The Meriden Daily Republican from Meriden, Connecticut • 3

to tho by lenator Liam and Kepreamtotiv Platt son of too senator-elect Tho reporters ware among tha throng and Benator Platt li Informal Oration with a (moewlribah to Gemaeal Hawlev aMnwjt Mat polished apoack spread with avert humor He closed hr eonf ralnlatlnx ail he splendid Wl girti- has fih open laid in illfi having upon tha kd-rtee ef hia friends doclded not to li a caadidato in 1980 (Applanre) Mayor Lima nut called upon Repreoeau-Uve Marcus I Baldwin of Woodbridga whom ha introduced by saying that ha waa tho men who when became Hr natt never loft him until ho wm elected Mr Baldwin and othvre who knew thaaUna-tioo appreciated tho point Mr was persistent Harnaon man all through aad to tbs moot manly way declared epealy to Mr friends with whom he iatU aaately astoctotod dnriag the campaign He cam to Mr natt on tho last formal ballot Brace mayor Lines' witticism Mr Baldwin in response to the call good-oataredly pro fifin''' gratification it was to Bartr thtthis old fttapdagf year ago Ip thehcrtaof hia boyhood Litchfield county were reeking it kte election Another eowoe of gratification to him wea that hi four competitor ho vu proud to call hit friends red ha know of eo our geatle-mao whom ho wonld mort freely call oat for a penoaal favor than on Jo Hawley Hurison Mtreball Jewell atd Gov Miner And he waa glad to ohasnre that Connecticut had such noble men to select a Benator from tor had either hare elected the atom wonld havu been honored aad the principles of the Republican party faithfully vindicated Mr Piatt then went oa to ray that he relofced that no friend of his in the hoar of the campaign had dropped an nukind or offeaehr word toward any ot theae gentlemen Had thay done so it would have bran painful to him He foit that had either beta elected instead of himself they might have brought more ability to the discharge of the duties or the position bat none ot them could exhibit a greater deriro to do light He put a high value on that little word right It wra toe desire to do right that aigoalized tho victories and achievements ef too Republican party and knowing of that desire ho wm proud to have been identified with (hat party (4 program slue iu birth It wu the determination to do right that lifted poUtlnl from the mire aad nerved conscientious to become politidaM Mr Platt then reviewed the Republican party and the previous peruse of whioh it is an oat-growth coverings parted of thirty years every year of which wu devoted by the Republican party and ite predecessor with rimilar principles to ooe tending for the rights of man He liked the Republican party baoanm it mad thee rights ot man iu cardinal principle aud became it did eo he wm a Republican (applause) and he eonid sincerely eay that in nil hit active participation in Republican earn-paigns he never thought ot aelf never ought nor oared for political honor or iMH hall or from the happened to be at and were passed ia single file and presented by Mayor Lines to Sxhatok PLatt The first to shake the hand and congratulate tha sow Sen ntor was Major Guy oae of dm war horses of the Democracy Mr Guy was aeoompuied by hts friend Mr Allaa of New York State a stalwart Republican a sketch of whom reoaatly appeared ia tha RxrtrxtiCAir Tim dense crowd pamed ia with very little confusion considering the large number present It would be difficult to estimate how aaany persons were present But Armory hall was pecked every body standing there heier only a few seats in the room Tbo entrance lobbies and down to the foot of the rthin waa acomplsie jam One gentleman reckoned tkit 18 were ratro-dnoed one minute and wether reckoned to fit in the sanm time and aa the crowd mined Jo grow larger all the time for (be first hour that would rive about 1200 persons for the first hour For an hour and a quarter the line came pushing on Sod unbroken without any sign or abatement The nebere were getting discouraged They started off bravely hdt Soon grew tired and John Cot became so agitated that a cqp of mild tea had Jo be broucht him to toady his nerves Mr Platt stood it like a major and ruth seamed to ealoy it When he knew a man either by Us' face or his name he waived the introduction and greeted him on hie own acoount not waiting for formality or ceremoay At 9 IS after aa hour und a receiving and still they weye coming -the eommltte thought it would be well to have Mr Platt say a few words to the large audience which would rest him or at least be a change Mayor Lines conducted Mr Platt to the