St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-26
MEAGER ATTENDANCE
Scarcely Eighty Thousand
People Visit the Worlds
Fair Grounds.
Many Remain Away Because
Not All the Exhibits
Are Open.
The Unveiling Of a Statue Of
Gladstone the Event Of
the Day.
Mayor Carter Harrison and
Judge Thomas Moran
Make Addresses.


Make Addresses.
CHICAGO, June 25.-The radical Sun
day openers must have been previously
disappointed at the small number of
people vino visited the worlds fair to-
day. The total admissions, free and
paid, was scarcely 10000, and the wind
ing paths and broad thoroughfares Of
the White City had quiet, deserted
appearance. There was little music to
speak of, and the whole aspect of the
fair was as calm and peaceful and Sab
Dath-like as New England country
village. Even the Midway Plaisance,
which usually thrives in the very worst
of times, was dull, and the camels and
donkeys and their swarthy-skinned
drivers III the Cairo street, and the
viciOuS-looking savages from the South
seas and all the other heathen of that
homogeneous thoroughfare had good
rest from the
Excitement and Rush
of the last four or five weeks. The fine
arts building was about the only place
in all the great exposition where there
was anything like crowd. The work.
ingmen and their families did not turn
out as they did on the previous open
Sundays. The fact that the United
States government building and all
United States exhibits. which form a
most interesting part of the fair, are
always closed Sunday, as we'll as those
of Great Britain and part of the
French exhibit, seems to have given
the wageworkers the idea that they
were not getting their moneys worth.
Then, too, the machinery is ali stopped,
and many of the individual exhibitors
hang up their curtains on Sunday,
so that great deal of the exhibition is
closed, Notwithstanding the gates are
open. The attendance at the religious
eXerc iseS in Festival hall was not as
large as the worlds fair officials hoped
it would be. Not over half the seats
were occupied. Only little over 5000
persons turned out to hear the Rev. DR..
ii. w. Thomas preach. He made but
brief reference to the Sunday question,
and that was in his Introductory re-
marks. He spoke of the Sabbath being
A Day of Rest
and told of how the ideas of the great
mass of the people had changed as to
the proper method of keeping the Lords
day, and called attention to the fact
that rigid rules of the Christians of
hundred years ago had about died out.
A statue of Hon. William E. Gladstone
, was unveiled in Donegal castle at Mrs.
Ernest Hart's Irish village today. Sun
day was chosen for the unveiling of the
statue, as the entire week will be con-
Sumed in other matters. Mis-. Hart was
of the opinion that many Irishmen who
could not absent themselves from their
work during the week would avail
themselves of the opportunity to be
present Sunday. Such proved to
be the case. and the castle was
filled with visitors, among whom were
Kate Field, Mrs. Sullivan and others.
Charles MacSweeney, the village piper,
entertained the visitors until the time
arrived for the exercises. The rostrum
on which the dignitaries were seated
was i'll the shadow of the big statue
which stands at the extreme north end
of the castle. On the platform were
Mayor Harrison, DR.. and Mrs, Hart.
Judge Moran, Mrs. Bishop and others.
The Mayor Speaks.
The exercises began by Mayor Carter
Harrison delivering an address. He
said:
"For some years past two men have
occupied in the public mind places of
higher esteem than any of previous
centuries. One was man of iron will,
statesman willy, and possessing the
strategy of the politician. The other,
with equal Sagacity, has bent TO the
popular opinion, coping with forces
brought about by the advancement of
man. He has been yielding and gentle.
but possessing & force of character
equaled by none. Bismarck, the ruler
of Germany, was one, and Gladstone,
the uncrowned king of England, is the
other. Sir Edwin Arnold has said of
Gladstone that to his certain knowledge
he had spoken on both sides of every
national question since 1880. History
will write these two men were the
greatest of the nineteenth century,
Mayor Harrison, continuing at some
length, paid tribute to the great
English leader. AT the conclusion of
his words, Mrs. Hart unveiled the
statute. The action was greeted by
cheers. The statue is ten feet in
height, and represents the grand old
man in the act of speaking. One hand
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other repoSeS a~roll of manuscript. 1t
is copy of the famous London statue
and by. Arthur Bruce-Jag, who was
present. He was introduced by Mayor
Harrison and was received with ap-
plause.
Judge Thomas Moran
was the next speaker. He said in part:
s'rhe unvelling of this splendid piece of
sculpture, considering it merely as a
work of art, could not fail to give great
pleasure to all who are here present /;
but, beautiful and perfect as this work
of art is. deeper sense Of pleasure and
satisfaction is awakened by the fact
that the artist has here embodied the
features of man, who, considered all
in all. must be regarded as the foremost
man who has lived during the nine
teenth century,"
After he had concluded Mrs. Geneora
Johnstone Bishop sang "Come Back to
Erin" which was loudly applauded.
The exercises closed by DIR. Hart giving
q sketch of Mrs. Hart's work among the
Irish peasants, which has resulted in
the betterment Of the peoples eondi-
ton,
k'The Catholic educational exhibit in
the southeast gallery OF the manutact-
ures building was formally opened to
the public yesterday. The display,
which is enc Of the largest in the liberal