Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-02
DEAL LIZ DuUW
OPENED BY TAFT
President Touches Gold Key in
White House and Starts the
Machinery.
GATES ARE OPENED ON TINE
Visiting Dignitaries View Parade of
Soldiers and Sailors.
JIM HILL PRINCIPAL SPEAKER
Railway Magnate Advocates the
Enforcement of Law,
MODERN LIFE Is TOO COMPLEX
He Demands Repeal of Laws Intended
20 Give Undue Advantage
to Any Person or
Visiting Dignitaries View Parade Of
Soldiers and Sailors.
I'M HILL PRINCIPAL SPEAKER
Railway Magnate Advocates the
Enforcement of Law.
MODERN LIFE is TOO COMPILE,

SEATTLE-Wash., June L-Presidcnt
Taft in the White House at o'clock This
afternoon. pressed telegraph key of AL
aska gold and sent spark across the con-
tnent that put in molten the wheels Of
the Alaska ukon- Pacific exposition; loosed
the waters of its fountains, unfurled its
banners, started its bands playing, re-
leased showers of daylight fireworks, called
upon the saluting guns OF the American
and Japanese fleets, set all the steamers
in the harbor and all the locomotives in
the railroad yards believing and shrieking
and brought forth universal rejoicing from
all Seattle which has tolled for years to
bring about this day.
The exercises at the worlds fair grounds
preceding the presidents signal were car
ried out with military precision. The ex-
position gates were opened at $50 o'clock.
At $3.50 troops from the United states army
and navy, the Japanese cruisers Aso and
Soya and the state militia paraded through
the grounds under the command of Colonel
T c. Woodbury., u. s. A., and the column
was reviewed from a stand at the head
Of the court of honor by exposition Off
cials. visiting governors and Admirals H.
Ijichi and Uriel Sebree
The ceremonial exercises were held In
vast natural aWpHlInedlST SiOpihb "
Lake Washington
Hill Principal Speaker
The program consisted of music, invo-
cation by Catholic Bishop Edward ],
O'Day, brief address by Director General
l. A. Nadeau and President ]. E. Chill
berg, the long address by James ]. Hill,
chairman Of the Great Northern board,
and benediction by Episcopal Bishop
Frederick w Keator
Then, Just before noon (Paclfic time),
word was flashed to the White House
that ali was ready and President Taft's
response set loose the flags, bells,
machinery, curious Japanese fireworks
and noise When the message was an
nounced huge gong struck five strokes
and enormous American flag was un-
furled and thousands of small flags
were scattered in the breeze. mountain
battery fired a salute Of twenty-one guns,
the Japanese and American fleets in the
harbor several miles away crashed out
their tribute. Luncheon was served to
invited guests at the speaking platform
and out of the New York building. Dur
ing the afternoon there were receptions
at all the state buildings. The day was
warm and partly cloudy.
The fair as thrown open today was fin
ished and carpenters and painters were
nowhere TO be seen. The few delayed ex-
hibits will be installed at night The only
serious deficit is in the Hawaiian and
Philippines displays, but the transport
Dix is speeding hither with them and
should arrive next Thursday
Hill for Law Enforcement,
The greatest service to the nation. to
every state and city today would be the
| substitution for term of years of law
| enforcement for law making" declared
James j. Hill in his address at the open-
ing exercises of the exposition today.
There are four great words that should
be written upon the four corner stones of
every public building in this land, with the
sacredness OF religious rite" said Mr..
Hill These watchwords of the republic
are equality, simplicity, economy and JUS
| tce They are interviewer with every H.
Der OF the national fabric. To forget or
deny them will lead to every misfortune
and every possibility of destruction that
rises now threateningly in the path of our
country's greatness
Equality before the law is an embodied
promise of the United States 1t is the first
principle sought to be established by the
federal constitution. Insofar as we have
| been faithful to it, we have not only
grown great and prosperous. but have com
manded the respect OF others, because we
| respected ourselves. Insofar as we have
denied it, in so far as there is anywhere a
special privileged an unequal restriction
special privilege an unequal restriction
OF legal governmental favoritism whatever.
fathers and turned backward the old, evil
traditions whose trail of blood and oppres-
sion runs through all history.
1T needs heroIsm, it involves the shak-
ing off of ostentatious follies that have
already warped our earlier ideals, it may
even require a considerable readjustment
Of our whole industrial system and a re-
| form in our very conception of the rela-
ton between government and its citizens
before the severe standard of absolute
fNoptipuaa On Saoo,a D.