platfor in the main hall Ste Cecil Band discoursing a suitable Mr at the concloaiou of which the mayor ia a few choice words mtroduced'th new Benator closing by ray-ing that he knew they would be all delighted to hear a few words from Neighbor Platt (cheers) Mr Platt on presenting himself was greeted with a round of cheers He then esid: I thank you my friends for this kind reception This is neither the time nor the place to make a speech and yat I think I would bo looking in tha common fooling of humanity if I did nat express to yon in eome way tha thanks I feel for the respect you have ever Shown me It touches me coming at it does from yon man who have known me longest and the men I have lived with theae twenty-eight years I have lived a somewhat transparent life You know what I have doae and what I have failed to do ft is this that makes this demonstration (ho acceptable and touching to ass I think no man could havu lived in a long and been more eurills of a entertained towards him than want thank ail my friend but especially my Meriden friends They were not poffr ticisaa hot wen full of love and devotion and labored for my welfare without hope of rowardt and each kindly feeling end disposition touches me to the heart Their faith makes me rejoice more at their gratification than my suceasa As I meet you here and have met yen elsewhere so Shell it Dr a of hr Us roar Mr and waa toft tor ner toa for He aa vV of flmlMRr mtha legislature having any diiagrewant among ita numbers At the Gapftol the aerator waa conducted to the governor's room where Governor Andrews gave him cordial greeting He newUiphol wm then looked over and Senator Platt oommoatod on to beauty of the work and paid many compliments to the fidelity of the Capitol commission) Soon after the Home convened the newt waa circulated that Senator Platt wu in the building and a general do-sire to tee him was expressed Speaker Wright arat a friend of Senator masc for after official recognition of hie preaence in the Capitol wu announced Beaatrt Platt uat back word that ke prefenwitahfve no formality bat that would JnirimCe the House just before edjournmentand me how many faces he knew there aad how many smsanarif'i: Barnum who wu convening with too Speaker at the time aald that wonld never da fTho raw grantor moat show himself idrA un aU'a good look at toa man wt voted A few minutes later the Houm wm about to adjourn Benator PUtt entered accompanied by Ilia sob aud both aat at desk and Bpezher Wright at oaoe want to Mr PUtt Than Barnum roM from his desk and said: Speaker: hu been always runniag me upon their desire to see i think we kavo with them more than any 1 Betea aad ha Invited to the all have the plaM-one of looking on hU genial face" (Great aoDlaumVt Bbeahrt Wricht oondnetod Sea-ator Platt tothe dtrt and declareu a recess of five minutes Senator PUtt on rising Wu received with deafening applause again and again repantod He mid: KB BBMAUXB Yon can acarcely expect me to say hardly more thanto tender to you my aoknowl- ing me to raoraemt the atate la the Benato of tho United Stales Others might havu been chosen who would represent you more ably but to men I am rare ean bring to the serylcs a more aidant leva tha state 1 for the rtiteihttl JtoiStThnow thing of toe people of lhl state of its duatrlee and wants aad certainly I shall try to faithfully represent ite people its tafia-tries sad ite want 1 have area its manatee- I hare seen ita wealth nlatloa tartly increase I something of its people ud admin the people of other etatea I do think that them it more of ton loal spirit and character whioh distinguished toara who came over ou toe Maylower than can hu found in any other atato in its I Senator Platt wm roundly applauded at tha close and toon after toft too Homs He visited the Senate chamber aad an social conrerattion with tha torawho ifivitodhim to tottrprtyatoitxwa off the Benato when a plauu spent Tha senator during the afterneon called on mural personal friends ia Hartford each of whom moat cordially congratulated him ud declared toemaelrea not only latlafled bat well pleased with Ms flection The visit wm a very pleasant ou to tha senator-elect end Trading Association hold their annual reunion to-day at tha Meriden House and tot following gentlemen wen preeut: Mesan Geo Smith Jamea Bolden Griswold A Camp ud Aaron Higby of Meriden Woodruff of Southington ud Porter of Unloanll The annual muting wu hold and Mr 8 Woodruff wu elected praeldut and A Gamp aeorataryud treasurer Letter were turn fori TT-i at two bait atyl To-day's