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Show UEPEWS ORATION An Immense Judlccrc at Chicago littetuto Channo-jJI. Droit's idJress. HIS SUBJECT WAS THE WORLD'S FAIR. lie Sajs that "ew York. Will lleartilj- AsUsl In that Project. THE FAIR'S EFFECX ON THE NATION. A rrfpapcr Editor t Huron, South JlaVota, killed J.jr IIU Soa. Cj Tekzraph to I he New . liri'i.ir at iii'uti. Ctmanrejr 31. Deperr Spenbs to an Antllenreorsuon.On IIirorId- lr. Cinaioo, June o An sudlcncc of probably oOOl) Krcus galliervil at Uie Auditorium tonlirht to li-teu tu a fprecli by Chaslncey M. Ocjiew of 7etv lork, the tiC.til orator, on the World's Fair, the occasion bclnsthu anuual addns of the I'revi Club. The rech, At hlch was ititert-stltig anJ I'UncturtU wltlt witty jioinL-s was greeted with great apilauK liy the audleuce. The orator rpoke as follow t: I jdles and Gentlemen When I reeeiveil the invitation of the l'n Club of Chicago o Uellrerits annual atldresal uiio;-d tliat it tlt-Mml a free aud ea.y ch.it from a Liyman ujionjounultsm. It is tho vuli-anty vuli-anty of every individual that lie uUhestsbe thought 'lhtingukhed for something otbir than that uirjn which he has made his rcjmtation and of every orcnuleatloti in the profeftions cr trades that ou their commemorative occasions they desire de-sire to lie advised by some one'tv ho knons influitely lta about tlitir business than ttiey do thcm'elvcR. liut I kxiii diHovtreU that vo'ir club wanted fron re neither criticism nor pralM?, but the dis cualon of a rufject common to u all. 1 1 is, however, rorcr for me to remark re-mark thai thereat of tho world is entitled to at Iual one tiay in the year tiron the cewejapcr men. For 305 days they oraeti'arly tlirect us inouroidnio", vralkaud conversation; conversa-tion; they give us our politics, our estimates of public meu, and our ies ujion all current ijuiTtioa". Tlie American J)pleare eminently practical, their uits are sharjienett in their own nllalrs and the!'-Uiought the!'-Uiought concentreted ald Inleut upon th-.t vrbr-S tmmetltately interests inter-ests them. As a result, tho larger part of every community have no opiuiotis until they have read their forty and religious rupers. For a man like tuytclf v. ho reads them all, the inott curious of studies is to gather gath-er the rt Ilex of theeditor's Mews in the confiiInt tilin-K'ions of my friends. Whatever repon.-ibilily nul it is great may rest upon the lawjir wltli the liberal latitude allowed al-lowed him under hi retainer, uion the preachir with his lUXnESTRAISKP Ol'I-OBTfMTV, to speak uon the teacher iu moulding mould-ing the minds of his ttudcnls, the largest responsibility of all rests upon up-on the Jourudll't. A former gem r-ation r-ation believed that liberty of the pret would lend to such licence as to endanger public morality ami destroy de-stroy private character. They feared fear-ed that there could be no redress from the assaults cf the press except ex-cept by personal violence or murder. mur-der. The results of a liberty far beyond that dreamed of at auy former for-mer jieriod, a liKrty which is curbed curb-ed by neither the law of libel nor the verdictofjurles, havebtcn found in tbe main entirely satis'actory. Independent e aud opportunity have created a journal Wlc conscience by which the common view 'of the press protects the Individual against the unjust attack of auy of its members. mem-bers. The question v, hlch has been assigned as-signed to me by jour committee is the "World's Fair," and the successor suc-cessor the failure of this grtnl enter-price enter-price will be dependent in a great measure upon the view wltlcu a Ukenof it by thvprcssof the country. coun-try. If there be not a gcuiral agreement agree-ment among the newspapers of the republic as to tbe character and extent ex-tent of this exhibition and U:e support sup-port vt hlch it should receive, It ha I better be abandoned at tiic start. Hidden here to sjxak upon the "World's Fair," In one view I may appear as the captive, chained to the chariot wheels of the conqueror con-queror for the puro-e of