Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-27
WELCOME TO MAGEE.
The Tariff Club Receives the
Pittsburg Leader.
GLAD TO BE HOME AGAIN.
Big Crowd of Republicans There
From City and Country.
WARM EXPRESSIONS OF REGARD.
The Wanderer Declares in Favor Of Amer
ican Institutions.
WARM EXPRESSIONS OF REGARD.
AND BONEY FINISHED THE ADDRESS

building last night. The return of c. l..
Magee from his European trip, followed by
the announcement in yesterdays DISPATCH
that an informal reception would be given
him in the Young Mems Republican Tariff
Club in the evening, caused
general gathering of the members and
Republicans generally to do honor to Mr..
Magee as member, not alone of the club,
but of the party. The Yale lock Of the
club house door groaned in its vitals, as the
KEYS, seldom used, penetrated its depart
ment of the interior, while the current
of thoughts in the electric bell must have
been much stronger than that of electricity
which announced the advent OF non-mem-
Der of theclnb.
''Where is Chris?" was the question asked
every few minutes up to 10 P. M, and many
of IL e visitors left to catch their trains for
Tarentum, McKeesport, Monongahela City,
Elizabeth and other seaports, reeretting the
fact that on the date of Mr.. Magee's return
he was in such unusual demand that but
few minutes could be accorded to those who
wanted to greet him and those at long In
tervals.
The house was crowded, any attempt to
takea list of those present at one time or an
other during the evening being simply a
COPY of the names the best-known Repub-
licans of Allegheny county.
A GOOD CROWD PRESENT.
oniT-nne familiar face was missing, that
of William Finn, which failed to show the
ruddy radiance of its expression over the
rosy proceedings. Among those who waited
until the coming of Mr.. Magee, which did
not happen till 1920 P. NJ, were:
Warden Wright; II. ]. Gourley, W. R. Ford,
Robert Lindsey e. FSrG GoGneT CaeolHats iPr Me- Me-
fhni fiins. ssGTSsl ss%Gel Clark, jameS james, A @ Dun,
lap, city Attorney w; e; Mq5eland; liin = John John
w Miller, John Doyle, E Randolph, Coroner
Mcdowell, A. G. Robertson. James MoodweI,
James Richards. Judge Gripp, t. W. Black,
Graham. Thomas NJ. Mcfarland Arch Row
aud d. Grant Miller, Thomas Mcclure and
Others
On the opening of the door and arrival of
-Magee-the hall was Immediately
crowded. The billiard room was deserted,
and the reading room, having several yards
the start,~got first to see the wanderer re-
turned.
"Welcome homer'
''Yes, and I'm glad to be home"
This was the greeting and response for
fully ten minutes until Mr.. Magee arrived
at the club parlor, where in the adjoining
room mis- cravon portrait looked down, and
even the etching of Senator Evarts on the
wall turned its face more to the front to
give grim smile in acknowledgment of the
joy of the occasion.
HIS PLEASANT REPARTEE.
For some ten minutes social chat was in
dulged in, and one remark made showing
that C. L. Magee is still sharp on repartee
occasioned hearty laugh. President 7.
M!-McFarland, of the Tariff Club, said:
81 am sorry you were delayed, for there
were 101 people waiting to see you, who
have been disappointed. ="
"WeIl, I'm sorry for that, Z" replied the
guest, but you see there's luck in ODD
numbers, and FG rather have 101 see me
than 102 as thev did at Harrisburg"
President Mcfarland announced few
minutes afterward that the club members
should adjourn to the assembly rooms,
where there would be more room for all to
see the guest of the evening and have an op-
portunity of hearing him speak. The ad-
journment was made and Mr.. Mcfarland,
in opening the proceedings, said:
''Gentlemen of the Tariff Club and Friends:
This is simply an informal meeting, and I
don't suppose that anybody has had chance
to prepare set speeches. know your chair
man has not, and 1 suppose nobody else has.
We are here to extend a greeting to Mr..
Magee, as hearty as it is imprcmptu, to
compliment him upon his appearance after
his long journey, and to accord him a hearty
welcome on his return to u.s."
Loud applause followed this short speech,
which was increased to a perfect storm as
Mr.. Magee entered and took his seat. Ris-
ing, he said:
BETTER AMERICAN THAN EVER.
"Gentiemen Of the Tariff Club, to say that
am gratifed by the welcome 1 have re-
ceived here tonight would but very poorly
express my feelings. / have only to say
that after my four months sojourn in and
exploration of other countries, 1 have come
back to my own more firmly attached to its
institutions, and in fact better American.
[Applausel. ] thank you for the cordial
reception 1 have met, and might tell you
something about my travels, but Won Bonn
horst has all my notes of travel, and he may
probably give lecture on the subject some
dav. He will say something"
Mr.. George NJ. Won Bonnhorst said he never
made speech in his life, and said he would
not do so now, which was applauded. He said
it was no joke to come off an ocean voyage
and then be tackled by club of friends Just
rs New York reporter would start to inter-
view Mrs. s.-Langtrv, and ask him what be
thought of this country. He sat down amid
q hearty approval of his sentiments, and said
in a stage whisper that he had certainly
achieved point as far as brevity was con-
cerned.
b. L Gourley was called on and said:
'I nave.come here, as all the others have,
to extend a welcome home to a gentleman
long missed. No member of the commu-
nifty, not TO speak of members of this club,
but is glad he has returned, whose char
acteristics endear him To his fellow citizens
He has Travelled over the historic continent.
He has seen Brussels, a field near to which
is immortaliZed by the memory of man
whose star sat on that horizon; he has seen
Scotland, made famous by the prowess of
Bruce and the poetry of Burns. He has
seen Italy, where history almost begins
with the name OF Julius Cesar. But thanks
to the spirit fostered in our midst, he comes
back regarding the United States as the
greatest country upon which the sun shines,
and q truer, better, nobler citizen of this
great country, if possible, than he was when
going"
PREPARING A LECTURE.
A. G. Robertson was the next speaker and
thought il unfair to make him say anything
about his trip, as be was preparing a lecture
upon his trip which would have been hit in
\ the lecture field, had he not been forestalied
Ns'Here and There" As to saying anything
about the quality Of the welcome accorded
Mr.. Magee, the sentiments of the club and
the people had been expressed for over II
hours 70 the effect that he was
welcome and more then welcome.
He was missed and his own
returning than be was going might be taken
as an index of the man. Mr.. Gourley had
mentioned Burns; one of his poems adj
rnirabiv expressed the difference between an