The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-03

miles and were met with orders to 20 Into | {
port for repair II they needed 1t, but they
needed 1t not. They started for the war in
Cuba and at the great battle OF July 3 last
had 1t not been for the Oregon and her gal
liant commander and crew the history Of
that naval engagement might never have
ended as it did. cloud applause.l
We are here to welcome one of Vermonts
heroes, and we extend to you, Captain
Clark, and to your lady, our heartfelt well
come. We are glad to have you with us
and OF us. Montpelier is proud OF you and
your record. Again / extend to you the
and Of tho State Of Vermont. which is also
proud of you and OF your record" loud
applause
Captain Clark rose and bowed his ac-
acknowledgements to this cordial greeting.
After q selection from the Glee club Mayor
Ssnter said: II said that Vermont and not |
Montpelier alone claimed our hero to-day. |
l telegraghed. by the direction Of the city |
council, to His Excellency, the Governor |
of Vermont inviting him to be present on !
this occasion. He answered me with this |
telegram: st. Adams, May 1, j. III. Senter, |
Mayor: Nothing short OF an important and
prior engagement would prevent Mrs.
Smith and myself paying our respects, with
the citizens Of Montp ,lier, to Captain Clark
this evening. His name has become one Of
the immortals this State Is proud to en-.
| shrine in her history. l am sure you will
convey to Captain and Mrs. Clark our re-
Rr6b tnbJ We CdunOJ H66b tn6tn on JDlb &C.
casion. In the absence of the Governor,
will call upon the Secretary of State to well
| come to our midst Captain Clark"
| Secretary Rowland said in part:
Ladies' and gentleman: A newspaper
having in mind the glorious part that our
State had taken in the late war referred to
1t az the war between Vermont and the
Kingdom OF Spain (Applsuse.) Some
one little nearer Montpelier and little
more imaginative. referred to it as the war
HANxu Maaf .nltA ax.1 Ah. dam
Of Spain More imaginative still but yet
more truthful, at that time, in the history
OF the war when Spain was placing its
whole attention on Cervera and his feet
when the whole American nation was
watching the course Of the Oregon from the
Cape, north, expecting at any moment that
the whole strength OF the Spanish fleet
might be hurled against it, 1t seemed a war
between Captain Clark and the Oregon and
the Kingdom Of Spain. cloud applause)
In that great crisis, what expression was
there from the navy department, from the
war department, from any one in public or
private life, OF fear as to how the great COM
mander or the men would acQuit them
selves. Was there any expression from
any source that the men, the officers or the
vessel itself would not acquit themselves
as they have, 30 that the record OF thai
great battle will go down to history as the
most famous that is in the naval history o.
this country?
1t has been commented upon as being
6 strange and it is strange that Vermont
being an inland state, small state giver
&, over to the arts OF agriculture, should have
= produced the two most conspicuous nava
1 heroes OF this " ar. Conspicuous not alone
on the sea, but conspicuous also because
nothing they have since said or done ha
embarrassed the administration, showing
: that they were not only heroes but diplo
!, mats; This may be verifcation of thu
l. stand Judge Thompson has taken on al
r important question, an attitude in which
the majority OF us support him, that Yer
monter's thrive best on water. (Laughte
8 and applause) 1t is strange how a grea
:. deed, like the great deeds our Vermont he
r. roes have done in this late war, will lif
. people above the knowledge Of the ordin
= ary. Garfield once said that he felt lik
taking off his hat to every boy in the stree
Il because he did not know what possibiltie
n were locked up in.his breast. We are re
q minded that. Vermont boys are not back
ward in the appreciation OF what they ca
e accomplish, but we believe this great OK
Is ample OF the TWO great naval heroes of tn
s. war, who not only came from Vermont, bu
=. from this very city, and were schooled i
the schools OF this city, that it should be al
inspiration to them that their possbilitie
q are only limited by their own earnestnes
ii o! purpose and their own desire to do.
it Vermont is not hero worshiping State
m We have so many we can hardly afford
= give our time to that sort of thing, but
I. wish Captain Clark to understand that ov
)t ing to the hurriedness of this occasion "
ID have not so many representatives frol
% other portions Of the State as we woul
=, like. II we had had more time to sprea
; the news OF his expected visit, we woul
a. not only have had here Representative,
st from every city in the State, but thel
" would have been hardly town or haml,
70 but would gladly have sent their represe
~ tatives to congratulate him upon his gl
rious deeds upon the Atlantic and the p
cifc (Applause)
/ will say nothing more, except 1 belie'
while these great deeds of our great hero,
rebound to the credit OF the State, they a
rk only verification Of the words of our ow
poet, MIR. Eastman.
Talk, says my uncle, growing WARN,
-, About the South and West;
81, sSgs s1 ,Gs e IT, ss {:
es No State tee can ' boast o OK such race
ut OF people as Vermont"
It. Great applause.)
VS. After selection from the Montpelier Q
ey chestra, stationed in the gallery, Hon.
ID. II. Thompson Of the supreme court W
ait pleasantly introduced. Judge Thompson
he remarks were, In part, as follows:
of Ladies' and gentlemen: 1 should n
of have been here tonight had 1 not BET
ny born in Vermont Vermont. L is great thing to
re land was born over in New Hampshire,
he came over as q boy and has lived here ev
"a. since, and just see what that has made
IA. him. daughter and applause.) When "
OF come to man that was born and bred he
an upon our virgin soil as Captain Clark wa
nd he will do his duty like man, Vernon
ia. never assumes anything else but that h
,r. sons, wherever called upon to serve he
al and to serve their country, will .acquit theI
IN. selves like men and like Vermonters. "a
ge plause.)
Il. 1t is great thing to be citizen of tn
IN. great Republic. 1t is greater thing
an every respect to be citizen of this o.
re-, Green Mountain State. 1t is a great thil
m to realize what this country has not on
H. done for herself in uplifting humanity al
nd mankind, but what she is doing in the u
nd lifting Of mankind the world over. Ev
since the struggle for human liberty bega
ia our navy has always acquitted itself wi
adj honor. Whatever fate has befallen OF
,le armies upon the land, never has anythir
ar. but honor crowned our armies upon IL
ar sea. We all remember how in our bo
an hood days we thrilled over the story
ev Paul Jones; we all remember how v
in thrilled as we read the story of that cor