Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-05-06
TnE RIG SHOW RUNNING.

was wet, cold aud disagreeable vet
it did not dampen the enthusiasm
Of the hundreds Of thousands who
were in attendance to witness the
great event. We condense from
press dispatches from Chicago.
dated the evening Of May 1, as
follows:
I The electric age was ushercd into
being in this. the last decade of
the nineteenth century. today when
President Cleveland, by pressing a
button, started the mighty machin-
cry, the rushing waters and the
revolving wheels in the Worlds
Columbian Exposition.
No exhibit Of the fair that Is to at
tract thousands TO this city for the
next six months can be more mar
vicious than the magic effect follow
ing the solemn opening Of the fair
today.
0fthe multitude Of visitors-some
estimate the number as high a. 2OO,-
000-probably not one fully reali-
zed the full import of the effect that
was to come from the arrangement
cleverly devised in the opening of
the exposition. 1t was known in a
vague way that the president was
to press golden key and that cleo
trio communication with the
machinery was to start the fair, but
no one realized how intricate was
this machinery, how infinite were
the qualifications of that electric
spark, until the great fountains
threw up their geysers 20 feet into
the air and the rumble and hum of
wheels in the manufactures building
and the chatter of machinery in all
parts of that area of a mile square
or more told the story Of scientific
thenght
The lifeless started into being on
every hand, draped statuary shed
its veil and revealed to the world
the artistic labors of the past Is
months. and, in moment, all that
had been inert and enactive through
the long hours of the morning
into animated existence and thrill.
ed the multitude and crowned the
triumph of the exposition.
In previous expositions the posi-
bilities of electricity have been
limited to the mere starting of
engines in the machinery hall, but
in this it made thousands of ser
wants do its bidding, and, from the
great Corliss engine on It's mammoth
/ foundations down TO the minutest
acts where power and touch were
requisite, the magic Of electricity
did the duty Of the hour.
PRESIDENT CLEvELAND's ADDRESS.
II am here TO Join my fellow citi-
zens in congratulations which bene-
] fit an occasion surrounded by the
stupendous results Of American en-
terprise and activity; and in view of
the magnificent evidences Of \ mer-
lean skill and intelligence, we need
not fear these congratulations will
be exaggerated We stand today
in the presence of the oldest nations
of the world and point to the great
, achievements We here exhibit. asking
no allowance on the score of youth.
The enthusiasm with which we
contemplate our work intensifies the
warmth of the greeting we extend
those who have come from for
eign lands to illustrate with us the
growth and progress of human en-
deavor in the direction Of higher
civilization. We, who believe in
popular education and stimulation
Of the best impulses Of our citizens
TO lead the way to realization of the
proud national destiny which our
faith promises, gladly welcome the
opportunity here afforded us to see
the results accomplished by efforts
which have been exerted longer
than ours in the field of mans inn
provement, while, in appreeiative
return, we exhibit the unparalleled
advancement and wonderful accom-
plishments of young nation and
present the triumphs of vigorous,
self-relient and independent people
1--WE have built these splendid
edifices, but We have also built the
magnificent fabric of popular gov
eminent whose grand proportions
are seen throughout the world. We
have made and here gathered
together the products of American
skill and invention. We have also
made men who rule themselves.
''It is an exalted mission in which
we and our guests from other lands
are engaged as we cooperate in the
Inauguration of an enterprise devot-
ed to human enlightment and in the
undertaking we here enter upon, we
exemplify, in the noblest sense. the
brotherhood of nations. Let us hold
fast to the meaning that undcrlies
this ceremony and let us not lose
the impressiveness of this motion,
as, by a touch, the machinery that
gives life to this vast exposition is
now set in motion. Now, at the
same instant let our hopes and as
pirations awaken a force which in