gracing his triumph, but a broaderand more generous conception 1. that after a in nlthy and friendly rivalry as to location, wc are now all equally earnest and enthusiastic for A 1'IIENOMENAI. BfOCrS-5. I did all that I could and exhausted every legitimate nsource to carry this great fair to N'ew York. The arguments of that controversy are now ancient history. Xew York bad no animosities, nojealousles, no enemies, aud I am here to say that nil that It Is in her power to do will be done for the exhibition in Chicago. Chi-cago. No question more important and noueatlecting more nearly their prosperity and their ride lias been presented to the American iicoplc in a quarter of a century. The occasion oc-casion is at once our opportunity and our necessity our opiortunity to show to the nations of Hie world ourmarvelousgrovvlhlntopulaliou, In settlement, in cities, iu railroads, aud our development in agricultural, agricultur-al, mineral and manufacturing resources; re-sources; our necessity, in pre-cntlDg to commercial peoples of all races and clinics a view of our surplus in the products of mine and mill, cf larm and factory, which Will furnUh the incentives for barter and exciiauge in all the marts of tbe w orld, which, by absorbing absorb-ing that which we on produce beyond be-yond our needs in almost infinite volume, shall burden the ocean with our freights, shall re-create for us a uicrcliaut marine, tlnll carry our flag once more ujon every sea aud Into every harbor, and employ and enrich our own people. We forget that no are three thousand miles from the nearest of the oldest nations and that our traditional ioliev lias prevented them from becoming acquainted ac-quainted witli us. T1IK MAKVELOl'S EXPANSION of our own means of inter-commu-ntcation, and our familiar knowledge know-ledge of every part cf o jr own cou n-try, n-try, hss led us to believe that the world appreciates us in equal measure mea-sure i ith our estimate of ourselves. But tliis is only the utterance of the Fourth of July orator, and the dream of the school-boy. Our flag has almost disappeared from the seas, our freight is carried iu foreign vessels, our navy Is a myth, and the resources cf our diplomacy are wholly unequal to the task of reaching reach-ing the Intelligence of foreign Iandr. The all-pervading press- with the completeness of its information and majesty of IU pou or, represented 111 Irt by the Chicago Association, Is utikcovp,-ui we understand il. in all thecclltltlit-sorthe globe. In the journals of Oreat Britain the United (States are dismissed dally with n brief paragraph as to the markets, or a longer account of a crime, or a flood or a fire, and In the continental continen-tal newspapers they are rarely men-tionedntnll. men-tionedntnll. To the European, tbe Asiatic, the African, the Australian, education ai to the products and positions of foreign countries is largely from the reurs, the eye. the touch and the ear. Our ellorts to reach the world through this, the only channel which we have, have been Hmeiittbly InaJequate. Our first exhibition in Xew York, in lSo.1, was managed by a private corroration, and was propiriy supported sup-ported by Ihegovernment, and was orenetl by the President of the United State- aud closed by the Sheriff of the county. Foreign exhibits were seized for IU obligations obliga-tions and 1IOKACK C!ItCKLE, one of Its nunagenewas imprisoced in I'arls for its debft Our second exhibition, tha CeuteirHtal one of IS7U, at -rhlUdelphla, wan everything every-thing that a cit j and State and the I ntclliccnt enil-nvii- "f patriotic Cit-itetis Cit-itetis could create, but it lacked the cordial co-ojieration of the government govern-ment to make it all that It might have been. The grandest nnd mot satisfactory diplay of the products aud the clvilintlon of the, world ever gathered was the exhibition In I'aris'during ths lost summer. Its ?p!e&dDf and completeness tilled the observer w ith the proudest comprehension compre-hension of the products, the development devel-opment and tho progress of mankind. man-kind. The