + occasion for their friendliness and their esteem. We are gathered + here in a spot which is historic. This mountain has been fixed in + the affectionate and reverent memory of all our people and has been + glorified by the death on its summit of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. + [Applause.] It is fit that that great spirit that had already lifted + its fame to a height unknown in American history should take its + flight from this mountain-top. It has been said that a great life went + out here; but great lives, like that of General Grant, do not go out. + They go on. [Cries of "Good! Good!" and great applause.] I will ask + you in a reverent and affectionate and patriotic remembrance of that + man who came to recover all failures in military achievement, and with + his great generalship and inflexible purpose to carry the flag of the + republic to ultimate triumph, recalling with reverent interest his + memory, to drink a toast in silence as a pledge that we will ever + keep in mind his great services, and in doing so will perpetuate his + great citizenship and the glory of the Nation he fought to save. + + + + +SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK, AUGUST 21. + + +The President left Mt. McGregor the afternoon of the 21st, and reached +Saratoga at 4 o'clock, where 50,000 people joined in an ovation to him. +It was the largest gathering ever seen in Saratoga, and the town was +resplendent with colors. The Chief Executive was met by a reception +committee composed of Hon. John R. Putnam, Hon. A. Bockes, Hon. Henry +Hilton, Hon. H. S. Clement, Hon. James M. Marvin, Hon. John W. Crane, +Hon. J. W. Houghton, Gen. W. B. French, Hon. John Foley, Hon. D. Lohnas, +Col. David F. Ritchie, Hon. Lewis Varney, Lieut. A. L. Hall, Edward +Kearney, John A. Manning, George B. Cluett, Prof. Edward N. Jones, and +J. G. B. Woolworth. Wheeler Post, G. A. R., acted as an escort of honor. + +Arrived at the Grand Union Hotel, the President was greeted with great +clapping of hands and the waving of 10,000 handkerchiefs by the ladies. +He reviewed the procession from the piazza, and, on being introduced by +Village President Lohnas, spoke a follows: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--The greatness of this assembly makes it + impossible that I should do more than thank you for the magnificent + welcome which you have extended me to-day. I have great pleasure in + being again for a few days in Saratoga--this world renowned health + and pleasure resort. It gives me great satisfaction to witness, on + the part of the citizens of Saratoga and of the visitors who are + spending a season for refreshment or recuperation here, the expression + of kindness which beams upon me from all your faces. I am sure the + explanation of all this is that you are all American citizens, lovers + of the flag and the Constitution [applause], and in thus assembling + you give expression to your loyalty and patriotism. [Applause.] It + is not, I am sure, an individual expression; it is larger and better + than that, for this country of ours is distinguished in naught else + more than in the fact that its people give their love and loyalty + and service, not to individuals, but to institutions. [Applause.] + We love this country because it is a land of liberty, because the + web and woof of its institutions are designed to promote and secure + individual liberty and general prosperity. [Applause.] We love it + because it not only does not create, but because it does not tolerate, + any distinction between men other than that of merit. [Applause.] I + desire to thank those comrades who wear the honored badge of the Grand + Army of the Republic for their escort and their welcome. I never see + this badge anywhere that I do not recognize its wearer as a friend. + [Applause.] Survivors of a great struggle for the perpetuity of our + institutions--having endured in march and camp and battle the utmost + that men can endure, and given the utmost that men can give--they are + now as citizens of this republic in civic life doing their part to + maintain order in its communities and to promote in peace the honor + and prosperity of the country they saved. [Applause.] Thanking you + once more for your friendliness and cordial enthusiasm, I will ask you + to excuse me from further speech. [Great applause.] + + + + +FROM SARATOGA THROUGH VERMONT. + + +The last day of the President's stay at Saratoga Springs he was tendered +a reception by Mr. and Mrs. J. S. T. Stranahan, of Brooklyn, at the +Pompeiian House of Pansa. Admission was by card, and several hundred +well-known people paid their respects to the Chief Magistrate. The wives +of Governor Jackson, of Maryland, ex-Governor Baldwin, of Michigan, +and Hon. George Bliss, of New York, assisted the host and hostess in +receiving. Hon. David F. Ritchie introduced the guests. + +On the morning of August 25 the President, accompanied by Secretary +Proctor and the other members of his party, left Saratoga on a +journey through the Green Mountain State. They were accompanied +by Vice-President E. C. Smith, of the Vermont Central road, and +Superintendent C. D. Hammond, of the Delaware and Hudson. + + + + +WHITEHALL, NEW YORK, AUGUST, 25. + + +The first stop was at Whitehall, where the party was met by Hon. H. G. +Burleigh, Gen. J. C. Rogers, William Sinnott, Luke H. Carrington, A. J. +Taft, and Maj. John Dwyer, President of the Washington County Veteran +Association. A train containing several hundred veterans, on their way +to a reunion at Dresden, was in waiting, and a large crowd assembled +around the President's car. The Burleigh Corps acted as a guard of +honor. Ex-Congressman Burleigh, in a brief speech, introduced the +President, whose remarks created much enthusiasm. He said: + + _Comrades and Fellow-citizens_--It is pleasant to come this morning + upon an assemblage of comrades gathering with their families to a + social reunion to recall their services and sacrifices and to bathe + their souls in the glory of this bright day and of this great land + that they fought to save. [Applause.] Such assemblages are full + of interest to the veterans, and they are full of instruction and + inspiration to those who gather with them. It is our habit in the + West, as it is yours here, to have these annual meetings, and it is + always a pleasure to me when I can arrange to meet with the comrades + of my old regiment, or of the old brigade, or with the veterans of + any regiment of any State who stood for the flag. [Applause.] There + is a pathetic side to all this. We gather with diminished ranks from + year to year. We miss the comrades who are dropping by the way. We see + repeated now that which we saw as the great column moved on in the + campaign of the war--a comrade dropping out, borne to the hospital, + followed to the grave--and yet these soldier memories and thoughts + are brightened by the glories which inspire and attend all these + gatherings of the veterans of the war. We see the old flag again, and + I am glad to believe that there has never been a period in our history + when there was more love for it. [Applause.] + + It is quite natural that it should be so. These veterans who stand + about me have seen many days and months in camps and battlefields and + in devastated country through which they marched when there was on + all the horizon one thing of beauty--that glorified flag. [Applause.] + They brought home the love of it in their hearts, wrought in every + fibre of their nature; and it is very natural that the children who + have come on should catch this inspiration and love from the fathers + who perilled everything that the flag might still be held in honor, + and still be an emblem of the authority of one Constitution over an + undivided Nation. We see to-day how worthy the land was for which + our comrades died, and for which you, my comrades, offered your + lives, in its great development and its increasing population, in + its multiplying homes, where plenty and prosperity, the love of God + and social order, and all good things abide. In this great Nation, + striding on in wealth and prosperity to the very first place among the + nations of the earth; in this land, in truth as well as in theory the + land of the free, we see that which was worthy of the utmost sacrifice + of the truest men. [Prolonged Cheers.] + + I recall with pleasure that some of the New York regiments, coming + to the Western army with Hooker and Howard and Gerry and Williams and + others, served in the same corps to which I was designated during the + great campaign upon Atlanta. Some of the comrades who made that march + from Chattanooga to Atlanta and the sea are here to-day, survivors of + one of the greatest, in all its aspects, of all the campaigns of the + war. You came from those bloody fields upon the Potomac, and struck + hands with us of the West as brothers. You helped us in the struggle + there to cut the Confederacy in twain, and, lapping around by the sea, + to strike hands with Grant again near Appomattox. [cheers.] + + I thank you again most cordially for your friendly demonstration + and presence. If I had the power to call down blessings upon my + fellow-men, the home of every comrade here would be full of all + prosperity. [Applause.] + + + + +FAIR HAVEN, VERMONT, AUGUST 25. + + +At Whitehall the party was joined by Adj.-Gen. T. S. Peck and Col. +M. J. Horton, of Governor Page's staff. When the Vermont line was +reached General Peck, in the name of the Governor, formally welcomed +the President to the State. Fair Haven was reached at 10 o'clock. The +Reception Committee was Hon. Samuel L. Hazard, Andrew N. Adams, George +M. Fuller, and Wm. V. Roberts. + +Mr. Hazard introduced President Harrison, who said: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--We have already lost some minutes at your + station, and it will not be possible for me to hold the train longer. + I thank you for this friendly greeting, and for the kindness which + beams upon me from the faces of these contented and happy men and + women of the good State of Vermont. I am glad to see about me the + evidences of the indomitable pluck and successful enterprise which + characterize so highly all of your New England States. When you found + the stones too thick to make agriculture profitable you compelled + the rocks to yield you a subsistence, and these great slate and + marble industries have become the centre of wealthy and prosperous + communities. You are here, each in his own place; these good ladies in + that supremely influential position, the American home, and you, my + countrymen, in the shops and in the fields, making contributions to + the prosperity and glory of this great Nation. It is pleasant to know + that the love of country, stimulated by the teaching of the father and + of the mother, revived by these recollections of the first struggle + for independence, deepened by the sacrifices which were made in the + Civil War to preserve what our fathers had purchased for us, are still + holding sway in the hearts of our people. [Cheers.] + + We are conspicuously a people abiding in respect and honor for + the law. The law, as expressed in our constitutions and in our + statute-books, is the sovereign to which we all bow. We acknowledge + no other. To the law each and every one should give his undivided + allegiance and his faithful service. There is no other rule that + will bring and maintain in our communities that peaceful and orderly + condition, that good neighborhood and kindly intercourse, which is + so essential to the happiness of any community. I am sure that these + things, now as of old, characterize these New England communities, + where the strife which your colder climate and your soil compel you + to make for your subsistence has bred habits of thrift, economy, and + independence, and the love of liberty which I am sure is as fadeless + as the stars. [Applause.] + + Thanking you again for this pleasant morning reception, I will bid + you good-by. [Applause.] + + + + +CASTLETON, VERMONT, AUGUST 25. + + +At Castleton there was a large crowd, including 200 pupils of the +Normal School, who pelted the President with roses and golden-rod. The +Reception Committee comprised Hon. Henry L. Clark, A. E. Leavenworth, S. +B. Ellis, and A. L. Ramson. + +Judge Clark introduced the President, who said: + + _Ladies and Gentlemen_--It is very pleasant to meet here, mingling + with the citizens of this neighborhood, the pupils of your Normal + School. One of the most influential characters in the history of the + United States is the New England school-teacher. If we could follow + the track of these intelligent men and women who have gone out from + the New England States into the West and South; if we could trace + those strong, yet slender and hard-to-be-discovered, threads of + influence which they have started in the communities to which they + went; if we could know how they have impressed on the minds of the + pupils brought under their care the great lessons of self-respect + and love for free institutions and social order,--we should have a + higher thought than we have yet had of the power and dignity of these + pioneers of education. [Cheers.] + + + + +BRANDON, VERMONT, AUGUST 25. + + +Brandon gave the travellers a hearty reception at 11 A.M. Ex-Gov. +J. W. Stewart, of Middlebury, Hon. Aldace F. Walker, of Chicago; G. +G. Benedict and C. S. Forbes, of St. Albans, joined the party here. +Ex-Governor Ormsbee welcomed the President on behalf of the residents of +Brandon. + +General Harrison said: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--The kindly pelting which I have received at + the hands of some of your ladies and of these bright children reminds + me of a like experience on the California trip, when we were so pelted + with bouquets of handsome flowers that we were very often compelled + to retreat from the platform and take cover in the car. These gifts + of flowers which you bring to me here are the products of your fields + and not of your gardens. The beautiful golden-rod! It is pleasant to + think that in this plant, so widely distributed, slightly diversified + in its characteristics, but spreading over nearly our whole country, + we have a type of the diversity and yet the oneness of our people; and + I am glad to think that its golden hue typifies the gladness and joy + and prosperity that is over all our fields this happy year, and, I + trust, in all your homes. I thank you for your pleasant greeting this + morning, and bid you good-by. [Cheers.] + + + + +MIDDLEBURY, VERMONT, AUGUST 25. + + +On the arrival of the train at Middlebury at 11:30 A.M. another large +and enthusiastic throng was on hand. The President was greeted by +ex-Gov. John W. Stewart, Col. A. A. Fletcher, G. S. Wainwright, Judge +James M. Slade, Charles M. Wilds, E. H. Thorp, E. P. Russell, B. S. +Beckwith, E. J. Mathews, John H. Stewart, A. J. Marshall, Col. T. M. +Chapman, Rufus Wainwright, and Frank A. Bond. The veterans of Russel +Post, G. A. R., were present in a body, also the Sons of Veterans. + +Governor Stewart introduced the President, who said: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--Though I have not before had the pleasure of + looking into the faces of many of you, Vermont has for many years + been familiar to me, and has been placed high in my esteem by the + acquaintance I have formed at Washington with the representatives + you have sent there. It has been a great pleasure to me to know your + esteemed fellow-citizen, Governor Stewart. Your State and district and + the Nation at large have had in him a most able and faithful champion + of all that was true and clean and right. [Three cheers were given for + Governor Stewart.] + + You have been particularly fortunate, I think, in your + representatives at Washington, as I had occasion to say the other day + at Bennington. I am glad to be here at the site of this institution of + learning--Middlebury College, which is soon to complete its hundredth + year of modest yet efficient service in training the minds of your + young men for usefulness in life. These home institutions, in which + these able and faithful men assiduously give themselves and their + lives to the building up and development of the intelligence--and + not only that, but of the moral side of your young men--are bulwarks + of strength to your State and to your community. They cannot be too + highly esteemed and honored by you; because, my countrymen, kings may + rule over an ignorant people, and by their iron control hold them in + subjection and in the quietness of tyranny, but a free land rests + upon the intelligence of its people, and has no other safety than in + well-grounded education and thorough moral training. [Cries of "Good! + Good!" and applause.] Again I thank you for this cordial greeting + which Vermont gives me this morning, and to these comrades and friends + I extend a comrade's greeting and good wishes. [Applause.] + + + + +VERGENNES, VERMONT, AUGUST 25. + + +At Vergennes a large and joyful crowd greeted the distinguished +traveller. The Reception Committee comprised Hon. J. G. Hindes, Mayor of +the city; Hon. J. D. Smith, Herrick Stevens, and J. N. Norton. + +Secretary Proctor introduced the President, who spoke as follows: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--I have had, as you know, some experience in + this business of speaking from the end of a railroad train. But it has + seemed to me this morning that these Vermont towns are closer together + than on any other route I have travelled. [Laughter.] Perhaps it is + because your State is not very large, and you have had to put your + towns close together in order to get them all in. [Laughter.] I have + heard an interesting story of the origin of this city of Vergennes. + I suppose it was one of the earliest instances in the history of our + country, if not the very first, of a city being constructed upon paper + before it was built upon the ground. [Laughter.] That has come to be + quite a familiar practice in these late days of speculation, but it + is singular that a city charter and the ample corporate limits of one + mile square should have been given to Vergennes before this century + began. If the expectations of the founder of this city have not been + realized fully, you have more than realized all the thoughts of Ethan + Allan and his contemporaries in the greatness and prosperity of your + State and in the richer glory and higher greatness of the Nation of + which you are a part. [Cheers.] + + I am glad this morning to look into the contented faces of another + audience of New England people. You were greatly disparaged in the + estimation of some of our people before the Civil War. There had + spread unfortunately over the minds of our Southern brethren the + impression that you were so much given to money, to thrift, and + to toil that your hands had forgotten how to fight. It was a most + wholesome lesson when the whole country learned again in the gallant + charges and stubborn resistances of the Vermont Brigade that the + old New England spirit still lived; that Paul Revere still rode the + highways of New England; and that the men of Concord and Lexington + and Bennington still ploughed her fields. [Applause.] I am glad to + meet you this bright, joyous morning; and I am sure, in view of the + fatigues that have preceded and that are to follow, you will excuse + me from further speech, and accept my most heartfelt thanks for your + friendliness. [Applause.] + + + + +BURLINGTON, VERMONT, AUGUST 25. + + +Burlington gave the President a royal reception Tuesday noon. The Queen +City was elaborately decorated, and all business was suspended during +the demonstration. The distinguished visitors were welcomed by Senator +George F. Edmunds, his honor Mayor Hazelton, Col. Le Grand B. Cannon, +Hon. E. J. Phelps, Gen. William Wells, ex-Gov. U. A. Woodbury, Hon. B. +B. Smalley, Hon. G. G. Benedict, C. F. Wheeler, ex-Governor Barstow, C. +W. Woodhouse, and Elias Lyman, President of the Board of Aldermen. After +luncheon at the home of Senator Edmunds, the President was escorted +through the Fletcher Library to a platform fronting the park, where +20,000 people greeted him. + +Mayor Hazelton delivered the address of welcome and introduced President +Harrison, who responded as follows: + + _Mr. Mayor and Fellow-citizens_--I am not a little intimidated as I + face so unexpectedly this vast concourse of the citizens of this great + State of Vermont. I say great, though your territorial extent does not + place you among large States; great in an origin that gave occasion + for an early and resolute expression of that love of liberty which + has always pervaded your people; great in a population that has never + bowed the knee to the arrogance of power or to the blandishments of + wealth, and