reunion wu ea pecially interesting It wu flrrt thirty years ago to-dsy that tho expedition rat uil from Now Harea for ton then almaet unknown land ot California There ware WMKW Haven on the voyage tad ef their nuahar twenty are note Knotb to bo Uving ihclnd-ing tho eight who went fremMeridu which peeks wall for tha tfaghuas of tho average Merkiu men The livened by recolltcUou of old i Ud Otd joke members have died during Urn year iSlm Biidn Jealir A Hass Tmwt ng Instead of Re- Ui The firttiiig a Ltvlif Peaple IT ant 1 Senator Representatives Mixed with our Men and Boys Two Hours tttnady Hand Shaking-Gathering at line Meriden MEM Telling Speech by Senator Platt JL i mmmmmmm neteftloa by tie Legislature I To Day i rncMeinii WdndT evening January 23d 1879 will net mob be forgotten by the citizens cf Meriden Many a boy in future year when face to face with the atorma and cun ahine of the world and engaged in perhapor hearing In come far away apot from Meriden debated Jart rack a contact aa we hare gone through witb will pleaeaatly recall the erening when he a mare boy ebook handa Ha boy in town awembled net from idle cun-oaity but to pay their raapaeto to a distin-guiahed citizen wboce good citizenahip and ability hare been justly recegniaed by the ltg-Watnreiu sending him to the United fitatea Senate to reprectnt his State for six yean Although the reception was tot to begin until I sUtck far throe quarters of an hour hefora Armory Hall waa thronged with poopet from all stations in Ufa Tip char-SrtZfof the aseemblage at once showed the cosmopolitan character of the reception The millionaire and the poor men Stood aide by side the clergyman and the editor (the two extremes) rubbed against each oth boy of ureiMt were all grouped lh ptORpcuous throng aaxiouf to nrasad apeak a word to tho aaaa whom Hwydblighted tO bdnor The erening trains brought representatives of tfaa Hartford Cwtaht the Poat and the Times the New Harea Union and tha Register this Aaeo-ciated press agent waa also present and of ousaMhoteeal preaa waa fully represutod i quite a delegation from TBS OXXXRAL AISEMBLT Oak wen noticed Benator Hoyt ef the 13th district Benator Bponcer ot the 19th and Bapresutellrea Baldwin Of Woodbridge Rowuof Norwalk Worth ington of Saybroox Baldwin of Plymouth Purdnor of Darby Allyn of Salem and Bpenear of Eieex Among the visitors present from out of the state wen noticed Hon Xnory Alien of OonatableviUe Lewis Oo flew York I nxmaxATion of PUaee Block tadioattd the location of tho reception hall to tho out-or-town viai-ton and hen it might be said that the appearance of tho massive marble block waa brilliant indead JEveiy window tha bniidag (of whioh then an thirty-three) 'tfPm lighted with wax candles while tha atone below were ia a compute blase the whole producing a splendid elect The Hcgt square in front of BUpne Block wai PugeAwlth Pmlf looking at tin gay ap pearanceof the building a gaiety it hat not bad Since tbt boji in blue paraded in 1878 Aa the affair was entirely informal ne special-programme waa arranged the commit tee deeming' it best not anticipating any eompeny from out of town end Intending it pa purely home affair to have no formal introductions but to permit everybody Who -desired or talk witfcMr Plaftvto do it when and how each one pleased Bat the crowd waa so much larger than was anticipated that the executiTe committee ol the senatorial campaign consisting of Senator fib Wales Lines (chairman) Charles Rockwell (secretary) Judge Leri Ooe John Ooe aud William Graham hastily held a meeting and daara to the conclusion that the large attendance demanded a little men formality than Waa at flirt intended It wee agreed that the vis iters would be pieced single file and that MayWLtotia Would unit Mr Platt in Mra-eeivtag" the other members of the elm ittee acting aa utters with Mr Wm fl Miller and Mr Wilbur Davie Who were tge for that purple The arrangement worked hitter than had nothing done for large aa the crowd wm at 780 admirably rt at id nothing been uftTfJbody HP1 aponand responded by eaylag that he had ae WM pleared to be able to my lilt the campaign had bran conducted fair- ly and that aowbare could a word of detraction of say other caadidato ha traced to it lm oa hts vsMoattog nar any bemtia to be carried out Judge Goo dated with a deamred tribute to Middlesex county for (to loyalty to Mr Platt and iy compliments to tbo men iu counties that fought the good to victory Msy-axt epeifl He mid he waa desirous that tho company ahenld know tho manner ia which Mr Platt wished