Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-24
PASS RESOLUTIONS.
Old Settlers Association Act Upon
Death of President.
REPORT OF THE AFTERNOON MEETING
One Thousand Five Hundred People
Listen to Happy Speeches and Have
Old Memories RecaIled-Annual
Meeting Passes Into History

The sixth annual meeting Of the Old
Settlers association of Wapello coun-
ty, which was postponed from the
morning to the afternoon Wednesday
was carried out according to the re-
yised program, published in the Cour-
Ter last evening. The attendance was
much larger than expected, when it
was considered how cold the day was,
almost fifteen hundred people being
on the grounds when President Har-
per called the meeting to order. May
or H. G. Humbert of Agency, welcom-
ed them to the city, in a short but
very appropriate speech.
Mayor Humbert's Address.
The following is a synopsis of his
talk:
"Mr. President, ladies and gentle
men, and members of the Old Set
that 1t gives me much pleasure to
greet the assembled pioneers, who
have honored our little city once more
with their annual gathering Of old set
tiers. am proud to look into the
faces of the people here assembled,
and to say to you that on behalf of the
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most hearty welcome and the freedom
of the city is yours. | extend to you
the hospitality of Mr.. Fullen, who
gives you the park for today, to do as
you please and go where you please;
the same hospitality of the city is ex-
tended to you without money and
without price, so long as you are law
abiding citizens (and | know you are.)
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are many who We're with us last year
that have passed to the great beyond,
and are not permitted to meet with us
this year, but there are enough left to
yet enjoy the day.
Il yield to more interesting speak
ers. Thank YOU
Mayor Humbert is an aged man but
possesses penetrating voice that
reached to the outskirts of the crowd,
assembled close around the speakers
stand. He used no notes talking.
The Presidents Address.
Immediately after Mr.. 1fumbert's adj
dress Captain Harper, who was anx-
1ous to hurry the program in, order to
get the entire days business into the
afternoon session. responded on behalf
OF the members of the Old Settlers
association. His address was pub.
Wished in full in last weeks Cour-
aer. 1t was delivered in his usual
plain, forcible, manner, and was re-
celVed with applause, especially his
references in regard to the anarch-
lists.
Ladies' Quartet.
The audience was then entertain.
ed by vocal selection by the lad
les quartet of Agency, entitled "Jeru-
salem, oh Jerusalem The quartet is
composed Of Miss Helen Foulkes,
leader; Mrs. o. l.. Shadford, Miss Jes.
sic Allen, and Miss Blanche Foulkes,
who are all excellent singers. Their
rendition of this most difficult selection
was faultless, their voices filling the
woods for great distance, with melo-
dious strains. They rendered one or
two other selections during the after
noon, and all were received with an
plause and much satisfaction by the
audience
Eulogizes Mckinley.
w. A. Work was then introduced,
and made the address of the day. Mr..
Works address proper, was publish
ed in the Courier last week, but he
prefaced his remarks with an eloquent
eulogy on President Mckinley, in
which he presented some ideas in re-
gard to the treatment of anarchists in
our country, which met with hearty
response from the crowd of patriotic
citizens there assembled. Mr.. Work
advanced the idea that the develop
ments of the past two weeks had
brought the people of the country to
serious contemplation of the cues
ton, as to whether or not our civiliza-
ton. which we thought was almost
perfect and had reached the highest
point possible, was not retrograding
in place of advancing; if the dial had
not been turned backward and we
were not descending to state of bar
barlsm. But through it all he seemed
to see the sunshine of hope descending
like a ray of light through the black
cloud of sorrow that is covering our
entire nation, in that it had aroused
us to the realization that while this
class of people, known as anarchists,
We're permitted to remain in our midst,
our civilization would never be per-
lection. He gloried in the fact that
the anarchists could not trace their
ancestry back to the hardy class of
pioneers, such as composed this asso-
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