The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-21

for the territories discovered and set
tl,d subsequent to 1886, five fCT the
states ceded by Mexico in 1913. nine for
the insular possessions, one for Alaska
and one for the District Of Columbia.
During these proceedings moving
pictures OF the scenes were taken by
a mutoscape and biograph company
for exhib- ton purposes.
Pictures Were Taken.
AT the conc.usi-E of this part of the
ceremony the party was driven down
town. Stopping al the armory of the
! First Infantry, Missouri National
Guard, CClOnei Sinclair commanding
The PARTY was received vita military
hOnOls and escorted u the Coliseum,
where the remainder of the programme
was carried oTt he immense hall Of
the Coliseum was crowded with thou
sands of PERSONS, among whom were
many children, tie pubic schools hav-
ing teen closed Tor the day. On the
platform ct one side OF the Coliseum
decorated with United States flags and
banners and bunting Of red, white
blue and yellow, the official colOTs Of
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
company, were seated officers of the
Word s fair. municipal officials and
orators Of the day, governors OF states
national commissioners, members Of
the hoard of lady managers. General
Bates and staff, Governor Van SAINT Of
Minnesota, Governor Savage of Ne
braska. Governor Davis OF Arkansas
Governor DockeFy Of Missouri. Colonel
John Oslesby. representing Governor
Yates Of Illinois, who sent regrets, and
members Ct the II inOis Worlds fair
commission and cth-r invited guests.
President d. r. Francis of the Louis
lana Purchase Exposition company
called the Coliseum meeting to order.
and tn, Rev DR.. Samuel J. Nicolls Of
F, Westminster Presbyterian church pro-
nounced the invocation. Hon. James
A Tawney cf Minnesota. chairman Of
the horse committee on expOsitiOns.
made the first address. He said, in
part:
Importance Of Exposition.
'Thz importance Of this exposition as
means OF educating ourselves and
other nations in the knowledge of these
things thac make US the foremost ma
ton of the globe, cannot be overesti-
mated. liz VIII be important and ben
efcisl, too. in that it win give to our
social and industrial fabric moral
and an Intellectual significance that IS
the pride Of America and the envy Of
the world. one of its chief values,
however. win be in the opportunity for
strengthening and cultivating more in
tinate social and industrial relations
between the states. and between the
United states and foreign countries.
Another great object to be accom-
DIished one that transcends all others,
is in the fact that this exposition is IN
tend d and win commemorate the hrst
centennial of the greatest international
event in our history, the one that
marks the beginning Of that national
policy that has made US a world power.
without which our present industrial
and political supremacy could never
have been achieved.
Worlds Fair Commissioner John Al
len Of Mississippi. who was to have
followed Mr.. Tawney with an address,
was detained in Kansas City. and Gov
ernor Jefferson Davis Of Arkansas was
substituted. Governor Davis made a
few remarks. combining himself almost
wholly to a prediction of the World s
fair success.