The Washington bee., 1901-09-07

worlds affairs of united strength anf
influence.
1t IS a beautifully significant fact tC
the thoughtful civilized man that
whereas so long in the history of the
past men met on battle. fields only
when lnstltuting comparisons of ma.
tlonaI progress and strength, now in
these better and wiser times we meet
mere, as friends, comparing the arts
and ways of peace in the progress ol
industrial, educational, aud esthetiC
growth. Now indeed peace hath her
victories no less renowned than war.
PRODUCTIVE OF A COMMON HISTORY.
An individual life, social affairs in
which we come together at our sev-
eral homes, to enjoy their respective
inequalities and appointments, initiate
and cement cordial relations, so in
these great International affairs where
we meet TO compare varied progress,
the effects must be TO stimulate ma
uonal Improvement and beget com.
mon aim and history. Holding such
sentiments and alive with such antici-
patlonS, II certainly must be good to
be here, and let us congratulate one
another that we are here today under
such cheering auspiC s.
Permit me, in behalf of the COM
mittee of arrangements for the Dis.
triCt Of Columbia, to thank the gentle
men of the management of the Exposi
uon for their constant attention and
hearty cooperation in all Of the ar
TangementS for this day.
Director General Buchanan spoke
in happy wien. and referred wittily
TO social and official affairs of the
District. Without the District of
Columbia and without the influence
from there during the past century
this exposition, he said, would not
have been possible. 1t had been due
TO those virtues of civic life and noble
manhood that have emanated in and
gone out of the District of Columbia
that made this and all preceding ex-
position IN Ourgrand country posi-
biity.
Mr.. Buchanan welcomed in genial
words in behalf of the exposition
management the District officials and
citizens. In referring to Washington
once more, he said it represented the
definition of taith-"the substance OF
Things hoped for and not seen. Mr..
/ Buchanan also paid high compliment
TO the Marine Band.
Following Mr. Buchana' 5 remarks a
medley was rendered which embraced
"Dizie." The thousands of hearers
Cheered.
MR.. MACFARLAND'S ADDRESS.
Commissioner MaCIaTIaud adj
dress was devoted to the history and
upbuilding Ofthe District of Columbia.
and was eloquent and entertaining. 1t
was the principal address of the day
and was closely followed by the large
audience in the Temple of Music. He
said, in part:
This unique government of the Dis
trict of Columbia would not have been
continued, and would not have been
successful, had it not been in fact
more responsive to public opinion
than any other in North or South
America. government Of the
most direct and effective character is
the possession of the people Of the
District Of Columbia. The President
has always chosen as Commissioners
men whose character and abilities
gave them the support Of their fellow
citizens, and the Commissioners and
Congress have always welcomed every
expression of the public will. The
of the District of COlum-
bia is, therefore, admittedly the best
in the United States, because II IS a
by the best citizens, with
partisan politics, the professional pol
itican, and the municipal iobber abs0-
lutely eliminated. he District OF
Columbia desires TO exhibit at the Fan
Anne riCan Exposition its form of gov.
ernment as its best and most CharaC-
terisIic product, which can not be du-
for honesty and efficiency. 1t
is becoming the most beautiful Capital
in the world, and has doubled its pop
ulation and wealth under 1t.
ADvANrA GEs AS y RESIDENCE CITY.
In the celebration, on the 18th of
last December, of the centennial ami
yersary of the founding Ofthe District
of Columbia, the speakers at the exec
utiVe Mansion and at the Capitol
showed that the District of Columbia
had held its own in the progress Of the
nineteenth century. IL had not be
come the Commercial emporium" OF
the first order for which George
Washington hoped any more than II
had become the home OF the national
university of which he dreamed, and
for whlChlhe made large bequest,
Yet it has an economic and COmmercl-
al development which surprises even
its own inhabitants with every census,
and il has room and special facilities,
without endangering the peculiar ad-
of Washington as a residence
city, for the large expansion OF manu-
featuring enterprises, while IL has be
come university center with twenty
five hundred collegiate students, and,
besides Its colleges, possesses those
great mines or scientific research, the
libraries and collections
with a million volumes and thousands
of scientific tTGaSuTeTS, which arc now
10 be made more accessible than ever
to the graduate student.
But the distinction Of the District OF
Columbia lies N the fact that II IS
more than a commercial or collegi
ate center-more, even, than a place
ofscientifc research. 1t is the National