The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-12

speaker said. did great good and made
DIR. Bradford and Montclair known all
over the world.
DIR. Lyman Abbott.
The Rev. DIR. Lyman Abbott, 81
Brooklyn, had for his subject, The
Moral Leader in Public Affairs" He
said that thirty-nine years ago next
month he had preached to the Congre-
gationalists of Montclair. The church
was Just started then and w~orshiped
lover a store. The congregation had just
| engaged a young theological student as
| pastor, but he was not yet ordained.
That young man was DR.. Bradford.
Il know DIR. Bradford as one of the
good moral leaders of this great coun.
try said DIR. Abbott. Decatur NJ.
Sawyer then read a set of resolutions.
which were bound in a book. and which
had been signed by every one present
When DIR. Bradford made ready to re-
spond every one in the hall arose to his
feet, and a most moving demonstration
was the result. DR.. Bradford was
greatly affected. He asked the audi
ence to excuse him if ne read his reply,
as he was afraid to trust to his mem
Vi > ~ dNiCt was itC ~ AhE
and love of his friends.
DR.. Bradford's address in part fol-
lows.
1t would be affectatlon for me to pretend
that | do 1ot rejoice in the evidences OF
yoar love and appreciation which this oc-
casion affords. | do rejoice in it AID am
filled with righteous pride because of IT
With all my heart / thank all who have
spoken and all who have had any part in
arranging this celebration. Whatever else
may be said of me when my work Is done
and the final accounting is made, | feel
sure that no one will charge me with ever
having been Intentionally disloyal to Mont
clair. The love which l have expended IN
serving 1t has come back TO me tonight,
multiplied a hundred fold.
But this is more Than an occasion foi
personal felicitation. We are here primarily
because we desire the welfare of the fair
est Of our suburban cities, The Montclsir
of today is a very different place from the
Montelair Of forty years ago.
May / mention a few points which
require emphasis III the future? There
should be more careful working to a plan
in municipal affairs and less that is hap
hazard. In the past, like Topsy. We have
" Just growed.'' If Mr.. Pratt's scheme for
Identifying Montclair, or some other equal
been saved a great deal of money and
spared numerous monstrosities which desc
crate so many of our streets. The Mansion
IIonse was never so beautiful as now-m
ruins. Many Ol0ef DullOlnSS might well pt
treated as Nj. Dickson has treated that
historic ard happily defunct earavansary.
in a way that would merit great applause.
The appointment of the Municipal Art Com
mission was a long step forward, and the
report of NJ Nolan. in spite of some I'M
perfection. furnishes a standard TO work
toward In the future.
Yet once more, though the words have a
familiar sound, let me warn you against
the demon of consolidation. Bigness is not
excellence. Newark does not need us. n
we do not need Newark. There is only one
condition on which the Thought OF eonioli-
the control Of the schools, OF the excise,
of the police n the roads shonld forever
be secured TO those who live here. l do
not know how that could be done. but |
imagine that the Civic Association coula
fluid Il way. l. commend the subject Tor
speedy and serious inquiry.
In closing, permit me a few personal
words. If | have ever been of any service
To Montclair it has been because of my
municipal creed. which l may eondense as
follows:
| believe that the place in which I live,
while l live in IL, is for me the greatest
place in the world, and that as it gives me
the best which 1t has it deserves from me
the best that can give to 1t.
country is as sacred as my duty to
my church, and a part OF ny duty TO my
I believe that service of the public is
one test OF true religion and that the bal
lot is a sacrament as Eoly as the supper
of our Lord.
As the guests entered the banquet
han they were shown TO their seats
by a committee of women consisting of
Mrs. Dwight P. Cruikshank. chairman;
Mrs. James A. Ryan. Mrs. Sylvester
Post. Mrs. F. s. Foote, Mrs. w. q.
Frost, Mrs. Frank A. Hall, Mrs. Will
lam E. Marcus, Mrs. w. |. Lincoln
Adams. Mrs. NJ. NJ. LIE Brun. Mrs. Ben
Jamin V. Harrison. Mrs. Emerson P.
Harris, Mrs. Decatur NJ. Sawyer, Mrs.
Julian r. Tinkbam. Mrs. John B.
Wight.
The Llewellyn Glee Club. consisting
of Edgar A. Bates. William B. Dickson,
John Halves. William Heydt. F. I.
Llewellyn, A. F. Mack, George L.
Olney, Frank c Overton, Thomas
Peake, William w. Peake, John Porter.
John B. Pratt, w. j. Whitaker and
r. NJ. Wilson, sang songs.
The committee in charge of the af-
fair consisted of w. J.. Lincoln Adams,
chairman: Ralph T.. Crane, treasurer;
Charles Whiting Baker. M. M. LIE Brun,
John NJ. Chapman. E.. G. Chamberlain,
Henry V. Crawford, Philip Doremus,
Benjamin ". Harrison, Emerson p.
Harris, P. v. G.. Mitchell, Edmund 3.
Osborne, Decatur NJ. Sawyer, Julian r.
Tinkham and John B. Wight.