| Show 1IIL lOHJlElilUI tOMlIlhlS I I The Mrwa wtihus to again express n cord hi welcome lo the defecates who arc members of the ninth stolon of i the Transept sulppi Commercial can i great They are Indeed weloorao to Ibo capital city of our Slates and big li I lieu A Ivermal pentIment 01 Its Inbaul latin Their labor as a deliberative Way to psltlollo In the holiest degree de-gree and must result In very great benefit la Ibo western port of the Uplon HUB I source of great pleasure to vltn 10 large aD attendance tin largest we believe that ba nr boon present nt any meeting of the body and wo bespeak Ibo hearty hospitality I of 01 our clllzius to tie extended to The delegates moat of whom at a oonslJ eratlo personal expense and sacrifice have traveled laDe distance In order to lake part In the work the Uocgrtm It Ii I olio a pleasure to see Ibo efforts that prominent cltlztns are making to look after the comfort 01 delegates ad cause them to feel at borne Just here n word of credit may appropriately ap-propriately bo given to Ibo secretary of the cangreaF W H Calmer Liq of tliii city la him In largely due the choice of tilts city for this session of the congresi and for tlir elaborate reparations for It that have been one easefully completed still more credit li due to him In promotion tbe In ttro to aDd watk 01 the cDgra he I liai been zealous ahd tireless ti a re mntkabla degree and to the intelligent intelli-gent mutt lalthlul discharge of his duties ai secretary the entire body Is I Indebted moro than lit members generally gen-erally realize We look for a high degree of sue I cut and remits of a very Important i and practical character to attend the labors mill deliberations of the Congress con-gress at Its present session The interchange Inter-change of Idea If nothing more shall be accomi Halted cannot but be highly beneficial 10 every state represented I |