his campaign conducted He did not make the dispatch ha wm about to read public during the campaign last any mer4 canary motive might be attributed to it Bocfrtddooo now You are aware grails-aid tlm mayor that aa executive committee of five gentlemen had chargt ot thht campaign I had too honor to be selected aa chairman of that committee I lid a toll aid frank talk with Mr Plett red he requested aad intrusted as to MS that neither trades bargains or rainproof any kind should bo mads with any Mead of hia Those wishes were faltbfolly carried eut My labors in the matter were tight fr lialtiliittrti did every friend of Mr Platt agreed that It wea tho true policy to purroeud tint could better welcome defeat with hands than the ram UWPwmw vw nwre rorewrewwrora tern of rerfrisad tedMlghhorb sullying sera to tha aUgkteat degree any of the other candidate all of whom were (entte-men whom highly esteem But continued Mayor Llaee Mr Platt must have become nervous or fearful or had heard loamthlag and white in Hartford 1 received toil dispatch: Niw Havre Gt Jan 14th It Mon Walt Lum Sonator Sixth Dio Met: My duties hare make it impossible for me to give direction or even thought to toe Senatorial gmtter I leave it entirely with yon and too Meriden representatives with these enggestione: Make no combinations an nay other candidate Put the argument solely oa what yon aray think of mamy abimy to npraarat the State aad the IMP interest of too Republics! party 0 Platt The loudest applause followed the reading said Mayor Liam Mr to wMoh Baldwin wittily responded that is nonad Pbtt ferm (Roan of laughter) Boom other geatlo-man remarked that that diapatoh ought to he framed to which Mayor Linas remarked provoking arora mirth Platt hgnai toot Mayor Lines in eoadndrtc mid ha toll tmffU he ought to read tort diapatoh tort Mr Ptetfa view givre wador Ma own hud two daya hefora the oanena might be mad a matter ef record aad he aa example for caadldatee to future rempaigaa Mayor Linm asked leave to read tho following dispatch to-oemdhF him early into evening It wea frert the man to whom the fleaator-tlect warttosahooirthianativo town of Washington in thia elate WAomwrotf Or Jan fifi To Jfreer Lin: Washingtoa tha plans ot Ms birth rad growth to manhood Join with Meriden tho homo of Me mature life rad active pgkt that Liadh -M present onetf the Mr Platt and ha called Mutative Worthington ef Bay brook to give experience Mr Wertnlngtoa ie a very pleasant talker aat kept the company ia of laughter by hu recital of kia Ant experience ia aeakuii the acquaintance of Platt Ho want on to toll how more than 96 yean ago ha lived was ia compnay with a Mr Pratt very partial to gunning Pratt and Worthington want one day on fowling expedition and wen lucky enough a doses partridges fcoopfc special diree tlona were given women how to prepare them for dianer next day aa Lawyer Plett vu to dies with them The ladies were enxlons about getting up the dinner ia good shape and had gnat antic! pstions and were delighted to have the Op- portnnity ot seortg Lawyer PlalA ol whom they had heard so much He cam to due time and mid Mr! Worthington inch die- appointed women! When Lawyer Platt had they said ha looks like a big lalnman Thia bronaht down the company and they fairly roared wit Mr PUtt himaalf nfoying it and remarking that ha nrttmbeijad vary well said Mr hare watched that groan country-aver sues aad hare heard of hia achievemsnta and hie manly words for What aver tended lo do good and I hare hia rtf step by step by no seeking own until ho 'has reached the hi tioa hie native elate era bestow itioitiseas In that bMtowal I rejoice with yon hia friends neighbors red acquaint-Mr Worthington waa roundly ap-Mayor idnes next ia tow happy words called oa Caakiet Ghaaherlaia of tho Bams Irek who mart a a eat red ap iking of ala ooe of ure Meriden felt at thoeelecdoa of their distinguished townsman Ho know that Connecticut wonid he prond of he wonld faithfully npremnt bar mterrete fie etoeed in a humoroua vein by king some very happy remarks which would only bo spoiled by attempting to summarize them ia print Mr Chambdr-lain wm deservedly applauded Rev Mr Leasing waa next calledon and said haps Me toatlmony being only resident of Morldea would he valuable had scarcely been to town when he had beard ot Mr promiaenc la ail that good mm ought to be idenulefi with aad he became mors acquainted hare he had heard good and kind words on ovary hand for Mr Platt a tearless man having den-victwna and not afraid to express thorn What pleated him meet was