| Show t r Me f tJ ro i 5 S THE PRESIDENT SPEAKS I Interesting Scene at et the tUo White house Douse Frda Friday Afternoon A kiss given by Miss Jeannetto Halford a ashe as asI she 1 flung ng her arms anus about President Harrison's Harrisons I i i neck at nt 5 12 o'clock announced to him that he had been by the Minneapolis Republican Convention for President The rho President was In hi his office across the hall hal from the thc telegraph rooms where the bulletins were being received by an enthusiastic crowd composed of cabinet officers generals I In iu the United States army army newspaper men and women attaches of the executive mansion man man- I Islon sion slon and col colored red servants Miss Halford Halord I rushed across across the hall hail hal and saluted the President President I dent as a she had done four fou years ears ago ngo at Indianapolis In I when he received the tho nomination The President was wa surrounded by Secretaries Tracy Noble and Rusk and by Mrs McKee Russell Harrison Lieutenant and Mrs Parker Parler Par Par- her ker and other members of his private fm fam fam- fly ily Several other ladles ladies followed Miss Mise Halford's halford's Hal Hal- Ha- Ha Haford's I fords ford's example and everyone present showerS shower I ed cd congratulations upon the President President As the te occasion seemed to t demand It t Mr I I Harrison made a I short address to the newspaper newspaper news news- paper poper men and others present resent Among other othet things he saidi I cannot expect ray icy Democratic friends to think I have been on right lines always n and d dyet yet It has been ben very gratifying to me inc to t know know- kno that many man things have secured the approval of my political opponents I have been beCa ben filled ic wih with the thought that this country countr W Was s coming corning com corn i ing to an epoch when the flags and those tose I things that symbolizes it i will wi be upon a still sti higher plane piano than now and when ou out our In- In luence among the powers of the earth will willbe willbe wi be wisely enlarged yet energetically ncr I have sincere love lo e for all al our people I exclude no section I 1 take into my affection and respect all aU the states and all al their people Entering upon this campaign I shall do doso doso doso so without malice malce toward t any one I think I Ibave have bave sometimes s been suspected of being Ve er Very erlte little of a 0 politician from the fact that I have never drawn draV Inside my party personal lines lines' r I have tried to t teat ever every one with that res respect t to t which their stat station on entitles them and I have never in any case cae suggest less demanded personal loyalty from any any- body I have asked of all al public officers a performance of their d duties tes I have felt great gat regret that I was unable to find a 0 suitable place for every deserving but butI I have ha c Insisted that I did not nt discharge those I could not riot appoint to t place As I have had light and oud strength I have lave tried tred t to discharge my duties dutes for the public good L thank you all nI for forer Very ery er many evidences of your Sour kindness I wish also to t express my thanks tanks with wih a heart that overflows with wih gratitude grat- grat tude lude to the faithful body of friends frends who have been so zealous in my behalf behal and more than that to that great body bod of well disposed or or- loving der-loving patriotic Americans who have always always always al al- al- al ways and everywhere received me kindly t Ho IIo le stood behind his hi desk as a he delivered his speech which was entirely offhand offhand- As AsIt s i It itis Is his custom he threw his left let hand under his coat spoke Impromptu and slowly anc and with He made no ssi n- n gesture gesture- but looked his small smal audience full ful i in iii th the face and seemed to t be he Impressed with wih the fact that in the th newspaper men present he Was vas In ift il f filet fact ct talking to that larger audi audi- thee fence the public of the United States Upon his desk was a great mass of flowers and the open windows on the green gren lawns of the Executive Mansion with the Washington Washing Washing- ton monument looming up in the back back- ground |
