The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1892-05-28

time was bet far distant whru Phiadelphi.
would regain her prs ige OF htiug the first
commercial city of the country. Ia - me re-
spects the city had more than held her own
and. with a fair census, she would now
stand second in the Union. WI ere, he said
is there city with such hospitals and other
charitable institutions, With such medicti
colleges and other schools of learning,
which are acknow lodged the equal of any
in the world
He ventured the suggestion that no city
ofequal populati an enjoyed so many of the
comforts of life. He also compimented
Postmaster General Wanamaker as one of
the ablest executive men in the country,
and said he was the back bone of ;he Cabinet
at Washington.
THE POSTMASTER GENERALS ABSENCE.
The presiding officer announced that he
had just received word of Postmaster Gen
eral John Wanamaker's enforced absence,
and that owing to his Injured arm Mayor
Stuart was unable TO attend The diners
cheered the mention. of both names, and
then Mr.. Wanamsker introduced Ta!cott
Williams, who came to represent Charlie
Emory Smith, also kept away at the last
moment by an unexpected contingency. He
said in part:
Philadelphia is not first in population, in
commerce or in literature, and there is no
question on the part of any Intelligent man
but that progress is much to be desired. l
want to point out, though, that We haven't
SO much to Complain Of now as some people
would have us believe We have a beautiful
city. we have good people 'or citizens, and
we can give them homes and home com
forts such as no other city Can or ever will.
Every family lives in one house, we have
no sweaters, no places where in earning
their daily bread men, women and children
slowly but surely work their lives away.
One speaker Las mentioned the streets of
Paris and compared Them unf" vorably with
the streets of Philadelphia. The streets of
Paris may be beautiful and the streets of
Philadelphia may Lot, but the difference is
all in favor of our city. Every smooth pave
ment in Paris is paid for by human lives,
-iages of the rich is there because i'll their
making the poor were crowded to the teue-
ments; that food WIS taxed and life IN de
as un bearable as | fe can be- Those streets
cost price which philadelphia has not
paid and will not pay. Better that we have
a carpet on the floor of the workman than a
boulevard for the carriages of the rich.
A CLERGYMAN FROM THE WEST
After Mr.. Williams had finished Chair
man Wanamaker said: 1--WE might prolon &
this discussion, but a New Philadelphia will
not come from the business men alone, or
from the newspapers, but we must have the
business men, the newspapers and the
pulpit combined. l will now introduce to
you a gentleman who has been IN the West
for number of years, the Rev Charles H.
Richards
Mr.. Richards began by saying:
1 take great pleasure in Ginning in with
my friends of tie press although L am com
paratively new in this great city. Phladel
phia is in the procession, moving on f st,
and she will keep up with tue procession. y
friend of mine, speaking of Chicago, said
that 1t jumps like the toothache. Philadel-
phia dosen't jump or squirm, but she gets
there just the same. Philadelphia does not
pretend to complete with any mushroom
town of the country, but she stands i'll her
place with the principal cities of this
country. New York speaks CT Philadelphia
! as having COWS grazing in the grass that
grows in the streets, but even if that is so
isn't it better than New York where the
lamb of Wall street are shorn of their
fieeces or up above Fourteenth street, where
you find the tiger in his lair. It's certainly
better to have a city like this than an ILL
governed one like New York. When we
consider the remarkable growth of this city
in the last century, with . population pow
of over million and the probility of its reach
ing the two million mark before the begin,
ming of the twentieth century, when we look
at her Improvements and her fine ar chitec
ture we must consider her the peer of an v
other city. We must look for a new Phila
| delphia by our efforts. We have the ability
and the sag ,city to bring it about
Mr.. Wauamaker then introduced Mr.. IL
r. Torbert Editor of the CECIL WING
published at ElktGn. great writer has
expressed the opinion said Mr.. To- bert,
tn At only one man in three millions is cap
able of leading a great Army, and but one
man in a million has the administrative
| capacity to conduct successfully ! great
business. That john Wauamaker the
founder of the House of Wan maker Il
Brown, was in his opinion this Que III ~ IN
| q million That as men achieve business dis
tinciton their names become synonyms Of
the cities on which they in turn confer dis
tinction. That JOHNNY maker name was
| in its highest and best sense synonym OF
Philadelphia, and that considering his age,
his business career had been one OF pheno-
minal activity and success. He referred
to number of PhilIdelphians IS men
whom Americans had delighted to honor,
| and doubted whether the new Phiiadelphil
| of which Col Mcclure spoke 50 hopefully,
would ever produces better men than had
| distinguished the old Philadelphia.
In concluding the nights proceedings
Chairman Wanamaker said:
We had hoped to hear from others, but
| it is drawing near to u o'clock, and we will
not have time to hear them. l must, how
ever, tell you short story in closing Be
| fore my brother took hold of the Grand
| Depot Mr. NJ cody, the evangelist, held h
| large meeting there, some 1900 or $4,000
persons being gathered within the walls.
Among these WAS one individual who had
not confined himself strictly TO apollinaris
water. Before the meeting closed Mr..
| Moody asked all TO rise who wanted to go
| to heaven; all arose but the man who had
| had something stronger than appoliinaris.
Then the evangelist asked ali to rise who
wanted to go to the warmer regions. Slowly
| the individual spoken of arose in partially
| dazed condition, and addressing Mr.. Mood 2
| said don't know (hic) what the subject is
before the meeting, but you and | seem to be
| in the hopeless minority" | want TO say
| to night that those against a New Philadei
! phia are in the hopeless minority. L am
glad to have met you all to night. 1t will
| remain green spot in my memory. l
| wish you good night.
In parting with Mr. Wanama ker his guests
| INDUCED general and cordial handshake,
| wishing him personally as well as the
| house he so successfully conducts, long life
| and continued prosperity.
| Let's reason together. Here's firm, one
of the largest the country over, the world
| over; it has grown, step By step, through
| the years to greatness and it sells patent
| medicines! -ughi
| That's enough!'-
| Wait little
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