The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-05-11
THE WORLDS FAIR OPEN.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND AT THE
INAUGURATION.
Scenes and Incidents Of the First Day
Of the Columbian Exposition
at Chicago.

stoppage in midair, and brought the
first sunshine of the season to Chicago
to-day The Cleveland luck was with
him all through.
A crowd estimated al upwards Of
200, 900 stood around the Administra
ton \ ug during the ceremonies.
The Columbian Guard proved a hollow
and incompetent fraud. More than
twenty women tainted, and were
dragged Uut or lifted over the heads Of
the crush, and the special ambulance
service was a failure because Of a lack
of orl,r, bul otherwise every one was
hap ) 5nd Ubil4n,, and every one says
that the Worlds Fair is going to be a
| tremendous success.
The gates were opened at o o'clock,
and thousands of cleaners were still in
possession of the bindings The sky
was overcast and a light sprinkle of
rain fell, sufficient to work the road
ways up into a horrible slough Of pasty
mud, in which the crowd walJowed
above its shoe tops, lost its overshoes,
and which sent them back to the city
looking like gang Of railroad laborrrs
who had been working all day in a
marsh.
The crowds started for the grounds
early, for though every one had been
talking Of the wonderful transportation
facilities, every one had a doubt about
being able to get there, and the result
proved that the doubts were justi6able
for though the attendance did notrelCh
the one.quartermillion mark, all roads
were bloCkaded at intervals.
A few newspaper men were about the
first to arrive and SILVER at the thought
of hours of waiting in the drizze. After
them came the officers in command of
the days proceedings to give final in
structlons, and then the crowd began
to arrive by various routes. By 8
O'Clock the Illinois Central, which was
to carry 10000 people an hour and get
them to the grounds in fifteen minutes,
was doing about all the business 1t could
and not carrying $1,000. The elevated
was TANNED and the cable cars taxed to
their utmost capacity,
The distribution Of passengers, how
ever, saved any crush at the ticket
offices, and but FIR the annoyance of
having to wade through two feet OF
mud to get across the streets, there was
nothing to complain of at the start
At exactly five minutes past IL
Grover Cleveland got up and looked
around He said a couple of words
and stopped; he raised his hand for
silence and everything was absolutely
still; he spoke in voice that could be
heard 100 feet away, and at times LOG
yards. Every one listened intently,
and not a sound was heard during his
speech, except loud, clear ejaculation,
"Sit down, Hoke~ addressed to a
Cabinet officer of that name who was
standing up to get better view The
President said:
Il am here to join my fellow-Citizens
in congratulations which beft thi;
4 occasion. Surrounded by the stipend
Gus results Of American enterprise anC
activity, and in view of the magnificent
evidences Of American skill and intel
ligenCe, we need not fear these con
gratulations will be exaggerated
eve stand to day in the presence o
| thA Allact in, the ,uArlH n
, point to the great achievements we here
exhibit, asking no allowance on tht
score Of youth. The enthusiasm witt
which We contemplate our work in
tensifies the warmth of greeting W,
extend to those who have come from
foreign lands to illustrate with US tn,
growth and progress Of human en-
: deavor in the direction of highe
/ civilization.
: eve, who believe popular education
= and the stimulation of the best impulse
of our cit Gems lead the way to the real
ization OF the proud national destin
which our faith promises, gladly wei
come the opportunity here afforded t,
US to see the results accomplished b
efforts which have been exerted longe
than ours in the field of mans improve
, ments, while in appreciative return "
exhibit the unparalleled advancement
and the wonderful Accomplishment
of a young nation and present tn
triumphs Of vigorous, sellrcliant an,
: indeDendent DeoDle.
1--WE have built these splendid ed
fees; but we have also built a magnlf
cent fabric of popular government
whose grand proportions are see
l. throughout the word. We have made
and here gathered together, objects {
!. use and beauty, the products of Amer
can soil and invention. We have ais
men who rule themselves. 1t is an e,
is allied mission in which we and OF
II guests from other lands are eng ,ge
as we cooperate in the Inauguration {
Al an enterprise devoted to human eI
,. lightenment; and in the undertaken
we here enter upon we eXemplify
the noblest sense the brotherhood
~ nations.
II "Let us hold fast to the meanir
that underies this ceremony, and l.
= US not lose the impressiveness Of tn
a, moment. AS by touch the machner
st that gives life to this vast exposition