The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-09

and State And now I think this viii suf-
nce-if you don't get what you want from
President Eckhouse and his reception COM
mittee. come to my office and you VIII nnd
IL on tap there
Following a selection by the Indianapolis
MMi,itary Band. Colonel X y; sa ,r d,v ~
sion, responded to the address OF welcome
He said in part:
1--WE are all here for the interest OF the
Travellers Protective Association ana we
all want TO do something TO help. NOW;
We are following nobody. but there Is sun III
room for improvement. We havent 1.oo
what we ought to do, and begin right now,
is TO increase our membership past So,Vv o.
the next convention. Some of our members
have already been allowing their member
ships to lapse. This is an awful mistake.
friends. Think of your wives and children-
Keep them protected. Keep your mem
berships well paid up, and help US 10 ger
new members, thousands OF them.
SENATOR BEVERIDGE HEARD.
Neither flood nor fire can stop the Ameri-
can travelling man when he gets started"
said Senator Beveridge. in the beginning of
his address. He had been speaking OF the
belated delegates from St. Louis. The sena-
tor continued:
81 am glad to see you all so prosperous.
for your prosperity is the best indication
that the whole American people are pros
porous. have been asked to speak upon
Educator Commerce is the cause and re-
suit of civilization, therefore the travelling
man is OF an age OF progress. You carry
goods, and, as Governor Durbin said. you
carry ideas. You can't sell your goods,
either, without gathering and distributing
intelligence. When you come In contact
with your customers you give them new
ideas and you, yourselves, get ideas whicn
are valuable to you.
Republican government though appar-
entity a very complex thing, is a simple
IA til mi
zation And you are travelling schoolmas-
tiers in this process. You. are travelling
schoolmasters of that public opinion and the
only public opinion that is worth anything
is the mouth to- mouth public opinion. That
is the kind of public opinion you create. The
store is your school, the hotel your univer-
The kind of public opinion you distribute is
common sense. plain honesty and the su-
premacy of American commerce.
GREAT RESPONSIBILITY
ION each of you rests a great response
bility. Responsibility is marked by oppor-
tunity. Your opportunity is Unreasonable.
You must use it well. Patriotism and your
profit compel you to- [Aplause.] I have
observed that the travelling men of this
| country are conservative men Of the right
kind of conservatism. That is good thing.
| for conservatism among the people is the
| only element Of safety we have in re-
| publican form of government. Our gov
ment is held together by the common judy
ment of the masses. Your conservatism is
| that common sense We people in Indian
| apolis and Indiana like you people and We
want you to like us. Indiana is the center
| of population Of a district containing one OF
| the finest telephone and electric railway
systems in the world. We are being bound
| by rail and wire and therefore by the
bonds of brotherly affection. When peo-
pie know each other they like each other.
| Propinquity is the friend Of friendship.
What We want Is peace-industrial.
commercial and social. What we want to
/ do is to pull together. Let the watchword
| of the new century be pull together II
| We do this there is nothing which can keep
us from being the leader of the world
| Col. John s. HARDWOOD, of Richmond. rep
| resenting the southern divisions, followed
| Senator Beverage in a brief response to
| the address of welcome.
The musical features of the evening were
| furnished by Mrs Leo Riggs, of thic city
| and the Indianapolis Military Band.