Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-06-26

tnlds 1t Is q little risky ia mo TO inlnrae
but the most orthodox thc0lJgiln will have
no conscientious scfuplcs against heartily
indorsins the sentiment of the major that
thc way TO get to heaven IS to utilize the
Opportunities he has OF doing good"
For IL swopc Monument.
Tho b7nd rendered selection Mt this
point. after which the following resolution
was offered by Judge j. W. Henry.
=. Resolved. That grateful TO Thomas H.
sw,ope for his generous gitt 70 ,ho city OF
largo and valuable tract OF land FOR q
park we deem y proper expression OF
our gratitude TO him TO place hts statue on
q conspicuous site In the park. and to this
end the president II requested to appoint u
committee to secure. By voluntary contri-
buttons rom el,li.ns = SUFFICIENT sum Of
tee shall Immediately organize by clecting
Of their number president Vice presl-
said committed shall have fun powcr 20 do
whatever may be necessary with money
COLLECTED 70 accomplish this end"
The resolutions were adopted amid nnthus-
iasm, after. which Mr. Robert Gillham
secretary, of The PARK board wns intro.
of an orator and then proceeded to make
sion He dcSiarcd that he was hard .'V to stop
when he got to talking about swope park
inensions OF the park. lie said the gift OF
Mr.. Swope was the beginning of new
civic pride among the people of Kansas
Colonel r, L., 'Yengcr was tho next spcak-
s m men s"a Ma Ma swGpS whSa he SnS came qf tho 70
he knew Ills modest disposition, which
Colonel 9eaGer recalled Sir. swope's eift
Of three and one-half ,acres Of valuable
ana warmly eul5glaed the generous donor
OF swope park, iie said this SIT would
and that others would follow his example.
Colonel feager heartily seconded the prop;
swppe IN thY plth' a., ,,,,.. ,,,,,.,. -,
Nelson q, crows, the most eloquent col
ored orator & OF me cily was thH next speak,
rnce TO which he belongs by SAYING that ne
was SeieetSu ,n'Toy rTi,, 10 s'.e GoIor TO IN,
me hattlc n3L tnt hlno hai neeh ioMEht
withih ih' hitilsS s oi aW"pI n1rH' ne Iulu- Ilu
and reeitcl %Abou =, Ben Ndhem" eS9mpqrins
sWupe 10 WI FVa IA ,lI i,J' t Wi'V ioNr'i u.1
iea9wn9t; he VStfSd ,, di1 i11f IL t9S eoltSlrd
MiieH " '%tt1n NJ u, ,I' s,,sn n''.' ~ utuJIHS "a
rift To- the people regardless Of Color or
eotlii3on i3n ~, ,' ~ Nr e,,,y,g, s,,oo,., ,,o
ni,tie6|e united in singing the nntlonal
"'i "iJnrrman T,ii made ono ~ tho most ..,o-
otiSni spCechGs Of thp aftcrpoon. He said
Il, NM '''' ~ ''''
""ln Tho roldcn age of Greece. tho homes
of the rIch wrrc sImulc. but thait gifts 10
urcd mo public spirit OF INC wealthy. in a
,srent T..,r.a 'b,- tGri, l,ift. tn H., grn,,I,
Ayr.Iy-IVts stuu,lnrtls ,f IA, ma ',y..
6it.' ,'t-,,,5. ,ry ti,is ,jn,.. "a mn, ,,ll,,r M
IN HT yyaiI ut tnS Irsstmt MI rHiis iIt,nW
H. IA ,,ruIs,, ''
III To- confer a bcncnt is 10 bo q, homo
fartor mon We fhis Gay cnr, tr,iIy brstoyy
tbnt honor mon him and sny. 'TGoinas II
swSp" tbs nnngfatt1r'
"Nhnt "A rltt H. ms tnarulNccnt mark
for uaTI, il h. fresh from tGn hrnis III n1.
ttlrat Ni5n ,nliy uII ur,y CHARM NM uIiI
thn rr5uti,r bsuIifi,s nTs hsr, uo,. ths
mighty trees uniIfrjug thtir crowns 6r
fiv,T. tho GraaSy hiI't1' and g1ict fale5: tths
Tor. .t-u uIusa dist t.mplr-.iuG tic mead
uws. Nnr IIko om,rIiI dreams In tie
thatloWs of tho truu--au nrc hcr, Ia glud-
don and muI. merry me lourt of tho
wGnrv ami toil-wuru with a Ela4uess and
u,rrifuott ff,sh from mo ary,y huuds of
Mother Earth. Iurr and uu4,ultI.'
Judge Amos II. kaly was tho next
speaker. He began by suylnE that tho
women had been tssgusd no part in the
expression of lhe peoples gratitude toward
Nj SWppe. "'iol li,ss tho ladies' hr OK
claimed ''you can't get along without
them, and some of u5 can't got along with
them. dtuEhigD hl' what an nnAsnh!
thlnE ~ 's 10 hshr i mon ~ i.Ni-hE
piN'.'t o' XXI u, H. H. y, . ~ M ~ .nl m i'',r
NJ VmiiIt l''-i M.ti "]n"', ] n ul' ,.-,'s W
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