has, through all the history of the State, maintained the + inspiration of its early annals for love of personal independence. I + rejoice to be present to-day at the home of one of your distinguished + public servants, with whom it was my good fortune for a time to be + associated in the discharge of public duties. I am glad to see here, + at his own home, the respect and honor in which George F. Edmunds + is deservedly held by the people of Vermont. [Applause.] Having for + six years witnessed the value of his services as a legislator in the + Senate of the United States, I share with you the regret that this + country is no longer to enjoy those services; though it is a source + of gratification to you, as it is to me, to know that in his love and + loyalty to the State that he has so highly honored, in his love and + loyalty to the Union of States, there will be no call for his wise + counsel and help that will not find a ready response from the walks of + life which he has chosen to resume. [Applause.] + + My fellow-citizens, it is true, as your Mayor has said, happily + true, that we not infrequently, and with ease, lift ourselves above + all the contentions of party strife and stand in the clear, inspiring + and stimulating sunshine as American patriots. [Applause.] We are + conspicuously a people who give their allegiance to institutions and + not to men. [Applause.] It were a happy thing for others of our sister + republics on this hemisphere if they could follow this great example. + Our people are not slow to appreciate public services. They are not + reluctant to acknowledge transcendent genius, but they give their + loyalty as citizens to institutions, and not to parties or to men. + [Applause.] This was happily shown in our great rebellion, when party + divisions, that seemed to lift barriers between us like these mountain + peaks, were obliterated in a moment by that love for the Constitution + and the flag which pervaded all our people [applause]--a love that + made the people of all these great States one; that sent from Vermont + and Massachusetts, as from Indiana, those stalwart and devoted sons + who offered--many of them gave--their lives for the perpetuity of the + Union and the honor of the flag. Let us pursue our lines of division. + It is characteristic of a free people--it is essential--that mental + agitation and unrest out of which the highest and best is evolved. But + let us never forget that the fundamental thought of our Government + is the rule of the majority, lawfully expressed at pure and clean + elections, and that, when thus expressed, the laws enacted by those + chosen to make our laws are not less of the minority than of the + majority. [Applause.] Those who make the laws are our servants, to + whom we yield the respect of office and that measure of personal + regard to which their lives may entitle them. [Applause.] + + We are this year a most favored and happy people. Drouth has blasted + the crops of many of the nations of the world. Most of the peoples + of Europe are short of food. And God has this year, mercifully to + us, mercifully to them, made our store-houses to burst with plenty. + We have a great surplus of breadstuffs, and there is not a bushel of + wheat, corn, rye or oats that will not find a ready market this year. + Happy are we in this great prosperity; happy that again out of your + abundance the lack of other peoples may be supplied. Let us be careful + that our heads are not turned by too much prosperity. It has been out + of hardness, out of struggles, out of self-denials, out of that thrift + and economy which was an incident of your soil, that the best things + in New England have come. [Applause.] And, while thankful to God for a + season that diffuses its blessings as this sweet sunshine is diffused + into all our homes, let us remember that it is not, after all, riches + that exalt the Nation. It is a pure, clean, high, intellectual, moral, + and God-fearing citizenship that is our glory and security as a + Nation. [Applause.] + + Let me thank you again for the friendliness of your manifestations, + for the opportunity to stand for a few moments in this most + beautiful city. [Applause.] You have the advantage of many of our + municipalities. You have not only the beauties of these groves and + gardens and pleasant streets and lovely homes, but from these hilltops + you have laid under contribution fifty miles in either direction to + beautify Burlington. [Applause.] I thank you, and part with you with + regret that my stay cannot be longer and my intercourse with you more + personal and informal. [Applause.] + + + + +ST. ALBANS, VERMONT, AUGUST 25. + + +The President and party embarked at Burlington on board Col. W. Seward +Webb's yacht _Elfrida_ and greatly enjoyed the sail on Lake Champlain, +landing at Maquam in the evening, whence a special train carried them +to St. Albans, where they were welcomed by the Committee of Reception, +consisting of Hon. A. D. Tenney, George T. Childs, Alfred A. Hall, T. M. +Deal, W. Tracy Smith, B. F. Kelley, A. L. Weeks, and A. W. Fuller. After +dining at Governor Smith's the President, at 9 P.M., was escorted to the +Welden House, fronting St. Albans Park. Twelve thousand people greeted +him. The scene was one of unusual beauty; from the branching elms hung +2,000 Chinese lanterns. + +When the President appeared on the balcony the enthusiasm was great. He +was introduced by Hon. E. C. Smith, and spoke as follows: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--I fear that my voice will not permit me + suitably to acknowledge this magnificent demonstration. In the tour + which I made this spring across the continent I witnessed very many + great assemblages and looked upon very many brilliant and entrancing + scenes, but I recall none outside the greater cities more beautiful + and worthy than this in St. Albans to-night. [Applause.] Most deeply + do I feel whatever of personal respect you thus evidence, and yet more + highly do I appreciate that love of American institutions, that fealty + to the flag, which I am sure is the dominant impulse in this great + assembly. [Applause.] + + Your situation upon this great water line connecting the St. + Lawrence with the Hudson was an early suggestion to the trader as + well as to the invader. The Indian canoe, the boat of the fur-trader, + ploughed these waters in the early days of our history. At a later + time they suggested to the military leaders of Great Britain who + commanded the armies sent for the subjection of the colonies that + familiar strategy of severing the colonies into two parts by moving + and establishing posts upon Champlain and the Hudson. These attempts + and the brave resistance which was made by our people, in which + Vermont had so conspicuous and creditable a part, have made all the + shores of Lake Champlain historic ground. In the address delivered + by President Bartlett in 1877 at the observance of the centennial of + the battle of Bennington, I noticed that he said, "Trading Manchester + sent two regiments to conquer a market," and it recalled to my mind + the fact that one of the great motives of resistance on the part of + the colonies was the unjust trade restrictions and exactions which + were imposed upon them by the mother country in order to secure the + American markets for the British manufacturer. You recall how severe + and persistent were the measures adopted in order to repress and crush + out the establishment of manufacturing industries in the colonies. + This battle for a market was never more general or more strenuous than + now among all of the nations of the world, though now generally not + pushed to bloodshed. [Applause.] All of the countries of the Old World + have through colonial extension by the division of Africa, much as a + boy might divide a watermelon among his fellows, had reference largely + to trade extensions and enlarged markets. In this contest we have + ourselves engaged, not by attempting to push our political domain into + lands that are not rightfully ours, not by attempting to overthrow or + subjugate the weaker but friendly powers of this hemisphere, but by + those methods of peaceful and profitable interchange which are good + for them as for us, [Cries of "Good! good!" and applause.] Secure in + the great American market for our manufactures--a market the best + per capita of any in the world--we have come now to believe that + we may well extend our trade and send our manufactured products to + other countries across the seas and in ships carrying the American + flag. [Cries of "Good! good!" and applause.] We do not need in any + degree to break down or injure our own domestic industries. We are + consuming, to an enormous extent, of tropical products not produced + by our people, and by a fair exchange with the nations sending us + sugar, tea, and coffee we propose and have entered successfully upon + the enterprise of opening the markets of Central and South America to + the manufacturing establishments of New England and the United States. + [Cries of "Good! good!" and applause.] + + I am sure every American will rejoice in the success which has + thus far attended these efforts, and will rejoice that with this + expanding trade to the southward there opens before us this year a + largely increased traffic in agricultural products with the nations + of Europe. We have never in the history of our country harvested such + a crop as has now been gathered into the granaries of the United + States. [Applause.] We shall have an enormously large surplus of + breadstuffs for exportation, and it happens that in this period of + our abundance crop failures or shortages in India, in Russia, in + France, in Germany, and England have opened a market that will require + the last bushel of grain we have to sell. [Cries of "Good! good!" + and applause.] Rejoicing in the peace that pervades our land, proud + of institutions which have for more than a hundred years witnessed + their adequacy to give peace and security at home and to preserve our + National honor abroad, rejoicing in the great increase of material + wealth which is flowing in upon us, may we not on these great lines + of enterprise, lifting ourselves now to newer and larger thoughts of + what this country may be, enter upon these opening avenues of trade + and influence upon which are the beckoning invitations of friendly + peoples? [Applause.] + + Let me thank you again for this magnificent assemblage of Vermont + patriots and of Vermont women, who have shared with her gallant men + the sacrifices and suffering that this State has borne that it might + be born among the States, and, having been admitted to the sisterhood, + might, though small in geographical extent and population, bear a + noble and honorable part in the work of holding up the American + character and defending the American flag. [Great applause.] + + + + +RICHMOND, VERMONT, AUGUST 26. + + +President Harrison passed the night at St. Albans. On his departure, +the morning of the 26th, he was accompanied by Secretary Proctor, +ex-Governor Smith and wife, Colonel and Mrs. E. C. Smith, Tracy Smith, +Hon. H. H. Powers, Henry R. Start, D. Sage McKay, Col. Geo. T. Childs, +and Col. M. J. Horton, of Governor Page's staff. + +The first stop of the day was at Richmond, where a large audience +greeted the party. Among the prominent citizens who received the +President were: Judge E. B. Andrews, Hon. U. S. Whitcomb, Capt. G. A. +Edwards, Dr. C. W. Jacobs, Hon. H. A. Hodges, C. P. Rhodes and Edgar T. +Jacobs. The veterans of Bronson Barber Post, G. A. R., were present in a +body. + +Congressman Powers introduced the President, who said: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--It is a little early in the morning to begin + the daily round of speech-making, and yet I cannot refrain from saying + to you how highly I appreciate your morning welcome. There is the + tonic of your fine mountain air and the glory of your sunshine in + these cordial manifestations of your respect and good-will. I hope + no American citizen will ever begrudge the President of the United + States the refreshment which comes from these occasional visits + through the country, and from that draught of good-will which he + receives as he looks into the faces and takes the hands of these + good people, who have no other interest in the Government than that + it shall be honestly administered for the general good. Washington + is not always full of that kind of people; we are more certain, + perhaps, to find them in the country. And yet no one should complain + of honest criticism, and perhaps fault-finding has its use, for + occasionally it must be well grounded and disclose to us errors we + might otherwise have failed to discern. But, after all, the bracing + of the good-will of the good people of this country is very essential + to those who, in the midst of great perplexity and doubt and under + staggering responsibility, endeavor as they see the right to do it. + No man can do more than this, and I look upon this popular feature + of our Government, the readiness of communication, the nearness + and familiarity of access which the people have with all public + servants, as a great safeguard to those who might otherwise become + separated from those impulses which are, after all, the safest and + best. [Applause.] I have had great pleasure in passing through your + beautiful valley this morning. I can most sincerely commend what I see + in these farms and thrifty homes. Vermont is a mountain State, and, I + suppose, because your horizon is a little high you are more frequently + than we who live on the plains compelled to look up. That may account + for a great many of the good things which we discover in the New + England character. I thank you for your kindness. [Applause.] + + + + +WATERBURY, VERMONT, AUGUST, 26. + + +Waterbury was reached at 10:30 A.M. Governor Page and Hon. W. W. Grout +joined the party here. About 10,000 people were assembled to greet +the President, prominent among whom were: G. E. Moody, Esq., Hon. G. +W. Rundall, Hon. E. F. Palmer, M. M. Knight, George W. Atkins, John +Batchelder, L. H. Haines, Justin W. Moody, C. C. Warren, W. R. Elliott, +C. H. Arms, Charles Wells, Dr. Henry Janes, and F. H. Atherton. + +Hon. Wm. Paul Dillingham made the welcoming address and introduced the +President, who responded as follows: + + _My Friends_--It is very pleasant to know that a public officer may + travel everywhere through this great land of ours--and only those who + have traversed it can understand how great it is--and find always + his sure defence and care in the good-will and respect of the people + who surround him. If we bar out the irresponsible crank, so far as I + can see the President is in no peril, except that he may be killed + by the superabundant kindness of the people. [Laughter.] There seems + to be an impression that his strength and capacity for speech-making + is unfailing [laughter] and that his arm is a hickory limb. But it + is very kind of you and all these good, people of Vermont who have + met me on this journey to express so pleasantly by your cheers, and + much more by your kindly faces, the love and loyalty you have for + those in the situation with which the suffrage of the people has for + the time connected me. The New England character is one that has + been much written about, much discussed, and I think that even those + who have found points for the sharpest criticism have, when they + adopted the Yankee method of averages, concluded that the influences + emanating from Plymouth Rock and diffusing themselves first through + the New Hampshire Grants and then the Western Reserve of Ohio, and + so scattering and disseminating the seeds of intelligence and love + of liberty throughout the whole land, have been good for the whole + country. The New England man is a man with his eye open everywhere. + I have sometimes thought that the habit of attention, of giving the + whole mind to the business in hand, had its very natural origin and + development in New England agriculture. The man who holds a plough in + a stumpy or stony ground learns the lesson that he had better give + his mind to the business in hand. [Laughter.] Otherwise the revenge + and punishments for inattention are so prompt and severe that he is + quickly called back from any mental wanderings into which he may + have fallen. I had occasion to say a moment ago that the fact that + the mountain regions of the world had always furnished the bravest + champions of liberty and the most strenuous defenders of the faith was + possibly owing to the fact that their horizon was so high that if they + looked at all they were compelled to look up. [Laughter and applause.] + + My countrymen, we have a great and happy land--a people dwelling in + happy homes, and that is the origin of government, and there is the + essential of a contented citizenship. As long as we can preserve this + independence and self-respect, and that degree of comfort in the home + that makes it a pleasant abode when the day's toil is ended, and that + enables by the most careful thrift the head of the household to lay by + for the family and to lighten in some measure the care and labor of + the children that are to follow him, there can be no happier land than + ours. If we would perpetuate and secure that which we have had handed + down to us and which we have so well preserved until this hour, this + is the essential thing. + + I thank you for this kindly greeting, and beg you to accept my + sincerest good-will. I can say nothing of public affairs. Every man + called to public office is subject to the infirmities that belong to + our nature--the capacity to make mistakes. He can be, if he is true, + sure of one thing--that in all that he does he has it in his mind to + do the best he can for all the people. [Prolonged cheers.] + + + + +MONTPELIER, VERMONT, AUGUST 26. + + +A great throng greeted the President's arrival at the Vermont capital. +He was met by a Reception Committee consisting of 15 prominent citizens: +Col. Fred E. Smith, Hon. Charles Dewey, Prof. J. A. DeBoer, J. C. +Houghton, M. E. Smilie, L. Bart Cross, G. H. Gurnsey, T. C. Phinney, +H. W. Kemp, D. F. Long, C. P. Pitkin, J. W. Brock, George Wing, F. +W. Morse, and Thomas Marvin. The First Regiment N. G. V., commanded +by Adjutant-General Peck, with the Sons of Veterans, escorted the +President and Governor Page to the State House, the former walking the +entire distance with uncovered head, surrounded by a guard of honor +detailed from George Crook Post, G. A. R. From the Governor's Room they +were conducted to the hall of the House of Representatives, where the +Legislature of Vermont was assembled in joint session. The members arose +and remained standing until the Chief Magistrate was seated between +Governor Page and Lieutenant-Governor Fletcher. + +After the applause subsided the Lieutenant-Governor introduced President +Harrison, who addressed the legislators as follows: + + _Mr. President and Gentlemen, the Legislature of the State of + Vermont_--I am grateful to you for this cordial reception, which + crowns a series of friendly demonstrations which began with my entry + into this good State and have continued to this interesting and + important occasion. I am glad to meet the chosen representatives of + the towns of Vermont, appointed to the discharge of functions of + legislating for the general good. The wisdom of our fathers devised + that system of governmental division for the general Government which + has found adoption or adaptation in all the States--the division of + the powers of the Government into three great co-ordinate departments, + each independent, and yet having close and important relations one + with the other, and each adapted in the highest degree to secure the + liberty of the individual, the welfare of our community, and the + national honor and prosperity. [Applause.] It has been fortunate for + us as a people that no serious clash has occurred to these great + departments. The constitutional balance and counterbalance have + preserved with marvellous exactness, with the perfection of the most + perfect machinery, the relations of these several departments, each + doing its appropriate work and producing the great result which had + been intended. Surely there is no other country where the springs + of government are higher than here. The impulses of our people are + drawn from springs that lie high in the hills of duty and loyalty. + They respect and obey the law, because it is the orderly expression + of their own will. The compact of our Government is a rule by the + majority. + + The sanction of all law is that it is the expression by popular + election of the will of a majority of our people. Law has no other + sanction than that with us; and happy are we, and happy are