Arizona republican., 1915-03-25
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Acting fer President Will son, Thomas R. Marshall Participates in Naval and Military Demonstration at San Francisco
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SAN FRANCISCO, March A. Vice President Marshall formally dedicated the Panama Pacific expo sition late today as the representa- tive of President Wilson The eX- ercises included military and naval demonstrations preceding the dedica- tory address.
 Chara acterizng the Panama Pacific exposition as the specialization of the dreams and thoughts of genius and tal- ent," Vice President Marshall today lauded the state of California and the
 men who made the exposition possible, and in the name of the president of the United States dedicated the exposition in glorification of the completion of the Isthmian canal.
 In his address he said in part: "I crave your sympathy and your charity while for d few brief moments 1 I stand here commissioned to take, but I not to fill, the place of the president of 1 the United States. In justice to the | day Woodrow Wilson should be here | The office and the man would each l fittingly grace this occasion. But duty '
 pie made him stay in Washington. You hope for continued peace. Do not for 1 get that he is your greatest peacemak- | CT May the truth that he seeks your good rather than his own our your pleasures, tighten the disappointments of this hour. Before the sunset bell 1 shall proclai i'm the close of this marvel
 of the twentieth century, the president
 of the United States hopes to meet you | face to face.
 l 'CalifOrnia is state of mystery, of seeming madness and method, a state replete with art. science, literature, law
 order and material prosperity of mar
 velous accomplishment What others took to be the mutterings of a mighty | man in sleep. she has made the all- 1 compelling language of her people. This
 exposition had to be. to justify in the minds Of man the protency of dreams
 and visions over mere material things. | Ii is in cOnsonance with the record of 1 this people. Some time in the hurry 1 ing rush of restless men it had to be- 1 but it came sooner than otherwise it would have come. because some one 1 dreamed that here in this sun kissed ] cline the lav the seven cities of Cibola.
 'Surly he should not be charged with being merely poetic in mind who on
 this occasion boldly declares that Cali i fornia $ the product of a dream and | that this exposition is the composite | rhotoSraph of dreamers. The seven
 cities of Cibola have become seventy and seven cities of culture, wealth and character. The dream of the Anian strait has become a reality. south of i Mexico it is true. but nevertheless a reality called the Panama canal.
 ''I a m sure I express the thought of the president and the hope of the American people when I say that our l canal was built not alone for glory or ] great gain but with sincere desire to 1 make the whole world kin. There two | gospels now instead of one; the gos- 1 pei of good will has been supplemented with the gospel of personal contact.
 The gospel of good will continues to be l supreme. but nothing will help it 1 preached so loudly those human agen-
 cies which climate distance. blend l languages and give us sight as well as | knowledge of each other.
 'I am quite sure that I am but one
 of doubtless throne in this republic who regret that this altruistic work has
 a real or seeming defect in the charge l an injustice done d sisterly republic to i the south. Let IS not be too much dis | mayed tEis day by that fact The Amer l ican people are wise and they know he | i.; not wise who is not just. I look with confidence for the early arrival of that good hour when everywhere wrong ma,' have been done shall be righted | and when there will be left no drop of
 bitter water to flow in that channel which unites the sea.
 From the first to the present presi- 1 Gent Of the United States whenever thought has been voiced upon the sub- | ject. that thought has been that we