The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-12
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speaker voice was deep, varied. clear
! and soft and sweet. He reminded one OK
Demosthenes with his mouth full OF ROCKS :.
and sword point hanging over llis
shoulders. He made some spurts OF eio-i
quence. such as sink deep into the hea. al, tS
of the people, such as have aused the
strongest juries to weep like a sprinklins
cart on west Grace street. SUCH as mas
! carried by storm great political mass
meetings, and nut legislative bodies INTO
a trance for three weeks. Ihere was fetl
oratory in every word, every pause every
gesture. Even when he took OUT ms h1t am
kerchief and passed it over MS 1oreheiu5
it was done with eloquence. HIS IN . .
lions surpassed anything ever heard from
n rraphophone up-to-date. He shook his
hands with a tremendous effect. dls
voice rose and fell like q freshet on
Shockoe creek, and his chest sWeileo
out and subsidized like the aspirations OF
| an office-seeker entering and leaving inc
gates of the White House.
When he quoted from the nero OF the
evening the words: lets start the ball
q rolling al the launching of the Shu-
BRICK there was spontaneous OUT
hurst of enthusiasm that giowed ike the
red-hot stoves on either side. And when
he made the touching reference to Rich
mond's heroic struggle in the civil war
and the pathetic results OF that great
struggle. strong men wept ike an lhiahe
on the day coach of local tram, ana
rang out their handkerchief, soaked
with tears.
Mr. owen referred to the eloquence of
some of the Legislators present in striking
comparison. Their oratory, he declared,
warmed people up like piece OF batter
bread just from the kitchen Mr. Stern
name, he said. was linked with that of
Washington. The latter was the Father
of His Country, and the former was the
Father of the Civic Carnival. There was
great applause at this point. and W !sl
Mr. Owen wound up his grafton with
flight of eloquence, in which he quoted the
language of an old friend of his: Twenty
per cent month, and d-n good security
at that" the roof remained on the build
ing.
HIS GRAFTON.
For the benefit Of posterity, Mr.. Owens
grafton is given in full. He said:
NV FErie1ds:-nhis hour, this occasion
and this crowd has overwhelmed me in
a sea of great bewiiderment. That I. a
foreigner, as it were, from the confines Of
Chesterfield, should have been selected to
present testimonial to a citizen OF Rich
mond for his public spirit and enterprise
In connection with the late, but not la
mented Civic Carnival. I regard as an ev-
idence of very friendly relations existing
between the city of Richmond and the
republic of Swansboro, and absolute love
on the part of us all for the 'llustrlous
Mayor of Jefferson Ward.
With these few Introductory remarks
will announce my text. which will be-
found in Book v, Chapter n. Section
", OF Josephus: But the glory of Sam
uel Increased more and more, it being
found by experience that whatsoever he
phorhesfed came to pass accordingly.
Great interest manifested)
It IS well known fact that Josephus
fer more than eighteen hundred years
has been regarded as very reliable and
truthful historian. SO we'll die he write
about Samuel the prophet that the words
Of my text are applicable to Samuel the
Democrat, whose magnificent appearance
Eliminates this assemblage tonight like
a 1O,OoO-candle power arc light. (Applause.)
ONLY TWO.
Our text confronts US with the fact that
from the naming of the animals In the
Garden of Eden. or when the bill of la
den FOR their shipment in the ark was
made out, down to the present time
there have been really only two great
Samuels. The first, and the one referred
to by Josephus, was. according to- that
learned writer, called out of hades to
foretelI the death of Saul, and the other,
who is in this august presence tonight.
has been preserved from that same per-
haps warm climate, to give dignity and
tone to this ilustr:ous audience. and
lead in Ridhmcnd's newborn industrial
development. cloud applause-)
Richmond up to d short while before
the Civic Carnival had been inaugurated.
was quietly ensconced within her old
time "inoaueous desuetude." as Mr.. Cfeve-
land would say. finding contentment in the.
fact that she was only few degrees
behind Manchester in public Split and
enterprise. There was an undercurrent
of sentiment among the people OF Rich
snond that it was time fer some kind ct
Suggestion of a public spirit and industrial
nature to be made. But where was the
genius to he found who could strike the
keynote and produce the desired music?
The demand for such hero seemed i'm
perative, and the people of Richmond
were looking for him with the same anx-
iety manifested by that amusing charac-
ter in the play of Buffalo Bill. who upon
learning that a large reward had been
offered for the capture of the famous
scout from the ''Wild and Woolly@ West,
exclaimed with terrific vehemence: Buff
fal0 William come llither; whether thou
art in the East or in the West, move
lsither with all thy family. (Smoke up.)
STEPPED TO THE FRONT.
In response to the universal desire.
and in compliance with the truth of the
saying that great occasions produce great
men, Mr.. Samuel Stern, Mayor of Ieffer-
son Ward, president of the John W.
Daniel Democratic Club, King of the
s,hockoe Creek Nation, and a public spir-
tied citizen from way back. stepped into
the arena and catching the inspiration
of the hour cried out with pathetic elo-
quence: .!-s;
Lets start the ball rolling
At the launching Of the Shubrick.
rFcot applamse.)
This was the needed breath to start the
smouldering desires Of the people of
Richmond, and kind1e a fire of go-a-head-
srtiveness tf1ht tlumined the hills of
Richmond. crossed the Free Bridge. passed
through Manchester and aroused ''that
MODEST Roman of them all-Swansboro,'
awakening thrill Of public spirit that
will go through laundering down the
ages, echoing and re-echoing throughout
the arches Of the echoing skies. So great
was the enthusiasm on that memorable
day that even the elements Joined to give
any additional waiter needed for the
launching (Thundering app'ause.]
GREAT IMPROVEMENT.
Contest the improvements going on In