New-York tribune., 1884-02-24
4 CONTENTION or WELSH PEOPLE,.
THE ANNUAL EIsTEDDroD-MCsICAL COMPETITIONS
REMAINS DY MIR. BEEcurH.

The Welsh people of this city and vicinity
on Friday held tho peculiar meeting which they call
Eisteddfod Chckerng HALL There were TWO sessions
heginning at and 80 p respectively aAd AZ each
several hours occupied in adjudicatob5 on th9
various forms Of literary and musical activity TO which
the Welsh have been partial since tine inmooTa' mo
ROY D. Parker Morgan conducted both meetings hat IN
the afternoon Charles A. Dana acted pcs!on, and IN
ho evening Henry ward Beecher Both men m1do Drier
addresses on accepting the post Among th2 persons
present on one or both occasions were the Rev e. h.
Uuuphrcys the Rev. Dr. G.. : Robinson TIE Rev Dr.
g. l. Prime the Rev. d. e. Hughes, the Rcv Robcro
Lewis, william jeremiah, John Lewis, Thomas c.
Powell Henry Blackwell Robert W. Hughes, William
Iones william ApnadOc, Of Utica; Henry Parry,
Morgan V. Powell and Professor william Richardson
A great many things complimentary Of ihe Welsh
people were spoken during the day The eoLdaetof IN
opening the Esteddod quoted eulosy from speech
by Mr. Gladstone, and mated It with etteI from ex-
Senator Jones' of Nevada, and both Mr.. Dana and Mr..
Becchcr had something say about The good effects That
are hoped to result from the Introduction Of Welsh ee-
ments into the American population.
Mr. Beecher said that It had seemed to him o: hrs''
when he was asked To perform the services 0f the eve
ming that It would been far more n - have chosen
op,e ono who could speak in the language Of Wales.
But when he reflected that II his great ancestors bad h'ed
lonu enough he could have spoken the tongue no
concluded that it not altogether amt h' ne shoo
preside over body OF Welsh. There were otheF thihss
that made /: not inspprOpratc wales Ike New Eng
land WAS good place be born In and 70 get away
from They gave birth of such stature lhst tney
had To 20 elsewhere expand The Americah continent
was refuge all the earth set apart ny COZ tO o
DurDDse These lncOmlug foreigners WOughb SOME
dancers hut greater advantages AMI all were welcome -
th they did rot bring their faults and ycC- Ihc Wesh
,uivht bring tlelr cultivation ~ music ana eloquence
America was without native music worthy o beng sang
outstc OF the negro songs; It certainly ad 40 DatnnS
anthem to compare with the Russian Hymn or GOd
save tho King the Welsh hymn which had Just oeeh
suug In only one thing did he claim snpeuprlty Ofef
other peOples and that was IN the organization o S.
God had given this people that gtt IN cEh'hco o'cE
all the nations OF the earth -. ...,,o,
Tho public competitions nearly all In the nnslcs
departnen and kept the adj udcator, William Niles o
Lima, o., busy nearly all the time Inc hteraS ptto
duciiops were adj,tcate1 IN Wales Boston and Clen
natl the Rev. Mr.. Morgan being the only l0ca rJHaca
tor 30 afternoon and evening we're ui oI uus,S, So
of a diycrng character beng introduced Dy MI, aP
mador who praised the pOctCa beauty Ol thc aDgWso
and then Illustrated his remarks by singing stai1 ue
scriuye OF "A cobweb IN which there waH not couso,
nant The exhibitions all received ia inc pSt oi
when they ended I'm complete fascos ~ whs inc cis
with some Efforts eight singing and the Jndncut oI
,he ediucatOr was spoken With irinknes- tbat "as
r.rresbtng Here IA specimen the lucky sibsei "a
touor solo Ileweilyn's Grave" ., r,
:" Number A. lie started with more synrtthy;; ~
.,ems that he felt that he approaching LIew.yhs
aray@ He fc; II himself the Others did not leet ss
Though they approaching anybody gtaSe hn @ any
beautiful voice and better idea of the music VI AZ az
other Hc was OF time several times bus NS Ing
him thoroughly for his beautiful rendering Vi '"'
He Ia the best ,..fs took place
In the evening the most interesting contests ''' -
between five choirs IN gee and chorus -insine'