The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-19
DOCTOR MACARTHUR HAS
TWO DAYS AT CHAUTAUQUA.
Tells Interesting Story of the LOUISE
ann Purchase in n Lecture In
the Tabernacle.
REPrRLIC SPECIAL

] SPECIAL.
| Chautauqua, ILL.,, July 1s.-To-day and to-
morrow are Macarthur days at the Piasa
! Chautauqua Assembly The Reverend Doc
tor Robert Stuart Macarthur, the we'll
known New York divine, lec:ured this af
| ternoon. and tomorrow he will occupy the
| Chautauqua pulpit. The topic this after
noon was THE Story of the Louisiana Pur-
! chase
| Doctor Macarthur told the story for the
! most part from the French point Of view.
| This view. he said. is comparatively little
that President Jefferson is supposed here
tofore to have taken in the purchase. roc
tor macarthur said that jefferson had
virtually nothing to do with the transact
tion until the purchase was actually made
After the purchase was made" Doctor
| Macarthur said, Jefferson declared that
and that an amendment to the Constitution
would be necessary to make the purchase
| legal. Jefferson afterwards changed his
OPINION on this point. however"
The Nineteenth Century has been marked
! by the wonderful growth of several coun-
tries. continued Doctor Macarthur. Dur
w square miles to her territorial area, and
she a.w multiplied her population by four.
had aen a ras cssni ius Pened G IL, Britain
| miles, but when the century closed her area
was nearly l2,cHOOOO square miles A sta
.istcai mend has shown us that with every
tlck or the watch during the Nineteenth
Century Britain added two acres to her
national domain. and increased her popua-
ton from 115001 600 to 4lO0Oo.OO0.
About the time when the century opened
the United States had Il territorial area Of
only S2.SH square miles and a coast line
of l,5c0 miles. When the century closed we
had territorial area of nearly $4,000
| square miles. a. the opening of the CEN
tnfy we had population of less than g..
@S'tOo. and at the close of the century we
had a population of over 100000 Elk
panSion has been the unvarying policy of
the United States during its entire history.
The, voice of the antiexpansionlst has al
ways been heard in our country, but eX-
pansion has moved steadily forward. The
Temorate this remarkable event in
human history-an event standing in i'm
pcrtance beside the Reformation. the dis
covery of America. the Declaration of In
dependence and the War of the Revolution
This Fair is challenging the attention
OF the CIVILIZED world. Its chief purpose is
educational 1t will be practically gigan-
portance to America and the world 1t will
show to nonchristian nations the marvellous
triumphs Of Christian and republican Amer
lca' anu VIII be to generations yet unborn
an Illustration of the heroic achievements
nation
Among the St: Louisans registered at the
eer. Miss Minnie J. Schroeder. Miss Hattie
keren. Mr.. and Mrs. owen Ford, Miss Isa-
osii lie, Anderson; Mrs. w: B. Peacocke. w. A.
M4cClssliand' Mrs, W P; Welsh and Miss
Anna e. Godfrey. Miss Emily Irwin, Mrs
Hone Mrs. Bolton and James A. Mitchell Of
East st. Louis.
other points are. Miss Ellis and Miss Mary
Ellis of Carrollton, ILL.,; Mrs B. B. Hamilton
OF Upper Alton; Charles Lang Herald of
Findley. o.; Ray Bridges. Frank D; Reedy
Terry of Otterville, III.