The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1892-10-27
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CHICAGO Ill, Oct, "A, 1892.
EDrroa JoURNAL:-with the com
msncement Of this week Chicago will
get down TO business, and be herself
oacs more. Probably for the frst time
In her great and marvellous history
she laid aside business and almost
outdoae herself In dedicating the
Worlds Fair buildings and enter.
tanning her seven hunderd and hfty
thousand visitors. Imagine this
number II you eau, take for instance
ell the Inhabitants Of Kansas City,
multiply that number by six and
you have the number Of strangers
that were here on last Friday, or
take all the people Of 81 Louis, Kan
sas City aud Denver aud you have
the numter, or take one half the
people who live In our own Sun
ho~ or state (msle and female, crsnks
aud alI) aud you again have the
number Of visitors that came to
Chicago last week. We had an idea
before leaving home that the streets
and thoroughfares, the hoiels aid
lodging houses the restaurants, the
street cara aud means Of transports
ton would be inadequate, but In this
we were greatly and happily disaP-
pointed. Mighty Chicago was equal
to the task and II need be could have
easily entertained . half million
more. And while Chicago entertain
ed ~ only . mighty western city
can aud will do, the people seemed
to appreciate and expect this and as
semble here accordingly, for one per-
son in every eighty In the United
States outside Of Chicago came here,
and including her own population,
one thirteeth of the entire United
States were assembled In Chicago
last week, and the sights that were
In store for oil who were here will
never be forgotten. Imagine again
eighty thousand people passing at .
given point In one grand procession
In the short space Of two hours and
fifty minutes. In this procession
were % governors Of states and their
stats, secret, benevolent, religious,
and social orders and societies, male
aud female, people from every por-
ton Of the globe.
At the Exposition grounds In Jack
son park the visitor enters the man
ufactures building covering forty
four acres Of ground, the largest
building In the world, imagine again
all OF Oak Dale Park add to It seven
more acres, put all under one roof
aud you have the area Of this i'm
meDse aud beautiful structure. Again
imagine five thousand singers with
clear throats all seated on sloping
raised seats ut the south end Of this
mammoth enclosure, they oil rise In
one body and at the tops OF their
voices sing. And yet Of the one hun.
ared thousand souls who were In
that building then and there, fully
forty thousand scarce heard sound,
and Of the one hundred thousand
who were there anxious to hear
what the renowned orators and
speakers would have to say, fully
eighty thousand never heard . sound
from one Of the speaker, throats, and
yet the whole was worth crossing
the continent to 60 and see. Saturday
the 22d. wss set spsrt for dedicsting
state buildings. New York, Mas
sschusetts, Ohio, Rhode Island and
Kansas christened theirs. We were
always proud Of Kansas but must
confess that on this particular &C.
cassIon I've felt cheap" In the
mighty civic parade already men
toned when the governors OF states
drove or rode by rs the case may be
with their escorts and friends little
Rhode Island, little Delaware little
young Oklshoms aud other Insight.
ticant western states rs compared
with "once proud Kansas" had six
eight and ten carriages each In line
bearing the names Of the states
whom they represented, their car
risges mostly decorated and the &C.
cupsnts In gay military dress. but
alas our own Kansas had but two
plain, very plain indeed, carriages In
line, not even her chief executive.
All around could be heard: "Hello,
what's the matter with Kansas"
Much was expected Of Kansas and
she made the shabbiest show In the
entire parade. Such remarks ~
these could be heard, guess the
officials had to stay ut home to tx
political fences" she 10 prohibition
and 10 N. G." Why didn't they
send sstuffsd grssshopper, and dried
sunfiower II nothing else. Shame,
shame for Kansas!
Well Saturday her building was
dedicated, . very plain structure
for Kansas, there were about two
hundred OF US there. Speeches were
made by Lieut.. Gov. Felt, Secretary
State Board Of Agriculture Mohler,
Col. Smith, of Wichita, Att'y Gen.
Ives, Mrs. Hanback,, Mrs. Mitch
ell and Chief Justice Horton. With
the exception of the Chief Justice We
think the two ladies' speeches were
the best, at least mighty good aver
age. No sooner were ths ceremonies
over than Arson Miller and the
writer tackled against the wall all
through the interior Of the building
maps of Salius, Saline county, and
business cards Of "The Rustler
Furnishing Co." II Kansas was be-
hind. ct least Salins came to the
front here. Several hours Afterwards
stepped into our building again,
saw people looking ct the maps and
cards, one old gentlemen smiled and
remarked "nothing slow about them
CHAPS any way; guess they think it's
their building and they can decorate
II A. thev darn please.n After Kan