The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-15

men, com mencing with John Randolph
and coming down to men OF the presen
day, purposely selr ting them from
various generations and from both par
ties to prove the value OF long service
in political life
He then continued, "Polstics NAV be
termed school. In it maNy branches
are tauSht and in each branch numer.
Gus lessons are to be learned. Tne
School mas no alumni; it's puaiis never
graduate They sometimes leave school:
sometimes they are expelled, Snt they
never finish the course. One of the
nrst thlrgS to be learned by the politi-
clan Is that the world owes him npcbinr
IN the way of honors. He that would
ne greatest must be She servant CT all.
Inc public good is so be considered, not
ms private needs and personal aspira.
lions. The people are the sole Judges
OF nis4ualiiicationsa and his availabi0ity,
anu from their decisions there is no
appeal although sometimes new Trial
IS granted. While it is every mans
uuty 10 take part in the election of
oihcers. whether he shall himself en-
gage in public service depends unon c;,r.
cumstances over which De has only
partial control
In concluding the gifted young ora
tor said with much feeling: II cannes
close without alluding to /, special mis-.
sion before the young men of this gen
eratlon quarter a century AGO we
emerged from civil war. twas "a
serious conflict as ever agitated a ma
tion-great i'll the issues involved, ter.
role In the destructioncaused and i'm.
portant in its results.
I'm human hearts tho memories of
mat awful struggle still remained. 1t
Is nnn h,t go.
one side and resentment upon the other
should linger for awhile with those who
passed through that great epoch of our
history: The young mon in politics to
DAY and those who will hereafter enter
1t, are of p st-bellum birth. They are
the aftermath. They are not RESPONSE.
BILE for their fathers faults. nor can thew
rely upon their fathers virtues. Young
men together, son of federal ard son of
confederate, they are ready to march
hand in hand, shoulder to shoulder, in
the grand work OF restoring harmony.
love and fraternity throughout the land.
lhey are prepared to- celebrate the COM
plete reunion of the North and South so
beautifully described by tho poet when
she says:
Ioscthcr shouts Niagara, his thunder toned
Together echo back tho waves upon the Mcxic
Together the sylvan hills where old Atlantic
Together, boom the breakers on the wild Pacific
shores ~
Together cry the people and together it shall
An everlasting chartcr-bond forever for the free:
VI ipcrty the signct seattle one eternal sign
DC those united cmblcms-thc Palmetto ana the
Pine" '''N
AT the conclusion of his speech the
brilliant young Congressman was driven
in carriage to the depot. so that he
might take the night train for Washing
ton.
Much disappointment was caused
Monday night when the Judges decided
that the orators medal had been awarded
to w. III. Greever; not that the Young
man did not mako good speech, but
because there were two others who each
had one so much better The medal
was tho subject of conversation every
where Yesterday, and though the re-
porter heard nearly one hundred opin.
ions expressed, he has yet to hear any
that Endorsed the decision of the Judges.
The majority OF opinions we're decidedly
In favor of the medal being awarded to
5. j. Homer, the Choctaw, from Indian
Territory, as his theme was good and
his delivery unsurpassed, though some
thought that Mr.. Woods should have
been declared victor, but not one
thought Greever was in it at all.