The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-08-29

~ LII 1S d lille speaker anu
tnr!led the vast audience which he
addressed After the exercises Col.
a. b: Eggleston invited the Governor
and his staff, the Commissioners and
about twenty of their friends to an
elegant luncheon in the main hall
~ot the Louisiana and Texas rice kit
chen. A course dinner of Creole
dishes was sered, and a number of
toasts were drank and responded to.
1t Is needless to say that Louisiana,
her accomplished Governor and his
brilliant staff, her efficient Commits
.Sloners, her wonderful resources,
came in for their share of eulogy
while these tOasts were being drunk.
The luncheon closed about six
O'Clock, when the Governor and his
party proceeded to "do" the Mid
way, where special entertainments
had been arranged for them. They
are SO much pleased with the Expo
:sition, with Niagara Falls the great
sest side show on the face of the
'earth, and the charming environ
ments Of the city of Buffalo, that
your people will probably not see
them back until after this is in
print.
Two Southern days in one week
naturally brought a great influx Of
Southerners to the Pan-American
Exposition. Early Oh the morning
of the 23d the local Virginia Com
mittee was astir. At twelve O'Clock
the Governor and his party, who are
stopping at the International Ho-
tel, Niagara Falls, were received in
the elegant white marble New York
State Building, rendered j.
purpose by the Hon. Daniel Lock
wood, chairman of the New York
State Commission. This building
is Of white marble, surrounded by
porticoes supported by COrinthian
columns. 1t stands on a bluff over
looking Mirror Lake, and is the
handsOmest Of all the State build
ings on the gounds. The local COM
mittee was assisted, in receiving by
the beautiful and stately Mrs. John
Miller Horton, chairman of the
committee on ceremonies. The Coy
ernOr's military escort was the IA
NOUS Light Infantry Blues, of Rich
mOnd, the oldest military Organiza-
tiOn in the United States. The uni
form closely resembles that worn by
the COntinentals. The universal
verdict here is that the Blues have
surpassed in appearance every Other
company seen here since the exposi-
tion opened. This superb military
organization is accompanied by the
band which belonged to the Stone,
wall Jackson brigade. 1t played
'Dixie" and the "Star Spangled
Banner" with equal feeling, and pre-
cisiOn and the crowd cheered one az
much as the other. The address ol
welcome was made by the Hon
William |. Buchanan, who is fla.
Gle princeps by this time at thai
sort Of thing. He averages three {
week, and if there is anything il
having glib tongue, a good vOcab
ulary, pleasing manner and a great
deal of experience, the DirectOr-Gen
eraI Of the Pan-American Exposi
tion ought never to be out of a jOl
of this sort. He owned up very
willingly to being of Virginia de
scent himself.
The first speech was made by thu
Governor Of Virginia, Hon. }. Hog
Tyler. His effort was worthy of thC
Chief Executive of the Mother o.
States and Presidents. He was fol
lowed by Mr.. Joseph Bryan, of thu
Richmond Times, whose speech bris
tied with statistics as to the resour
ces of his State. Mr.. Bryan is
fOrceful speaker. The final speech
WAS made by DR.. George Miles, thc
scholarly president and founder o.
the school Of st. Adams, Radford
Virginia. After the exercises an ell
egant luncheon was served in tn,
New York State Building.
Tonight the Governor, his part
and the Blues will be entertained il
the elegant Ohio Building by Sen
.ator Patterson, Special Commission
er from that State. Senator Patter
son is a grandson of the late Hon
Robert Lucas, native of Jefferson
county, Virginia, who was the frs
Governor of Ohio and afterward
Governor Of Iowa The father o
Governor Lucas commanded a Vir
ginia regiment in the Revolution
airy War.
CHARLES EDWARD LLOYD.
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