Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-10-22
HDLUMBUS,
II, Worlds Exposition
shorlng This Man
CHICAGO AT LAST,
Obdred Thousand People
sent in the Building
Iys THOUSAND VOICES
linz Star Spangled Banner and
/ Columbus march,

4 N 0yaiion-Vlce-rfes'uo"' wv"
.lonored-A Grand Scene.
Id Events, Grand Build
InOs, Grand Parade.
The Day.
IN. oct. Elm the pres
IN. bnndreds Of thousands OF
Of people and amid the
ne largest chorus assembled
Itory Of modern times the
blumbian exposition was Tor
lcated to-day by the dignita-
nation. The event was one
med to inspire loyalty in
hearts, making as it did the
Rational exposition to be par
n Inv every civilized nation OF
The occasion was equally
in being devoid Of that
oA,P AND PAGEANTRY
have characterized Worlds
Sonarchial Europe. The in
sremonies to-day were a tri-
Republican institutions-a tri-
.Rter than all the glories OF
Inc republic Of the Western
"a had been reserved the dis
4 so winning the good will and
3 M of all the world that kins,
~. cars, sultans, mikados, khans
bIhs each extended the hand Of
5nal fellowship to the Ameri-
,'4'A and crowned with their bene-
"a b approval the exposition to
e npder the patronage OF a re-
at discovery Of
cl''t NBUs MARKS AN EPOCH
~ Narld's knowledge, the occasion
0arks an epoch in the worlds
.II.t|bn. 1t means the petty jeal-
IA Il the past have been put away
|Ne Enlightened nations Of the earth
1|aaaated TO ages gone; and upon
..t.| Grounds nations like men can
W in iraternal greeting and re-
Il hat bond Of common humanity
II les brothers Of us all. The
t'falIy Of arms has given place
'il'I1ly competition Of commerce,
4. Ifeed for power has given way
tA,fst for enlightenment TO
.fi& for national and intellectual
The old is no longer i'm
P1I of the progress of the new.
freFed heads the diplomatic rep
."IIFes OF the crowned rulers of
world gave attention TO the
les to-day, and dissent when
Is OF the hour reviewed the
H republican institutions and
the greater progress made in
ernment; but more eloquent
the silyer-tongued orators Of
Ia the grandeur of the repub-
the modest spectacle of the
International exposition of the
bed into beiug-not by com
:, crowned heads of hereditary
but by the acclaim of hun
thousands Of free men, each
peer of his fellows and each Il
In the vested rights OF the
IHE SCENE PRESENTED
Z psf gathering in the dedication
' was one never to be forgotten.
'''N respects 1T was without u pre-
Everything was on the order
operative. Dedication hall
eturers and liberal arts build
'ae largest structure ever erected
was gathered the largest
fery assembled beneath n sim
In the audience were prob
fe distinguished Americans
n ever been seen together on
pmemoratiye occasion in the
the republic. Learned jur-
The bench, cabinet officers,
OF states, senators and CON
admirals, and generals with
gaia OF authority, cardinals
insignia of the apostolic faith,
VINO are fast wrestingfrom the
AZURE the problems of ages. All
Inered to-day to do honor to the
eht student Of 400 years ago,
4 X way isthe pioneer of themall,
the van OF human thought and
uarlng voyage that gave to
new continent and to pos
l,mperishable reverence for
ner Columbus. This was the
every lip, in every ode and
~ crowned every peroration,
Ia utterance in the opening
and was softly breathed in
ng benediction. All gave
honor, that ripened and
gratitude of the nations
years gives the greatest hom-
! memory and name. AS sew
Filan villages claimed the birth
Homer centuries after
iE BEGGED HIS BREAD
Their streets aud moldered
y into dust, so art and sci
invention and religion all Wed
CLAIMING COLUMBUS
Own; The president of the ex-
claimed him as the author Of
development of this age and
III the eloquent Depew char
MN as the pioneer OF art,
Invention and a higher civili-
~ sailed from country where
w. the sole source aud exer-
!, ultn19ority both by church and
nd the great
oiic CARDINAL GIBBONS,
me same minute claimed him
o " representative Of the
iIsome, an apostle inspired
otiine ambition of carrying
~ Of the gospel 10 a people
i me darkness Of idolatry. 1t
70 a woman to pronounce the
ZION Of disparagement Of the
neats Of Columbus. In her ad.
e.ly Twice as long as the aver
- ~ o. the day, Mrs. Palmer,
~ OF LADY managers, only