visitor was lost in wonder won-der at the arti-tlc and mechanical petfeitlon and resource", not only of the countries of Kurupe but tho-o of Asia and Africa nnd the continental lilauds of the South Sras. Itussia and little Belgium, Utrmauy and territorially diminutive diminu-tive Holland, Italy and Snellen and Norway, (ireat Britain and h-r dependencies de-pendencies around the earth, China and Jajou, l.gypt ami Algiers the deseewlanU of the tribes who succored suc-cored the children of Israel ou ttitlr march for the promised laud, nud of tli it;pl'.3 who fuughi against Alexandria in India, presented to fully the bet result of their skill an! culture, of their products and peruliaritle, that a walk through their department was qttivaleiit to njoiirnny arouUJ tlieglube. it Has only when an American came to the limited space, but tartly filled, assigned to the United States, and saw how utterly inadequate wa the exhibit as a representation or even n suggestion of cur advancement advance-ment and Ai"'IM''EMIr5 IS Tilt. AKTS, Iu mechanics, in Industries and inventions, in-ventions, that, witli Uie blood mantling mant-ling his cheeks with mortification, he felt that our credit and our reputation repu-tation could only t established among trading and coi.imerciol peoples peo-ples by an exhibition In America, the most majestic and couiprcheu-slve,aud couiprcheu-slve,aud an Invitation to the nations aud tribes of the earth so hospitable and importunate as to bring themoll within the boundaries of our fair. On thatoccatlon the republic must wear nil her decorations ujuu her breast, and receive her gesU with unsiiut'-J l'lxtalily. fcucli a filr can only be created by the cordial co operation with you. not only or all the States, but of the federal government. gov-ernment. WhenKurope-inCabincts discovered that the invitation to the i'hiladelphia Centennial really emanated ema-nated from a coriaratiou, they decided de-cided not to give it any olllci it recognition, rec-ognition, aud they regarded the Invitation In-vitation itself as an insult to their sovereignty. It wasonly whenlien-cral whenlien-cral l.'rnnt by a second procfonifttiou assured them that the Invitation was Irom the government of the United States that thej decided to recognize the exhibition, but that I nrlt.it ion nccetSarily cartled Willi it the Information In-formation Lh.it the government w as aleolved fru-n all responsibility- fer the administration or results of the fair. With the knowledge now so universal about industrial exhibitions, exhi-bitions, we cannot hope to have the world properly represented here,un-less here,un-less the invitation tic from the government gov-ernment of the United States, iu sueh form aud with such assurance tliat foreign ministers w ill understand under-stand that their people come htrent the bidding of and as the guests ot the republic There can be no hesitation, no backwardness, no niggardliness iu tliis matter. Kithcr let 111 have an exhibition, uatlotinl nnd international interna-tional In Its character, fostered and fathered by the United States, or none at all. Let the generosity cf citizens the efforts of uL'KtiItEAT JllJCII-ALITV, the assistance of your commonwealth common-wealth be given without stint, but behind to supplement all deficiencies deficien-cies and to meet all obligations, let thero stand the majesty of the United States. It is not only to open trade with the world, not only to show to other countries the jierfectiou of our machinery ma-chinery nnd the cxhautless re-simcc-s of our farms and niim-, not only to bring Uigvtlier tho citizens of all portions of the country under conditions which promote patriotism, patriot-ism, that such au exhibition is valuable, valu-able, but it is invaluable as an educator. edu-cator. I met at the Paris Jlxposi-tlon Jlxposi-tlon a delegation of norklugmcu and workinguomeu sent there by the liberality of a nenspaer man of the West, but this single delegation, carried by this plieuomenal generosity across the ocean, will swell hero into the representatives represen-tatives of every