Show I RAMSEY AND CAlJLTOX The Commissioners in San PCI C IUakiJ1 g Speeches to the Natives Wednesday evening last says the Sevier Valley Echo during the progress or a meeting in the Council Houses House-s r insof sweet music were heard issuing as they only could from the band under the able leadership of Capt Hans Westenskow Not knowing the occasion that called forth the musical cadences we hurriedly crossed the street to the hotel kept by the everpopular caterer to the pleasure and convenience of travelers Warren S Snov and found a I concourse of Mantis citizens being addressed ad-dressed by no less a personage than Governor Ramsey of the hereafter historical Utah Commission who in a fifteen minutes oration complimented the people on their unexceptionable location loca-tion in the mountains in the following manner Gentlemen and fcellow Citizens We feel highly complimented at this surprise as indeed in-deed it is and agreeably we can assure you We arc traveling for the purpose of seeing the country and becoming better acquainted with the people We are conscientious when we say that wejiave everywhere on the route been treated with the utmost courtesy and your county surpasses our utmost expectations expecta-tions Indeed in every direction we see the evidence of your energy and thrift manifest Your city is grand and you are to be congratulated con-gratulated in casting your lines in pleasant places You all are aware why we are in your midst We are here not of our own accord but by the will of this great Government and let me assure you that we desire to administer the law in the spirit of justice and not as some would have you believe be-lieve for the sole purpose of persecuting the people This great Government does not wish to harrass you but has a kindly feeling toward all and I can but echo the sentiment of President Cleveland to your Hon Committee Com-mittee that you could be like us I hope the time will speedily come when Utah like I all tho States and Territories will be of one accord when all animosities will be cast aside and we shall be indentical in all but I political differences That you will see fit to thus come into line with this great nation I heartily pray We feel highly complimented compli-mented this reception and I invoke the blessing of health and prosperity to attend you and your young children in this fine country rich in all that goes to make a prosperous people Gentlemen and ladies I thank you After music by the band Judge Carlton Carl-ton who was loudly called for responded in a manner truly American in its type starting out as follows Fellow Citizens I have said fellow citizens on the banks of the Mississippi I have said fellow citizens on the banks of the Ohio I have said fellow citizens on the banks of the Wabash and thank God Lam proud to say fellow citizens beyond the Rocky Mountains in Utah In about a ten minutes speech the Judge stated that he had no lecture nor advice to give topeople who had only come in the way of paying a compliment and closed by hoping that the day was not far distant when all differences of opinion would be sunk and we should all appear and mingle on the same plane merely as American citizens having for our aim the advancement and success of our common country and the Union Secretary Thomas in response to loud calls came to tho front and in a happy vein confined his remarks complimenting compliment-ing the band upon the excellence of the music discoursed After a few more of the amenities of life in the way of courtesies the distinguished dis-tinguished visitors withdrew and the crowd dispersed I |