The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-01
THE FAIR DEDICATED
Speeches by Roosevelt and
Cleveland.
CHAOS In LIBERAL ARTS HALL
Speakers Barely Able to Push
Way to Platform.

No One Able to Hear Word They oaid
SUN breaks Through Clouds snd
Floods tho Buildlng-RquaI Ovatssn
for the President and Mr.. Clsvesaad
Grand Military Parade From the
City to the Exposition GromdsLTns
( President Talks with Senator Haaaa
"A Dinner In Roosevelt's Hsass.
ST. LOUIS, April so.-Dedica aon day
opened cold and cloudy. A stin brssss
from tho north prevailed all the morning,
while a misty rain fell at times. Notvith-
| standing tho inolement weather, fully
900 persons Witnessed the grand mill
tary parade out Lndel Boulevard 10
the fair grounds.
The paraders were somewhat late In start
ing, it being ll:lO O'Clock when President
Roosevelt and his escort appeared, leading
the column. He was greeted with cheers,
shouts and the waving Of hats and hand.
kerchiefs. The military display was tie
| finest ever Witnessed in time Of peaos In
this country. Is 900 men being In line and
all branches of the service being repre-
| sented.
The Regulars-cavalry, infantry. artillery
and Engineer Corps-were received well
and oomplimented on all sides. Fro
quently q gap occurred, owing to some
hinderance in the rear. Tho crowds In
stantly swarmed into tho thoroughfars,
all, with anxious eyes, Watching for the
remainder of the parade. OF a sudden q
troop Of cavalry appeared, galloping, and
the crowds scrambled back to the curb.
The crack military organizations In line
also received their merited attention.
Squadron A and Troop c Of Brooklyn werc
undoubtedly the most magnif1cently uni
formed of any Of the citizen soldiery. All
wore uniforms OF pale blue. with Hessian
shakos, bedecked with pompons. Their
horses were oaparisone with new trapping
and the officers CARRIED in uniforms literally
| covered with braid
The Columbus (Ohio) Rifles. a crack or
ganization equipped with the latest APP
proved uniforms and arms, excited adj
miration They were headed by the CO.
lumbus Band, which had for leaders three
drum majors each Of whom wore a huge
white fur shake, a white apron and glitter
ing uniform. Each carried al battle axe and
on this account they were continuously
piled with questions relative to the rse AMI
| purpose OF the AKA.
The Illinois, Ohio. Indiana and New York
regiments showed up particularly we'll
with their new equipments and uniforms.
Sergt. Roy MacLeay, drum major OF
the Sixty-fifth Regiment Band OF New
| York. was ono of the most striking indi-
| vidua figures in the parade. He wore q
hugo white shake and was bothered, evil
IDENTIFY, by the attentions OF dtninutive
negro. Once he lost his dignity COM
pletely, and cufYed the boy. who fell sprawl
ing into the arms of police officer. which
ended his career as mascot to the giant
drum major.
While the parade was all that the most
enthusiastic and patriotic citizen could
desire to see, it was when the doors OF the
Liberal Arts Building were thrown open
that the trouble began. There was woful
lack Of system in handling the crowd, men.
women and children rushing into the NAM
moth structure and stampeding ~ and
down the aises like herd OF Texas steers
surrounded by pack Of ravenous wolves.
The ushers were conspicuous FOR their
, incompet ency; people having chocks bad
to find their seats as best they could, Outlines
! only to be crowded out by persons pos
| sessed only Of general admission tickets.
| women being the worst Offenders In ta.s 20
spect.
The moment the doors were thrown open
| to the general public the crowds rushed IN
to every aisle, packing them to sunooa-
ton and crowdfng over onto those % un-
fortunate as to be provided with eeats.
or the thousands OF troops which par
ticipated in the exercises not one soldier
nsd drser in the Tber sfeR Building
has n seating capacity OF IS, 600.
n" When + Cardinal Gibbons rose TO deliver
the invocation cat calls and shrill whistles
from the rear Of the vast concourse rendered
Lords Prayer did not succeed In Quelhng
the hoodlum instinct SO rampant
At the conclusion Of the invooatson,
President Francis introduced Thomas u;
Commission, who delivered the opening
address, reading from manuscript.
Great confusion continued !hroughout
the hall during the delivery Of Mr.. CArters
address. It seemed impossible to PR.
speakers words were drowned by the
noise made by the audience. which SEEM
ingly came to make II self heard ana not
for the purpose Of Witnessing the oers-
monies.
After the rendering Of .The Heavens
! Proclaiming" by q grand chorus OF 1000
trained voices. President Francis made an
address in which he presented the building
10 Inc ENIDhltlOH NONllhHg.
Francis had made telling period In his
epeech the sun burst through the clouds
and through the glass roof Of the building.
flooding he speakers stand and the audience
with sunshine This appearances was re,
ceivcd by the crowds with long continued
cheering the people @eminRly accepting
il as an omen of the success Of the fair.
When President Francis introduced
President Roosevelt the audience rose a.
one man and chsered and cheered again.
Mr. Roosevelt stepped onto the top OF the
rost rum and this action evoked another
round of applause. The President said;
PRESIDENT RoosEvELT's SPEECH
Mn. President, LADIES AND iESTLEArN:
At the outset Of my address let me recall TO
the minds Of my hearers that the soil upon
which we stand, before 1t was ours, vas sue
pirca, Spain aud France, who's" sons made q
OF the New v crld. No history o. tho Western
country can I've written without paytn9 heSd
to the wonderful parts played therein In the
early days by the soldiers, missionaries. ex-
plorers and traders. who did their WORK for
Ale honor OF the pround banners OF france
and CASTLE. ,,,
Wide the settlers of I'm glish-s pcakin g sock.
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