New-York tribune., 1901-05-21

The crowd In the grounds at that time num-
bered fully forty thousand and the greater part
of it was massed in the Espianade Dozens OF
great kites carrying streamers hoated high
in the air. The troops halted In the fore
court and then formed in double columns across
the Bridge Of Triumph. The officials and guests
left their carriages. marched through the lines
OF troops and then continued on in roped in
closure TO the Esplanade.
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
President Milburn read series Of congratu-
latory telegrams and their reading provoked
cheer upon cheer. The message from President
Mckinley follows:
San Francisco. May % 1901.
Hon. William l. Buchanan. Director General.
Pan-American Exposition. Buffalo y. Y.
Fellow citizens Of the United States and fel-
! low Americans from all our neghbor nations:
l send you greetings from the shores OF the
Pacific. with ferVent prayers for the benediCtion
| Of heaven upon this bcnehcent enterprise. with
! sincere congratulations to all those whose
energy and devotion have brought It TO pass and
! with heartfelt welcome TO our guests from our
| sister republics. 20 whom Wc wish continued
and abundant prosperity. May there be no
cloud upon this grand festival OF peace and
commerce. no thought OF rivalry except that
generous competition IN useful arts and indus
tries which benefits all. | earnestly hope that
this great exhibition may prove a blessing TO
every country Of this hemisphere. and even
that the world at large may profit by the prog
ress Of which we give proof by the lesson Of our
~
come evident before this exhibition closes that
our vast and increasing prosperity Is fruitful Of
nothing but good TO elders In the brother
hood of nations. and that our onward march
may forever eXcmpfy the divine sentiment OF
peace on earth and good will to men"
WILLIAM MKINLEY.
Teegrams letters OF congratulation were
also read from the Governor General OF Canada
the Presidents of Hayti Colombia, Peru. Ecua-
dor Nicaragua. Uruguay. Paraguay. Argen-
ors Of Jamaica and Martinique
THE VICE-PREsIDENT's SPEECH.
Mayor Conrad Diehl made a short address.
Robert Cameron recited a poem and the Orpheus
Society sang Sturms "Salve Iibertatem" Then
Nice-President Roosevelt was presented He
was vigorously cheered. and made several at
tempts to speak before he found quieted audi
tors. His speech in part follows:
To-day formally open this great expositfon
by the shores of the mighty inland seas of the
north, where all the peoples Of the Western IIcmi
art science and Industrial Invention what tbav ~
have been able TO accomplish with their manifold
national qualities Such an exposition. held at the
Two trans of ,if nSW century inevitably suggests
seriously and soemnly of our several duties 10 one
Western Hemisphere. and also OF our duties each to
me To nation 1la[ to which he personally belongs.
a say -, special word, I believe with all my heart
doctrine q hs
invoked for the aggrandizement of any one of MS
ntie I on ms continent at the expense OF any one
policy vital to the ,nteresas og All an
United States has and ought to have and mu9f 1nf
cs H., Te, & Qiy me desire to see her sister repub
ish and the determination that no one world power
Sn% acquire new territory here this Western
I,o TO work out our own salvation along our own
stood cardinal feature Of our Joint forete order
polcy that on the one hand we will not submit
among ourselves each natdn at s on me other hand
regard the rights and interests of the others so
o@IlI @ instead or any one of us committing the
Of neghboP wy Shall 10 ali fSf strive at the
honest and manly brotherhood. shoulder to shouI ~
noa The true welfare of the nation is indssolubly
Of the man W who onf THIS ha soil and the
the mechanic. the handicraftsman, the la borer II
not trouble ourselves about the w0 cases
OF the rest for that will follow a matter Of
progotfsv 0s the Other d3 hand nd it is equally the
measures Ts that win promote the prosperity Of n
dt me poorest motto upon which an American can
safest follow that Of ali men np and s6ns 5ns
can M ana ought TO be done by law For in
should by law assume ample power of superviainG,
be cTeatuTes anG SrpGrifo% senePay Of whch hb
immense business enterprises which exist onlv he
by our system Of seyeTmme0t TO property
ist It should be a used The this power should
restraint Modern Industrial competition is er Seil-
@ aeen between nation and nation. and now that our
country is striding forward with the mace of , u
giant 70 take the leading position in the interro
noHai s3i industrial world, we should beware how We
IeLter our limbs. how cramp our Titan stramntho
Mnlle STRIVING to prevent Industrial Injustice NJ
weakness abroad ''iuustrIai
his is task for which we need the anas, oA,,
Ities or the statesman the student the ma trio, ,
h she ,,arseelng lover Of mankind There must an9
shal be no falling off in the national tra',-nr
h2,sh hha,rdiho9S and manliness and keep ever
bIlght the love Of justice. the spirit of stropg
protheriy friendship for ones fellows wb,oh o.nS @
nope and believe will hereafter stand as tynicaI
OF ihe men who make up this, the mirhtiestf - ra
puohc upon which the has ever shone ie-
LODGE UPHOLDS MONROE Docrp,>-
Emiho de Gogorza sang the prologue from "I
faguacci, and Senator Lodge was then ~