Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1902-10-09
DAYS of JUBlLhiiON
Many Sister States send Worthy
Sons 20 WORLDS Fair City 20
Receive Their Due Recognition.

States the most remote in the
UnioD. the oldest and youngest Of
TIE great sisterhood, we're repre-.
s-uted in The allotment ceremonies
al the Worlds Fair grounds in ST.
Louis last week.
Texas, big enough and rich
enough for five great states as la ge
az New York, was there with a
sirong delegation headed by Gov
ernor Ssyres; Wisconsiu,With Gov
ernor Hoard as the leader; Ne
braska, with Governor Savage at
the head of a Stalwart band Of
commissioners, was there. Okla.
homa sent Governor Ferguson to
accept the beautiful site allotted to
that territory, and the governor
said they would have bad the pick
Of the sites if they had run for
them as they ran for town sites
when Oklahoma was thrown open
10 settlement.
Governor Durbin, OF Indiana,
sent LieutenGnt-Governor Gilbert
to accept lndiana's site. p. II
Felzer accepted for Governor Bliss
Of Michigan, MsjOr e. G. Lewis
was the special representative Of
Gov Benton McMillin, of Tennes-
sse. Senator John G. Carpenter
accepted for Kansas, former Gov
Larrsbee for Iowa, Col John II .
Averill for South Carolina, DR.. o..
b. Quinn aud r II. Henry for
G ivernor Longino Of Mississippi;
Congressman John X. Stewart,
James II. Callahan and John O..
Woodbury. for Governor Odell, OF
New York.
Governor Yates Of Illinois sent
Senator II. NJ Dunlap, Hon. CLARK
e Carr and Walter Warder to &C.
cept the Illinois site. Stacy B..
Rankin and Hon. H. NJ. Daugh
cry represented Governor Nash,
Of Ohio. Gov. 0rman, Of Colorado,
was represented by Capt. G. W.
Thatcher, Thos. J. O'Donnell and
Van S. Rouse.
Governor Dockery, Of Missouri,
was on hand in person to accept
the Missouri building site. Gov.
Murphy, Of New Jersey, was rep.
resented by E Rappleye and Ira
W. Wood. Clarence Dallam and
the Hon. w. c. P. Breckenridge
accepted for Kentucky, and Gov.
jeff Davis represented Arkansas.
The many speeches were full OF
beartiness and enthusiasm, many
OF them Of inspiring eloquence and
rich in expressiveness and beauty,
fhese events have served to prove
that the entire country is alive to
The importaDce Of the Exposition,
and that all states and territories
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greatness, and tell in no uncertain
way the story of their advance
, meni in material progress anc
Z noble citizenship.
David r Francis, president o.
the Worlds Fair commission, va,
p particularly happy and versalil,
B in his remarks as be introduced
the various state Representatives
and instructed the director o.
works to deliver the sites. The
, visitors were entertained at lunch.
, con at the Country Club, again al
the Administration building and
lastly by the Business Men,
League, with banquet to the Wis
! iling governors at the Mercantile
= Club.
The par, OF the site set apart fol
the state buildings comprisel
a about one hundred acres at th,
a southeast corner Of the 1870 aor,
parallelogram which CONSTITUTED
Z the Worlds Fair grounds. II l.
e on plateau south Of the govern
= ment building, and all will be con
/ venient 10 the great railway terlni
nails at the south side Of th,
grounds. The sites are all con
spiouous and accessible.
During allotment week ST. Loui
: was honored with the presenc,
both Of the Worlds Fair Nationa
e commission, whom President Nc
d Kinley appointed, and the Gov
> eminent board, whose member
y represent the various executive
departments, the Congressiona
Library, Smithsonian Institution
. Bureau Of American Republics
Fish Commission and Bureau O
!. Labor.
4 Sites allotted other than those @
= the Federal government and state