The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-05-30

o. senator Roscoe Conkllng was accusod of
speaking to the galleries." and, moved M
doubt by the menu of which he had inst mar.
taken and by the presence in the galleries of
goodly number of the fair sex, Mr.. Mou,+on,s
opening remarks were aimed in that direc+;o,
As Mr.. Moulton is good looking mar-an-
other resemblance to Senator Conklinp.-be
must have done considerable execution ua
raised a great laugh when he said that tho
party had been called the Innocents Abroad
but declared they were not very innocent and
were not abroad but very much at home. He
spoke Interestingly of the Portland Board of
Trade. its tours of the State and their object
and of the wealth, resources and growth of
the good old State of Maine. He said that thew
had found everything on the boom in Knox
county, and believed that to be true of Waldo
and it would be true of every county in the
State if we all worked together. In closing he
said that all must unite to keep the young men
of Maine at home, to utilize the great resources
of Maine for her sons and daughters. and to do
this it is necessary to make "long pull and
strong pull. and pull all together"
Joe Mitchell Chapple, editor of The National
Magazine, was introduced as the closing
speaker, but needed no introduction to the
readers of this magazine. which. like himself,
is optimistic and full of good cheer and sun
shine. Mr.. Chapple has been, and continues
to be, great traveller and is familiar with
practically every nook and corner of this coun-
try and of Europe, and has personal acouaint-
ance with all the noted men and women of the
day. This is his second visit to Belfast He
came here last season to visit Pearl Brook
Farm and see the experimental tobacco patch,
and this time repeated his visit and also in
spected the model Chenery farms in Belmont
He is enthusiastic in his admiration of Maine
scenery, and in his belief in the future of our
State. On the Pacific coast he found that
practically all the captains of the steamers
hailed from the town of Searsport and he met
Maine men everywhere. When he was lad
in the lumber camps and around the saw mills
of Wisconsin and other Western states, every
other man he met came from "the State of
Maine." The many and wonderful stories
these men from Maine had told him had found
responsive chord in his heart and he said that
than fulfilled his expectations. He reviewed
the "Big men of Maine,' past and present,
paying glowing tributes to Blaine Reed and
others who had made tor themselves and their
native State national reputation. He said
that he had found more great men who ad-
mitted that they were from the State of Maine,
than from any other State in the Union. "Your
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for wherever you go, north, south, east or
west, you will find Maine men in the lead in
public and civic life He said that Maine has
a great future, but is just beginning to realize
all its wonderful resources and that back of it
all it has the people. What Maine has given
to the nation in her men and her women is
coming back to her some day, and that day is
very near at hand. He said that the genius of
the age is business, matter whether pro-
fessional or manufacturing, but the genius of
business is exploitation. He spoke of Portland
the gateway to the empire of the State of
Maine, which would soon come into its own
through the efforts of it's big spirited men, and
that the glory of the country today is the pub
lie men. We have thus given briefly what the
speaker said of Maine and Maine people, but
he spoke Interestingly of many other things.
and his tribute to the heroes of the Titanic
was received with tremendous applause.
The toastmaster now called for three cheers
for the Portland Board of Trade, for the ladies
and fol the speakers of the evening, and they
were given with hearty good will, and the
visitors responded with three equally hearty
cheers and tiger for Belfast.
After the exercises many sought intro
duction to Mr. Chapple. to express their appre-
citation of his interesting and eloquent address,
and there was general interchange of COM
pliments and courtesies. Three members of
the Elwell party that visited England and
Scotland in 1901 had a reunion-Mr. Harold
Lee Berry of the A H. Berry Shoe Co., Port
land, and Messrs. Chas. F. Swift and Chas. A.
Pilsbury of this city-and the writer had the
pleasure of meeting VIM. H. Dow Treasurer
and Business Manager of the Evening Express
Advertiser, Francis L. Littlefield City Editor
of the Daily Eastern Argus, and William R.
Ftancs, manager of the Maine Advertising
Agency, Portland. We did not happen to meet
Daniel B. Smith, manager of Riverton Park,
who is recalled a steward on the Boston
boats many years ago. Frank B. Milliken,
Vice President of the Milliken & Tomlinson
Co., President of the Saco Valley Canning Co.,
and ex-President of the Portland Board of
Trade must have been gratfed at the exhibits
in the windows of two of the local grocery
stores. The H. L. Whitten Co. exhibited the
Superba brand of canned goods and Chas. F.
Swift corn put up in Belfast by the Saco Val
ley Canning Co. In this connection we may
say that the visitors. several Of them at least
we're attracted by and commended the win
dow displays they saw their way from and
to their train.
By invitation of Mr. C. w. Wescott, the
cashier, some of the party visited the banking
rooms of the City National Bank and others
were escorted about the city and shown the
public buildings and other points of interest,
and then accompanied to the train, which left
at a. M, Friday for Ellsworth.
The affair was managed by the following
committees: Committee to sell tickets, Elon B.
Gilchrest, Ralph Hayford and S. A. Parker;
committee on speakers, Orlando E. Frost and
W. L. West; committee OH arrangements for
hall and music, E. S. Pitcher, w. c. Shaw and
Charles R. Coombs; committee on decorating,
F. L. Whitten and Harry W. Clark, and all are
entitled to credit.