Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-09-27
MAINE DAY At
SAN FRANCISCO
ExP'N GROUNDS
Commissioner jackson
from Maine Gives Ad-
dress - Tremendous
Enthusiasm Shown

Sar Francisco Sept. -s-Mz.-e dzy
&, the Panama -Pacihc Exposition.
celebrated in ne building Z ne par
e2; state Massachusetts, RS : grea.
success
10, only Va there t.- crowd
l-eseH,, b0. ,te enthusiasm as c-=-
.Eendous. he program .-c.-5:-E 80
auent addresses ny t.e mar = S=r
Francisco ard = representative o:
Gov. Hiram Johnson. and ia singing
OF the State = Maine song
i testimonial vas presented -
President Moore y -ne exposition ara
il was accepted m t.hz.. q: Ire Pre-
Tree Stat hy Charles Z Jackson =
Portland. the commissioner a7yo:n-e.
by Governor OaH.ey {. Curtis
There vas ESQ telegram Of t+!:c:-
tation II GOV David ! Walsh o: Mass
achuset.s ami 2 reception - Cor.7..s-
sioner Jackson ~ 1ra Maine STATE
Society. numbering $500 former res
dents Of tina, State and members Of
their families on every Size TIE Oh
seryance q Maine Gay vas declared
one u the most successful occasions
of the kind since the opening Of tre
exposition
Commissioner Jackson in ris al
dress accepting The testimonial from
President Moore said in part:
Maine gree's California, Fror, my
loved State the Pine Tree State LOOK
out over the turbulent Atlantic: look o.,
over her enchanted bays. look out and
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the oceans broad exparse il starts Cpo7
It's daily pilgrimage Of blessing Nber:ys
fair land.
Here in the witchery Of the West. thz
scenery is reversed. look over tre r.
cine ocean. look through the Golden
Gate Glorious. magnificent. peaceful
scene. The mighty sun bends low TO Kiss
the sea good night as it silently sinks -
rest.
What a nation of peace and plenty
has the Lord OF day looked down upon.
Peace, Aye. our great country never
fights unless to keep the peace, Never
fights unless 10 rob the bully of the vic
tim he assails Plenty Who ever rode
from my far home to where the Miss!s-
sippi flows and saw the country lined
with cities, where the buzz and hum of
industry. playing a symphony into the
restless heart Of man. but felt his heart
leap up with pride Plenty oh, the
grandeur OF the West. Nature SPEAKS
with a voice that AL can understand.
What hath God wrought, aye. and what
hath man achieved. The mind will never
rest until the last great mystery is re-
vealed.
The train that bears one 70 this magic
world must circle round and round the
hills or tunnel through the many miles
of solid rock that stands ut bay. Yet
science laughs in derision at their dis
may.
Maine, California, East and Wesct.
guardians OF our country's liberty,
Sentinels standing for honor, industry
and faithfulness.
You. my friends, former men and
women of the good old State of Maine.
are thinking of the boys and girls of
other days. Our grandest product of
the past and of the present are the
great intel!ects of our State. The
Plumed knight, the magnetic Blaine,
the matchless Speaker Reed, the
worlds sweet singer Longfellow. Oh.
we conjure UP the past! The good old
days come back again. and with that
gifted daughter, Elizabeth Akers AL
len, we sing:
g Backward, turn backward, oh, Time
in thy flight.
Make me a child again. just for to-
night
Friends, bring you the greeting Of
his excellency, the Governor of our
State. Main people. rejoice in the ex-
POSITIONS grand success. To live here
a month would mean a liberal educa-
ton"