The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-06-27
THAT FINE GOLD WAT @
A Presentation to the Gallant Cap
tain Murrlll BY the Keystone
Watch Club,
OF fPhiladeiphiA-Presen.ation Speech OF
Henry George, With Some Pertinent
Pointers on the Same, ny Cam
ton Political Eoonomiht,

DesIrlng TO show their admiration OF
Captain Murrel, the Keyatone Watch
Club Company, Of Philadelphia, Pa',
recently made O watch and sent II
10 Henry George, now in England, TO
present 10 him.
The watch Is q fine gold ono OF the
best Keystone make, bearing the In
scrlptioni "To Captain Hamilton Muir
roll In token Of appreciation OF the ad'
mlrable way In which hedlacharged his
duty In saving seven hundred lives,
From the Keystone Watch Club Com
pany,"
Mr.. George went TO Colchester, the
birth place Of the captain, In order TO
make the presentation, having been In,
ylted 10 be present on the occasion OF
an address 10 the captain by the corpor'
alton, and q dinner given In his honor.
Captain Murrell 10 described by Mr..
George as q fine young fellow OF only
twenty.elght, the very picture Of ruddy
health and manllneas, Think OF IL,
American lads, captain OF q splendid
ocean steamer at twenty'eight, savior
of seven hundred lives, known the
world over, and the recipient OF such
honors In the metropolis OF his native
country and his native city, What one
of you can hope for thatp
The captain being an illustration OF
the stupidity and injustice OF the sys'
tenn of taxation. miScalled protection,
that has driven the American flag of the
ocean, Mr., George, as was 10 bv OK
pected by those who know him, obeyed
his impulse TO say 80 In his pre0enta.
tion speech, knowing that IN doing 80
he would but express the sentiments Of
the Keystone Watch Go. lie did 30 too,
with all the more unctlon, as Colcheater
Is tory town, said tories having q good
deal more than q sneaking affection
for the Protective system, which In
deed they would DO glad 10 rein
state II they could, Accord.
ing TO tho local press report of Mr..
Georges remarks, he spoke substan'
TALLY 40 follows;
Mr.. George said he has been deputed
by some country men aud fflends OF his,
OF the Keystone Watch Company, 10
present IN their name, 10 Captain Muir.
rell a little token OF their appreciation,
They recognized the truth fully, OF what
the Captain said, that he had done but
his duty and what he would do again.
No one could grasp the Captains nand
and look into his face, without feeling
that what he had done he could not help
doing; nor thank God, did the Captain
stand alone. Any other British seaman
true TO his impulses and traditions,
would have done the same. To him, as
an American. Mr.. George said thore
was q shade of regret In making that
presentation, When over the civilized
world, sympathy was aroused for the
fate OF the Danmark's crew and pas.
sengers, the one hope was that they
might be rescued by some passing Yes-
sci. ltmight be by a Russian or French
man, or Prussian, or still more likely,
10 IL Is proved, by an Englishman. But
no one dreamed that II would be by an
American. There were no American
steamers crossing the Atlantic. No
American sailors could have done what
Captain Murrell did, not because the
blood of the Vikings did not yet ilow
In American veins, or because Amer.
lean mechanics had lost their skill, but
because the great Republic was domi-
mated by q low, mean, selfish policy,
miscalled Protection, and American
ships had been taxed off the ocean,
That was an American Watch, made
by Americans who were not afraid OF
competition with the whole world. The
gentlemen whom he represented were
manufacturers of that State--Pennsyl'
vanla-of which he was u native, which
had been the keystone and the anchor
Of American protection, but these gen.
tlemen were alive TO the impolicy aud
hated its meannesg, and like him, were
bent on doing their utmost to sweep
away the whole accursed system,
which more than anything else,
separated the two great nations, that
ought TO be one people. In presenting
that watch on behalf Of the Keystone
Company, he hoped the day would soon
come, when Captain Murrell could
steam into the Delaware, the Chesa.
peak and the Hudson, without meeting
Il single custom house officer and he
and the goods he brought be as unmo-
Tested and as untaxed 90 though they
had come from another American
State.
Captain Murrell in returning thanks,
said his ship was really owned by
American capitalists.
$50 much greater the shame and alb
surdity of the Protection policy re.
piled Mr.. George, "since IL compels the
Americans to sail their ships under
another flag"
One Of the American capitalists who
owned the Missouri-a Boston man
was present with Captain Murrell and
all returned to London together after
the dinner, the party including the city
gentlemen, who had been active IN
getting up the testimonial, and Cap
tain Murrell's father and mother with
some other kinsmen, who were Justly
as proud of him rs men could be. In
some talk with the Captain he conIlded
to oMr, George, the information that If u
had not been necessary for him to re-
main British subject in order to re.
tain command of the ship, he would
ere that have become an American
citizen. The Boston capitalist over
heard the fag end Of the conversation,
"0h," he exclaimed, "you must not
think of doing that, Don't you know
that II you became an American citl.
zen you could not command our shipp
Is IL not a beautiful system for the en-.
couragement of American industry