Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-09-07
and benefit from your visit"

and benefit from your visit"
GOV. TUNNELS spEEcH.
Gov. Ebe W. Tunnel was also warmly
received when he came forward on be-
half OF the State, to welcome the
delegates.
Permit me in the first place." no
said, "to gratefully express my APP
probation of tho very great compli-
ment you have shown me in assigning
me any portion of the programme con-
nected with an occasion as notable as
| this one will ever be in the annals
of the city of Wilmington.
| "And to the visiting delegates from
our sister States, in behalf of the
citizens of Delaware | extend you a
most grateful, sincere and hearty well
come.
"In these wonderful days Of human
progress and advancement during which
man by his skill, industry and IN
vention has we'll nigh accomplished
tho impossible, so that perfection in
almost everything greets the senses on
every hand, it is not only pleasure
| but an absolute honor to welcome such
distinguished guests, representing the
greatest invention Of the age. | trust
that your visit may be made so pleasant
| that you will be ready to say that
you were glad to have had the good
| fortune to experience the Kindness,
the courtesy ard the hospitality OF
the good people of Delaware.
II have not single fact to state,
or single statistic or single figure.
In matters of electricity, its use and
development, am not well.informed
man. | again welcome you and wish
you most pleasant and successful
session.
MORRIS W. MEAD RESPONDS,
The response to the mayor and
governor was made by Morris w.
Mead, superintendent of the bureau
of Electricity of Pittsburg, Pa. Mr..
Mead took the place of Judge Green
of the Brooklyn Eagle. A Although Mr..
Mead tried to say that he. was mol
the equal of Judge Green, he showed
that he could talk on his own account.
The lovely music and the pretty ladies
and the outstretched arms of Whining
ton were enough to arouse a feeling Of
respopse in the hearts Of the dele
GATES. They had been overwhelmed
by their reception. They found thai
thew had touched the friendships ant
hearts of their entertainers more
repidly than electricity moves, that is
$ more than 1856, 600 miles Is second.
Mr.. Mead saw in Wilmington. sittinl
midway between New York and Wash
inptop, q city here to develop. Ih'
electrical association is comparativel.
Young. for the municipal electricians
four years ago. hardly knew thei
! capabilities. They came together ant
are now waking up to what they ar
capable Of
] In closing, Mr.. Mead made perora
, t;on, in n quotation from Thomas Moore
The audience was apparently satls
} fed, as shown by applause, that IN
speaker had done full justice to tn
occasion.
PRESIDENT AYDoN's ADDRESS.
After the tenor solo, g Avia, fror
, "Lurline, by Joseph McCuliin
i, President Aydon delivered his annua
4 address, which was as follows:
, On September 18th, 1896, Q few g
i us met in the parlors of the Clarendo
! Hotel, Brooklyn, N. Y, for the pun
nose of forming an association tina
, would convene at least once year
compare notes, exchange ideas and dis
, cnss all now and old devices for tn
! preservation of life and property
:. Adopting nor indorsing none but tn
a best, letting the suggestion, original
q either in the North, South, East
i West, having in view the the better
: ment of the hest, and excluding every
I thing that was not in line with PR
a eressidn and utility, as none put u
Best is good enough for the Fire an
d Police Departments which we repr'
o sent, for the preservation OF ii,9 Ia az ~
u hTall trees from little acorns grow,
70 find very applicable in regard to tn
: association. 1t is gratifying to me
!, tbs time to say that on the 10th da
10 Of September, 1896, we planted i, .
II acorn from which has emanated u
n sturdy OAK, whose roots have pc
n nsated and branches 'sapead even I, !,
n Canada, and whose influence IS 10
=, y across the broad Atlantic, where OF