The age-herald., 1898-07-19
GOVERNOR ''BOB"
 OF TENNESSEE Spent d Few Hours in the City Yes
 tefday. GIVEN A CORDIAL WELCOME Is a Great Believer in the Future Ol
 Birmingham. A NEW LECTURE FOR NEXT SEASON Likes Birmingham Because it is the Home of Joe Iohnston--0ut of Politics After Januaryi--WiIl Devote Himself
 to Lecture Platform.
A NEW LECTURE FOR NEXT SEASON

GoNernOr RODert l.. IayIOr or lenneSSee spent few hours in the city yesterday en route to Nashville from Rushton, La, where he delivered lecture Saturday even ing.
 Governor Taylor is quite popular in Bir- mingham, and during the morning he was kept quite busy greeting his many friends in the lobby of the Florence hotel, where he stopped while here. He had cordial greetings for each one, and the happy fac ulty of remembering nearly all of them. The governor is a politician among politi- clans if cordiaTity and the "glad hand" count in the make up of these individuals.
 Governor Bob was seen by an Age Herald reporter, to whom he chatted very pleasantly. q am always heart and soul for Dixie" said the governor, "and this is one reason why I am glad to see your city making strides to the front, the greatest stride being the magnificent steel plant that is now being builded here. I ann honest in the conviction that Birmingham is to one day become the greatest city in this country, and there is no reason why my belief should not become true. She is right in the heart of the richest district in
  natural center. With the successful mak- ing of steel here, industry after industry is sure to follow and I am convinced that with the thrift and enterprise of your business that it will be but few years until your city will eclipse in both wealth and population any other southern city.
 He Likes Birmingham
 1T like Birmingham Her people have al ways been so kind to me, arid we love those who love us I like the spirit of en- terprise of her business men. I like her because she is my next-door neighbor-I am proud of this-and like it because my own state has furnished it much of its very best brain and enterprise. I like her be- cause she is the home of Joe Johnston, one of the brightest and purest men in the south.
 His New Lecture
 q am just on my way home from Rush. ton La.s continued the governor, "where 1 went to fill an appointment for General John B. Gordon, who was too feeble to make the trip. I had a audience of 3,OO) people, and while I have twice before made my talk there, I don't believe I have ever addressed a more enthusiastic audience. just told them in the beginning that I had nothing but my "old bag of chestnuts' but that I was their guest and they must not ra1l 10 make me ISel SOOu w ny , sometimes they applauded in the wrong place.
 1T am preparing new lecture for the next season, but I haven't named the baby vet. You may count it being a big, bouncing boy, however I will fill a num- Der of lyceum engagements within the next few weeks.
 Out of Politics 1T will be entirely out of politics after January 1, and will then devote my time to the lecture platform.p
 As to the political situation in Tennessee, he said:
 "We shall not have any .trouble in elect ing our ticket this year. The opposition will not amount to anything"
 "How long before you will have the southern states secede, Governor Taylor?' asked the reporter.
 Well it doesn't seem that 1t will be long, does it?
 ..No, seriously, withdrew my application for brigadier- general soon after it was laid before the president I got enough of the war in filling up my states quota-four regiments. It was not on account of lack of volunteers, but everybody wanted a com- mission I have never before been given quite so much trouble and worry. Our volunteer army of four regiments Is filled to the maximum of 106 men to the coqn- pany and they are as fine body of sol- diers as ever shouldered arms.''
 Governor Taylor left the delayed northbound Louisville and Nashville train at o'clock for Nashville. He will go to Atlanta today to attend the reunion of veterans