The Oregon daily journal., April 26, 1907, Page 10, Image 10

THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING, 'AriUU 3. 1CC7.
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In Opening Address
President Points Uut
Pitfalls Into Which
Nation Must. Not Fall
Gives Special Greeting to Repre-
sentatives of All Foreign and
American Government He
Tells of Lessons 'Taught by
Colonists.
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Jamestown. Va, April Sf A. cloudless
sky, with Just enough br from the
bay to keep the un from burning up the
crowds, smiled upon the opening or the
Hiuuitinn in celebration ef the three
hundredth anniversary ' founding
f the first English colony In the new
world, and boded good fortune the
exposition.
Hampton Roads glistened with white
hips. Fifty-two men-oi-war were n
line at daybreak, "making the grandest
picture of see fighters at rest ever seen
In American waters. Bhlpe carrying ex
cursionists and official visitors began
to arrive early, v.iv. .',...'.
-, Ores, Throng yieaeut.
' An Immense throng crowded about
: the speakers' stand to hear President
Roosevelt's address, cheering madly as
be came forward to speak. The presi
dent sketched briefly the history of the
T'nltrd States from the landing of the
EnsHuh colonists to the present time,
Impressing npon. his bearers the lessons
to be drawn from the experiences of the
past. , He pointed out the pitfalls of
other republics, and expressed the de
termination that the United States shall
profit by their failures.
President Roosevelt said In part:
"At tha outset I wish to say a word
(if special greeting to the representa
tives of the foreign governments here
present. They have come to assist us
In celebrating what was In very truth
tbe birthday of this nation, for It 'was
here that the colonists first settled. "
"In welcoming all of you I must say
a special word, Srst to the representa
tives of the people of Great Britain and
Ireland. The fact that so many of our
people, of whom as it happens I my
self am one, have but a very small por
tion of Kngllsh blood In our veins, in
no way alters the other fact that this
nation was founded by Englishmen, by
the Cavalier and the Puritan. . V
. Atta to All Vattons.
"Tet me furthermore , greet all of
you, the representatives of the people
of continental Europe. From almost
every nation of Europe we have drawn
some part of our blood, some part of
our. traits. Today we differ sharply
from, and yet In some ways, are funda
mentally akin to, all of the nations of
Europe.
"Again, let me bid yon welcome, rep
resentatives of our sister republics of
this continent. Tour problems and ours
are In large part the same; and as ws
strive to settle them, I pledge you here
with on the pert of this nation the
heartiest friendship and good will.
"Finally, let me say a special word of
greeting to those representatives of the
Aelatio nations. , In particular, let me
express a word of hearty welcome to
the representative of the mighty Island
empire of Japan; that empire, which. In
learning from the west, has shown that
It had so much, so very much, to teach
the west In return. , ,r 1
nations Have Oosnwioa rurpose. ,
. "To all of you here gathered I ' en
press my thanks for your coming. The
world has moved so far that It Is no
longer necessary to believe that one na
tion can rise only by thrusting another
down. . -...'.-..... i .
, "All farsighted statesmen, : all true
patriot now earnestly wish " that the
leading nations of mankind, as In their
several ways they struggle constantly
toward a higher civilisation, may ad
vance hand In hand, united only In a
generous rivalry to see which can best
do Its allotted work In the world. I be
lieve that there Is a rising tide in ha
man thought which tends for righteous
international peace.
"Three hundred years ago a handful
of English adventurers, who had crossed
the ocean In what we should now call
cockle-boats, as clumsy .as tbey were
frail, landed In the great wooded wilder
ness. '
. Colonists Bhaped ration's Destiny,
' This landing at Jamestown possesses
for us of the United Btates an alto
gether peculiar significance, and this
without regard to our severs 1 origins.
The men who landed at Jamestown and
their fellow settlers who streamed In
after them, bent Into definite shape our
nation whll It wss still young enough
most easily to take on the character
istics which were to become part of its
permanent life habit.
"The German, the. Irishman and the
Scotchman came later, but still In colon
ial times. ,. Before the outbreak of the
revolution the American people repre
sented a new and distinct ethnic type.
This type has never been fixed In blood.
