Evening journal., 1919-10-13
FINE TRIBUTES PAID
DELAWARE CANAL
"Hampy" Moore, Incident
ally, is Doomed for Gov
ernor of Penna.
OFFICIALS PLEDGE
AID TO WATERWAY

Three cheers for the next Governor
Of Pennsylvania
Such was the greeting from the
crowd which lined the wharf at Della
ware City Saturday afternoon when the
stetmer Queen Anne arrived with a
party Of nearly 500 from Philadelphia
10 participate in the rejoicing at the
taking over of the Chesapeake and
Delaware Canal by Uncle sam. The
call issued from someone In a group OF
Delawareans. which included a number
OF Wilmington men, and the response
from the throng on board the boat was
as hearty as il was instantaneous
Then the man for whom the cheers
were given, and who was standing in
the bow on the upper deck. dOffed a
brown felt hat and laughed like a boy
bent on a frolic. Officially he was j.
Hampton Moore, Congressman, Repub-
llcan nominee for Mayor OF Philadel-
phia, and president OF the Atlantic
Deeper Waterways Association. IN
officially he was plain "Hampy" Moore,
once newspaperman, then a secre-
tary 70 a Philadelphia mayor, later a
receiver for a busted" trust company.
then Congressman, and all the time h
leading pluger for deeper waterways.
Moore's friends say he has just two
hobbies, deeper waterways and his
farm, and he rides them both. More
over. he works at his hobbies with a
dynamic energy little short that OF a
pile driver
Slight OF figure, careless OF dress,
ever smiling quizzlcally through his
glasses, "Hampy" is a figure 10 cOzy
to. And, be it said. the whole crowd
saturday cooled" TO Moore, especially
a lot Of Philadelphia politicians. Some
Of these latter were OF the ward type,
who accompanied him more 10 be able
10 bask in his sunlight than for any
personal interest they had in the old
C. & d. canal. 10 can be set down here
and now this little coterle got mighty
llstle satisfaction politically from
"HampX' Saturday, for political sub
ieets were taboo. The canal was the
thing."
It should also be noted that II the
recent red hot campaign in Phlladel-
phia had proved an over-much strain
upon his vitality, he didn't the least
show IT, He was the same wlry, 1.-THE,
active force as ever.
Just as the cheers for the next Gov
ernOr OF Pennsylvania resounded
across the broad waters Of the Della
ware, a tug bearing the name Senator
Penrose" came putting past the steamer.
drawing a scow laden with a battery Of
field guns being brought back from
France and to some port down Chesa-
peake bay. Later, while the speech
making celebrating the governments
acquisition was in full swing. the tug
and It's brace OF death-hurling steel
veterans passed into the canal on its
way TO Chesapeake City.
10 was a curious incident, significant
OF the passing energy Of an elder
United States Senator, In the gulse OF
small tug, and the rising OF a Con-
gresham aboard a goodly steamer.
Delaware City Plegmatic.
Arrival OF the Queen Anne marked the
actual beginning Of the days cere-
monies. Taken bye and large. however,
there was little Of ceremony through
out the entire proceedings. Delaware
City was prinked out in its best 10 do
lull uOuOf ana tNltuu uOcplidlllN 10 ueT
visitors. Every man, woman and child
resident in the town was dressed in his
or her best, and every American nag
and piece Of red, white and blue bunt-
ing was on display. But the townsfolk
preserved their traditional calm and
dignity. It was a big day; il was their
day; II was the canals day; but there
was no use getting excited about IL.
Sincerity and simplicity were the twin
SIS. of the Delaware City lexicon OF a
celebration.
This was shown as the procession
was formed on the dock and wended
its way up town to the Central Hotel,
where speeches were delivered from the
front veranda. Everybody marched on
foot. from the drum major, who led
the band from Fort DUPONT, to the rear
guard OF plain civilians. The towns
folk. who lined The sidewalks or kept
pace with the procession. devoted much
Of their time to pointing out the men
in line they knew. There's Judge
Helsel,n they exclaimed as the venerable
and tall iurist strobe nobly with Mayor
George NJ. Bright, or there's Hampy,