St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-22
told numbers Of vari-colored bombs and
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ORATORS OF TaE DAY.
Speeches by Mayors Harrison anc


collective and individual efforts of the
sons of New York. whose genius was
eXemplllied in every portion and all de-
partmentS of the exposition. The home
of the state of New York Oh the grounds
had always been the scene or the most
generous hospitality, and it was
one of the most popular re-
sorts within the exposition gates.
Tie mayor then alluded pleasantly to
the good feeling existing between the
two great cities of tie Western world,
and closed with a warm encOmium On
the wealth and worth or the Empire
State.
Mayor Gilroy received even more
flatterlng welcome than MayOr Harrison
as he stepped forward to respond to the
address of welcome in the following
| words:
MAYOR GILRoY's SPEECH.
Ladies and Gentlemen: 1t is with
feelings of profound pleasure that l
reciprocate the greetings of Mayor Har-
rison, and express the gratitude of all
New Workers at the kind manner in
which they were conveyed. 1t is an
honor indeed for New Workers to be
present upon this memorable occasion;
and we have more than ordinary salts
faction III teStifying TO our appreciation
of the energy, industry and liberality
which distinguished the people of Chi-
cago in getting up this magnificent eX-
position. There can be no doubt that
the result of such eXpositionS as this
will bring together all the peoples of all
countries in closer communion.
New York has been, indeed. anxious
to obtain the location of the worlds
fair; but. although a New Yorker
of New Workers, L cannot help eX-
| pressing the belief that ii would be diff
cult, if not impossible, for New York
or any other city on the globe to have
exceeded the magniticence of this great
fair. 1t is not alone Chicago which is
to be congratulated, it is the whole
country; indeed, the whole civilized
world that is to he congratulated. We
take pride as New Workers in being a
| portion Of that great country the genius
of which has made such al exhibition
possible.
No one who has ever visited the great
"Whlte City, can ever forget it, and
| the spectacle of the court of honor
| Illuminated by electric lights, with its
! fountains playing, surrounded by build
| ings of superb architectural cOnStruc-
! ton, is a dream of beauty materaliZed.
There Is one sad reflection connected
with the white City," 1t is that within
| a few weeks, or months, at the furtheSt,
| tectural art, together with all that they
contain of human greatness and cIvili-
| cation, shall have passed away. L can
| not help but think that any outlay, how
| ever great, that would tend to preserve
| those magnificent buildings i'll monu-
| mental marble would be an expenditure
for which the country would receive
| hundredfold III the liberal education
| which our population would receive in
vi N 10 nT
mind and elevation of thought which
they would evoke.
We have here the best efforts of man.
| kind from all portions OF the globe.
| Architecture i'll Its grandeSt forms,
the marvellous possibilities of electrical
| science as shown by the human voice
transmitted SO as to be heard upon ray
| of electric light, the beautiful and as
| toniShing productions of manufacturers
and the liberal arts, machine power
| which challenges the admiration of
mankind, the best products of the fruits
OF the earth. In fact, this great eXposi-
ton with all its wealth of the products
| of civilization and progress, closes an
era and marks an epoch.
1t is the TRANSPORTATION of mans in
| duStrv and mans effort. 1t is a subject
to which it would be impossible for me
to do justice. 1t is only fitting that L
| should pay this passing tribute to its
| greatness and its grandeur. There are
others to follow who are better fitted
and more capable of doing justice to
this magnificent theme, and to them l
| will leave the pleasant task.
Again, ladies' and gentlemen, as the
chief magistrate of the Empire City of
This country, l welcome you to the
White City, created by the metropolis
of the West, and hope and believe that
this renewed intercourse will bring
| these two cities more closely together
in a bond of union and brotherly love.
GEN. HORACE PORTER,
| of New York, chairman of the New
| York citizens executive committee at
the worlds fair, then stepped forward
| and delivered the following address,
which was frequently interrupted by
cheers from those who were near enough
to hear him, and cheers from those
further back who yelled because they
thought he had said something good
which they could not hear:
Gas in ancient times" said Mr.. Por-
ter, ''all roads lead to Rome. So at the
present time all roads lead to Chicago
Today the city cf the seaboard comes to
lay its tribute OF atmlration and respect
AT the feet of the city of the lakeside.
Therefore. in what | shall have to say,
| nv story will be "a tale of two cItieS.'
"When Manhattan day was desig-
mated and conSecrated as day in which
the city of New York was 10 offer its
testimonial of appreciation to the great
exposition, her citizens arose en- maSse
to make their pilgrimage to the fair.
The number that have come have been
limited only by the limit of transporta-
ton.
"My first and most agreeable duty is
I tn tn
ton and to the people of Chicago in the
name of the people of New York, their
profound acknowledgements and their
deep sense of gratitude for the cordial
and unbounded welcome which has
been extended to them. Your people
have Wed with one another in pressing
the cup of greeting to our lips
ere we could remove the stains
OF travel from our garments. We
have come to unite with you in the eel
ebratlon of four centuries of history.
We stand here today entranced with
the grandeur of achievements, inspired
by the majesty of events. We find our.
selves within the border of a state
which did not exist at the time of the
Inauguration Of our national govern.
ment, but which now contains a single
city with population nearly half as
great as that of all the thirteen original
, states. We are enchanted by the
sight of this phantom city, phan
, tom-like in color, phantom-like
in the suddenness with which
! 1t has appeared before the eyes of men,
We find its buildings palaces; its
grounds and gardens, its lakes, lagoons
and islands picture of Fairyland, look
! ing as if it had been summoned into
being by the magic wand of an en-
chantress. We are almost awe-stricker
as we stand within the Shadows of these
, | majestic temples of art. Every brancl
of every science and of every art seem:
to have been laid under contribution il
the achievement of these marvellous re-
suits.
{ "You have taught us that art is more
: god-like than science. for while scienct
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