The St. Louis Republic., 1904-10-06

| of Lady Managers. who Is the hostess &
the State pavilion this week.
the programme for the observance OF
| Rhode Island Day was one of the mos
elaborate of the State day celebrations
held at the Exposition.
The exercises at Festival Hall begar
after the parade. which was participated
In by regular army troops stationed or
| the grounds the Marine Corps The
| Philippine Scouts and Constabulary and
| several companies OF the National Guard
had arrived at the building. Several thou
sand visitors were present at the exer-
| cises
After a number by Charles W. Gallo
way. the official organist. the choir Of the
! Second Baptist Church. composed of Miss
Othella Lang. soprano; Mrs. Oscar II.
Bollman. contralto; George H. Sheffield,
tenor, and w. NJ. Porteous. basso. rem
| dered a solo.
PRESIDENT FRANCIS'S WELCOME.
President Francis delivered the address
| Of welcome He referred to the important
part Rhode Island and It's men had played
| In the making OF the American Govern
ment. He spoke of the work of Roger VIII
fliams. ~
\ He especially thanked Rhode Island for
Its participatioH'in the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition, particularly when the Stat
| had little occasion necessity to exploit
| accomplished.
President Francis dwelt upon the fact
| that all sectional lines had peen obliter-
ated at the Exposition.
He spoke of the handsome building
erected by the Rhode Island Commission
and OF the generous hospitality which had
been extended there.
GOVERNOR GARvIN RESPONDS.
In his response to the address OF well
come, Governor Garvin said. in part:
L We point to Rhode Island as the birthplace
Of religious freedom and one Of the earliest, II
NO, the first. to proclaim and apply the doc.
Of the ghs Of 9baa the world Is 10 6%es sF ea th
political principles OF religious federation and
Of the Declaration of Independence.
ana Upon Is the purify Of
in the several States depends the perpetuity Of
II is not only useless. but folly. to deny that
governmental evils have s. arisen l. in our States @
like the ancient Republics. ours. too. Will SO
down.
the ccrruptions of government. so are those OF
Rhode Island. The voters OF our little State have
o m no fbes af .9 sK
eminent. as the only means to good govern
,abl:hed TO oe this end they ' would stop the
bribery OF voters and the sale of legislation.
end we % are e"e eonvinced Is The absolute control
Of the organic law Of the State by majority
In this good work we welcome to a generous
rivalry the newer states Of the great West
Mh Sl sGS.Ons S,t TS %oy. yn Fair to W sfzs ns
This our grand country. es,asiished moe firm.
The subject Of the address OF Colonel
Samuel NJ. Nicholson was Industrial
Rhode Island" He. gave. history of the
growth of the various industries of the
State. In closing he paid glowing trib-
n.e to Senator Nelson h. Aldrich. who
getting national legislati tion suited TO
manufacturing industries.
JUDGE COLT SPEAKS.
Justice lie Baron Colt Of the United
States Circuit Court in Rhode Island
spoke on THE Contribution of Rhode
Island to the American Union" He spoke,
In part. as follows:
In opening his address. Judge Cath said
that the marvellous spectacle presented by
the Worlds Fair is simply the expression
In material form of the patriotic gratitude
of the great people who now dwell with
in the boundaries OF the Louisiana Pur-
chase Territory-gratitude for the provi-
Dental circumstances which led to the
acquisition of the Territory and for the
fostering care of a Government that en-
abled the people 10 organize into self-gov-
erning communities that have become in
corporated into the sisterhood of States
Continuing. he said:
In the making of tha, Union which inspired
this .commemoraton. Rhode Island has borne
q distinguished part II required two Pilgrim
ages to solve the problem of free government
The compact on board the Mayfiuwer must be
supplemented by the compact the shores OF
NarraEansett Bay before reach the foiln-
dations on which rest the union of these States
To democratic theccracy clothed with civil
nd add tha nj arI
Ing element of untrammeled religious freedom
the absolute separation of church and state. the
and speech IN its modern and brosdest sense.
Ne Federal Unicn could have been formed. or.
II formed. have long survived. without the in
PRODUCTION into the Constitution of this master
principle which Rhode island, 80 years before,