The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-03-22
Represented the President
at Panama-Pacific
Dedication
PRAISED CALIFORNIA
FOR HER PROGRESS
Regrets Charge of Injustice
to Sister Republic to
the South

ing the Panama Pacific exposition as thu
capitalization of the dreams and
thoughts of genius and talent" Vice
President Marshall to-day spoke at the
exposition, laudng the state of Califor-
MIA and the men who made the exposi.
ton possible, and in the name of the
president of the United States dedicated
the exposition in Qualification of the com
pletion Of the isthmian canal. He said
in part;
81 crave your sympathy and your char
Iity while for brief moment | stand
| here commissioned to take, but not to
| fill, the place of the president of the
| United States. In Justice to the day,
| Woodrow Wilson should be here. The
office and the man would each fittingly
grace this occasion. But duty said to
him that justice to all the people babe
him stay in Washington. You hope for
continued peace DO not forget that hc
! is your greatest peacemaker. May the
! truth that he seeks your good rather
than his own or your pleasure tighten
| the disappointments of this hour. Be
fore the sunset bell shall proclaim the
close of this marvel of the Goth century,
the president OF the United States hopes
to meet you face to face.
california is state of mystery, of
seeming madness and method, state
replete with art, science, literature, law.
order and material prosperity of mar
velous accomplishment What others
took to be the mutterings Of mighty
man in sleep. she has made the all-com-
pelling language of her people. This ex-
position had to be to Justify in the mind
Of man the potency of dreams and visions
over mere material things II Is in con-
sonance with the record of this people.
Some time in the hurrying rush of rest
less men it had to be, but it came sooner
IAN it otherwise would have come, be-
cause someone dreamed that here in this
sunk kissed cline there lay the seven cities
of Cibola
"Surely he should not be charged with
being merely poetic in mind who on this
occasion boldly declares that California
is the product OF dream and that this
exposition is the composite photograph
OF dreamers. The seven cities of Cibola
have become 70 and seven cities Of cul-
ture, wealth and character. The dream
of the Anian strait has become reality
south OF Mexico il is true. but never
theless reality, called the Panama en-
nal,
Il am sure | express the thought OF
LIE president and the hope Of the Amer
lean people when ! say that our canal
was built not alone for glory or great
gain, but with a sincere desire TO make
the whole world kin. There are two COS
PTS now instead of one The gospel OF
good will has been supplemented with
the gospel of personal contact. The Cos
pei of good will continues TO be supreme,
but nothing will help it preach SO loudly
az those human agencies which eliminate
distance, blend languages and give Us
sight as well as knowledge each Of the
other
Il am quite sure that | am but one Of
countless throng in this republic who
regret that this altruistic work has a
real or seeming defect in the charge OF
an injustice done a sister republic to
the south. let us not be- too much dis
mayed TINS day by reason Of that fact.
The American people are wise and they
know be is not wise who is not Just.
look with confidence for the early arriy-
al Of that good hour when whateve.
wrong may have been done shall be right
ed aud when there viii De- left no drop
Of bitter water 70 flow in that channel
which unites the seas.
From the first 20 the present. the
president Of the United States, whenever
thought has been voiced upon the subject.
that thought has been that We exist for
humanity's sake ne much as for our own.
that We crave friendly relations with al
people and entangling alliances with
none While half the world Is in a rage
Undesirable and unutterable. seeking 20
build monuments ont Of clay kneaded IN
a brothers blood ad-eycd and sober. the
goddess ~ orr institutions seeks 10 hold
out 10 a warning world the olive branch
81 peace.
"Ostensihly I am here IN the name 81
the president Of the United States 10
dedicate this exposition in plorihc8tion Of
the completion Of Tho canal Really that
waterway from its beginning ras dedi-
Gated 70 the idea and the ideals Of the
republic.
Here men Of every age aud every