those + communities where the election methods are so honestly and faithfully + prescribed and observed that no doubt is thrown upon the popular + expression and no question of the integrity of the ballot is ever + raised. [Applause.] If we shall ever or anywhere allow a doubt to + settle into the minds of our people whether the results of our + elections are honestly attained, whether the laws made are framed by + those who have been properly chosen by the majority, then all sanction + is withdrawn from law and all respect from the rulers who by a false + ballot are placed in public office. [Applause.] + + I am glad to congratulate you upon your constituencies, intelligent, + devoted and patriotic. I am glad to congratulate you that the State + of Vermont, from its earliest aspirations and efforts for liberty + and self-government, which developed into your Constitution in 1777, + down through all the story of toil and the struggles which have beset + you as a State, and the vicissitudes which have beset the country of + which you are an honored part, that the State of Vermont and her sons + in the councils of the Nation and on the blood-stained battle-fields + of the great war have borne themselves worthily. [Applause.] Will you + permit me now to thank you again for this demonstration and for the + opportunity to stand for a moment in your presence? I am sure that we + may each, from this occasion, in the discharge of public duty, draw + some impulse to a more perfect exercise of our powers for the public + good. [Applause.] + + +_The Public Reception._ + +The speech-making within doors being over, President Harrison entered +a side room, where he received the Tippecanoe Club, shaking hands +cordially with all. He was then conducted to the Governor's Room, +where he received the members of the Legislature. Meanwhile a great +crowd massed on the beautiful grounds and waited impatiently for the +reappearance of the President. Finally he made his way from the interior +to the front of the Capitol. Governor Page introduced him. The President +spoke as follows: + + _Governor Page and Fellow-citizens_--This sunshine is as warm as a + Vermont welcome. [Applause.] It is of the highest quality. It has life + in it. But too much of it is prostrating. [Laughter.] I have felt, in + endeavoring to respond to these calls, that I was possibly overtaxing + my own strength, and perhaps overcrowding the Press Association. + [Laughter.] I am not naturally a gossip, I think I had some reputation + as a taciturn man, but it is gone. [Laughter.] I have not given it up + willingly. I have struggled to retain it, but it has been forcefully + taken from me by kindness of my fellow-citizens, whom I have met so + frequently within the last year. Perhaps, however, if I preserve other + virtues I can let this go. [Laughter.] It is a great thing to be a + citizen of the United States. I would not have you abate at all the + love and loyalty you have for Vermont. But I am glad to know that + always in your history as a State and a people you have felt that the + higher honor, the more glorious estate, was to be a citizen of the + United States of America. [Applause.] This association of States is a + geographical necessity. We can never consent that hostile boundaries + shall be introduced with all that such divisions imply. We must be one + from Maine to California, one from the Lakes to the Gulf [applause], + and everywhere in all that domain we must insist that the behests + of the Federal Constitution and of the laws written in the Federal + statute-book shall be loyally obeyed. [Applause.] A statesman of one + of the Southern States said to me, with tears in his eyes, shortly + after my inauguration: "Mr. President, I hope you intend to give the + poor people of my State a chance." I said in reply: "A chance to do + what? If you mean, sir, that they shall have a chance to nullify + any law, and that I shall wink at the nullification of it, you ask + that which you ought not to ask and that which I cannot consider. + [Applause.] If you mean that obeying every public law and giving to + every other man his full rights under the law and the Constitution, + they shall abide in my respect and in the security and peace of our + institutions. Then they shall have, so far as in my power lies, an + equal chance with all our people." [Applause.] We may not choose + what laws we will obey; the choice is made for us. When a majority + have, by lawful methods, placed a law upon the statute-book, we may + endeavor to repeal it, we may challenge its wisdom, but while it is + the law it challenges our obedience. [Applause.] + + I thank you for the kindliness of this greeting in this capital of + Vermont. I wish for you and your gallant State and for all your people + in all their good, God-fearing homes continuance of that personal + liberty, that material prosperity, that love of the truth which has + always characterized them. [Applause.] + + + + +PLAINFIELD, VERMONT, AUGUST 26. + + +At Montpelier the President's party was joined by Hon. F. A. Dwinnel, +Gen. F. E. Alfred, Gen. W. H. Gilmore, V. R. Sartwell, W. A. Stowell, +Col. H. E. Folsom, Fletcher D. Proctor, Frank C. Partridge; also, E. W. +Smith and John Bailey, of Newbury. + +The first stop in the afternoon was at Plainfield, where 1,000 people +gave the President a cordial greeting. Among the leading citizens +participating in the reception were: Joseph Lane, George D. Kidder, +Leroy F. Fortney, E. J. Bartlett, H. E. Cutler, Henry Q. Perry, D. B. +Smith, H. G. Moore, John A. Fass, Ira F. Page, Nelson Shorey, H. W. +Batchelder, and W. B. Page. W. E. Martin Post, G. A. R., H. H. Hollister +Commander, occupied a conspicuous position. + +President Harrison was introduced by Senator Dwinnel, and said: + + _My Fellow-citizens and Comrades_--For I see here, as everywhere, + some of those who wore the blue and carried the flag in the great + Civil War gathered to greet me. It gives me pleasure to stop for a + moment and to thank you for the friendliness which has brought you + from your homes to make this journey bright with your presence and + cordial welcome. I have been talking so much to-day that I will not + attempt to make a speech. I have already said a great deal about + Vermont, have expressed my esteem for it and for its people, and all + that. I have been very sincere, for I think that your State does hold + a very high place among the States. Your sons, who have gone out to + represent you and to take part in those stirring enterprises which + have laid the foundations of new States, have already borne themselves + with honor and with true New England thrift, obtaining in the long + run the full share of all the good things that were going. I met some + of them in California. They are scattered this broad land over, and I + think they carry with them everywhere the love of the flag, respect + for law and order, love of liberty and of education, and interest in + all those things that make the communities where they abide prosperous + and happy. I think I owe a special debt to this neighborhood for a + pair of good Vermont horses that Secretary Proctor selected for me, + and in the driving of which I have had great relaxation and pleasure. + Your Vermont horses are well trained. The Morgan horse has the good + habit of entering into consultation with the driver whenever there is + any trouble. [Laughter and applause.] + + + + +ST. JOHNSBURY, VERMONT, AUGUST 26. + + +Brief stops were made at Wells River, McIndoes, and Barnet, and the +President cordially thanked the people at each place. St. Johnsbury, +where great preparations were made to welcome the distinguished guest, +was reached at 4:30 P.M. + +The President's party headed a procession which moved through the +principal streets over a distance of two miles. The guard of honor +consisted of 300 mounted veterans with drawn swords. The following +prominent citizens met the President: Col. Franklin Fairbanks, Hon. +Jonathan Ross, Chief Justice of Vermont, and Mrs. Ross; Rev. Dr. C. M. +Lamson, L. D. Hazen, A. H. McLeod, Charles T. Walter, Hon. H. H. Powers, +Col. Frederick Fletcher, H. H. Carr, C. H. Stevens, E. H. Blossom, S. H. +Brackett, Lucius K. Hazen, Osborne Chase, George H. Cross, N. P. Bowman, +Albert Worcester, H. I. Woods, Dr. G. B. Bullard, A. F. Walker, C. P. +Carpenter, N. R. Switser, F. A. Carter, L. W. Fisher, J. B. Gage, C. +H. Horton, L. N. Smythe, and Wm. H. Sargent. An incident of the parade +was the reception by the school children. The President's carriage +halted and several hundred of the children, led by H. H. May, rendered +"America," at the conclusion of which six pretty little girls--Misses +May Masten, Lala McNeil, Marian Moore, Lottie Holder, Beatrice May, +and Emma May--stepped forward and presented a beautiful floral key, +thus tendering the freedom of the city to the illustrious guest. The +President reviewed the procession from "Undercliffe," the stately +residence of Colonel and Mrs. Fairbanks, whose guest he was. + +At night the town was brilliantly illuminated, and 10,000 residents +gathered in the public park. Colonel Fairbanks made the welcoming +address and introduced the President, who received an ovation and spoke +as follows: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--I could wish that I were in better voice and + in full strength, that I might better respond to this most magnificent + demonstration. I have rarely looked upon a scene more calculated + to inspire a patriot than this upon which my eye rests to-night. I + do most profoundly thank you for this great welcome. The taste and + beauty and elaboration of these preparations exceed anything that I + have looked upon in this journey. [Applause.] I am sure you are here + to-night after making all this preparation to give witness by your + presence of your love to the flag of our country [applause] and to + those institutions of civil government and of liberty which that flag + represents. [Applause.] It gives me great pleasure to see that the + flag is everywhere. I journeyed across this continent, and, except + when darkness shut in the landscape, I was never out of sight of the + American flag. [Applause.] On those wide plains of the West, once + called the Great American Desert, now and again, in the home of some + adventurous settler, the flag appeared and was waved in greeting as + our train sped on its way. I rejoiced to see it everywhere in the + sight of school children. On that great demonstration in New York in + observance of the centennial of the inauguration of Washington, as I + moved from the Battery up through those streets dedicated to commerce, + I saw every front covered with flags, hiding for the time those + invitations to trade which covered their walls. The thought occurred + to me, What will be done with these flags when this celebration is + over? And it occurred to me to suggest at the centennial banquet + that the flags should be taken into our school-houses. [Applause.] + I rejoice to know that everywhere throughout the land, in all our + patriotic towns and villages, movements are being inaugurated to + display the American flag over our institutions of learning. + + I have several times been brought in contact with incidents showing + this love of the flag. I remember that when Hood was investing + Nashville, and when that gallant, sturdy, unostentatious, but always + faithful and victorious leader, Gen. George H. Thomas, was gathering + the remnants of an army that he might confront his adversary in + battle, it was assigned to me to intrench through the beautiful + grounds of a resident in the suburbs of Nashville. The proprietor was + a Tennessee Unionist. While I was digging and tearing the sod of his + beautiful lawn, he was removing his library and other valuables from + his mansion, for it was within easy range of the rebel fire. Happening + into his library while he was thus engaged, he opened a closet below + the book-shelf, and, taking out a handsome bunting, asked me whether I + had a garrison flag. I told him no. "Well," he said, "take this. Sir, + I have never been without the American flag in my house." [Applause.] + I would be glad if that could be said by every one of our people. + There is inspiration in it. It has a story wrought into its every fold + until every thread has some lesson to tell of sacrifice and heroism. + It is the promise of all that we hope for. It is to it and about it + that we must gather and hold the affections of our people if these + institutions are to be preserved. I have it in my mind as I saw it one + night in Newport harbor. Going out of that harbor upon a Government + vessel about midnight, when the heavens were darkened clouds, I saw + a sight that lives fresh in my memory. The officers of the torpedo + station had run up the Starry Banner upon the staff, and turned upon + it as we moved out of the harbor two great electric search-lights. It + revealed the banner, while the staff and buildings below it were all + hidden in the blackness. I could see it as if it had been hung out + of the battlements of heaven, lifting its folds in the darkness of + night, a glorified emblem of the hope of a free people. [Applause.] + Let us keep it thus in our hearts; let no other flag be borne in our + marching processions. We have no place for the red flag of anarchy. + [Applause.] This emblem typifies a free people, who have voluntarily + placed themselves under the restraints of the law, who have consented + that individual liberty shall cease where it infringes upon the right + or property of another. This is our contract. This is the liberty + which we offer those who cast in their lot with us, not a liberty to + destroy, but a liberty to conserve and perpetuate. [Cheers.] + + I am most happy to witness in this prosperous New England town so + many evidences that your community is intelligent, industrious, + enterprising, and your people lovers of home and order. You have here + some great manufacturing establishments, whose fame and products have + spread throughout the world. You have here a class of enterprising, + public-spirited citizens, who are building these free libraries and + galleries of art and are ministering to the good of generations that + are to come. You have here an intelligent and educated class of + skilled workmen, and nothing pleased me more as I passed through your + streets to-day than to be told that here and there were the homes of + the working people of St. Johnsbury [applause]--homes where every + evidence of comfort was apparent; homes where taste has been brought + to make attractive the abodes where tired men sought rest; homes that + must have been made sweet for the children that are reared there, + and comfortable for the wives whose place of toil and responsibility + it is. Here is the anchor of our safety. This is the state that + binds men to good order, to good citizenship, to the flag of the + Constitution, a contented and prosperous working class. [Applause.] + I will not cross any lines of division in my remarks to night, for + this reception is general; but I will venture to say that all our + public policy, all our legislation, may wisely keep in view the end + of perpetuating an independent, contented, prosperous and hopeful + working class in America. [Applause.] When hope goes out of the heart + and life becomes so hard that it is no longer sweet, men are not safe + neighbors and they are not good citizens, Let us, then, in cheerful, + loving, Christian good neighborhood see that the blessings of our + institutions, the fruits of labor, have that fair distribution that + shall bring contentment into our homes. [Applause.] + + But, my countrymen, I did not intend to speak even so long. I wish + it were in my power to make some adequate return for the generous + welcome you have given me. I am not a man of promises. I abhor + pretension, but every such assembly as this that I see--this great cup + of good-will which you put to my lips--gives me strength to do what I + can for our country and for you. [Applause.] + + + + +BILLINGS PARK, AUGUST 27. + + +When the presidential party left St. Johnsbury on the morning of the +27th, they were joined by Hon. A. A. Woolson, C. S. Forbes, ex-Governor +Farnham, and ex-Senator Pingree. At White River Junction the President's +car was switched to a siding running to Billings Park, where the Vermont +Association of Road and Trotting Horse Breeders was holding its annual +exhibition. Senator Morrill, Col. Geo. W. Hooker, and Capt. A. W. Davis +accompanied the party to the park, where carriages conveyed them over +the grounds. A large crowd was present. + +Col. Hooker, as President of the Association, introduced President +Harrison, who said: + + _Colonel Hooker and Fellow-citizens_--I have been called upon to + address my fellow-citizens under many diverse and some very peculiar + circumstances, but I think that those that surround me this morning + are absolutely unique. I understood that in the programme Secretary + Proctor had arranged for a day of pleasure here at this horse fair, + and that a more attractive entertainment was to be provided for you + and for me than speech-making. I am not well up in the rules of the + track, but I suppose on a morning like this some allowance will be + made for a heavy track, and if the horses are entitled to it I think + I may claim an allowance myself. [Laughter.] Therefore, I have only + to thank you for the friendliness of your reception and to express + my interest in this great industry which is represented here--the + breeding of horses. I understand that it was so arranged that, after I + had seen the flower of the manhood and womanhood of Vermont, I should + be given an exhibition of the next grade in intelligence and worth in + the State--your good horses. [Applause.] I have had recently, through + the intervention of the Secretary of War, the privilege of coming into + possession of a pair of Vermont horses. They are all I could wish for, + and, as I said the other day at the little village from which they + came, they are of good Morgan stock, of which some one has said that + their great characteristic was that they enter into consultation with + the driver whenever there is any difficulty. [Laughter and applause.] + Thanking you again, I hope you will give me the allowance to which a + heavy track entitles me. [Applause.] + + + + +BRADFORD, VERMONT, AUGUST 27. + + +At Bradford 1,000 people assembled to do honor to the President, who +arrived at 10 A.M. The visitors were escorted to a platform near the +station. Among the prominent residents who welcomed the Chief Executive +were H. E. Parker, Judge S. M. Gleason, Roswell Farnham, John H. Watson, +Dr. J. H. Jones, and L. J. Brown. + +Ex-Governor Farnham introduced the President, who spoke as follows: + + _Ladies and Gentlemen_--I will only say a few words to thank you for + this welcome which is extended to me this morning, and which it seems + to me furnishes some proof of your well wishes and kindly feelings. I + have had a journey through Vermont that will be very pleasant in my + recollection, although attended with some instances of an unpleasant + nature. As I understood the purpose of this trip when I gave my + assent to it at the request of your excellent fellow-citizen, whom + you kindly loaned me for a little while, and are now, as far as I can + see, about to reclaim, the trip was to be one of relaxation, and to + visit him and some of his friends. It seems to me that the circle has + been enlarged beyond the limit of his friends, and if not that they + include the whole of the people of Vermont. It is very pleasant to + pass through your enterprising manufacturing towns, and to see this + rural population, which, after all, is the foundation of all State + organizations, which are based upon the farms of old New England. The + farm has been, perhaps, one of the most productive measures toward + the enrichment of this country in things that are greater than the + material things--in manhood, valor in warfare, and statesmanship in + political life. It has been a matter of great pleasure to me as we + have driven through the streets of these cities, from Bennington until + this time, to observe one thing. As we pass by your streets I have + seen some aged father or mother or grandfather or grandmother placed + in a position for best observation and kindly attended by some member + of the family, showing that family love, that veneration for the aged, + that has, to me, been a source of particular gratification. For, after + all, the home is the beginning and centre of all good things. The + life of our Nation is learned in the first rudiments of government + at home and that lesson of veneration for things that are good. With + these elements I think you are sure to make the career of Vermont not + greater in temporary things, but