The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-08-29
lHE BIG EXPOSITION
Weekly Resume Of Events Co.
|. ing on There
40UISIANIANS ALL THERE
augmented by rlany People from,
Other Sections of the South.

! Buffalo, August 24.-On' the
morning Of the 21st Governor Hearc
lit staff and the Commissioners
from Louisiana, DR.. Stubs and Ma
For Lee, received about three hun
slfed LOuiSianans in the eleganl Lou
1siana pavilion in the Agriculture,
Building. There were present at
-Itylst three hundred South! !mers-
There was also a large contingent
fkom the city of Buffalo onI hand
many Of whom have always EshowIr
'tae greatest interest in the kuperl,
:eXhibit the Pelican State haj made
:herp.
Headed by the Carlisle Bend, the:
Governor, with the Commissioners
on each side Of him. marched frona
the Agriculture Building, followed
by his staff and a crowd OfIpeOplt
which extended the whole Iehgth Of
the Court of Fountains. A rriving
it the Temple Of Music, thu 9y were
4cOrted to the rostrum, when about
Srty distinguished citizens If Lou
Hana had been invited to seats. The
frOnt row was occupied by the Gov
6rnor, his staff, the Direct0r-Gen-
eral of the Pan-Amcrican Exposi-
sion and the two Louisiana Qommis-
Soncr>. DIR. Stubbs, the presiding
yFiicrr. called the meeting to order
lie introduced Diphtor-GeneraE
Buchanan in d graceful Ispeech,
4hich called forth great applause,
4Om the immense audicncd which,
saad, by this time, packed shc im-
anehse Temple of Music f tom the.
auditorium to the topmostsgalIery-
The Director-General extended {;
cordial welcome 10 the visiting Lou
and paid an especial tri-
bute to the exhibit installed in the
agriculture Binding of the Pan
ee4A1mcricaT- Exposition. DR.. Stubbs
then introduced Governor W. V
Heard, whose address briStled with
Statistics showing the marvellous u--
Sources Of his State. The Governor
is an aristocratic looking gentleman
of easy manners and pleasing af-
dress. The acoustic properties Of
lthe Temple Of Music are bad but
Ethe Governors resonant voice was.
distinctly heard. At the close Of bis.
speech amid +tlundcrs of applausE,
the band played "Dixic." This WIZ
the signal for renewed cheers. Tia
Governor of the State then intro
duced Prof. Alcec Forticr. gentle
man Of the finest type Of the South
crn thoroughbred. Prof. Fortier-
spoke in classic French on "Our
CreoIeS," -" and finding that Congress
man BrouSsard could not be present,
he included in his closing remarks
an eloquent and feeling tribute to
the Acadians, many of whom had
come from Canada to join with their
brethren of Louisiana in celebrating
Louisiana Day. Prof. FOrtier's
speech was something Of revelation
to the people here by the Great Wa
tecS of the North, where such per-
feet French is the exception rather
than the rule. His accents reminded
me Of Il speech | recently heard in
the. Sorbonne, in Paris, bHthat mas
ter Of French, the last and Youngest
Of the French Academy of
ImmOrtals, NJ. Faguet. THE finest
rlOcutiOnist Of the daV wis Prof. p
B. ASpell, who commenced with ale
eloquent tribute to his naaivc State.
and introduced a stanza from Long
fellows EVangeline which struck {.
chord in the Ind darts Of the.
Southern people presene I have
heard the finest orators in America.
md in Europe, but have never lis
tened to a man who is more Of q
BORN orator than this young soI3 of
Rustin, Louisiana. His enumeration
IS distinct, his periods beautifully
rounded and his voice j. as clear as
silver trumpet. The speech ought
% be published in full throughout
Louisiana. \ most remarkable sur
Prise was in store for the Governor
md his party when NJ. Henri ST.
Pierre, the most distinguished Grim
nal lawyer in the Province of Que
lec, arose and made a speech full of
patriotic and kindly sentiments.The
first few paragraphs were addressed
to the Governor of the
State and to Prof. Fortier. He as