Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-17
NEW ORLEANS GALA DAY
$4,000 PEOPLE AT THE ExPOsT-
TION'S OPENING.

$4,000 PEOPLE AT THE EXPOsT-
TION'S OPENING.
Ihe Participation of the Presidential
Party at Washington Rather Tedious.
but Entirely SuccessfuI-Au the Ex-
hibits to be in Place in less than a
Month.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. l6.-The cloudy sky on
Tuesday fortunately held back its rain so
that the weather was favorable for the exer-
clses. Now and then the sun broke through
the clouds, gliding everything with its rays
GENERALLY the day was cloudy, but in other
respects 1t was mild and pleasant. Early in
the morning great crowds of people were
moving towards Exposition Park bv four
hnes OF street cars and by lines Of steamboats,
on the river. The average street car loads
were forty, when there was only accommoda-
Iion Tor twenty. The city was deco
rated with flags and banners, and
every prominent house showed its cOlors, At
IL O'Clock in the forenoon the official partv
Of the exposition started from the ST. Charles
Hotel in the city to the steamboat Fred A
Blanks, which awaited them at Canal streeI
IL was composed of Hon. S. d. McEnery,
Governor OF Louisiana, with his staff in bril-
llant uniform, and other State officials: Hon
J. V. GuillOtte, Mayor of the CITY of New Or
leans, attended by the city officers and the
A1odIn VI AiuGIuG0s tue following officers Of
the National Cabinet: Hon. H. NJ Teller
Secretary of tn Interior; Hon. Frank Hat
ton, Postmaster General.
THE UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS
Then came the United States Commission
ers, Lieut.. Col. S. c. Lyford of the Wsr no
partment. Charles S. Hill of the Dona1t
ment OF state, Lieut.. b. Il. Buckingham of
the the y United States Navy, Hon. A. ID. Hazen of
Lue fOst once Department, Hon. BENJAMIN
ButUerwOrth of the Interior Denartyna1t
Cecil Clay of the Department of Justice. VIM
Saunders I Of the Department of Agriculture.
Prof. q. Brown GOode of the Smithsonian In
stltute, W. A. Decaindry. Secretary of the
Diplomatic and Consular Corps in Uniform
headed by YicOmte Haut d'Abzac, Consul
General Si, OF france, the exposition executive
Oincers, Edward Richardson, President: AL
bert Baldwin, First Vice President; W. b.
Schmidt. Second Vice President: Richard
nixon \ secretary; }. b. Lafitte, Treasurer;
4. A. Burke, Director General; e. NJ. Tor,
gersen, Supervising Architect; S. III. Gil
man, consulting Engineer, and +. NJ. Ogden,
ShleI SUPERINTENDENT. The Board of
Managers, composed of w. b. Schmidt S II
Buck, Il: II. Hudson, 5. A. Breaux, j. c.
Dennis, ID. f. Kenner. 5. Hernsheim. Iohn
V: Moore; Gov. John NJ. Hamilton, of illinois,
with his stan and State officials Attorney
General James Mccartney, Auditor Charles
L. Swlgert, Adjutant General j. w, Vance:
y. B. Virgins. 5. A. Schaffer, j. r. Tanner.
Lonis Hutt Warner, II. II. Evans. George
Dickson, Frank Clendenning. teorge
johnson of the Governors military staff and
9Vnci uistlli uisheu strangers, Judges of the
Louisiana supreme Court. Capt. 4. POltIer
| of the French war steamer BOuvet, living in
| the harLOr, and other distinguished foreign
| ers.
LOCAL UNITED STATES OFFICIALS.
Then came local United States officials. NJ
| Spillan, cOlOred, of Mississippi with other
| cOlOred commissioners, United States Regis
| ter b. X. Bruce; the lady commissioners
| composed of Mrs. Julia Ward Howe and her
assistants, accompanied by Miss Clara Bar
n nr~ia D,I
Society, and other distinguished ladies' made
up the party, which was escorted by de-
| tachment from the first division of the LouIsI-
| ana state National Guard, under command
| of Maj. Gen. John Glynn, Jr., and Brig. Gen.
| AdOlph Myer, consisting of a battalion of the
Washington Artillery, Col. j. b. Richardson,
| commanding; a battalion of the Or
| leans Light Infantry, of the First
| Regiment Of Infantry, the Crescent
| Rifles, a detachment of visiting Mexican
| troops, and Col. Juan Ouintas Arravo COM
manding, boarding the boat which rapidly
| steamed the five miles up the river to the eX-
| position grounds, and, conveyed also by the
| French war steamer BOuvet, which dropped
| anchor at Exposition Park, the party debarked
| amid the booming cannon of the Washington
| Artillery and marched to the Main Building
| and to Music Hall. The hail was profusely
| decorated with the flags of all nations, while
| the pillars which sustained the weight Of the
/ vauited roof bore shields on which were dis
| played the arms and insignia of the several
| States.
