Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-09-23

II we Did Not Bend All Our
==.54raies to Growing the Work
Itch He Had So Close TO His
Heart."
FFALO, n. Y. September o.
city it pulling itself together
after a fortnight of anxiety and
,W. such as it has never known.
was intended to be the gala per-
its history was turned into u
lable grief which has gone into
home with a force hard for
me not here to realize. Buffalo
faII of personal loyalty and en-
asm for President Mckinley. 1t
been a center of Mckinley senti-
all through his public career and
= was no city in the country where
adship and devotion for him was
~ marked. Naturally his tragic
- while its guest depressed the city
md expression. There was never
4munity more engrossed en a great
f
IN American exposition three weeks
Every man, woman and child in
city had a direct interest and pride
+ the undertaking. 1t seemed that
= r one with whom a stranger spoke
in mind the large ideal of the great
god which the demonstration of the
v=aderful resources and abilities of
western hemisphere was to do for
Z country. Buffalo people seemed
er proud that the whole
EKpenses of the Demonstration
hi fallen upon them and their fell
a citizens. They would call atten-
aa to the fact that all of the funds
fsl been raised in Buffalo without as
stance from the nation, the State, or
EN- the city corporation.
1t is the first exposition which has
f5a no subsidies" SO strangers were
tod. Citizens said: 1.-THE United
Safes has furnished wonderful exhi-
Ia far more attractive than has ever
dlEn seen before; the State of New
York has erected a beautiful marble
Ialace( the city of Buffalo has built
leIage. and has furnished water and
ne and police protection, but the
finds to erect the City of Light have
come from the private resources of
Z falo people,"
When, in his memorable address the
T sident emphasized the fdn-Ameri-
tau idea and made it part of history,
the people of Buffalo realized that their
eaarts We're appreciated. They seem
I'll contented and proud that as indi-
fluals of one city they had done the
gafk which might we'll have been the
Nations undertaking. The revulsion
8as terrible, and now that it is passed.
5ha question of what is to come is in
taresting. The public feeling is strong
and all one way. Everyone seems to
tealize that the stockholders of the ex-
POSITION have
Met n Great Loss.
1bably Of not less than million dol
lars. That practically means the citi-
zsHs for about every Buffaloian has
Stock in the exposition according to
means. The dollars and cents seem
Pretty thoroughly to be eliminated
from the calculation now, but the work
10 De done, and the end to be achieved
seem foremost in every mans mind.
They feel now that the exposition
must be carried to a glorious finish as
labor of patriotism and love. Presi-
cent Milburn put this thought very
strongly He said:
mere must be no faltering in our
Efforts now, considering how much the
success Of the Pan-American exposi-
t5h means in the development of the
stern hemisphere. That was a pol
earnestly favored by President Nc
.iaiey and which interested him so
e-eply in the exposition from its first
option. 1t is strange stroke of fate
al the success of the exposition
S#7'lld be threatened through this fear
."l tragedy, We should be lacking in
-'Salty to his memory of we did not
nd all our energies to browning the
Vyrk which ne had
SO Close to His Heart.
The position in which the tragedy
-l4ad me gave me the opportunity to
what was in that great soul dur
the hours just before the execrable
rot The President had taken the
e9pest interest in the exposition from
lAe START. Its ideal and conception are
~ harmony with his wise and benef-
4t public policy. The years that
fe 7een spent in the evolution and
ess z!opment of the idea of the essntial
~ pe4aence of the nations of this
aen pierre, which we call the PAN
american idea, have their first full ex-
NsSslon in this exposition. 1t gave the
e7p?Ftlnity which me utilized in that
7.e5t sDeech which has already passed
history as the highest nd
80 lean craftsmanship and the