The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-02-24
MISSOURI INVITES
THE old DOMINION
Virginia'S Hand in the Louis
lana Purchase.
HER SONS LEADERS IN THE WEST
Now the Managers Of the Great -.
Louis Exposition want the People
Of the Parent State to Make "a Good
Showing at the Celebration.

ST. LOUIS. Feb. 2l.-A delegation OF
prominent St. Louis business and pro-
fessional men. representing the Virginia
Society OF Missouri. an organization com
posed of former residents OF the ola Do
minion. left St. Louis today and viii ar
rive in Richmond tomorrow afternoon.
They Will appear before a joint session
of the Legislature with reference TO the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition. The
party viii include the Hon. Henry T.
Kent. ex-Congressman Seth W Cobb. Mr..
". II. Hoxton, Col. Alfred !. Stofer. the
Washington newspaper correspondent,
and Dr. F. c. Atkinson.
SpcInI Interest in Virginia.
The invitation 20 Virginians to visit
the Worlds Fair viii be exceedingly
hearty There is no spot on earth so near
and dear 60 the hearts OF a large major
ity Of the people living within the vast
domain embraced in the Louisiana Pur-
chase territory as is Old Virginia.
There is a cogent reason for this sen
timent on the part OF the inhabitants Of
the country lying west Of the Mississippi
It is sentiment inspired by the Nir-
ginia blood that courses through the
veins OF the Old Dominion's sons and
daughters. and their progeny on western
soil. for many generations.
What Nir=inia's sons Did.
II was Virginia's foremost citizen and
Americas greatest and wisest statesman
who negotiated with Napoleon for the
land on which their homes are built
II was Virginia's explorers, who loo
years ago faced with fortitude great hard
ships and dangers while carrying the
American flag and civilization far into
the interior Of the Wild and hitherto con-
sidered uuinha bitable country It was the
Virginians and the Kentuckians OF Viz
Efnia ancestry, who were in the majority
among the pioneers that crossed the
Father Of Waters" in the early days Of
the last century. blazed the forests and
turned the wilderness into beautiful
and productive garden
Parent of the Purchaser.
over in the Kentucky Legislature the
other day Kentucky was spoken Of as the
Mother OF Missouri because so many Of
her sons and daughters reside IN that
state. Following out the same idea, Eir-
ginia can safely be designated as both
the father and the mother OF the thir-
teen States and one Territory carved out
OF the Louisiana Purchase Treaty.
II is but natural. then, when the peO-
plc Of the Louisiana Purchase territory
determined to celebrate the one hun
dredth anniversary Of the accession OF
that territory by the Cniled States. that
the millions Of descendants Of NlrginIan
ancestors should cherish a heartfelt de-
sire TO see at st. Louis during the World $
Fair in 1893 a comprehensive exhibit Of
the factories. the fields and the mines
OF the Mother state" Through this
medium they would derive much pleasure.
and Virginia, they believe. would be
greatly benefited in G financial way.
Extent of the Exposition.
The Louisiana Purch9re Exposition will
Be twice as large as the Columbian Ex-
position az Chicago, not only in extent
OF buildings and grounds but in its ex-
hibits and other features.
Provision has been made in the l 200
acres comprised in the exposition area
FOR more than 300 acres of floor space.
Nearly 81 000, 900 We eth OF buildings, the
Washington University group. are fin pro-
cess Of construction, some OF them about
finished
The construction OF two Of the largest
OF the exhibit buildings are under con
tract. and VIII be completed October L
Other contracts Will provide EOr the
completion Of all important buildings this
year
The total cost Of the exposition is es-
timated at $50, 003 G95 TO $40 600 900 OF
which more than $50. CC9, geo is now IN sight
without further effort on tine part Of the
exposition
Every country In the world will De rep
resented at the exposition, nearly all of
them officially