The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-05-21

PRESIDENT.
President Mckinley placed the tip Of
his right forehnger on tiny electric
button In his Office az the white house
al noon on Saturday. Then be pressed
Il lightly and a thousand miles away
In the Southland the massive maehlh-
cry OF the Tennessee Centennial TX.
position was set In motion. Flags OF
an nations loaped from hundred PIN
naeles and "Old Glory" noaied out over
the scene from the top OF the giant
Flagstaff. while the sons and daughters
81 Tennessee and Of all states gain
cred In thousands 10 hear reeiteu the
simple story Of why the exposition ~
mingled their shouts with reyeroera-
lions OF saluting guns.
These opening exercises we're simple
and dignihed. BETTING the character OF
the men who have made Nashyllle's SUI
perb white city. In brief addresses the
governor Of the state and the ehlei
officers Of the exposition celebrated the
history Of Tennessee, interpreter the
fplrl; nf the occasion. narrated briefly
what has been done and then invited
the whole nation 20 participate In the
benefits.
Triumph % Nashville.
No word Of boastfulness. no syllable
OF Naturalization was heard. There
has been erected here the greatest. the
broadcast. the most beautiful and the
most complete exposition ever built
without government aid y &C. bis
s-o.qh 10 represent the whole nation.
rom the Atlantic 10 the Pacific. from
Canada TO the gulf -morc than 200
acres Of park land, with all the e'n-
comltants % shady walks, groves.
lakes and flowers enough 20 deck the
garden 81 fairy queen. 10 rcaF5. lit
srully and fguratlyoly, Is broader than
any state. any section. oycr-reaching
even national boundaries and bringing
together the products Of an civilized
peoples. Tho arts and sciences. cdu-
cation and commerce. history and pro-
ductlye possibility. the skin OF handi-
craft which transmutcs the coarse ma
terlal OF mother earth into the daintl-
est possessions Of car,h's inhabitants
and the genius which preserves tho
dreams % the poet and artist Tor the
delight OF humber beings all are rep
resented within the walls of these
white palaces. In 10 parts and In its
entirety q has an the completeness OF
the master workman's finished prod
uct. an the beauty Of the artists con-
ccption.
From end 10 end Il Is the work OF
Nashville OF Nashville. the modest
capiial 81 a modest state. o. city which
Is outclassod by a score Of American
cities In numerical strength aud In
dus,rlal Importance, a city whore less
than 100 GOO people live Nashville mon
conceived the idea. Nashville men gave
tho Trains which has given that idea
form IN landscape and architecture.
Nashville dollars have paid tho bills
10 the last cont The last spllcful ~
earth has boon turned, the last brick
| laid Che last alil driven and paid for
and the result s offered Co the people
OF the whole country with the staple
| invitation. Come and soc' The men
, OF Nashville who have done all this
look FOR their reward only In the per-
sonal consciousness % work well done
and Ia the admiration of their fellows
for the fabric they have reared. As
one looks az this exposition with IN,
minds eve. taking In the associations
vhIsh cluster around the landmarks
old and now. aboriginal and transplant
cd from other lands and other ages
one wonders At the audacity u the or
lclnal conception and maryels that 81
much Of this gray old worlds lie stor!
can be told ON so small a PAGE
In the beginning. this exposition wa
MANNED 20 celebrate the one hundrcdtl
| birthday ~ the volunteer state" III
oncers % the same blood AS those VIII
llsI1 tho foundations Of this nation an
remcuicd the stones with their bloc.
/ carved state ont ~ the WILDERNESS
embracing the rivers OF "tho big bend
| June I. 1895. the star Of Tennessee
was admitted 90 constellation of state.
and these pioneers took upon them
| selves 40 the responsibilities Of %
now distinction. For o. hundred year
| those responsibilities have been born
how well the history 81 the Who'll
country tells. The name volunteer
state was given and confirmed In n
heated haptisms Of fire.
Tennessee rincmen, led by lackso
Of Tennessee. rolled back the tide
british red coats al New Orleans. ]
the Florida everglades Tennessee me
ouerched the hloodthirsty seminole
annette with draughts from his ow
veins and settled the tranquility OF lh
then southern frontier, The warl'S
Cherokee was taught by them TO loN
peace -
sons Of the same men were with Tal
Tor on the plains Of Palo Alto ana o'
fore the walls Of Monterey, tolloWe
Scott from Vera Cruz through the pas,
e. OF the Cordinnelas and wrote thel
names IN bullets az Cerro Gordo. enc
rebusco and Chapultepec. Three pres
ldonts this state has given 10 the ma
tlon-Iackson. Polk and Taylor-an
Il has fostcrcd such mon as hentoi
Houston and navy Crockett l. N
late war. although split In half, Il va