The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-04-18

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Mr., j. NJ. Benish, editor of thu
Commercial Traveller, az custodian
Of the key. His address is as fol
lows:
Almost a year has passed since
our association met in annual con
vention in "Tha Naples" of the
Southern coast Almost q year ha'
gone since we were most courtee u4iy
and Hospitality received and as never
before by the proud citizens of the
beautiful city of 6 alveston. Almost
year ago message borne from the
central portion Of the Empire State
babe us n cordial welcome and
en- rance through the gates of the
Centrsl City to hold an annual
session and be Sat home" among a
people whose enterprise has by
magic fame almost been carried 10
distant lands, whose enterprise has,
III a few short years, lifted some of
them from the plane of retail
merchants TO that distinguished
position among the Wholesale
dealers OF the largest state in the
great 81 nation Of the Giob,, and
acre let ME tell you that if any of
the travelling statesmen of the north
who Represent grocery houses in the
north, with sill due Difference
to m agniisent Chicago, only knew
how many actual dollars worth of
goods some of the wholesale grocery
men sell from the city of Waco
annually, they would cease wearing
silk hats, patent leather shoes, but
would don a cheap straw hat, split
leather balls and with an expression
OF lowest humility acknowledge
their real business, peddling. To
tell you that its desting is far be-
You'd the ken of human eye, would
teach You not a thing, YOU know
1t. To tell you that it is filled with
brave men le part of the history of
Texas. To say that it is the home
of the best, brainest and most
successful politicians in Texas, and
would only be to repeat twenty
years of your past history in that
respect. To speak of yoar magnif
cent hoi arteslan wells that have
,ansed many crutch to be Gu. into
wood would cause you to
say "every body knows it." To in.
Ter that the fairest ladies in all the
and are here in Waco would eau .e
A stampede of this very assemblage
and l could only quiet you by say.
ing 5000 men know Of this and
among them a host of d1ummers
who live az happy lives at home, as
IRE found beneath America skies.
10 say that we are glad to be here,
hat we are proud of the magnif !
cent welcome you extend to our
paternity, to tell you that this re- |
;eptlon will encourage our associa.
ion, oar individual members to |
higher and nobler purpose ia but
o re-echo the sentiments that lie in
'ur grateful hearts.
The committee on rules reported
IS follows:
l. The sessions of this convention
hall be from 10 a. m 10 1890 d.
n. and from , p. M. to 5. pm.
2. NO member shall be allowed to
peak upon any subject more than
wice, and not longer than five min.
ties each time, except by unani.
n JUS consent. This rule shall not
pply to nominating speeches or pre-
enting propositions for next place
f meeting
3 No resolution or motion of i'm.
ortance (the president to decide the
Importance of same) shall be enter
aimed until the same has been pre-.
ented to the secretary in writing.
4. All motions to reconsider must
seconded by one member besides
be mover of the same, both Of
'hom must have voted in the
fl rmative.
1oar committee recommends that
IL speeches be made on the floor of
ne convention.
Your committee recommends the
blowing order of business:
/. Appointing a seargent.at arms ,
= the president.
2. Report of the committee on ,
edentials. =,
B. The president's ANIMAL ad