The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-01

warm Weather Turns to Icy Cold but Despite the Drawback the Ceremonies Are spIendidIy Handled The Prest- dent's Address.
 St. Louis, April SO-The buildings of the Louisiana Purchase exposition were formally dedicated to their purpose to- day with all possible pomp and cere- mony. In every way, save one, the ex- ercises were an equivocaI success, and this one circumstance was the weather It would be difficult to imagine a more disagreeable day. The wind blew fiercely from the west, sending great clouds of dust whirling into the faces of the troops as they marched past the president, and at times so nearly blind ing the president that it was welI-night impossible for him to see across the street upon which the troops were marching.
 Added to the discomfort of the wind and dust was temperature which sought for the marrow and generally reached it. The ladies, who, on the strength of the warm weather of yes- terday, came in summer dresses to the reviewing stand, suffered keenly, and but for the thoughtfulness of officers commanding the guard thrown around the reviewing stand, who provided them with blankets, many of them would have been compelled to leave the place. Both President Roosevelt and ex-Pres- ident Cleveland remained in the re- viewing stand, exposed to the icy wind, S~f 4I,o a1f er1a their faces were blue and their limbs stiffened by the cold.
 Conditions in the liberal arts build- ing, where the dedication ceremonies proper were held, were little better. There was no wind, but there were manifold drafts, which, added to the dampness inseparable from the newly erected buildings, produced penetrat- ing chill that was uncomfortable to a degree. 5.
 The effect of this was evident in all the speeches, as the speakers, com inencing their speeches in clear tones, were, without exception, given over to catarrhal infections as they finished.
 Despite this heavy handicap, however, the ceremonies proper were splendidly handled and the programme was car ried out to the letter. The police work was excellent and the patroIling of ave- nues and passageways by the First Missouri infantry was ably done and all possible consideration shown to the great crowd, which numbered about 145,0G0. ,'.-.''f;'
 The important ceremonies in the lib- eral arts building were handled withf all possible dispatch. Early in the ex- ercises word was brought to former Senator, Carter, the president of the day, that some portions of the hall were becoming dangerously eongested, and he was asked to avoid delays as far as possible He did so, and from first to last the events on the programme suc- ceeded each other rapidly. Of all the speakers President Roosevelt alone was able to make his voice carry further than fifty feet from the stage. By far the largest part of the assembly could hear nothing, and thousands of people in8the rear part of the hall were con- stantly moving about and producing a rnuffled roar that would have baffled a foghorn
 When the president rose to speak he was cheered to the echo. He bowed again and again, suggesting by his manner that quiet be restored.
 The doors of the Liberal Arts build- ing were opened at 1 o'clock, and at 2:15, when President Roosevelt entered the building he was greeted by the cheers of 6O,O00 people. At 2:25 the as- z senlbly was called to order by President Francis He introduced Cardinal Gib- bons, who delivered the invocation.
 Following the invocation of the car dinal Former Senator Thomas H. Car ter of the national committee, who act. ed as president of the day, was intro duced and spoke.
 After the rendition of ''The Heavens Proclaiming,," by the chorus of 20O( voices, David R. Francis, president of the fair association, delivered an ad- dress presenting the buildings of the fair.
 At the conclusion of President Fran cis' address terrific cheers broke forth to greet President Roosevelt, whose dedication address was as follows:
 President RooseveIt's Address.
 MT. President, Ladies and Gentlemen:
 At the outset of my address let me recall to the minds of my hearers that the soil upon which we stand, before il was ours was sueoessively the passes sion of two mighty empires, Spain and France. whose sons made deathless record of heroisn in the tarly annals of the new world. No history of the vest .ern country can be written without paving heed to the wonderful part played therein in the early days by the soldiers, missionaries, explorers and traders, who did their work for the hon. or of the proud banners of France and Castile. While the settlers of English speaking stock, and those of Dutch German and Scandinavian origin who were associated with them, were still clinging close to the eastern seaboard the pioneers of Spain and of France had penetrated deep into the hitherto un- known wilderness of the west and had wandered far and wide within the boundaries of what is now our mighty country. The very cities themselves St. Louis, New Orleans, Santa Fe New Mexico-hear witness by their titles tc the nationalities of their founders. Ii was not until the Revolution had be- gun that the English speaking settlers pushed west across the Alleghenies, and