The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-30
MOBILE AND OHIO
OFFICIALS ADDRESS THE CHAU-
 TAUQUA AT CITRoNEI,LE.
Hon. Edward NJ. Robinson Also Deiiv- sersan Address---New Brick Com- pany Organized With Capi-
 tal ef e15,000.
Advertiser Bureau,

Mobile, March 2s
 .Mobile and Ohio Railroad Day was observed at the Chautauqua in Citron- ellie today
 During the forenoon there was Hitting program, but the special req lures in the special Chautauqua build ing were the addresses of Cor. edward l.. Russell vice president. and Cant Richard v. Taylor, general manager of the Mobile and Ohio, and the oration by Hon. Edward M. Robinson of Mo bile.
 The remarks of Colonel Russell and MT Taylor were along happy lines, expressive of their profound apprecia- tion of the confidence reposed in the Mobile and Chio Railroad by the thous- and of people who live along this arr terry of commeece and travel.
 Hon. Edward M. Robinson, taking Fame" as hfs theme, spoke for more than an hour, yet the audience seemed not to tire, He spoke of Cecil Rhodes, who builded for himself colossal for tune and threw the Transvaal Into one of the most cruel wars of history. He told of Marshall Field. the merchant king, who outfinanced the greatest financiers Yet both of these. he de- clared. had gone. leaving benind but few to mourn them and keep fresh their memories.
 Turning to Col. Edward L. Russell, he paid tribute to the Mfssissippi-A Ala bamian in the following language:
 Tt is peculiarly appropriate on this brilliant Chautauqua day. set apart in honor of the Mobile and Ohio ttail- road. to find. as the vice president and chief administrative officer Of that great railway system. a man whose span of life stretches from an obscure farmer boy through the Aery crucihle of an hundred battles in the gfext- est war the world has ever known: on through the tragic terrors of recon struction; then onward and upward until he sits securely in the great fi- nancial world, with his influence and his marvellous administrative genius I felt in every artery of railroad devel- ending enthroned in the affections of an appreciative people.
 For I pledge you that I am prompt ed by recognition of genuine merit rather than by my loyal friendship when I declare that if I were bidden to choose from the collective living citizenship of Alabama and Mississippi 8 man who could most worthiiy wear. | in the eyes of the people of these two States. the immortal encomium. First in war, first In peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.' I would. without the slightest fear of challenge, pronounce the name of the incompar- able stateman, soldier, citizen. Edward Lafayette Russell. Equipped with an arsenal of intellectual talents. broad in his grasp of economic questions, fearless and unswerving In the declar- ation of his views and the defense of his convictions, loyal to his friend and generous to his antagonist, this great hearted Alabamian has achieved that purest of all fame which ritualizes the immortal precepts of Abou Ben Adhem, and sets love of your fellowman as the radiant goal of all earthly endeavor.
 An, ladies and gentlemen, if only the world were filled with such citi- zens as these. whose guiding star in business is 1d-fashioned honesty. and whose walk and conversation is illumi- mated by everyday humanity. how many tears and groans and heartaches would be stricken from the problem ot human destiny"
 Mobile and Ohio Day at the Citro- nelle Chautaugua, in spite of the ugly weather, proved a most happy and en- joyable one.
 Tomorrow the fair city will be in- vaded by 150 pupils of the East Missis- sippi Female College or West Point Miss. The students ana faculty will come to Mobile in special train, take , breakfast and leave at 9:50 for Citro- nelle and spend the day at the Chautau- qua.