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eral Tyner at the left of Gen. Batcheller.
The six desks on the front of the platform
were occupied by the secretaries. Col
Chaille-Long. Mr. Hatcher, Mr. Brown,
Mr.. Gale. Mr.. Vending and Mr.. Krains.
The other delegates present were:
Messrs. WI Ting Fang, Taylor, Bruce
Hart, Chin Pom Ye, Ho Sang Min. Hoyt,
Komatsu. Yukowa. Arai, Adams Chavez,
Zapata Vera. Garfias. Heyerdahl, Stewart.
Havelaar Van der Veen, Perk, Falcon,
NJ. lie Comte Michel, Delmati, N. lie Comte
De Vinci, Chiaradia. Dovan, Kisch. NJ. lie
Baron de Hammerstein, Hennyey. Szalay,
Leger. NJ. lie Comte de Lichtervelde. Ster-
pin. Lambin, Neven. Santos Stoyauovitch,
Yrrazaval. M. de Kammler, NJ. de Stibral,
Habberger. Neubauer. Smibert. Duffy.
Ybarra Andrade Mira Mohammed Ali
Khan. DR.. Boyajan, F'ahri Bey. Moustapha
Bey, Delessert, Stager, Pioda, Gronwall,
Mira Ali MAXI Khan. LIE Vicomte de Santo
Thyrso. Peraza, Van Alphen. Chiru. Preda,
Sevastianoff, Ivanoff. Roudanovski, Isaac
T. Smith. Schlytern. Novella, Todd. French.
Walkley, King. Forman, Walpole, Dalmas,
Herman, Recoing. AnsauIt. Florez. Lar
rain, Calderon, Calvo Svendsen, Jussuf
Saba Pacha, Carlo LIE Due de Ripalda,
Merou, Hazen, Brooks, Rothe, Neumann,
Frtsch.
The Postmaster Generals Address.
Postmaster General Gary said:
Gentlemen: 1 tender you a hearty greet
ing in the name of the United States of
America, and welcome you to the capital
of this great and growing nation.
Whatever conduces to the spread of in
telligence. the encouragement of the arts of
peace, the enlightenment of the people of
all countries, the extension of commerce and
the consequent oementing of fraternal ties
between the nations, meets with the COM
u,endation of the people in whose behalf ]
extend this welcome.
You come the messengers OF peace
ard good will. as the visible embodiment
\ of jntn al fha o6 ofel ~
international commerce. as the bearers OF
friendly messages between communities
widely separated yet closely united; and
salute you as the representatives of ad-
vanced and advancing civilization. Before
you depart for your respective homes, we
hope to bring you into closer communica-
tion with our people, among whom you
will find the former citizens and subjec Is
Of all the nations of the earth and their
descendants. Scarcely a delegate Is here
today who may not receive cordial and
hoSp.table welcome from natives of his own
country, and some of you may find your
own couDtrymen almost numerous as
you left at home.
This Country.
Eve desire also that you may bear away
with you a more complete knowledge Of our
dc main. which extends across a continent
three thousand miles. embracing almost
every variety of climate; of a country of
varied manufacturing interests. and con-
tanning prosperous and happy population
of over seventy millions of people. We
want to afford you an object lesson of the
marvellous growth of communities founded
mainly during the past century. which
support postal system comprising more
than 10000 offices and 2O0.1U employe
supplying mails for and dispatching them
over 10000 miles OF railroad, 12OOO miles
of steamboat service and by other minor
f.f M
miles Of post routes, ard handling a total
in the year 1896 of 5.693. 719 6l5 pieces of
mail matter. Thus we place even the small
and remote communities in direct communi-
cation with One another by means of postal
facilities. By carrying back to your homes
the Knowledge that all these millions OF
people are anxious to establish the closest
social and business relations with each OF
the countries you represent you will convey
some idea of the value of the maintenance
and perfection of the system you have met
to promote.
1T is quite appropriate that this. the
nth congress of the International Postal
Union. should be held in the United States
and at the capital of our nation, for 1t was
here that the suggestion creating this body
| originated.
Origin of the Postal Unisn.
Postmaster General Blair. on August d
1862, in a communication addressed to Mr.
Seward, then Secretary of State, proposed
an international conference of postal dele.
gates to recommend measures looking tc
! the revision. simplification and uniformity
| of its international postal ARRANGEMENTS
and the Department of State submitted the
proposition to the governments of Great
| Britain, France, Prussia, Sweden the Meth
| erlands. Belgium, Italy and Ecuador Favor
| able responses were received from all ths
governments named, and at Paris on tht
| second Monday of the following May, thu
| first international conference assembled
"Out of this idea of an international con
| ference grew the larger idea of a perma
| nent Universal Postal Union. and the frs
| congress OF this union met in the hall o
| the national senate of Switzerland In Sep
| tember. 1874 The treaty creating thi.
| union went into effect on the 1st of July
! 1875.
| In congratulatins our government ant
| our people upon being the host of this
| probably the body most representative O
| all the civilized nations of the earth tina
las ever assembled. I can. therefore, ex
| press our profound pride that the ides
| creating this union originated with us. TIL,
| Universal Postal Union is young in years
but phenomenal in successes and achieve
| ments 1t is the outgrowth of separat,
| treaties between different national organi
cations. each compact differing in some es
| sential respects from all others.
| The First Congress.
| only twenty-three years ago. in the cit.
i
| gates from few administrations met am
| laid 6eep and solid the foundations of thi
union. The founders of the institution ar
| fast passing away. only a few remain OIL
! this side Of the boundaries of time VIII,
| have personal recoilections of its inaug1lra
| tion. and soon there will be left only tn
! scattered and incomplete records of tn
oiferent administrations to tell the stor.
| of how one of the grandest projects Of tn
century was conceived and born.
Prospects of the Union.
I'VE are rapidly approaching the realt
zation of the dream which was outlined II
the colossal enterprise. for there is reaso,
TO believe that by the time this congress
adjourns the sun in its daily circuit through
| the heavens will not rise upon a civilized
| people nor set upon an organized govern
| ment which is not included in the wis,
! and beneticent Jurisdiction of the Universe
| Postal Union.
! Thus you meet under happy auspices
| Representatives from countries in tn,
| Union. notably those from China and Co
| rea, are present and ready to Join you
brotherhood, participate in your delibera
|
Il No False Claims