Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-05-05

panies United States cavalry: Chica 90
hussars; troop of Illinois national
guards; Worlds fair officials occupied
the first six carriages; i'll the seventh
were President Cleveland and chairman
of the Columbian commission and pres
ilent Of the Worlds Columbian expo
stiOn.
Then came five carriages containing
tie presidents cabinet and fair Of
liciaIs then the Duke Of Veragla and
party in five carriages, followed by
Thomas +. Bayard. ambassador to
Great Britain, Mai. Gen. Schofield, Adj
miral Gherar1i. Gov Altgald and May
OF Harrison bringing up the rear.
Down Michigan avenue, cheered by
/ thousands who lined the curb, clatter-
cd and rrllnbled the cavalcade. 1t turned
into Grand boulevard at Sixth street
and into Washington park at Fifty
/ first street From the park it went into
/ Midway plaisance, now q medley of
all nations, and from it into the great
white city and to the administration
! building. where the ceremonies Of the
day took place. Passing through the
/ building the notables came out upon
/ the platform ut the east side. looking
! ont on the grand plaza and court Of
! honor
! The plaza was black with people, the
/ whole scene forming one Of the most
/ remarkable and enchanting in history.
I Already The officials and invited guests
/ not in the procession were seated on a
platform, and as the head of Ii" ma
! ton walked down tho main aisle to his
place at its outer edge, a tumult Of
cheers shook q air. He and those ;tc-
companyng him were soon seated, and
! shortly after ten O'Clock the opening
ceremonies began with the perform
Anca of Paine's Columbian march, fol
! lowed by prayer by Blind Chaplain
/ AIilburn, of the United States senate.
! Then Miss Jessie COutheir, the drA-
mite reader recited the rllylned prOph-
esy. by w. A. Cruffut, of Washington.
! After the orchestral overture, Director
General Davis, as master of ceremOn-
les, made the opening address as fol
! lows:
Director Davis began with an allu
! sion TO the dedication ceremonies of
! last October, and then stating that t
! was no time for Il resume OF the eff
! forts put forth to complete the work,
i praised in fitting terms the work of
co-otticerS and the official staff, who
\ fOlm the great organization which
made the contamination of the great
| exposition possible. He culOgiZed the
! laborS of the national commission and
\ board of lady managers, to which
great agencies, wisely selected by con-
| "reSS, he thought the gratitude of
! the people was due, as well as the cor
dial recognition of all foreign represent
! tltiyes.
| With passing reference to the syS-
! tematizing the work he turned to tn"
/ department of finance, which, with 4
diSintrrcStcdneSS remarkable With Il
courage undauntcd successfully pro-
| vided for III" great work, upward Of
! S:}O.O0OWO. TO the department of
works, which in tWcnty-Onc months
I transformed into beauty and splendor
the unsiGhtly. uninvitins and unoccn-
pied stretch of landscape, he returned
thanks. Indeed, in all departments
the chiefs had confirmed the wisdom of
| their selection. and today every state
and territory of the union, every land
on the globe that has Il language,
is represented or has been given ample
! opportunity
Continuing, he said: This enclosure,
containing nearly 100 acres. covered by
more than 1000 structures, filled and
crowded with 4 display of the achieve
mentS and products Of the mind and
hand of man such as We're never be-
fore presented to moral vision. the
habits and customs AMI life Of the peo-
pie of all lands. while the beautiful cd
iticeS constituted n central scene of the
social and friendly amenities among
the different people of the earth
/ While the great mechanical. scientific.
Industrial and agricultural exhibition of
the world was not yet fully III pace.
he was gratitied to be able to present
to the president of the United State
an official catalogue containing the
description and location of four thous-
and participants. while the number of
\ exhibitors. when everything is in place.
will exceed fifty thousand. He felt the
people would always be proud of the
support of congress, financially and
morally. TO the states of the union
the exposition is largely indebted for
financial support: TO foreign nations
represented by grand exhibits he
bowed in grateful thanks; to the cit
liens and corporation of Chicago who
furnished S11 100000 and loaned So
OOO.0OO were due the grateful &C,
! acknowledgements of the people: to tens
of thousands of exhibitors who contrib
uted more than all others combined
were due the deepest obligation; to the
women of Chicago and of our great
land. whose enthusiasm and co-opera-
ton had turned the eys of the world
toward the exposition he extended I'M
stinted recognition.
1t was hoped that the exposition may
inaugurate Il new era Of moral and ma
terial progress, securing stronger friend
ship and lasting peace. The grand con
certed illustration of modern progress
here presented neceSSitated an OUTLAY
largely in excess of 0O,O0O.OO0. 1--WE
have given it our best thought. our most
devoted service, our greatest energy
and now in this central city of this
great republican continent discovered
by Columbus whoSt distinguished de
ScendantS are present.. the honored
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