Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-08
MINNEAPOLIS NEWS
Specially Reported for the Daily Globe
THE GREAT EXHIBIT.
Concludes with the President and
Guests as Visitors.
A RESUME OF sPLAN--RARUs
The Track Sports and Host Of Other
Interesting Matters.
SIXTH AND LAST DAY.

SIXTH AND LAST DAY.
1t rained all night, and started in early in
the morning, as though it intended to stay all
day. but a little before seven o'clock the mois-
ture ceased to descend and the clouds began to
lift. This was encouraging, and the crowd of
the day before mostly concluded to remain
and see Mrs. Hayes and Rutherford.
HOPEFUL AND DAN MACE.
1t was quiet on the ground during the
most of the forenoon, the wealth
er remaining lowering and threaten
ing. About noon, however, at the hour when
the PRESIDENT and party were expected to APP
pear on the exposition grounds, the clouds
broke away and mother nature put on her best
bib and tucker in which to welcome the chief
magistrate of the nation.
THE CROWD.
1t was not as numerous as on Wednesday
or Friday, but was still large, tax
ing into consideration that it was
the last day of the fair Enthusiastic Pioneer
reporters insisted on rs, 0O0, but what the use
of -0o
LYING AFTER THE FAIR?
time during the day.
Of course the chief attraction was the Press-
dental party, and everybody was asking every
body else, when will the President be here?"
showing that the multitude had failed to take
the time necessary to read the GLOBE which
| each one carried in their hands or pockets. In
the GLOBE with customary enterprise) was
published
TWO PROGRAMMES
for the Presidents party during the day, and
any one, not too particular, could select one
which would serve his or her purpose. At IL 80
| o'clock the word was passed along the line that
| the President was coming, and everybody be-
gan to try to look nice as possible, lust as
| though his excellency had come especially to
see them-as indeed he had.
THE TRAIN OF CARRIAGES
drew in at the gate, and was Immediately
| escorted down to the lower end of the grounds
to witness the magnificent display of blooded
stock, all (the stock not the President) decorat-
ed in their newly acquired and bravely earned
blue and red ribbons. The President was all
! condensation, smiles and good pature, while
Gov. Pillsbury's rublcond countenance shone
forth like the glorious orb of day through the
haze of an
INDIAN SUMMER ATMOSPHERE.
In the front carriage were President Hayes
and wife, and Gov. Pillsbury and wife, while
in the carriages following was the party, as
following:
Burchard Hayes, Washington
Webb @. Hayes, Washington.
Rutherford B. Hayes, Jr., Washington.
Hon. a. B. Strait, Shakopee.
Hon. Wm. Window, Winona.
Hon. Alexander Ramsey, st. Paul.
Gen. Albert j. Myer and daughter u s. A.
E. B. Tyler and wife, Baltimore.
T. c. Jones and wife, Ohio.
Vim. d. Miles and daughter, Ohio.
Gen. 7. R. LOCKER, pay director, U. s. Navy.
Hon. Andrew Shuman, Chicago.
Josiah Dent and son. Washington.
JOS. Calder, Pennsylvania State College.
0. P. LeDuc Washington.
Gov. w. A. Howard Dakota
G. B. Wright, Philadelphia.
B. c. Yancey, Athens, Ca
VIM. Henry Smith, wife, daughter and son.
Chicago.
G. B. Farwell, wife and son, Chicago
John '. Farwell and wife, Chicago.
John N. Jewett and wife, Chicago.
VIM. II. Ferry and wife, Chicago.
0. w. Nixon, Chicago.
little before 2 o'clock the carriages drew
into the ring in front of the CEN
ter of the grand stand, and President
and Mrs. Hayes, Governor and Mrs
Pillsbury, Attorney General Devens, General
Meyers (old probabilities), Gen. w. d. Wash
burn and the Presidents private secretary. al
lighted from their carriages, taking their places
in the judges stand in the honorable company
of the
GENTLEMEN OF THE PRESS.
After the party was comfortably located. Mayor
Rand stepped to the front and introduced his
excellency in the following elegant and
WELL CHOSEN REMARKS:
Fello1o Citizens, Ladies and Gentlemen:
Our city is especially honored to-day by the
presence of one whose person is stranger to us.
but whose name has long been a household
word; one who has plowed deep burrows in the
political soil Of the country the harvest of
which will be garnered into the treasures of
the land when absolute, genuine peace shall be
firmly established all over the union, and par
ticularly in the great councils of the nation
The policy of peace on earth and good will to
his fellow men as exercised in the earliest days
of his administration inaugurated nearly
Two thousand years ago by poor and lowly
Nazarine; that outlived all dynasties, and will
continue to live and expand until the purpling
dawn of the millennium the soil in which it
was planted was not ready for it's reception, it
ought not to depreciate one lot or little of YOUR
estimate of the kindly instincts of the courage
GUS hearts that dared follow so illustrious an
example.
+ I have the honor to introduce His Excellency
Rutherford B. Hayes, the President of the
United States.
The President then arose, and after bowling
his Acknowledgements to the crowd for his en-
thu iastic reception, spoke follows, the
GLOBE man making complete report Of his
speech:
MY FRIENDS: Mr.. Lincoln, on some occasion
when he was required when it was proper he
should address an audience largely of ladies' spoke
of his embarrassment in undertaking to do it. as he
had hoo oH
airy to ladies, and feel somewhat as he must have
felt in attempting to make my acknowledgment to
those to whom am indebted for the qualification of
| being with you to-day. not skilled, have not
studied the language of mere acknowledgment and Of
thanks upon occasions like this. It occurred to me-
coming as to the Northwest to attend agricul-
tural and mechanical fairs, to meet people who
mainly engaged in considering their material inter-
ests, that might perhaps say word or two that
Of business, the return to better times and accord
| ingly gathered together few facts and few fig
ures which intended to and repeat, at each Of
the places in which was called upon to address an
assembly, leaving to the moment to say such other
things might seem proper to say when called upon
| on occasions like Il this. And here let
me say this, that sincerely and heartily
thank the Governor of Minnesota and the
mayor of the city of Minneapolis and the president
and officers of this association for the very friendly
way in which they have greeted me, and thank this
whole audience for the heartiness with which they
have received sentiments, some of which, d1ubtless
they do rot altogether agree with It is one of the
fortunate things an an American public life that
whatever may be said currently in the angry discus
sion of political strife that after all the American peo-
pie Of all parties seem to have sagacity In discover
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