1 a W MlLOEhNEOb Of tLAGSs
| There was a wilderness of flags inside the
1 great building, and from the numerous spires
| and pnnacles of its roof on the outside 1lOated
| the flags which told of the grand industrial
| congress of nations within. The great organ
| not being finished was dumb but the stage in
| Music Hall was occupied by the band of 80
| pieces of Prof. Currier, from Cincinnati. At
| 1920 p. m. he waved his baton and the band
| struck up lively march. At the same mo-
| ment the cannon on the river bank were bel
| lowing their greeting to the exposition party
which was just landing from the steam
| er. While the band was playing
/ one had time to look around Music Hall,
| which was crowded with people, every one
/ Of its 10000 seats in the auditorium and the
/ ample galleries being filed with people. There
1 was a sea of heads, a great number of them
| being covered with the gay plumage of wo~
| mans headwear. In the meantime the expo
! sitiOn party had reached the hall, and amid a
/ blazing of brass bands and a storm of plaudits
the party marched through the central aisle
| and moved to seats on the platform. With the
party the band of the celebrated Eighth MeXi-
can Cavalry came IN and took places on the
| stage alongside the other band, while Prof
| Payer seated himself beside the other macs
trO. Seven hundred of the exhibitors assO-
| citation also accompanied the party.
| Ten thousand chairs had been placed in the
hall and galleries. These ere soon filed
| every available standing place in the aisle
| was occupied, and thousands gathered on
/ either side Of the hall from which a view of
| the platform could be obtained. Music Hail.
| where the ceremonies took place, was elabo-
1
| and the cOats-Of-arms Of all the States.
| TALMAGE's OPENING PRAYER.
| Rev. DIR. Talmage at l O'Clock advanced to
| the front of the stage and made the opening
| prayer. He invoked the divine blessing on
| the officers, directors and managers Of the
| exposition. 'May this day" he said, ''mark
| the beginning of a new dispensAtiOn of pros
| perity and brotherhood. May there come
| from the influences of this exposition, from
| these fields of industry, results which shall
| give the people more complete apparel and
| better food, more comfortable shelter and more
| tOhrough educational advantages. May 1t result
| in spreading out the golden sails of our para
| lyzed shipping, in starting the plow and open
| ing the doors of storehOuses, and may there
| come to this whole land increased prosperity
| from this gathering together from day 10 day
| and month TO month of the people OF all States
| and countries. We pray that the past feeling
l of sectional dlscord may vanish from the
| North, South, East and West, and that they
| become four parts of one great national har-
| mOny. May it be unihcation of North and
| south America" DIR. Talmage then pro-
| ceeded to invoke the blessing of God on the
| manufacturing. industrial, educational and
| reformatory Institutions Of the world.
DIRECTOR GENERAL BURKE'S SPEECH.
Curriers' military band of Cincinnati then
| gave the grand exposition march.
| Director General Burke, when the great
applause which greeted him had subsidized.
| said:
| the flags of all nations, looking into the faces
| Of people from every cline, surrounded by
| evidences OF industry gathered from every
| quarter within sight of that magnificent gath
| ering of resources of my own country. with
| the duty devolving upon me Of surrendering
| into the hands OF TIE management an account
of the stewardship of those in whom the trust
| has been repOSed, OF preparing Tor this great
national and international festival, have no
words of apology or regret to express. have
only profound qualification and profound sat
| isfactiOn that the countries of the world,
| those representing the industries of the world
and those representing the government of my
| own country and the States and Territories of
the Union, have all We'd with each other in
contributing to the success Of the festival and
have worked in the cause with such degree
| of unanimity, with such spOntaneity as the
| world has never before seen.
| SYMPATHY IN EVERY QUARTER.
"In great undertaking., whether in war or in
| peace, there have been generally many diff
| culties and heart burnings, but L must say
| that in this great work from every part of the
| world and from every part of this country we
have had only kindness, sympathy and good
| will. Then, with all that to aid them, it is
| under one roof of more capacity than the
| world has ever seen before. l owe it to the
| management to say to the gentleman who
| have labOred with me in this cause that we
| have been ready for 30 days.
| The table has been spread and the feast was
| ready If all who were invited are not here
| to-day il is not the fault of the management,
| whose doors have been open for thirty days
| past. / will say in behalf of the thousands
Of exhibitors who are not yet In position, that
the delay is due to causes beyond their con-
| troll; but say to the public, who are entitled
| TO this explanation, that there is not to-day