Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-10-22
COLUMBUS DAY.
Concluding Exercises Of the
Dedication
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49,, vs,.,. ..,r ntffT fktvfs,
OF TIE FAIR BUILDINGS.
Summary Of VICe-Pi,altont hoTtcl's
DtdIlatORy Speech.
WATERFRONT onrAr ELoaUascE


CHICAGO, Ott2i.--Af.cr tho couelu.
elou OF the reading Of the ode, Director
Of Works Daniel Burnhrm spcko
briefly, nnd then Presidaat u. ~.
HiginDo,hnm OF the LEGAL Wofld'a Fais
Company delivered Rn aldfcss and
presented medals TO the master sr,is,a
Of construction.
Next Nrs. Potter Palmer delivered
an address on tho "woFs Of the Board
OF Lady Managers." Prulidon. Hig.
intotham then formally rendered the
exposition buildings - President Pal.
meruf tho Horld'. Columbian Com
mission. Tho latter responded, and Ia
turn presented them 10 Nlce.PTts!dent
Morton for dedication.
AS the Vice.P President stepped for.
ward 10 comply, every mau anu woman
In the monster assembly, on thu floor
and stage, arose and pa,J spontaneous
tribute 10 tho representative OF the
PRECEDENT OF the United States with IA
sieniorian cheer.
MOTIONS hrEECH
Tho Woo president referred f1clingly
| 10 the rad circumstances which ne
| vented the pgcsident from being present
and then complimented Chicago on
her marvellous growth. Continuing
he Said: ave mhy not now anticipate
| the character nnd value OF our national
exhibi,s. Rather may we modtbtly
anticipate that conservative award
be made by the worldl criticism to the
/ young uatiOu, eagerly ilsteniug 10 tho
reckoning future within whose Limits
/ lightning was first pluckol from tho
heavens ut tho viii Of IMAM; where The
expansive power OF steam was first
compelled 10 transport mankind and
mcIchnndiso over the waterways OF
| thu world; where tho Implements Of
| agriculture aud hRndicrsit have been
90 perfected as 10 tighten tho burdens
| OF toll anu where The sui = forces Of
nature acting through this telegraph
and telephone RTu daily darling th,
world by Victories over matter which
10 the days OF Columbus might have
been Teckoned among the miracles"
The speaker then Proceeded TO steicl
the lite OF Christopher Columbus an,
bis voyage OF discovery, together viii
the progress oftne now world einoe tina
time, and closed 40 follows:
ain tins unne OF the Government o
tho United States, | hereby dndicat,
these buildings and their appurtenance
intended by the Congress OF the United
States for the uso OF tho Worlds Col
nmbon Exposition 10 the world's PRO
Eress In Art, In science, In agriculture
aud In manufacturer. dedicate then
10 humanity. God save the Unite,
States Of America"
Az tho vice-president closed ant
uttered the dediuntory words member
Of the diplomatic cogpB arose simullan
toutly TO lueir feet In graceful approyi.
Of tho sentiment, and the example 81
dellcately set by foreign natlonH va
instantly followed by all OF the thou
sands assembled beneath the vast root
Tho IIailelujah chorus which FOL
lowed added to the solemnity OF tn
scene.
Then Hon. Henry Wa,ierson I'D
vanced and delivered the formal dodl
catory Grafton.
wATTERsoN's ELOQUENT GRAFTON.
After "a few preliminary remark
sparkling with eloguence he said
ave are met this DAY TO honor tn
memory OF Christopher Coiumhup, /
celebrate the four hundToth annual re
turn Of the year OF his trnnscondan
achievement Rnd with fitting richie
90 dedicate to America and the uni
verse the concrete exposition of IN
worlds progress between 1902 ana 1850.
No twenty centuries can be compare,
| fnV alt q.
importance or in interest, as no prev
. ious ceremonial can bn compared will
this In It's wide Significance and reach
because since the advent OF the Soi
OF God no advent has 70 great an In
iluence upon human affairs No the dis
covery OF the Western Hemisphere
Each OF the centuries that havo in
terveped marks many revolutions
The merest catalogue would crowd
thousnnd pages. The story OF the leag
OF the nations would Ill volume.
He then stated some OF the poculia,
tiles OF the American people, We NJ
q plain, practical people. Each clti2el
has his right to vote and TO have hi
vote freely cast and fairly counted, [
Is admitted on all sides that the cur
rent presidential campaign Ia free
lNNDl tAfAkilhtlA hhh AAiAAhAN
known before, AMI II IL argued iron
this circumstance that We are traveri
Ing an epoch OF commonplace. IL thi
be 20, thank God for Il. We have ha
full enough OF dramatic and sensation
81 campaigns anu need n season q
medlocrity and repOse. But may W
not ascrlbe the rational way In whlcl
tho people are going about their bus
ness TO the larger knowledge AMI eN
pcrience and faiTer spirit than hithel
TO marked our party contentious?
Referring TO the war Of secession an
the results that followed the speake
said, In parl: "1ho cure OF slavery
dead. ii was the Joint heritage q
woo TO lie wiped out and expiRted II
blood and flame. The mirage Of th
, oonfederacy has vanished. IL was a
sentInlly bucolic--R vision ofATcsda--
dream Of most attractive economic 10
lacy. The Constitution is no longer
rope Of ssnd."
The closing words OF the orator wei
+ as follows;
"At this moment In every part ,
the American Union children are NAL