The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-05-07

eTal AftS DullOlnS were opcAcu ~
one O'Clock, and at 2:15 President
Roosevelt entered. The assembly
was at once called to order by Presi-
dent Francis, who introduced Cardi-
nal Gibbons, and he delivered the in
vocation.
Present the BuildinEs.
The choir of 1900 voices then sang
"The Heavens Proclaiming." At the
close David r. Francis, president of
the fair association, formally pre-
sented the fair buildings. He said in
part:
"Mr. President, it is my pleasing
privilege and high honor to present
to you for dedication the buildings
of the Louisiana Purchase EXPOSE
ton. May. high standard. of citi-
zenship and broader humanity and
the mission of the country whose
worthy representative you are be
sustained and fostered and promoted
by the uses to which these struc-
lures are devoted"
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 10 states. as
they were when their delegates met
in the continental congress.
Must Recognize Duties.
"Courage and hardihood are indis-
pensable virtues in a people; but the
people which possess no others can
never rise high in the scale, either
of power or of culture. Great peo-
pies 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.
.'The old pioneer days are gone,
hns h0p
ships, their incredible toll and their
wild, half-snvage 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 hnrdi-
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 JET
ferson, this region stretching from
the gulf to the Canadian border,
from the Mississippi to the Rockies.
the material and social progress has
been SO vast that alike for veal and
for woe its people now share the OPP
portunities and bear the burdens
common to the entire civilized world.
Mighty Qualities.
.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; aud 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
Senator Carter introduced Former
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
fillment which surrounds it. The
thought is in our minds that we are
amid awe-inspiring surroundings,
where we may see and feel things
foretold century ago. We are here
in recognition of the one-hundredth
anniversary Of an event which
doubled the area of the young Amer
ican nation and dedicated q new and
wide domain to American progress
and achievement.
Prophecy Nulnlled.
"The 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
~ foretold the happiness which its
future promised. Our prophets do
not live forever. They are not here
to see how stupendously the growth
and development Of the American ma