trado, Hocking from every city, town and village, coining from every mine, mill and Cictory, to study the exhibit, which aro the products of theacrumulated skill cf centuries, thus securing for our artisans favorable opportunities for education aud for our country an lustant enrichment iu the character and value of Its productions. The fair has been la all ages of Uie world the promoter of progress aud the Imfiulse of civilization. It has Iieen tiicns'rvator of commerce and t-arc. Among the Itomans and the Greeks difliculties of transportation transporta-tion and the savace conditions of international conditions made their fairs mainly festivals for the exhibi-thnsof exhibi-thnsof physical skill and athletic sports LUt behind them the politicians politi-cians and conspirators of the day plotted for the josesslcn of power or the overthrow of government In the middle ages, when might was right and law had ceased to exist, the only traveler who was protected by common consent in his person and goods was the merchant going to and itcmutixo ixtt tjik fa in. At the fair, feudal lord amTVassal, trader and college professor, ' priest, peasant and student, Intermingling upon a common footing, kept alive the flickering spark of liberty aud learning. These cxhlbitionsspnng-Ing cxhlbitionsspnng-Ing from small beginnings and in time creating powerful communities, commun-ities, led to the formation of frees cities where merchants and traders resisted tho robber barons nnj festered fes-tered commerce and civilization. But It was only after the frightful revolt ogaintt tho tyranny of cen-turles cen-turles had produced the excesses of tho French revolution, and In the ecstacies of their universal liberty and the brotherhood of man, the French wished In sliare their victory with the world, that an Inter, national fair for the first time was held. - 'We have been latlng through a period of centennials, with a passion pas-sion for crowding events Intocentu ry packages, and labeling and stowing stow-ing them away for reference at the end of the next hundred years. Itlsasingular coincident that this exhibition, with only a few years' Interval, will be the centennial of the first international fair. Nothing has more clearly marked the development devel-opment of this extraordinary century centu-ry thatl the growth of these International Interna-tional exhibitions. Btcam and electricity elec-tricity have made them lossiblc, and the inventions have enriched them beyond the dreams of all tbe ages since the dawn of history. Prince Albert opened the great World's Fair In tho Crystal Palace In 1S51 with tho declaration that the time livl come to prepare for a great exhibition, NOT MKRKLY .VATIU.N'At. In Its conception and benefits, bub fcomntelienslTe of the wbotewwld." Ta !t r-tnie six millions ot visitor!. In 1S31. nraln. .Loudon was the scene cf another exhibition with six millions two hundred thouand of visitors. The Trench In nJeGT held their ex hlbitIoii,wIthstillit.-ereasing numbers and interest, and the world's last effort at Palis In I?3 was housed in buildings costing eleven millions of dollars, with thirty millions of people crowding their booths and avenues. The most successful of the exhibitions since 1S2S showed a handsome profit, and the most disastrous, that of Ylenn in ISTt, on account of tllo depression caused by the panic of that Tear, resulted In a deficiency of $9,p,0 W, which w as made up by the government, govern-ment, but the Austrlaus and Hungarians Hun-garians have ever since regarded It as the, best bi vestment ever made by their country, U-cau-e it brought their products Into notice and opened for them the markets of the world. Tho Columbus qualri-ceiitennl.il ccMallcMi "-ill li the quly one within .vcorued time In winch the whole world can cordially and fraternally fra-ternally unite. It is not cacrikge to say that the two events to wlilc-h civilization owes Its advanced oI-iion oI-iion are the introduction of Chris-tianitjMind Chris-tianitjMind Ihedp-wcryof America, Ameri-ca, flic dynamic forces o' our 1 1 iris tin n