The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-22

OF the best interests of this city and this
State. Through the direct and systematic
efforts OF this club Indianapolis has
things more than any other like period OF
her history. Through the efforts of this
club indianapolis has won for itself the
name OF the convention city, and as such
II is known throughout the State and the
Nation 1t is a cold week indeed when we
90 not entertain one or more conventions.
Deg 10 assure you that no convention Is
more welcome than that of the Indiana
Bankers Association. GApplause.1 We
gladly grant you the use of all our rooms
and cordially extend to you all the prlvl-
leges of the club during your sojourn with
U.s. have the honor to welcome you 10
the most prosperous and beautiful city IN
the Union. lApplause.l The last United
States census report shows that Indianap-
oils has increased in population in the last
decade over GO per cent. This is the larg-
est percentage of increase OF any city IN
the Union having population OF lovOoo
and over. Indianapolis has increased like
wise in wealth and health and beauty; ON, ,lr
citizens are spending their money freeiy
in the construction OF good streets, III the
building of sewers, In the purchase ana
Improvement of parks. and otherwise are
doing the things that make this a most
desirable and attractive place of residence.
and so you gentlemen of Indiana may De
proud of your capital city.
But greater than committee. our ciup
or city the interests of our great CON-
monwealth, and In the broader sense OF
citizenship we may meet here to-day as
Observation-Disclosures and welcome one another
to the convention which shall have for its
chief objects the solving of those problems
which make for the peace and the pleasure
and the prosperity of the people or our pc
loved State-a State that has made sucn
advancement in the last decade in the mat
ter of mental and moral and material I'M
provement as to attract the attention ana
win the admiration of all thoughtfui peo-
ple. We may, therefore, be proud OF our
State as well of its capital city anu III
the words of Indiana's sweetest poetess eA-
claim:
Though many laud Italia's CLINE
And call Helvetia's land subllme
Tell Gallia's praise in prose and rhyme
And worship old Hispania
The winds OF heaven never fanned,
The circling sunlight never spanned
The borders of n better land
Than our own Indiana. lApplause'l
Fellow Indianians. / give you welcome
thrice welcome to your own capital CITY,
tC. your own Commercial Club, 10 your own
convention and / trust that your proceed
ings may be characterized by harmony ana
success TO the end that you may acnieVe
those things which will work the pest ior
the people of our own Indiana
Mr. Coffins eloquent address was greeted
with the heartiest applause. The response
CT behalf of the convention OF pankers
was made by President David A. Coulter.
of Frankfort Colonel Coulter spoke DIS
follows:
I'm behalf of the association desire TO
thank YOU for your very hearty weicome.
Every lndianian feels that indianapolis pc
longs to him. There is no city that eX-
tends a more hearty welcome TO the indi-
viduals of any State than lndlanapons'
and every Indanian feels proud or lndian-
apois and we thank you for your woros
OF welcome"