The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-07
HIGH HONOR PAID
PICTURE. OF con. B. l., RUsaELL
 pMEEHEED.
The C0mmereaal Clnb Praises tho var- tues of the Railway 0fllciaI and Terms Him @Axohale'A Best

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 | Mobile, Nov. 6.--(Special. r---In the history Of the Commercial Club to-
 night occurred an epoch such as has
 never visited that organlEat.on whtcn | has done SO much for the advancement of Mobile and ife environments. Ap' preciating the recently. added honors | conferred upon Col. E. L. Russell | yice-president ot the kooile and Qhi1 of the Southern Railway in Mlssis- | sippi This native State, it was decide | by members of that organization head ed by Max Hamburger, IT.. president
 of the club. to make a presentation to memorial to Mobiles best s'iends.
 At 7:30 o'clock there were assem- bled In the club room q host of fair women and energetic men, gathering
 roof in the Gulf city of Alabama, | President Hamburger in brief remarks stated that the Commercial Club had
 been honered with q lire sIse picture sired to ask General Manager R. ". Taylor of the Mobile and Ohio and 1 Southern Railway tn Mississippi to
 make the presenttion. MT. Taylor in dressed the assembly in the following choice language. the pastel being utI- yelled by President Hamburger of the Commercial Club and Phil Cosminsky
 on hshaif of the Commercial Club. Major Edward M. Robinson spoke as follows. tAfr. Chairndan, members of
 the Commercial Club. ladies and gen. institution whose existence stands for ltne commercial upbuilding of Mobile should have Is walls adorned with tho likeness of those wiacse individual ' ed to the same praiseworthy cause. And among those who during fhe past quarter of a century have wrought increasingly for our advance
 son, in sunshine and in storm. have given of their time, resources, energy land enthusiasm to make us In fact, as ! in name, the queen city Of the guir'
 No one stands out more conspicuous- ldrafts upon our municipal gratitude. lthan that splendid citizen in whose lhonor we have gathered nere. Hencs lit is that as the spokesman of the lsome testimony and In assuring you of our genuine appreciation l pledge you that in the coming years that kindly
 genial face open as the sunlight and
 writ ali over with intellectual powtE
 shall beam It's benediction upon thost f who meet within these rooms to striYt for a grander Mobile
 | The eloquence ana grace with Whici thIs presentation has been mades th' | winged words with which my distin guished friend has placed the crowr of worthy euiogy upon the head q Mobiles foremost citizen, the splendls enthusiasm of his utterances, all com
 bined to make my position more difh cult For T. realize with the utnos humility that I cannot respond in thu
 compelled frankly to confess to in re ferring to our distinguished guest | am q prejudiced witness, due to tn fact that since my earliest manhood
 and, unseinsh. But compensation come
 with the thought that my jury [ | equally partisan for I believe speai
 the literal truth when l declare tha l a long series of shinlng deeds, an un broken chain of golden charity ha SO enduringly bound to him the heart
 and affections of his fellows that n'
 asssmblage could be convened within | thriIi responsive to his praise.
 We are well within the bounds O truth when we assert that the origiHa of yondey picture Is our best belove' mercial. industrial, social, religioua Q patriotic has reached It's full truttto in the past decade without his enthu
 siastic enlistment in the cause. N lie heart that ddes net strike respon sive echo. In hls generous soul. Doe
 disaster lay ts. withering hand upo ing touch chill the hearts of hi friends and neighboFs. His purs l strings are automatically 1ooseneC
 Are the men and women and ehildrel driven by the fury of the storm an
 the pitiless persecution of the wave | to inconcefvabie destitutfon and dis tress. A message from him bring
 from the potentates and powers of
 great railway system Q muniheent rec
 ognition of our peoples wants.
 Does the Young Mems Christian As V14Esto oratf ia 4alt
 izenship for financial aid on It's hu | InanitaPian crusade For the moral, fin
 tellectual and physical uplifting of tn
 young manhood of Mobile No answe noble women of our city rear the ban ner of universal charity above a hom
 dedicated to the Young Women's Chris tian, Association, bidding the faiter ing feet Of homeless ones to cross Tt
 hospitable threshold and lay aside tn oares that compass them about. Thi great-hearted citizen has only to lear
 of this exalted movement and tn fountains of his prineely prodigaIitl begin to flow. Do widows weep am
 orphans wall. He steps into tn
 breach of human woe. Does riot sem
 it's murderous missive- to the ,yitals o
 faithful officer, and with the wieFl infamy of it's note sing true an'
 loyal heart to sleep his message Is tn ! first that enters the darkened house
 bold bringing it's balm to a broken
 hearted little girl and to a mothe \ gray-haired, bent, bereft, bidding then | brave the burden of their sorrow wftl the consolation that their son and ia
 ther answered every call of duty am lived and died a man.
 | Do his subordinates appeal for better l wages and shorter hours. He meets l them not as the ordinary official, witt l drowning front and arbitrary scale ! but bids them come and reason to
 gether meets their just demands in c l fair and friendly spirit and sends then | on their way content
 But, ladies and gentlemen, time ana | language would run its course if WI l sought to mention the multitude oi | kindly deeds, the wealth of cumulA- | tive charity, with which he has soft. | ened the sadness of thousands of suf- | fering hearts, set joy to reign wher' l discontent held sway, placed sceptereC | laus hter on the throne of tears ana with glorious abnegation offered tn, | best and bravest efforts of q splendid l genius upon the altar of the people | whom he loved.
 | Let me say, then, in again thanking
 xcu for this nnagnificent gift that If
 were called upon to choose from al | the rare and radiant pathway of Eng \ fish speech, a motto that could moSi l fttingiy be placed beneath wonder like. ness of Edward Lafayette I.usseH, . | motto that would at once epttomize hi: l