. ewoontere Save Bsea Absorbed, ?
"For the last 0 years the tide of Im
migration has been at tha full. The
newcomers are soon absorbed Into our
eager national life, and are radically
and profoundly Changed- thereby. :
"The pioneers of our people who first
landed on these shores on that eventful
tiny ' three centuries ago, had before
them a task ' which during the early
years was of, heart-breaking ' danger
and difficulty. The conquest of a new
continent Is iron work.
"But at last the British flag flew
without a rival In all eastern North
America. . Then came the., successful
struggle- for national Independence.
"In the colonial period, and for at least
a century after its close, the conquest
of the continent, the expansion of our
people westward, to the Alleghenles,
then to the Mississippi, then to the
Pacific, wss always one of the most
iiniMirtsnt tasks in our national life.- Be
Mnt the first settlers the conditions
rrew easier, and here and there, ss In
mis line water regione or Virginia, a
Kf-milne aristocracy grew and - flour-
umeno eecn generation among us
Lis had Its allotted task, now heavier.
vw lighter. aln the revolutionary war
l us huxiiiess was to schleve independ
ence. Immediately afterward thers was
n v mora momentous tsk; that to
u-nieva the nations! unity end the
topariiy lor orderly development.
im FOUNDING
ENGLISH GOLONY
FIFTEEN HAIIOUS .
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Flags of All the Great Maritime
Powers Gather for Hampton
. Roads Spectacle. ';
WARPATH TAKES PLACE U
OF TRAIL AT PORTLAND
Excellent Program of Amateur Sport
Arranged for Coming Contests-
Many Attractions In Close Proxim
ity to Exposition Grounds. i
- (Journal special Hsrrlce.)
Jamestown. Vs., April St. Probably
tha most novel and attractive feature
of the entire exposition is the great
international spectacles Tha great na
tions of the earth have sent their war
ships at the Invitation of President
Roosevelt Ships flying ths flags of IS
different nations are now anchored In
Hampton Roads and others are expected
to arrive Within a week or two. Never
before in the history of this or any
other country, has there been such a
concourse of fighting - vessels. Great
Britain, Germany, France. Russia.
Sweden,' Denmark. Portugal, Argentine,
Chile and Japan are among the nations
represented. A special feature of the
naval program Is to be a reproduction
of . the battle between the Herrlmac
and Monitor in Hampton Roads as it
s fought in lsj and . which Inau
gurated a new era In naval warfare.
The government has appropriated 110.-
00 alone for the reproduction of this
famous battle between the first Iron
clads. .-
Tea tares of the Warpath. ,
Tbe Warpath, guaranteed to contain
the lateat novelties and the best col
lection of amusements over grouped at
an. exposition, is to be the playground
at Jamestown ss the far-famed Midway
was at ths Chicago fair and tha Pike
at St Louis, in these amusements the
airships will be especially featured.
There are to be competitive flights of
airships, races of dirigible airships for
commercial use, races of military air
ships and ascensions galore. The War
path also will contain a collection of
"villages" Indian, ' Japanese, Eskimo,
negro, etc Another attractive feature
a an exact reproduction of the old
town of "Jamestown as It was three
centuries ago. . ; : . (. .
- Apotheosis of Amateuc Sport. , .
Never In the history of the world has
a program of amateur sports equaled
that which has been arranged to take
place here during the coming summer
and falL Each division of the program
will offer an attraction of Its kind that
has never been surpassed in the United
States and when taken in Its entirety
will eclipse any similar effort ever at
tempted anywhere. The program con
sists of athletic Held games, yacht and
motor-boat racing, rowing regattas and
aeronautics and each division Is to be
under the direction of a committee, the
members of which are eminent In tbe
amateur sporting world. . -r.
v V sTearby Attractions.
: No previous exposition held In this
country has been within easy reach of
so many points of historlo Interest. A
few miles from the exposition grounds:
is Cape Henry, where the first English
settlers disembarked in 1807. and with.
