Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-23
KAUFMAN & CO.,
CORNER FOURTH AND BROAD SIS.
GOVERNOR TAYLOR on DRrMNERs.
Tennessee's Bob Makes Many Kind
Remarks of Them.

Governor Bob Taylor. OF Tennessee,
who IS said to be one OF the best faco.-
tours i'm this country, and who can make
as many happy hits in speech as the
next one. is fond Of the travelling man.
In his address OF welcome TO the Meme
bers Of the Travellers Protective AssociA-
ton. in Nashville. on Travellers -Proiec-
tive-Association- he said many pretty
things about the drummers. Here are
some of them:
If welcomes were flowers. / would give
every travelling man I'm America am aiin-
ful OF American Beauties; Woih lIl
on every lapel cape lessatnlhe hHi
Nashville would be wilderness OF roses
II human hearts were banquet halls
I would welcome every traveilins mdh To
mine. / would banquet them on mlk an.
honey-the milk Of human kinunt eIl
the honey of human happlhess-tuu ,..s
ehould drink deep of the wine ci pioNIH
~ love III my hcartstrings were iAlp-
strings. / would make the music tof s.
travelling men which the angels nlaD' +ls
the first happy pair IN the ~ 'lelsf
long AGO II my words could De cuiN'l
into silver and gold. / would give efc.y
travelling man $1,000 year at the ia'o
of 16 20 l. ,.....t.i,..-
The travelling men are the adyeriisilss
agents Of all the goods ana VIZ
n
General Prosperity. but fear they air
now temporarily cut of from the iIili,.
col,,mn bv the forces Of General haia
Times. .,,... tbo
travelling men. They are the very il,-
blood OF our civilization they are ponu
cal economists: they are politicians tu,1
are Diplomats, they are expert accvIii.-
ants: they are lawyers; they are "o'N
The travelling man can labor all day
with his hands and his head. ana thth
put on the swallOw-tnil ana PAt, 49,.
theirs IN the evening ana WIN Us, n's 49,,
and sweet converse charm the most r.
0ned circles OF fashionable society -
the thermometer and barometer - 49,
tions When prosperity follows III ll.
wake the nations are proSp,."Io' $50
hard times drive him nome IL y '''"
sign of poverty among the inassea, nm.
1--we tho drummer for his versaultg
| love him for the sacrihces nc "1s no a.
and for the happiness ne hhs Sr,,rn.
- NOT only because he is brave thN
Gallant and genial. but because re IS a'
Graceful i'm overalls as In The swalioN
tan: and. above all, they love nun ioi '"o
happy homes he has maze. ..to,,
pisfance lends enchantment to the view
ond therefore the wives ana sWeeinrai -
of the drummers are consthhey 'no.e'''
ed by their husbands ana their p,tuN.
once heard Of drummer VINO cor,
,racted the habit OF coming home as drunk
as "a lord and when his weeping Wilt vi.
evening asked him through her Tears We
he thus came continually intONlch''u, a.
Looked at her affectiOnately ana fepNtl.
MY darling you are so sweet anu I,,.'f,
T naturally love TO look al you noupi.
Bnt be il said. TO the honor OF the cral'.
,hat there IS less drunkenness anon.
,hose Who carry the grip than I'D amy
other nrofession under the sun. eNc,l,
The preachers IL | were young lAul l
would marry a drummer, not Only peehu'S
he moves the world with his snap "u1
grin and push. but because he Is the pie'
tIest THING on Gods footstool.
N were a sculptor ! would chlsei lIoii.
the marble my ideal OF man, N"ti
grin If / were painter ] would pal'l i
nicfure of Jacobs ladder, and upoh W.
golden rungs | would paint me ahf
for,n 81 drummers ascending Win the p.
line Of harps on the market TO sell 10 ihs
inhabitants of the celestial wofld.
Cod bless the drummera. iney arc tu
decentralization OF Christian enceaFof' ".t
an they need Is pink tights anu shl~
wings TO make them equal 70 tht cu...
bin and seraphim, and VINO can nm i.e
a Vision more sublime than innumt iape
5r,immers hying IN the air, win tht.t
grin-sacks in their hands. diYihB ANY,
snorting among the clouds Ike pVilo'2s'
In midocean. But
The drummer wears no golden WIGS
Round this merry world he sWi-5r'
Sweetly laughs and sOtty SINGS,
Sells lis goods and wares and thiNs''
He don't wear no wings OF flame
But he gets there all the same,
Ali the ladies' know his name
Tra-ra-ra-ra. Boom De aye"