Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-05-05

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There is something peculiar in the
welcomes that we get. This morn
ing it was lilacs and umbrellas aud
your smilea-it was in all "A glad good
morning rs we pass along your way,
and it sheds the morning glory over
the live-long day.
We hear great deal ABOUT you in
Washington-yOur senators and
your members of congress tell us
such stories that we sometimes won
der whether there ~ any otner place
in the country but Oregon, Applause
and laughter) but when we see you
face to face it is plain to US all it is n
great country aud we feel something
like the old man and the mother
When she comes home to see how
the children are getting on she says:
Well! how you have grOwnl How
handsome you are" And the old
father says: "Well, 1 told you that
boy would come to something"
daughter and applause.) And you
are coming to something, if you
haven't already come. Laughter
and applause.)
These great hills of yours that are
about us, gorgeously arrayed in their
summer beauty, round about them
orchards sweet, apple and pear tree
fruited deep, fair AS the garden of
the Lord, and your table-lands and
sloping valleys with the rain falling
on them this morning are laughing
and saying "come back to us in the
vintage and join in our harvest
song" ."Dear friends, will take little
flower as keepsake of the pleasant
moments we spend together this
morning and give you back the
best wishes of your friends who
have thoughts of you and care fyou
though they are doing their work in
the distance and striving at their
posts of duty to order the postoffice
department or other executive de-
partments not for the east but for
the whole country from Eea to sea,
and from the distant mountains of
Maine down to your gulf. L thank
you very much for this beautiful
welcome.
SKETCH OF JOHN wANAMAKER.
The California Rural Press says:
Hon. John Wanamaker, Postmaster
General, has proved a very accept
able member of the Presidents
party, and. has received marked
tokens of appreciation from the
people. Mr.. Wanamaker will be
81 next July, and is a native of
Philadelphia. His youth was a
laborious struggle, rewarded in
early manhood with the means to
open clothing establishment in
Philadelphia. Untiring, honest,
straightforward, shrewd, the young
merchant pfospered, until today he
owns and conducts Que of the larges
retail establishments in the world,
and is supposed to be worth $4,000,
00J.
Mr.. Wanamaker is we'll known
throughout the country as q devoul
christian and Jealous worker fol
religious interests. He has always
taken a prominent part in pub il
movements for the relief of suffering
humanity, aud his contributions
have always been among the first
and the largest.
In personal appearance Mr..
Wananlaker is not particularly a
handsome man. He has full,
round head, a broad forehead, a
strong nose, heavy -lidded eyes that
flash with energy, heavy jaws that
denote strength of will, and tight
closed lips that just droop at the
corners, giving an ever-present
touch of sedateness. He has that |
quality which above all signifies the |
of genius-the quality OF
absolute concentration of mind on
the subject in hand, so that on every
occasion he is able TO be at his best. |
His power of organization is, OF
course, masterful; and, like all busy |
men, he never appears hurried, aud |
always seems to have abundant
Time for everything.
In his work AS postmaster general,
MIR. Wanamaker has struck several
popular chords. His work for the
Postal Telegraph and Postal savings
banks has commended him widely.
HON. JERRY RUsK.
The Secretary of Agriculture was
the next To receive an ovation. He
spoke but sentence or two as fol-
lows, but each word pleased:
RUsK's REMARKS.
Friends, l will not detain you
with any remarks. Our time is up.
| have met, since came to this
city, men who were with me in boy.
hood aud | was glad to see their
faces; | have met stree l came here
also, comrades who served with me
In the war, and God bless them. / |
could not leave you without saying |
God bless you, and thank you for
this opportunity. (Applause,)
THE DIGNITARIEs
of the day were ranged in special
chairs, placed in front of the speak |
er's desk, and they were well filled. |