The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-08-25
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.
Remarks Of the Editor Of the
Gold Leaf IN Responding to
the Above Toast at the
Press Banquet in Char
lotte, July 2Sth.

Christopher Columbus" was treat
cd in a humorous speech by Mr.. Thad
Il. Manning. He brought down the
house several times by his happy hits.
Charlotte Times.
IL. T'.,-Icnt ami Geaaien,ca Of the Nto"'be'
NJ Commclce:
Whrn | accepted your Kind invitation
-cXtrudcd through my good friend .lc-
rome Dowd, 9TH" gentleman whose intel
cctuaI brow * fast cncrOachlng upon
the domains ii he back Cf his necH).
to be with you on this occasion and
r, -pund to ii toast. it was under II ms
apprehension UI what would be required
Of me-.
Do1.n NY way responding to Il toast
means to tax" something, and | am too
obli~ing and -rIi-acrificing by nature to
say nay. But here find am expected
to mak q speech and that too about II
gentleman with whom never had the
honor ri even so much as n speaking ac-
uuaintaucc-t' HEIsTOPHIE toLTMBUs.
fear. sir. a mistake has been made III
getting the speaker and the subject mix
ed up in this case. | insist, that in rec
ognizing the principle Of the "etcrnal fit
n,ss oI things" this theme should have
been assigned the "Orator from the
State Of Wilkes, who is supposed 10
| BE- the oldest man in the North Carolina
| Press Association. and, according to ira
| ditionaI hist Org, contcmpOraneous with
! the ilIustriou5 gentleman whose memory
We Lay" met here 10 do honor to.
Why WHS chosen to pronounce the
cuIogy do not know, unless it be that
! ycu have observed on tn" part OF some
people a propensity to talk most OF
what they know least about. Ct assure
the gentlemen vino have preceded and
| are to follow me that no personal allll-
sions are mcant) And this, sir is all
the credentials ! have to offer. | know
| absolutely nothing about my subject
except by hcresay. and | never repeat
mcighboih0Od gossip.
As the story goes, having gOn" ont Tor
| Il san one fine afternoon with his best
girl pcrhaps) Columbus boat got lost at
sea and after drifting aimcSsIy about for
awhile washed upon our shores, and thus
by accident another hemisphere was
added to the maps This was in 1902
unless was made the victim OF cruel
Joke when at school.
| was not in at the BIRTH and there ap-
pears to be no authentic record OF the
date the subject of this sketch had his
name first written i'll the census taker' $
blank. Genoa, i'll Italy, was probably
the place. and 143G-or 10 as some
have 1.-THE year. However, the fact
that he 1caS born serves our purpose full
well. After Il somewhat cvcntful career
ne died May Goth, 1906, in Spain, a
much Travelled but poorly rewarded
man.
| When | begin to navigate such an
ocean OF facts | bccOm" water-lOgged.
get full OF til" subject. This is why my
friend who sat next to me at the table
thought | was not feeling we'll. He cX-
| poctcd me to eat as much as he did.
never felt better i'll my life and a fellow
who does not feel good in such cOngenial
company and among such a people,
| ought to fccl-Wcll, as lonesome as tuo
lone fishermen. | did not want to crowd
| out my subject matter. know q good
thing when see it, and in Christopher
columbus have an article done up in
curling papers. None OF your antigua
ted, moth-caton, bag thickness, sort OF
subjects, but an up-tO-datc, latest style,
f-ply, 1G-buttOn Kid glove kind-tariff
! protected.
rs said before my columns are full of
Northumberland. triplc-headed. scissor
to talk three solid hours on it. Are YOU
gentlemen prepared to hear me: The
| "HNcS hay" it and proceed.
~ | WAS going on to say, Mr.. Pres-
dent. | have Il profound admiration for
the history and character OF Christopher
Columbus: but there's one thing against
him. After discovering this new Western
| World OF ours. extending from the ice
locked regions of the great lakes OF the
North to the iiOWcr-laden brcczcs of semi
tropical Florida, in the South: from
whore rolls tn" mighty Atlantic on the
! East, to the golden strands OF the placid
Pacific on the West; Il country which, in
this nineteenth century, under the civil
! lied and progressive spirit OF a people
whose national ensign is The glorious
Stars and Stripes, is the most GOd-fa-
vOrod land on the face OF the earth Il
say. sir. after discovering such Il country
II, his. he was stupid enough to let Il
sharp rascal named Am"ricus NcspuciUS
slip in and steal the honor OF having it
named after him
But suppose there were corrupt law
makers and h0odlerS aud bride takers in
, those days rs in ours But the name of
Columbus will lIve-in The district where,
some people would have us believe. moral
and political miaSma hangs like Il pail
around and about The place where con
vvnes the great National circuS-and in
the Worlds Fair. And his is something
to be proud OF. Another. is the fact that
NJ to this writing his mummy is about
, the only thing our Third party friends
have not demanded as one of their inal-
icnahI" "rights, or claimed they arc
going 10 get
Seriously, Mr.. President. we owe much
to Christopher Columbus. But for his
timely service where would this country
, he in the present crisis OF affairs Where
would re be? That little "tind' of hi>
; 400 years ago made possible the great
I Tess and grandeur of the American Con
| tinent OF to-day: this grand old Com
mOnWcalth in which we live: aye, sir, an(
the beautiful Queen City of the Piedmont
whose gracious and open handed hOspi
? tally we are now ENJOYING.
I And for this we will see that his gray,
, Is kept green.
The Third party organs in Nortl
Carolina are bowling out that Cleve.
land IS bribed by Wall street. Have
they lost sight of the fact that Wal
Street and New York voted solidl,
against Cleveland in the, Chicago con.
vention? That does not look much
like he IS under Wall street influence
or in any way closely allied to it.