The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-12
REFERS TO ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
Chief Executive Delivers Patriot
ic Speech at the Missouri Day
Exercises - Great Mill
tary Parade-Fight
for Souvenirs.
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. MISSOURI DAY ATTENDANCE Q
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The attendance at the Worlds q
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. any State day at the Fair. and q
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. tendance, Secretary Walter B. Ste O
. vens stated that the estimate was q
= placed close to 10000 .
y The greater number Of visitors to q
. the Worlds Fair yesterday were q
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. day Monday and early yesterday q
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I'VE hear something about boodling in
Missouri occasionally. It Is true. but for
every boodler in St Louis or Missouri we
will show you thousands Of men and wom-
en- who fear God, keep his command
ments and believe his oath When We
get boodlers We know where to keep them.
The State has a hotel at Jefferson City
and 1 am in charge Of It now. These men
are there"
Thus did Governor Dockery Of Missouri
touch upon the boodling question In an In
tensely patriotic address, which he deliv-
cred at the Missouri Day exercises at the
State Pavilion at the Worlds Fair yester-
day morning. The Governor also appealed
to the patriotic pride Of the people of St
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enforce the law, and he also referred to
the bull fight" fasco.
Every man who violates the law" con-
tinued Governor Dockery, sooner or later
will get inside of prison walls. Every
St Louis County, and We have not as yet
been able TO get hold Of them. The county
people should elect officers to preserve the
Law and protect the honor Of this Stats
will witness the placing Of the crown of
great political empire upon its brow.
Missouri has much to be proud Of. This
Republic will dominate the highway Of
commerce. I want to see at an early
date the construction of the Isthmian Ca
nal. We must dig that canal"
GREETED BY APPLAUSE.
State hall. where the exercises took
place, held several thousand persons, and
every one of those present seemed to be
in sympathy with the patriotic express
sions which came from Governor Dock
ery's lips. and he was greatly applauded.
President NJ. T. Davis of the commits
sion presided at the exercises President
Francis delivered the address of welcome.
stated that ne was proud Of Missouri and
the showing it had made at the Worlds
Fair. both as to its exhibits and the at
tendance.
paeida fba s,eakers an tho nIatforu
were Senior Don Ramon Corral, Vice Pres
ident and Secretary of the Interior of
Mexico. and the following members of the
eral ". D. Demeron. General George A.
Hughes, Richmond: Colonel J. A. Knott.
Hannibal: Colonel Ed A Glenn, Louisiana;
Colonel E J; Kaiser; Jefferson city:
Colonel Charles l. Woods. Rolla: Colonel
Thomas c. Hennings, ST. Louis, and Doc
tor F. ]. Lutz of St Louis.
GREAT MILITARY PARADE.
Never since the opening of the Exposi-
ton has a military parade been given on
a larger scale than the one yesterday in
honor of Missouri Day. Four regiments Of
the National Guard Of Missouri. each
with its own band. were in the parade,
and this large number was augmented by
the presence Of every company-National
Guard or regular army on the Worlds
Fair grounds
OF the MISSOURI militia IN line were tne
First Regiment, Colonel Frank B. Nc
Kenna: Second Regiment, Colonel Harry
Mitchell: Third Regiment. Colonel CusIi
I.echtman; Fourth Regiment, Colonel
William E. StringfeIlow: Sixth Battalion,
Major Oliver. and Light Battery A,
Captain F. NJ. Rumbold- Other troops in
the parade. which was under the COM
rnand of General John c. Bates and stan,
were the Twenty-fourth United States In
fantry Band, Company ]. Sixth United
States Infantry: One Hundred and Nine
teeuth Company. Coast Artillery: Eighth