faith, iu the destruction of the buttresses of bigotry and oppression, op-pression, and the leveling up of the masvs to cemfon r'ffhlr. coulj ii":t-erliave ii":t-erliave worked such marvelous results re-sults except for the opportunities of a new country aud AS I'.S'TTtVMMrXi:!) fOI'UITION. When Columbus Hailed from Paler-, tyjies hid Iieen discovered, but Church and State held Intelligence by thethroat The cmi-as1! lied opened open-ed llieialii-wuy acrosa Lite set, but feudalism lead its foot upon tho neck of commerce. Hojieltss ignorance aud helpless poverty were so burdened bur-dened by caste and easterns laws and traditions, that liberty liy bound aud gaocd within impregnable impreg-nable prison wali. lvul Puritans and Catholics Huguenots and I.u-lhcrai.5. I.u-lhcrai.5. Knglisb, Dutch, Germans French, Swedes insst of them fleeing flee-ing fur liberty to worship God according ac-cording to the dictates of their own conscience, willing to sacrifice-every sacrifice-every material advantage and every taithl prc-peet for a civil ami rcIlgiuU3 li'm-rty, nud all of them seeking commercial freedom, followed fol-lowed the track of Co!umbutothe new w orld. Hero was neither king nor noble, neither cast nor privilege. The distance was too great for parental pa-rental suiH.rvi.Iou. ami self-government ttcime the nlr-ulutc iiecctslty of thu colonies. Willi no guide lull Gcd aud no coustitLtltn but the Bible, Bi-ble, they worked out upon this continent, conti-nent, liter ninny ha rddil nud trials and tribulations, the problem of the equality of nil men K-fore the law. They founded Institutions which have withstood the test of foreign invasion cf jiolitical pas-Ioi.s, ef party strifes) of ii.divldual ambition, and the shock of the mightiest civil war the world lias ever seen. The influence-of their successful experi-mei't. experi-mei't. fulloulng the lines cf fraternal fra-ternal blood lick to the countries from which they came, have "revolutionized "revo-lutionized nnd liberalized the governments gov-ernments of thu globe. The triumph tri-umph of the principles of civil and religious liberty upon Ibis continent, the lieueficlal c lice ts of the common school, nnd the universal diffusion of education, have done more than all other ngem Ica iu uplifting mankind man-kind to higher planes of JXIEl'KSnEs.CK ASI 11AITISESS. The children, the graiid-chllJren nud the grrat-grand-childruii cf Great Britain and France, cf Germany Ger-many nnd Italy, of Sjain aud Itiis-tlx, Itiis-tlx, of Scandinavia aud of all the nation of loiropc, will say to their kindred in the fatherlands: ' Welcome, Wel-come, thrice welcome, to our Stales and homes; comeandseeand learn," nnd then will the era cf peace and lilierty dawn upon the world. New continents beyond the ocean which should become the seat of gnat empires, aud whoso wealth would redeem the HolyScpuIclireat Jerusalem from the infidel, and evangelize the world, were the dream of Columbus. Sustained enthusiasm en-thusiasm lias been themotorof every movement iu thu progress of mankind. man-kind. Genius pluck, eiidurancuand faith can be resisted by neither kings nor cabinets. Thu triumph of Co-lumlus Co-lumlus Is a superb practical illustration illustra-tion of the Apo-tle Paul's-tribulc to thu power of faith. Ills lofty spirit and great purpose was undismayed by olr-taclrs.defcat was au Incentive tu new endeavor, and ho so carried his poverty that iu the most brilliant bril-liant court In Loirupo it seemed a decoration. While following Ferdinand Fer-dinand and Isabedla In their campaigns cam-paigns against the Moors, seekiug au audience nnd a hearing for his grand scheme, small indeed seemed the battles the sieges and the victories vic-tories w hlch absorbed tho attention of the hour. The armored chivalry ofSpain,lior marching squadru usher gorgeous court a pj -en red to him the petty agcanlry which stood between be-tween the royal car and tho discovery dis-covery of a w orld. The most romantic roman-tic plcturcof the jieriod was Boabdil, last of the Moorish kings, coming out from Grenada and the bended