The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-04-24

w l.. Mote, Plainview .... Treasurer
Trustees:
A. l. Neuman. Oakland
Ed T. KeaTney ..............Ja Jackson
c. r. Burnham. ..............No Norfolk
2 w. II. Wattles. ................Ne Neigh
+. w. Woods. ................S Spencer
The annual convention of the North.
east Nebraska Bankers association
was called to order shortly after IL
o'clock with President c. A. Randall
of Newman Grove presiding. The
convention assembled in the Audito-
rum, where both the morning and
afternoon sessions were held.
A splendid Arbor day, as fine a
day as in the whole spring calendar,
was offered for the annual bankers
convention in Norfolk. The perfect
day along with the very important
banking questions now in the center
of the political stage were factors
which made for good attendance Of
the bankers of the district.
The morning session was opened by
DR.. d. X. Tindall, who invoked the
divine blessing.
Address Of Welcome.
The bankers were formally vel
president Of both the Citizens National
bank and the Norfolk Commercial
club. Mr.. Rothe said:
Gentlemen of the Northeast Ne
braska Bankers Association: ] am
unable to explain why / was selected
to give this address of welcome. II
may be because | am comparatively
new addition to the banking frater-
nifty of your good state, or it may be
because of my recent coming, that
would not dare say anything but the
good things about you.
Some of the older fellows, who have
been in northeast Nebraska many
years, (Bro. Mathewson, for instance,
or c. e. Burnham) in my mind would
much better have done justice to the
occasion than !. However, l dare say
that they prefer waiting until evening,
when they can make their little bow
to the fairer sex. But be this as it
may, l have to congratulate you that
there is some reasonable hope that
you may at least partially escape a
very long and exceedingly painful
address, which ! had planned to in
tiict upon you.
| suffered much in the conception
of the aforesaid address: you would
probably have shared my suffering in
its delivery.
You may, perhaps, be interested to
know to what circumstances you owe
your escape. First of all, il seems to
have dawned upon the gentlemen who
have this convention in charge, that
there are some things that go with
out saying, for instance the coming
of such a company of gentlemen as
is now before me, representing, as
they do, the brains and money of a
section Of country, richer per capita
in these vital forces, than any other
section Of the world. The coming
say, of such men, must OF necessity
be welcome event TO any city.
Doubtless with this fact in mind
and in the most delicate way possible
one Of the committee on arrangements
remarked to me the other day that he
understood addresses Of welcome were
coming TO be looked upon in much
the same light as is the vermiform
appendix, an arrangement which has
evidently served some good purpose
in the past, but now out of date;
tapsed into a state OF inocuous desue
tude, and he pleasantly added: I'VE
think yours had better be cut out"
Or course, ! felt panied. At first
II seemed TO me that | was about tC
suffer an irreparable loss. Later, il
seemed ITO me that this convention
was going 10 lose something, finally
and when ] more thoroughly under
stood the gentleman, ] was brought
to see that the cutting off, of at least
a part of my address, would be hu
name act, but ! won't stand for il:
entire removal.
Norfolk wants the pleasure of tell
ing you bankers of northeast Nebras
ka, (if il does go without saying) tina
she is exceedingly glad to see you
We remember the nice things yol
said about US last year. We wan
you to feel more at home today, be
cause of your visit a year ago.
We don't want you TO come to III
as a Jew once did 10 physician. HI
was feeling very badly, but before
going TO the doctors office he inquired
of friend as TO the probable fee h
would have TO pay. He was informed
that the first visit would cost hin
SO and the second visit 50. He a
once made his way TO the DOCTOR
Office and said, Here ] am again
doctor"
You may all truthfully say. Her,
| am again." but you may all rest as
sured there will be no fee.