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York's representatives on September third, or, more accurately speak- 

 ing, on September fourth, since the anniversary day fell on Sunday. 



Over 160,000 people were on the grounds during the day, and a fair 

 percentage of them wore the purple and gold badges of the Empire 

 State. Among New York's official representatives were Governor 

 Roswell P. Flower and staff ; Hon. Frank Eice, Secretary of State ; 

 Hon. Frank Campbell, Comptroller ; Hon. Elliot Danforth, State 

 Treasurer ; Hon. Simon "W. Kosendale, Attorney-General ; Hon. Martin 

 Schenck, State Engineer and Surveyor ; Hon. Austin Lathrop, Super- 

 intendent of State Prisons ; Hon. James F. Crocker, State Superintend- 

 ent of Public Instruction ; Hon. William Sulzer, Speaker of the 

 Assembly ; the General Managers of the exhibit of the State of New 

 York, District Commissioners and members of the Board of Women 

 Managers. 



At eleven o'clock the banqiiet hall and auditorium of the State 

 Building was crowded with New Yorkers and invited guests. 



Mr. Depew's Speech. 



As president of the Board of Managers of the exhibit of the State of 

 New York the Hon. Chauncey M. Depew made the opening address. 

 He spoke as follows : 



Governor Flower, Ladies and Gentlemen ; 



Two hundred and eighty-four years ago yesterday Hendrik Hudson cast 

 anchor inside of Sandy Hook. Though not so fortunate as Columbus, he 

 possessed in equal measure the qualities which won success and fame for 

 the discoverer. No sailor ever entered upon voyages so venturesome with 

 such limited resources and meagre equipment. His skill and daring, his 

 courage and faith, carried a shallop and scanty crew where a modern 

 steamship could hardly go. He reached nearly the highest point yet 

 attained beyond the Arctic circle. He tried every bay and inlet in the 

 effort to pierce the icy barrier of the frozen North. He breasted the 

 mountainous waves of Labrador and the storms of the New England coast, 

 and then rested in the harbor of New York. Columbus sought to carry 

 his religion to the heathen and find the god of the fabled El Dorado, but 

 Hudson sailed in the interests of the expanding commerce of the world. 

 It was the belief of bis times that a shorter passage to India would 

 increase the trade and wealth of nations. The Orient was supposed to 

 possess boundless riches for the Occident if shorter and cheaper chan- 

 nels of communication could be opened. The commercial energies of 



