| 165ttest cattle, the prettiest women and
the sweetest babies in the world.
Mrs. H. S. Fisk, of Chicago, read a poem
on "Nebraska," its author being Kate M.
Cleary, of Hubbell, Neb. There was more
music, and as it was thought speechmaking
was ended the crowd began to disperse to
watch the great parade.
Congressman Bryan Speaks.
There was another treat, however, for
those who lingered behind. Congressman
Bryan, of Nebraska, of national oratorical
fame, came rushing in late, having been detained
several hours on the train from Lincoln,
Neb., which had a large party of excursionists
on board. Mr. Bryan was called
on for a speech, and on the spur of the moment
delivered himself as follows:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:- Mr. Cody, whom
you know better as "Buffalo Bill," has brought
his Indians to particiapte in the opening exercises
not to confirm the opinion of those who
regard Nebraska as a frontier state, but by contrast
to show you the progress made in fifty
years in that great commonwealth. in the red
man you saw the ruler of half a century ago.
In Governor Lorenzo Crounse you see the chief
executive of to-day. This we consider a great
improvement. But even the Indians are patriotic.
They would rather be Indians in
Nebraska than to be white people anywhere
else. We are not here to speak
the praise of our great state. She speaks for
herself. We are simply here to formally open
the state building and invite the representatives
of all the nations of the earth to view our
exhibit and see what can be produced in this
great western empire.
Nebraska is 200 miles wide, 400 long, 8,000
miles deep and reaches far enough into the air
to enjoy every wind that blows. While in | 165ttest cattle, the prettiest women and
sweetest babies in the world.
Mrs. H. S. Fisk, of Chicago, read a poem
on "Nebraska," its author being Kate M.
Cleary, of Hubbell, Neb. There was more
music, and as it was thought speechmaking
was ended the crowd began to disperse to
watch the great parade.
Congressman Bryan Speaks.
There was another treat, however, for
those who lingered behind. Congressman
Bryan, of Nebraska, of national oratorical
fame, came rushing in late, having been de-
tained several hours on the train from Lin-
coln, Neb., which had a large party of ex-
cursionists on board. Mr. Bryan was called
on for a speech, and on the spur of the mo-
ment delivered himself as follows:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:- Mr. Cody, whom
you know better as "Buffalo Bill," has brought
his Indians to particiapte in the opening exer-
cises not to confirm the opinion of those who
regard Nebraska as a frontier state, but by con-
trast to show you the progress made in fifty
years in that great commonwealth. in the red
man you saw the ruler of half a century ago.
In Governor Lorenzo Crounse you see the chief
executive of to-day. This we consider a great
improvement. But even the Indians are patri-
otic. They would rather be Indians in
Nebraska than to be white people any-
where else. We are not here to speak
the praise of our great state. She speaks for
herself. We are simply here to formally open
the state building and invite the representa-
tives of all the nations of the earth to view our
exhibit and see what can be produced in this
great western empire.
Nebraska is 200 miles wide, 400 long, 8,000
miles deep and reaches far enough into the air
to enjoy every wind that blows. While in |
