Morris tribune., 1893-05-24


Of genius see beyond the clouded skies.
If, then, the Great Dscoverer pierced the veil
Which hung far out beyond Lis fiagship's sail
Ii must have roGscd his heart to faster beat
To realize that where his humble fleet
Would touch God 5 earth constellation bright
And greater far in magnitude and light
Than any star or group e'er given birth
Would rise TO shed it's glory DER the earth;
That from the thirteen stars thus born to men
Still other stars would issue forth, and then
The galaxy so fill the wond' ring world with
light
That mankind would no longer grope in night.
Star of the North! Thy place upon the field
Of stars which mists of ages long concealed
Is such that none need ever blush with shame
To hear the sound Of Minnesota's honored
name
Star of tho Northi thou home Of changing
scene,
Where sapphire lakes begin the stretch Of
green,
Where woo AMI dale and fertile plain
Dominion lend to Pienty's kindly reign,
Star Of the Northl thy fame upheld by noble
sons,
While meadows yield and water runs;
Thy name deep craven on the nations roli--
Thyseif portion of the nations soul
Star CT the Northl thy glory cannot fade
To mar HE reao ord thou hast made.
Nor shall there ever rise star
To dim thee with radiance from afar
| Thy temple is tho peoples loyal heart,
Which throbs to tell the world how dear thou
art;
But here among the nations Of the world,
Where every flag is to the breeze unfured,
We rear another in thine honored name
A temple to thy worth and fame
And dedicate it to the fairest state
In this broad land incorporate,
President Johns0n's Address.
President johnson then made the
formal presentation of the Building to
the State of Minnesota He rehearsed
the history of it's construction, related
the obstacles which had been sur
mounted and fell citated the people on
the possession Of a home complete in
every detail He felt that the editors
of the state press had been largely in.
strumental in securing this fitting rep
reser tation of the great State of Mime
sofa at the Exposition by reason of
their persistency in advocating liberal
appropriation and through the intelIi-
gent manner in which thoy had made
plain the advantages-in fact the neces-
sitie5--of such a represen tation. de
paid pretty and what everybody
| agreed was a deserved compliment to
the intelligent efforts of the board of
state commissioners and to the work
men under the immediate control of
this body.
Senator Kelier's Address.
T On the part Of the state the building
was accepted by Senator Keller in a
brief but fitting address. AS a resident
Of Minnesota he was proud of the build
ing, proud that his state should be so
| handsomely and well represented among
the older members of the Union and
glad to see such large number of fell
low Minnesotans who were inspired, as
he was, with the enthusiasm of the oc-
| casion. In accepting the building it
| pleased him to acknowledge that those
who had taken an active part In its con-
structon had done rather more than
was expected of them in that they had
| given the citizens of Minnesota better
equipped and more finished building
than it was thought could possibly be
pat up in the time and with the means
at command. The satisfactory and
timely completion Of the work was a
legitimate cause of congratulation all
around.
Frank Mead's Address.
Frank j. Mead wes the next speaker.
He began his remarks by firing good
natured shot at his friend Johnson for
his liberality in giving away other peo-
ple's property; but the editors of the
rtate, he admitted, had given the build
ing to Minnesota just as much as Col
umbus gave Ferdinand and Isabella a
new World. He approved the location,
too In his mind there had never been
doubt that the Columbian exposition