greater in those things which are + more productive to the Nation and to mankind. [Prolonged cheers.] + + + + +WINDSOR, VERMONT, AUGUST 27. + + +It was raining when the President arrived at Windsor, at 1 P.M. He was +met by Senator William M. Evarts, accompanied by Hon. C. C. Beaman, +of New York; Hon. Chester Pike, of Cornish, N. H., and the following +prominent citizens, comprising the local Committee of Reception: Col. +Marsh O. Perkins, Dwight Tuxbury, Hon. G. A. Davis, Dr. C. P. Holden, +Dr. J. S. Richmond, U. L. Comings, George T. Low, Hon. Rollin Amsden, +E. C. Howard, Charles H. Fitch, O. L. Patrick, Rev. E. N. Goddard, S. +N. Stone, S. R. Bryant, J. M. Howe, George T. Hazen, S. M. Blood, S. E. +Hoisington, Horace Weston, A. E. Houghton, A. J. Hunter, Allen Dudley, +Dr. Deane Richmond, J. R. Brewster, A. D. Cotton, G. R. Guernsey, +Charles N. Adams, Col. M. K. Paine, H. W. Stocker, George M. Stone, +Harvey Miller, George T. Winn, and C. D. Penniman. + +After partaking of luncheon at the residence of Senator and Mrs. Evarts, +the President was conducted to the Town Hall, and, being introduced to +the assemblage by Colonel Perkins, he spoke as follows: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--I am about completing a very pleasant trip + through the State of Vermont--a trip which, while not the first, + has furnished the only occasion on which I have really been brought + in contact with the people of your State. My previous journeys were + those of a summer tourist, snatching these fine and attractive views + as we sped along some of your lines of railway, but getting little + impression of the character of the people who occupy these towns and + rural homesteads. It has given me great pleasure on this occasion + to receive at the hands of your people everywhere a most cordial + reception, It has been a source of constant regret to me that I am + able on such occasions as we have here this afternoon to make so + small a return for the care, preparation, and friendly interest which + the people manifest. I am under such limitations as to them and + about which I may talk that the fertility of a very rich and highly + cultivated mind and imagination would be necessary to furnish one + with something new or interesting to say in response to the repeated + calls. I have supposed that all of these meetings were expressions + of patriotism and of popular interest in a Government which Mr. + Lincoln so felicitously described as "a government of the people, by + the people, for the people." [Applause.] It is pleasant to have the + personal esteem and respect of my fellow-citizens, but I have not + thought of appropriating to myself these demonstrations. It is very + gratifying to see a people in love with their civil institutions and + with that glorious flag which typifies our diversity and our unity. + [Applause.] I have said before that it seemed to me this is the + essential element and base of every republican government, that the + loyalty and love of the people should be given to our institutions + and not to men. [Applause.] I think it is one element of discord and + unhappiness in some of our sister republics that the minds of these + patriotic and generous people are too much swayed by their admiration + for men, that they are often swept away from the moorings of principle + by the love of a leader. I have rejoiced to find everywhere in the + State of Vermont what seemed to me to be a deep-seated, earnest + patriotism. [Applause.] It is to be hoped that we may not soon have + any call for such manifestations as you have given in the past on the + battle-fields from Bennington to the surrender of Appomattox. [Cheers.] + + It is pleasant to be here to day at the home of my esteemed friend + and your fellow-townsman, the Hon. William M. Evarts. [Applause.] I + am glad that he has introduced into Vermont model farming [laughter + and applause], and has shown you what the income of a large city + law practice can do in the fertilization of a farm. [Laughter and + applause.] He has assured me to-day that his farm yields a net income. + I accept the statement of my host with absolute faith--and yet Mr. + Evarts' reputation as a bookkeeper is not the best in the world. + [Laughter and applause.] It is pleasant to see him and to be for a + while in his genial presence, and to have this journey illuminated by + a visit to his home. I hope he may dwell long with you in peace and + honor, as he will always dwell in the honor and esteem of our whole + people. [Applause.] + + + + +CHARLESTOWN, NEW HAMPSHIRE, AUGUST 27. + + +Notwithstanding the heavy downpour, 1,000 or more sturdy citizens of +historic old Charlestown welcomed the President to New Hampshire. The +Reception Committee consisted of Hon. George Olcott, George S. Bond, +Frank Finnigan, Col. Samuel Webber, Herbert W. Bond, and Frank W. +Hamlin. Lincoln Post, G. A. R., Lyman F. Partridge Commander, also +participated in the reception. Colonel Webber delivered an eloquent +address of welcome. + +The President, responding, said: + + _Colonel Webber and Fellow-citizens_--I think it might be said + to-day that New Hampshire has "gone wet," as they say when the + election returns come in on a vote against prohibition. I am very much + obliged to you for this extraordinary manifestation of your interest, + for to stand in this downpour of rain is certainly an evidence that + you have a most friendly interest in this little party of tourists, + who touch in a journey through Vermont the mainspring of the State of + New Hampshire. I have been talking about Vermont for the last two or + three days, but if you will take the pains, in the comfort of your own + homesteads, to read all the good things I have said about Vermont, + and then understand that they are all said of New Hampshire, it will + abbreviate my speech and will be expressive of my opinion of that + sturdy, enterprising, masterful New England character which you share + with them. [Applause.] + + + + +BELLOWS FALLS, VERMONT, AUGUST 27. + + +When the train arrived at Bellows Falls, the rain was pouring in +torrents and the President was conducted to the Opera House by the +veterans of E. H. Stoughton Post, G. A. R. The Committee of Reception +consisted of Hon. Wm. A. Russell, Hon. A. N. Swain, Judge L. M. Read, +Barnes Cannon, Jr., Wyman Flint, John T. Moore, C. W. Osgood, Thomas +E. O'Brien, George H. Babbitt, and Capt. Walter Taylor, the latter a +veteran of eighty years, who marshalled the hosts for Gen. Wm. Henry +Harrison in 1836 and '40. The building was packed. + +Mr. Swain introduced President Harrison, who said: + + _My Fellow-citizens_--I will wait a moment until they turn out the + footlights. They put a barrier between us, and I always prefer to get + my light from above. [Applause.] We can only tarry in this busy city + a few moments. The inclement character of the day has driven us to + shelter, and the finding of a shelter has consumed some small part + of the allotment of time which our schedule gives to you. I greatly + appreciate the value and importance of these manufacturing centres, + which are now, fortunately for us, not characteristic of New England + alone, but are found west of the Ohio and of the Mississippi and of + the Missouri. I am one of those who believe that in a diversification + of pursuits we make most rapid increase in wealth and attain best + social relations and development. I am one of those who believe + that Providence did not set apart the United States to be a purely + agricultural region, furnishing its surplus to supply the lack of + other people of the world while they do all the manufacturing for us. + I think there are suggestions in our very geographical position, and + a great many of them in our history and experience, that we may well + desire and reach for that condition in which we shall raise our own + food and in which a manufacturing class, withdrawn from agriculture + and other pursuits, shall furnish the farmer a market for his surplus + near to his fields and gardens, while he exchanges with the farmer the + products of the shop and the loom. + + I would not introduce politics. I do not intend to cross any lines + of division, but I think we all agree, though we may differ as to + the means by which it is to be done, that the nearer together the + producer and the consumer can be brought the less waste there is in + transportation and the greater the wealth. [Applause.] It is known + to you all that our 65,000,000 people furnish per capita a larger + market than any other like number of people. This grows out of the + fact that our capacity for purchasing is larger than is found in those + countries where poverty holds a larger sway. The workingman buys + more, has more to buy with in America than in any other land in the + world. [Applause.] I mentioned the other day at St. Albans that this + was the era of the battle for a market. The whole world is engaged in + it. The thought was suggested to me by a sentence in the address of + President Bartlett at the observance of the centennial of the battle + of Bennington in 1877. He says, "Trading Manchester furnished two + regiments to Burgoyne to conquer a market." The foreign policy of + the United States has never been selfish. There has always been, if + you will trace it through the struggles of Greece and of our South + American neighbors for independence and a free Government, a brave, + generous tone of sympathy with struggling people the world round in + our diplomatic policy. I think we may well challenge comparison with + the foreign policy of any other great Government in the world in this + regard. It has never been our policy to push our trade forward at the + point of the bayonet. We have always believed that it should be urged + upon the ground of mutual advantage; and upon this ground alone are we + now endeavoring, by every means in our power, to open the markets of + our sister republics in Central and South America to the products of + American shops and farmers. [Applause.] + + We do not covet their territory. The day of filibustering aggression + has gone by in the United States. We covet their good will. We wish + for them settled institutions of government, and we desire those + exchanges that are mutually profitable. We have found that we were + receiving from some of these countries enormous annual imports of + sugar, coffee, and hides, and we have now placed these articles on the + free list upon the condition that they give to the products of the + United States fair reciprocity. [Applause.] If our own laws, or any + aggressive movement we are making for a larger share in the commerce + of the world, should excite the commercial jealousy and rivalry of + other countries we shall not complain if those rivalries find only + proper expressions. We have come to a time in our development as a + Nation when I believe that interest on money is low enough for us to + turn some of our accumulated capital from the railways into steam + transportation on the sea; that the time has come when we shall + recover a full participation in the carrying trade of the world, + when under the American flag steamships shall carry our products to + neighboring markets and bring back their exchange to our harbors. + Larger foreign markets for the products of our farms and of our + factories and a larger share in the carrying trade of the world, + peaceful relations with all mankind, with naval and coast defences + that will silently make an effective argument on the side of peace, + are the policies that I would pursue. [Applause.] + + + + +BRATTLEBORO, VERMONT, AUGUST 27. + + +Just before the train reached Brattleboro the rain ceased, and the +President rode in a procession to the house of Col. J. J. Estey. The +Committee of Reception consisted of Colonel Estey, Col. Kittredge +Haskins, Dr. H. D. Holton, N. I. Hawley, F. W. Childs, ex-Governor +Holbrook, Judge Wheeler, Hon. B. D. Harris, Hon. J. L. Martin, E. C. +Crosby, Judge R. W. Clarke, C. F. Thompson, Col. W. C. Holbrook, George +S. Dowley, Colonel Fuller, Dr. Conland, Dr. Ketchum, and G. A. Hines. +Veterans of the G. A. R., and the Estey Guard, escorted the Chief +Executive through the city. Several thousand were assembled on the +grounds. + +Colonel Estey welcomed and presented the President, who made the +following address: + + _My Fellow citizens_--Governor Proctor held out to me the suggestion + that this trip to Vermont would be a very restful one. He has the + queerest appreciation of what rest means of any man I know. [Laughter.] + + When I attended the centennial demonstration of the inauguration + of Washington in New York, I spent part of one day on the bridge of + the _Despatch_ bowing to the fleet in the bay as we moved down to + the Battery, and the balance of the day shaking hands at the City + Hall, attending a ball at night; ten hours the next day reviewing a + procession, with a banquet at night; and about as many hours the day + following reviewing the civic procession; and when released from the + stand about 5 o'clock in the evening I hurried to the Jersey City + depot to take the train, scarcely able to stand upon my feet. One + of the gentlemen of the committee said to me: "Well, Mr. President, + I hope you have enjoyed these three days of rest in New York." + [Laughter.] + + I wish I could see you more satisfactorily than I am able to do on a + hurried trip like this, but Governor Proctor kept me up very late last + night, and he was the last man down to breakfast this morning himself. + + All that I have seen in your State has but increased the respect I + have always entertained for your people. My recent journey of somewhat + great length through the country has very deeply impressed upon me the + fact of the unity of our people. The building of these great railroad + lines making every part of every State familiar, and stretching across + the continent so as to bring within easy access the most distant parts + of our country, has had a great tendency to unify our people and to + wipe out whatever there was provincial or local in our character. It + has rubbed off some of the edges of the New England character, and + has rubbed on some of the New England polish upon the West. In fact, + wherever we have any combining, nothing makes it homogeneous except + a thorough mixer, and the American people have certainly had a most + thorough mixing. [Cheers.] + + One of your war Governors was saying to me to-day, as we came along + in the train, your own distinguished fellow-citizen, that on a journey + West not long ago everywhere Vermont men came to meet him; and as I + went recently across the continent the railroad train scarcely stopped + at any station that some one from Indiana did not reach up his hand + and claim recognition; and so it is in all the States. + + The West is now turning a little back toward the East, and I have + found some people, who probably had some ancestral connection with + New England, but whose birth, early residence, and business life + were in the West, who have come back to the old home. All this is + pleasant, all this is surety of the future of our country. It is + pleasant to know that the South is being obliterated, that all that + made it distinctive in the sense of separation or alienation is being + gradually wiped out. [Applause.] + + Of course, the prejudices of generations are not like marks upon + the blackboard, that can be rubbed out with a sponge. These are more + like the deep glacial lines that the years have left in the rock; but + the water, when that surface is exposed to its quiet, gentle, and + perpetual influence, wears even these out, until the surface is smooth + and uniform. And so these influences are at work in our whole country, + and we should be hopeful for it, hopeful for its future. I am sure you + each feel pride in your American citizenship, and would show readiness + to defend it in war, and I am sure that from every class of your + community would come the response: "We will maintain it, honorable and + high, in peace." + + I thank you most sincerely for your friendly greeting, and regret + that I am not able to speak to you more satisfactorily, and can only + accept with a heart full of appreciation these marks of your respect. + [Applause.] + + + + +RUTLAND, VERMONT, AUGUST 28. + + +The President and his party were guests of Secretary Proctor on the +night of the 27th, at the village of Proctor, in the Green Mountains. +The morning of the 28th, the party visited Rutland, and were met by +the local Reception Committee: J. C. Baker, H. H. Dyer, W. G. Veazey, +ex-Judge Barrett, J. W. Cramton, Dr. J. D. Hanrahan, C. H. Joyce, J. +N. Woodfin, E. P. Gilson, P. W. Clement, George E. Lawrence, Henry +F. Field, John N. Baxter, P. M. Meldon, John A. Sheldon, George J. +Wardwell, Dr. Norman Seaver, and Henry Carpenter, President of the +village. + +Arrived at Memorial Hall the President was greeted by a large +assemblage, including many ladies. He was presented by Colonel Baker and +made the following address: + + _My Fellow-citizens and Comrades of the Grand Army of the + Republic_--It gives me great pleasure this morning, tired as I am, + to see and to have an opportunity to express my thanks to this large + assemblage of the good citizens of Rutland. My journey through your + State has been attended with every evidence of respect which it was + possible for the people to bestow. Your chairman has spoken of the + fact that the President of the United States may travel everywhere + through our country without any attendance of policemen. As I have + had occasion to say before, the only peril he is likely to meet, if + the railroads take good care of him and the cranks keep out of the + way, is from the over-kindness of the people [laughter and applause]; + and there is more peril in that than you will understand at first + thought. It is pleasant to stand upon the steps of this Memorial + Hall, erected as a place of deposit for trophies of the great Civil + War and as a monument of honor to those soldiers from Vermont who + aided so conspicuously in making that war successful. We cannot tell + how much hung upon that contest. No orator has yet been inspired to + describe adequately the gravity of the great issue which was fought + out upon the battle-fields of the War of the Rebellion. We say it was a + contest to preserve the unity of our republic, and so it was; but what + dismemberment would have meant; how greatly it would have increased + the cost of government; how sadly it would have disturbed the plan + of our border communities; how it would have degraded in the eyes of + the world this great people; how it would have rejoiced the enemies + of popular government, no tongue has yet adequately described. But + it was not to be so. God has desired that this experiment of free + government should have a more perfect trial, and it was impossible + that the brave men of the loyal States should consent to dismemberment + of the Union. We were very patient, so patient, in the early contest, + as it ranged through the great debate of convention and Congress that + our brethren of the South altogether mistook the temper of our people. + Undoubtedly there were evidences that the men of trade were reluctant + to have those lines of profitable communication, which had been so + long maintained with the South, broken off. Undoubtedly that character + so undesirable in our politics--the doughface--was particularly + conspicuous in those days of discussion, but we were altogether + misjudged when the people of the South concluded that they might + support their threats of disunion which had so long rung in Congress, + and so long filled their boasting press, by force of arms. + + I shall never forget, nor will any of you who are old enough to + remember it, that great electric thrill and shock which passed through + our whole country when the first gun was fired at Sumter. Debate was + closed. Our orators were withdrawn, and a great wave of determined + patriotism swept over the country higher than any tidal wave ever + lifted itself upon a devastated coast [applause], and it was not to be + stayed in its progress until the last vestige of rebellion had been + swept from the face of our beloved land. The men of New England were a + peaceful people. The farmers and the farmers' sons were not brawlers. + They were not found at the tavern. They were abiding under the + sheltering moral influences and quietude of these New England hills. + But the man who thought that the spirit of 1776 had been quenched was + badly mistaken. The same resolute love of liberty, the same courage + to face danger for a cause that had its inspiration in high moral + purposes and resolves abided in the hearts of your people. [Applause.] + Possibly the war might have been avoided if the South had understood + this, but it was so written in