The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1898-03-03
GOOD SPEECHRS
FOR OMAHA FAIR.
Three Of the Georgia Commissioners
Visited Brunswick
Yesterday
A DRIVE, SAIL AND A CLAMBAKE.
Richardson, NOrthen and DeLaoy Make En-
thusiastiC Talks and Brunswick
ians Respond

i tits Bruuswick's way. The sha
exposition commissioners came yes.
/ terday and Brunswick not only turned
out the largest audience of ths
to hear them, but entertained them
with hospitality that was most GER
dial.
Those who came we're; Hon. Will
lam J, Northen, ex-governor of Geor-
gia; Hon. F, H. Richardson, editor Of
this Atlanta Journal; Hon. J, F. De-
Lacy, mayor of Eastman, and Mr..
Cramer. Of the Atlanta Constitution.
The other members who were to come
were called away by urgent business
at the last moments
The visitors arrived at Z o'clocb yes
terday morning in special car. A
body Of citizens escorted them around
thu city IN carriages. The drive was
delightful @ /.
At the city hall, at II O'Clock, Judge
Sweat recessed the sassion ofsnneriur
court until p. nj 70 that he public
meeting could bk ksheld. Col. c. P.
Goodyear was called to the chair by
Mr. Brobston, the local member of the
comm isn. Colonel Goodyear, as hs
always does, made the visitors feel
thoroughly at home by the warmth Of
his welcome. He spoke Of the objects
of the visit, and alluded to the great
necessity of amending the constitu.
tion Of the state, so that the legisla-
ture could take hold of such projects
as the one under consideration.
Ex Governor Northen was intro
duced by Colonel Goodyear BY this
Time the ball was comfortably fiiled, a
number Of ladies' adding their pres
ence to the occasion. Mr.. NoRtben
was very entertaining in his remarks.
He pointed to the Fitzgerald coloniza-
tion as the fruit of just the sort Of
work the commission is engaged Oh.
/ lie wanted to know how the oandi
dates for governor Of s~~a were
going to carry oVsadeir pledge about
reiucIDg the state tax rate without
reducing the appropriations. "rhe
way to reduce the tax rate" be said
sis tolncresse the tax valuations. How
are we going to accomplish thisS BY
bringing immigrants and capital to
our state
Editor Henry Richardson was
greeted with cheers, Heisa magnetic
speaker. His remarks bristled with
telling facts and valuable information.
Listening to Richardson, you feel that
you are hearing man with a pur-
pose-a man thoroughly in e rnest.
His Antences stay with you AID his
facts are remembered. Mr. Richard
sons eloquent story of the great re-
sources of Georgia, told in his euthus-
iasric and convincing words, was q
most delightful treat. He told how
two far distant states we're building
their state capitOIs out of Geor-
ga marble, within stones
throw Of their own quarries; how the
wonderful gold deposits of the
state were destined to make many
Georgians milliOnaires; how Augusta
had been transformed from a village
to a city by the enterprise of one inn
migrant from the west, Col, Dyer; and
how the Georgia mule turned CRATE
fully from the hay of the blue grass to
the hay of Georgia. II would take the
verdict OF Georgia mule on hay
said the editor, Sin preference to that
of all the herbologists In the world.'
Mayor DeLacy, of Eastman, re-
sponded to calls with short, but for.
chile address. He represents the great
J wIFegrass section, and he urged