Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-01

ron have taken in public afairs and the sue
cess whiCh has. ret Yc1r efforts 70 secure
mora equitable isRialstsrn Ia the matter Of
transportation rstes and reguIat4Crs. You
have iune he cucutrT a ftsunct bansnt
aieng Il $50 H-res and We tsaniI yuu FOR u.
Tile city % Cmthg - risd to welcome you
because YOU represent ne push. energy AMI
good fellowship OF the cnuntrv. The axpost-
ton management Is glad to Eelcome you
because 20 you - the in 90 small measure
the magn ihcent development OF the Trans
mississippi states that has nsds Tits ex-
position possible Bing Ak-Sar-Ben vel
comes you 20 his rszlm because you arr has
meat and 10 = after you. I behalf Of the
the keys OF the city. Keep them In active
service during yozr stay With uss Gentle
men. again / bid you wsicorne.
The golden key u the city. wrapped in
1ationnI coiors. vas then presented to he
president
President waiIerstcfn'- Response.
President Joseph Wallerysain Of the ma
.Sonat orfzr responded to the mayors adj
dress ot velcoula. He said. among other
things;
On behalf Of the Travellers Protective as
sOciation I wish 20 thank your gallant mayor
i0T his hearty welcome. I k1cw u no better
hands IN which he could have placed the
keys Of the city. The time has passed when
4 travelling salesman merely had 70 De a
good fellow. Now he must have energy.
tact as veil as soCiabiiity. and above all he
must be a gentleman. Outside Of the church
this order has lone more than any other in
s~tirutiuu 70 raise the moral standard Of trav-
cling men. We are glad TO, be in Omaha
glad TO see your exposition. and we shall do
all in our best to advertise both.
". V. Morse was introduced rs the head
of a leading iobhing house Of Omaha who
had kindly consented TO take the governors
place on the program he somewhat hu-
morouslv apologized for his state OF un-
preparedness. He highly commended the
national order for its part in improving the
tone Of travelling statesmen. In speaking
Of other good work accomplished by the
order he mentioned the Interchangeable
I mileage system that the travelling men had
helped to secure He also spoke hopefully
OF the expected trade Of the United states
in the Pacific.
Hon. Jerry NJ. Porter Of Kentucky replied
for the drummers in a witty speech. and
said.
Behold the great American drummer. the
muguI locomotive that pulls the train OF
commerce. the piston that drives the wheels
OF ms the great rorchlght Of Amer
lean enterprise and push. [ am a drummer.
I have travelled in this country for twenty
years. During these years . have Travelled
$50. 600 miles. and have returned 10 my home
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Omaha. and propose to invade the interior
part OF this ilusCrinus common wealth. Ne
braska has come 70 the front in the political
arena recently. and IS largely known as the
native state OF one noted SON But since
we have been here and met your mayor
your Mr.. Morse and other distinguished citi-
I Zens, we have come To the conclusion thai
there ara others. We long have thought
that the fair daughters OF Kentucky wery
nowhere in all this world squalled in
beauty. grace and goodness. but We have
learned there are others. Kentucky is
famed as the land Of dne horses and fast
drummsrs, that the state had no peer II
the production Of that unmentionable arU'
Gle that We prefer % have you taste rarhel
than talk about. but We have come 10 OmahE
and discovered that there are others. Ken
lucky and Nebraska ara somewhat alike
Both of their governors are statesmen BOtf
have sent some noted men into the poiiuca
arena. Both ara for the free coinage O
silver, Is 10 I. or bust. slight applause.
But we have gotten over these unfortunate
incidents. Tremendous applause an'
laughter.) Today we all stand for cam
merce. Commerce Is king. Ny wife tell
me that cotton used TO be king in the south
But commerce IS king today. The drum
mers are the men Of the time Blessed ar
the men who know how to close 4 war
I The druElmsrs are really the men VII
closed the last war; they Obliteratsf tn
traces of sectionaIism after the politicians
the carpet baggers and others failed. 1
will be the drummers who will close thii
war. and when Uncle Sam pushes fnrvart
to place his dag On new domains the ener
getic drummer will be right with him
what May Come to- Pass
In conclusion. the eloquent Kentucktal
said II the mayor would only turn aver II