Evening journal., 1904-04-30

bEChEIAhl Of WAX TAFT.
in behalf OF the United States SEN
ate, Congressman James A. Tawney
Of Minnesota for the national house
Of representatives, Commissioner Gen
eral Albino II. Nuneo Of Mexico in
behalf Of the foreign commissioners
and p. II. Hartman Of New York for
the exhibitors.
Taft Speaks For President.
The last speech Of the day was by
Secretary Of War William II. Taft, the
representative Of President Roosevelt
Mr.. Taft spoke in part as follows:
When one sees the expense and the ef-
fort and the energy necessary TO make
the exposition. the opening OF which we
celebrate today. Il Is natural 10 doubt
whether the good Is commensurate with
the cost In less than year this city Of
magnificent structures will have disap-
peared this collection Of everything from
everywhere will have been dissipated. and
nothing will remain but the site where Il
was and the momory Of its beauty and
grandeur.
The doubt, though a natural one. is only
evidence that we do not feel as we should
the meaning OF this exposition. II iH a
great milestone in the united progress OF
the world. Each nation Is here striving
TO show how, since the last great worlds 8
exposition, Il has handled and added to
the talent conhded 10 its care. This is
the union OF nations In a progress toward
higher material and spiritual existence
II is the measuring rod Of that for which
myrinds OF hands and myriada Of brains
have been strlving-an increase In the con-
troll which mind and muscle have over the
inanlmate resources that nature fur
nishes.
From each OF the great expositions OF
the world can be dated the worlds famll-
iarity with some marvellous invention, so
quickly adopted IN our life that the
change that Il effected has almost passed
from memory. Take for instance the
telephone at the exposition OF 1876 at Phil
adelphia. Those OF us whose memories
go back far beyond that date can hardly
realize that they for the first time were
shown the EXP uents which resulted in
the TRANSMISSION the human voice hun
dreds Of miles aA which has revolution
lzed thereby the methods Of life and busi-
ness IN every community. Not alone In
the mechanical sciences. but in the fine
arts. IN education. in philosophy, in re-
ligion. by comparison Of the leaders Of
thought had in personal conference, are
all these steps OF modern progress marked.
Speaking today in behalf OF the presi-
dent Of the United States I cannot but re-
call the admirable and discriminating ad-
dress which he delivered here year ago
upon the historical and political slgnih-
canoe OF that great purchase Of territory
which this exposition commentaries; how
forcibly he pointed out the tremendous
capacity for expansion and absorption OF
peoples. our peculiar federal system, with
its provision for the birth Of new states
afforded; how new Il was when this gov
ernment began. and yet how quietly sue
cessful had been its operation until now
Il seems 50 natural As 90 involve no sur
prise or admiration at all.
/ am sure / may be pardoned II In
woke attention 20 the fact that we have
I at this. the centenary Of the purchase Of
Louisiana, entered upon another and a
different kind OF expansion, which in
wolves the solution Of other and different
problems from those presented In the
Louisiana purchase. They have been
forced upon us without our seeking, and
they must be solved with the same high
sense Of duty the same fearlessness and
courage. with which our ancestors met
the very startling problems that were
! presented by the addition OF this wide ex-
/ panse Of territory of Louisiana. That
they may not and probably viii not be
solved by conferring statehood upon ths
new territory is probable.
Augurs Of an and ruin TO follow from
/ the experience ard the solution Of tbs
problem are not wanting. but they nevei
have been wanting irr the history Of thi.
country, and they never have been allow
ed to control the fearless graphing oi
new problems by Americans. We have
probably reached a period IN the greai
Y wealth and power which we have achiev
ed as a nation IN which we find ourselves
hurdencd with the necessity Of aiding an,
other people TO stand upon its feet and
take a Short l~a,t 60 fhA frssdorn and sh.