The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-18
Luncheon and Welcome to the Visitors. .sss 2 s- Alderman Mcintyre Represented Mayor Carr in speech-making. Excursionists Impressed by
 Visit to Alabama's
 Capital City.

With genuine Southern hospitality, the excursion party of Louisville business men and members of the Louisville Board of Trade was entertained by the Commercial and Industrial Association of Montgomery yesterday morning on their five hours stay in Montgomery, and when the visitors left and went their way they carried with them a better idea of commercial Montgomery and the Capital City of Alabama. se
 The special train bearing the Kentuck- ians arrived in Montgomery at e:45 a. m. and many of the visitors took advant- age of the early hours to walk about the city and see the principal sights of interest, the business section, the resi- dence section and the Capitol, all com ing in for their full share of attention.
 Received by Committee.
 At SIS o'clock. the special reception committee of the Commercial and In- dustrial Association went to the union railway station to greet the visitors and accompany them to the rooms of the association. where had assembled the rep resentative business men of Montgomery. A light lunch had been prepared for the occasion.
 Headed by a band, the merchants pro ceeded through Commerce street to the rooms of the Commercial and Industrial Association on Court Square! Here, the visitors were made to feel at home, and while the lunch was being served, speeches were made by prominent Louis viiians and Montgomerians.
 In the absence of Mayor Thomas H. Carr, who was detained in Birmingham on business, c. P. Mcintyre. president of the City Council, extended in behalf of the city of Montgomery q cordial vel come to the visitors.
 welcomed by Mcintyre.
 Mir. Mcintyre said: a
 MT. President and Gentlemen: h the absence of our esteemed Mayor, 1t has become my pleasant privilege, as we'll as honor to welcome you to the city of Montgomery. s
 "The growth of cities is one of the most natural things in the world. The grega- rious and sociable disposition fof man leads him from the quiet of rural scenes, from lonely mountains, valleys and farms, to the, association and busy life of towns and cities. In ages gone by mon archs and great lords, at their will. started cities into life. fostered and de- veloped them, and such Is the origin of many of the famous cities of the old world. The rule of Democracy has suc- ceeded the rule of oligarchy, and the res idents of States are fast taking the place of kings and emperors of nations. Under this beneficent system the republic of the United States has come into existence. The cities of our country are forced to live and grow by their own efforts and contain within themselves either the germ of greatness or of decay.
 Upon this occasion I cannot help re- ferring to a curious fact in the develop AAak nP AfaP nnFttneH nf our country, relatively small proportion of the whole, bounded by Canada, the Rocky Mountains. the Atlantic Ocean, and the Ohio River, we have nearly all the great marts of commerce and great and influential centres of our population. This seems to be the home of the Ameri- can .city. On the other hand if we look on that eountry. which, roughly speaking IS bounded by the Ohio River. the At- lantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico and the Mississippi River we find, if we except Baltimore, only two great cities, New Or leans and the progressive and beautiful city of Louisville.
 Tribute to the South.
 within the territory just mentioned there is every charm of climate and scenery, there are great number of navigable rivers, there Is a great num- Der of fine harbors, there is a great abundance of minerals, there Is soil un- matched in richness and variety. Within this section Is found a most gentle type of womanhood and as intelligent a body of men as live anywhere in the world, yet with all these advantages, what the Frenchman has and is proud of-his Paris what the Englishman has and is proud of-his London-what the Northerner has and Is proud of-his New York-this the foxy 0f khs rlI possess. We have no great and thriving city of the first rank. This is a draw back to which 1t is not improper for us to advert at this time.''
 Mir. Mcintyre then pointed out that commerce in its broadest sense was the means of raising up great cities. He praised the progress and enterprise of Louisville, and instanced the gathering that he was addressing as a fact evil rencing the push and vim that ought to actuate the inhabitants of all our South ern cities. He showed that the location Of Louisville and that of Montgomery have much in common, the one possessing a navigable river to the Mississippi and the other an navigable river to the Gulf of Mexico, and that nature had been as generous to the one as to the other
 In conclusion MT. Mcintyre expressed the wish that the mission of the delegates would be of benefit both to Louisville and to Montgomery and extended in the name of the people of Montgomery a cordial to the visitors.
 Responses by Kentuckians.
 Following the address of welcome. President Alex Rice of the Commercial and Industrial Association introduced Marion B. Taylor, president of the I,ouis- vile Board of Trade. who responded in a few well-selected words to the welcome extended by MT. Mcintyre and assured him 1t was appreciated by the visitors.
 Finishing his response, MT. Taylor in- troduced James J. Fitzgerald, a promi- nent Louisville lawyer. who spoke in be- half of Mayor Charles F. Graipeer of Louisville. Mir. F1tzgeralds speech was full of the eloquence of an after-dinner speaker. He touched responsive chord in the hearts of his hearers when he spoke Of Montgomery as the birthplace of the Confectionery, the scene of so many his- tortcal incidents of that short-lived gov ernment, the memories of which, he said were cherished as dearly in the hearts of the Louisvilllans as in the hearts of any loyal Southerner
 He spoke of the pleasure with which the Kentuckians had come here and hoped they would, in the near future, have the pleasure of returning some of the hospi- tality given them in their short stop ih the city.
 Addresses were then made by Horace Stringfellow of Montgomery, Charles F