Warren sheaf., 1903-05-07
President Francis Turns Over BUILD
Dedication and Latter Speaks-Ex-
President Cleveland Also Makes
Address-Parade and Fireworks.

"The Heavens Proclaiming." At the
close David r. Francis, president of
the fair association, formally pre-
sented the fair buildings.
Address of President.
President Francis then introduced
President Roosevelt, who, in his adj
dress, after reviewing briefly the his
tory of the acquisition by this nation
of the Louisiana territory and refer
ring to the expansion of the nation
in territory, then territories and then
states, said:
.:The history of the land COM
prised within the limits of the pur-
| chase is an epitome of the entire his
| tory of our people. Within these
limits we have gradually built up
| state after state, until now they
many times over surpass in wealth,
| in population, and in many-sided de-
| velopment the original 13 states, as
they were when their delegates met
in the continental congress.
Must Recognize Duties.
"Courage and hardihood are indis-
pensable virtues in people; but the
people which possess no others can
never rise high in the scale, either
! of power or of culture. Great peo-
Piles must have in addition the gov
ernmental capacity which comes
only when individuals fully recog-
nize their duties to one another and
to the whole body polite, and are
able to join together in feats of con-
structive craftsmanship and of hon
est and effective administration.
Virtues Ever Needed. *.
'eThe old pioneer days are gone,
with their roughness and their hard
ships, their incredible toll and their
wild. half-savage romance. But the
need for the pioneer virtues remains
the same as ever. The peculiar from
tier conditions have vanished; but
the manliness and stalwart hardi-
hood of the frontiersmen can be
given even freer scope under the
conditions surrounding the complex
industrialism of the present day. In
this great region acquired for our
people under the presidency of JEFF
ferson, this region stretching from
the gulf to the Canadian border,
from the Mississippi 20 the Rockies,
the material and social progress has
been so vast that alike for veal and
for woe its people now share the op-
portunities and bear the burdens
common to the entire civilized world.
Mighty OunLitfes
"The old days were great because
the men who lived in them had
mighty qualities; and we must make
the new days great by showing these
same qualities. We must insist upon
courage and resolution, upon hardi-
hood, tenacity and fertility in re-
source; we must insist upon the
strong, virile virtues; and we must
insist no less upon the virtues of self
restraint, self-mastery, regard for
the rights Of others; we must show
our adherence Of cruelty, brutality
and corruption in public and private
life alike
Grover Cleveland Speaks.
Following the presidents address
Il
President Grover Cleveland, who said
in part:
"The impressiveness of this occa-
sion is greatly enhanced by reason
Of an atmosphere of prophecy's full
fllment which surrounds it. The
thought is in our minds that we are
amid awe-inspiring surroundings,
where we may see and feel things
foretold a century ago. We are here
in recognition of the -hundredth
anniversary Of an event which
doubled the area Of the young Amer
ican nation and dedicated new and
wide domain to American progress
and achievement.
Prophecy FULFILLED.
sThe treaty whose completion we
to-day commemorate was itself a
prophecy of our youthful nations
mighty growth and development. At
it's birth prophets in waiting JOYOUS
| u foretold the happiness which its
future promised. Our prophets do
not live forever. They are not here
to :ee how stupendo dously the growth
and ue ,elopment Of the American ma
tion, the domain newly acquired
in their day, have during short
century outrun their anticipations
and predictions. Il.
Parade and Fireworks.
The great military parade, which
was designed to be distinctively the
show spectacle of the dedication GER
emonies, was held in the morning.
There we're 4, 200 men in line 3,,f00
regulars and 1900 Of the national
guard. New York being represented
! BY 900 officers and men;