that thoro con victioM wen right Mr Lousing then briefly related hie experience to tho Booth whore he had labored among tho Freedman He know tho necessity ef having ama of uiaea red conscience ia tho MaHooal halls of tofuhtien and he WM fled that Mr Platt would stood up thfre manfully for tho right aad Me hia influence against tha permeation of the oppressed Mr Leaning wm interrupted Mveral times byapplauM Mayor Ltoee thou said that having hoard from tho pulpit be would now like to hew from tho prase nod Called on Mr Riggs who responded by My iff that ho wm not accustomed to public speaking always giving hia views through hit solemn But he would say that bo rejoiced ypRk the root that Mr Piatt wm chosen in tho 1st contest aad that hia else! ten would bo aa honor to lhaotota Mr Riggs oloaad with a scriptural conundrum having aa application to the of the aad raoamtd bit teat emtd hearty mod of oheers Than Mr Cephas Regers was called upon by tbs mayor Sod made quite a heat speech in which ho said to common with all ot Morldea aad the ether good fries ds he rejoiced at the proud dlstiactiou conferred ou this city- Be had no fours for tbo future mocom of tho Hepuhltore party in this ataiaror with Merer a flat! aad Hawley ia Congress thay wosld so distinguish themselves nod ao well iwrvo the atote that tha party that Mat two such omiaont atates-aea there wonld he retaforoed by the voters to each an extent that wo would at tho next election bare majority for the state ticket oa the popular vote red send re unbroken Republican delegatlou to urogram (Cheers) Mr William Smith a MUgiare misrioa ary who is ready to aerve hia state on Bun-day quickly oo MowKyoa tho pirn that hotter tho day tho bettor the deed" was next called for by Mayor Ltoea Mr Barith made a seat little apmch describing re unexpected visit ko haatkoa kto own responei WUty to Iowa to Migh-boring oounty a few wwaks ago tha effort of which wm oho vote tor Hop Platt ThoM who understood the Matoqr of tho viaft appreciated Mr recital aad heartily applauded it Mayor Line next sailed re Was Wblhwe Lee who the vindication of penoaal Bhsrty Mere jotoed from the bottom of hi Mart tort on who srtMMhahlih vahmoartM iBSM Mho knew Mr Platt did tor Benator Be atoria ringing li --A I M'g rr be pleated to meet yon at all times I shall be glad to meat you at any Urns or to meet the kind friends whose mem ory I shall always cherish Just now everythin la new and aeetns unreal I place hia ambition being to lift the Rennt lican party to a plan where the rights and equality of man would be recognised all over to land and that a free ballot would ho out whether In South Carolina or Con-Boettent This must rad shall bo aofioos- pUhed laid Mr PUtt With that principle to contend for the party contending fog it cannot fail Mr PUtt then deprecated in strong words the us of money in etoo-tieoa It provoked him he apid when he hegrd It said that catnpmgncould noth carried on without a lavish or corrupt expenditure ot mouy The falsity of tin assertion hu been demonstrated and ho wm thankful tort it had bean demonstrated by the Republican party Mr Platt after dwelling on this point at soma length referred to the currency question reuamfifiag that Uks all other iliuee of the day it had only two sides right and wrong and ha firmly htltevod that tha man who wra right wu ho who advocated a currency that would have a standard value all over the the world without being subjected to daily fluctuations He stood there and he believed toe great hum of the Republican parly stood there (applause) Mr Platt oteaad by recognising the dUtingnUhed honor aad privilege of ropre-autlag Connecticut in the counclU of to ution He lored CenaraUcnt btotomW wu his satire state aad be had grown with it growth He had proadly watched iu progNM not only in toa pursuits of the sturdy farmer but in ite manufacturing interests which bad increased little by little until every railroad and stream were dotted With a a tribute to tho thrift tho a commonwealth that had la itmaay of toe sou and ten of the passengers of tho Mayfle whose puritanical Mood waa a certain taction against all the vagus Isms and sod isticaad communistic ldtuaad henates that Ware sraking a place in New England In Oonnactteut they wonld tasks no headway Mr Platt resumed hia aaat amid a storm of applanre THU clou At tha doss of Mr remarks Mr Worthington took the floor voluntarily ud id the election of Mr Platt was cause for more than usual gratification because it wm accortffnshed without the expenditure of a out for liquors of