Birmingham state herald., 1895-11-16
GOV. BRADLEY L|ONRED. He Is Being Doomed for Vice
 President. THE EXPOSITION IS BOOMING The Attendance This Week Has Broken All
 Previous Records. ATLANfA IS FULL OF GOVERNORS Governor Hastings and Lieutenant Gov .s ernor Lyon of fPennsylvanla and Gov ernor Lippit Addressed the
 Legislature.
ATLANTA IS FULL OF GOVERNORS

Atlanta. Nov. 5.-Governor-Ele Bradley of Kentucky is quite lion in Atlanta. He came down with the Louis vile board of trade party to attend blue grass day exercises at the exposition to- morrow. Colonel Bradley was present at the Massachusetts exercises today and was called upon for speech. He was taken by surprise. Responding he said:
 ..Kentucky is great liberty loving commonwealth. I love the south just as well as any Georgian can, and we will ride to our stirrups in blood before we will let the flag of the union be torn from it's resting place. We love Massachusetts for the lives of her great men and we love Georgia for the life of that great patriot and big hearted man, Henry Grady, ana no doubt his spirit, in the keeping of his God is lowering above his beloved coun- try and smiles benignly down upon this scene of brotherly love and the direct fruits of his labors, but bear in mind that Kentucky is the home of some of the souths greatest men. It was old Ken lucky that gave birth to some of the mo- ble spirits that fought for the souths s independence.
 The old line of Mason and Dixon, if such line ever did exist, has been wiped faway. Let us forever obliterate its every trace today. There Is no north nor south; it is great liberty-loving people, and we are the same and inseparable."
 Colonel Bradley was loudly applauded. He was dined tonight, and much is being made of him. He has boom here for place on the national republican ticket.
 By special invitation of the general as- sembly of Georgia Governor Hastings of Pennsylvania with Lieutenant-Gov- T.unn 10 sneaker of thR house and members of the supreme bench of that state and Governor Lippitt of Rhode Island visited the capitol and addressed the two houses in joint session.
 The speakers gave happy expression to the fraternal sentiments of the occa- sion and the two houses passed resolu- tion of thanks for utterances of so patri- otic and non-sectional character.
 This afternoon at the exposition grounds the Massachusetts state com missIoners rendered to hundreds of in- yited guests a reception and luncheon. The attendance at the exposition this week has broken all records and Georgia day, next Tuesday, bids fair to double the largest day heretofore.
 The Massachusetts exercises began at II o'clock. An address of welcome on the part of the state of Georgia was de- livered by Gov w. Y. Atkinson, Gov. Frederick T. Greenhalge of Massachu- setts responding. Afterwards there was
  Ianta by Mayor Porter King, also an ad- dress of welcome on the part of the ex- position by the president, c. A. Collier, with a response by MT. Curtis Guild, Jr., of Boston, member of Massachusetts commission Governor Greenhalge, later in the day, formally presented Massa- chusetts' building to the exposition and President Collier formally received it. Music was rendered by the Fifth regi- ment band.
 Governor Greenhalge of Massachusetts and his staff, Governor Hastings of Pennsylvania and his staff, with the Pennsylvania state officials, Governor Lippitt of Rhode Island and staff held a public reception in the auditorium at the exposition at 12 o'clock today. Mem- bers of the Cleveland chamber of com merce Manufacturers club of Philadel- phia, the Pen and Pencil club of the same city, members of the International League of Press clubs, Ohio Press asso- citation and thousands of southerners attended the reception. Addresses were made by President Collier. Governors Hastings, Greenhalge and Lippitt and members of the various press associa- tions. President Wilson M. Day on be- half of the Cleveland chamber of com merce also delivered an address.
 Bishop c. c. Iettey of North Carolina, representative negro of the south, spoke today at the race congress on the Duty of the Nation to the Negro. In inc
 
 "The negro, either by contact or in the schools of theory, has learned something about applied science, and as his old trades have been elevated and dignffied by machinery he would like to be ele- yated with them. The waShwOman would now like 10 enter the steam laundry. since 1t has been her business. The black smith would like to enter the foundry, where they are now molding the blows he once made with his hammer. And 4I tx- nor a fsIo n pxyin his old trade to a more elevated station we believe it the duty of the nation to al- low him to do so. While we entertain no feelings against foreigners we believe 1t to be of birth right as American citi- zens and therefore, appeal to the senti- mept of this nation and ask that every door 10 foundries, factories and machine shops of every kind be opened alike to negroes and whites. This is the duty of the nation to the negro. I have always been a protectionist, but if every com mon mill is to be run by immigrants from across the sea, with our sons and daught- CTS who are black ard poor, but to the manner born thorough and patriotic American citizens are to be refused em- ployment in the factories of this country, I would advise the negroes to vote for whatever party that may represent low tariff or free trade for all fabricated ma teriai
 "I have never discussed politics pub 1ic,y in my life. But on occasions like this. when called upon to represent the sentiment of my church, I feel 1t to be nardonable for daring to speak my sen timents touching the vital issues of to- day. If low tariff or free trade on cer- tain commodities is to the best interest of the white of the south 1t certainly is to the best interest of the blacks, who produce the raw material. manufacture nothing, but are all around consumers. And fl free silver, as 1t is now termed, is to the best interest of the 1aboring classes of this country, especially of the south and west. 1t must be doubly so to the negro have thought for twenty years whether or not the negro is doing right in voting solidly for one national