The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-23
One of the Best Displays of the Prog
ress of the Continent Ever offered
to the People.
STATE DAYS REASSIGNED
AND A GREAT CROWD is EXPECTED
FROM NOW To THE END.
President McI&inIey's Assassination
Was n Blow TO the Enterprise
which He Endorsed.

pulling ltSel1 together again aIler d Olt
night of anxiety and sorrow, such as 1t
has never known.
What was intended to be the gala period
of its history was turned into unspeakable
grief which has gone into every home with
a force hard for any one not here to realize.
Buffalo was full of personal loyalty and
enthusiasm for President Mckinley. 1t
has been a center Of Mckinley sentiment
all through his public career, and there
was no city in the country where friend
ship and devotion for him was more
marked. Naturally. his tragic end while
it's guest depressed the city beyond ex-
preston.
There never was a community more en-
crossed in a great undertaking than Buff
falo was with the Pan-American EXPOSE
ton three weeks ago. Every man, woman
and child in the city had a direct interest
and pride in the undertaking.. 1t seemed
that every one with whom a stranger
spoke had in mind the large ideal of the
great good which the demonstration of the
| wonderful resources and abilities of the
western hemisphere was to do for the coun-
try. Buffalo people seemed rather proud
that the whole expense of the demonstra-
ton had fallen upon them and their fell
IOM-CllALC1S. MY nOuAO Oh ~
the fact that all of the funds had been
raised in Buffalo without assistance from
the Nation, the State or even the city cor
poration.
1T is the first exposition which has had
no subsidies so strangers were told. Citi-
zens said: "The United States has fur
nished a wonderful exhibit, far more at
tractive than has ever been seen before;
the State of New York has erected a beau
tiful marble palace; the city of Buffalo has
built a bridge, and has furnished water
and fire and police protection, but the funds
to erect the city Of light lave all come
from the private resources of Buffalo peo-
pie"
LOSS OF $1,000 600.
When, in his memorable address, the
President emphasized the Pan-American
idea and made it part of history, the people
of Buffalo realized that their efforts were
appreciated They seemed contented and
proud that as individuals of one city they
had done the work which might we'll have
been the Nations undertaking. The re-
vulsion was terrible, and now that is
passed the question Of what is to CO is
interesting. The public feeling is strong,
and all one way. Every one seems to real
ize that the stockholders of the exposition
/ nave uGl d SIedl lOSSs pIODdDlN Oh not less
than a million dollars. That practically
means the citizens. for about every buff
falonian has stock in the exposition accord
ing to his means. The dollars and cents
seem pretty thoroughly to be eliminated
from the calculation now, but the work is
to be done, and the end to be achieved
seems foremost in every mans mind. They
feel now that the exposition must be car
ried to a finish as a. labor OF patriotism and
love. President Milburn put this thought
very strongly. He said: There must be
no faltering in our efforts now, consider
ing how much the success of the Pam
American Exposition means in the develop
ment of closer political and commercial re-
latiOns between the peoples of the western
hemisphere. That was a policy earnestly
favored by President Mckinley and which
interested him so deeply in the exposition
from it's first inception. 1t is a strange
stroke of fate that the success of the ex-
position should be threatened through this
fearful tragedy. We should be lacking in
loyalty to his memory If we did not bend
all our energies to GROWING the work
which he had SO close to his heart.
"Th position in which the tragedy found
me gave me the opportunity to know what
was in that great soul during the hours
lust before the execrable shot. The Presi-
dent had taken the deepest interest in the
exposition from the start. Its idea and
conception are in harmony with his wise
and benefcent public policy. The years
that have been spent in the evolution and
development of the idea of the essential
interdependence of the nations Of this hem
isphere, which we call the an-American
lQGds ndN0 lDC4l AdAA blSN n SAO III lnlS
exposition. 1t gave the opportunity which
he utilized in that great speech which has
already passed into history as the highest
note of American craftsmanship and the
most perfect expression of the Pan-Amer-
lean idea. The way in which the idea had
been developed here and the glorious set
ting which art and industry had given it
gratifed and even surprised the President.
He was deeply impressed by the beauty and
magnitude of the exposition, the wonderful
display of electrical illumination and the
| evidence on every side of the hearty po-
operation of the governments and peoples
of the North, South and Central Americas
i'm making it truly Pan-American. He told
me that above everything he wished that
he could have had time and opportunity
for an extensive and uninterrupted inspec-
ton of the grounds buildings and the ex-
hibits. l know that had he been spared to
conclude his visit he intended to Commend
the exposition in his powerful and convinc-
ing way TO the support OF the public.
SIX WEEKS MORE.
There are six weeks more of the life of
the exposition, and it is in the full bloom
of it's beauty and interest. Every feature
of it has developed to its highest point, and
it is being operated on a more elaborate
scale than ever. 1t is a complete mass of
varied activities and entertainments. more
than adequately carrying out its aims and
purposes. 1t is a national enterprise ard
should be supported as such for the credit
of our country as the leading nation of this
hemisphere. That support L feel certain ii
wnl have in the fullest and Overlooking
measure
Referring to President Milburn's state
ment, Director General Buchanan said that
at no previous exposition had the countries
of South and Central America taken as
deep a personal interest In the success of
an exposition as they had In this one: that
this was especially true OF Chile, which had
expended upon a building and an exhibit
half a million dollars, and equally so Of
Cuba, which for the first time in her his
tory stood independent in a great exDosi-
ton, within a magnificent building of her
own, filled with her natural resources and
! productions. This one feature of the ex-
| attracted greater commentator from the
millions who have visited il than has been
the case heretofore with Latin American
! exhibits at any previous one"
He said further that the attendance at
the exposition now was remarkable, when
all the circumstances surrounding the pres
ent situation were taken into consideration
From every quarter telegraphic assurances
were being received Of the purpose OF the
different States and of numberless organ
/ ~izations TO DO everything in their power to
assist the great work which has been un-
dertaken AND so successfully and magnia-
Gently carried out by Buffalo. All State
days and other special days set heretofore
for this month and postponed on account
of the sad events attending the tragic end
of the President here are now being reas-
signed and taken up by the different States
and localities interested with increased in
terest and a purpose on the part OF every
one TO make them more brilliant and splen-
did in every way than would have been the
case had they been carried out as originally
/ g,tap1aI He 4aded that the only pr.hf.-,