kneesurrenderingto Ferdinand and Isabella the kevs of the ell v. whlln cross rose nliove the crescent upon the towers of the Alhambra. While all Kurope was ringing with acclaim over this expulsion of the Mussulman, Mussul-man, to one proud and lofty figure standing aloof and unmoved. It seemed of trivial Importance cum-jored cum-jored witli thegrnuder conquest so clearly outlined before his visiou. IT WAS A IIAI-I'Y OSIES of what America wjulJ do for woman wo-man that when statesman nnd prelate pre-late alike bad rejected, the apjieul of Columbus at visionary,and the king had dismissed it with chilling courtesy, cour-tesy, Imbc'lla comprehended the discoverer's Idea, saw thu opportunities opportu-nities of his success, appreciated the magnitude of tile results to her throne nnd to Uie orld, iiud pledged not only Jier royal favor, but Iter fortune and her jewels to the enterprise. enter-prise. Tho American woman with her property rights guaranteed by American law, with her unequalled opportunities for higher education and for usefulness can siy with pride to her brother, her lover and her husbaud, "You owe America to me." Columbus stands deservedly at tho head of that most useful band of men the heroic cranks of history. The persistent enthusiast whom one generation despises as n lunatic witli one Idea, succeeding ones ofteu worship wor-ship tu a lenefactor. The raggicl investor at the palace cf Castile an I Aragnn outranks in feme and beneficent endeavor all the kings and statesmen and raldiers, not only of his own period, but also of those which have come after. Following the lines of his own great conceji-tlon, conceji-tlon, tliis celebration In his honor is not an empty pageant of musle-and artillery, ot baunc-isnnd processions Uita gathering of tho representatives representa-tives of the lndutriesof mankind for the purpose of enlarging tnu Ilber-tic,fpromotiug Ilber-tic,fpromotiug the peace', improving improv-ing the condition and broadening the Intelligence of a race. There has been no time since the Inauguration of iiVa J HIST I'KESIIIENT to auspicious for a national and International In-ternational exhibition In the United States. In ISTtiwe had only partially par-tially recovered from the most disastrous dis-astrous financial panic of the century. centu-ry. Tho south had not yet started Uwa Its new development! and was still sutlerinir from the di-orders and bltternc-M of reconstruction. But now- we are at the very consummation consum-mation of peace nnd prosperity. We are on the pinnacle cf a century cen-tury of unexampled growth, development devel-opment and riregrras. The vast region west of thu Missouri river which was a wilderness lnIS7Shas been fruitful In new states added to the Union, the railroad lias netia-ted netia-ted along the valleys and climbed to thu uiouutaiu tops, carrying jla-tiinr, jla-tiinr, oieniim farms, developing mines, starting furnaces nnd mills, bul'diiig villages and founding citleft. A feneration has grown up in the South, w hlch h cauvM the spirit of progress and tbe lai-B of the times. Thu great ranci-s so rich in con! nnd iron are furnishing wealth fur New Birmirgiiam and Mnnchcstiraui Pittsburg. With the eager jiursults of wealth, as Is common with all American e-ommtiulties, lias come the 1-er-m-u:cnt foundation of the school-house school-house and the church, and the ijo-gresso ijo-gresso llitl!lgt"ice and otrI(.tIsm. The whole country Is rlpcaftd ready for the Inspection of the world. New York .and Chicago were both founded "upon a broad commercial com-mercial lasis, ivhlle conquest aud spoliation marked tnc posMs.ion of their lands by oilier communities. The Dutch paid the Indians Jit fcr Manhattan Island, aud the founder of Chicago gave thtm ft for the site ni this city ah J DHI miles around-aliout. Tliat thu Dutch iiliyee! pltch-ienny with poor I-o upon the battery aud won back the money, does not impair THE COJIMEHClTl iCTEGKITY of the transaction. It was only an ol ject lesson to the savage upon the evil of gambling. Hut there Is no record tint the ptircliasercf Chicago