Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-12-10
HON. HORACE MAYNARD.
SPEECH BY THE TENNESSEE MEMBER.


Attendance of Disttnguished Guests.
The Cuban nna Financial Question Dis
cussed,
The many hundreds of visitors and
strangers in Washington who gathered in
front of the Ebbitt House last night must
have been favorably impressed by our ge-
NAL climate. Although in the first winter
month the temperature was spring-like,
and the evening, with its bright, moon-lit
sky, balmy air, was just such one as was
well calculated 20 draw out the multitude
to listen to the sweet strains of the Marine
band, and to hear the commanding elo-
quence of the distinguished representative
from Tennessee.
Aud, sure enough, there was an immense
gathering in front of the hotel long before
the hour designated for the serenade. BY
the time it began the masses of people
were densely packed from wall to wall on
either side of the street, extending from
Fourteenth street, one fourth of the dis
tance of the block on i street At a low
estimate there were twenty-five hundred
persons gathered in the street, the parlors
and windows Of the hotel, and also those
of the private residences in the vicinity,
DtluS tIONutu Win IdiltS anu StllltUleI.
The friends and admirers of Mr.. May
nard, including the Tennesseeans now in
the city, under whose auspices the sere-
made was given. assembled at the City
Hall at $50 O'Clock, and, preceded by the
Marine band, and escorted by the Corcoran
Zouaves, numbering thirty-tive men, and
ofiicered by Capt. John Enoch and Lieu
tenants Fry and Miller, proceeded to the
| Ebbitt House. The Iouaves marched with
much precision, and with their handsome
uniforms, their new and beautiful stand of
colors, and their soldierly bearing attracted
much attention, and ELECTED deserved en-
comiums from the spectators of the process
sion.
On reaching the Ebbitt House, the scene
that burst upon the view was very
ANIMATED AND INsPIRITING.
| The hotel was brilliantly Illuminated and
tastefully decorated with gas lights and
Chinese lanterns, the latter being suspend
| ed in front of each window along the en-
tire length of the second story on the f
street front. The balcony was profusely
decorated with flags and Chinese lanterns,
| while Just above il, suspended from an up
per story window, large American en-
| sign gracefully waved its starry folds.
Within the capacious and beautiful par
lors of the EbbitG the scene was exceeding
| ly brilliant; for there numerous company
Of ladies and gentlemen had assembled to
l,ay their respects to Mr.. Maynard, and to
await the pleasure of hearing the music
! and speeches on the occasion. Among the
distinguished persopages present were
! President Grant Secretaries Robeson and
Richardson, Senator'S Morton and Sher-
man, Judge Kelley, of Pennsylvania Gov
! ernor Ward, of New Jersey Hon. J. r.
Sener, of Virginia; Hon. Chas. q. Will
| liams, of Wisconsin; Representative
| Crutchfeld, of Tennessee; all the other
| Republican members from that State, and
! several other Senators and Representatives
! besides Governor Shepherd and other
prominent officials of our national and To-
! cal governments.
Mr.. Maynard was prominent figure in
the distinguished groups that graced the
parlors, and was the recipient of many
| warm congratulations.
! The full Marine band having performed
several beautiful airs, Hon. II. II. Harri-
| son, of Tennessee, introduced Hon. Horace
| Maynard in the following appropriate
! terms:
REMARKS or MIR. HARRISON.
! SIR: The very pleasant duty has de-
volved upon me of welcoming you on your
return to engage in the discharge of your
duties as Representative of the people of
the State of Tennessee, and of congratu-
lating you and giving you assurances OF
that distinguished regard we have for you
and which is entertained for you by those
| vino surround you.
Your devotion to the cause of the union
of these States when a war was being
waged for its destruction; your devotion
to those who enga sed in that struggle the
brilliant and successful canvasses you have
made in the State of Tennessee III vindi.
cation of the principles of the national
Republican party, and your services in
Congress have given you place in the
hearts OF Union men and Republicans OF
Tennessee, and given you a reputation
through this widely extended country.
close by assuring you that the demonstra-
tiOn on this occasion is but q faint indica-
ton which the friends of the Union anG
the Republican party have for you.
SPEECH OF MR.. MAYNARD.
Mr.. Maynard said:
Judge Harrison and my fellow-citizens o
Tennessee ! am deeply impressed by this man
ilestation of your kindness, Were assurance
wanting, your words convince me that this /
an exhibition dictated by personal kindness, an'
not the ordinary complimen tpassed upon thos
who chance 10 occupy public stations, accompa
MED by convenient and perhaps profitable pow
ers have no contract TO award, no patronag
TO bestow, no public favor: 70 grant in this re