The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-30

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In the name of the national commits
the, dedication ceremonies, Il extend to
YOU all a cordial welcome. Those best in
formed will. by unanimous consent, yield
to Honorable David r. Francis, president
of the company, the highest measure OF
praise for the organization of the exposl-
tion and the construction Of the build
ings he will now present to the President
of the United States dedication. fsA'4'3
What Francis Said.
The address Of D. r. Francis. president
of the exposition, was as follows:
The people of the Louisiana Purchase
are proud Of their membership in the Fed.
eral Union. e, They are grateful FOR the
benefits that have flowed from life under
the enduring institutions framed by the
founders of the republic. They cot1gratu-
late their brethren on the position our
country occupies among the nations of the
earth and felicitate themselves on the part
they have performed toward raising it to
it's present prestige and power.
They felt it patriotic duty to fittingly
commemorate the completion of the first
century Of their connection with the
American republic, and the rounding out
of an important epoch in the life Of the re-
public. In the discharge Of that duty this
exposition was conceived The inhabitants
Of the fourteen states and two territories
comprised within the purchase selected
st. Louis as the scene Of the celebration.
TIL people Of this city, grateful for tho
honor conferred, promptly accepted it and
cheerfully assumed the immense responsi-
bility it. entaned. "A celebration in such
an age and in such country, to be fit,
should be upon scale in keeping with the
best and highest, and should be planned
upon lines broad enough to take in every
| people and every cline.
The encouragement from the general
government in money and in the provl-
sion II for it's own exhibit, the co-opera-
tion Of the forty-one states and terri.
tories and possessions of the United States
the pledged participation of thirty-two
foreign countries, are the results Of vigor-
Gus domestic and foreign exploitation.
! That and what YOU behold here to-day in
physical shape, we submit as the product
of five years of labor, nearly four Of which
| were devoted to propaganda and appeal
and organization. ~. :, -~s.- -s5 y =
| 1.-The beautiful picture whose outlines
| you behold. will, to adopt the smile OF
| the chief designer when completed. COM
! pose a song that will reverberate around
| the globe. ..- +. 2:,gs b. . d.
| "And now, Mr.. President, it is my
pleasing privilege and high honor to pre-
! sent to you for dedication the buildings of
| the Louisiana Purchase exposition May
| a high standard Of citizenship and a. broad
er humanity and the mission Of the coun-
| try whose worthy representatives you are.
be sustained and fostered and promoted by
the uses to which these structures are de-
voted. May the happiness Of mankind be
advanced and broadened by the lofty pur-
poses that inspired this undertaking and
moved our own and our sister countries to
| unite in its accomplishment" g. :. : !.
| s Roosevet's Address.
| President Roosevelt said. in part :t.ea "
Mr.. President. Ladies and Gentlemen:
At the outset of my address let me recall
to the minds of my hearers that the sol
upon which we stand, before it was ours
was successfully the possession of two
mighty empires, Spain and France, whose
sons made a deathless record Of 'heroisn
i'll the early annals Of the new world. NJ
history Of the western country can be
written without paying heed to the won,
derful part played therein by the soldiers
missionaries, explorers, and traders, who
did their work for the honor 0f the prouc
banners of France and CASTLE. It wa.
not until the revolution" had begun thal
I the English-speaking settlers pushed wes
across the Alleghenies, and not until
century ago that they entered In & tt
i possess the land upon which we nov
stand. .E5G. ~ s Z.
We have met here to day to conlruemor
I ate the nunQredtfl anniversary OF 80 Ifl
event which more than any other, afte
the foundation Of the government an,
always executing its preservation, de
termined the character OF our national lif
determined that we should be a grea
expanding nation instead of relatively
small and stationary one.
Il OF course it was not with the Louisian;
Il purchase that our career oss expansion
began. In the middle of the srevolutionar
war the Illinois region. including. tn
present states of Illinois and Indiana wa
added to our domain by forceIof arms, a
al sequel to the adventurous expedition o
1 George Rogers Clarke and His fronIie
| rifenen Later the trea ties OF Jay san
: Pinckney materially extended oilrs .6rea
4 boundaries to the west. But none OF thes
| events was OF 50 Striking q CHARACTER as t
fix the popular imagination The ol
thirteen colonies had always claimed tina
( their rights stretched westward ito til
z Mississippi, and vague and unreal til
8 these claims were until made good b
81 conquest, settlement and diplomacy. the
still served to giyc the impression tha