The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-29
"NO MEAN CITY,"
This Sentiment Is Ably Handled by
r.. B. Martfndale.

r.. Ii. Martindale.
The last speech was by z. B. Martindale,
who had for his toast a sentiment once
given by General Harrison, Indianapolis
is no Mean City Mr.. Martindale said:
my toast. No Mean City. was used by
the POSTMASTER of this banquet on the &C.
casion of his reception by the Commercial
Club on his return from Washington 1t Is
the declaration of Paul, when confronted
by mob at Jerusalem. Paul said: i am
man which am Jew of Tarsus, a city In
Silica, a citizen of no mean city, and 1 be-
seech thee suffer me TO speak unto the
people, and from the stairway made one
of the most eloquent speeches to be found
in any language.
THE city of Tarsus, to which Paul re-
ferred, was the capital of SILICA, and, like
Indianapolis, il lay on both sides OF a
beautiful river (the Cydnus), but unlike
our White river ii was navigable and bore
ffic to the open sea. Tarsus was CAPT.
tai city and the residence of the King OF
SILICA, which is one of the most fertile
valleys in the world. We have yet In ex,
istence coins of Tarsus' whose principal
value. no doubt. were their inscriptions
and profiles of the deities of the city. The
city of Tarsus became the seat of fam
Gus school of philosophy, which was at
tended almost exclusively by, natives of
SILICA and which sent forth teachers to
Rome, among whom were the teachers OF
Augustus and Nestor. The city of Tarsus
than 100000 inhabitants. 1t had a tariff
which certainly was not framed for reve-
nue. only, and the plain of SILICA became
immensely wealthy. If the greatest of the
apostles has referred to the city of Tarsus
as no mean city'-what may We not say
for the city of Indianapolis?
''In founding our city four great corner
stones were laid by men who 'builded bet
ter than they knew These are religion,
morality. education and charity. / could
not venture TO call the roll of the names
of the great and good men who laid this
foundation and made Ii easy for their sue
cessors to build up and maintain the great
and lovable city we have. We are not a
city of great reserved wealth. Our growth
as city has been healthy, but not rapid.
Our legislation has been unfriendly to the
accumulation of capital We have fewer
banks and less banking capital than any
city of like population in this country. We
have this, however, to say, that our bank
ers, our merchants. our manufacturers and
traders are all solid and prosperous and
others in these lines are coming to us so
rapidly that unable to keep up the
acquaintance of our neighbors and may
reasonably imagine that we are I'm a
strange city. Why is this rapid growth ?
First, because the foundations of a great
city were properly laid and have been
faithfully maintained. Secondly, because
we are the best advertised city in America.
The great nOnpartisan movement inaugu-
rated by our Board of Trade and Com
mercial Club in inviting the commercial
organizations of the other sixteen leading
cities of America to unite with us i'm an
intelligent plea to the Congress for none
tary reform has, by the successful ac-
complshment OF the work. led by one of
our own quiet, modest business men. given
us the most favorable publicity ever given
to an American city.
1--WE stand here tonight to claim for our
city and for citizens the lions share
of the responsibility and of the glory of
this great reform. 1t is not just to the
hon auhG nf nn of of Tho. r De-
publican party, but who devoted their time
and energy To the promotion of this re-
form, to claim it or denounce il as a parti-
san measure. / think, however, il is fair
and truthful TO call 1t an anti Bryan meas
ure. 1t is a sound measure 1T is the bust
ness mans measure. 1t is the manufacture
ers measure. Ii is the workngman $
measure. IL is the measure of prosperity
TO all classes and I'm its adoption we all re-
joice. When the great benefits of this leg
islation are fully understood and appreci-
ated and the roll of honor is called first
upon that roll should appear the name OF
H. H. Hanna, of Indianapolis. and second
the name OF Jesse Overstreet, the repre-
sentative of this district in Congress and
then all our senators and representatives
in Congress who stood so faithfully by the
work of the monetary convention, and last
but not least. let the bugle sound go forth
to the world that this measure originated
in no mean city.