Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-03-11

SSSs ANS8AASs
 with numerous track additions and
 comm0dious freight houses, is soon tt
 be reality, with an expenditure on
 the part of the railroad company of
 nearly two millions of dollars. And
 Waterbury will appreciate it all Nu- merous problems will confront our city 1 from time to time and this association
 must expect to bear some of the re, responsibilities of them. Let us all ] strive to make our organization sue i cess that it may command the utmost from none, but as President Roosevelt
 says. "a square deal for everybody"
 Let us be one for all and all for one in ] every effort to make our city a better business center and we as citizens
 proud of it to the utmost degree. We
 are indebted to Congressman Lille. and to John Blair. chairman of the
 banquet committee, as well as every
 member of it. for the interest taken to
 make this, our eighth annual banquet. l So pleasant, to the press for the liberal , support given to our organization. and l to our guests who have made us happy
 with their presence. Gentlemen, welcome you tonight and hope you will finish your night off in most enjoyable manner. It gives me great pleasure to announce as tOastmaster for the evening one of our most energetic
 and popular members, ex-President Charles D. Nye.
 Mir Nye made q short address and
 closed by introducing Mayor Elton. NTaSnr Elton toI l. on ,O1,y,i inir .,f fairs and gave the proposed park at
 the union station q hearty indorse, ment. h. g1:+5:t.5sj. Congressman Lilley. evidently talk, ing his cue from one of the quotations on the menu card, He talketh best who talketh least. or almost none at all." cut his address very short and gave as a reason that he knew all were anxious to hear Congressman Bede of Minnesota.
 MT Bede is q brilliant speaker and Il
 good deal of humorist. so much so that everybody present was enter
 tained and instructed to some extent by his able address. There are OI.. pOrtmities in the world to-day said
 NIT Rede. but the young man and wo- man must fit themselves for them. We have the church and the schools. ana it isn't the fault of our civilization if the young man or woman can't get ahead. Fifty years ago could travel from one end of the country to the other looking for d job as an cleo trician and couldn't have found it. could have got plenty of jobs as q mule driver. To-day there are plenty of jobs for electricians. but mighty few for the mule driver, and that is the reason why some of us have butted into congress, Old Henry VIII didn't have bath tub in his house. looked over the hoiiSe one day when I was over there. He never took a bath. Think of that. But he had six wives. and even then hc wasn't happy at that. You will remember that he went around killing his wives out of season and contrary to the game laws of the Kingdom. God Almighty intended Us to be happy here in America to-day and when he wants us to be happier he will call LIS home.'
 Vice-Iresident Graves of the State Business Mems association talked on the trading stamp question.
 uC IteN UT W liiuTu s>Aptt pl' "'oE"8 cester added new laurels to his fame as Il successful banquet orator. Among other things he said:
 Tn his primitive state the minister needed but few things. He had to have a Bible from which to take a text. an almanac to tell him when it was Sunday. and a democratic news paper to remind him of total depravity. The modern minister comes nearer to the business life of the world. The people have cut down the pulpit and the minister's salary.
 "One day small boy fell down on his way to school and tore out tho bosom of his pants. He was tartly as he reached school and the teacher lOked up smiling as she said. Well. Johnny. I see you're Il little behind We have Ditysfor these people But we can't have all people aggressive.
 T remember q fellow who was a twO-fnced man. l think he was con gressman from some western state. He was charged by his opponent of being two-faced. His answer was characteristic. Do you think if had two faces would wear the one have now"
 "One of my classmates said he thought he would have to go into the ministry in order to escape going to the devil. He finally learned that folks would pay more tO keep out of jail than to get to heaven so he be came Il lawyer and went to congress, He wasn't the fellow who when asked if he didn't want to work for Jesus said. No. I've got a good job on tho Northern Pacific That fellow. was like the girl who said she didn't want to be n Christian. she had rather sing in the choir"
 At midnight the assemblage joined in the singing of ".Auld Lang Syne." and then the banqueters left for tlicii respective homes.
 The out of town guests included be- sides those already mentioned Presi- dent stone and Treasurer Fuller of the Danbury association. B. \. Peek of Bristol. F. !. Porter and F. II. John. ston of New Britain. President Tpson of the Southington association. J. E. Hyatt of Meriden. and Judge F. W. Etheridge of Thomasjon.