Show PRESIDENT HARRISONS RECEPTION IN SALT LAKE CITY about 7 p in on thursday may ath the following named gentlemen corn comi wising the salt lake delegation to meet and welcome president harrison took their departure for the north in the magnificent sleeper carmen 11 over the union pacific hon john T calne caine secretary sells bella judges zane and anderson And ereon colonel ferry of park city mayor john E booth of provo prove dunning of furt fort douglas commissioner godfrey 0 OJ J salisbury H A whitney H M welte wells C H parsons E C coffin spencer clawson george C lambert of the NEWS S A kenner of the salt lake herald 3 B H bloor of the tribune and W balderson Bald ereon of the times they were accompanied as far as ogden by united states district attorney varian and J E dooley and there the party was joined by gation consisting of judge minor miner mayor turner and ladies and gentlemen citizens or of ogden to the number of forty in a separate sleeper the journey t tao Joo pocatello atello idaho was waa without other interest to the passengers than was created by the jokes and yarns indulged in by them while they remained awake morning dawned upon them in pocatello they having arrived there about 4 o AT there was little promise of diversion during the tedious wait which was before the party until evening the NEWS representative found friend frion sand acquaintances in bishop C J canum counselor D williams brother john priest and others who entertained him with a view of the sights of the town one of the most notable features of which is a very neat and commodious Mo mormon rinow meeting house bouse the best in the he place the town is composed on en of wooden structures and extends along both sides of the railroad track the principal streets ranging from southeast to northwest and the others crossing them at right angles the railroad station hotel round houses and shops and a long series of cottages built and owned by the rall rail way and rented to its employee emp loyes have a somewhat imposing appearance but the other buildings with a few excel eions are such as might be expected to be erected upon an indian reservation where the people are not fully assured es as to their obtaining a title to the land it having been decided by recent act of congress to open the tow osite for settlement it is expected that on the day of next july J uy the lots iota will be sold to the highest bidders after which more permanent and substantial improvements improve menta may be looked for during the day some hundreds of indians of the bannock and shoshone tribes swarmed into the place in expectancy pec tancy of the presidents visit and some af the more intelligent among them particularly major jim who 8 tae spoke 0 ke pretty good english interviewed the visitors and showed special deference to judge anderson whose impeding figure led them to select him as the great man of the party afternoon trains brought visitors from as far north as blackfoot and south as montpelier and as the time for the presidents dents arrival approached some little enthusiasm was aroused and effort made at decorating and the whole population of the place numbering about assembled around the station during the afternoon a meeting had been held between representative citizens of the town and the utah delegations and arrangements effected by which they could extend their greetings to the honored visitors on their arrival without conflict MEETING THE PRESIDENT ENT at the pilot train arrived and ten minutes later the presidential train pulled in governor thomas thom I 1 who had gone north as far as huntington in oregon to meet the party being conspicuous on one of the platforms some delay ensued owing ow ing to the train not having stopped in the right place during which the president and several others of h his Is party appeared on the rear platform of the hindmost car saluted the spectators and recognized hon john T caine in the crowd the pocatello representatives having made their way into the car an address of welcome was delivered by one of them attorney savidge who thanked the president for his influence in favor of opening up the indian reservations to settlement THE PRESIDENT RESPONDED by saying that in 1881 during that painful period when the great garfield was wavering between life and death from th the tN effects of the assassins bullet and the whole union was in suspense over the issue he passed through that place if place it could be called on his way to montana the country was not therefore unfamiliar to him he knew k new of its a natural resources and of what it was capable under the beneficent influences of irrigation while he was chairman of the senate committee on territories he had devoted much attention to the needs of this western region and his sympathies had always gone out to the pioneers who had left the populous centres bentres of the east and nd pushed westward towards the setting sun and the pacific ocean pioneers were always enterprising people otherwise they would stay at home men who had bad endured the privations involved involve in bringing the sagebrush plains under cultivation opening up the mines and making the desert lands blossom as a garden were heroes in his estimation he was glad to see such evidences of prosperity and also to know that