Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-04-02
sAlrimoRE's EXPOSITION 90 1874

acsEs- IL - ING NAAs naE "a 1AS otS
cities that has never had an interna.
tional exhibition. and 1t proposes po
celebrate the climax q the Wa OF
1919 and the birth Of The Star Span.
gled Banner" by In exposition on iS
waterfront In 1914. The suggestion
ID made by the Baltimore American
In which The Star spangled Banne:
va published from Keys manuscript
Gen. Felix Agnus. the editor and pub
Usher Of the American. has enlisted
the interest Of the city and state 10
the proposition. The city council Of
Baltimore has taken steps towards or.
g~anization and Governor Warfieid has
promised his cooperation. General
Agnus calls 1t "Tht Banner Exposition
Of the Banner Century" The follow.
ing Is from the announcement Of the
enterprise:
The year 1914 was momentous 10
American history. The war that be-
gan In 1912 reached Its climax. II the
British had succeeded In capturing
Baltimore there Is no telling how far
the struggle would have gone. or what
the result might have been In Ameri.
ca. But our people. with a gallantry
that history has not sufficiently rec.
ognized, repulsed the enemy. and out
Of that Spendid victory came The
Star Spangled Banner tho lyric that
will be sung as long as America en-.
dures.
Benjamin Franklin said that the
war Of the Revolution needed to be
supplemented by a war for Independ.
ence. The Va Of 1912 brought the
new state together AMI In the words
Of DR.. Woodrow Wilson. made the
country sick with the spirit Of ma.
tionality.' In that war the United
States regained Its self.respect. II
organized for national action. From
It We date the long list Of splendid
deeds which have made the United
States the wonder Of history, and the
richest and most powerful people on
earth. We have heard much OF late
about world politics. II Ia no recent
role, for the United States issued
from the War of 1912 united and self
conferred against the world
so. the Tooth anniversary of the
birth year of The Star Spangled Bar.
ner' viii give to- us for celebration
and display the century which has
contributed more of human advance
ment than all that went before. Prac
tically every invention. every step >!
industry, every big fact in transpoc
tation and communication will come
within this 100 years. The year it
self will afford some striking ami
versaries; for instance, 1t was In 1911
that Fulton made the beginning Of
steam in the navy. and a ot
events Of like interest can be found
The whole matter opens a prospect
practically without limit and gives US
an anniversary occasion unsurpassed
by any which has been celebrated II
previous expositions.
BY 1914 We shall, In all human
probability. have in operation the
canal connecting the Chesapeake and
Delaware bays. Our Chesapeake com
merce. o the largest of any bod!
of water in America. and far exceed
ing our total foreign trade. will bt
vastly increased. We shall have suf
fcient water for the naval monsters
of the nations. So 1t seem that the
peake bay, near the mouth of the Pa
tapsco river. There will be easy &C
cess, not only by boats from our new
docks, but by express service upon
our railways. The north and SOUTH
will meet in happy rivalry and the
great west will send its thousands tc
see an exposition that will be as
much of an advance on the James
town enterprise as that is upon pre-
vious projects.
There can be no question what
ever as to Maryland's right to appro
pirate this great anniversary. In the
War of 1912 Maryland supplied not
only her quota OF troops, but more
than the government could accept
Not only did she offer troops, but
gave a%bundantly in money, so that
President Madison said: The claims
of Maryland for her expenditure dur