the severe but benevolent purposes of + God. There was a great scroll of emancipation to be written. There was + a martyr President, who was to affix his name to a declaration that + would be as famous as that to which your fathers fixed their signature + in 1776. It was to be in truth as well as in theory a free people + [applause], and there was no other pathway to emancipation than along + the bloody track of armies, not seeing at the beginning nor having + the purpose that finally was accomplished, but guided by the hand of + power and wisdom that is above us and over us to the accomplishment of + that glorious result that struck the shackles from four millions of + slaves. [Applause.] + + I greet most affectionately these comrades of the war who are before + me to-day. Let them abide in honor in all your communities. Let + shafts of marble and bronze lift themselves in all your towns to tell + the story of patriots' work well done and to teach the generations + that are to come how worthy their fathers were. Let us preserve all + these inspiring lessons of history, all these individual examples of + heroism, of which Vermont furnished so many during the war. Let them + not be forgotten. Let them be the illuminated and inspiring pages of + your State's history, and then, whatever shock may come to us in the + future, whenever the hand of anarchy or disorder shall be raised, + whenever foreign powers shall seek to invade the rights or liberties + of this great people, there will be found again an impenetrable + bulwark in the brave hearts of a sturdy and patriotic people. + [Applause.] You will, I am sure, crown your kindness by excusing + me from attempting further speech and allowing me to express, as I + part from you, my good wishes for Vermont and all her good people. + [Applause.] + + + + +PROCTOR, VERMONT, AUGUST 28. + + +On the return to Proctor in the evening the President was tendered the +final reception of his trip to Vermont. The village was elaborately +decorated; an illuminated evergreen arch spanned the entrance to +Secretary Proctor's beautiful grounds. The residences and grounds of E. +R. Morse, F. D. Proctor, B. F. Taylor, W. E. Higbee, G. H. Davis, E. J. +Boyce, J. H. Edson, and H. E. Spencer were also brilliantly illuminated. +From a platform fronting the Secretary's home the party reviewed the +procession of 1,000 workmen from the marble quarries. + +Secretary Proctor, in an affectionate address, introduced President +Harrison, who spoke as follows: + + It is not my privilege to call you neighbors, but I am sure I may + call you friends. This journey in Vermont is crowned to-night by a + reception and a good-by that is surpassingly brilliant and artistic + in its preparation and one that I have never seen exceeded. But + above all this, I have been able here in Proctor to witness in its + best manifestation that which I have seen elsewhere in New England + and especially in Vermont--a community of workers, men industriously + pursuing mechanical avocations and doing it under conditions of + the greatest possible comfort. As I look upon these homes in which + you dwell and contrast them with the wretchedness of the crowded + tenement-houses of our great cities; as I inhale to-night the bracing + air of these mountains, and as my eye has looked to-day upon their + green summits, I have said how happy is the lot of that man and that + woman who work in one of these bright, wholesome New England villages. + [Applause.] It has seemed to me that the relation of our mutual friend + who has inaugurated and developed these works in which many of you + find employment was that of a public benefactor and a personal friend. + [Applause.] The simplicity and naturalness of his own life among you, + his ready appreciation of the loyalty and intelligence of those who + are employed by him, his interest in their success in life, is the + ideal relation between the employer and his workmen. [Applause.] I + would to God it was always and everywhere so, that when a man is put + at a machine he should not be regarded by his employer as a part of + it, that the human nature, the aspirations of a man, should still be + recognized, and the relations with the employer be that of mutual + confidence and helpfulness and respect! [Applause.] + + You are sharers in the responsibilities of local government, of the + government of your State and of the Nation, of which Vermont is one + of the honored members. I am sure that you have pride in the faithful + discharge of all these duties. I cannot but feel that our national + policy should be in the direction of saving our working people from + that condition of hopelessness which comes when wages are barely + adequate to the sustenance of animal life. [Applause.] There is no + hope for any community where this state of things exists, and there + will be no hope for the Nation should it become the general condition + of the workingmen of America. That man or woman out of whose heart + hope has gone, who sees nothing better in life, before whom the vista + of life stretches in one dead level of unending and half-requited + toil, that man's estate is calculated to make him reckless in + character. It is one of the beneficent conditions of citizenship here + that there are no disabilities put in the way of ambitions and the + aspiring. I hope it may always be so. I cannot always sympathize with + that demand which we hear so frequently for cheap things. Things may + be too cheap. They are too cheap when the man who produces them upon + the farm or the man or woman who produces them in the factory does not + get out of them living wages with a margin for old age and for a dowry + for the incidents that are to follow. [Applause.] I pity that man who + wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth or + shapes it into a garment shall starve in the process. [Applause.] + + I am most profoundly grateful to you, my fellow-citizens, and to my + good friend Governor Proctor, for this beautiful demonstration--this + magnificent rural welcome which we have had here to-day. It will live + always in my memory. I shall carry this community in my thoughts as + one of the best types of American neighborhood life. I have found + in him a most valuable contribution to the administration of the + Government at Washington. [Applause.] You cannot know fully how he has + grown into the respect and confidence of all who have been associated + with him in the Cabinet and of all our legislators in Congress without + distinction of party. I regret that there is some danger that you may + reclaim him for Vermont [applause]; yet it is quite natural that it + should be so, and I shall do the best I can to get a substitute. The + labors of public office at Washington are full of high responsibility + and most burdensome toil. No man is endowed with an incapacity to make + mistakes. We can, however, all of us, in public or private trust, + be sure of our motives. These are our own. We can know whether we + are pursuing low and selfish ends or have set before us the general + good, the highest good of all our people. Judgment upon what has been + done is with you. I am sure only that I have had it in my heart to + do that which should in the highest degree promote the prosperity of + our people and lift the glorious flag yet higher in the esteem of the + world. [Great applause.] We have been endeavoring to open a foreign + market for American trade. If these efforts are met, as I trust they + will be, by enterprise on the part of our merchants and manufacturers, + I do not doubt that the next ten years will see a most gratifying + increase in our foreign trade. [Applause.] They should diligently set + themselves to the study of the new markets into which their goods may + now go. The most intelligent representatives should be sent there, + and their goods adapted to the market that is to be supplied. This I + have no doubt they will do, and I add the expectation that we shall + presently have a most gratifying increase in the American merchant + marine. [Applause.] + + + + +WASHINGTON, SEPTEMBER 17, 1891. + +_The Augusta Exposition._ + + +President Harrison on the above date received at the Executive Mansion +a delegation of prominent citizens of Georgia, who extended to him a +formal invitation to attend the Augusta Exposition in November. The +delegation comprised the following citizens and Exposition directors: +Hon. Patrick Walsh, Walter M. Jackson, J. P. Verdery, H. G. Smith, J. +L. Gow, C. H. Ballard, J. J. Doughty, W. A. Garrett, G. J. Howard, W. +H. Landrum, J. E. Barton, W. E. Keener, Percy Burum, J. P. Bones, J. M. +Cranston, Crawford Mays, Maurice Walton, L. J. Henry, T. R. Gibson, P. +J. O'Connor, Jules Rival, Joseph Ganahl, Jr., W. H. Barrett, Jr., P. +A. Stovall, W. E. Platt, A. J. Gouley, Frank X. Dorr, and Hon. J. C. +Clements. + +Chairman Walsh, on behalf of the committee, made the invitation address, +to which the President, responding, said: + + _Gentlemen_--I recall with pleasure the visit made by some of + your representatives. I think I have repeatedly, on every suitable + occasion, especially during my recent visit to the South, expressed + my sincere hope of the development of those marvellous resources + so long hidden from sight, but now about to be opened up. I had + occasion to say then that you would realize the advantage of + combining manufactures with agriculture. The old system made of + Georgia a plantation State. I would not have it less so. But you may + still develop other industries without destroying the surface of + the country. There is no competition between these industries; one + does not supersede the other. The farmer still has his near market + for some products that will not bear transportation. Out of this + diversity I think the highest development will come. Recently I made + a trip through New England and was deeply impressed with the numerous + industries and small factories showing in little places, where the + lives and homes of the workmen were so much cleaner and purer than in + the great cities, and this was made possible by the great diversity + of small interests. In Vermont I came upon a busy little factory + surrounded by cottages in the midst of the hills. I was told that the + proprietor made stethoscopes, and out of a small beginning had built + up a great trade. These little things make happy homes; bring money, + trade, and development. I am greatly interested in these things, and + I would be very happy to see this development in Alabama and Georgia + as in any Northern State. We all wish it. Whether I can be with you + or not I cannot now say. I have a good many very important matters + demanding attention from now on to the meeting of Congress. Some are + home matters of importance and some are foreign. Looking back over + the last year, it would seem probable that there was a conspiracy + among the powers to see that those in responsible places should have + no rest. Many of these things must now come to my personal attention. + If I cannot be with you, you will know that my heart is with you. If + I can I will come, but the time now being so close to the meeting of + Congress it is doubtful. + + + + +WASHINGTON, D. C., OCTOBER 17, 1891. + + +The Ecumenical Conference of the Methodist Church convened in the +Metropolitan Church at Washington, D. C., on October 7, 1891. Rt. Rev. +Thomas Bowman, Senior Bishop of the Church in America, presided at +the opening, and Rev. William Arthur, M.A., of London, delivered the +inaugural sermon. It was in every respect the greatest assembly in the +history of Methodism. + +Among a few of the distinguished preachers and orators from abroad were: +Rev. T. B. Stephenson, D.D., LL.D., Rev. Hugh Price Hughes, M.A., Rev. +John Bond, Rev. F. W. Bourne, Rev. J. Ernest Clapham, and Rev. David +J. Waller, D.D., all of London. The following Washingtonians comprised +the Committee on Reception: Bishop J. F. Hurst, D.D.; Rev. G. H. Corey, +D.D., Chairman; Rev. C. W. Baldwin, Rev. J. H. Becket, Rev. J. W. E. +Bowen, Rev. T. E. Carson, Rev. R. H. G. Dyson, Rev. George Elliott, +Rev. S. R. Murray, Rev. C. H. Phillips, Rev. J. A. Price, Rev. E. S. +Todd, Rev. L. T. Widerman, Rev. J. T. Wightman, Rev. L. B. Wilson, +Alexander Ashley, E. S. Atkinson, W. S. Birch, Gen. Cyrus Bussey, J. F. +Chestnut, D. S. Cissell, Robert Cohen, George Compton, L. A. Cornish, +G. S. Deering, Robert Dunn, A. B. Duval, Hon. M. G. Emery, Prof. Edgar +Frisbie, D. B. Groff, T. A. Harding, Gen. S. S. Henkle, W. H. Houghton, +W. J. Hutchinson, Thomas Jarvis, B. F. Leighton, William Mayse, H. B. +Moulton, Hon. Hiram Price, B. Robinson, W. J. Sibley, T. B. Stahl, B. +H. Stinemetz, H. L. Strang, G. W. F. Swartzell, Frederick Tasker, J. S. +Topham, L. H. Walker, E. S. Wescott, J. B. Wilson, and W. R. Woodward. + +On the tenth day of the Conference, President Harrison, escorted by +Rev. Dr. J. M. King, Secretary, and Rev. Dr. Corey, the pastor of +Metropolitan Church, attended the session. Other distinguished visitors +were Secretary of the Treasury Foster, Secretary of the Interior Noble, +and Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British Minister. + +The chief essay of the session was delivered by Mr. Thomas Snape, of +Liverpool, upon the topic of the day, "International Arbitration," a +subject which made the presence of the President and the British envoy +particularly appropriate. + +As the President ascended to the pulpit, all the delegates and the great +audience instantly arose. The presiding officer of the day, Rev. T. G. +Williams, of Montreal, presented the distinguished visitor, who was +received with prolonged applause, in which the English delegates led. + +President Harrison then addressed the Conference as follows: + + _Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Conference_--I come here this + morning to make an expression of my respect and esteem for this great + body of delegates assembled from all the countries of the world, and + much more to give a manifestation of my respect and love for that + greater body of Christian men and women for whom you stand. Every + Ecumenical Conference is a distinct step in the direction, not only + of the unification of the Church, but of the unification of the human + race. + + Assembling from countries unlike in their civil institutions, from + churches not wholly in accord as to doctrine or church order, you + come together to find that the unlikeness is not so great as you + had thought, and to find your common sympathies and common purposes + greater and larger than you had thought--large enough presently to + overspread and to extinguish all these transitory lines of division. + + I am glad to know that as followers of Wesley, whose hymns we sing, + you have been in consultation as to the methods by which these minor + divisions among you might be obliterated. It is the natural order that + subdivisions should be wiped out before the grand divisions of the + Church can be united. [Applause.] Who does not greatly rejoice that + the controversial clash of the churches is less than it once was; that + we hear more of the Master and His teachings of love and duty than of + hair-splitting theological differences? [Applause.] + + Many years ago, while visiting in Wisconsin, when Sunday came + around I went with some friends to the little Methodist church + in an adjoining village. The preacher undertook to overturn my + Presbyterianism. [Laughter and applause.] An irreverent friend who + sat beside me as the young man delivered his telling blows against + Calvinism was constantly emphasizing the points made by nudging me + with his elbow. [Laughter.] Now I am glad to say that very often since + then I have worshipped in Methodist churches, and that is the last + experience of that kind I have had. [Applause] + + You have to-day as the theme of discussion the subject of + international arbitration; and this being a public, or, in a large + sense of the word, a political question, perhaps makes my presence + here as an officer of the United States especially appropriate. + [Applause.] + + It is a curious incident that some days ago, and before I was aware + of the theme or the occasion which we have here this morning, I had + appointed this afternoon to visit the great gun foundry of the United + States at the navy yard. Things have come in their proper sequence. I + am here at this arbitration meeting before I go to the gun factory. + [Laughter.] + + This subject is one that has long attracted the attention, and I + think I may say has, perhaps, as greatly attracted the interest and + adherence of the United States as that of any other Christian power in + the world. [Applause.] + + It is known to you all that in the recent conference of the American + states at Washington the proposition was distinctly made and adopted + by the representatives of all, or nearly all, of the governments + of America that, as applied to this hemisphere, all international + disputes should be settled by arbitration. [Applause.] + + Of course there are limitations as yet, in the nature of things, + to the complete and general adoption of such a scheme. It is quite + possible to apply arbitration to a dispute as to a boundary line; + it is quite impossible, it seems to me, to apply it to a case of + international feud. If there is present a disposition to subjugate, + an aggressive spirit to seize territory, a spirit of national + aggrandizement that does not stop to consider the rights of other men + and other people--to such a case and to such a spirit international + arbitration has none, or, if any, a remote and difficult application. + + It is for a Christian sentiment, manifesting itself in a nation, to + remove forever such causes of dispute; and then what remains will be + the easy subject of adjustment by fair international arbitration. But + I had not intended to enter into a discussion of this great theme, for + the setting forth of which you have appointed those who have given + it special attention. Let me, therefore, say simply this: that for + myself--temporarily in a place of influence in this country--and much + more for the great body of its citizenship, I express the desire of + America for peace with the whole world. [Applause.] It would have been + vain to suggest the pulling down of block-houses or family disarmament + to the settlers on a hostile Indian frontier. They would have told + you rightly that the conditions were not ripe. And so it may be and + is probably true that a full application of the principle is not + presently possible, the devil still being unchained. [Laughter.] + + We will have our gun foundries, and possibly will best promote the + settlement of international disputes by arbitration, by having it + understood that if the appeal is to a fiercer tribunal we shall not be + out of the debate. [Great applause.] There is a unity of the Church + and of humanity, and the lines of progress are the same. + + It is by this great Christian sentiment, characterized not only by + a high sense of justice, but by a spirit of love and forbearance, + mastering the civil institutions and governments of the world, that + we shall approach universal peace and adopt arbitration methods of + settling disputes. [Applause.] + + Let me thank you, Mr. Chairman, and you, gentlemen of this + Conference, for the privilege of standing before you for a moment, and + for this most cordial welcome which you have given to me. I beg to + express again my high appreciation of the character of this delegation + and the membership of the great Church from which you come, and to + wish that in your remaining deliberations and in your journeys to + far-distant homes you may have the guidance and care of that God whom + we all revere and worship. [Applause.] + + + + +AMERICAN TIN PLATE, OCTOBER 23. + + +While the gubernatorial campaign in Ohio was in progress and Major +McKinley was making his famous race, the question as to the successful +manufacture of tin plate in the United States was one of the leading +issues of the day. At this juncture W. C. Cronemyer, of the United +States Iron and Steel Tin Plate Works, at Demmler, Pa., sent President +Harrison a box of tin plate manufactured at the Demmler works, and +received in return the following interesting letter, which was given +wide publicity at the time: + + EXECUTIVE MANSION, October 19, 1891. + + MY DEAR SIR--I have your letter of October 15, and also a box of + bright tin plate which you send as a specimen of the product being + turned out by the United States Iron and Tin Plate Company. I have no + skill in determining the character of this work; but, to the eye, it + seems to be eminently satisfactory, and I thank you for this evidence + that a new industry has been established in the United States. + + I cannot quite understand how an American can doubt that we have the + mechanical skill and business sagacity to establish successfully here + the manufacture of tin plate. No other country, certainly, surpasses + us in the inventive genius of its citizens or in the business sagacity + of its capitalists. It is surprising to me that any patriotic American + should approach this question with a desire to see this great and + interesting experiment fail, or with an unwillingness to accept the + evidences of its success. It will be a great step in the direction of + commercial independence when we produce our own tin plate. + + It seems to me that nothing, unless it be a lack of faith in the + maintenance of the present law, can thwart this desirable achievement. + I can understand how our success should be doubted and our failure + accepted with satisfaction in Wales, but I cannot understand how any + American can take that view of the question or why he should always + approach every evidence of the successful establishment of this + industry in this country with a disposition to discredit it and reject + it. If the great experiment is to fail, our own people should not add + to the mortification of failure the crime of rejoicing in it. + + Very truly yours, + BENJAMIN HARRISON. + + + + +WASHINGTON, NOVEMBER 14 AND DECEMBER 9, 1891. + +_The Chilian Imbroglio._ + + +In January, 1891, civil war broke out in the republic of Chili between +the Congressional forces and the established Government under President +Balmaceda. Deeds of cruelty signalized the conflict, which continued +until August 28, when the insurgent forces landed near Valparaiso and, +after a bloody engagement, captured that city. President Balmaceda +became a fugitive, and a few weeks later committed suicide, by shooting, +at the residence of Senor Uribirru, the Argentine Minister. + +During the conduct of the war, the _Itata_, an armed vessel, commanded +by an officer of the Chilian insurgent fleet, was seized under process +of the United States Court at San Diego, Cal., for a violation of the +neutrality laws. This seizure and the subsequent escape, surrender, +and return of the _Itata_, and the strict neutrality observed by the +American Minister, Hon. Patrick Egan, and Admiral Brown, commanding +the squadron, caused the victorious Chilians to manifest a spirit of +animosity toward the Government and people of the United States. This +feeling was intensified by the false statements published in the British +press, notably the London _Times_, touching the conduct of Admiral Brown +and the American Minister, and by the fact that the American Legation, +exercising the established right of asylum, opened its doors to several +prominent political refugees of the defunct Balmaceda Government. + +On October 16, 1891, this hostility culminated in an attack, in the +streets of Valparaiso, upon a number of sailors attached to the U. S. +cruiser _Baltimore_, who were upon shore leave. These sailors, wearing +their uniforms, were assaulted by armed men in different localities +in the city; one petty officer was killed outright, and eight seamen +seriously wounded, one of whom died a few days later. Many of their stab +wounds were in the back. The news of this bloody and unprovoked attack +sent a thrill of indignation across the American continent, and it was +felt that the deadly insult must be atoned in blood. The war feeling was +not lessened by the impudent tone of the reply from the Chilian Minister +of Foreign Affairs. American indignation subsided somewhat pending a +judicial inquiry into the attack, but the determination to expiate the +insult had in no degree abated when, on November 14, Senor Don Pedro +Montt was presented to President Harrison as the newly accredited +Chilian Minister to the United States. + +The reception of a new Minister is ordinarily a very formal and +uninteresting affair, but the circumstances narrated--with the two +governments apparently on the verge of war--lent an unusual interest to +this official meeting; and the President's remarks, characterized by his +usual frankness and firmness, called forth the approval of the whole +Nation. + +The Minister was accompanied by Senors Anibal Cruz, Secretary of +Legation; Guillermo Arenanetegan and Valentin del Campo, attaches. After +the formal introductions by Secretary Blaine, Senor Montt addressed the +President in Spanish as follows: + + _Mr. President_--I have the honor to present the credentials which + accredit me in the capacity of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister + Plenipotentiary of the republic of Chili in the United States of North + America. The object of the mission which the Government of Chili has + confided to me is to cultivate and maintain the relations of peace + and friendship between the United States and Chili, which have ever + been close and cordial. For the accomplishment of this purpose I rely + upon the kindness and good-will which the United States Government + has always manifested for the representatives of Chili. Permit me to + express my country's sincere wishes for the prosperity and welfare of + this noble country, which is so highly favored by Providence, and for + your own happiness. + +The President, in response, said: + + _Mr. Minister_--I am glad to receive from your hands the + letters accrediting you as the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister + Plenipotentiary of the republic of Chili to the United States. The + presence of a representative of the Government of Chili at this + capital will, I hope, tend to promote a good understanding between + the two governments and the early settlement, upon terms just and + honorable to both, of the diplomatic questions now somewhat urgently + awaiting adjustment. The Government of the United States, as well as + its people, particularly desire and rejoice in the prosperity of all + our neighbors in this hemisphere. Our diplomatic relations with them + have always been and will continue to be free from intermeddling with + their internal affairs. Our people are too just to desire that the + commercial or political advantage of this Government should be sought + by the promotion of disastrous dissensions in other countries. We + hear with sorrow every fresh tale of war or internal strife, and are + always ready to give our friendly offices to the promotion of peace. + If these are not acceptable or do not avail, it is our policy to + preserve an honorable and strict neutrality, as was done during the + recent war in Chili. Tempting commercial and political advantages may + be offered for our aid or influence by one or the other of the two + contending parties, but this we have not deemed to be consistent with + the obligations of international honor and good-will. This Government + was quite as determined in its refusal to allow a war-vessel of the + United States to carry to a neutral port, where it could be made + available for war purposes, the silver of Balmaceda, as it was to give + aid to the forces opposing him. The questions involved were Chilian + questions, and this Government endeavored to observe those principles + of non-intervention upon which it had so strongly insisted when civil + war disturbed our own people. I cannot doubt that this policy will + commend itself to those who now administer the Government of Chili; + nor can I doubt that when excitement has given place to calmness, when + the truth is ascertained and the selfish and designing perversions of + recent incidents have been exposed, our respective governments will + find a basis of increased mutual respect, confidence, and friendship. + + Mr. Minister, this Government and our people rejoice that peace has + been restored in Chili, and that its Government is the expression of + the free choice of its people. You may assure your honored President, + who has been chosen under circumstances which so strongly testify to + his moderation and to the esteem in which he is held by the people of + all parties, that the Government of the United States entertains only + good-will for him and for the people of Chili, and cannot doubt that + the existing and all future differences between the two governments + will find an honorable adjustment. To you, Mr. Minister, I tender a + personal welcome. + +In his annual message to Congress, December 9, President Harrison +concludes his remarks upon Chilian affairs relating to the attack upon +the sailors of the cruiser _Baltimore_ with the following significant +paragraphs: + + So far as I have yet been able to learn, no other explanation of + this bloody work has been suggested than that it had its origin in + hostility to these men as sailors of the United States, wearing the + uniform of their Government, and not in any individual act or personal + animosity. The attention of the Chilian Government was at once + called to this affair, and a statement of the facts obtained by the + investigation we had conducted was submitted, accompanied by a request + to be advised of any other or qualifying facts in the possession of + the Chilian Government that might tend to relieve this affair of the + appearance of an insult to this Government. The Chilian Government + was also advised that if such qualifying facts did not exist, this + Government would confidently expect full and prompt reparation. + + It is to be regretted that the reply of the Secretary for Foreign + Affairs of the Provisional Government was couched in an offensive + tone. To this no response has been made. This Government is now + awaiting the result of an investigation which has been conducted + by the criminal court at Valparaiso. It is reported unofficially + that the investigation is about completed, and it is expected that + the result will soon be communicated to this Government, together + with some adequate and satisfactory response to the note by which + the attention of Chili was called to this incident. If these just + expectations should be disappointed or further needless delay + intervene, I will, by a special message, bring this matter again to + the attention of Congress for such action as may be necessary. The + entire correspondence with the Government of Chili will at an early + day be submitted to Congress. + + + + +PROTECTION FOR RAILROAD EMPLOYEES. + +[_Extract from President's Message, December 9, 1891._] + + +On the evening of August 5, 1888, at Indianapolis, General Harrison, +responding to an address from D. T. Downs, President of the Terre +Haute Railroad Club, and in the presence of several thousand railroad +employees, speaking of the heroic services rendered by the men who +operate the great railroad lines of the country, said: + + I do not doubt that certain and necessary provisions for the safety + of the men who operate these roads will yet be made compulsory by + public and general law. The dangers connected with your calling are + very great, and the public interest, as well as your own, requires + that they should be reduced to the minimum. I do not doubt that we + shall yet require that uniformity in the construction of railroad cars + that will diminish the danger of those, who must pass between them in + order to make up trains. + +Consistent with these views, President Harrison, in his message to +Congress, December 9, 1891, made the following pertinent suggestions: + + I have twice before urgently called the attention of Congress to the + necessity of legislation for the protection of the lives of railroad + employees, but nothing has yet been done. During the year ending June + 30, 1890, 369 brakemen were killed and 7,841 maimed while engaged in + coupling cars. The total number of railroad employees killed during + the year was 2,451 and the number injured 22,390. This is a cruel and + largely a needless sacrifice, The Government is spending nearly one + million dollars annually to save the lives of shipwrecked seamen; + every steam-vessel is rigidly inspected and required to adopt the most + approved safety appliances. All this is good; but how shall we excuse + the lack of interest and effort in behalf of this army of brave young + men who in our land commerce are being sacrificed every year by the + continued use of antiquated and dangerous appliances? A law requiring + of every railroad engaged in inter-State commerce the equipment each + year of a given per cent. of its freight cars with automatic couplers + and air brakes would compel an agreement between the roads as to the + kind of brakes and couplers to be used, and would very soon and very + greatly reduce the present fearful death-rate among railroad employees. + + + + +THE APPOINTMENT OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS. + +[_From Annual Message to Congress, December 9, 1891._] + + +Perhaps no official utterance of President Harrison received more +serious and profound consideration--as indicated through the press +of the day--than the following patriotic admonishment regarding the +danger lurking within certain possible methods of choosing presidential +electors. He said: + + The method of appointment by the States of electors of President and + Vice-President has recently attracted renewed interest by reason of a + departure by the State of Michigan from the method which had become + uniform in all the States. Prior to 1832 various methods had been + used by the different States, and even by the same State. In some the + choice was made by the Legislature; in others electors were chosen by + districts, but more generally by the voters of the whole State upon + a general ticket. The movement toward the adoption of the last-named + method had an early beginning and went steadily forward among the + States, until in 1832 there remained but a single State--South + Carolina--that had not adopted it. That State, until the Civil War, + continued to choose its electors by a vote of the Legislature, but + after the war changed its method and conformed to the practice of the + other States. For nearly sixty years all the States save one have + appointed their electors by a popular vote upon a general ticket, and + for nearly thirty years this method was universal. + + After a full test of other methods, without important division or + dissent in any State and without any purpose of party advantage, as + we must believe, but solely upon the considerations that uniformity + was desirable and that general election in territorial divisions not + subject to change was most consistent with the popular character of + our institutions, best preserved the equality of the voters, and + perfectly removed the choice of President from the baneful influence + of the "gerrymander," the practice of all the States was brought into + harmony. That this concurrence should now be broken is, I think, an + unfortunate and even a threatening episode, and one that may well + suggest whether the States that still give their approval to the + old and prevailing method ought not to secure, by a constitutional + amendment, a practice which has had the approval of all. The recent + Michigan legislation provides for choosing what are popularly + known as the Congressional electors for President by Congressional + districts, and the two Senatorial electors by districts created for + that purpose. This legislation was, of course, accompanied by a new + Congressional apportionment, and the two statutes bring the electoral + vote of the State under the influence of the "gerrymander." + + These gerrymanders for Congressional purposes are in most cases + buttressed by a gerrymander of the legislative districts, thus making + it impossible for a majority of the legal voters of the State to + correct the apportionment and equalize the Congressional districts. + A minority rule is established that only a political convulsion + can overthrow. I have recently been advised that in one county of + a certain State three districts for the election of members of the + Legislature are constituted as follows: One has 65,000 population, + one 15,000, and one 10,000; while in another county, detached, + non-contiguous sections have been united to make a legislative + district. These methods have already found effective application to + the choice of Senators and Representatives in Congress, and now an + evil start has been made in the direction of applying them to the + choice by the States of electors of President and Vice-President. If + this is accomplished, we shall then have the three great departments + of the Government in the grasp of the "gerrymander," the legislative + and executive directly and the judiciary indirectly, through the power + of appointment. + + An election implies a body of electors having prescribed + qualifications, each one of whom has an equal value and influence in + determining the result. So when the Constitution provides that "each + State shall appoint [elect], in such manner as the legislature thereof + may direct, a number of electors," etc., an unrestricted power was not + given to the legislatures in the selection of the methods to be used. + "A republican form of government" is guaranteed by the Constitution + to each State, and the power given by the same instrument to the + legislatures of the States to prescribe methods for the choice, by + the State, of electors must be exercised under that limitation. The + essential features of such a government are the right of the people + to choose their own officers and the nearest practicable equality of + value in the suffrages given in determining that choice. + + It will not be claimed that the power given to the Legislature + would support a law providing that the persons receiving the smallest + vote should be the electors, or a law that all the electors should + be chosen by the voters of a single Congressional district. The + State is to choose, and under the pretence of regulating methods + the legislature can neither vest the right of choice elsewhere nor + adopt methods not conformable to republican institutions. It is not + my purpose here to discuss the question whether a choice by the + Legislature or by the voters of equal single districts is a choice by + the State, but only to recommend such regulation of this matter by + constitutional amendment as will secure uniformity and prevent that + disgraceful partisan jugglery to which such a liberty of choice, if it + exist, offers a temptation. + + Nothing just now is more important than to provide every guaranty + for the absolutely fair and free choice by an equal suffrage, within + the respective States, of all the officers of the national Government, + whether that suffrage is applied directly, as in the choice of members + of the House of Representatives, or indirectly, as in the choice of + Senators and electors of President. Respect for public officers and + obedience to law will not cease to be the characteristics of our + people until our elections cease to declare the will of majorities + fairly ascertained, without fraud, suppression, or gerrymander. If I + were called upon to declare wherein our chief national danger lies, I + should say, without hesitation, in the overthrow of majority control + by the suppression or perversion of the popular suffrage. That there + is a real danger here all must agree, but the energies of those who + see it have been chiefly expended in trying to fix responsibility upon + the opposite party, rather than in efforts to make such practices + impossible by either party. + + Is it not possible now to adjourn that interminable and inconclusive + debate while we take, by consent, one step in the direction of reform + by eliminating the gerrymander, which has been denounced by all + parties, as an influence in the selection of electors of President + and members of Congress? All the States have, acting freely and + separately, determined that the choice of electors by a general ticket + is the wisest and safest method, and it would seem there could be no + objection to a constitutional amendment making that method permanent. + If a legislature chosen in one year upon purely local questions + should, pending a presidential contest, meet, rescind the law for a + choice upon a general ticket, and provide for the choice of electors + by the legislature, and this trick should determine the result, it + is not too much to say that the public peace might be seriously and + widely endangered. + + I have alluded to the "gerrymander" as affecting the method of + selecting electors of President by Congressional districts, but the + primary intent and effect of this form of political robbery have + relation to the selection of members of the House of Representatives. + The power of Congress is ample to deal with this threatening and + intolerable abuse. The unfailing test of sincerity in election reform + will be found in a willingness to confer as to remedies and to put + into force such measures as will most effectually preserve the right + of the people to free and equal