Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-21
The Guests of the Board of Trade
Hear Much About It.
THE ANNUAL RECEPTION LAST MIGHT
interesting Talks by a Number Of
Distinguished Speakers.
A NOTABLE GATHERIN G


IL has taken its place as one of the most
beautiful cities the world has known, it
would have awakened to a knowledge Of
the fact last night, when it heard the words
spoken by the distinguished guests enter
tanned by the board of trade. The occasion
was the annual reception of the board of
trade, held at the National Rifles Armory.
Fully 800 of the prominent business men Of
the District. as well as many Senators and
Representatives in Congress, members Of
the judiciary. officers of the District gov
eminent and professional men were present.
All were thoroughly gratifed at the enter
tainment presented. The committee of ar
rangements had performed their duty most
efficiently. and the appointments were COM
plete in every respect. The decorations
were effective and in the best Of taste, be-
ing chiefly composed of palms and other
potted plants. that were appropriately ar
rayed along the sides of the hail. while on
the stage there was quite a profusion of
palms. AT the back and on the sides they
were massed, forming dense pyramids Of
green.
by committee consisting of the officers
ana members of the board of trade who
made all feel welcome, and for about an
hour there was steady stream of Corners,
proud of the fact that Washington could
FURNISH such fine body of business men.
Mr.. y. H. Warner, the president of the
board of trade, was the recipient of many
compliments for the perfection Of the ar
rangements and the happy manner in which
everything passed off, but he modestly de-
clined to appropriate all the honor, claim
Ing that 1t belonged to Mr.. John b. Wight
the secretary. and to the gentlemen of the
committee, all of whom had been indefati-
saple IN their efforts TO promote the sue
cess of the affair. About 8 o'clock Mr.. War
ner assembled the platform and made brief
address of welcome. He invited to seats
upon the platform a number of the distin-
guished men present. These included Sena-
tors Gibson. Hunton. McLaurin and Stew
art, Representatives McCreary, Heard, Nc
Miihn, Richardson Hiiborn, Baker, Blanch-
ard, Sperry, Johnson and Durborow ex-Rep-
resentative Hemphill Justices Cole and
Bradley, MIR. j. Frank Supplee of Baltimore,
Commissioner Ross. Commissioner Powell,
Controller Eckels. ex-C Commissioner Hine ex-
Mayor Emory. Representatives Springer,
fost and Whiting were present, but pre-
rerred sitting with their friends In the hall
Then followed a season of speechmakinc
1t is unnecessary TO say that the theme of
every speaker was Washington. The
speeches We're spirited and We're received
with enthusiasm. Mr.. Warner made bright
Introductory remarks and kept things NOV
ing. He introduced the first speaker of
the evening Mr.. Theodore w. Noyes.
MIR. NOyes ON Greater Washington.
1t was seldom, he said. that the people of
Washington enjoyed the privilege OF meeting
their partners in the work of capital max
ing, and the occasions were still rarer when
Washingtonians, the silent partners, have
an opportunity of being heard. He referred
to the fact that meetings Of business part
ners We're often enlivened by scenes of re-
elimination, and he pictured what might
possibly occur at meeting of these part
ners in the business of capital making
Washington. the silent partner" he said
might be conceived as saying to Congress:
Il contributed to you as the active partner
In the capital-making firm five-sevenths of
the site OF the city and my rights and priv
iieges of American citizenship. 1 supplied
the fund from which the firms original
public buildings were erected. The pledges
You made at that time on the strength of
these contributions have been repeatedly
violated. For three-fourths Of a century
you tried to freeze me out of participa ton
In the benefits of the partnership You have
pocketed my contributed capital neglected
the business of the firm and forced in on at
least one occasion into bankruptcy. Even
now, when quickening of conscience and
an accession of natioral and patriotic pride
have made you comparatively faithful to
your trust, you are repeatedly levying upon
me unjust assessments in violation of the
spirit OF our agreement. and having long
cruelty wronged me, you now treat NV re-
quests and complaints with contempt And
congress might be imagined as replying:
mind of man can conceive You are
chronic grumbler and kicker growing at
everything L do or leave undone in conduct
ing the firms business. cannot be both
cred with your petty affairs, when impor-
tant national concerns demand my atten-
ton. Your people wrangle among them
serves and make contradictory suggestions.
If you don't know what YOU want Yourself
how am to heed your requests and your
advice" '
But no such recrimination as that sug-
gested Is in the slightest degree threatened
tonight The members of the board of trade
are not the sort of individuals to invite nm
suspecting Congressman to break the bread
and taste the salt of their hospitality and
lnen take advantage of the occasion to
pound them for the shortcomings Of other
congresses and other congressman. Neither
the citizens nor the legislators who deserve
10 De scolded are here to receive their pun
ishment. The faithful and able friends who
have shown their interest in the capitaI and
It's welfare by assembling in this hall to-
night are not the men who need to be lee
tured on constitutional duty, patriotic pride
or pubic spirit. On neither side of the part
nership shall we fall into the clergyman's
error Of scolding the congregation present
Tor the absence of those not on hand to re-
cetve merited reproof." The speaker made
strong plea in favor of unity of action on
the part of Washingtonians. He hoped thew
would no longer see one section STANDING
aioof, while another was making strong eff
forts TO secure some much-needed improve
ment or to rid itself of some great nuisance
He referred to Aesops fable Of the boys and
the bundle OF sticks, and said that If they
were or one mind and united in action they
would overcome every obstacle to the citv's
development.
when we of Washington" he said.
have removed the obstacle to the citv's
highest development which our own lack
OF hearty and organized cooperation sun
plies, there is strong reason to believe
that congressional inertia and Indifference
may be overcome, that the Districts legis-
al nj
tional functions and that our brightest
dreams of the future Washington will be
fully realized.
Let the board Of trade collect the scat
tered sticks of Washington's resources for
aggression and resistance; and the result
ing combination will be unbreakable and
irresistible.
The New Washington.
I'm spite of the drawbacks suggested
the capital-making partnership has Of late
years labored satisfactorily upon it's task
An ugly struggling village has been con-
verted into a beautiful city. But the great
results in certain respects which have
been accomplished serve to heighten by
contrast the lack of a corresponding de-
velopment in other things, like few
pieces of furniture of inharmonlous rich
ness in the municipal house. The city
must live up to the newest and best of
its furniture. 1t must be supplied with all
the fittings and belongings of great mod
ern capital.
THE city's rapid growth has been re-
cert; the new Washington is still in it's in
fancy; and this fact significantly suggests