The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-01

President Roosevelt and Grover
Cleveland Both Suffered from Cold.


Associated Press Dispatch.
ST. LOUIS. April 3O-The buildings of
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition to-day
were dedicated with all possible pomp and
ceremony. In every way the exercises were
a success, but the weather was bad 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
ed the President that it was well-nigh i'm
possible for him to see across the street
in which the troops were marching. Added
to the discontinue of the wind and dust
was temperature which sought the mar
row, and the women who, on the strength
of the warm weather of yesterday came
in light dresses to the reviewing stand suf-
fered keenly, although the officers COM
manding the guard around the reviewing
stand provided them with blankets. Both
President Roosevelt and former President
Cleveland remained in the reviewing stand
exposed to the icy wind until the end of the
parade, although their faces were blue and
their limbs were stiffened by the cold.
Conditions In The liberal arts building.
where the dedication ceremonies proper
were held, were little better. There was
no wind. but there were manifold drafts.
The effect of the cold was evident in all
the speeches. as the speakers commencing
their speeches in clear tones were without
exception given over TO catarrhal infections
as they finished.
Despite this heavy handicap, however.
the ceremonies were splendidly handled
and the programme was carried out to th.,
letter The police work was excellent and
the patrolling of avenues and passageways
by the First Missouri Infantry was ably
1>x1 anI oil cofI1
shown to the great crowd which numbered
in round figures $4,000.
The parade in the morning some
what longer in passing before the President
than had been expected. but for all that
he was only fifteen minutes behind the
scheduled time when he was escorted by
the committee into the liberal arts build
ing In order to arrive even as early as
that he was compelled to take his MONDAY
meal under somewhat uncomfortable cir
cumstances.
PRESIDENT IN A CRUSH
During the luncheon. which he ate at
the conclusion of the parade. he was
showed helterskelter by half the people who
had been in the grand stand. The food was
placed on a rectangular counter and the
President, like everybody else, helped
himself" The crowd inside the tent was
dense when the President, with secret-sery-
ice men and Adiutant General Corbin. act
ing as interference, forced his way to
the counter. He was so closely pressed
that when he attempted to move his arm
and elbow he disturbed a cup of coffee
held by General Corbin. With some diff
Guilty officers forced the crowd to allow
the distinguished guest elbow room, but
they would allow him nothing more This
maneuver forced the adjutant general out
of range of the sandwiches, but the Presi-
dent devoted one hand TO passing food 10
his escort while the other was devoted to
his own advantage. Owing to his advanta-
geous position the President soon felt
called on to help out other friends, and he
was kept busy passing plates a service
which he performed with alacrity and
cheerfulness. The manner of the Presi-
dents lunching was sufficiently unconven-
tional to excite curiosity. and probably Is
| per cent. of the people who congested the
| tent were present merely to witness the
chief executive of the Nation eating at the
democratic level of a clerk in quick lunch
restaurant.
Some of the diplomatists and a number of
other distinguished visitors mounted the re-
viewing stand TO find that there were no
chairs for them. II developed that the
chairs had been cheerfully appropriated by
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