representation. + + An attempt was made in the last Congress to bring to bear the + constitutional powers of the general Government for the correction + of frauds against the suffrage. It is important to know whether the + opposition to such measures is really vested in particular features + supposed to be objectionable or includes any proposition to give to + the election laws of the United States adequacy to the correction + of grave and acknowledged evils. I must yet entertain the hope that + it is possible to secure a calm, patriotic consideration of such + constitutional or statutory changes as may be necessary to secure + the choice of the officers of the Government to the people by fair + apportionments and free elections. I believe it would be possible to + constitute a commission, non-partisan in its membership and composed + of patriotic, wise, and impartial men, to whom a consideration of the + question of the evils connected with our election system and methods + might be committed with a good prospect of securing unanimity in some + plan for removing or mitigating those evils. The Constitution would + permit the selection of the commission to be vested in the Supreme + Court, if that method would give the best guaranty of impartiality. + + This commission should be charged with the duty of inquiring into + the whole subject of the law of elections as related to the choice of + officers of the national Government, with a view to securing to every + elector a free and unmolested exercise of the suffrage and as near an + approach to an equality of value in each ballot cast as is attainable. + + While the policies of the general Government upon the tariff, + upon the restoration of our merchant marine, upon river and harbor + improvements, and other such matters of grave and general concern are + liable to be turned this way or that by the results of Congressional + elections and administrative policies, sometimes involving issues that + tend to peace or war, to be turned this way or that by the results + of a presidential election, there is a rightful interest in all the + States and in every Congressional district that will not be deceived + or silenced by the audacious pretence that the question of the right + of any body of legal voters in any State or in any Congressional + district to give their suffrages freely upon these general questions + is a matter only of local concern or control. The demand that the + limitations of suffrage shall be found in the law, and only there, is + a just demand, and no just man should resent or resist it. My appeal + is, and must continue to be, for a consultation that shall "proceed + with candor, calmness, and patience upon the lines of justice and + humanity, not of prejudice and cruelty." + + To the consideration of these very grave questions I invite not only + the attention of Congress, but that of all patriotic citizens. We must + not entertain the delusion that our people have ceased to regard a + free ballot and equal representation as the price of their allegiance + to laws and to civil magistrates. + + I have been greatly rejoiced to notice many evidences of the + increased unification of our people and of a revived national spirit. + The vista that now opens to us is wider and more glorious than + ever before. Gratification and amazement struggle for supremacy as + we contemplate the population, wealth, and moral strength of our + country. A trust, momentous in its influence upon our people and upon + the world, is for a brief time committed to us, and we must not be + faithless to its first condition--the defence of the free and equal + influence of the people in the choice of public officers and in the + control of public affairs. + + + + +THE CHILIAN MESSAGE, JANUARY 25, 1892. + + +Just as this book is going to the printer there has appeared a most +satisfactory closing chapter--the masterly message on the Chilian +difficulty. This message quickly won the approval of the civilized +world, and has stirred, as it has not been stirred in years, the +patriotic pride of our own people. It will rank side by side with +Monroe's famous declaration of American policy. It at once impresses +one with its character as the official statement of their position by +a powerful yet generous people, who, conscious of their own strength, +will firmly assert their rights and maintain their dignity, without any +disposition to despoil or humiliate their weaker neighbors. The position +taken by the President was so firm and the justice of our claims was so +clearly set forth that three days after the date of the message he was +enabled to announce to Congress that Chili had substantially complied +with our demands. + +Such parts of the message as contained only a recital of facts, or were +not necessary to an understanding of the policy announced have, for the +sake of brevity, been omitted. + + _To the Senate and House of Representatives_: + + . . . . . + + We have now received from the Chilian Government an abstract of the + conclusions of the _Fiscal General_ upon the testimony taken by the + Judge of Crimes in an investigation which was made to extend over + nearly three months. I very much regret to be compelled to say that + this report does not enable me to modify the conclusion announced in + my annual message. I am still of the opinion that our sailors were + assaulted, beaten, stabbed, and killed, not for anything they or any + one of them had done, but for what the Government of the United States + had done, or was charged with having done, by its civil officers and + naval commanders. If that be the true aspect of the case, the injury + was to the Government of the United States, not to these poor sailors + who were assaulted in a manner so brutal and so cowardly. + + . . . . . + + It is not claimed that every personal collision or injury in + which a sailor or officer of such naval vessel visiting the shore + may be involved raises an international question; but I am clearly + of the opinion that where such sailors or officers are assaulted + by a resident populace, animated by hostility to the Government + whose uniform these sailors and officers wear, and in resentment of + acts done by their Government, not by them, their nation must take + notice of the event as one involving an infraction of its rights and + dignity--not in a secondary way, as where a citizen is injured and + presents his claim through his own Government, but in a primary way, + precisely as if its minister or consul or the flag itself had been the + object of the same character of assault. The officers and sailors of + the _Baltimore_ were in the harbor of Valparaiso under the orders of + their Government, not by their own choice. They were upon the shore + by the implied invitation of the Government of Chili and with the + approval of their commanding officer; and it does not distinguish + their case from that of a consul that his stay is more permanent + or that he holds the express invitation of the local government to + justify his longer residence. Nor does it affect the question that + the injury was the act of a mob. If there had been no participation + by the police or military in this cruel work and no neglect on their + part to extend protection, the case would still be one, in my opinion, + when its extent and character are considered, involving international + rights. + +Here follow the details of the attack upon the sailors of the +_Baltimore_ in the streets of Valparaiso, October 16th. + + The scene ... is very graphically set before us by the Chilian + testimony. The American sailors, who, after so long an examination, + have not been found guilty of any breach of the peace so far as the + Chilian authorities are able to discover, unarmed and defenceless, + are fleeing for their lives, pursued by overwhelming numbers, and + fighting only to aid their own escape from death or to succor some + mate whose life is in greater peril. Eighteen of them are brutally + stabbed and beaten, while one Chilian seems, from the report, to + have suffered some injury; but how serious or with what character or + weapon, or whether by a missile thrown by our men or by some of his + fellow-rioters, is unascertained. + + The pretence that our men were fighting "with stones, clubs, and + bright arms" is, in view of these facts, incredible. It is further + refuted by the fact that our prisoners, when searched, were absolutely + without arms, only seven penknives being found in the possession of + the men arrested, while there were received by our men more than + thirty stab wounds, every one of which was inflicted in the back, and + almost every contused wound was in the back or back of the head. The + evidence of the ship's officer of the day is that even the jack-knives + of the men were taken from them before leaving the ship.... + + No amount of evasion or subterfuge is able to cloud our clear vision + of this brutal work.... + + It is quite remarkable and quite characteristic of the management of + this affair by the Chilian police authorities that we should now be + advised that Seaman Davidson, of the _Baltimore_, has been included + in the indictment, his offence being, so far as I have been able to + ascertain, that he attempted to defend a shipmate against an assailant + who was striking at him with a knife. The perfect vindication of our + men is furnished by this report; one only is found to have been guilty + of criminal fault, and that for an act clearly justifiable.... + + The evidence of our sailors clearly shows that the attack was + expected by the Chilian people, that threats had been made against + our men, and that, in one case somewhat early in the afternoon, the + keeper of one house into which some of our men had gone closed his + establishment in anticipation of the attack, which he advised them + would be made upon them as darkness came on.... + + Several of our men sought security from the mob by such complete + or partial changes in their dress as would conceal the fact of their + being seamen of the _Baltimore_, and found it then possible to + walk the streets without molestation. These incidents conclusively + establish that the attack was upon the uniform--the nationality--and + not upon the men. + + . . . . . + + The testimony of Captain Jenkins, of the American merchant ship + _Keweenaw_, which had gone to Valparaiso for repairs, and who was a + witness of some part of the assault upon the crew of the _Baltimore_, + is strongly corroborative of the testimony of our own sailors when + he says that he saw Chilian sentries drive back a seaman, seeking + shelter, upon a mob that was pursuing him. The officers and men of + Captain Jenkins' ship furnish the most conclusive testimony as to + the indignities which were practised toward Americans in Valparaiso. + When American sailors, even of merchant ships, can only secure their + safety by denying their nationality, it must be time to readjust our + relations with a government that permits such demonstrations. + + As to the participation of the police, the evidence of our sailors + shows that our men were struck and beaten by police officers before + and after arrest, and that one at least was dragged with a lasso + about his neck by a mounted policeman. That the death of Riggin was + the result of a rifle-shot fired by a policeman or soldier on duty is + shown directly by the testimony of Johnson, in whose arms he was at + the time, and by the evidence of Charles Langen, an American sailor + not then a member of the _Baltimore's_ crew, who stood close by and + saw the transaction. The Chilian authorities do not pretend to fix the + responsibility of this shot upon any particular person, but avow their + inability to ascertain who fired it, further than that it was fired + from a crowd.... + + The communications of the Chilian Government in relation to this + cruel and disastrous attack upon our men, as will appear from the + correspondence, have not in any degree taken the form of a manly and + satisfactory expression of regret, much less of apology. The event + was of so serious a character that, if the injuries suffered by our + men had been wholly the result of an accident in a Chilian port, the + incident was grave enough to have called for some public expression + of sympathy and regret from the local authorities. It is not enough + to say that the affair was lamentable, for humanity would require + that expression, even if the beating and killing of our men had been + justifiable. It is not enough to say that the incident is regretted, + coupled with the statement that the affair was not of an unusual + character in ports where foreign sailors are accustomed to meet. It is + not for a generous and sincere government to seek for words of small + or equivocal meaning in which to convey to a friendly power an apology + for an offence so atrocious as this. In the case of the assault by a + mob in New Orleans upon the Spanish consulate in 1851, Mr. Webster + wrote to the Spanish minister, Mr. Calderon, that the acts complained + of were "a disgraceful and flagrant breach of duty and propriety," + and that his Government "regrets them as deeply as Minister Calderon + or his Government could possibly do;" that "these acts have caused + the President great pain, and he thinks a proper acknowledgment is + due to Her Majesty's Government." He invited the Spanish consul to + return to his post, guaranteeing protection, and offered to salute the + Spanish flag if the consul should come in a Spanish vessel. Such a + treatment by the Government of Chili of this assault would have been + more creditable to the Chilian authorities; and much less can hardly + be satisfactory to a government that values its dignity and honor. + + . . . . . + + On the 21st instant I caused to be communicated to the Government of + Chili, by the American minister at Santiago, the conclusions of this + Government after a full consideration of all the evidence and of every + suggestion affecting this matter, and to these conclusions I adhere. + They were stated as follows: + + "First. That the assault is not relieved of the aspect which the + early information of the event gave to it, viz.: That of an attack + upon the uniform of the United States Navy, having its origin and + motive in a feeling of hostility to this Government, and not in any + act of the sailors or of any of them. + + "Second. That the public authorities of Valparaiso flagrantly + failed in their duty to protect our men, and that some of the police + and of the Chilian soldiers and sailors were themselves guilty of + unprovoked assaults upon our sailors before and after arrest. He [the + President] thinks the preponderance of the evidence and the inherent + probabilities lead to the conclusion that Riggin was killed by the + police or soldiers. + + "Third. That he [the President] is therefore compelled to bring the + case back to the position taken by this Government in the note of Mr. + Wharton of October 23 last, ... and to ask for a suitable apology and + for some adequate reparation for the injury done to this Government." + + In the same note the attention of the Chilian Government was + called to the offensive character of a note addressed by Mr. Matta, + its Minister of Foreign Affairs, to Mr. Montt, its minister at + this capital, on the 11th ultimo. This despatch was not officially + communicated to this Government; but, as Mr. Montt was directed to + translate it and to give it to the press of this country, it seemed + to me that it could not pass without official notice. It was not + only undiplomatic, but grossly insulting to our naval officers and + to the Executive Department, as it directly imputed untruth and + insincerity to the reports of the naval officers and to the official + communications made by the Executive Department to Congress. It will + be observed that I have notified the Chilian Government that, unless + this note is at once withdrawn and an apology as public as the offence + made, I will terminate diplomatic relations. + + The request for the recall of Mr. Egan upon the ground that he was + not _persona grata_ was unaccompanied by any suggestion that could + properly be used in support of it, and I infer that the request is + based upon official acts of Mr. Egan which have received the approval + of this Government. But however that may be, I could not consent to + consider such a question until it had first been settled whether our + correspondence with Chili could be conducted upon a basis of mutual + respect. + + In submitting these papers to Congress for that grave and patriotic + consideration which the questions involved demand, I desire to say + that I am of the opinion that the demands made of Chili by this + Government should be adhered to and enforced. If the dignity as + well as the prestige and influence of the United States are not to + be wholly sacrificed, we must protect those who, in foreign ports, + display the flag or wear the colors of this Government against insult, + brutality, and death inflicted in resentment of the acts of their + Government, and not for any fault of their own. It has been my desire + in every way to cultivate friendly and intimate relations with all + the governments of this hemisphere. We do not covet their territory; + we desire their peace and prosperity. We look for no advantage in our + relations with them, except the increased exchanges of commerce upon a + basis of mutual benefit. We regret every civil contest that disturbs + their peace and paralyzes their development, and are always ready to + give our good offices for the restoration of peace. It must, however, + be understood that this Government, while exercising the utmost + forbearance toward weaker powers, will extend its strong and adequate + protection to its citizens, to its officers, and to its humblest + sailors when made the victims of wantonness and cruelty in resentment, + not of their personal misconduct, but of the official acts of their + Government. + + Upon information received that Patrick Shields, an Irishman and + probably a British subject, but at the time a fireman of the American + steamer _Keweenaw_, in the harbor of Valparaiso for repairs, had been + subjected to personal injuries in that city--largely by the police--I + directed the Attorney-General to cause the evidence of the officers + and crew of that vessel to be taken upon its arrival in San Francisco; + and that testimony is also herewith transmitted. The brutality and + even savagery of the treatment of this poor man by the Chilian police + would be incredible if the evidence of Shields was not supported by + other direct testimony and by the distressing condition of the man + himself when he was finally able to reach his vessel.... + + A claim for reparation has been made in behalf of this man, for + while he was not a citizen of the United States, the doctrine long + held by us, as expressed in the Consular Regulations, is "the + principles which are maintained by this Government in regard to the + protection, as distinguished from the relief, of seamen are well + settled. It is held that the circumstance that the vessel is American + is evidence that the seamen on board are such; and in every regularly + documented merchant vessel the crew will find their protection in the + flag that covers them." + + I have as yet received no reply to our note of the 21st instant, but + in my opinion I ought not to delay longer to bring these matters to + the attention of Congress for such action as may be deemed appropriate. + +BENJ. HARRISON. + +EXECUTIVE MANSION, + +January 25, 1892. + + + + +INDEX TO SPEECHES, ETC. + + + Akron, Colorado, reception address at, 460 + + Albany, Oregon, reception address at, 402 + + Albany, New York, reception address at, 498 + + Alger, Gen. R. A., response of, 69 + + Allen County, Ohio, to delegation from, 149 + + Alliance, Ohio, reception address at, 284 + + Altoona, Pa., reception address at, 487 + + American Fork, Utah, reception address at, 435 + + Anderson, Indiana, reception address at, 271 + + Anniston, Alabama, reception address at, 308 + + Ashland, Oregon, reception address at, 400 + + Ashland, Nebraska, reception address at, 464 + + Atchison, Kansas, reception address at, 259 + + Atlanta, Georgia, address to students, 304 + farewell address, 305 + Mr. Wanamaker's address, 306 + + Augusta, Georgia, to exposition committee from, 549 + + + Bakersfield, California, reception address at, 362 + + Baker City, Oregon, reception address at, 425 + + Banning, California, reception address at, 341 + + Bartholomew County, Indiana, to delegation from, 90 + + Bellefontaine, Ohio, to delegation from, 89 + reception address at, 277 + + Bellows Falls, Vermont, reception address at, 540 + + Benicia, California, reception address at, 392 + + Bennington trip, 1891, personnel of party, 493 + + Bennington, Vermont, Battle