The Portland daily press., 1895-10-24

Union. "Why has it now become so rich,
when once it was so poor? Well / shan't
tell you that. I've said something about
that before" (Laughter.) He spoke at
some length of the great change in Maine
from poverty to wealth and said that
that was the end of his story since he
found himself very much hampered in
not being able to tell his auditors the
reason for this great change. daughter
and applause)
GEORGE W. BEAL.
Mr.. George W. Beal, formerly superin-
tendet of the Portland Company, re-
sponded to the toast, 1.-THE Mechanic. :"
He said that he had always been work
ing mechanic, not talking one. He re-
ferred to the agency of mechanics in the
progress of the country, and to the I'M
provement in the status of the mechanic
He could remember when it was barely
respectable to be mechanic. Now 1t is
very different
ALDERMAN RANDALL.
was introduced to represent the city. in
the absence of Mayor Baxter and to re-
spond to the toast. "Our City He paid
a glowing tribute to the past and present
of our city. He declared that it is now at
the heighth of it's prosperity. We turn
out annually more manufactured goods
than Lewiston itself. Our laborers are
more skilled and higher paid than any
others in the state. He said that our
people live better, on an average, than
those of any other city in the country.
He believed in Portland and her future,
and if his hearers hadn't believed so also
they certainly would have before he sat
down.
EDWARD c. SWEET
was called upon to respond to the toast,
"Our Country He spoke with his usual
charming eloquence of the tremendous
meaning Of that toast to all Americans,
and of our country's splendid history and
noble institutions. His brief epitome Of
the Rebellion, it's result and significance
was splendid tribute to Americanism
and was truly thrilling. He was inter-
rupted with applause. He declared that
all danger from sectionalism has passed
away. The best assurance OF our future is
our present and our past.
MUNRO A. BLANCHARD
responded to the toast to "Our Honorary
Members He said that it was the
custom of the association to have corps
of honorary members. They have been
selected from the most eminent citizens.
MI. . ...,a1,,,+ LIST 10 J,oi,o laccanad avery
year 1t will soon be necessary to recruit
this corps. The last time it was recruited
there were only two on the list. now the
| list includes Hon. W. W. Thomas, Judges
Webb and Symolds and Putnam, Gen.
Anderson and Dr. Gerrish. He could
only say to the future members that when
it becomes time for them to recruit the
list, they shouldvdo it as we'll as their
predecessors had done.
COL FRED N. DOW
responded to the toast "The Press He
/ said that the press is supposed to have
something to do with the heads Of men.
If that is so, he had come up, for he
oined the association as tanner. when
| he was engaged in clothing the soles Of
men. From the soles to the head is
certainly going up. He spoke OF the
tremendous growth and influence OF
printing and the newspaper, ID making
| the world what it is. He said that the
reason was that through the newspaper
the masses of the people can concentrate
their intelligence in influencing the
progress of the world In the old days
the leaders of thought were individuals,
| isolated men scattered here and there.
REV. JOSEPH b. SHEPPARD
was called upon to speak for "Our In
yited Guests.'' He said that he didn't
kno Just who they were, but knew that
they were in hearty sympathy with the
association and had a fellow feeling for
every member of it. There were people
today who would cast reflections upon
that word working man. But the
world is coming to regard that word as
meaning all men who work, whether
with the head or the hands. II we 90 In
our sphere the work that it is our duty to
do we are, in certain sense the equal OF
any man.
Between the toasts the following
delightful musical programme was
rendered by the Haydn Quartette, com,
posed of Misses Tarbox and Kicker and
Messrs. Stockbridge and Merrill:
Home That Love, Quartette
Jockey Homer, Quartette
Across the Day, Miss flicker
Oh That We Two We're Maying,
Miss Tarbox and Mr.. Stockpir
Quaff, Quaff With Me, Mr.. Merrill
Good Night Beloved, Qaurtette
NN The dream OK
up Ponce de Leon was v.