Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-06
THE OLD FASHIONED
MEETING AT MOZART

AkN0 "a 1Ao6xAxNA
WAS q Success-An FloQucu Speech
ba Hon. John o. PendIeton-Read-
ing of the Decinrntton-The Music.
The o~ld-fashioned celebration at Mo-
Fart Park was a complete success, not
outstanding the fact that the storm
just before the hour set for the meet
ing kept down the attendance. There
were five hundred present when the
meeting opened, and constant arrivals
during the progress swelled the crowd
TO 1000.
The stand under the trees on the sum-
NIT OF the hill was handsomely embei-
lished with American flags, and the
cool breezes which were blowing made
everybody comfortable. The crowd sat
upon benches and tables and punctuat-
ed the speeches with enthusiastic ap-
plause. The exercises were opened with
a patriotic selection by Meisters' Band.
Then a male chorus. under the direc-
ton of MFR. aI. r. Bell. sang America
accompanied by the band. In the alb
sence of Mayor A. r. Sweeney, the act
ins-msyor,
Mr.. Jesse shefcr, Presided.
He made a very neat and appropriate
speech in opening the exercises, and
was heartily applauded. He made the
announcement that Hon. C. L. Weems
OF st. Clairsville, who was to have been
one of the speakers of the afternoon,
vas unable TO be present. lie then in
troduced Mr.. Frank w. Nesbitt, who
read the Declaration of independence
in a clear and forcible manner, bring
ing out the significance of some senli-
ments in that immortal document In a
way that many had not before under
stood them.
When he concluded, he read the fol-
lowing message from Vice Preldent
rheodsre Roosevelt:
OYSTER BAY, N. Y, July 2, 1901.
Celebration Committee. Wheeling. w, va.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES with your kind
request of the ed ut. / send you the fol-
lowing quotation from an article l once
wrote:
F" There can be no NEEDING with the
laws OF righteousness, of decency. Of NOR
aiity; We are In honor bound tc put into
practice what We preach; to remember
that we are not to be excused TX We do
not; and That in the last resort no mater
iai prosperity, no business aeurnen. no
Intellectual development of any kind can
atone IN the life OF a nation for the lack
Of the fundamental qualities of courage.
honesty and mIno sense
ssuyfth hpsf xxfohaa for a rnaEf gttaQeegfnt
celsbrati9n. / am
"fHEoDoRE ROOSEVELT"
when the applause had subsidized,
Chairman Shafer introduced the orator
of the day, Hon. John o. Pendleton-
Mr.. PenaIeton's Address
was a mastery effort. He held his
hearers spellbound by his fervid elo-
Quence, and wrought them up to a high
pitch OF enthusiasm by the patriotic
sentiments which he uttered with char
acteristic force.
After exercising his disappointment
and regret over the failure Of Mr..
Weems to keep his appointment, Mr..
Pendleton launched into his subject.
and dwelt upon the importance Of the
day which was being celebrated. He
spoke Of the comparative size of Euro
pean nations when Columbus sailed for
America, and now. Columbus was re-
garded as a dreamer, his ideas were rid
iculed as visionary, and ne was eve
derided as a mailman. The old feudaI
system prevailed, and men were afraid
to venture away from the coast. To-
day a vast change has been wrought,
and civilized nations know all abou. the
rest of the world. The wilds OF Africa
and Asia have been penetrated. and
there are few spots on the globe which
have not yielded to modern enterprise
and travel and discovery. The old civil
lization OF Europe finds west Of tho At
lantic a nation more powerful than
Rome in her palmy days, greater than
England at present, and stronger and
more influential than any nation that
rose or fell in all history. 1t is our
country, and to-day we celebrate its
natal day. We are proclaiming to the
world the eternal principle of the
D~ecIaratfon of Independence.
MI. Pendleton said that some of his
listeners were familiar with the condi-
ton of the old world at present. but
unless they were students of history
they knew nothing Of the conditions
when Columbus discovered the new
world. On the one aide wcrs the few
lords of creation who we're depressing
the great masses Of the people. Cosum-