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it. Partisan differences
never led to partisan hatred of him; party faction did not touch him.
Nearly half the people differed with him on public questions, but his
opponents accorded to him the same honesty of purpose which he
always accorded to them. He was the President of the whole people,
and was received by them as such with the honors due his great office
and his splendid manhood, from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the
Lakes to the Gulf. Pure of life, lofty of purpose, and patriotic in every
endeavor, he was the highest type of our American citizenship.
The prayers of an united people were wafted on high to spare our
President, but "God's will, not ours" was done, and the pain of personal
grief was felt in every American home.
Resolved by the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission,
First. That in the death of President McKinley, the United States have
lost a President who fulfilled the best ideals of the Republic.
Second. That in every walk of life, in peace and in war, in private and
in public station, he was faithful to every trust and did his duty as God
gave him light to see it.
Third. That these resolutions be spread upon our record and a copy
thereof sent, with an expression of our tenderest sympathy, to Mrs.
McKinley.
Certain rules and regulations governing foreign exhibitors, which had

been formulated by President Carter of the Commission and President
Francis of the Exposition Company at a meeting held in Chicago, Ill.,
on August 14, 1901, were approved by the National Commission on
October 15, 1901. The rules are as follows:
Adopted under, and in pursuance of an act of the Congress of the
United States, entitled,
"An act to provide for celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of the
purchase of the Louisiana Territory by the United States, by holding an
international exhibition of arts, industries, manufactures, and the
products of the soil, mine, forest, and sea in the city of Saint Louis, in
the State of Missouri,"
approved March 3, 1901, a copy of which said act is hereunto attached.
As provided by law the Louisiana Purchase Exposition will be held in
the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, U.S.A., and will be opened on
the 30th day of April, A.D. 1903, and will be closed on the 1st day of
December of that year. The exposition will be closed on Sundays.
This exposition will embrace an exhibition of arts, industries,
manufactures, and the products of the soil, mine, forest, and sea. It will
be held to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the purchase of
the Louisiana Territory by the United States from France.
The exposition will be international in character, as contemplated by
section 9 of the act of Congress, which reads as follows:
"That whenever the President of the United States shall be notified by
the National Commission that provision has been made for grounds and
buildings for the uses herein provided for, he shall be authorized to
make proclamation of the same, through the Department of State,
setting forth the time at which said exposition will be held, and the
purposes thereof, and he shall communicate to the diplomatic
representatives of foreign nations copies thereof, together with such
regulations as may be adopted by the Commission, for publication in
their respective countries, and he shall in behalf of the Government and
the people invite foreign nations to take part in the said exposition and

appoint representatives thereto."
Rules and regulations have been adopted by the National Commission
to be communicated to the diplomatic representatives of foreign nations
for publication in their respective countries as follows:
ARTICLE 1. All communications relating to the exposition should be
addressed to Hon. David R. Francis, president of the Exposition
Company, St. Louis, U.S.A.
ART. 2. All applications for space for buildings must be filed with the
company on or before July 1, 1902.
ART. 3. Applications for space for exhibits in the buildings of the
Exposition Company must be filed on or before the respective dates
following, to wit:
(A) For machinery and mechanical appliances intended for exhibition,
in operation, October 1, 1902.
(B) For machinery and mechanical appliances not intended for
exhibition, in operation, November 1, 1902.
(C) For works of art, natural and manufactured, products, and all
productions not herein expressly classified, December 1, 1902.
ART. 4. Applications for special concessions to individuals,
associations, or corporations, December 1, 1902.
All applications must be in writing and should be presented on forms
which will be furnished by the Exposition Company.
ART. 5. No charge will be made for space allotted for buildings or
exhibits of foreign governments. Allotments of space to exhibitors from
countries whose governments have appointed commissioners to the
exposition will be made