The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-11

shall have left some impressions that
will be pleasureable and profitable.
Certainly we shall carry away from
here within cur hearts the kindliest
feelings toward the people Of Utah. 1
hope that the property and wealth Of
your commonwealth and city may be
unbounded. For this kindly and cor
dial greeting to the Engineers associa-
ton return you our heartfelt
thanks"
TAYLOR OF VIRGINIA.
The chairman said the meeting
would not be a complete success II eX-
Chief Taylor Of Richmond did not have
a chance to say something, and called
upon that gentleman to say something.
Taylor is a speaker who says some
thing every time he opens his mouth.
He did not speak long, but what he
did say was amusing and entertaining
His remarks, reduced TO cold type,
were identical with the appended:
Mr.. President, His EXcellency the
Governor, the Mayor. Ladies and Cen
tlemen and Brother Firamen:
Il had hoped that our worthy presi-
dent would not call upon me today to
say word IN response to the warm
greeting we have received, after listen
ing to the eloquent words that have
tongued orator from Pittsburg, Pa. !;
but L would be recreant to the obliga-
ton l owe this association if 1 did not
in some feeble way attempt to give
expression to my feelings on this oc-
casion and 10 thank the gentlemen who
have so warmly welcomed US to Salt
Lake.
Il feel that no words 1 can say will
express my feelings on this occasion,
l,,t 7 -, ;,.+r- oY--
ago in the far eastern country there
lived a gentleman whose name is ia
miliar to all of you. [ refer TO Horace
Greeley. After the late unpleasantness
between the north and south he once
said to an ambitious youth: Go west,
young man; go west" l must confess
my timidity, and therefore, after hear
ing of the horrors of the western coun-
try, of the Indian and the tomaha.Wk
and scalping knife, l did not take his
advice l was afraid to cross the Mis-
sissippi and Missouri and enter the
dark recesses of the western forests.
But if l had painted such a picture as
have seen, 1 assure you, Mr.. Governor
and Mr.. Mayor, l would long ago have
been a citizen of this state and would
have now been filling the place so well
and honorably occupied by my name
sake, Elder Taylor Of the Mormon
CDurcn. (LduSnler.J
Il say 1 am glad to be with you, and
know l voice the sentiments of my
brother fremen, as well as the ladies'
and, all the representative of this as
ISOLATION, when 1 say we thank you
from the bottom of our hearts for your
kind words of welcome. l know cur
stay will be one of pleasure and profit,
and 1 trust that when our deliberations
are over and we return to our homes
we will carry away pleasant recollec-
tons: and the thought hereafter of this
occasion will form a green spot on
memory's tablet"
This concluded the speechmaking
and the convention settled down 10
business. On motion of a delegate,
the following committee was appointed
on credentials: Chief Burris of Co
lumbus. Ga. Chief Hale of Kansas
City, and ex-Chief Johnson of Phila-
delphia.
This done. Chief Devine announced
that in the afternoon the ladies would
be taken in the Raymond and the
Utah coaches for a drive around the
city and that all were expected to
meet at the Knutsford at 2 O'clock,
sharp, to meet chaperons. Councilman
O'Meara and Chief Pratt.
The convention then took a recess
until 2 o'clock.