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eDOndeQ, ana In turn presented buem W
President Morton for dedication.
As the vice-president stepped forward
to comply, every man and woman in the
monster assembly, on the floor and on
the stage, arose and paid q spontaneous
tribute to the representative OF the pres
ident of the United States, with stem
torian cheer.
vICE-PREsIDENT MoRToN's SPEECH.
ssMR. PRESIDENT: Deep indeed must
be the sorrow which prohibits the presi-
dent of the United States from being the
central figure in these ceremonies.
Realizing from these sumptuous eur
roundlngs the extent of the design. the
adequacy of the execution and the vast
ness OF the results, we may well imagine
how ardently he aspired to be officially,
personally, connected with this great
work, so linked to the past and present
of America. With what eloquent words
he would have spoken of the heroic
achievements and radiant future of his
beloved country While profoundly
anpuished in his most tender earthly
affections, he would not have us delay
or falter in these dedicatory eervices,
and we can only offer to support his
courage by profound universal SYM
pathy.
s.The attention of our whole country,
and of all peoples elsewhere concerned
in industrial progress, is today
fixed upon the city of Chicago.
The name of Chicago has become ia
miliar with the speech of all civilized
communities. Bureaus have been eetab-
lished at many points in Europe for the
purpose of providing transportation
hither, and during the coming year the
first place suggested to the mind. when
men talk of America will be the city of
Chicago. This is due not totally to the
Columbian exposition which marks an
epoch, but to the marvellous growth and
energy of the second commercial city of
the union. | am not here to recount
the wonderful story of this city's rise
and advancement, OF the matchless
courage of her people; of her second
birth out of the ashes OF the most nota-
BILE conflagration of modern times; nor
the eminent position she has attained
in commerce, manufactures, science and
arts. These are known to all men who
keep pace with the worlds progress. i
am here on behalf Of the government OF
the United States, on behalf of all the
people, and bid all hail to Chicago! All
hail to the Columbian exposition!
'From the st. Lawrence to the gull,
from the peerless cosmopolitan metrop-
oils bv the sea to the Golden gate of
California, there is no longer rival city
to Chicago, except to emulate her in
promoting the success of this work.
New York has eignalized the opening of
q new era by commemorative function,
instructive to the student, encouraging
to the philanthropist, and admonitorY
to the forces arrayed against liberty.
Her houses of worship, without distinc-
ton of creed, voiced thanks to Almighty
good for religious freedom. Her chill
dren to the number of five and twenty
thousand marched under the inspira-
tion of light far broader than Colum-
bus, with all his thirst for knowledge,
enjoyed at the university of Pavia; and
for three successive days and nights
professional progress on land and water,
aided by Spain, Italy and France,
saluted the memory of the great pilot
with the fruits OF his great discovery in
a pageant more brilliant than that at
Barcelona, when upon throne of Per-
sian fabrics, Ferdinand. and Isabella dis
regarded the etiquette of CASTLE and
Aragon, and received him standing, at
tended by the most splendid court Of
Christendom.
"And what spectacle is presented to
us here. AS we gaze upon these mag
nificent erections, with columns, arches,
entablatures and adornments; when we
consider their beauty and rapidity of
realization, they would seem to be
evolved at the wizards touch of Alad-
din's lamp. Praise for the organization
and accomplishment; for the architect
and builder; for the artist and artisan,
may not now detain me, for in the
years to come in the mouths of all men
it will be unstinted. These are worthy
sbrines to record the achievements of
the two Americas, and place them side
by side with the arts and industries of
the elder world, to the end that we may
be stimulated and encouraged to new
endeavors.
columbus is not in chains, nor are
Columbian ideas in letters. see him
as in the great picture under the dome
of the capitol, with kneeling figures
about him, betoking no longer the con-
triton of his followers by the homage OF
mankind. With his erect form and
lofty mlen animating these children OF
the new world to higher facts and bolder
theories, we may not now anticipate the
character and value. of our national ex-
hibits. Rather may we anticipate that
a conservative award be made by the
worlds criticism, to young nation
eagerly listening to the beckoning fu-
ture, within whose limits lightning was
first plucked from heaven at the will OF
man; where the expansive power OF
steam first was compelled to transport
merchandise over the waters of the
world; where implements of agricul-
ture and handicraft have been 80 per-
iected as to tighten the burden of toll,
and where the subtle forces of nature,
acting through the telegraph and tele-
phone, are daily startling the world by
victories over matter, which in the days
of Columbus might have been reckoned
among the miracles.
I'VE can safely predict, however,
that among those who will come from
near and distant regions of our country,
and who will themselves make part of
the national exhibit, we shall see the
descendants of the royal cavaliers of
Virginia; of the Pilgrim Fathers of New
England; of the sturdy Hollanders who
in 1924 bought the $4,000 acres of the
island of Manhattan for $24 of the ad-
herents of the old Christian faith who
found resting place in Baltimore; of
the Quaker and Palatine Germans who
settled in Pennsylvania and New jersey +;
of the Huguenots who fed from the rev.
ocation of the Edict of Nantes to the
banks of the Hudson in the north, and