Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-11-30


no words of mine can gild. To swell your |
hearts with pride tonight have but to |
speak his name. He is our heighbor and |
friend-the Honorable George V. Massey. |
! might stop here and say my task is done. |
But let me speak of his new made friends
in that distant western home. Tens Of
thousands tongues all over this broad
land of ours have learned to speak
his praise. His skill us a manager of the
worlds great fair has brought to him a
name of world renown and brought to mis-
native State additional and lasting fame,
that State of which we all feel SO proud,
that State not known by her vast domain,
but known by the wisdom of her states
men, the integrity and patriotism of her
men, the virtue and intelligence of her
women and the fragrance of her fruit and
flowers. Yes! Delaware, to us, the loveliest
and the best, the greatest, the grandest, the
biggest State in the Union to its size.
But am getting away from my text.
speak not OF glorious deeds of hero in
the worlds esteem, whose fame is made OF
tears and graves speak of better things
than these. Let others paint the mountain
crowned with snow, It's awful grandeur
aud torrent foam, the glories OF the battle
field. seek to draw little sketch OF life
within that lowly vale; of life where quiet
reigns supreme Of life where all the strife
occurs on thoughts broad battlefield.
wins, of man neighbor and friend
whose good name, this night, we applaud
and adore.
MR.. PENNEwILL's TRIBUTE.
Mr.. James Pennewill of Dover i'm
mediately followed Governor Reynolds.
He said:
Ladies aud Gentlemen: In behalf of the
cltizens of Dover | wish to speak few
words respecting the purpose of this re-
ception, and of the occasion of the large
gathering of ladies and gentlemen, not
only from our own town, but from the
! different parts of the State. The real sig
| nilicance OF this assemblage / take ii is
this, that true merit and ability shall have
our best recognition; that distinguished
/ public service shall receive our highest
commentator, and that one of our own
citizens who has gained such signal dis
tinction in connection with the worlds
great Exposition should be our honored
| guest tonight.
That magnificent Exhibition to which
Judge Massey, as they call him in the
west, contributed so much of his time and
labor. is a thing of the past. To those
who beheld 1t in its splendor and perfec-
ton it seems now more like beautiful
dream, a vision superb, tale that is told.
That which only little while ago was a
|
| chanting beauty and assuming more
homely and prosaic form. The graceful
arch and gilded dome, the Court of Honor,
with its peristyle. the McMonnies fountain
and'the electric lights, the launches and
boats of lake and lagoon have largely dis
appeared from Jackson Park, but the i'm
pressions they made in the months that
are gone will linger forever in the minds
and hearts Of those who were there, And
there was the Midway. That we cannot
forget, with its confusion of tongues and
hustle and noise from Barney Castle to
Dahomey town. from Cairo street to the
top of the wheel.
The Worlds Columbian Fair was a
marvellous aggregation OF the conquests Of
peace and OF the wonders ofsthe world
That greatest of all Expeditions that any
aye had ever seen, was striking, living
and ever changing picture of the progress
of the world and OF the triumphs an6
achievements of the hand and brain OF
man. 1t was there the nation sent hei
greetings to every land and welcomed hel
guests from every shore. l do not believl
the eyes Of man ever beheld anything
! comparable to that brilliant and instruc
tive Exhibition. Into the White City by
. the lake the good and enterprising citizens
of this land ,sand of almost every nation o
earth brought their proudest achievement
, and choicest treasures. 1t was an Exhibi
1on VI ulitoiu hhlue N lts general eHect
} and lasting results. 1t was All education
> to the young; an entertainment to the old
: an inspiration to all, and the search ligh
q | of the historian will hereafter reveal ii
benefits and advantages in ways and time
that we dream not of, 1t was faithful
picture of the growth and development o
our country and of the strength and re
T sources of our own people. II has don
: more than anything of recent times I
Y broaden the mind and soften the heart o
r the American citizen. 1t was there tina
the north and south. the east and ives
could meet in perfect fraternity and &C
! cord, rejoicing in the visible achievement
4 Of a common people, and the superior dc
Q velopment Of a common land. Our citizen
e beheld the people and productions q
Il other lands, and returned to their home
d prouder than ever of their own countr
: and of their citizenship with their ow
government.
(, mention these things only to show i
part what a magnificent and succcssfl
p enterprise 1t was in the management E
e which our respected guest was soslargel
I. engaged. In that stupendous undertaking
1. by the common consent of all who knew
"a he bore a conspicuous and leading par
~ Not only to myself, but to others as vel
l. his colleagues in the Council of Admin
tration freely said, ITO no living man
10 greater credit due for the successful oper
II
IN than to Commissioner George V. Mass,
az of Delaware"
4. His qulckness of mind, his rapidity
"o thought and capacity for work, were rev
" lations even to those western men, al
re very much of the labor that required Il
ne lawyer at his best, the executive offic
ly and the man of affairs, was committed
him with the concurrence of all. Fro
.y early morn till late in the day he gave b
n best efforts of hand and brain To the ia
], assumed, and to such an extent was til
the case that it was commonly said, 81
le all who came from Delaware, he alone h
nc failed to see the Fair"
to think he will tell you himself in a lit
ID while that during the six months the
Is position was open he never found an O
w. pOrtunity to view the exhibits in al
"a building on the grounds. But although
81 was SO busily engaged, there was one thif
~ and apparently one thing alone, that Won
Tx cause him at any moment to drop his p
and dismiss his business cares for the tin
and that was the opportunity to extend {
hand Of welcome and show some favor
son or daughter of Delaware. His
ost gagements were never so important,
q business cares were never so great as
by make him neglectful of any citizen of
MI town or State, or cause him to be one W
ro less courteous considerable and Kind til
ii we had ever known him to be. The call
~ from; his State were many indeed, but
me greater the number the more pleased '
&c, he, and | am glad to spy that the
be- thing he so ardently desifed came fina
ira true, and it was this-considering the
ur- OF our state ana the Instance away III
were more persons who attended the i
-, from Delaware than from any other ST
IN in the land.
mes Ladies and gentlemen. our State
OV- been truly and ably represented at OF
M places and at other times. She has alw
nee nobly held her own ON all occasions wi
lial the representatives OF the different Sti
! ,vara IN AZ tnzot bar Fnr tho nor, man s,r