Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-12-25

L. delivered an appealing address on
Thursday night of last week before
the Chamber of Commerce and rep
tesentatives of all labor bodies in
Newark. Arriving from Coshocton
at 600 p. m. he was received by a
committee comprised Of Mr.. A. p.
Hess, President of the Chamber of
Commerce, Attorney G. L. Flory,
Julius Juch and j. H. Sharritt From
the depot he was escorted to the
Pythian castle where a delightful din
ner was served by the Pythian Sis
ters.
The entertainment during the meal
was furnished by the Lar-a-Mac Syn
coperes in offering various musical
selections.
After the dinner was served, c.. |.
Gamble offered his usual old-time pep
in directing a number of songs in
which the gathering participated. 1t
was indeed interesting to note the re-
suits Mr.. Gamble obtained from his
audience in the way of volume and
harmony.
After a snort talk by Mr.. Hess in
whcih he thanked all concerned for
their efforts in bringing about a
meeting of this kind he called upon
Secretary Nelson Dodd to introduce
the visitors from other cities. They
were as follows: Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Shepler of Mt. Vernon; F. o. Scott
and A. L. Williams of the Souther
Ohio Public Service Co., GAINESVILLE;
E. NJ. Brinsley Of the Penna R. R. of
Pittsburg; w. B. Johnson, Manager of
the B. & 0. r. r. Of Cincinnati; B. F
Mcdonald of Newark and Columbus,
o.; B. Weimer Of the Columbus Cham
ber of Commerce; G. w. Ansard Of
Cincinnati; Prof. Detwiler of Denison
University; I. j. Donnelly, Secretary
of Ohio Federation of Labor, and
Messrs. Brack, Myers and Kennedy of
Columbus; Arnold Bill of Cleveland; /;
w. F. Feldhaus Of Cincinnati; August
Wilkins Of Cincinnati; Joseph Bauer
Secretary of Trades Council, Zanes-
vile; Dr.. Barker of Denison Univer-
Sity and Chas. Meredith of the Buck
eye Lake Chamber of Commerce.
Letters were read from Congress-
man VIM. NJ. Morgan of Washington;
John P. Frey, President Of Ohio State
+. of L. and editor of the Iron Mould
VI . COdi nal u. L olSNCIIS, ulS VI ICl
manager of the B. & O. of Cleveland
and Mr.. Higginbotham of the Penna.
R. R. Of Pittsburg in which all ex-
pressed regrets of being unable to a.
tend.
Mr.. Hess then announced the pur-
pose of the meeting in bringing people
together to enable them to learn of
the responsibilities resting upon them
and collectively. After
which he announced Mr.. o. J. Barnes
who was to introduce the speaker of
the evening.
Mr.. Barnes told Of the honor be-
slowed upon him at previous occa-
sions at which time he was permitted
to introduce two other great labor
leaders: John Mitchell in 1905, and
Mr.. Wilson who later became Secre-
tary Of Labor in President Wilson's
cabinet, and now President VIM.
Green whom he introduced with an
enconium and asked that he be given
q rising and rousing welcome-which
was received with lasting applause.
Mr.. Green's address follows:
"Mr. Chairman, guests of Newark,
members of the Chamber of Com
merce and organized labor, ladies and
gentlemen, citizens and friends. |
am honored and pleased with this cor
dial reception.
Il feel different tonight in address
ing you than ] have felt in addressing
other assemblages, in other cities and
towns, for feel that | am not far re-
moved from you in the city of my ma
tivity-Coshocton, where l have lived
all my life. The time was when Cos
hocton and Newark were far apart
but in this age Of the auto and air.
plane, it is but hop, skip and jump
from one city to the other, especially
since the new road, which the resi-
dents of Newark and Coshocton are
building is so well under way of con-
struction.
"My experience of a few years ago,
was that l was selected or picked up
on, as a candidate for Congress and
at that time | had many friends il,
Licking and Coshocton county who
urged me to make the race, and my
opponent at the nomination was Will
liam Ashbrook, and l was showed un-
der, but since then, even though my
early thoughts were that | would
make good congressman, and should
be elected, was that the people in a
large majority acted wisely in de-
feating me.
II am glad to have received the in
to come here tonight and |
am enjoying every minute Of my stay
here, and when l leave l will carry
pleasant memory of this event with
me.
''All organized efforts are the plans
Of the community in which they hope
to realize the best results. Here we
have the Chamber of Commerce, the
business interests and the organized
labor bodies of Newark assembled to
discuss the plans each have, and tell