The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-05-01
81. Louis the Scene Of Much Pomp and Ceremony Yes
terday--Fierce Wind and Icy Temperature
Made the Day an Unpleasant One.
Parade Reviewed Great speechmakns and Then the Fireworks
President Made Himself Useful al Lunch..No Cabinet
Meeting win be Held In X c. as Rumored.

~. Louis. April 30. THE buildings OF
the Louisiana Purchnte exposition were
today dedicated with all possible pomp
and ceremony. Ia every way, save
one, the exercises We're an uncaunlled
success, and this one circumstance was
the weather. The wind blew fiercely
from the west ,serdIng up great clouds
Of dus, ana added 20 the discomfort Of
the wlni and dust was the bitter coll
temperature Both President Rooa"-
Welt ana ex.president Cleveland remain
ed In the reviewing stand exposed 10
the Icy wini until the end Of The pa
rade
During lunch. which the Tresldent
took Il, the conclusion of the parade he
was showed hithqe and thither by half
of the people who had been In the
grand stand, Focd was placed on the
rectangular counter and the president
like everybody elsc helped himself. ow-
Ing 10 his advantageous position, the
trcsiaen, soon felt called upon to help
the other friends and he was Kept
busy passing plates which service ne
reformed with aincrity and cheerful-
ness. The manner Of the president
lunchlng was sufficiently uneonven-
tional TO excite curiosity.
The important ceremonies IN the lib-
ernl arts building were handled with
all possible dispatch When President
Roosevelt began 10 speak he was cheer
cd &c he acho. He bowed again and
again, suggesting by his manner that
quiet be restored. Taking advantage
OF lull, he called:
Now yoa. my fellow citizens, give
me all the chance you can, for need
H."
The shaate was given and the pres-
idtnt began his address, which was In
tcrrupted by frequent cheering After
leaving the tall the president was en-
tertalned AT dinner In the hall OF con-
gress. From the dining hall President
Roosevelt and party were escorted to
President Fmneis' private office. from
the windows NJ which he viewed the
pyrotechnic display.
President Roosevelt denied that a
cabinet meeting will be held In Kansas
City, 6s has been rumored. When the
postoftiec investigation was mentioned
he declined to discuss the matter furth-
rr than TO say that the investigation
would be rigid and thorough. After
spending almost an hour In viewing
the fireworks the president and party
proceeded TO make their exit from the
city ana resume their journey west
ward with Kansas CITY as the first
stopping poipt.
The president was accompanied by
Secretary of War Root. who will travel
as fur as Topeka, Kas., with hint.
President Butler Of Columbia college
viii also accompany him for some dis.
tanee.
Following is the text OF President
Roosevelt's dedicatory address;
Mr.. President. Ladies and Gentle
mem AT the outset OF my address let
me recall to the minds of my hearers
that the soil upon which we stand, be-
fore II was ours, was successfully the
possession of two mighty empires, Spain
and France. whose sons made death
less record OF herolsm In the annals of
the new world. No history Of the vest
ern country can be written without
paying heed to the wonderful part
Mayed therein In the early days by
the soldiers, missionaries, explorers,
ard traders, who did their work for
the proud banners of France and Cas-
tile. While the settlers Of English
speaking stock, and those of Dutch
German and scandinavian origin who
were associated with them, were still
clinging close to the eastern seaboard,
the pioneers OF Spain and France had
penetrated deep into the hitherto un-
known wilderness of the west and had
wandered far and wide within the boun
daries Of what is now our mighty
country. The very cities themselves
st, Louis, New Orleans, Santa Fe, New
Mexico--bear witness by their titles to
the nationallties Of their founders.
1t was not until the revolution had be-
gun that the English-speaking settlers
pushed west across the Alleghenies,
and not until century ago that they
entered in to possess the land upon
which we now stand,
We have met here too TO commem-
crate the hundredth anniversary Of
the event which more than any other,
after the foundation Of the government