Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-30
Mr.. George N. Mccain. of the Philadelphia
D.o.o -ar1ondad nc follovs.

MIR. George N bQCOal0, OF Ine
Press, responded as follows:
Mr. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN; No mem
Der OF this Press Club, no citizen Of PittsDurg
NAV add can 20 abroad and fail to discover. II ne
ings in foreign lands, the impress Of Pittsburg
progress and prosperity. To appreciate the I'M
69st1is economy OF @ ofthe nineteenth Century spread
before your eyes map ofthe world and follow the
radiate from Pittsburg q center to every land
beneath the sun. 1t is but one index.
imaTery when say that a member abroad who
may turn his footsteps to the South Will find to-
the soil of Southern battlehelds with Pittsburg
plowsharee: he will find PittsburK steam hoats
breasting the currents of South American rivers!
and Pittsburg axes ringing in the forests OF the
Amazon blazing pathway for the march Oh ne"
Let him 20 eastward and he will walk old Lon
don streets by night in th- glare of Pittsourg
electric light system he will be whiTeo its bn,Ds Sf
France and into the very shadows of the impetisl
city isse IN " he enters the watch towers Of
astronomy the 0bseTvatories OF the great unlLeT-
stiles, he will there hnd instruments OF Wonaer
fully delicate construction from modest Pitts
burg workshop. by the aid Of which science Is
enabled to reach through illtmitaole space anu anu
touch the shining faces of the stars with her nm
gers. -
Let him go westward, and as he speeds across
this continent toward the setting sun Il VIII De
upon tracks Of steel that spun from f1ttsDurg
mills IT. ribbon from a conjurer's mouIni across
the scnc h vii II hS .Sepe see PttsbuTg ocomove
sending forth the incense smoke OF nSH si
gods. Still to the westward he will find China
drinking shoe out of Plttsburg glasses, Willy
Pittsburg petroleum Let the member abroad go
northward-but pause here, for ne Wouio eea[sh I
wag community beyond the Canadian line, the
Querdon of whose fellowship Is the page Oi us
honor. fhe wanders In the 0yPlseS yP.se has BEEN Io
crystaIlized into literature he Will tt nn9-an 81
nt2 exo foSe RsseS @racuous an properties Of that
universal panacea, our own incompetence all
sufficient Hostetter's Bitters. 70 ,vh.+2
city with adjacent tributary territory OF @CVO
square miies mere pencil point upon He nost rnI a1
ored spot in the variety of It's natural resources
upon this green earth The WeaItn Oh 4i tts E
unon the tideless waters to light and heat the
cities of the South: the blaze of It's blast
are but the torchIight and the drum beat to which
the nation is keeping step in Its maPG6 10 srs ls
heIpinV even now to fashion the navy OF tne
future: and it may be that some DAY FtlsppuI&
of battle upon the sea. fit is, it will ring den-
ance to foreign foe. ,,,- .o a uttle
patch of country that produces one-thiro OF al
the rye whsky,-and headaches, on the NOrth
With the spiendor of this success before him;
with the prodfgaity Of nature here IN nkeG % con mI1
binstion of Industrial wonders, the member who,
returning from abroad to the scene OF s1en III
umDhS, Is not the 1n01V1Qual - ~
cannot exclaim with Bishop Coke that;
'TWe are living. we are dwelling
In grand and awful timei
In an age on ages telltng;
To be living Is sublime"
We are PIttsburgers, one and all, for the time
being around this board tonight l SPEAK Iof
the members abroad to the mem oers AZ MONT:
of whose years may stretch but little way be
yond the border Of this closing century; Z. cII Ihe
mination in a noble life that will mark standard
for other men in other years To you who .,ne nave
held the mirror of just and unfaltering cr1ticlSm
before the distorted visage of political crime; VINO
have shivered the lance Of righteous co1demnaSS
y you Who have helped the helpless and promoted
the prosperity of your city with ever ready pen,
who have paused in your labors just long enough
to catch the music Of the last hymn sung ABOVE
of the strife: to You permit to say that in ad-
dition to your other duties there still remains the
fold. FOR it matters not how brightly the gas
wells NAV flame against the sky like beacon hres
are trus men. can only be cheered by the light Of
welcome in your eyes, the pressure of your
friendly hand.
You have heard them tell OF far-of climes
And the treasures grand they hold
Ofminster walls where the warm light falls
In mosaics of richest gold.
And your heart grows faint with weary toll
For ah. you may not roam,
But brother; q nobler task is yours
To light the fires Of home
But what greeting will await the member abroad
who a century hence returns to the PittsburR OF
al" a man Clothed with vigorous youth, endowed with
talent, enriched with hope, Inspired with restless
haired. perchance. and alone. he seeks the scenes
of other days, the homes Of hir forefathers, the
seTere eF nls Sg sbsence familiar faces have
faded away forever; for him thero remain but
CITY standing here with her face lifted up to Gods
sunlight, and like young giantess guarding the
with two centuries of Splendid progress; city
known, not the Birmingham Of Amer1ca-for
the one Pittsbug of the universe; peerless in her
Industrial supremacy; boundless in her resources,
nnne ctH T6os, 5 WerRshOps are ed with ceaseicss
anthem of honest toll, and whose highways echo
Mr. President, 1 leave my subject here, for the
last member abroad has come home forever.
THEY COULD NOT COME.
President Keenan, read a number of letters
of regret among which were the following:
NEW YORK. January II, 1890.
NV Dear Mr.. Keenan,:
On arriving here | Immediately looked at my
that my services are required on platform in
pleasure than to revisit Pittsburg under such
pleasant circumstances. hope shall be able TO
see more Of PIttsburg before return to Europe.
have carried with me a most charming impress
sion of its glorious situation. of its wonderful
And must again, my dear sir, thank you for
your kind attention. Very sincerely,
MAX O'RELL.
SUN OFFICE, NEW YORK, January 13 1890.
DEAR SIR: have refrained as long as possible
from answering your kind invitation to be pres
ent at the annual dinner of the Pittsburg Press
Club on the 18th inst. in the hope that it might
he practicable for me to be with you at that time.
But find that 1t is quite out of my power, and
pray you to believe that say this with extreme
regret Yours sincerely,
c. A. DANA.