made any e-ffort to secure a return of his five shillings. Thu city on the seaboanl, starting from a ct m-mercl.il m-mercl.il lnsis lias lieo me the metropolis me-tropolis of the ccnUnc :, ...! on; r! the lli.ee chief :i. it " i'i tu'- fo'lu. Tills city upon the lakes I- now the greatest wonder of cur western development, de-velopment, and with the initu-derivd initu-derivd fre-m tip sure-iss ol Unfair Un-fair will be the most I lie-ncnieiial ul modern communities. There were 5-50,OOO.OXW of new deposits iu the-bnnks the-bnnks of Paris at the close of the irenc-h exhibition, and all France-was France-was enriched by the larger sums distributed through thu country. The hundreds of millions of dollars which will be poured into your midst will so quicken thu pulse of your trade, so attract lopulation, so enc-rgiza enterprise that your num-liers, num-liers, business establishments and wealth will mount up by Icej ami liouuds. Ycu may m l have litre tbe art treasures illus-trattug illus-trattug the genius of theoldnns. ters, which hnvu been thu attrac-tionof attrac-tionof the cxhibitlops of l.uroi. nor tho crown Jewels which have-astonished have-astonished their visitors, but jcii can have the priceless antiques and Uie bfret rorks of the greatest artists of foreign schooLs which tin-culture and wealth cf cur citizens have brought to this country. You will not exhibit, as did the Parisians,the dnellingsof mankind from the cave aud lake cottage through Venetian, Egyptian, F.truscau, Greek, Human and Medieval architecture, down to the last Parisian julace, but you will, from the mound-dweller, from the early settler's cabin, trace the rapid progress! of our people, within thu memory of men still living, from savagery tu conditions w hlch not only materially but artistically compare favorably with thu accumulated accum-ulated results of thousands of v cars in thu Old World. Above and bejoiid the material results of this exhibition, will I.e ITS STIMULATING ISKLUKSCES upon the patriotism of the people-and people-and the unity of the nation. It is one of the paradoxes of progress tliat diffuse and universal intelligence intelli-gence tends to provincialism and local pride and thu refinement of the Intellect to angles nnd joints. There was a time when the weekly Tniune reached every town Iu thu West,and Horace Greeley's opinions were the bond of common sentiment and national na-tional union, but thu As-oclated I'resM distributes witli iniartljl hand the new, ot the world to the newspapers in every city in the land. The result Is that the Journal of every tow n go to the iHiblic only as far as the train tan carry them during the morning hour or tiefcre the family clock strikes the note fur retiring. Universal circulation all over the country is no longer pcssl-blctoauy pcssl-blctoauy newspaper, and tho editorials edi-torials of tho local press mould the opinlossof their people. Under these conditions Uie New York etlitor does not write for Chicago nor tut-Chicago editor for St Louis. I f thu Kast-ern Kast-ern or Western, or the Southern or Pacific Coast p.-(s treat at all the interests of other sections, it is too often in an unfriendly aud critical spirit It is In a tone which deprecates depre-cates or assails theirdbtaut countrymen, country-men, and makes them not only rival t but enemies. From this cause multitudes in the Jist believe the West given up wholly to the pur-ult of money, and deficient In the culture cul-ture and refinement of long organized organ-ized and Intelligent communities. Multitudes in the West regard tho people of thu cast as cttcte and weak excrescences, upon the body politic, or leeches In the form of gold bugs nnd coupou cutters. The press of the south inculcates a sectional sec-tional pride and seusltivenuess which suspects an enemy in the mildest critic and hostility In every other section. But the fierce light of universal publicity which will beat upon tills exhibition aud the commingling hero of citizens from EVERY rAItT OK THE cTSIO.N will do much to demonstrate tliat we are one people, with common