The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-06-28
DULY DEDICATED.
Minnesota Building Now a For
NAL Part of the Exposition.
Minnesota Editors Help Do the Deed.---
The East Surprised at the Push of
the West.---An Enjoyable
Ruffalo N Y June IS. 1901.

Buffalo, N. Y, June IS, 1901.
Free Press: The Minnesota Edi-
torial association, with nearly three
hundred Minnesota editors and their
wives and with Governor Van SAINT
and his staff, arrived at Buffalo at a.
m. Monday morning. With the COVER
nor's party were Col. and Mrs Gus.
Widell, who were the only other Man
kato people on board.
The Editorial association immedi-
ately took cars to Statler's Hotel,
which will be their headquarters dur
ing the stay in the city. This hotel
is within a few blocks of the fair
grounds and it can accommodate about
5000 people at one time 1t contains
2,100 rooms, 1850 people can be
served at once in the dining room and
there are 500 employees
The Pan-American exposition is on
a far more extensive scale than is gen.
orally thought, and while, of course,
it cannot be compared with the world s
fair at Chicago, it undoubtedly con-
tains more and costlier buildings and
covers more ground than the Omaha
exposition.
The Minnesota building compares
favorably with most of the state
buildings. Its interior walls are COW
cred with school exhibits from almost
every important school in the state.
Today was Minnesota day and it
made the heart of every Minnesotian
swell with pride at the elaborate and
appropriate way in which it was OBJ
served and at the large crowd from
Minnesota who took part in the exer-
cises. Why, the people of New York,
who think that they have the only
state worth mentioning, were surprised
indeed at the western push and enter
prise which could bring about 600 peo-
pie at one time a distance of 1000
miles and then carry out the success
full program that was carried out to-
day.
A reporter of the Buffalo Express
remarked after the exercises: Min
nesota people have every reason to be
proud of their day. 1t has been the
the red letter day Of the fair so far.
Other states have dedicated their
buildings, but few attended and all of
them put together would not have
made the strong showing Minnesota
did today Minnesota has set the pace
for the other states.
The Minnesotians assembled at the
Minnesota building and at 10 m. the
parade started. 1t was headed by the
exposition band, followed by four
companies of the Minnesota National
Guard, the governor and his staff, the
members of the Minnesota Editroial as
ISOLATION, and other Minnesota people.
Each person carried flag. The parade
was more than a quarter Of mile long
and made a fine showing as they
marched through the grounds to the
temple of music.
President W. J. Munro presided at
the temple of music and the following
program was successfully carried out
Address of welcome by Hon. Conrad
Diehl, the mayor of Buffalo; presenta-
ton of building, Alex McDougall; &C
ceptance, Governor Van SAINT addresses
by 81. P. Hall of st. Paul Hon. R. B.
Mahony of Buffalo, and by Senator
Clapp and Congressman Stevens of
Minnesota and others.
Governor Van SAINT s address was par
ticularly eloquent and appropriate.
He said he did not believe that pub
lie official should accept gifts of any
kind and as the Minnesota building
had been presented to him as COVER
nor, he would Immediately turn it over
to the people of the state. before any
of the editors present would have
time to criticise. He said that Mime
sofa would no longer be known as the
Gopher state or as the North Star
state, but that it had been re-christen-
ed the Bread and Butter state" be-
sides its vast fields of grain, it's great
Touring mills, its rapidly increasing
dairy interests it would soon rival
Pennsylvania in it's iron and steel pro-
duets.
Governor Van SAINT complimented
the four companies of soldiers from
Minneapolis upon their fine appearance
and for the faithful services they had
performed in the Philippines and else
where. The governor thanked the
state fair commissioners for what they
had done so we'll and said that while
some of his other appointments had
been criticised, he had heard no COM
plant of his appointments on the COM
mission. He said that while the expo
stion was not as elaborate as the one
at Chicago in many ways it exceeded
it and this was especially true of the
army and navy building and in the
electric displays.
In closing the governor said that if
by any chance some other state should
Guido Minnesota on their day, the peo-
pie of Minnesota would come back in
the fall and Guido them. While he
was governor he would always strive
to keep Minnesota in the front rank
and work for her best interests.
After the services, the party again
formed in line and marched back to
the Minnesota building where lunch
was served.
This evening the Minnesota Editorial
association gave reception and ban
quet at the Statler's Hotel in honor of
Governor Van SAINT and staff and to
the Buffalo press. The affair proved a
complete success and was enjoyed by
all.
The itinerary of the rest of the trip
is looked forward to with much pleas
ure. Tomorrow morning the associa-
ton will go in body to see Midway.
On Friday the party will take boats to
Niagara Falls going from there to
Toronto, Canada, there the Canadian
Press association will entertain on
Saturday. Saturday evening the re-
turn trip will begin.
We are enjoying this outing very
much. The weather is fine.
Yours truly,
A. J. VEIGEL.