Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-21
PRESENTED BY MR.. PALMER.
The Address in which th. BuIiding- wcrs
Turned Over 60 Uncle Sam

PRESENTED BY MR.. PALMER.
The Address In which the buildings wcrs
Turned Over to Uncle sam.
CHICAGO. Oct 2i.-Thc speech in which ex-
Senator Palmer. president of the worlds fair
commission. rendered the worlds fair bufld-
ings TO the Vice President for formal dedication
today was as follows:
When structure designed for a benehcent
purpose has reached completion and lie about
to he devoted to its object. it is deemed sitting,
in accordance with n custom which sprang from
the aspirations Of man. and which has received
the sanction of successive generations. that its
intent and aim shall BE- declared amid inpo@-
ing ceremonies and the good will OF the pres
ent and the blessing of the future invoked
upon IL.
If This occasion shall have as one 81 it, re-
suits the Inauguration Of another festal dav to
enlarge the too meager calendar Of our people
the.world will be richer thereby. and . name
which has been hitherto held m vague and care
less remembrance will be made n vital aud elc-
waiting force 10 mankind.
Anniversaries are the punctuations Of history.
They are the emphases given 10 events. not by
the song If the poet. or the-pen of the rhetori-
clan. but bv the common acclaim Of mankind.
They are the monuments Of the heroes aud the
sauors of the race. They are the Memnons
which MI the heart with promise the eve with
The teacher of Socrates when diving vas
asked what he wished for n monument. lie
answered; GIVE the BOYS holiday.
IL was happy thought 20 have linked with
the achievements Of Columbus aud Pinzon.
winch doubled the area Of the habitable globe
an undertaking whereby We hope 90 illustrate
the fact that they also made possible more than
duplication Il the blessings TO mankind
As these great men died ignorant Of the mag
nitude Of their work may not hope that his
% F.faE faTwN
will be revealed 10 Us today. be its outcome
never SO briilant2 Nav not hope that les
sons here learned. transmitted O. the future
will be potent forces long after the multitude-
which will thronG these aisles shall have meas
ured their span and faded away
four hundred wears ago TODAY Rodrigo de
lriaua. from the prov 81 the Pinta. cried.
Land! That cry marked the commence ment
OF an era wherein has been condensed more Of
good import TO the race than m any other.
Today. At the ioodtime of that era We are re-
minded Of what that cry involved and of how
much there is yet to do to give 1t its fullest sig
nificance.
There are no more continents 10 discover hut
there IL much to do 10 make both hemi-pherss
the home Of intelligence. virtue and consequent
happiness. To that end no material thing
can contribute more than eNpositions Go which
are invited in fra;ernal spirit all nations,
tribes and people, where each shall give and ne
ceive according 10 their respective capacities
Ane FOUNDATIONS OF CIVILIZATION have been
laid. Universal enlightenment. now acknowl-
edged as the safe substructure Of every state,
receives an added impulse from the comniin-
Cling of peoples and the fraternizatioa Of race
such as are ushered in by the pageant OF today.
I Hitherto the work of the national commissiun
and of the exposition company has been dif-
1 ferent but convergent lines. Today the roads
unite. and il may not be hmis ~ Mt this time to
] speak of the work already done. Two yesrs
ago the ground on which we stand was a dreary
waste OF sand dunes and quagmires. - home for
Wild fowl and aquatic plants. Under skilled
artists, supplemented by intelligence. force
industry and money, this waste has been
/ changed by the magic hand of labor 10 its
present attractive proportions. do not speak
: of this work an artist. but Of ;he great
, body Of laymen whom IL is the high calling of
art TO upift. To the it that il these
buildings should never be occupied. IL
the exhibits should come to at
tract and educate. If our people
could only lock upon these walls. towers,
| avenues and lagoons. result would be ar
complished by the influence diiTusod well worth
all the cost.
Ii was an act Of high intelligence winch. in
the beginning. called n congress OF the most
eminent OF our architects Tor consultation and
concerted action. No one brain could have
conceived this dream Of beauty or lured from
fancy and crystallized in form these habi basicns
where art will love to lngcr and science Cor
neiia-like. shall expose her children 10 thoss
who ask 20 see her jewels.
OF the commission and its agencies its direr-
tor general and the heads Of its departments,
its agents and envovs. l. although a part of that
national organization. may be permitted 90
speak. Called together by the President two
years ago. it's organic Law difficult OF con.truc-
ton. with room for honest and yet contrRdic-
tory opinions II has striven honestly. patriotic
ally and diligently 10 do its whole duty. Through
its agencies IL has reached to the uttermo~t
parts Of the earth to gather in all that could
contribute TO make this not only the museum OF
the savant and the well read. but the kindergar-
ten of child and sage.
The national commission will in due time
take appropriate action touching the formal
ceptanee Of the buildings provided under their
direction by the worlds Columbian exposition
company for tins national and interna tional fair,
and 10 YOU. Mr.. President. ms the highest rep
resentatiye of the nation. is assigned the honor
OF dedlcating them 20 the purposes determined
and declared by the Congress OF the United
States.
In behalf of the men and women who have
devoted themselves TO this great work. 81 the
rich who have given of their abundance and the
poor who have given Of their necessities. IN be-
half Of the architects no have given g. their
ideals local habitation and a name. aud the
artists who have brought hither the three graces
Of modern life. form. color and melody 90
decorate and inspire; of the workmen who hsvo
prepared the grounds and reared tho walls; IN
behalf Of the chiefs who have organized the
work of the exhibitors: in behalf of she CITY 81
Chicago. which has muuihcently voted aid. q
the Congress which has generously given q
the national moneys4ln behalf OF the World D