The morning call., 1894-03-04

Apollo male quartet sang "The OLD Oakeu
Bucket" and America" the audienc'
joining in the chorus of the latter. Mis-
Carrie Roma sang "ODly a Rosebud.
Louis FInninger gave a baTytone solo, anC
Miss May Cooke played cornet solo en-
titled Devils Tongue"
One of the best speakers of the after
noon, not even excepting the two Cover
nOrs who graced the occasion with thei
presence. was the Hon. r. b. Carpenter o.
Los Angeles, who made a very happy
address. He extolled the wonders of ii,
Mldwlnter Exposition, laying stress upon
the fact that 10 no other part of The Union
could an outdoor exposition be made such
success in mIdwinter. Senator Carpen
ter warned Governor Fuller and his
friends that if they remained long in Cali
fornia they would never go back to Yer
vltatlon for them 10 take up their abode
here, where SO many VermOnters hao
paved the way for their coming.
The principal address was made by Cen
eral Il. A. Alger of Michigan. In the
course Of his remarks he said:
or course l expected to come out 10 thi:
meeting to-day, and of course l expected Il
make speech. j am very glad indeed TO he
here with you to-day fellow-citiZens OF CalIfOr'
nia-for l almost fee that am d Californian
and TO join with you IN the pleasures OF the
day, in celebrating for Vermont your part Of
this wonderful exposition. / congratulate you,
Governor Fuller, that you live in State thai
can furnish such people.
Governor Fuller said great deal about Yer.
mont and about the people who are born there,
aid wha they are exempted from. But have
always wondered since 1 first came tOtnts ma r
velous State that The Lord In his wisdom didn'l
plant the Garden OF Eden west OF the Sierras.
1 have made up my mind that the reason he
DID not do so was not because IL was not nj
place for IL, but because 1t would have been I'M
possible TO have peol led The world had they
started In California, for no one would ever
want TO leave II.
Now, we are going TO have a Michigan day
here next week. 1 don't know as we shall have
any Governor here, because The Governor OF
NJ lchigan will not be here. j used To be very
efDoTs until was made Governor myself and
then began TO be embarrassed VIII II stood
before the voters that made the Governors.
am not "fraid of Governors any more. but II Is
the people who say who Can be Governor or
who cannot, and the people who say VINO can
be President and who cannot that people
learn TO love and respect.
After music by the band Mrs. Nellie
Holbrook Blinn read poem, Vermont,
written for the &C aston by John Vance
Cheney. This concluded the exercises in
Festival Hall, and the visitors who had
filled the auditorium spent the balance OF
the day in visiting the exposition build
ings. A feature of Governor Fuller's visit
was the attendance OF Light Battery a,
n. q. c., who fired salutes at the beginning
g. vernon Fuller, General AlgeT and party
we're specially entertained in the Southern
California building.
An informal ceremony, but none the less
interesting, sgnaled the opening of the
neat little cottage in imitation gray stone.
next the San Joaquin building, and to be
occupied hencefOrth as the Canadl an head
quarters. About 200 Canadian residents of
the city assembled IN the rooms, which had
been prettily decorated with viOlets. roses
and pinks by Mrs. Fenton L. Newbery.
Ii. LIE Baron Smith was presiding officer
and cOngraIulatOry speeches wers made by
Dlrector-Gene ral de Young ana Commits
sioner-GrDeral Stiles.
f. Guy Mcclellan was the principal
speaker. He referred to the exhibits
made by Canadians in the Agricultural
and Fins Arts buildings and In the mining
department. He said. however, that
Canada's best exhibit was represented in
the Canadian men and women who are
here 10 represent their country. The
speaker said that he had found jhst such
exhibits from Canada in every part of the
United States from Alaska TO Cape Cod.
The Southern California citrus fair was
to have closed to-day, but the managers
have decided in view of The interest visi-
tors have manifested in the exhibit 10 re-
place pearly all the exhibits with fresb