Show I 1 I 1 1 4 14 J OUR I 1 r ion lon onta tha the e aug the visit yesterday morning of thet thee committee fron I 1 rum the city Cotin council cil cli consisting of aldermen richards lawrence aud and burton to welcome elcome mr air seward reward and party to gaiti bialt I 1 lake laue alid a brief to which a appear peari ae el lh ih our columns of yesterday tie tee the fol I 1 wing remarks were made maw by rife MR 1 1 I 1 1 i in the tho temporary absence 1 1 af pf lib lis Ws honor the mayor we have been re quested to express to you in behalf of the municipality and citizens of salt lake city the pleasure they feel upon the occasion of your visit to out mountain home and to bid you a most cordial welcome wo we cannot introduce you to taluy of those exhibitions which in the older cities of the E east elst ast interest the traveller where wealth art and science are combined to awford afford all that can be desired but we can introduce you to the edifices and homes which our industry has created to the variety of trees that shade our side walks and beautify our streets to our gardens and orchards that yield us their delicious fruits and to the waving fields of grain that now coker comer cover our land and all ail alias allas as tokens of our industry and our success in converting the desert into fruitful fields these may interest the sojourner for a time when he considers anat less than awen ty two years have produced all now behold that is pleasant to look upon our labors have been in view not only of making comfortable homes for the citizens but a place of rest for the wary weary traveler for you will well remember that while now only onis three or four short days are required to reach us from the east by the great national highway which has been built the most of us settled here when it required d as many months of weary travel i alio to perform the journey benow we now extend to you and our numerous visitors the attractions at least of a quiet orderly and well regulated city and an hospitable community we trust that your stay with ashow ever brief or protracted will be pleasant and agreeable to you and that you will be enabled to form such acquaintances and enjoy such associations as will permit you in your future life to cherish kindly feelings towards us and ever to have a kindly word for utah again we bid you and your compan company ions in in travel a hearty welcome to our midst and pray that your future ure may be a prosperous and happy one 1 mr seward beward in reply expressed his thanks for the kind reception and cordial recognition chehad he had met with which he beile belle believed ved to be sincere and said he anticipated much satisfaction in his visit at rpm carriages furnished by the committee conveyed the party through the principal streets of the city to the west side of jordan river to the most sightly sightly portions of the and I 1 wards ards to the city hall where a number of our citizens were introduced and fruits cakes eakes and wines were partaken partaker par taken of and thence to the bath bouse house returning by way of the union square which was designated to be the terminus of the central utah railroad rall Eail road THE SERENADE LAST NIGHT last night at a somewhat late hour captain Crox alls brass band serenaded ex secretary seward and party at the townsend house the evening was elear clear cear and beautiful aud and a large concourse of people numbering from five to eight hundred assembled in anticipation of a speech from Mr Seward Beward after the playing of hail columbia and the Al allandale landale quickstep by y the band MR SEWARD ap appeared in response to calls calis from the crowd and being introduced by alderman richards bie BIc hards said I 1 fellow citizens it would be impossible forme for me to speak so as to be heard by so large an audience as this and were it otherwise proper the circumstances u under which I 1 am travel lnig irig through the country forbid me me from engaging in any kind of discussion of public lie lle or political affairs they do not for gid sid hid me however acknowledging the hospitality and kindness which have been shown me by my fellow citizens that is all I 1 cando can xio and I 1 do it with a free kind rand rind and jand good heart I 1 than tianyou you for the hospitality you have shown me since sincel I 1 came to your city I 1 than kyou you xou for your attendance tonight tonight and I 1 pray god that the great m marvel arvel arvei which I 1 witness here may way result in establishing S d good civilization in the heart of tb the 0 american continent and lie be a sign token and assurance to manh mank leed irid id every nation if the earth that diat it cAn cannou cannot fiot fail fall if it be prosecuted by ind indus uary nd virtue in advancing the welfare of the wb whole ae human race A ac epi cpr ny thy thanks thalus once onee kind and permit me M to a acord cordial lai tal good night r t the rhe band played thou thod art bone gone fram my wy gaze when iw lm response i asb onsets to vociferous eail mr F Y seward BEWARD AVAU was introduced by aid ald alderman aiderman erm a I 1 aid rid Ald hards and said 1 1 fl fellow citizens I 1 thank you hearte ay y for this kim greeting it has given me much pleasure lelieuvre ieli leli mure eure to visit a region of country of which I 1 have heard so much ardih adah which in common with all ali fellow countrymen I 1 have take taue irso deep an interest even the brief glance have already been able to be stow it 6 assures us of its wealth of the greatti egg ogg of its agricultural ye re sources and of its rich future I 1 I 1 join bjoin with you in your congratulations over tho the completion of the pacific road boad remote as you have hitherto been both from the atlantic and pacific coast you are now brought in close connection with each of them ith lih not easy to estimate the value of eilts which that road is destined to confer upon you upon our country and u up 1 on the world nor ia is it easy to estimate the value of the guaranty it gives of I 1 prosperity to our states and of the per of our union accept gentlemen my best wishes for your future and my noy hearty thanks thadus for this greeting after champagne charlie by the band mr wilson editor af of the chicago evening journal was called for and upon bein being introduced said asido not think 1 it is exactly fairfox fair for you to call upon me a member of the editorial profession to speak to t you when by taking the chicago wren even ing journel journal you could hear from me every day however gentlemen I 1 cm en only thank you for the hospitality that the party with which I 1 am traveling has received in this your beautiful olty city and I 1 can say that we are all delighted with your city and with you allow me to say good night the band played quick march bull dog when the hon A aritha AriT arlt ca senator benator from auburn NY 1 Y vas vas was introduced trod by mr J 11 E ellis ilis lils and bald I 1 fellow citizens I 1 lam iam am happy tomed to med with you on this occasion lc IL has bas a s bee bea i a great pleasure to our party to finds industrious sober and virtuous a people 1 I here cheers we are gratified with the beauty of your city and with the work of your hands of which we have had full demonstration throughout tit tin day we thank you kindly for yoe you cordial greeting to our friend governa seward with whom we have the pless ure of traveling goodnight the fairy polka was played when in response to loud calls of eills ellis mr J M ellis appeared being introduced by mr fitch he was greeted with cheers mingled with hisses he made a fent few very felicitous remarks after which the crowd dispersed |