Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-11
EMPIRE STATE DAY
CELEBRATED At FAIR
Splendid Address By Governor
Hughes The Feature Of
Notable Occasion.
DISTINGUISHED PiRIR OF GUESTS
Governors of Virginia and New York
Walk Arm and Arm-Prcsident
schuman. of Cornell University,
Among the spcakers-Milita-y Pa.
rade and Other Features.

JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION. Oct
lO.-Empire State Day was celebrat
ed today at the jamestown Exposition
addresses by Governor Hughes, OF
New York, aud President Schurman
OF Cornell University, being the fea
lures of the observance. The weather
conditions were ideal.
The days events began when Gov.
erilur Hughes and the forty New York
state officials left the New York build
ing, under escort of the visiting New
troops, for the auditorium, where the
formal exercises occurred.
Governors Arm in Arm.
There Governor Swanson, of Vir-
ginia, President Tucker and others re
ceived the New York Visitors and the
two governors arm in arm, proceeded
10 the stage.
State Senator Dunn, of New York,
president of the New York jamestown
Commission, presided. Addresses of
welcome by President Tucker and
Governor Swanson. were followed by
the speech of Governor Hughes.
Governor Hughes Speech.
He said:
New York gratefully accepts the
vi NUSinIt W JON Ill lliiS
feast of origins. We tu.n from our
eager searching OF the future III
gather confidence and to learn wis
dom from the record of the past. and
once more we scan the ever fasci-
mating pages of the wonder-hook of
American history. In contrast to an
old world rnvaged ~ greed and I'M.
principlcd ambition, whore for cen.
turtles the toll and blood OF the peo-
pie had been given To the service oil
privilege and of tire rivalrics of des-
potic rulers, lay this broad land OF
matchless resources. cnshroudcd by
its vast and silent forests, awaiting
the fullness of time when IL should
become the domain of nation dcdl
Gated to freedom, and the scene OF
the greatest triumphs of humanity
Widely separated distinct in pur.
pose, varying markedly in the char
acter and equipment of the settlers
were the first efforts at colonization
HOW apparently unrelated were the
entrance of the little company OF
tnglshmen between the Canes "A
lboL the voyage of Henry Hudson nm
the river which bears his name IN
16p9 and. few years later, the land.
ing of the Pilg inns on the northeas
tern coast. We marvel that these fec.
BILE and apparently insignificant er
forts should have resulted in flour.
ishing colonies; that these colonies
with forms of organization originally
so diverse, with interests distinct anc.
often in conflict, jealous of each 9th,
er and widely scattered. should have
cver become confcderated common.
woalths and able to oppose q uniteu
front to tyranny; that these common
weaIths, drawn together for one SIT
prcmc struggle and then relapsine
'':ts's' agreement. should have
found 1t possible at time of disor-
der bordering upon anarchy to have
formed a nation; aaA nat the Ma
ton so formed AMI SO composed
should have beeh able to resist all
tendencies to disintegration AMI
should now present TO The world the
sneciaclo Of n people firmly bound
ny mutual interest ana affection and
welded tosethe- in an inGcstructiblc
Union.
National concesclousness.
with the advantage of true pcr
spective We sec the Irresistible pro,
gross Of the sentiment of unity until
today the national consciousness is
dominant from the Atlantic 10 the
Pacific and from the Lakes to The
CUR With tho rand extension of
commerce and facility Of commnnica
tion aided Ivy tho mobility of our non
nlation, the interests that we have in
common have exceeded in cyer create
decree those which arS scnaratc ana
instinct. And the peoplc of all parts
~ The Union como Ia The scene of
this early English settlement not 40
visitors to strange commonwealth
but as fellow citizens Of their brother,
In Virginia. They feel by vi9tuo of
their national relationship direct In.
forest in the events which lei TO the
seiflemcni of tho Old Dominion. and
r9foicc In their Inheritance or the hen.
Gifts OF the services which Washing.
ton ard Jefferson. Madison and Mar
snail have Ia our common country.
While this is so. It Is fortunate
that we retain a 1ust prido in,.tbc
history. achievements and prosperity
OF our rcsnoctive States. 1t is well
that this should be fostered, for upon