The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-03-12
The Boys We're Greeted "i.h an
Ovation Yesterday
Morning
Speeches of Welcome by Mayor
Crawford, Capt. Bridges
and Others.
A Grand Banquet to the VISITORS
at Hotel Kaiser Completes
the Affair.

esterday Was lam oeau Gay. |
From the time the bows landed at the |
Union depot at sos a. m. until mid
u. Lost pioht, little was thought or
gallant club that nar uUn- -, 'r,,uorI
to give Sedalia name abroad. When
the NJ, X IL I. train came III y~.'er-
day morning, fully 1000 peor!e, i'll
Guiding the Sadsiia Silver Crnet
band, were awaiting tha". A pro
cessicn was formed OH Ohio street,
and the club, headed by the band,
and accompanied by 4 crowd, which
filled the street from curb To curb,
marched 10 the south front oi The
court house, where Msyor Crawford,
In brief speech, welcomed the club
home again and paid high camPli-
ment to It's victory in carrying off the
second prize in Washington.
Mayor Crawford WAS f0liowe.; hy
Capt l.. l.. Bridges, who said
"GENTLEMES OF THE FLAMAEkU CLUB:
II has been said that PEACE hath her
victories ne less renowned than war; and
the truth OF This proverb has seldom been
better exemplified than the triumph
YOU have achieved II cur National Cap
iiol. Moved alone by your own gal ard
enterrrise, aud sustained by spirit of
duir AID patriotism with but meagre AS
sistance from your fellow citizens, you Ge-
teTmined to take part Ia tie III uguraiiur
OF the president on the centennial wear OF
our constitutional govern ment. You de-
parted amid the cheers and God-speeds OF
YOUR fellow citizens OF -e5aiii, and ncw
to-day ven have returned Crowned with
the gi0Iy OF success aus! nrln.ing honor
not only to your OWL bean.iiu city, bat to
the great Sta,e of Missouri a, well. APP
Piause.
At the clos. of the lai' presiientisl ,m-
psicn YOU had achieved Il reputation as
broad as your state, aHd now your lame Is
natioaai. Sdch enterprise, zeal aud pa
triotism a. you have displayed since the
organization of your club is the natural
and Inherited genius of american Citiz n
ship and has hem the potent factor in
making this the grandeSI union IF states IN
the worlds history, and our own Missouri;
the pIoudest and most promising Of them
all.
To YOU, the citizens of Ssdaii4, owe a
debt Of gratitude which we can scarcely re-
paw, and We have assembled here to-day, ir-
respective of party affiliations, 10 bid you
cordial welcome 10 your homes and our
hearts.
Your gen!lemaniy conduct and courteous
deportnen; throughout Ihe late can'i,aign
was such Is 10 win the gratitude OF your
party friends and CONN ana me respect of
vour political enemies 70 your honor t.
IL sain, that 10 sentiment of buIi-,iCziug OF
hoodturui srn ever found sympathy liz sour
ranks, and wherever you have been known
throughout our stale, YOU have inv ,riabiy
received, as you have well deserved, the
proud title of gentlemen. The priucinles
ven beliey ed to be righi yOu have espou>e,i
with d zeal and earnesness lever unsur-
passed and rarely eqHa ed, and through ii
all YOU never forge, 20 respect, and Ir5at
With courtesy, those who differed i10m yuu
These are the qualities that win polite 4
victories. Should your organization be
continued, as have no doubt il will, by
the end OF The next presidential camp ign
the Setaiia FIambe IA Club will be "A house-
hold word throughout the nation. You
are anxious 10 receive the eudeariHg en-
braces Of your wives aid sweethearts, an
| will only 6etain you 10 invoke, In the
name Of the vast multitude assemb e,i
here to greet you nom: the blessing of
God upon you and your children forever"
Judge w. 5. Shirk closed the exer- (;
cises in heat little speech, In which
he welcomed the boys back to their
wives and sweeihearts, and assured !
them that they (the wives and sweet /
hearts, had been tenderiy cherished /
in the absence OF the bows, and closed .
by inviting them to the banquet at
kaiser's in the evening.
The crowd then dispersed, ard the
rest of the day was spent in hand
shaking and listening 10 yarns about
the city of magnificent distances.
The walls and ceiling of the spac-
ious dining at Kaiser's were beautiful
ly draped with American colors aud
ninety-twO people sat down and enjoy
ed the delicious viands prepared by
Messrs. Kaiser and Fischer, aided and
abettea by that prince OF hotel Clerks
j. ID. Rucker, who was everywhere
ut once TO entertain the guests. 4
Mayor John ID Crawford occupied
the chair of state and con-
Quoted the ceremonies. 1t was /;
4 scene Of the utmost good feel
ing. After satisfying the inner man
the intellectual! and oratorical ele-
ments dubbed to the surface and /,
speeches were made, and made and 1
made.
Capt. l.. l.. Bridges delivered an
address Of welcome, which was re- 5