Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-07-04
Representative Citizens Of Al.
uquerque Put One Over on
Head Of Municipality; Rem.
dered Speeches. BY Occur
ence.
DR.. J. II. wROTH MAKES
PRESENTATION SPEECH

left FOR Santa Re Ia the Albuquerque
Santa Re endurance race. the Initial
attempt In New Mexico to hold such
an event.
Dr. J. w. Wroth shade the speech
which preceded the actual prescnta-
ton 90 the Hurmoblle. The mayor
was waving a red fiag az the car that
had Just gotten under way IN the en-.
durance rnce. The chief Of police stern
~ tapped the mayor on the should
er and Dr. Wroth curtly calf
ed him over TO the curbing. with
hia hand on the mayors shoulder. Tr.
Wroth stood on tho step Of tine Hum
mobile. The crowd that had Witness
ed the start In the motor race gath
cred about the Hup. Dr. Wroth aud
the mayor TO see what was about to
happen. II was then IN very neat
speech. which was brief and Go the
point. that Dr. Wroth presented the
machine 10 Mayor Sellers That the
mayor was surprises n putting Il
mildly. he was completely flabber-
gasted and stood out in the street
hopping his face with handkerchief.
trying TO gather his scattered wits to
frame reply that would be adequate
10 the occasion.
In presenting the car. Dr wroth
said;
Ladies and Gentlemen: You ali
know me: you all know Mayor Sellers.
have not prepared any formal
speech for THE occasion You all
know thnt Mayor Sellers has accom-
plished much for Albuquerque. You
can see the Sellers boosimnrk In ev-
cry part of town. On behalf az the
business men of Albuquerque. who
represent all the people. take great
pleasure In presenting to Mayor Sell
lers this automobile trust that ne
win enjoy riding In Il and possessing
H. The car Il simply n crude cxpres-
sion Of appreciation that the business
men have for Mayor Sellers and for
the work he has done for the city
of Albuquerque.
Three cheers for Mayor Sellers fol-
lowed the presentation speech. with
loud handclnpping In which every
body Joined.
Extremely reaourceful the mayor
had partly recovered his powers 81
speech when Dr WTOth descended
from the automobile. The mayor
took possession Of the machine by
jumping up on a step and delivering
speech which. although not quite
as flowery ms Rienzi's address 10 the
Romans suited the purpose admlra-
bly, and brought forth bursts 81 en-
thusiastic applause.
Gentlemen" said Colonel Sellers.
you've punctured my tire 40 COM
plotely that I've only wind enough left
FOR small squeak. can feel my
clutch slipping and fear " I try 10
say much will strip nay transmits
sion ] thank you more than can
express. II my humble efforts 80 Far
ar worthy OF such a gift J ann deter
mined 20 prove TO my fellow towns
men that you have only half or less
than half of what ia In me aud I pro-
pose TO deliver the other half or two
thirds Ia the near future. You are
In error when YOU give me so much
credit for whatever has been accom-
plished by the administration. What
ever has been done has been done hy
the business men. the citizens and
property owners % Albuquerque in
conjunction with their city council
and they deserve the credit. I am
simply the indicator or speedometer
and ] 20 only as fast as they do. n
they feel that l am a good steering
wheel I shall endcavor ~ Keep la the
straight and narrow path and keep
the machine going forward. Gentle
men / thank you most gratefully
II took committee headed by
Robert Graham OF Boswell, vice pres
dcnt of the Noah on and Gas COM
pany. operating In the Dayton fields,
Just one hour last evening 90 collect
enough money to buy the car which
today was presented 20 Mayor sellers
Colonel Sellers happened Ia drop
into the Hupmobile agency yesterday
afternoon, accompanied by Mr. Ora
ham There was go" ilup ON dis
play that caught the mayors eye.
Gee. that's a beauty Of ear" said
the mayor. admiringly. Il wish ]
could own H."
Separating after they left the llup
agency Mr Graham mentioned 10 a
few Of the business men the occur
renee IN the display rooms ana sng-
gested that Il was not impossible 10
arrange that the mayor might own
the ear.
within a few moments every husi-
ness man on Central avenue had
caught the cOntaglOn. No man that
WAS approached for subscription
doubted or hesltated To a man they
an donated whatever amount was
asked The committee got tired and
quit. the money was coming too easy.
The thousand dollars necessary 20
buy the machine had been collected
before the committee had gotten
around two blocks. indicating the
popularity 81 the mayor IN AlNuquer-
que and what the business men think
of him ana his administration 81 city
amalrs and az an all round booster
for a better ana greater Albu.
querqne.