The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-19

listened to his remarks with the strict
est attention. and frequently inter-
rupted him with enthusiastic and
hearty applause. The mayor spoke us
follows:
Mayor Caldweii's Address.
"Ir. Chairman and Members OF the
Bavorlan Society Of North America:
Hospitality TO Il stranger Within
gates Is a duty cnjoInCd by God. We
should not pause to enquire II broth
er's creed OF nationality. but render him
that sympathy or MD that he may need.
He who suCcors the distressed, who
gives food and rest to the hungry and
weary; who comforts the brokcn-heart-
cd and raises the fallen. shall enjoy n
pleasure far more desirable than
wealth, power or fame.
when ! look over this audience | see
many faces that are familiar to me, yet
! know there are many here who are
strangers within our gates end stran
gers In u state and city. As ! have
the pleasant duty to perform of giving
them n welcome, 1t may not be I'M
proper to briefly explain what names
of people you are about to be turned
over to. Our state IL not unlike your
W Bavaria. We have our fertile hills
and productive plains and valleys. Our
mountains and hills are bursting with
their wealth OF coal. The surface in
large sections Is covered with the finest
timber In the world, and II Is Il great
source of wealth to our people. But. |
am sorry to say, that. unlike your own
Bavaria, where you cultivate and pro-
tect the timber, here there Is a rcck-
less destruction OF untold wealth. |
would, II l could make every man n
benefactor by compelling him for every
tree cut down. to plant two in Its place.
"a large portion OF u state is ,rav-
crsed by railroads. 1t Is said that In
some sections every farmer can have
a railroad at his front door for the nsk-
ing. and II he makes n strong pull he
can have one at his back door Us well.
These nre but q part OF our great
wealth. Bore Il hole almost anywhere
n you get oil. 1t Is said, and It Is
almost literally sure. that you can put
n pole in the ground II few feet. with
draw 1t. strike IL match and you have
your gas illumination. Whilst these
things are true as 10 oil and gas. yet
we have but few R~ockefelIers, but in
their stead you will find lots OF good
fellows here in Wheeling.
These are only Il few OF the ndvan-
tageJ we possess. ! could tell you of
our pasture lands and Of the cattle on
Il thousand hills. and yet you would get
but a faint idcn OF the grandeur OF our
Little Mountain State which we mi
times call The Switzerland Of America
But from to-day and from this time on
let It be The Bavaria of North Amer
lea
The city of Wheeling Is peculiarly
situated In what Is known rs the Pan
OF The state-a narrow strip OF
land. comprising four counties on the
eastern shore OF the Ohio river. These
counties are Hancock, Brooke, Ohio and
Marshall, Wheeling being in Ohio coun-
ty, and the county scat, and the largest
city ip the state.
I've are backed on the east by Penn
sylvanin and on the west by the state
of Ohio, so You will SEQ we are sur
rounded by n great people. Our inter-
eats are identical. and our intercourse
has always been most agreeable.
THE city Of Wheeling Is an old-tImc
Virginia town. and our people, as those
of our state, have always been noted
for their hospitality TO the stranger
within their gates. Tho doors stand
ajar. and II closed you will find the
lntchstring out No worthy applicant
Is turned away. 1t Is with pleasure
that we receive all organizations. but 1t
Is especially gratifying to have an OPP
~nortunity to entertain and welcome an
organization when We know that their
mission Is n Of mercy. having for its
object the bcttormcnt Of mankind.
while our state might in some re-
spccts remind you of your Bavaria. We
cannot point you to tho beautiful Blue
Danubc-madc famous In song and
~stOry-but we can point with pride to
our LaBclle Ohio that washes the west
crn shore of our state for its entire
~lenEth-ovcr three hundred miles and
which Is made famous as one of the
great waterways of the world.
when | look over his audience, my
mind goes back to n time 120 years ago,
when the colonies comprising the orig
inal states Of this now great country
resolved that they would set up for
themselves and be free and independent
states. They deemed It but right and
proper that the world should know the
causes that prompted them to dissolve
tho bonds that held them to the mother
country. An Indictment was prepared
and ms of the counts in that indict-
mcnt n that they had ~cndcavorcd to
prevent the populatlng OF these states
by O~hstructlng the naturalization Of
foreigners and In every way possible
Interfering with immigration. But that
old flag that floats G IS to-day was
successful. and when independence was
established, the first thing TO do was
to invite the oppressed OF oil nations
to come. and they came from all Europe,
many from England. Scotland and Irr-
land. and from the German states there
were many. ana Bavaria was among
the host TINT came, and within tho
last third OF n century the !miniyra-
ton from tho German states has bnnn