| Show OUR distinguished VIS ta THE iid ild transition from the generally narrow streeter tucked up cities eastward of the backbone of the continent and aud the barren deserts of the plains and the mountains to this illis city with its generous spaciousness sp cious clous ness of streets and its ered villa like general appearance is always of the nature of a pleasant surprise to visitors to say nothing of the facts as to the advancement van cement of or our citizens in material prosperity and the industrial and tasteful development of the resources res burces of the territory which aro everywhere so abundantly evident jie gie gle arrival alof of the chief magistrate mag wis gis of the union on wl witta a portion of his family and freoa frieada fri oads oada ds yesterday on their brief visit appear appeared d to be highly agreeable to them as regards the appearance of the city and the hearty reception by the people of our distinguished visitors the people were out in large numbers upon south temple street in the vicinity of the ahe depot and elsewhere eager to catch a glimpse of the visiting party and to express by their cheerful counte nances bances the cordial welcome which sprang from their thedr hearts towards persons in such high and and responsible positions by the united voice of the people of or this great country the welcome was as courteously and cordially acknowledged by the party and it would be difficult to say which were most gratified by the mutual manifestations of respect by visitors and visited towards each other the president c omes comes at ake theolea plea piea sandest time in the year so that with the cordiality of his bis reception the visit could scarcely be other than agreeable people are noto worthily enterprising energetic persevering moral fond of peace and good order greatly given to the industrial development of this naturally forbidding region re mar kably law abiding exceptionably sincere conscientious and true and firm to their convictions and decidedly disposed to sustain the constitutional authorities of the country the manifestation of hearty and cordial respect to the national authorities as well as to the local authorities in return for a reasonable respect shown orde orde ordo signed towards them is therefore as natural as the shining of the sun at noonday noon day the fact is there is not a people living on the face of the earth who can be got along with more easily and pleasantly ea than our citizens when they are tro tre greatel treated atel in anything like a reasonable manner their desires ever evor overrun run strongly in the direction of peace and good will to all men and women so far as the same can be extended it is 4 somewhat what to be regretted that the stay of or president grant is bossort so short in this city and terri territory to ry 1 for there are many things anu and and aud places hereabout which would repay a visit and an acquaintance our citizens are an interesting people they llave have interesting families interesting social Cli cri customs an interesting city and an interesting scope e of country comprised within ohp their ir territorial boundaries our city and territory and people are famous by reason ot their peculiarities they have been awarded a prominent conspicuousness and importance in the public mind and also in the councils of the nation an importance which their characteristic modesty would induce them to shrink from but it is thrust upon them so that the they y have no re recourse couise only to endure it with the best grace they can muster anyway any way education in travel is ls is 19 not complete without a visit to Uta hand band more especially desirable is it that the rulers and statesmen of the union should visit utah and salt lake city and form an acquaintance with its leading citizens the municipal authorities are to be commended for the catholic spirit they manifested in ignoring party spirit and inviting leading persons of all parties to join in the arrangements for the reception of our distinguished distin rui rul eui shed visitors to whom we hope their visit has been one of unalloyed S ed pleasure and satisfaction we may conclude by wishing them a safe and pleasant journey home and expressing the hope that if it shall ever be convenient for them to renew their visit in the future I 1 our citizens will be pleased to see them |