In a short distance is Jamestown, the
site of the first settlement Nearby is
Torktown, where - Cornwallls surren
dered to the Continental army. Imme
diately across Hsmpton Roads is New
port News, a thriving city which has
one of the largest sblp-butlding plants
and drydocks in the' world. Hampton,
which almost adjoins this place. Is the
oldest continuous settlement of English
men In America. At Old Point Comfort
la located tha greatest fortress In the
United States and the principal artil
lery station of ths army. From the ex
position visitors may take side trips to
the civil war battleflelda of Virginia
and Maryland, to Mount' Vernon, the
home of Washngton. and to ths national
capital, to Richmond, Baltimore and an
almost Innumerable list ofother places
of great interest. ;
" The foremost placs was taken by the
soldiers and the statesmen of Virginia;
by: George Washington, Jefferson and
Marshall from whom we Inherit the
abiding trust in tbe people which Is tbe
foundation stone of Democracy, and the
power to develop on behalf of the peo
pie a coherent and ' powerful govern
ment V '.;' ' ' '.' '" '
! "Then came the civil war, terrible and
bitter In Itself and in its aftermath,
but a struggle from which ' tbe nation
finallv e merited united in fact as well
as in name; united forever. The men
and the women of the civil war did
their duty bravely and well In the days
that were dark and terrible and splen
did.'. - '
Avert War :y Preparation.
"We. ' too. in our turn, must prove
one truth bv our endeavor. - '
"We cannot afford to rorgei tne
maxim noon which Washington in
alated. that the surest way to avert
war is to be prepared to meet It Never
theless the duties that most concern us
of this generation are not military, but
social and Industrini.'
"We of this mlBThty western repunne
have to grapple with the dangers that
spring from populsr seir-govenment
tried on a scale incomparably vaster
than ever before in tbe history of man
kind, v. .
"As regards the flret set or Gangers.
It behooves us to remember that men
can. . never escape being ' governed.
Either they must govern themselves or
they must submit to being governed by
others. If from lawlessness or fickle
ness, from folly or self-indulgence, they
refuse to govern themselves, then most
assuredly in the end they wilt hsve to
be governed rrom tne outsiae. . u ney
can prevent the need of government
from without only by showing that they
possess the power of government from
within.
"A sovereign cannot make excuses for
his failures: a sovereign must accept
the responsibility for the exercise of
the power that inheres In him; and
where, as Is true la our republic, the
people are sovereign, then the people
must show a sober understanding and
a sane and steadfast , purpose If they
are to preserve that orderly liberty
upon, which as a foundation every re
public must rest.
"In Industrie! matters our enormous
PARADE
OF
IN
OF 5 YEARS WORK
History of Exposition Since Its
First Inception and Diffi
culties Met. ; I
CHIEFLY HISTORICAL AND
EDUCATIONAL IN SCOPE
Many . Largs Building! Erected
About Twenty-Five Struct urea
Principally ' of Colonial Design
Grace the Extensive Ground.
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v (Journal Special Service.)
Jamestown, Vs., April II. Mora than
five jeara have elapsed since the idea
that culminated today In the formal
opening of the . Jamestown exposition
was first broached. The idea attracted
instant and widespread attention,
though It was not until several years
later that It wss given definite shape
and the actual plans drawn up. It was
soon seen that It was not practicable to
build the exposition on or near James
Island, where the first settlement was
located. The island Is a low piece of
land about JO miles from tha mouth of
ths James river and it was formerly a
peninsula. It did not afford room for
an exposition of any slse and moreover
It wss difficult to reach.
Because there was no place nearer the
original , site, the Norfolk corporation.
which was organised - to promote and
manage the exposition, selected a site
on the beach of Hampton Roads, oppo
site Old Point Comfort, near the mouth
of - Elisabeth river. The grounds can
easily be .reached by trolley car from
Norfolk and Portsmouth- and by water
from Fortress Monroe, Newport News
and Hampton. .
' The organisers of the corporation Is
sued at tha start about $1,00,00 in
stock, which was Increased by liberal
appropriations by tha state of Virginia
and the federal government. . ..
Description of the exposition.
