Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-22
OFFICIAL VISIT.
PRESIDENT LOUBET AND PARTY
VISIT UNITED STATES
PAVILION.
Were Received by Ambassador Porter,
Commissioner General Peck Be-
ing Absent-The Exhibit.

New York. June IA dispatch to the
Tribune from Paris says:
President Loubet, accompanied Dy M
Miller, minister of commerce, and M
Picard, commissary general of the expo
sition, made his official visit this morn
ing to the United States national paVll-
ion. It was $3.50 o'clock when the presl-
dental party appeared at the threshold
Of the American national building. The
president was received by Ambassador
Porter Commissioner General Pack was
not present General Porter walked pe-
side President Louber. who seemed
pleased with the plaster statue by Bor-
ghum, representing stampede OF tnree
American bronchos, which has recently
been placed in the center of the large oc-
tagonal hall of the pavilion. The presi-
dent also noted the plaster busts OF Lin
coin, Grant, Cleveland and Mckinley. lie
looked at the portrait of Mckinley by
Practo and glanced at portrait OF a
Siuox chieftain, a portrait OF Prince
Ching .uncle of the emperor of China
and of Llama (high priesD.
There are also some stray canvasses
by American painters, but. all padly
hung. The United States postofHce box
was duly inspected and also the registers
whore the Americans write their names
and addresses. The president looked VI
at tn. pasteboard shields hung on the
three tiers of balconies representing the
union.
Ambassador Porter then took the pres
ident to see the elevator, which, however,
did not happen to be working.
General Porter looked at President
Loubet, who looked at Minister Miller
and who, in turn, glanced at Picard. All
smiled and the presidential party, after
cordially shaking hands with the ann
bassador, walked off to visit other ma
tional pavilions.
The presidential visit at the American
building did not last more than five min
that there was nothing of particular In
terest to see there. Just as President
Loubet left the building Commissioners
General Peck arrived to welcome the
president. Ambassador Porter remark
ed, 1.-THE president has gone."
Mr.. Peck replied: II am sorry the
president came ahead of me-" and looked
at his watch, which marked $50 o'clock,
which was correct according to railway
schedule time, but five minutes later
than the time indicated on the pneumatic
street clocks and the clocks on the exter-
ior Of the railway stations.
This is the sixty-seventh day since the
exposition opened and patriotic Ameri-
cans have so far refrained from caustic
cr1t1c16m OF tnelf nauOnaI pavilion IN
hopes that something would be placed in
it to put it on an even footing with other
countries, but after today's presidential
visit it is impossible to conceal the fact
that in the opinion of SO out of 100 Amer
leans who have seen 1t the United States
national pavilion, as far as it's contents
are concerned, is unworthy of our coun-
try and causes unpleasant impressions
when compared with the German pavil-
in1 NpvSf1 n SfG nypf oil 4E N IL.
the Great: with the British pavilion and
with the pavilions of Italy, Spain, Rus
sia, Hungary and Austria, admirably
displaying their respective native indus
tries The American pavilion is not only
far inferior tot he national pavilions of
hrst-class countries, but discreditable
even when compared with the pavilions
Of microscopic states like Monaco or the
republic of San Marino. Under the
American pavilion is third-class Amer
can restaurant with French walters and
a soda water fountain, but where one
cannot obtain wines nor porterhouse
steaks nor terrapin nor buckwheat
cakes.