Monument address, 502 + at great tent banquet, 505 + + Benton Harbor, Michigan, to delegation from, 41 + + Benton County, Indiana, to delegation from, 44 + + Berkeley, California, at State University, 393 + dumb and blind institute, 394 + + Billings Park, Vermont, speech at horse fair, 535 + + Birmingham, Alabama, reception address at, 311 + luncheon address, 313 + + Blackford County, Indiana, to delegation from, 163 + + Blaine Club of Kansas City, address to, at Indianapolis, 76 + + Blaine reception, demonstration at Indianapolis Oct. 11, 1888, 170 + + Bloomington, Illinois, to delegation from, 62 + + Boise City, Idaho, reception address at, 427 + + Boone County, Indiana, to delegation from, 46 + + Boston, Mass., reception address at, 226 + Mayor's Club banquet, 228 + G. A. R. national encampment, 230 + + Bradford, Vermont, reception address at, 536 + + Brandon, Vermont, reception address at, 516 + + Brattleboro, Vermont, reception address at, 542 + + Bristol, Tennessee, reception address at, 291 + + Brown County, Indiana, to delegation from, 70 + + Buena Vista, Colorado, reception address at, 444 + + Burlington, Vermont, reception address at, 519 + + + California delegates to Chicago, visit from, 29 + + California tour, 1891, personnel of party, 289 + + Canyon City, Colorado, reception address at, 446 + + Canton, Ohio, reception address at, 283 + + Cartersville, Georgia, reception address at, 302 + + Cascade Locks, Oregon, reception address at, 421 + + Castleton, Vermont, reception address at, 515 + + Centennial address, New York City, April 30, 1889, 207 + + Centralia, Washington, reception address at, 412 + + Champaign County, Illinois, to delegation from, 55 + + Champaign, Illinois, reception address at, 241 + + Charlestown, New Hampshire, reception address at, 539 + + Chattanooga, Tennessee, reception address at, 301 + + Chehalis, Washington, reception address at, 420 + + Chemawa, Oregon, reception address at, 405 + + Chicago, Marquette Club banquet address, 16 + to committee from Marquette Club, 31 + to Irish-American Club from, 124 + to commercial travellers from, 140 + to delegation business men from, 155 + to Union veterans and others from, 166 + to German-American Club from, 172 + Auditorium dedication address, 218 + + Chilian Minister, official reception of, response to, 557 + + Chilian affair, message on, January 25, 1892, 564-70 + + Chrisman, Illinois, reception address at, 479 + + Cincinnati, Ohio, to Lincoln Club from, 49 + + Cincinnati Exposition Committee, visit from, 136 + + Cincinnati Exposition, invitation committee from, 171 + + Clay County, Indiana, to delegation from, 60 + + Clayton, Indiana, reunion 70th Regiment, 115 + + Clearfield, Pa., trip to the coal regions, 231 + + Cleveland, Ohio, to delegation from, 152 + Garfield mausoleum dedication, 222 + + Clifton Forge, Virginia, reception address at, 235 + + Clinton County, Indiana, to delegation from, 72 + + Coles County, Illinois, to delegation from, 57 + + Colorado Springs, Colorado, address to scholars, 450 + reception address, 453 + + Colton, California, reception address at, 339 + + Columbus, Ohio, to delegation veteran voters from, 145 + to Garfield Club and Gov. Foraker, 174 + reception address at, Feb. 25, 1889, 192 + reception address at, May 14, 1891, 487 + + Commercial travellers of Indiana, address to, 40 + + Commercial travellers of Ill. and Ind., address to, 92 + + Commercial travellers of Chicago, address to, 139 + + Commercial travellers of United States, address to, 177 + + Council Bluffs, Iowa, reception address at, 471 + + Cresson, Pa., to visiting Altoona veterans, 231 + + Crestline, Ohio, reception address at, 278 + + Crete, Nebraska, reception address at, 462 + + + Danville, Indiana, to Republican Club from, June 25, 1888, 25 + + Danville, Illinois, reception address at, 240 + + Dayton, Ohio, to delegation from, 137 + reception address at, 485 + + Decatur County, Indiana, to delegation from, 87 + + Decatur, Illinois, reception address at, 476 + + Defiance, Ohio, reception address at, 94 + + De Graff, Ohio, reception address at, 276 + + Delaware County, Indiana, to delegation from, 87 + + Del Rio, Texas, reception address at, 332 + + Deming, New Mexico, reception address at, 335 + + Denver, Colorado, address at Capitol, 454 + address at Hotel Metropole, 459 + + Depew, Hon. Chauncey M., visits the nominee, 171 + + Detroit, Michigan Club banquet address, 9 + + Diaz, President Porfirio, telegram from, 350 + + Douglas County, Illinois, to delegation from, 84 + + Duluth, Minnesota, to delegation from, 156 + + + Ecumenical Conference, address to, at Washington, 550 + + Edgar County, Illinois, to delegation from, 57 + + Election results, popular vote for President, 1888, 188 + + Electoral College, extract from President's message, Dec., 1891, 560 + + Eleventh Indiana Regiment, survivors received, 171 + + Elkhart County, Indiana, to delegation from, 146 + + El Paso, Texas, reception address at, 333 + + Ex-prisoners of war, address to, at Indianapolis, 129 + + + Fair Haven, Vermont, reception address at, 514 + + Florence, Colorado, reception address at, 447 + + Floyd County, Indiana, to delegation from, 122 + + Foraker, Gov. J. B., congratulates the nominee, 174 + + Ford County, Illinois, to delegation from, 89 + + Fort Wayne, Indiana, reception address at, 99 + + Foster, ex-Gov. Charles, introduces the nominee, 97 + + Fountain County, Indiana, to delegation from, 162 + + Fresno, California, reception address at, 365 + + Fulton County, Indiana, to delegation from, 156 + + + Galesburg, Illinois, reception address at, 243 + address at reunion 1st Brigade, 246 + Alumni Hall, Knox College, 251 + Phi Delta Theta banquet, 251 + at 1st Brigade banquet, 252 + + Galveston, Texas, great speech and reception, 322 + + Garfield Club of Columbus, address to, at Indianapolis, 175 + + Garfield Monument, address at dedication of, 225 + + G. A. R. veterans and Gov. Rusk, address to, at Indianapolis, 120 + + G. A. R. installation officers, address to comrades, 189 + + G. A. R. camp fire, Indianapolis, address to comrades, 216 + + G. A. R. national encampment, address at Boston, 228 + + Gilroy, California, reception address at, 377 + + Glenwood Springs, Colorado, reception address at, 437 + address to miners, 438 + address to children, 440 + + Godfrey Commandery of Chicago, visit from, 83 + + Grand Rapids, Michigan, to delegation from, 159 + + Greenville, Tennessee, reception address at, 296 + + Grundy County, Illinois, to delegation from, 134 + + + Hamilton County, Indiana, to delegation from, June 25, 1888, 26 + to delegation from, August 14, 1888, 83 + + Hancock County, Ohio, to delegation from, 149 + + Hannibal, Missouri, reception address at, 472 + + Harrison, Gen. Benj., biographical sketch of, 7-8 + + Harrison League of Indianapolis, address to, 33 + + Harrisburg, Pa., reception address at, 488 + + Hastings, Nebraska, reception address at, 461 + + Hendricks County, Indiana, to delegation from, June 25, 1888, 25 + to delegation from, Nov. 9, 1888, 188 + + Henry County, Indiana, to delegation from, 67 + + Hill, Gov. David B., his invitation to the President, 497 + + Hood River Station, Oregon, reception address at, 421 + + Houston, Texas, reception address at, 321 + + Houtzdale, Pa., reception address at, 233 + + Howard County, Indiana, to delegation from, June 25, 1888, 26 + to delegation from, July 18, 1888, 50 + + Huntington, Indiana, reception address at, 101 + + Hyde Park, Illinois, to delegation from, 166 + + + Inaugural Executive Committee, personnel of, 193 + + Inaugural address, March 4, 1889, 194-203 + + Indianapolis, to his neighbors, June 25, 1888, 27 + to Indiana delegates, June 26, 1888, 29 + to colored citizens, June 30, 1888, 33 + to veterans 70th Regiment, 28 + to veterans 26th Infantry, 134 + to veterans 7th Cavalry, 131 + to veterans 79th Regiment, 176 + to veterans and neighbors, 32 + introducing Gen. R. A. Alger, 69 + official notification, July 4, 1888, 35 + to Tippecanoe veterans, July 4, 1888, 38 + to railroad employees, July 13, 1888, 47 + speech at State Convention, Aug. 8, 1888, 80 + on returning from Put-in Bay, Sept. 4, 1888, 105 + great street demonstration, Sept. 6, 1888, 106 + address to children, Sept. 8, 1888, 107 + to the Porter-Columbian Club, Oct. 3, 1888, 158 + Labor-Day address, Oct. 25, 1888, 183 + to railroad clubs of Indiana, Oct. 27, 1888, 185 + to the saw-makers of city, Nov. 9, 1888, 188 + to G. A. R. veterans, Jan. 1, 1889, 189 + farewell to neighbors, Feb. 25, 1889, 191 + dedication Soldiers' Monument, 211 + at G. A. R. camp-fire, Aug. 22, 1889, 216 + at reunion 70th Regiment, Aug. 23, 1889, 217 + the home welcome, May 14, 1891, 481 + + Indio, California, received by Gov. Markham, 338 + + Irish-American Club, address to, Sept. 15, 1888, 125 + + Iroquois County, Illinois, to delegation from, 131 + + + Jacksonville, Illinois, to delegation from, July 19, 1888, 51 + to delegation from, Aug. 17, 1888, 90 + + Janesville, Wisconsin, to delegation from, Oct. 5, 1888, 161 + + Jay County, Indiana, to delegation from, Sept. 21, 1888, 137 + to delegation from, Oct. 4, 1888, 159 + + Jennings County, Indiana, to delegation from, July 28, 1888, 65 + + Johnson County, Indiana, to delegation from, Aug. 17, 1888, 90 + + Johnson City, Tennessee, reception address at, 293 + + Jonesboro, Tennessee, reception address at, 295 + + + Kankakee, Illinois, to delegation from, 90 + + Kansas City, Missouri, to Blaine Club from, 77 + to Scott Rifles from, 121 + banquet address at, 265 + Chamber Commerce speech, 266 + letter to Commercial Congress, 286 + + Kansas veterans, address to, at Indianapolis, 108 + + Kingston, New York, reception address at, 495 + + Knightstown, Indiana, to soldiers' orphans at, 192 + + Knoxville, Tennessee, reception address at, 299 + + Kokomo, Indiana, to delegations from, 26, 50 + reception address at, 103 + + Kosciusko County, Indiana, to delegation from, 63 + + + Labor-Day address, close of the great campaign, 182 + + La Porte County, Indiana, to delegation from, 132 + + Lathrop, California, reception address at, 368 + + Lawrenceburg, Indiana, reception address at, 235 + + Lawrence, Kansas, reception address at, 265 + + Leadville, Colorado, reception address at, 442 + + Le Grande, Oregon, reception address at, 424 + + Lehi City, Utah, reception address at, 434 + + Letter of acceptance, Sept. 11, 1888, 108 + + Letter to Commercial Congress, April 14, 1891, 286 + + Letter on tin plate, its manufacture in America, 554 + + Lincoln, Nebraska, reception address at, 463 + thanks to travelling men, 464 + + Lincoln Club, Cincinnati, address to, at Indianapolis, 49 + + Little Rock, Arkansas, reception address at, 317 + + Lordsburg, New Mexico, reception address at, 336 + + Los Angeles, California, reception address at, 345 + speech at the pavilion, 347 + + Los Gatos, California, reception address at, 381 + + Louisville, Kentucky, to delegation from, 128 + + + Macon County, Illinois, to delegation from, 84 + + Madison, Wisconsin, to delegation from, 161 + + Mansfield, Ohio, reception address at, 279 + + Marion County, Indiana, to the Tippecanoe Club, 38 + + Marquette Club, Chicago, speech at banquet, 16 + to delegates from, 31 + the President received by, 219 + + Marshall County, Indiana, to delegation from, 156 + + Maryville, Missouri, reception address at, 472 + + Massillon, Ohio, reception address at, 282 + + Medford, Oregon, reception address at, 401 + + Memphis, Tennessee, reception address at, 315 + + Merced, California, reception address at, 366 + + Message to Congress, presidential electors, Dec. 9, 1891, 560-63 + Chilian affair, Dec. 9, 1891, 558 + Chilian affair, Jan. 25, 1892, 564-70 + + McDaniels, L. W., extract from his address, 182 + + Michigan Club, Detroit, speech at banquet, 9 + + Middlebury, Vermont, reception address at, 517 + + Miller, Hon. Warner, famous telegram to, 189 + + Milwaukee German American Club, address to, 172 + + Modesto, California, reception address at, 367 + + Monterey, California, reception address at, 379 + + Montezuma, Indiana, welcomed by Gov. Hovey, 480 + + Montgomery County, Indiana, to delegation from, 71 + + Monticello, Illinois, to delegation from, 51 + + Montpelier, Vermont, address to Legislature, 527 + reception address at, 529 + + Montt, Senor Don Pedro, his address to the President, 556 + + Morgan County, Indiana, to delegation from, 70 + + Morgan County, Illinois, to delegation from, 90 + + Morristown, Tennessee, reception address at, 297 + + Mt. McGregor, New York, birthday dinner speech, 510 + + Muncie, Indiana, reception address at, 272 + + Muskegon, Michigan, to delegation from, 159 + + + Newburgh, New York, reception address at, 494 + + New York City, Washington centenary speech, 204 + Centennial banquet address, 209 + + Ninth Indiana Cavalry, address to survivors, 134 + + Noblesville, Indiana, reception address at, 104 + + Normal, Illinois, to students from, 152 + + North Vernon, Indiana, reception address at, 236 + + Northen, Gov. Wm. J., welcomes the President, 303 + + Nortonville, Kansas, reception address at, 263 + + Notification committee, personnel of, 36 + + + Oakland, California, reception address at, 395 + + Ogden, Utah, committee escorts President, 430 + + Omaha, Nebraska, reception address at, 465 + addresses to school children, 470 + + Ontario, California, reception address at, 340 + + Orange, California, reception address at, 351 + + Oregon City, Oregon, reception address at, 406 + + Orrville, Ohio, reception address at, 281 + + Osceola, Pa., reception address at, 231 + + Ottumwa, Iowa, speech at Coal Palace, 255 + + Oxford College, Ohio, visit from students, 186 + + + Palestine, Texas, received by Gov. Hogg, 319 + + Parke County, Indiana, to delegation from, 143 + + Pasadena, California, reception address at, 356 + + Paxton, Illinois, to delegation from, 89 + + Pendleton, Oregon, reception address at, 423 + + Pennsylvania gas men, address to, at Indianapolis, 151 + + Peo, Umatilla chief, his unique address to President, 423 + + Peoria, Illinois, reception address at, 242 + + Peru, Indiana, reception address at, 102 + + Philadelphia, speech at Independence Hall, 491 + remarks at Gen Meade's grave, 492 + + Phillipsburg, Pa., reception at, Sept. 20, 1890, 234 + + Plainfield, Indiana, to delegation from, 26 + + Plainfield, Vermont, reception address at, 530 + + Pocatello, Idaho, reception address at, 429 + + Pomona, California, reception address at, 342 + + Porter-Columbian Club, address to members, 158 + + Portland, Oregon, reception address at, 408 + Secretary Rusk's address, 411 + Postmaster-General Wanamaker's speech, 410 + + Proctor, Vermont, farewell to New England, 546 + + Provo City, Utah, reception address at, 434 + + Pueblo, Colorado, address to school children, 448 + Mineral Palace speech, 449 + + Puget Sound, remarks on board steamship, 415 + + Pullman, Illinois, to delegation from, 166 + + Put-in Bay, Ohio, reception address at, 97 + + Puyallup, Washington, reception address at, 420 + + + Railroad Club of Terre Haute, address to, 73 + + Railroad clubs of Indiana, address to, 185 + + Railroad employees of Indianapolis, address to, 47 + + Railroad employees should be protected, message, 559 + + Randolph County, Indiana, to delegation from, 137 + + Ransom Post, G. A. R., address to delegation from, 119 + + Red Bluff, California, reception address at, 398 + + Redding, California, reception address at, 399 + + Redwood City, California, reception address at, 375 + + Republican State Convention, speech before, 81 + + Richmond, Indiana, reception address at, Feb. 25, 1889, 192 + reception address at, May 14, 1891, 483 + + Richmond, Vermont, reception address at, 524 + + Riverside, California, reception address at, 352 + + Roanoke, Virginia, reception address at, 290 + + Rush County, Indiana, to delegation from, 86 + + Rusk, Gov. J. M., names Gen. Harrison for a second term, 120 + + Rusk, Secretary, speech of, at Portland, Oregon, 411 + + Rutland, Vermont, reception address at, 544 + + + Sacramento, California, address at State House, 391 + + Salem, Oregon, address at Capitol, 403 + + Salida, Colorado, reception address at, 445 + + Salt Lake, Utah, reception address at, 431 + Chamber Commerce speech, 433 + address to children, 434 + + San Antonio, Texas, reception address at, 329 + + San Bernardino, California, reception address at, 353 + + San Buena Ventura, California, reception address at, 359 + + San Diego, California, to Indiana residents, 347 + at citizens' reception, 349 + response to Gov. Torres, 350 + + San Fernando, California, reception address at, 358 + + San Francisco, the arrival address, 371 + Sutro Heights speech, 372 + at Phi Delta Theta banquet, 373 + launch of the _Monterey_, 374 + reception at Senator Stanford's, 375 + Chamber Commerce speech, 383 + address to veterans, May 1, 384 + Palace Hotel banquet speech, 386 + at Union League reception, 396 + farewell to California, 397 + + San Jose, California, reception address at, 376 + + Santa Ana, California, reception address at, 351 + + Santa Barbara, California, reception address at, 361 + + Santa Cruz, California, reception address at, 380 + + Santa Paula, California, reception address at, 358 + + Saratoga, New York, reception address at, 511 + House of Pansa reception, 512 + + Seattle, Washington, reception address at, 417 + Mr. Wanamaker's address, 419 + + Second Indiana Cavalry, address to survivors, 134 + + Seventieth Indiana Infantry, reunion address, Sept. 13, 1888, 116 + reunion address, Aug. 23, 1889, 216 + + Seventh Indiana Cavalry, address to survivors, 131 + + Seventy-ninth Indiana Infantry, address to survivors, 176 + + Seymour, Indiana, reception address at, 237 + + Shelby County, Indiana, to delegation from, 54 + + Shenandoah, Iowa, reception address at, 471 + + Shoals, Indiana, reception address at, 238 + + Sisson, California, reception address at, 400 + + Soldiers' Monument, Indianapolis, dedicatory address, 214 + + South Chicago, Illinois, to delegation from, 166 + + Springfield, Ohio, to delegation from, 180 + + Springfield, Illinois, to delegation from, 52 + at Lincoln's tomb, 473 + State House address, 475 + + Springville, Utah, reception address at, 436 + + State Fair, Indianapolis, address to exhibitors, 136 + + St. Albans, Vermont, reception address at, 521 + + St. Johnsbury, Vermont, reception address at, 531 + + St. Joseph, Missouri, reception address at, 258 + + St. Louis, Missouri, delegation from Ransom Post, 119 + Loyal Legion delegation, 171 + Merchants' Exchange speech, 268 + at Jockey Club banquet, 270 + + Sullivan, Indiana, reception address at, 238 + + Sutro, Hon. Adolph, presentation address to President, 372 + + + Tacoma, Washington, reception address at, 413 + Mrs. Harrison's thanks, 414 + + Tallapoosa, Georgia, reception address at, 307 + + Terre Haute, Indiana, to Railroad Club from, 74 + response to chair presentation, 187 + reception address at, 239 + + Texarkana, Arkansas, reception address at, 318 + + Texas G. A. R. veterans, visit to Gen. Harrison, 122 + + The Dalles, Oregon, reception address at, 422 + + Tiffin, Ohio, to delegation from, 159 + + Tippecanoe County, Indiana, to delegation from, 78 + + Tipton, Indiana, reception address at, 104 + + Tipton County, Indiana, to delegation from, 146 + + Toledo, Ohio, reception address at, 95 + + Topeka, Kansas, address to veterans, 261 + + Tower, Minnesota, to delegation from, 156 + + Troy, New York, reception address at, 500 + + Tucson, Arizona, reception address at, 337 + + Tulare, California, reception address at, 364 + + Tuscola, Illinois, reception address at, 478 + + Twenty-sixth Indiana Infantry, address to survivors, 134 + + + Union City, Indiana, reception address at, 274 + + Union ex-prisoners war address to delegates, 130 + + + Valley Falls, Kansas, reception address at, 264 + + Vanderberg County, Indiana, to delegation from, 79 + + Vergennes, Vermont, reception address at, 518 + + Vermilion County, Indiana, to delegation from, 90 + + Vermilion County, Illinois, to delegation from, 126 + + + Wabash County, Indiana, to veterans from, 42 + to delegation from, July 12, 1888, 43 + to delegation from, Sept. 25, 1888, 143 + + Wanamaker, Hon. John, address at Atlanta, 306 + address at Portland, 410 + address at Seattle, 419 + + Washington, D. C., to Augusta Exposition Committee, 549 + to Methodist Ecumenical Conference, 551 + the return to, May 15, 1891, 489 + + Waterbury, Vermont, reception address at, 525 + + Watsonville, California, reception address at, 378 + + Wells County, Indiana, to delegation from, 163 + + Western tour, 1890, personnel of party, 234 + + Whitehall, New York, reception address at, 513 + + Winchester, Indiana, reception address at, 274 + + Windsor, Vermont, reception address at, 537 + + Wooster, Ohio, reception address at, 280 + + + Xenia, Ohio, reception address at, 486 + + + + +Transcriber's Note + + Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. 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