New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-01

liant success OF the Exposition
TAFT REPRESENTS THE PRESIDENT
America" was then sung and William II. |
Taft. Secretary Of War, acting as the representa- |
tive of President Roosevelt. delivered the last |
address of the day He spoke follows:
M Chairman and Fellow Citizens: When one sees !
the expense and the effort and the energy necessary
TO make the Exposition the opening of which we |
celebrate to-day it is natural to doubt whether the
year this city Of magnificent structures will have
ever5ywhere VIII have been disspated and nothing
viii remain but the site where it was and the /
memory Of its beauty and grandeur. The doubt |
not feel rs we should the meaning of this EXPOSE |
ton it is great milestone in the united progress
Of the world Each nation is here striving TO snow
handled and added to the talent conhded 10 its
toward hlgheI neIial ana ma sIlII'u.il 80
hands and myriads OF brains have been striving
an increase in the control which mind and muscle
have over the nan!mate resources that nature fur-
From each Of the great exPositio2s Of the world
marvellous invention SO quickly 4d9p{ed IN our
passed from memory Take. for instance. the tele-
phone at the Exposition OF 1876, at Philadelphia;
that date hardly realize that there for the first
time shown the experiments which resulted
miles and which have revolutionized thereby the
Not alone in the mechanical sciences. but in the
oIe AZ IS, IN & 80 Ie3 5ars of fborbt had in per
sOnal conference all these steps OF modern prog
chimes and the congresses and the beauty and the
glamour and the pomP OF such celebration ana E-
material evidence disappear. the measurement that
Of the World. Becomes beneat to mankind. the
value of which cannot be eHaggerated II TedHGes
into small locality for time; but 1t increases
! ing on the worlds progress by enabling each to
! gather the benefit Of the others work and It pro
/ which is his to deal with Of may use the word
work IN the struggle With adverse eGnd dti9as
which has much to do with the WonderIu slLIG G
/ that being made in the battle OF mlnd over
matter r,-.-,,.,,. -, ~.
United States. cannot but recall te aGniI LUZ
and discriminating address which he dSlXeTe9 negs
nifcance of that great purchase of territory which
f pointed 0Gt t66 capacity expansion
and ABSORPTION OF peoples our our Pb OF new States
/ afforded; how it was when this government
began and yet how quietly successful ma 9een ms
volve no surprise or admiration at all
PROBLEMS OF EXPANSION.
ton a IN tba fact t6s we have st this the Centenary
OF the purchase Of louisiana entered upon anoIher
the solution OF other and different problems from
those presented in tho Louisiana FuTcnasei AnT g
I they must be solved with the same high sense OF
our a'1CSs sfed bv the addition OF This wide
were pr enc or, ~ ~ Louisiana That they may
/ not and probably will not be solved by c2RieFrtns
gurs OF i'm and ruin 10 follow from the experience
aud the souto5 ot the the pTo5I f 1Te the history 81
/ this country. and they never have been allowed TO
Smerica me We have Probably reached period in
5r c5a geSa a, nation in which we md ourselves
burdeued with the necessity Of gliding another peo-
PIE ges sc and the civil liberty which and our
ancestors have hammered out by the hsIaes{ toIL,
For the that this centelnlal OF me l%1llsi
ana Purchase marks the beginning 81 the great
pine Islands has felt justiaed in ekpe3dng a very
large Of money 70 make she Peopte, ~Ilo Cgs.
effort OF American enterprise and expansion under
stand the conditions when SUI I9ll1 ne i,t LIE
forebodnE 70 the rsssl % this new adventure base
their prophecies q dnsAtec on what they think Is
the weakness Of tho American pe2ps, lhoss VINO
look forward 70 Us success base ,a,1 lSSe so
compllrhed In the islands. and on what they Know
Sna an i III, ~ ,,,e 4'arrtlfies or the dan
and TO say the President OF the United states
take his stand among those who believe in the
capacity or me ATneT.call pooilo - ~ 80,
eminent. however new. which depends solely on
the generosity and the self-restrant OF tho Amer
And nov. gentlemen IN closing the few remarks
have make should be unjust did not testify
men Of he civ Of s. Louis with President Fran
els at their head 20 whom we owe tn io s] NE
one who IS not more or less familiar with the He-
when sbau show It's present conditions: no one
who does not know The ANTIQUITIES when , are IN,
~
an f6 nose as b have erected his grand monu-
ment TO the progress Of man.
THE MACHINERY STARTED.
The close Of Secretary Taft's speech was the
signal for the opening OF the fair. In the White
House at Washington President Roosevelt was
waiting for the signal which 70 tell him
that the proper moment had arrived 10 touch
the gold key that would open the fair and set It's
machinery in motion.
Secretary Taft had not turned TO resume his
, seat before the signal had been flashed to Wash
ington Instantly there returning flash
: which started the machinery IN Machinery Han
Operators here were waiting for the response
, from the White House. and soon as 1t came
they touched the keys which released the
I fastenings Of the thousands OF banners on the
roofs Of all the large exhibit palaces. This por-
ton OF the work was perfect. Every banner
0 caught the same breath Of air. and they un'
furled and floated out as At the further
5 end of the lagoon from the Louisiana Monu-
nent was the place for the cascades. This por'
ton of the ceremonies apparently had a greater
interest for the people than any other feature OF
n the opening Hundreds Of thousands Of eyes
= were turned to the three white inclines that ex
n tend from the Colonnade of States to the lagoon
. basin The first CLINT OF white foam Mt the sum
: nit OF the inclines greeted with ire
. nendous cheer, which deepened as the grea
;. food of water came splashing tumultuousN
!, down to the lagoon below. 1t was sight 1ull o
e beauty, and the great crowd which witnessed /
. appreciated and applauded to the full stimuli
o taneousy with the rush Of the water all I'M
i bands burst forth at once into THE sta
3 spangled Banner" Every man in the grea
k f n