the people of that region were devoting attention to educational matters and to elevating themselves socially and morally he rejoiced also in the improvement pro in the red men and for their sake as well as that of the whites was glad that the two adjacent reservations were to be red reduced by allotments of land in severalty severally to the indians indiana tending to make the race self support ing and afford room for homes of american families thanking the assembly for their welcome greeting the president bade them good bye and introduced mr wanamaker who however declined making a speech as did also secretary rusk when he was introduced SOME BOMB INCIDENTS mrs funge from ogden pushed her way through the crowd and presented a handsome boquet of roses to the president who thanked her cordially for it and inquired if the flowers were grown in pocatello she replied no in ogden an ambitious youngster who my some day himself be president climbed upon the steps of the car and boldly extended his hand to the dent and was rewarded by a hearty handshake encouraged by his success a number of others followed his bis example but not all with the same result THE UTAH delegation was then admitted to the car and introduced trod by governor thomas and delegate calne caine to the president and bis b party which consisted of mrs arrison Wr harrison rison secretary rusk postmaster general wannamaker mrs mckee russell B harrison Harri agn and wife mr boyd of the pennsylvania central and wife carter D harrison the presidents nephew and mrs dimmick col ferry who had beet bee selected by the utah delegation to make the speech of welcome to the president addressed him as follows SPEECH OF WELCOME mr president with deep interest and exultant hearts we have followed you in your most moat happy journey leaving the historic banks of the potomac traversing the continent westward to the golden gate thence northward to I 1 where rolls the oregon and still northerly to that great inland sea where dwell the cities of the sound and now on OB your return eastward when you have accomplished the trip you will have made a journey aljourney greater in distance and more diversified in soil boll products scenery and resources than ever before undertaken by czar emperor or king within his own domin ions while you have found many states and territories you have found but one country bound together by one common heritage and history a people united in patriotic devotion and rendering to you as president of the united states their unqualified fealty and respect we congratulate you that the wise diplomacy of your administration presents to us a nation at peace with all the world canada and italy included we congratulate you that you find our great and common country advancing in population making large development in natural resources and increasing in material prosperity and wealth and now sir air we come inviting you to visit the territory of utah which we as a committee represent you will find as fair a territory as is within the boundaries of our country with an area of square miles a population of over agricultural products that support our own people and afford a surplus for export a stock raising interest that honors the drafts of our eastern neighbors ana mineral treasures that now producing largely are almost unbounded in their possibilities a territory that presents all the elements that constitute a great commonwealth a state in area and population an empire in resources we won would fain invite you to visit all of our fair cities but we are advised that your time is so limited as to admit of but one and we therefore invite you to visit our political commercial and financial centre tho the pride of our territory salt lake city may you enter the gates with rejoicing view the streets of zion and all its attractions with pleasure rest beside the banks of the river jordan with refreshment and as the portals of the city of the Sa saints intAll close upon your departure you may be assured that you carry with you the hearty good wishes of all the citizens of the territory and their prayer for your safe return to your official duties the president REPLIED BRIEFLY that the journey thus far had been most pleasant and its beauties indescribable he would take pleasure in accepting the invitation to visit utah and in comparing its present condition with that of 1881 as he remembered it he subsequently walked to the rear platform of the oar car and shook hands with the venerable white haired indian chief whom mr wanamaker for some minutes previously had teen been conversing with as he was surrounded by his people several hundred in number at some distance from the train the president requested the old chief to say to his people that he was PIVAL pleased sed to see so many of them and that they presented such a peaceable and respectable appearance the interview having ended and more than the time allowed by the schedule for staying in pocatello having elapsed the utah delegation boarded the pilot train and started on the return journey which was accomplished without incident worthy of note the U P depot in this city being reached by the salt lake city party at this morning THE decorations IN THE CITY at an early hour friday may ath large forces of artistic workmen began to decorate