New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-07
hearsas are not yet quite complete, but the piece
goes fairly well.
THE SPEECH OF NJ. T1RARp.

Next TO President Carnot, NJ Tirard is the most
important figure M. Nrar6 il Prime Minister Of
France, but II President Carnot looks like
professor, NJ. Tirard strongly resembles minister
Of another kind. His long gray hair is brushed
straight back; his features are hard; he wears
glasses and has a short, full, gray beard. As he
speaks, he has the manner Of the pulpit. His
speaking begins almost at once. He is here for
that, and he is hardly less prompt than President
Carnot himself He is Minister of Commerce as
well as Prime Minister. AS Minister of Commerce
all this business is under his jurisdiction. In the
political dialect of New-York he bosses the
show" 1t takes him twenty minutes to say what
he has to say. His voice, like his face, though
strong, is hard. His speech is sensible and bus-
nesS-lke, as becomes the Commercial Minister, but
certainly too long. He is applauded at intervals,
applauded most Of all when he came to the end.
free industrious France of which this Exhibition is
q symbol--Such was the text and substance Of this
discourse.
PRESIDENT cARNoTs RESPONSE
President Carnots response follows. No
more than M Trard is the President su orutor
His voice has few infections, and no melody, but
he knows how to touch chords that Vibrate in
French bosoms, and cheers and bravos break
forth at every few sentences. He reads, rs NJ
Tirard read holding large folio sheets in both
hands, an attitude fata! to all gestures, had he
been minded 10 indulge IN them. Our dear
France is worthy TO attract the ehte Of all peo-
pie" that sentence will give you the note OF his
speech. He is President; he is bound TO speak
for the people over whom he nominally rules.
1t is the voice of France TO which We are lstcniE
of that practical, slightly prosaic France now
ppermost. Sonorous phrases, rhetoric in high
key, an eulogy on all that is French-these are
In mi
some of it rings little hollow? The best Expo
s, tion the world has SEEM of course, AM proba-
bly, with due allowance for abstent'Ons, it is
the hest, and President Carnot is rig.t IN de-
scriblpR il as such He takes less than ten min
utes to say all this and more. He declares
open the Exposition Of 80 and concludes ana
the cheers rise louder than ever, mingled as
they are all day long everywhere with cries Of
V;ve Carnot!" " "Vive Ia RepubhGue!" the latter
moro numerous.
THE TOUR THROUGH THE EXHIBITION.
It was but thirtv.live minutes since the glass
door had opened. and tie ceremony was already
over Another ceremony, more difficult, intricate
and novel. begins at once. The President starts on
his Journey through the Exhibition. With mm
we're 10 20 with his staff his household, Senators,
Deputies and other important persons. all in due
order The programme goes TO pieces at the first
soldiers. gilt officials, the general goodwill and
ready obedience OF evervbodv--al are useless The
procession is not fornNi-it forms itself. The
brilliant group about the President holds together
the rest struggle The confusion is hopeless, but
only grlt officials seem really unhappy about IT,
President Carnots face is still all smiles Those
muscles of his refu>e 10 hide emotions Of pleasure
Senators stranded, Diplomatists elbowed out OF
place. Generals and Admrals striving against fate,
and tho crowd Ear and neor-none OF these mis-
fortunes disturb the Presidential complaceDcy He
is the central figure Guarded before and he
hind, and on either side, he moves serenely on
amid the ever-growing multitude, ever more en-
thusiastic the procession wound in and out. and
coiled and twisted its way on.
GREAT THPoNG OF PEOPLE.
For two hours Paris has been pouring in
through tho many entrances Of these innumcrablc
buildings How many scores Of thousands no
body can guess but the murInur Of the multi |
tude swells every few minutes into such roar |
as you do not often hear from human throng. |
The avenues aisles, exhibitors sections, gal |
leries above and below, wherever there is an !
open spice this sea OF human beings flows in, not
tide, but an nundation. They evidently |
endcavor to respect the Presidential person; they |
do not meaningly break in upon the coreSr or JON
it, or impede its movement, but they are determined
to see President Carnot JON IN the great denOh-
stration, and the police powerlesS against this
good-humored pertinacity, and the barriers along
the route are snapped like threads
There are presentations at the first steps. Some
Of the most notable men who sat beneath the dome |
arc met early on this long journey-MM Berger,
Alphand Grison Proust dozens of chefs de service,
heads of departments OF all kinds-thcy are rrcoS-
uized by President Carnot and presented to him.
There are constant haltS of few seconds as
these interviews occur. President Carnot has a
kindly word and smile for all of them AMI never
that can see, passes through any section with
out these polite attentions TO those in authority
The whole French quarter is gone through in
this fashion, amiably, yet very rapidly.
VISITING THE AMERICAN DELEGATES.
Then came the most exciting five minutes OF
the day. The procession turns TO the left and
goes up the staircase, and comes in view Of the
vast area Of people who. in their turn, came in
our view SO fine is the spectacle,
so genuine the feeling on all sides,
so overpowerins are the hurrah. that it really
was memorable Then on through the machine
palace, not too ambitiously named On the floor
of this hugo structure Of glass and iron our
American delegates are waiting. General Frank.
lin greets the President who gives his host Of
the moment look Of obvious admiration for his
soldcrly presence, towering far above Presidents
Carnot General Tuck and others OF the Generals
staff are with him. Then somehow vanish ALL TO
reappear when the President probes the other
American section. There Captain Cockranc's
thirty marines are drawn up in line, the only
soldiers not French anywhere to be seen today,
and none Of the Frenchmen are smarter than these
fine fellows from America. The President ac-
knowledges their salute, and exchanges few
more words with General Franklin, bnd passes
ON amid the American exhibits. He expresses his
pleasure that the United Stl,es has sent so much
and that SO much is ready and visible. lie spends