Wichita eagle., 1889-02-05
WICHITA. AT CINCINNATI


. THE Southwest"
: President Morrison then said:
The southwest, the counterpart of the
, northwest in everything that goes t.
make her people prosperous and happy
her countless herds, her -bouniless prai
ries, her magnificent cities. the rapidly
of her development, is the wonder of the
world. l have pleasure in introducing
, Hon. George W. Clement, of Wichita
Kansas
'MR. PRESIDENT think myself mos
fortunate to be here this day and t.
nave the opportunity to speak wore
for the southwest. am aware that if
go into all the details and fully present
my subject, 1 would have larger jot
on hand than you would care to have
me complete at this time. desire. how.
ever, first in my remarks to tender the
thanks of the Board-the organization
which representation the kindly con
sideration of this chamber that prompted
them to send an invitation to body SC
young and so remote to be present on this
suspicious occasion, and most important
occasion in the history of this great city.
myself and the gentleman here with
me, Mr.. G. l.. Rouse, represent probably
the youngest financial organization rep
resented here today, and from perhaps
the youngest city represented here, and
perhaps nearly the youngest state. Kan
sas celebrated her twenty-eighth birth
day yesterday, / believe. Applause. ]
Twenty-eight years ago she came into
the union with a population OF less than
100000 people. Today she has more
than ,600,0 900 live, energetic, pushing,
vigorous people [Applause], a very large
proportion of whom came from the
grand old state of Ohio Applause l
am proud, gentlemen, today, to say that
twenty-eight years of the best years of
my life was spent upon yonder lake
shore, adjoining the beautiful city sit
ting SO majestically by the side of the
| lake.
Il started. believe, from the same
rocky state as the eloquent gentleman
| General Noyes) who has SO magnificent
ly addressed you today, and when l re-
| fleet that such man has spoken
to this body, l feel like sinking
back in my place Applausel,
for [ feel myself ill-equipped to
speak after such distinguished gentle
mana gentleman who SO ably repre-
scented this government at the court of
France. Not only did he do honor to
himself and his nation abroad. but he
| stood here today on one leg, having left
| the other before Atlanta in celebrating
the Fourth of July there wears ago
Laughter and applause when there was
little difficulty between the north and
the south. After such man as he, it
Iii becomes so humble a citizen as | to
address you, for | ought to take a back
seat Applause and cries of go on
MIR. President, allow me to express to
you, and to the gentlemen here. the APP
probation III which we hold this city of
Cincinnati. Situated as we are, $50
miles from you to the southwest, We
Wichita-hold the key of the great
southwest 1t is magnificent country,
our southwest. 1t is a country the
future Of which is scarcely within the
reach Of mans comprehension. Laugh
ter and applause. 1t is impossible, L
say, to estimate or un derstand even the
position that Wichita may reach in
the great southwest of the future.
Applause. General Moves said truly
that the growth and greatness of city
depend'on the tributary and contributory
country about it. That being true, the
city Of Wichita laughter and applausel
makes it the great city and metropolis of
the southwest.
In less than two years. gentlemen,
you will write on yonder blackboard of
quotations Wichita In less than ten
years you will place at the head of the
list Wichita, and it will then read Wich-
ita, Chicago, st. Louis, Cincinnati. Yes,
we mean it, and we have the tools to do
it with. too. Applause and smiles. All
through that great territory, the corn
belt, the hogs are scrambiing to reach
the borders of Observation-Disclosures
applause to offer up their lives as
sacrifice to the great commercial indus
tries already established there. Laugh
ter.
with your possibilities you are Great
ing, stimulating, an amount of force and
energy, an accumulation of capital here
that cannot possibly find room for action
in the future. There will be, there must
be, a surplus. 1t must go somewhere.
We invite you to Wichita Applause and
laughter |, and there you will find room
IN the vast sweep of prairie of which
Wichita is the center for your energies
and accumulationS of capital IApplausel
When | look at what you have done
here | am startled at the contemplation
of what you could do in the southwest
in Wichita. Applause and laughter.
This is magnificent building which
we are in to-day 1t will resist the action
of time. For your invitation to be here
to-day we thank you cordially The
City of Washington is called the city of
magnificent distances. Cincinnati is the
city of magnificent acts. Applausel
Such has been your history. You have
reached that degree of supremacy in the
financial world to-day that you can
afford to be, as you are, magnanimous.
| Applause. No spirit of jealousy need |
ever pervade your mind. Laughter. I |
No city in the land can wrest from YOU |
the hold you now have on the financial |
of this vast territory round |
about here-a territory to which you
hold the keys. l thank you, gentlemen, |
for your kindness and appreciation, and /
we want You all to come out and see our /
broad pralries; to witness the degree of !
energy we have acquired from this state |!
lappausel and it will give us pleasure to |
treat you as generously and courteously |
as you have treated US. Applauses
Mr.. Clements was roundly apDlauded |
and often interrupted by the deafening |
echoes of the demonstrative audience. |
He took occasion to advance the inter
ests of his city and state, and got in his |
work in style that was fully apprecia- /
ted by the assenlblage.
TOPEKA IS LAW-ABIDING.
\ good man of Atchison recently WIS.,
tied truly good town, and was invited /
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