The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-09-19
ATLANTA'S BIG EXPOSITION
nIs CRoFDS TO WITNESS THE OPEN
 INC OF THE EXPOSITI0N.
The City GayIy Deoorated-A Parade to the Grounds Followed by speeohes.


 Grounds Followed by Speeches.
 Atlanta, Ga, Sept, 1S,-The Gate City is almost buried under flags and bunting and alive with crowds atten- dant upon the opening of the great ex- position, The advance crowd of 15,OOO CT 10000 persons who came in yesterday did not make the city uncomfortably full, but a great crush is expected to- day. when a larger crowd will come in on the morning trains, The city is full of newspaper men of this and other countries.
 Half dozen governors will attend the opening with their staffs, and the commissioners of a number of states are on the ground. Representatives of several foreign countries are here, and the French government has sent it's con sul general from New Orleans to make an official report on the exposition.
 At the exposition grounds there Is a scene of great activity. Chief of Con- struction Wilkins is working day and night, and Supervising Architect Gil- bert and MT. James R. Wylie, chairman of the grounds and buildings commit tee, are living on the ground.
 The crowds during the past week at the grounds have so interfered with the work on exhibits that for the past two days admissions have been stopped ex- cept to those holding passes, and mon- ey was refused at the gates from thou sands of persons eager to get in. The indications are that the attendance at the opening exercises to-day will far exceed expectations.
 The exercises will consist of a mili- tary pageant and parade to the grounds, two miles and half from the center of the city.
 The procession will start from the city at about 1 o'clock and will reach the exposition grounds at about 5, when speaking will begin by prominent Geor- gian men. Judge Emery Speer has pre- pared an elaborate oration and Presi- dent Collier strong speech.
 One of the notable speeches of the day, it is said by those who have seen themanuscript, is the address to be de- livered by Booker T. Washington, the representative of the negro race on the program, and the champion of indus trial education among the negroes. His speech will be on a conservative line, urging his people to make friends of the white race and to train themselves in technical education as the best means of gaining property and acquiring in- dependence.
 An ode, written for the occasion by Frank l.. Stanton of Atlanta will be read by Albert Howell Jr
 The monument of Henry W. Grady will be wreathed with flowers, a tribute from the Grady Monument committee.
 All indications are that Saturday will be another big day in the history of the exposition. The transporta tion fa- < cilities of railroads, from Louisville to hnoxville and Chattanooga, are being taxet to the utmost by the crowds that are coming down, and it is expected that thirty or forty thousand veterans will come from Chickamauga on Sat- urday, which is Blue and Gray day at the exposition, and that they will be joined by thousands of Confederate vet erans.
 The Columbian liberty bell arrived here yesterday afternoon and received and enthusiastic reception. At nearly every station the train bearing the bell was forced to stop and receive the floral tributes that had been prepared for it. Stakes were driven at many places to commemorate the occasion, and the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis rail- road will put down iron tablets at the various spots