Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1900 — INDORSED BY DEPEW. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

INDORSED BY DEPEW.

SAYS THE “PAN-AM.” WILL SURPASS K& " THE PARIS FAIR. Tell. Chairman J. H. Scatctaerd the Halt Bu Biot Bern Told of the Gran dear and Beauty of the Exposition at Buffalo. \ . # “Scatcherd, v you did not praise It half enough.” So spoke the distinguished statesman and famous after dinner orator. Senator Chauneey M. Depew, as he stood In the center of the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo and gazed upon the beautiful structures surrounding him on every side and now approaching completion. Senator Depew had come to Buffalo to deliver an address. His first desire

on arrival in the city was to be'driven to the grounds of the Exposition. The remark quoted above was addressed to Chairman John N. Seatcberd of the executive committee of the Exposition, who had told Senator Depew of the .progress made in the buildiqg of the Exposition when they had met in Europe last summer. Mr. Seatcberd had dwelt long and eloquently upon the success which had attended the organization and construction of the Exposition, and “Our Chauncey’s” expectations were high. Nevertheless anticipations are not equal to realization. Looking upon the scene before him from the sight of the grand Triumphal Bridge, he saw to his right the stately proportions of the United States Government buildings, to the left, across the spacious Esplanade, the charming architectural effects of the Graphic Arts, Horticultural and Mines buildings, while the vast Machinery and Transportation building, now almost complete, was seen in the background to the left Opposite it. across the Court of Fountains, was the Manufactures and Liberal Arts building, and the Electric Tower could be seen rising skyward in the distance at the far end of the vast court, with the towers and minarets of other buildings outlined against the horizon. As Mr. Depew took In this impressive scene the exclamation burst from his lips that the half had not been told. Later in the day the popular orator addressed an audience which filled to overflowing Buffalo’s great Convention hall. In the opening lines of his speech the speaker declared: “Six weeks ago I was at the Universal Exposition at Paris. Today l went through the grbands where your Pan-American Exposition is to lie held. I felt that Buffalo Is going to do at least twice as well as Paris.”

NEW YORK STATE BUILDING.