The exposition' is designed' . to ,' he
chiefly of an historical and. educational
character, though manufactures and the
industries have not been neglected. The
general plan of the grounds is, to a cer
tain extent, similar to that of other big
fairs that have gone before a central
court surrounded by the more Important
and imposing buildings. At Jamestown
this oourt is framed on three sides only
by buildings, whereas the fourth' rests
on the waterfront, with two great piers
stretching out nearly half a mile Into
the bay. These piers have towers at
the far ends and are Joined by a bridge.
thus Inclosing a basin some 40 acres in
area. This body of water Js called
Smith Harbor, in honor of Captain John
Smith, and hare will be tbe aquatic con
tests that are to form an Important part
of tha exhibition s athletic attractions.
Tha basin is also to serve as a harbor
and landing placs for small craft. .
- Many Xarga Buildings. f. .'...;
Ths exposition buildings proper con
sist of about 28 structures, many of
them handsome palaces of": permanent
construction, after the colonial style of
architecture. Among the principal build
ings snd those that will attract most
attention, both as to their stxe and con
struction, as well as to the exhibits they
contain, are the Auditorium and Con
vention hall. Palace of . Manufactures
and Liberal Arts, Palace of Machinery
and Transportation, States' Exhibit pal
ace, Mining and Metallurgy building.
Hygienic and Medical, Pure Foods build
ing. Palace of History and Historic
Arts, and the Education building. -. Be
sides these there is what is known as
the arts and crafts village, consisting
of seven cottages after the style of co
lonial architecture. These are the Tex
tile .building, copper, silver and wood
workers' shops, pottery ' shops, 'Iron
shops, model school. Mothers' and Chil
dren's building and Pocahontas hos
pital. In -the Industrial buildings of
this group are to be demonstrated the
manner of manufacturing In the lines
indicated by the names 100 yeara
prosperity has brought with it certain
grave evils. It Is our duty to try to
cut out these evils without at tha same
time destroying our well-being itself.
"This is an era of combination alike
in the world of capital and In the world
of labor.. Each kind of combination
can doJ good, and yet each, however
powerful, must be opposed when it does
111. At the moment the greatest prob
lem before us Is how to exercise such
control over the business use of vast
wealth, individual, but especially corpo
rate,' as will Insure Its not being used
against the - Interest of the public,
while yet permitting ouch legitimate
profits as will ' encourage individual
Initiative. It is our business to put a
stop to abuses snd to prevent their re
currence, without showing a spirit of
mere vlndlctlveness for what has been
done In the past
"Bsld Burke. 'If I can not reform with
equity, I wll not reform at all.
, e There Is a stats to preserve
as well as a stats to ruform.'
"This Is the exact spirit In which
this country should move to the reform
of abuses of corporate wealth. The
wrongdoer, the man who swindles snd
cheats, whether on a big seals or a
little one. shall receive at our hands
mercy as scant as If he committed
crimes of violence or brutality. - ,
"Our purpose is to build up rather
thah to tear down. We show ourselves
the truest friends of property when
ws make it evident that we wilt not
tolerate the abuses of property. We are
steadily bent on preserving the Institu
tion of - private property; we combat
every tendency toward reducing the peo
ple to economic wrTiiuoB, , , ,
"Above all, we Insist that while fac
ing changed conditions and new prob
lems, we must face them in the spirit
which our forefathers showed when
they founded snd preserved this repub
lic. The cornerstone of the republic
lies In our treating each man on hie
worth as a man, paying no heed to
hie creed, his birthplace, or his occu
pation, asking not whether he Is rich
or poor, whether he labors with head
or band;' asking only whether he acts
decently and honorably in the various
relations of Ms life, whether he behaves
well- to his family, to his neighbors, to
state. , , , , '
"Other republics bars fallen, because
FAIR
FIRST
AMERICA
STATE BUILDINGS
UNIQUE FEATURES
Nearly Thirty -Commonwealths
Represented at Jamestown
Tri-Centennial. a
VIRGINIA REPRODUCES
THE HOME OF MADISON
Maryland's Exhibit Housed In Carroll
, Hall OJd Colonial Mansions Are
Copied by Other States Govern
ment's Extensive Display.
Joans! Special Berries.) '
Jamestown, Va,, April The lib
eral participation ox me various states
of the union Is one of the most grati
fying feature of the entire enterprise.
