Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-22

had slept while the other distinguished
guests were paradlng, and consequently
put IN a decidedly late appearance,
was resurrected from the back ground
OF the stage and brought 10 the front.
When President DAVIS presented hlm as
tue Columbian orator. tue audience
gave him one of those hearty re-
ceptions that are especially sppre-
clated by kentackisns.
Mr. wat.erson's oration.
"Who shall measure the canvas or
blend the cOlOrs that are 10 bring 10
the minds eye OF the present the
scenes Of the past IN American gloryF'
he SAID, after having made his open
ing. who snail dare attempt 10
summon the dead TO llte aud out OF the
tomb OF the ages recall the tones OF the
martyrs aud heroes whose voices,
though silent forever, still speaks to us
IN ali tnat we are AS nation, IN al
that We do as men and women
The speaker sketched IN glowing
words the early history OF the con
unent, the war of the revolution and
the subsequent struggle which vlndl-
Gated the r.gnt OF TINS nation TO take
It's place among the foremost of the
eartn. Then ne referred TO the great
occasion which had gathered MS audit
ors together.
We are PLAN, practical people.
We are race of inventors ana work
er-, not OF poets and artists" be SAID.
I'VE have led the worlds movement,
not It's thought. our needs are 10 be
found not upon frescoed walls, or IN
ample Libraries, but IN the machine
shop, where the spIndies sing and the
looms thunder; on the open PLAIN,
where the steam plow. the reaper and
the mower contend with one another
IN friendly war against the obduracies
OF nature; IN the magic OF electricity A.
II penetrates the darkest caverns with
It's irresistible power and light"
\ Welcome Royal
Turning TO his task of welcome, "s
most pleasant one" the speaker said
Mr.. Watterson spoke kindly of the diff
ferent nations OF the European con.
tlnent anu of "our good cousin oi
Eng gland"
"All nations and all creeds be well
come here" he said, 'from the Bos
phorus and the Black sea, the Wen
nese woods and the Danublan plains
from Holland dyke to Alpine crag
from Belgrade and Calcutta, and
round to China seas and the busy marts
OF Japan, the isles of the Pacific and
the far away capes OF Africa-Armen.
ian, christian and Jew-the American,
loving no country except his own, but
loving all mankind as his brother, bid:
you enter and tear not; bids you par
| take with us of these fruits of 40C
years of American civilization and de-
veiopment, and behold these trophle.
of 100 years of American independence
and fredoml
"God bless our country's flag. And
God be with us now and ever, God IN
the rooftree's shade and God or the
highway, God in the winds and waves,
and God ia all orr hearts,"
1.-The chorus will now sing the Star
Spangled Banner" announced Direc
tor-General Davis, "and everybody If
invited to join IN the refrain" The
audience arose and, as the strain of the
grand old anthem broke through the
structure, they lent the inspiration oi
their voices to the great volume OF
patriotic harmony. They were so much
i'll earnest that they would doubtless
have sung 1t three times over had they
have had their way. but 1t was getting
darker and darker and the presiding
officer hastened to introduce America
old man eloquent, Chauncey NJ. Depew