The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-04-13

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THE cENTENNIAL.-THE GRANC OP-
| 4 z,as-o ENING CEREAiONIEs. -si3
The Invited Ciaxses-Address by tho Prssi-
dent and FOrmal Declaration OF Open
ing.
The general plan of the opening ex-
ercises Of the Exhibition was submit-
ted in a report to, the executive COM
mittee, several months ago, by Gen.
Hawley, and approved by the COM
mittee. Certain details could net be
settled until within day ortwo back.
The order followed is simple and in
general accordance with the obsery-
anccs at the opening of previous simi-
la: exhibitions. The specially invited
guests will be only those holding Of
fetal positions. This avoids the prac-
! tically impossible task of making
choice of what must have been rela-
lively q favored few. But as the sx-
ercises are to be held in tine open air,
it will be possible for great multitude
to witness them. The classes invited
will be nearly as follows: The Presi-
dent and Vice President, the Cabinet,
the Supreme Court, the Diplomatic
Corps, the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives, leading officers of the
army and navy, the Governors Of the
States and Territories and their staffs,
the Legislature of Pennsylvania and
the Board of State Supervisors, the
Foreign Commissioners, the Centen-
nial Commission. and chief ssubordin-
ates, the Centennial Board Of Finance
and chief subordinates, tho Govern
ment Board, the Women's Centennia
executive committee, the judges Of the
exhibition, the STATED Boards,
and the Mayor and Councils and heads
of departments of Philadelphia. This
list is, however, subjeetto revision.
THE SCENE OF THE GREAT EVENT.
The place sele;ted is the terrace
south of the Art Gallery. Convent
ent platforms and suitable decorations
will be provided. About half,past
ten on the morning of, May 10, the
persons invited having been conduct
ed to their places in order, but not in
formal procession, the orchestra Of
loo, conducted by Theodore Thomas,
will play the national airs of all ma
tions. The President of the United
States will be conducted to the ground
by Gov. Hartranft, with such military
escort as to the Governor may seem
best The President will enter the
north door of the Memorial Hall and
pass through to the platform, being
received with the usual music, Next
in order the grand march, written for
the OCCASION by Richard Wagner; in
vocation ofthe Divine blessing > orig
inab hymn, by j Ohm sG. Whittier ;orig-
.inal antata, occupying abeut twelve
minutes, the words by Sidney Lanisr
of Georgia, and the music by Dudley
Buck of Connecticut; brief presenta-
ton by the. President of the Centsn-
NAL Commission, reporting the exhi-
bition to the President of the United
States ;-this he will close by declaring
the Exhibition open. Immediately the
flags will be unfurled- ..fi 4sf<rsi
MUSIC FOR THE wOEID-THE FINAL.
The artillery will salnte, the chimes
in the tower and other great bells OIL
the ground. will ring and the chorus of
six hundred will render IIandel's great
"IIalleluJah.'' The foreign commis-
sioners will move TO their respective
assignments in the Main Building ;the
President, escorted by the Commits
sion and Board of Finance and their
chiefs of departments, architects, en-
gineers, etc., and the invited guests,
will enter the north doors Of the Main
Building and move, accompanied by
the music of great organs, first to the
east and then to the west along the
great avenue, in such manner as to
pass by each Nrtional Commission.
The procession will cross to Machine
cry Hall and walk down the main ave-
nue. to the centre. Then, at a signal
from the President of the United
States, the enormous engine and its
thirteen acres of machinery will be
put in motion, and the Exhibition will
be opened to the world. There may
follow more or less formal receptions
in the judges hall and the quarters OF
the Commissions. Theodore Thomas
has general charge of the music. Dud-
ley Buck conducts the chorus, which
is chosen from the musical associations
of Philadelphia. There is only one
sole in the cantata, brief passage,
which will be sung by Myron w.
Whitney, of Boston, the well-known
basso Observation-Disclosures Times,
March 24th.