Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-09

government of humanitarianism. (Ap- plause.)
 come after us q government more con corned fer the WelfaFeN of it's people than it was when we came into il and after We are gone those who come to take our places will thank God that we lived to expand the blessings of the great American republic just as we today thank God for Washington and Lincoln and the thousands of other American citizens.
 Mayor Murphy led in the ringing applause and cheers that greetett~iov- ernoF Walsh as he took his seat.
 Federal Reserve Bank Governor. lIr. Aiken. governor of the Federal Reserve bank in Boston, was the next speaker introduced by Postmaster King and was given a rousing welcome as the banquetterS rose and cheered him before he started to speak. In this appearance in his home town, MT. Aiken, who is the son of Gen. William A. Aiken. made reference in his opening words to his aFprecia- ton of the influences that he felt in his boyhood in the Rose of New Eng land, as he spoke as follows:
 Some years ago in a small town in l the remote west 1 saw a procession that was celebrating some local occa- 1 SlOn. 1n the procession was group | of middle aged men clad in glad | raiment and looking extremely self l conscious. On inquiring who and what l they were. I was told that they were native sons. At the time I was in- ' cliued to laugh at their Self-conscious- I ness, but at the present moment, ap- | bearing in a like capacity and suffer | ing from the same elf-consciousness f my heart is full of sympathy for them But, seriously, my friends, though pos | prandial efforts are somewhat out O1 | my line and consequently a. bit appall- 1 atiCn to accept your invitation to come | here tonight, that l might testify my
 love for this dear old town and it;
 people, and my obligation for the in
 years I lived here, and the association
 with it's fine and sturdy traditions.
 The Charms of Norwich.
 have never been able to clearl!
 analyZe the hold that Norwich ha.
 upon her sons, wherever, the world
 over they may be; but 1 am sure tha
 every one of them feels in his hear
 the call of his old home. Surely nt
 city possesses more physical attrac
 tions: its lovely country, statel.
 streets and noble houses are of grea
 beauty; but. after all. most of thes
 are but the manifestation of the tast
 and spirit of the people and I thinl
 in the last analysis they are what ha5
 made Norwich renowned through tn
 country, for she has bred men; men 0
 broad. genuine public spirit; men wh'
 by the high standards of civic virtu
 that they have Established have left
 priceless heritage and inspiration t.
 eheir successors who, like myself
 have had to go out into the world t'
 make a. place for themselves, as thei fathers did before them.
 l never walk through the ioveI. streets of the old town or the newe city that l am not reminded of tn, men who gave of their wisdom an, | their substance to make Norwicl what she is-AIr. Slater MT. Norton 1 Mr. Blackstone. the Greenes. and. if may be pardoned, Governor Bucking ham: and the many similar men who long before my day. lived and died ant l did their share to make the city 0 I Norwich. Surely no town was eve 1 more blessed in her citizens and sure | ly no boys than those of my day an, | generation had a greater heritage an, 1 inspiration than Norwich gave them il the tradition left by such men.
 i It seems to me that perhaps tn greatest and most beneficent evidenc ] of their public spirit is the NorWicl 1 Free Academy. and I am glad to hav | an opportunity ID express the Obliga .! ton that l owe for the early years i spent there. | I wish that time permitted me to g on in "reminiscences of my bOyhoO days here, for 1 love to think of tn old friends, many long since gone, an, of the old wholesome pleasures tha i no boy knows who has not lived in al | old New England town: but I knoy II that I was not asked here for that and can only add my acknowledgment of the priceless heritage that Norwich