any kind or for uy other corrupt purpose It prove that Mr Platt wm traa to toe prlooiple of total abstinence rad ho would therefore propose la oold water the health of Hon Orville Flatt The whole company rose ud with glaatM raised duly responded after which the company separated White in the par ter preparing to teavt Landlord Ires tnter-ed aad mid perhaps nsrer again would kia hotel hare to honor of inaugurating a United State Benator and that he might hire ef the oooasion ha wished that to gaatlemu making ap thaeuapW wonld place their nanua upon his register wkfcMwaa dea Senator Platt hiding toe list Thu ended pleasant ud dome-c ratio affair hu ever marked uy day in the history of Meriden Btnator Platt at tilt Otpitol-Fbr too Aral time line its completion nator Platt wu ia tha state capital to-Ho want up from hare on the nine morning train and took his accustomed seat ia the smoking car It soo became generally knows on to train that the aaw aanatof wm on board and in tho mack iBgear Muyoame from too othu ean can acarcely appreciate tha future How I shall bear mysuf hpW I shall walk in the new path hawkish I am eat time will show: I do know that I aksll try to do right Ml bm the right aid I have faith to believe that this will bring i through to the end without discredit to you to myself or to the State My friends this ia no place for an announcement of my political vitwe I have in the courselor my life dealt and received many hard political blows hut I have always tried to act right and shall so continue I thank you again for your kindness and I trust that all your expectations with rerereaqe to me will not bo disappointed Good night (Applause) Mr Platt then withdrew to the parlor and the reception was resumed the band in thffmeantime rendering excellent music Then Deacon Allen mounted the platform and gars vent to hts feelings follows: Men of Meridea! Freemen! yon havodono yourselves great credit you have honored the ballot Our rapreMalativw have dona themaelvea great credit sad they too have honored the trust committed to them When you the intelligent voters of this State and our representatives combine with such unanimity to elect to onr national councils Orville Platt I yen honor yourselves you honor our State you honor our own England Orville Platt! our aix Senator! We are happy to beHeve that he will honor for the term of aix yean the easts of them United States Thu worthy sincere remarks were well received While this was going op MrPlatt was still and at 14 o'clock they wore Mill cornier On gratifying future of tho reception was the owning in a body of Mayor workmen to pay their respect Then the Meriden Literary delagntiam headed hr the vie president and Mtetrimiy called to pay tha respect of the society Soma two huadred little boys Sunday school scholars and oth whwksow MrPlatt called sad they re ceivod more attention from Hr Platt than (bo of a larger growth Their calling seemed tojilease Mr Plait vary much It waa after tea when the reception closed Such of the out-of-town friends aa remained labor ia oorerstulrttewa upon tooaloattea of Hw oTh Platt Benator ol too United States honest the aebitrt work of Gore The applause tost followed tha reading of this dispatch wu generous and a thnsustic aad a wit present raaurked that schoolmaster wm i pretty biK Sunn Mayor Liam agtia rote aad aid they wore about to bring the evening tog cteiMad ho wonld call updaon whoa he knew ikey would be all glad to hear ftom their friend and neighbor 0 Platt an flatt'b wnrarea Mr PUtt rom and asadeoa of thorn eara-eat thonghtfol ringing apeechee that took hut own townsmen who beard hUa hack to tho grand rtMohMho mada ia Tofin Hall 4R the Presidential and ether jeam-paignn when Bm Nrvtera of eur test aad aaoei powerful mm wore required on tho political platform Ho bogua by mitering to Iho Bmmtartel contort jus closed and hp foR too reapoaribUlttm of tho half aa hoar hefora the announced time it wf uadnetod to the Meriden club parlors was augmented to a degree that made It un-hH aura Hdra comfortable by Ste French braes bead tuning out in a body to call upon the new Senator They brought their ln-etrument along sad diaeonreed some fine alia along the route which increased the numbers present The committee feel grate- where chattiag and smoking joyed for'a abort time alter whioh aorta fifty of tbo gentlemea went to partake of a rapper prepared for thorn by Landlord Ives who did his pert ia iag tha feefititiM very agreeable Ltaea did the honors having lenator Platt oa his right and Rev Mr Uuteg oo Us.