Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-15
ANTHONY ALL HAIL!
Anthony to Wichita. Greeting
Anthony Welcomes the Fl.
Scott Railroad.
A City Dressed in Flags and Bunting
With the Esthetic Sunfower to be
Seen on Every Hand.
Special Dispatch to the Daily Eagle.

THE GRAND EXCURSION.
ANTHONY, Kas., May lathe excursion
to Anthony yesterday over the Sunfowel
! road was in all respects grand affair, and
our young sister of the prairie, the rising
city of Anthony, acquitted herselfin a man
ner becoming the capital of one Of the finest
counties of the great commonwealth of Kan.
sas. Wichita and her citizens were the re.
cipients of the highest honors. The Sun
flower railroad and the Grand Army Of the
Republic were loaded with honors.
The train left the depot at Wichita al
precisely $50, every coach save one being
filed with ladies and gentlemen, all dressed
in their best and all feeling happy anticipat-
ing day of pleasure, and they
WERE NOT DISAPPOINTED.
The day was cloudy and cool, but on the
whole pleasant. Gen. Rice, of Fort Scott,
and the following gentlemen Of Wichita,
accompanied by their ladies. were accorded
the freedom of the general managers car:
Governor Glenn, Commodore Woodman.
Judge Amos Harris, Gen. NJ. Stewart, de-
partment commander G. A. r. and staff,
the honorable, the mayor and city council
of Wichita, A. w. OLIVER, o. X. Miller,
George Harris, l.. d. Skinner, W. +. Green,
Hon. r. Z. Lawsence, X. p Murdoch and
the representatives of the Wichita EAGLE
and Beacon.
| ha Yr,v> ,,,t 10, no tarp al ctfy
WAS A PLEASANT ONE.
General Manager Miller did everything pos
sible to entertain his guests, and to make
everything pleasant for the entire party.
Accessions to the crowd were taken up at
every station, until there was scarcely
standing room.
The train steamed up to the depot at An
thony at 1850. At the depot were gathered
the entire population of this city, together
with large numbers from the country and
surrounding towns, eager to welcome their
visitors. The depot and omnibuses were
profusely decorated in bunting. A pro-
cession was formed, consisting of the Benton
Post, G. a. r., of Anthony, the Garfield
Post, of Wichita, led by the department
commander and his staff in carriages, and
the whole procession headed by the An
thony band, the Yates Center band and the
Wichita colored band. The procession
marched to the rink, beside which plat
form had been erected. Gen. Rice, General
Manager Miller, Gen. Stewart and staff,
Gov. Glenn, the mayor and council OF
Wichita and other distinguished guests, to-
gether with the representatives of the press,
occupied seats on the platform, around
which
VAST MULTITUDE ASSEMBLED.
Rev. Mr.. Edwards, of Anthony, delivered
an address of welcome, which was followed
by an Grafton, eulogistic of Anthony and
Kansas. He regretted being placed in the
unenvisble position ofsupplying the place
of man whom he regarded as the foremost
man in the state-Gov. Anthony, for whom
this Aourishing young city was named
Gen. Rice made very able address of hall
an hours duration. Wichita, the mother
of Anthony, was then called, and Gov.
Glenn responded in neat speech full of
humor, which elected general laughter and
put the throng in TIE
BEST OF HUMoR.
The governor thanked the people of An
thony for the distinguished honor shown to
Wichita, which he said was the mother OF
Anthony, and he hoped she would prove no
mother-in-law nor step-mother. He de-
tailed in brief manner the early
history of our city and made a very
pleasing response to the call for Wichita,
and his speech made good impression. AT
the conclusion of his address the chairman,
Rev. Edwards, announced the programme
for the remaidder of the day, as follows:
"Grand banquet at the rink for visitors.
under the supervision of the refreshment
committee. At o'clock a grand process
sion, illustrating the progress Of western
civilization, consisting of a band of Indians
in war-paint and full Indian costume, cow
boys, Kansas emigrants, prairie schooners,
trades and industries on wagons, etc.
The visitors then entered the rink where a
sumptuous feast was spread. Probably
1000 people partook of the hospitality.
The rink was gaily decorated with flags and
bunting. On one side was the motto, can
thony to Wichita, greeting" and on the
other Anthony welcomes the Fort Scott
road"
To the toast, "The st. Louis, Fl. Scott &
Wichita railroad" General Manager Miller
responded as follows:
"Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen:
How can / itlv choose language to thank
you for the honor you pay me? / am not
enough of an egotist to imagine that in ask
4 ing me to respond to the toast, The St.
Louis, Fl. Scott & Wichita railroad you
do so as personal compliment to me alone.
Partly, perchance, this is the case, for
through good report and through evil, 1
have ever advocated the band
of iron, the band of ties, which
should Join the county seats of Sedgwick and
Harper-the mother city Wichita with her
fair daughter Anthony. But a
FAR BROADER DUTY
devolves upon me to-day--the duty, the
pleasure of thanking you in behalf of the
corporation | represent, for the generous
aid which the townships of
Silye? Creek and Anthony have
| given the TT. Scott & Wichita railroad
In the darkest of financial times our capi-
talists in the east have evinced an abiding
faith in the future Of your fertile fields.
| When no other syndicate would look with
favor upon the construction of railroads,
the monied men behind our road have fur
nished the means to push steadily on to-
ward the town where we to-day stand. If
ever through fault of mine, through mis-
understanding between the corporation and
citizens trouble MAJ in the future arise, let
us all remember the mutual relations all
bear toward one another,
THE RECIPROCAL OBLIGATIONS
which the work of the past year has de-
volved upon us. have to thank you also
! in behalf of those who through the
! severest of winte. weather ever known in
Kansas have stood manfully to the work.
| You, citizens of the border, know what the
rigors of tent life on the bleak prairies must
have been; you can appreciate what the en-
gineers, the graders, the laborers must have
| endured when, during the winter of 1884
and 'S5 they proved up their claim that be-
fore May the LIST line, at least of earth
work,
SHOULD BE COMPLETED
to the station yonder. Through me these
men express their thanks to you; through
you / give my thanks to them. There is
one, especially, near 10 me in official
position who, could he be prevailed upon
to speak, would tell you how unwittingy
and not of his own volition he was one of
the number some few years ago, to strike a
blow at your town and retard the event we
now celebrate. He would tell you how he
then swore great oath land as you know
he rarely swears at alD that if it Law within
his power Anthony should have her railroad.
Whatever he would tell you, l am here to
say that had it not been for N. s. Woods
my slight efforts would have gone
for naught. Lastly, men of Anthony, l
have to thank you for the example of pluck
and
sTEADFAsr PURPOSE
yov have set us all. You came to the great
great American desert and to-day it BIOS
soms-with the "Sunfower." 1t has been
my honor to know few of you intimately,
many of you slightly, but it has
been my greatest honor to
have been associated with him
who was your pioneer, your leader, your
CHRISTIAN ExEMPLAR,
and who, if God had so wiled it, would