The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-17
Commissioners Set Forth the Pur-
poses and Expectations for
the Proposed Exposition.
WILL ASK GOVERNMENT AID.
Declare the Exploration Was u
Part of the Plan Which Jeffer-
son Had When He Bought
Louisiana Territory.

Portland. ore. Dec. "Reminiscences o:
the proposed Lewis ard Clark Expedition
Centennial Exposition. which it is planned
to hold here in 1875. have issued this gen.
eral address on the reasons for and the
purposes of the intended celebration:
1t is the intention OF the people o, the Pacific
Northwest to celebrate. In the year 1895. the CEN
'eaary or the expedition of Lewis and Clark
across the continent OF North America to the
iaei'!c Ocean This expedition WIS an event OF
tae hrst Importance IN the expansion OF the
United States. 1t was the great factor in the eN-
the Pacific: fa- it coniirrn.d by exploration and
by actual Possession the claim founded OF the
eleven Years before the Louisiana Purchase was
made In the mind u President jefferson, the
possession q the oregon coun,ryStne great int
tier drained by the Columbia isiver-were parts
Lewis and Ciark. upon this expedition were the
hsst Official explorers Of the grea: territory GOV
nst official explorers of the Oregon couatry. now
NE W seat OF three States OF our Union-oreson.
o,hers-Mon;ana ana wyoming.
We are approaehins the cempleticn of the first
tttinsly celebrated. 1, belongs TO the class OF
our national history. 1t Vas a bes.nnins of a
movement which has given up a Pacific coast
toward ss dIs The ' West me over aui ,hs pae Ahd =, as ts 5isSer us
We has, faced only toward the East. over the
. sq rasision NAs aas w Esss alai fhe 9al pas a isai H1s'h visss
IN the of the Orient. now on the eve
eom mem sstsl0r on one a ef s she u sres,ass .noT ve-
nen,, In the history Of our NATIONAL expansion.
whole country. As a means ef concentra,ins
attention on the Pacific States and upon their
it may be made an occas on OF highest
practicable utility and industrial Importance;
States Of the coming h9 ' deve se1RIs IL Of NE ofientsi
commerce. and OF the relations of our own conf
asains. the coasts OF Asia. where now we are n.
celebration will come. as We conceive. most op-
This centenary may be taken as q
after"
terpretation of the growth and destiny Of tts
States through the movement westward
the basis thus diminished here FOR conneetiSn
with the Eastern HemispiIere hy wes1ws.f
routes. over a sea marked hitherto by Few keels.
but destined Yet to bear great part OF the CONF
rnerce Of the globe.
The Commissioners declare. in formal
resolution. that the memorable exploration
be properly celebrated in 1875. as
the Lewis ard Clark Centennial: that the
Government be asked to make adequate ap-
the display of the products of our newly
possessions; that the Senators
and Representatives Of the States along
the route traversed and explored by Lewis
Clark be required to use means to Sc
cure a generous appropriation.
The resolutions are signed by H, W. Cor
bett., c. H. Bellinger. C, "; Fulton. Ed
State Commissioners for Oregon: Frank J.
E NJ. Rands. ". W. Tollman. j.
G.. Megler and G. ". Rowan. Commission
and E. ". Johnson. Commissioners
,or Idaho; 8. T. Hauser. Commissions for
Montana. and Hoyt Sherman. Hiram
-lauson and L. ". Shurtleff. Commission
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