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Show 1 ' '7 " " -- vr -v r 1 - T - r packed with crowds around the speakers' speak-ers' stand. The stand waa crowded with prominent promi-nent Utahns. The Governor and staff j were present, as well as three members i of the Utah commission and Gen. Connor. Con-nor. . , Gov. Thomas made an address of welcome wel-come and was followed by Mayor Scott. President Harrison then made a feeling feel-ing address of thanks and appreciation. Secretary Rusk of the Agricultural department de-partment spoke for a minute and won the hearts of his audience by his references refer-ences to the great size of the Utah potatoes po-tatoes he had ever seen. Postmaster-General Postmaster-General Wanamaker also spoke. The Presidential party then went to the Chamber of Commerce, where President Pres-ident Fred Simon' and the directors of the association were In waiting. Speeches were made there dedicating the opening of the Chamber, after 'which the party went to the train. - Wanamaker Left Behind. There 1000 persons waited to see the departure of the city's guests, at 12:01 o'clock. The train was stopped after a start had been made as Postmasters General Wjjiamaker was so interested In his Inspection of the Tabernacle that he had forgotten all about the party and had been left behind. As soon- as he was located and had boarded the train It pulled out for the East. Stops were made at the beet-sugar factories between Lehl and American Fork. , Other stops were made at American Fork, Springvllle and Provo, after which the party made no further stops In this State. TLirteen Years Ao Tliis ; Ilcntli Denjrnia Uar-risc: Uar-risc: Was Greeted by Fcrty Ttousand Cheer-, icj Utahns. . ; : The coming visit of President Roose- I velt to Salt Lake recalls the first visit . that a President of the'Unlted States ever made to Utah. , j This was thirteen years ago this i month, when President Benjamin Har- j rison and his distinguished party were the guests of the State for a hortsime. , President Harrison' party came to Salt Lake from Portland, Or., by way of Boise, Ida. The party consisted of President and Mrs. Harrison, Russel B. Harrison and L Mrs., Russel Harrison, Charles L. IT Saunders, who joined the party at San Francisco; Mrs. Dimmlck, who after-j after-j ward became the second Mrs. Harrison, and Mrs. McKee, the, President's daughter; daugh-ter; Postmaster-General' Wanamaker, Secretary of Agriculture Rusk, Maj. Sergent,. the President's military aide. Marshal Ransdell and A. J. Clark, the representative of the Associated Press. Charles B. Saunders, who joined the party at San Francisco, waa a brother of Mrs. Russel B. Harrison. j , rrtj !wu Het In Idaho. ' The Utah reception committee met the Presidential train at McCammon, Ida and E. P. Ferry delivered a speech of Invitation and welcome to which President Harrison replied In his customary cus-tomary affable manner. The compliments of Col. Blunt, who was then In command at Fort Douglas, were presented to the President by i-jeui. uunning, wno lnvitea nim i" minor min-or Fort Douglas with a visit. - Presi-i dent Harrison waa forced to decline the invitation as the committee had made no arrangements for such a visit. The train then left for Salt Lake, arriving ar-riving at 3:05 o'clock Sunday morning, May 10th. over the Union Pacific. The party remained in, the cars until 6:55 o'clock, when Gov. A. L. Thomas and Mayor George M. Scott . left the cars, followed by the President and Mrs. Harrison. Gov. Thomas escorted Mrs. Harrison to the carriage in waiting, wait-ing, while Mayor Scott looked after the President's comfort. I Gov. Thomas With President. The first carriage contained the President Pres-ident and Mrs. Harrison, Gov. Thomas and Mayor Scott, and was drawn by two span of fine white horses. The second carriage was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Russel B. Harrison. Post-"Vnaster-General .Wanamaker and Mrs. -fcKee. In the third were seated "Uncle Jerry" Rusk. Secretary of Agriculture; Maj. Sanger, J. J. Dooly and Mrs. Dim- ralck. The others of the party followed in other carriages. A cheering crowd of 2000 welcomed the arrival of the party. The procession was led by a squad of eighteen policemen under Capt. Parker. The First Brigade band of twenty-five pieces was next in the procession, followed fol-lowed by the Grand Army of the Republic Re-public under Capt. W. J. Greenman. Stopped at the Walker HoteL The party was taken to the Walker house, which was recently torn down to make room for the Keith-O'Brien building build-ing on Main street, where Gov. Thomas presented to President Harrison a magnificent mag-nificent silver plte as a souvenir of his . . visit. , . Prominent Federal. Territorial, county, coun-ty, municipal and military officers and 'citizens were then received, after which breakfast was served. Those who partook of the breakfast, which was given by the municipal corporation, cor-poration, were: Many Guests at' Breakfast. G. W. Boyd, at the head of the table, and Marshal Ransdell at the foot. At the right were C. D. Harrison, facing fac-ing Charles Sanders; James Horsbury, ' Jr.. facing Miss Boyd; Col. Godfrey, facing fac-ing CoL Sells; Mrs. Blunt, facing Mrs. McKee; Judge Zane, facing Gov. Thomas; Thom-as; Mrs. Dimmlck, facing Mrs. Salisbury; Salis-bury; Mayor Scott, opposite the President; Pres-ident; Mrs. Harrison faced Mrs. Zane. who was on the President's right; John Wanamaker faced Secretary Rusk, at whose side was Miss Thomas, facing Mrs. itussei tiamson. . Maj. Sanger faced Russel Harrison i . 1 Mrs. Sells faced Miss Robertson, Col. Blunt was opposite Gov. Rob-jertspn. Rob-jertspn. ' ' The Mandolin club furnished the music mu-sic for the breakfast. Procession a Brilliant One. The procession started as soon as breakfast was over, a few minutes after af-ter 9 o'clock, and was of unusual brilliancy. bril-liancy. The Sixteenth Infantry band furnished fur-nished the music. The Patriotic Order Sons of America was led by Jake Greenewald and Charles Stanton. - . Other .organizations were the Juvenile Drum corps, the Central .Drum corps, the Veteran Firemen commanded by George Ottinger, and Held's band. The first presidency of the Mormon church followed, leading the pioneers of 1847. Then came the Mill Creek band and other organizations, making a total of 1000 in lines. The entire route of the parade waa thronged with those who desired to see the Illustrious guests, and a newspaper of the day makes the naive comment, "And there was more or less cheering along the entire line of march." On the B street hill, from Brlgham to First, the school children were congregated, congre-gated, 2500 strong, singing "Hall Co-' Co-' lumbia" and , "The Star-Spangled Banner." Ban-ner." 1 " At Liberty park the grounds were |