Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-12-28
A Witty Speech.

The annual meeting of commercial
| travellers association of Canada was
held at Montreal on Thursday Dec.
20. The L. 5. consul general DR..
Wendell A. Anderson, formerly chair
man Of the Wisconsin democratic
state central committee, delivered a
very brilliant speech, from which the
following is an extract:
Being in mourning over recent
affection in this political life meta
phorically speaking, he had thought it
would be i'll accord with established
usage to send regrets, but the annual
gathering had been so enjoyable in
the past that he could not forego the
pleasure, he did not wish to forfeit
action while in mourning could be
met by familiar excuse to that given
by the boys found playing marbles,
and reprimanded because his little
sister had just gone to heaven, who
said, thinking only of the funeral.
" She wasn't going till two o'clock"
Consular officers didn't expect to
start until the 4th of March. He re-
membered saying last year at the
annual dinner that it was then the
third time that he had had the privilege
Of addressing them, and although &C
cording to the rules of the national
game, baseball, it was three times and
out, being here for fourth time was on
account of the political matched game
occurring 80 late in the season, and
the difficulty Of the umpire deciding
the game lost by the side having one
hundred thousand, the largest score.
Baseball appeared to have succeeded
the one about which one of the minis
tiers to the court of st. James was re-
ported to have written a book for
instruction of English entitled draw
poker" That game had now lost its
distinctive national character and
appeared to be thoroughly naturalized
i'll this country, and as the manner of
its introduction was not objected to in
the patriotic speech of a Canadian at
Syracuse recently, it was probably
conceded that, SO far, annexation or
assimilation was completed, and that
Canadians had done the assimilating.
In the matter of protection Canada
appeared to be following the United
States very closely, but even there a
majority seemed to think there might
be too much of even a good thing.
Canadians could profit by the results
of their experience. AS to trusts and
combines, although it was asserted
that they were not connected with the
tariff, one could not study the two
closely without recalling the remark
of a countryman the first time he saw
a monkey collecting pennies for an
Italian organ grinder, chow much the
little fellow does resemble his father"
The expression of esteem for the preSi-
dent of the United States excited high
appreciation and gratitude on account
of the belief that in addition to the
mark of respect for him as the repre-
sentative of that country, and regard
less of a certain minor difference, there
was the recognition of a man, honest
in purpose, strong in conviction, well
nigh fearless in the discharge of the
trust reposed in him, one whose admin
lStration would bear favorable cOmpar-
iSon with the best which have proceeded
it, and in history be recorded as a
worthy and fitting close to the first
century of the great republic of the
United States OF America.