The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-12-02

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= Fair. The sale OF tickets begins at 4
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and one company Of United States marines
under Captain Williams.
With his civilian escort, consisting OF
the Directors. officials and employees of the
Exposition. with foreign and State Com
missioners. all in conventional morning
dress. President Francis followed.
1t was holiday at the Administrati ton
building as it was in the city. With flags
nyias, the bands playing and the mca assured
tread Of soidiery. the escort moved down
.ne broad Louisiana Way 10 the base OF
! the Louisiana Monument.
a roar OF applause went up from Mt
ieast 2a00 thrOats when the party ap-
peared. A Gordon Of guards kept a clear
| space in front of the monument for the
members of the escort. and as the monu-
ment was reached the members fell back
| and allowed the guest OF honor 10 pro-
ceed alone to the foot Of the monument.
ine exercises took place at the rostrum
on the north side of the monument. Cor
win H. Spencer. First Vice President of
| the Worlds Fair. presided, and, after
| calling the assemblagc to order intro
| ouced Mayor Wells as the presiding Of
| ficer Of the exercises.
| Mayor Wells spoke as follows:
MAYOR w'ELI.ss ADpRnss.
Laoies ana Gentiemen-It is a great honor to
nave been chosen the presiding officer OF tho
tion.
senal admiration and aaec,ion for 70 the s man man
IN whose s'ios ,i honor We are assembled.
speak with appreciation @ of n. disnterssted Maed
car capor tnst has been so well performed Ly all
OF this enterprise.
~. Above @ all we admire and applaud the forci-
els. under whose ceaseiess energy. Courteous
diemeanor and superior intelligence success has
ed long as history remains to I tell he story
or The the glo,y tina. herein has been created.
m exposition would be conducted. within its
world never before witnessed ''1'' 40 '''
r.. They could not have foisseen that here would
fs round u.s. the product Of the energy Of men
They. could not have imagined that within
these boundaries would cons,esate. at one
time. representative men from ali civilized ma
s2od-fe!lowship; with peace and sood win to
all rsn.for ,s which H. all nations debtors
their sanction and assistance to this glorious
oy benefit 10 all who have ob. Been nag 50 Gssn sor
!, me allotted time for its - esistenc. 1, ,a.,
ars as, wing Y to "a close Atter the ton OF This md
10 fade. Wen may we ali lie eseiain:: claim: Will 0es'n
.-,., Ing hIe ths joys nnd ipauenc. resulting
this AUDIENCE. "
DocKERY PAYS TRIBUTE.
Governor Dockery. who awaited the
coming of President Francis and his party
at the monument, followed the Mayor in
speech, which he avowed was an i'm
promptu effort. and which was acknowl-
edged to have been one Of the best that
the States chief executive has delivered
during the Worlds Fair.
In his opening remarks, he explained
that he had received a belated Invitation |
to speak at the exercises, his invitation |
reaching him at II o'clock the night be-
fore
Notwithstanding this disadvantage, how |
ever. he said that he was determined to |
come ano do homer to the man whom all |
Joined in honoring, and he had come with |
the intention OF speaking extemporane- |
ously. |
When the Governor. in speaking Of the |
guest Of the day. termed President Fran
els tho executive genius who made the |
Fair" shout of corroboration went I'D ,
from the crowd. When he mentioned the
part played in the successes Of the Fair |
by the officials and Directors and singled |
Charles w. Knapp and others, another
roar Of applause followed from the throng.
And when the Governor mentioned in a |
friendly and appreciative way the name
of the President of the United STATES,
President Francis was the first to lift his
hat and lead the mighty cheering that fol-
lowed the mention Of Rooseyelt's name.
In eloquent terms the Governor entered |
into an analysis Of tho significance Of
the Worlds Fair to the people Of the
State. the city and the nation. Its frs,
and greatest lesson. he said, was that the
United States is the greatest nation in all !!
the world, and to every foreigner who had
visited the Fair this lesson was made evil
dent in such a way that it was obvious
and its truth lasting.
Turning to the foreign Commissioners
them that the commercial supremacy of
the United States would soon have to be
acknowledged by all nations: that It was
out On war Of peaceful conquest through
the channels of trade, and that there
would be no cessation Of the struggle un-
til England and many another powerful
commercial foe had been vanqulshed.
Liberal applause greeted this patriotic
kn, ,ut x,P ha ]
with tribute of appreciation for the peo-
pie of Missouri who had given for the
Fair Hooo.ooO and to the people of the
city of st. Louis who had given ten
fold sum. These he called great and glori-
Gus feats and congratulated an age upon
communities SO unselfishly alive to prog
ress.
REFERS TO STATE PAVILION.
The biackened and charred ruins of Mis-
souri's once beautiful State building were
alluded to by Governor Dock
cry. or them he said: "The elements
have not been kindly to Missouri in these
last days Of the Exposition. But these
ruined columns and these broken statues
and blackened ruins that mark the spot
where Missouri's stately building stood
in its pride but a few weeks ago, stand
even to-day a proof Of the States hospi-
taiity to the worid-a hospitality as deep
and generous and sincere as any that the
world has ever known"
Governor Dockerys speech lasted about
q quarter OF an hour, and when he had
finished the crowd cheered him with
hearty will
Then Followed one of the greatest tri-
umphs that President Francis has ever
been the recipient of. 80
When II came time for the man Of the
hour, in whose hosor all Ct these exercise,
were held. and all Of the great throng