The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-01

The song was rendered admirably, and af-
ter an encore had been sung three cheers
were given for lone of our best friends, Bob
Rexdale." In response to cries of speech.
speech" Mr.. Rexdale arose and said this
send off was quite unexpected and left him
In the state OF the boy who had nothing to
say. In regard to the numerous good times,
dinners, excursions. ETC., of the association
he said he had always had the best of times.
Although many of the faces were familiar to
him. he could not speak their names, yet he
felt they were all friends Of his.
Capt. Winslow was to have responded to
the toast to the Portland Board of Trade, but
had been called away since the commence
ment of dinner by a. telegram from Senator
Pettigrew to meet him, and they had both
asked to be excused from again joining In
the festivities.
Another song by the quartette was rem
dered and then Capt. II. II. Shaw was intro
duced. He said;
MR.. sHAw's SPEECH.
He had tried in all manner of ways to es.
cape the making OF speech, for he certainly
supposed that they would think man who
teed been struck as much as he In tse last
few weeks, and had Depe.a Dep .ahligsd Ic talk SO
much, nad said enough. He had been be
seigeu Dy general organizers, executive com
uittees; presidents and vice presidents from
Massacnusetts, who had been urging him b
appreciate how terribly hard he had baes
struck. He had come to the Conclusion that
tnere was one set OF men in the world ~
whom he4would give in IL they struck. and
.ney were the commercial travellers. The
iaaseti itaSse,iels Oh Maine have the perception 70
| insestlgate and draw conclusion, and an
independence TO assert 1t and 10 stand hv IL
| 70 measure the public sentiment and holdlv
| ueciare IT, he believed that In all the nnes
LIONS upon which he had heard them debate
snat tney were IN advance Of public opinion.
ne tnougnt In looking over the men before
hlm that there was almost any sort Of a man
tnat would be wanted for any kind Of a nlaca
wnich the city OF Portland will be reoiIired
70 NIL In time TO come.
pdIt,d ne knew they were intensely interested in
| aOltlanu ana Maine, and In his condition OF
present agitation he resolved to turn aeits-
.or ana would advise them to strike Ua
thought they should form combinations 10
asea aeep WI, within the State the mighty mass Of
Soeaping capital and turn IL to advantage at
nome He advised them 10 set themselyss 10
Theyye ~ thinking to perform that thing.
credit and no 40 II very much to their own
ne peileyed was the best thing to do to ans an
H iai ~ the prosperity and increase the trade
~ al Iortland and his answer was 10 retain All
n,ora uno aiunihers s we have and obtain as many
more OF the same Sort many
IA ending his remarks Captain Shaw ex.
pressed himself as highly gratified with the
uinner and said he had enjoyed himself
extremely. 'oi
Mr' James P. Champlin was then called
upon. 'A 0aiieu
ne s'id ne was reminded of the time when
no was commercial traveller. in 1896 ana
oo' When he could not meet a fellow travail
ier from one weeks end to another. He was
s'ad 40 70 see so many present.
Ex-fresident Joseph III. Dov, ,,. A.,
caiied upon and spoke as follows;
MR.. Dow's SPEECH.
NJ. President:
.;o,in me Maine Commercial Travellers Assn
rom tba % a,, success; 1t has been success
inaer mt circumstances Of great trial and borSS
mp ~ mas steadily grown every vaar nnts, |
lyM' ;,' IA point OF membership. il taxes ranit
" tltn \; any one OF our impoI tait Societies AMI
As Auonye cons.jsns.i VIII De felt In the future.
10 tro essentials that go to make up a good ana
tr9ng association. BY dint Of hard ,snrq anu
nurno nave optained set Of rooms that are =
DdrGe Dd 7 Oh pride and joy to every member
10 comrai,ty iy congratulate the members of
'ss OF their efforts, and Iu sIc sISo
,ngratulate the association nns also !
itylng lying such set Of upon
we are strong in numbers and stin iooms' Srda.
imhar sHS sIS ptesiuent has informed YOU we
st year, showing that the interastu Suling u tne
= last, and this Is as it sbonld he sIgw. &
eiy !. " travelling man, not only in this cis,. G
y ~ ~a hein Iver our beloved State, who does not
d come II W w,h .ne association. rally by fours
room !, ior every one Of them. and ,.h aIhere CT
Z nonoh luis round we will find Instead 81 ct
'nelnpers, double that number Tat VI II
! III iipis sso,l together, let all animositiss N
M 5ns De unknown here. lei ali isai, sssoel- st
ne ,du ln the deep sea OF oblivion: Ist ,s i TT in
'o snoulder to shoulder rallying aronnd
ina 0oninion w at cause. the uplifting ana ale.
i ..in IN 'ne travelling man. We should be a Ia
3D. divided pV We y fa,I Strength" united we "a
=, % nave q not escaped the dread visitor gu
IIcssn, Iasn,5 ne mas entered our household and ov'
a. .Savu ~. IVY IVY OF our members thew have ms
beepn Sp 'pelr n earthly accounts their grips sar
Deen PACKED for the last time. and fn OF
great unknown world they await the pal
'ng oi their comrades left behind. anC
wis A. Goudy was the next speaker ~,
MIR eoUDY's SPEECH. the
SAID ne hoped lie had been forgottsn '
y some sighting illusions had hean, IT
70 the Board Of Trade and its worL az Ker
mayor, he was glad to saw someth;ogg ferd
J, ,aeiience. i The ex-Nayor had said the Mar
q Oh Irade was good for making resoIn' est
, OUT not good for keeping and fnI6Iiinr was
!. ana he challenged the ex-MaTnr ur time
ii ne else TO show an organization witbjr Lhr
lty tnat had done So much for IL as th,, wan
oi Trade within the last ffty wears the
= atiantlc aud ST. Lawrencr RaiIvay mix.
Fto,ltland q, Rolling Mil, tn. Portland snnv
WORKS, aud Shovel Company-th"na,ou wh,,
last two have since become sxt;nss, ic.. - :
u ,r"ugn no fault Of the Board uf Trada' inc
= 9een Drought iuto existence bv nj and
as,nn' .an Ihen; too. If this gentisman nrtc,
sahe axe, tne trouble To go To the ..stahIish Nil
~ tle Lakeside Press, he wonId s'i5 tbai
~ rs entirely new to Portland. and thu tsr .,
!. u @ ,iau removed from Auburn IN this M, NJ NJ
de. sAoits Oh the Board able
gentleman baa tire c
:. He beIiavsda au , also referred to our inclu
n u was the finest harbor on the ,asIs "s4'0
EARN EARN. de believed there was no iate c,,e
1rtland, and that If the merchants ~ any any
,ois VIII manifest the interest in H.. ur