Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-01-20


! lating Columbus Typographical q Union No.
on its able representation in the National
organization. Among the gentlemen who
have represented it, and who are still
among us, it Is with considerable pride
that I mention Bradford, and Paul, and
Riley-ornaments to the craft both in
workmanship and fidelity To- our cause.
One of my best wishes for this Union is
that it may always be as, fortunate in its
selection of delegates !; and may it live and
/. flourish as an organization to celebrate
many time the birthday of Benjamin
Franklin, even after the grim messenger
shall have called us from the scene.
,Gentlemen. 1 thank, you for your atten-
tion. and with your kind permission will
"quad out"
4.h. TIE Journey man Printsr-F Fulflling his du
ties aud awaiting mis- opportunities. like him whose
fame we are tonight assembled to commemorate e,
g.e.t-the Kings and Potentates of the w orld.
Mr.. Horace Fl. Doren was called on to
respond to this sentiment. Wehave been
unable to procure his remarks for publica-
/ ton. He was earnest in his arguments for
the advancement of the craft, holding that
there is no, position in life to which a jour
printer might not aspire, if he would only
strive for it.
( .5k. Tbs Local Eaaor-He paints every days
picture on the canvas of the present, and, when
the figures are scarce. reproduces the past
3. Responded to by G.rK. Nash, Of the
Journal: ..---..''
! Mr.. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN: My
first thought upon hearing the toast to
which ain called upon to respond, was
that it had been suggested by some one who
is very fond of "fat," and venture to say
that he will respond very eagerly Here"
If / enter the composition room to
morrow evening and cry out, "Meterologi-
CAL" But if local editors do reproduce the
past, and printers do love STAT" it is not a
subj ect to he discussed in so public place
as this, and the less that is said about the
matter the better. = --.-..-'
1t is probably expected that 1 shall say
something about the. local editor,b but what
can say about that individual which is
not already known. Every body knows
him and every body discusses him. He al
SO knows every body and thinks at least
about every body, II perchance he does not
discuss that comprehensive individual
From morning until night he is fitting
about your city. 1fIyougo to market you
will, in all probability, find him there. If
you chance to pay visit to the Mayors
Office, where the vOtaries of vice, infiu-
enced by the persuasive eloquence of uni
formed policemen, daily congregate. you
will find him there. Next you will see
him rushing along the streets, and inn
mediately you imagine that he has
his eye fixed on the object of all
his de<ires-an "item." If you undertake
a journey, you will probably find him at
the depot when you start, and also there to
welcome you on your return. II business
calls you to the Capitol, this omnipresent
individual will cross your pathway even
there. After the days work for all, except
Printers, is dOne-after, the shades of
night have hushed the hum of city life, and
the gas lamps glitter and sparkle in the
streets, the irrepressible local is still mean
dering through them, with the hope of
finding something to startle the nerves of
the reader of the morning paper at the
breakfast table. g7 10 -E FtELr
. Yet this officious parsonage, whose busi-
ness it is not to attend to his own concerns
but to those of other people, is always
warmly greeted by those whom he meets =.
Every body seems to understand him and
to consider that he is a necessary evil.
Therefore his hand is daily and cordially
received by the lawyer, the physician and
the clergyman. by the man OF business, the
lahorer and the public official as he impu-
IDENTIFY asks "Do you knooo dnuthiags" $780,
One, who is thus thrown in contact with
all classes of people, has opportunities to-
learn much about his fellow men that he
of vice, but he usually finds that even
among its votaries:i there is still lingering
something that men call !" heart,o and that
they still have a desire to be better men
and women. In the business man, whom
the world calls cold, he ferrets out warm
place and dispels from his own mind the
slander that all men are selfish and only
selfish. In his associations with the rich
and the poor he finds that there is happi-
ness, in the palace orin the hoael, in pro-
portion to the kindness, the generous-heart-
edness and the goodness possessed by their
inmates.
The few months during which it has been
my duty to perform the labors of a Local,
have been among the most pleasant and
profitable of my life, and 1 trust that their
teachings will give me more charity when
I see faults in those by whom l am sur
rounded. = iot .-....--.-..i- + 49,,
One of the most pleasant experiences of
these months has been my acquaintance
with printers. Formerly was accustomed
to pass your windows and wonder what
sort Of men those were, whose lamps
nightly burned until midnight, and fire.
quently until one, two, three and four
O'clock in the morning. A nine months
association with them has now taught me
that they are men with large hearts, and
the printer shall always have my hand and
my best wishes. 81 -- ','.----' .''
eth. Tho Press OF iColunp5us-In every Crisis.
the doings Of Statesman are ;1o9rnaized G.zettes
News. 30. . -.-,.---.--..--.-- . 80
Responded to by Mr.. W. w. Webb, of
the Sunday Morning Ne,cs, who said:
Great writer's are seldom great speakers;
being neither, will be pardoned for talk
ing indifferently, leaving the brevity Of
my speech to answer for its deficiency in
interest. 1 can not tell why should have
been called upon to respond to the Press of
Columbus, in the presence of the veterans
-, oor ruta hof II ah hn NIL r
is the fact that / now remember, that /
have been continuously and laboriously
connected with that press for longer pc
riod than any one in the room. The veter-
ans have changed places, discontinued.
commenced again recently, or, best of all,
their lines have fallen In pleasanter places
than the perpetual motion of the press af-l
fords to its bondsmen. 1t is pleasant
to think, however, that even those who
have been promoted still feel sufficient
pride in their old calling and appreciation
of its nobility, to attend our annual festi
val and celebrate with us the anniversary
of our patron saint.
The sentiment of 'The Press of Colum-
bus'' recalls to my memory a long list of
brilliant names belonging to it-men biz
of heart and great of intellect. First of all
recall that antique Roman of the Press,
Medary, whose portrait looks benignantly
and frateraally, from yonder frame. upon
our festivities; and his name reminds me
that we meet in the building erected by
him, and in the very sanctum in which he
dashed off those pungent editorials that
gave fame to the Columbus Press, when
giants swung the tomahawks of journal
ism, but never discharged poisoned arrows.
can also recall the names of the gentle
and chivalric James Haddock Smith, who
now sleeps in Green Lawn; the generous
and gifted Chas. J. Foster; the Reed
Brothers-who still drive the editorial
quill. / can recall the names of Follett
and Scott, Burke Fisher, Haddock, Mackey
and Harris. and host of others, now wide
ly separated. and alas, too many in their
tombs. Tshould not fail to mention Flood,
Geary, Gale, and Thrall, but we need no re-
lmindpr for thew are hannilY here and