public buildings business blocks and private residences throughout this city in honor of the anticipated visit of the chief executive of the nation by noon carloads of bunting had bad been utilized in the adornment of the most prominent structures and the town presented a beautiful appearance by sunset the main thoroughfares were a bewildering maw mass of color cotor the artistic arrangement of the red white and blue streamers flags banners mottoes words of welcome and other devices made an imposing sight eight the decorations on east temple street commenced at the temple that magnificent edifice was crowned with national flags and profusely draped with bunting while on the south wall was the motto in large letters fear god and honor the president Pre aident the office of the NEWS was liberally draped and a large str earner bore the following inscription deseret news pioneer paper established 1860 1850 welcome to the president truth and liberty on the fronton front of the juvenile instructor building were the mottoes welcome to the grandson of tippecanoe and c under harrison freedom dawned on utah ff 11 on the Z C M fact factory iury above a large crayon picture of president harrison was the following appropriate prop inscription the wealth of nations home manufacture the beehive and lan li jn bouses were almost hidden from view under the profuse and elaborate dee decorations orations in the national colors the gardo house adornments were especially tasteful and handsome the hotel tern templeton I 1 ton was be decked with huns hundreds of small flags and imi adorned orned with long streamers Z C M I 1 was without doubt the most gorgeously decorated building in the city across the front of the upper story atory was the loyal motto welcome to the president pl A streamer nearly two hundred feet long bearing a similar inscription was stretched across the street from Z C M 1 I to the constitution building the constitution and hooper and eldredge Bl dredge blocks were worthy objects af admiration the deseret national hank bank building the hooper progress 8 P Te isdel scott auerbach auerback F auerbach and coan brothers 1 buildings were all artistically draped the chamber of commerce post office and federal court buildings al presented a gals gala day aspect in addition to those mentioned there were hundreds of other structures that cannot be enumerated time and space pace preventing they all manifested a disposition on the part of their inmates and owners to do honor to the occasion in the direction of causing the city of salt ewt lake to assume a holiday appearance ARRIVAL OP OF THE PRESIDENT the president and party arrived in salt lake city wit at 4 saturday may 9 the sp cial train was composed of four pullman sleeping and drawing room oars cars and a dining car it was witched switched on a side track and arrangements made not to disturb the distinguished occupants until a little later in ba the morning about 6 people walf le began to assemble at the depot half an hour hodr later a platoon of police Af arrived rived then came the members of the reception pt on committee the marshal and bis bin aids and a post of the 0 A B R governor thomas and geo M scott the mayor boarded the car which the president occupied A few minutes later governor lo vernor thomas and mrs harrison appeared on the platform of the coach accompanied by mayor scott and president harrison the party then moved toward the carriages in waiting the governor and mrs harrison led the way followed by mayor scott and the president then came marshal ramsdall of the district of columbia who conducts the presidential party russell bussell B harrison and wife secretary rusk and mrs dimmick mr wanamaker and mrs mcke C W boyd and wife and mr forsburg Hors burg they proceeded afew a few yards to whore where the reception committee consisting of the hon HOD john T cainen Cai E dooley henry W lawrence B R C chambers and a number of others were in waiting Mayor may or scott presented the president and party to the committee and then the cheering and shouts of welcome commenced A procession was formed grand marshal page and twenty two aids aide at its head then followed the first brigade band U S N G 36 35 pieces next came the veterans of the southern army of the rebellion about fifty strong followed by the 0 A R numbering one hundred the first carriage contained governor thomas mayor scott president harrison and wife the second was occupied by marshal ramsdall ramada john the postmaster gen era eral and mrs dimmick the third was occupied by russell B harrison and wife jeremiah rusk busk the secretary of agriculture and wife then followed several carriages containing the members of the reception committee and the remainder of the presidential party the rhe procession moved along west brigham to second west thence to second south and east to main street thence to the walker house along the line of route immense crowds crowd of people assembled several hearty cheers were given the party was greeted along the whole line by the people with marked respect gentlemen waving their hats and ladies their handkerchiefs in honor of the distinguished visitors the president returned the salutations very cordially and for part of the route his head was uncovered on second south a huge banner was |