interests and a common destluy. Three years ago In London at dinner I sat beside Robert Brown-lng,thu Brown-lng,thu joet Hesaid to me, "Of all the places In tbe worU, the one which from its literary societies sends me the mtt Intelligent and thoughtful crlticl-ms upon my poetry is Chicago." In this the eraudest temple of music the earth has ever knowii.the queen of song, who had enraptured the sovereigns and the courts of Kurope, Ku-rope, sang to an audience cf sovereigns sover-eigns asupprcclativeas enthusiastic, and far more 'numerous than when she had faced the capitals of the Old World. With the broad, generous 'and catholic stirlt which will inspire the visitors tothls exhibition, the West will discover that tho East with its conservatism, Intellectuality and I roipcrlly lias not lost IU vigor, aud the Hast will fjnJ that the West with Its stalwart force and push and drivels abreast with the East in Intelligence, culture and refinement. While the East and the West will meet thu South here with fraternal greetings and reciprocal respect, the representatives from cTery State will learn anew the lesson tliat peace. prosj?rlty aud power cauSbe strengthened and peretuated only In the Federal Union. Let the international fair be held; let thu four-hundredth anniversary of thu discovery of America by Columbus Co-lumbus be celebrated; let it be commemorated com-memorated by an International exhibition ex-hibition grander In extent aud volume than any ever seen tiefore-; let the Old World know what their children have done in the New; let theStarsand Stris float fmmevery roof and turret nnd flagstaff let the bauds announce the opening and closing the fair each day with the Inspiring strains of our national an-tliem,and an-tliem,and we will separate from tills grand communion, Impress more deeply than ever before with the f let that tho proudest title onenrth Is that of American Citizen. Itlllrtlby lilt Son. Huirax, P. D., June 3. Zick Handle-, editor of the Huron Herald, was shot and killed tonight by his Its-year old sonduringa quarrel. nrpubllritii (-.-ttteiis. WASiusoTost, June .1. Tho republican re-publican caucu tonight considered the election bills for three hours, and adjourned till next Tuesday night withexit nctiou. .Tllht-i llsvl.luii.. IoXlo, June 5. In the Commons Com-mons today, a projsil for the equitable revision of tithes ill accordance ac-cordance with thealtered conditions of husbandry a rt jected. Geteiien announced that he would proeved with thu land i.tin.Iiasc bill Monday. It srt'portcd that Balfour, at the cabinet mcetlftf. strongly protested against the sbelviits of the Innd purchase-bill In favor cf thepubllcnu bill. At The End or Hie linn. Shawano, tt'k, June., Fifteen hundred Menominee I inllaii have drlvefi out the Indian agent at the muzzle of Wine-liesrters. Trouble Is feared. Iu Hie I irirrutri. San Fit.NCisX"j, June 3. Dan Hawkins and Fred Bugan.bnntams who fought seventv -three rounds to a draw at thu Golden Gate Club Monday night continued the right tonight. Haw kins was knocked ont In the fifteenth round. 1'lK-llnn In Ontario. Tt,n-NTO, June 3. ( ientrvl t lec-tbiiisfor lec-tbiiisfor the province of Ontario took placet today. Tho Mowat administration has been sustaln'il bya large nud increasing majority. IXelensetl. Pauis May 5. Mile. Teodorovne, the nihilist who recently escaped from Siberia, and who was arrested upon her arrival iu this ciiy, lias, beta released. rmhrirlrinriil. BltllxiEItJUT, Conn., Juue 3. A cae-f emlK-zzIenient which occurred oc-curred several months apt by which ss-veml prominent res-idenls of Trumbull and suiroundlng towns we re vk Utilized out of S54I,Oii ha just come to light. The alleged tm-U-zzler is Itollin Bee is' cn, Ixs-Grand Ixs-Grand D. IU-ersayoung lawyer of proiiiK-. It is thought tliat Beers lias gone to Canada. lurllaihle. BiRMINtillAM, Alt., JuneS. Two of the nominees of the republican State convention, whiih met in Montgomery on Wednesday, are Ineligible In-eligible under the coirstitutinii of Alabama on the ground of length of Teide ncc- In the Stale. |