The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-09-20
FLORIDA DAY.
E. Warren Clark Describes the Event
and the ..XpOsitiOn Attractions

and The Exposition Attractions.
September 18th was FLORIDA Day"
at the Pan-American, and was a great
success. Governor Jennings and his
party accompanied by The State troops
from Tampa, arrived the day previous,
and gOOdly number of persons rep
| reSenting all parts of Florida assem-
bled in the parlors of the Illinois Build
| ing at II o'clock on Thursday morn
! ing.
An appropriate prayer was offered
by Rev. ]. e. Porter, of Ocala. An ad-
dress of welcome was given with much
cOrdiality by Director General William
E. Buchanan. re welcomed the Gov
ernOr of FlOrl~a with special interest,
he said, as one among the first of the
State executives to personally pay a
visit of sympathy to the wounded
| President.
Governor Jennings responded in an
! address of mucn feeling, and len pre-
sented the best array of facts and ag-
ricultural statistics concerning the
Svate of Florida to which we ever AS
tened. 1t was a strong paper, ant a
universal desire prevailed for it's pub
| licatiOn and distribution. AS the Gov
ernOr stood on the little platform,
under the beautiful drapery of the IL
linois Building, with the members of
his staff around him it presented a
very graceful picture.
Seated at the end of the sofa was
little Bryan Jennings, who applauded
! his fathers closing eulogy of McKin-
oC of fhso
aStic sons of Ohio and Illinois.
Governor Yates, of Illinois, gave a
reception to Governor Jennings anu
Lis Florida friends just after the eX-
eTciSes were over. The Illinois Gov
ernOr is most affable man, and chat
| ted with some of us on me porch in a
| most confidential way. We thanked
him that Illinois had given us sucn a
| good Governor, and presented him our
Florida Hill Country pamphlet, with
the picture Of an Illinois girl Orna-
menting it's cover.
In response to an urgent invitation
to come to Florida" Gov. Yates said
| he hoped that he might be able to
visit the land of flowers next winter.
Something of a sensation was created
| by Mr.. T. NJ. Weir, Florida COmmis-
SiOner, declaring in his closing address
that if the Presidents assassin had
| attempted his deed in Florida, he
would not have known the next morn
| of the earth so quick Lat people
would not have known the next morn
ing what he had for breakfast, what
his pedigree was, or even hat time to
spell his name (CzolgOsz).
Mr.. Weir then conducted the Gov
ernOr and party through some of the
attractive features of the exposition,
showing them the splendid live stock
display of cattle and the mammoth
model of Minnesota's $3,OO0,O00 capitol
in butter.
This beautiful model is % feet long,
lv feet wide and feet high, and is
kept in shape by an elaborate cold
storage apparatus. One Of the big HOl-
stein COWS exhibited gives 80 pOunus
Of milk per day.
After tie agricultural and HOrticul-
tural Halls were visited, an elaborate
dinner was served to lne Governor and
party in the Stadium by the FLORIDA
Commissioner.
The dinner was we'll arranged, and
greatly enjoyed by about forty guests.
After this, a few friends accompanied
the Governor to the famous BOstOck's S
menagerie on the Midway. Little
Bryan Jennings was greatly impressed
at the wild beast show as he saw the
man sitting in a den of twenty-fOur
ferOcious lions, with the huge beasts
piled up like kittens about him, and a
young lady fearlessly facing a dozen
lionesses; while great elephants walk
ed over the PROSTATE body of their
keeper. THE Land of the Midnight
Sun" was also visited, the scenic eff
fects of which were the most marvel
Gus triumphs in electrical science and
illumination. Alter this came the great
Cyclorama of Jerusalem anu the Cru
cifxion. Here the scene is darkened
the earthquake and darkness were re-
produced with startling realistis ef-
feet. The courtesy of all the notable
exhibits of the Midway are eXtendeu tC
the Governor and he Commissioner
party, incluOing the Japanese vi44age
the Indian Congress, the wonderful
infant incubators and the Trip to the
Moon.
In the latter part of the afternoon
Governor Jennings called with his new
Adjutant- General upon the President
at the Milburn House.
The display of Paine'S fireworks il
the evening was very fine. The Gov
ernOr and party viewed it from the tOI
of the Ohio Building, where the meet,
ing of the Florida Press Association
was also held. The bombs bursting
in air. were superb in ther effect, anC
finer than anything of the kind evel
before seen in this country, or any
where else The electrical lighting o.
the exposition grounds (as the light:
glowed from a faint glimmer to thell
full effulgence rivaling the mid-da!
, sun in it's splendOr) called forth ex
clamations of astonishment and de
light from the Florida visitors, WhC
now beheld it Tor the first C4me. Al
agree that in the combined effect o
illumination, architecture, fountain
lets, fire works and search lights,
transcends anything ever seen at tn
Worlds Fair. The secret is in it
unlimited power of Niagara Falls
transmitted here through three bed
) ded coils DOinted out to us in the Elec