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Show I'Ol JtTH or JULY ORATORS. Now that Colonel Robert (i. Ingersoll has declined to accept the invitation to deliver the Fourth 'of July oration in Salt Lake City, owing to important business engagements, the committee is looking for another speaker for the great and glorious nccasiou. While it is generally admitted that Ingersoll stands without a peer in the field of oratory, there are other brilliant aud eloquent orators, and the committee ought to "have no. difficulty in securing the services of ' some distinguished speaker who would thrill our people with patriotic utterances. Why not invite Chauneey M. Depew, whose reputation as an after-din uer speaker and wit is national? He probably prob-ably could make a Fourth of July speech that would please the people of Salt Lake. He is one of America's most distinguished citizens and ranks among her most eminent patriots. Air. Dopew would no doubt feel honored by an invitation from Salt Lake, and we are inclined to think that he would accept, ac-cept, if ho can spare the time to make the long trip from New York. Then there is Senator Ingalls, who is conceded to be the brightest man in the United States senate. .His speeches aro marked by keen satire, pungent wit, deep thought, masterly logic, patriotic sentiments and scholarly lau-guage. lau-guage. Senator Ingalls would be a great Fourth of July card. Next to Ingersoll, he would probably deliver a more satisfactory oration on Independence Independ-ence Day than any other American. If Depew fails us, then try Ingalls. Old Ben Butler, the "hero of New Orleans" is also in our mind as a good orator for the Fourth of July in Salt Lake. Coining from beneath tho shadow sha-dow of Bunker Hill, he would bring with him an inspiration of patriotism drawn from revolutionary days, which, combined with his experience in the war of the rebellion, would in all probability enable him to deliver an oration of more than ordinary interest. in-terest. Why not wire au invitation to George Francis Train, who reaches Taeoma today to-day and completes his tour around the world, beating all globe-trotting records? rec-ords? Train, erratic as he is, possesses one of the most brilliant minds that ever existed. He Is a remarkable man in many respects. Ho is the most rapid speaker in tho world, and one of the most entertaining and amusing. He cau talk intelligently on more subjects sub-jects in less time than any other orator in this country. He is running over with happy and original thoughts which ho clothes in eloquent language. He is full of wit and sarcasm. Tho tire of patriotism runs all through his composition. com-position. His range of thought and powers of description are 'unexcelled. Ho is a wholo show in himself, llav- ing refreshed his . mental store house with observations " of the world at large on his recent trip around the globe, ho is prepared to deliver a Fourth of July oration that would make tho lofty peaks of the Wasatch smile with admiration aud ro-echo tho applause that would go up from Zion's great city in tho valley. The Times hopes that George Francis Train will bo the orator of the day, There are still other speakers to select se-lect from. There is Henry Watterson, tho talented editor of tho Louisville Coiirier-Jotirual, Mho is such a great admirer of the Star-eyed Goddess of Reform. Senator Manderson, of Nebraska, Ne-braska, is a very polished speaker, and could entertain - a Salt Lake audience in a very pleasing manner. Hon. Johu M. Thurston, general attorney of the Union Pacific, of Omaha, is one of the most eloquent orators iu the west. It will be remembered remem-bered that his speech at the last national na-tional republican convention, of which ho was temporary chairman, attracted marked attontion all over tho country. Mr. Thurston is a natural-born orator. He has tho voice, the language, the ideas, tho magnetism, and is a thoroughly thor-oughly western man. Grover Cleveland Cleve-land no doubt would be pleased to receive re-ceive an invitation. Then there is Rev. DeWitt Taliuage, who, for a thousand dollars, would very likely deliver au oration that would lill tho bill. Jim Delford, of Denver, should not be forgotten. for-gotten. Tho "red-headed rooster of tho Rockies" from the rostrum in Ziou would make the canyons of the Wrasatch range resound with his patriotic eloquence. elo-quence. The Tribune suggests Hon. Thomas Fitch, of Reno, Nevada, and says: "He can talk as well as Ingersoll and tho people in this basin owe him a dobt. He has spent the winter in delivering silver speeches in the great cities of the cast, ami uo ouo cau give so clear a silver sil-ver ring to a speech as the silver orator of Nevada. Why not send for Tom?" So it will bo seen that there is no lack of Fourth of July orators. The above list ought to be of some assistance assist-ance to the committee in selecting a speaker to cut the eagle loose on Independence Inde-pendence d;(y; " ' ' '- " - |