The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-22

PSW speech was the prinClpdl event on
the programme. When Mayor Gllroy said
now take pleasure in introducing to
you our Chauncey." the rafters rang with
applause and hurrahs and tigers the
latter no doubt being in honor of Tam
many DIR. Depew showed again that he
was not only . master of language, but
and mirthful sentences. The audience lis
tened as though spellbound with his wit
and eloquence. A gray-haired patriot from
New York, afflicted with Deafness stood
under the platform. close to the orator,
with his ear tube elevated and his eyes
strained TO catch every word and every
movement of the magnetic Depew. He did
not speak at first according to his pre-
pared address, beginning thus:
ladies and Gentlemen-Here are.
The Mayor Of this great city called me
'Dupue' to-day, and a man who was in
day said to me: What iaf IS On YOUR eT names
Such is the irony of fate and the reward
OF greatness: Three cents an acre We're
was sold for 81. This teaches us that hon
esty is the best policy"
The exercises began about Il O'Clock
with music. Then Mayor Carter III. Harri-
son delivered the address OF welcome He
spoke of the great success OF the fair. and
declared that much Of IL was due 10 the coll
lective and individual efforts Of the sons of
New York, whose genius was exemplified in
every portion and all departments of the
exposition. the home of the State of New
York on the grounds had always been a
scene OF the most generous hospitality, and
IL was one Of the most popular resorts
then alluded pleasantly to the good feeling
existing between the two great cities of the
western world. and closed with "A warm
encomium on the wealth and worth of the
Empire State.
Mayor Gilroy received even a more flat
tering welcome than MayOr Harrison as he
stepped forward to respond to the address
or welcome. After complimenting Chicago
and the fair. he said: There is one sad
reflection connected with the White City;
IL is that within a few weeks, or months at
Iurtnest these magnificent specimens of
arcnltectural art, together with all they
contain o. human greatness and civiliza-
t1on, shall have passed away 1 cannot
hetp but think that any outlay, however
great, that would tend to preserve these
magnificent buildings in monumental mar
Die would be an expenditure for which the
country would receive a hundred fold i'm the
nDerai education which our population
would receive in visiting them, and in the
expansion or mind and elevation of thought
Wnlch they would evoke AS the
chleI magistrate OF the empire city of this
country i welcome yen TO the White CITY
created by the metropolis of the West and
nope and believe that this renewed inter-
course Will bring these two cities more
brotherly love" -
GENERAL PORTER'S ADDRESS.
Gen. Horace Porter, OF New York, chair
man of the New York citizens executive
committee at the worlds fair, spoke next.
He also complimented Chicago. and then
said: "A visit to the fair is the equivalent
TO trip around the entire circuit of the
globe. Here we meet the people of all ma
tons, we hear their language and their
music; We see their faces and familiarize
ourselves with their manners and customs
years in history. We see upon land the re-
produced monastery of La Rabida: upon
little crafts, frail in structure and diminu-
tive In SiZe yet which rode the waves long
enough to penetrate the mystery of the
m Of
ana shed upon the gloom of the dark ages
the light of modern civilization; those yes
lustrtous explorer, who broke the shackles
or superstition, Gained the fears of tirnid
men and gave a new world to commerce,
10 science and TO civilization. From the
progress made In the past, who can tell how
far the great Republic will four hundred
years hence dominate the policy of the
world This Nation was not horn among
the fables. tales and mysteries of barbaric
ages, but planted fully equipped upon this
virgin continent. 1t has been woven of the
stouteSt f1breS of other lands and nurt red
by commingling of the best blood of other
nations. America has now thrown off the
swaddling clothes OF infancy and stands
clothed in the robes of majesty and power
in which the God who made her intends that
she shall henceforth tread the earth. To-
day she may be seen moving at the head
or the procession of the worlds events
leading the van of civilized and christian
lied liberty, her manifest and avowed des-
tiny to light the path of liberty throughout
the world till human freedom and human
right become the common heritage of man.
I'VE of New York are proud to find our
selves to-day within the confines of this
mighty city of the West, a city whose busy
thoughts and vivid images crowd the mind
In which no man shapes himself betimes to
idleness; a city which is not sepulcher of
buried ages. but the birthplace of modern
ideas; city which is not lighted by the
smiles of dying empires, but by the CLEAN
of future glories. Our two cities were con-
testants for the exposition. Chicago fairly
York come TO greet you, not only through
their representatives. but they come them
selves with hearts untouched by jealousy,
with souls unmoved by rivalry, TO cry out
TO you with one acclaim: God bless Chi
cagO; God speed the great fair
Agnes Booth then read poem, New York
TO Chicago" composed by Joseph 1. c.
Clark OF New York.
REMARKS OF MIR. DEPEW.
Next the features of Chauncey Nj. Depew
were seen on the platform. He was greeted
with chorus of cheers. and was kept bow
ing and smiling several minutes before he
sH 'pIoM VI sSps OF GlIunlIoddo uB peq
said. in part:
lone of the most interesting as well as
important incidents of this mammoth and
marvellous exhibition has been the celebra-
tons. national, state and civic. While the
governments of Europe are imposing addi-
tiCnal burdens upon already overburdened
peoples 10 increase their great military
ard naval forces; while all the world out
side of the United States is either an
armed camp or engaged i'm active hostili-
ties, these enulous and friendly meetings
OF conflicting races within these walls
demonstrate the possibilities and illus
trate the hopes of the world for civilization
and peace Great Britain and Russia, Ger
ulany and France. Italy and Austria may
through their governors and their armies
and navies, be prepared for wars of ex-
termination across the Atlantic but on
this side. and within the gates OF the
W bite City, each OF them rejoices i'm the
triumphs OF the other and appauds its
efforts i'm the celebration of any excellence
or advance in the Industrial arts The in
huence OF this commingling of races upon
the lofty plane of human achievement and
progress, of the cominglng of cashing
Creeds in the congress of religions carried
by representatives here present to all parts
of the habitable globe, must result in nobler
aspirations and greater efforts for the
friendship of nations and the harmony of
the world
MIR Dcpew then paid a tribute to Chica-
goans, and laid special stress on the fact
that Chicago day had a greater attendance
than any other one day at any worlds
fair mo such crowd ever before was
gathered upon a civic occasion within the
fair dedicated to industry and art"s he
said. Properly concentrated and distrib-
uted they would form "A constituency suf-
ficiently large TO be represented in the
United States Senate by enough Senator's
TO block the wheels of legislation and stop
the movement Of government for the next
century. / will not pretend to predict how
ries OF the fair on New York day had this
exhibition gone to New York. Figures are
too commonplace, and imagination is nm
equal to the task. But New York was as