Nearly SO states have made liberal pro
vision for representation at the expo
sition, and the most of them ' have
erected buildings to serve as headquar
tera. Some of these buildings are
among the most attractive features of
the fair. The Virginia building is a re
production of tbe home of Madison.
Especial Interest attaches to the Georgia
building because It is a copy of Bul
loch hall, the birthplace, and home of
President ' Roosevelt's , mother, Ohio
has a replica of Adena, the first stone
house built west of the Alleghany
mountains. ' Pennsylvania has repro
duced Independence hall.
Maryland's xhlbi.t aTalL. .
Maryland's exhibit' Is housed In Car
roll hall, the home, of Governor Carroll
of Maryland, signer of the- declaration
of Independence. The Talmadge home,
the first colonial mansion built In Con-,
nectlcut, has been copied for that state's
representation. The Massachusetts build
ing Is a replica of the old statehouse In
Boston and Rhode Island has a simi
lar feature. Beau voir, the Mississippi
home of Jefferson Davis, has been re
produced - as' headquarters . for the
Daughters of the Confederacy.' Other
states that are represented either by
buildings of their own or by elaborate
displays In the various exhibition pal
aces Include Alabama. Arkansas. Ken
tucky, Michigan, IxHilslana, Missouri.
New Jersey, North Dakota, North Caro
lina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, West Vir
gonla and New Hampshire. ,.,-
' - government's Display. '. '
The fact that the government haa ap
propriated over $1,606,009 for the vari
ous government buildings, naval and
military Improvements is a guarantee
that this feature alone . will attract
world-wide attention. ' The department
of state exhibits facsimiles of the dec
laration of Independence the articles
of confederation and the constitution,
together with many other valuable and
Interesting documents. The treasury
department will maintain a small bo
reau of engraving and printing, which
will Illustrate the method of plate work
used in that department.. The exhibits
of the war and navy departments are
extremely comprehensive, and in con
nection with the military and naval dis
play wll be mora elaborate than at any
former exposition. --Ths llfesavlng serv
ice win operate a completely equipped
station, where . exhibits of tbe appa
ratus and crews In action will be given
from time to time. . Tbe postoffice de
partment will run a model postoffice.
demonstrating the workings of the
many r.ew inventions in conectlon with
the mail department The Smithsonian
institution has made a comprehensive
exhibit, embracing all of its . depart
ments namely, ethnological, anthrono.
logical, geological and biological. The
library of congress shows a model of
tne new library, together with rare
maps, letters and other papers of inter.
est ' , t ,.. .. .,.
IMtni R.nil.t. avA 4.. k i .
desired. They act mildly and regulate
the bowels perfectly.'' George B.
ve., .aitoona, pa.
KELSO NATIONAL IN -
TEMPORARY QUARTERS
(Rpeeltl Dispatch to The Jeorasl.) ' - '
Kelso, Wash., April 2 (.Kelso's new
national bank is now in active opera
tion. The const motion of the new brick
building has been so delayed because of
tha inability to get brick that the bank
has finally opened In temporary quar
ters on the second floor of the Btraul
Lourle's business block. Three car
loads of brick arrived from Vancouver
this week and construction will be
rushed. It Is expected that the build
ing win be completed in six weeks, and
Kelso will then have one of the finest
bank buildings In southwest Washing
ton.,,, : ."; . : ," , "
' T-ref erred gtook Canned (roods.
; Allen tt Lewis' Best Brand.
tha cltisens gradually grew to consider
the interests of a class before ths im
terests of, the whole. - y
,.'"-' team by Others Failures.
"Ws are resolute la our purpose not
to fall into such a pit This great re
public of ours shsll never become tbe
government of a plutocracy, and it shall
never become the government of a mob.
God willing, it shall remain what our
fathers who founded it meant it to be
a government in .which each man stands
on bis worth as a man, where each is
given the largest personal liberty con
sistent with securing the well-beliig of
tbe whole. . .
"We are proud of our schools snd of
the trained intelligence they give our
children the opportunity Ito acquire.
But what we care for moat la the char
acter of the average man; for we be
lieve that If the average of character
is sufficiently high, there is literally
no height of triumph unattainable In
this vast experiment of government by,
of. snd for a free people."
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