Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1904-10-27


"Serenely and securely nestled in
the arms of the Chesapeake, protected
by the guns and ships of our puissant
Navy from hostile approach by sea.
and defended by the Governor
Guards and st. Johns cadets from in
vasion by land, we are an exclusive
and secluded people, who do not admit
within our gates all sorts and con-
ditions of men, but only such as have
special invitation from the Cover
nor or permit from the City Council.
I'VE do not propose to have our Spa
and Severn polluted by pulp mills;
our Italian sky blackened by the smoke
of factories; our nerves wrecRed by
the whirl and worry of the Strenu-
Gus life; and we are especially sus-
picious of clandestine conspiracy TO
remove our State House to Baltimore.
1--WE still live much rs we did in
the Eighteenth Century. notwithstand-
ing the construction of the Short Line
Railroad; we can show You Peggy
Stewart House, the bedstead General
Washington slept on one night when
he stopped over in Annapolis to "A
duck supper; the same tree under
which Washington and Lafayette
stood together, and divers and sundry
other antiques, which would delight
the hearts of the Sons and Daughters
of the Revolution.
"The chief business of Annapolis is
oysters, athletics and ancient history;
the chief attractions are the new
Naval Academy, antiques and pretty
girls. The man who has no love of
woman in himself and is not thrilled
by rustic of skirt is fit for treasons,
stratagems and spoils. The motions
of his spirit are dull as night, and his
affections dark as Erebus. Let no such
man be- trusted.
But we trust you, gentlemen, see
ing that You are chaperoned by so
many fair ladies, and are glad to
welcome the representatives of one OF
our most useful and public institu-
tions, our banks, state and national.
We can do without love; what is love
but repining;
And with one good square meal, we
can do without dining,
We can live without art, without
music and books;
And when one KNOWS how, he can do
without cooks.
But all of our people in LIES differ
emit ranks,
Find they cannot get along without
money and banks.
"But seriously, gentlemen, this old
town is full of thrilling interest for
every patriotic American, and it is oc-
casion for surprise that so little is
generally known of, or else that so
little heed is paid to, Annapolis as
mine of historical interest.
Everybody knows that in this
Senate Chamber Washington resigned
his commission as Commander chief
of the American Army; but few seem
to take note that in this room also
was ratified the treaty of peace be-
tween England and the United States,
which concluded the Revolutionary
War.
1--WE note with pride the awakening
interest in these historic events, mani
tested in the beautiful mural decora-
tions of your Court House in Balti-
more, which will at once commend
rate the events and familiarize the
people of the State Herewith.
1.-The story of the brig Peggy Ste
wart' cannot be told too often, but |
shall not repeat il here; you are all
familiar with it. But those of you
who have never seen Anthony Ste
warts house should do so before you
leave Annapolis, and imagine that
you hear the illustrious ancestor of
our worthy Governor informing Mr..
Stewart that he will take his choice
between hanging at his own front
door or firing with his own hand his
brig and cargo of tea.
lin this ancient city first net the
convention which afterwards adjourn
ed to Philadelphia, and there framed
that immortal document, the Consti-
tuition of the United States.
Annapolis furnished four signers
to the Declaration of Independence.
Here you have that venerable institu-
ton, the third oldest college in the
land, st. Johns, whose name must
forever be linked with Francis Scott
Key and the tar-Spangled Banner.
ut is here we make your laws, and
here they receive their final interpre-
tation and enforcement.
lit is here you find the greatest Ma
val School of the world, where out of
the raw material supplied from every
state of the Union, are trained and de-
veloped your Deweys and Simpsons
and Schleys, who have borne your flag
to glory and honor on every sea, and
one to whom the Spaniards lowered
their colors at Santiago had surrender
ed himself years before to a fair
daughter of old Annapolis.
Last, but not least, Annapolis is
the home of the old Farmers National
Bank, whose doors have been continu-
ously open for a hundred years; an
institution which has safely outrid-
den all the shocks and storms and
panics of the financial sea.
And so we bid you welcome, thrice
welcome to our midst, and trust you
will carry away such pleasant recol-
lections of your visit here, as will
make you eager TO come soon again. +"
The response was made on the part
of the Association by Mr.. Charles
Ham, of the National Mechanics Bank
of Baltimore. Mr.. Ham spoke of the
various places in which the bankers
had met in convention in recent years
and ended by paying glowing tribute
to the city of Annapolis. He felicitated
Mr.. Munroe on his pleasing address and
took occasion to refer most feelingIy
to the speech of welcome of the
States Chief Executive.
The annual address of President H.
Fl. Haines, president of the National
Bank of Rising, Sun, Nd, was then
delivered. 1t was of a nature partic-
ulsrly pleasing to the bankers and
their friends and showed TO what ex-
tent the Association had increased