The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-12-07

hearty welcome May you be rewarded
for leaving your homes far away: may
YOU enjoy your visit 10 this beautiful and
historic city: may your deliberations be
peaceful and harmonious; may you be
Impressed with the Importance Of your
mission: may II result 10 the glory of
God and OF Israel
MAYOR TAYLOR'S WELCOME.
At the conclusion of the address. Hon.
Richard NJ Taylor. Mayor of Richmond,
was presented TO the assembled Union,
10 deliver the address of welcome to Rich
mond. Mr. Taylor said:
My Friends;
You enter our gates and we meet YOU at
the threshold with a warm greeting and
bid you Godspeed in the noble work in
which you are engaged. This historic
rity has always a warm welcome for those
whose mission is TO build up the waste
places in the lives of our fellowmen. Your
work inspires the gentliesr instincts of
human character. and We know the object
OF this convention will be attained.
You have found time to leave your busy
marts of life to come together for
thought and meditation. Our city is hon
ored by your presence. and here amid the
surroundings OF our genial fellowship we
hope 10 aid you in your Crane work. We
give 70 your assistance our best people
They are leaders amongst us, and we
trust TO them to receive and entertain
you.
My distinguished and learned friend
DR.. Calisch. viii lead you spiritually and
the social functions have been entrusted
10 our well known townsman, Julius
Straus ana associates. l could not place
you in better hands
AS you enter the hospitable homes.
thrown open to you, remember YOU are
in TIE houses OF your friends and the
proverbial hospitality Of our people will
show itself to YOU
My highest official object Is attained
when l am called upon TO welcome to our
city my distinguished countrymen. My
pleasure, then, is TO bid you welcome as
Mayor.
/ give you the freedom of the city and
assure you that my fellow citizens appre-
ciate visit fraught with such worthy as
pirations as the ameliOration of our race.
God be with you.
TEMPORARY ORGANIZATION
The. Mayors address was delivered In
an eloquent and spirited manner ana
provoked loud APPLAUSE. At its conclusion
Mr.: Henry Hutzler nominated. in a eulo-
CYSTIC speech, MIR. Julius Straus, OF this
city. for temporary chairman. lie was
unanimously elected and accepted the
honor in an appropriate speech.
Mr.. siegmund Levyn. of Buffalo. n. Y.
was elected temporary secretary.
Mr.. Straus then extended a warm well
some TO Richmond TO the delegates. as
surfing them that they would be well
taken care of and would not be strangers
In strange land. lie fehcitated those
who had brought their wives with them.
THE city without our fair ladies' he
said, would be desert; with them 1t Is
a garden OF Eden"
MIR. Straus closed by stating that Gov.
Tyler was too much indisposed to be pres
ent. as had been expected, but hoped 10
meet them later.
The Committee on Credentials. Of which
Mr.. Lipman Levy was chairman. was
then appointed and after an absence of
ten minutes reported the following dele
gates entitled 10 seats.
DELEGATES PRESENT.
Nathan Drucker, Rev. Or. Louis Gross
man, f.. l.. Heinsheimer Lewis Helm
sheimer. Max Loewenstein, Moses Marks.
Samuel Strauss, Rev. DIR. ]. NJ. Wise,
Charles Il. Mack. T.. Bottigheimer, l.. IL.
Morris and Moses May. all of Bene Yes
hurun Congregation. Cincinnati O.
Isaac Lessen. Bnai Sholem quincy. Ill.
sam Straus. Emanuel Hartzell. Mrs.
J.. Hartzell. Abraham Freiberg. Jacob
kronacher. Lipman Levy. NJ. II. Marks.
samuel W. frost. Sol. Fox, David Henly.
Moses Krohn Sigmund Rhenstrom. Sam
uel r. Wartcki. Of Sheriff Israel Congre-
cation. Cincinnati. Ohio.
herman Bdmhtfstr sylvan W. Mann,
Sol. s. Klser. Lew Meyer, Indianapolis
Hebrew Congregation. Indianapolis Ind.
Louis Blitz. Martin Butzei. Adopn
Freund. Samuel Heavenrich. Seligman
Schloss. Beth I'll Congregation, Detroit.
Mich
Morris Ullman. Tinereth Israel Congre-
CATION, Cleveland. Ohio.
Rev. Or. L. Lcwlnthal. Marx Gunst.
Ohavai ShOlom. Nashville. Tenn.
Rev. Charles 5. Levi. Samuel Woolncr,
Anshai Emeth Congregation, Peoria. III.
Israel Cowen. Henry Gerstley. Rev DR..
"a. y. Jacobson, Simon Karger, Solms
Marcus. Lazarus Silverman Anshe May
Nv Congregation, Chicago III.
Rev. David Marx. Isaac Lehman, He
rev Benevolent Atlanta, Ga.
Milton +, Mareuse. Emanuel. Grand
Rapids. Mich.
itev. Dr. Israel Aaron. leopold Keiser.
lelgmund Levyn. Abram Oppenheimer,
femnle Peth Zion. Buffalo. y Y.
Josiah Cohen. Simon Kaufman, Isaac
lehman. A. Lippman. Rev. Or. l.. Mayer.
Emanuel Wertheimer. Roden Sholem.
s L. Bioombsrg. Bene Abraham. Ports
Sol. solomon. Bene Israel, Kalamazoo
Rev. DIT. s. Hecht. Emanu-EIi Milwau-
Rev. s. Tyor. ROdef shOlem. Peters
Simon. wolr. Washington Hebrew,
Washington, ID. G.
REV. DR.. f. n. Caiisch, Charles Hutz-
sr. Julius strsus Philip whi'iock. Beth
Rev. DR.. Max Heller. Temple Sinai. New