The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-12

tive office daily and perform his oni- cial functions.
 Trip to Mississippi.
 After continued persuasion by Mrs. Sanford and his sons and daughters, Governor Sanford, early in May, went to Stafford Springs, Miss. in the hope of enjoying rest and quiet. To his ad- visers, he insisted that he should not leave Montgomery upon the eve of the assembling of the Constitutional Con- vention. It was urged upon him that the executive duties would not be such as to demand his attention. While in Mississippi, his official duties preyed upon him, and he was in continual cor responderce with his Private Secretary.
 En route home Governor Stanford and Mrs Sanford stopped at Tusca- loosa to visit Professor and Mrs A. A. Persons. kinsfoik of the Governor, and in order that the Governor might be present at the meeting of the Board of Trustees of the State University. It was at the residence of Professor Per sons on the campus of the State Uni versity that the soul of the distinguisn- ed Alabamian took its flight to the Great Beyond.
 T. D. Sanford Not Present.
 Captain T. D. Sanford spent Sunday ana Monday with the Governor in Tus- caloosa, and upon his solicitation re- turned to Montgomery Monday after noon to look after the Executive office. Hon. William Hodges Sanford, the oldest son of the Governor, went to Tuscaloosa with his sister. Miss Car rie Sanford. Monday night. The Gov ernor was so much improved yesterday afternoon that MT. w. H. Sanford came back to Montgomery reaching here at 6:2O p. m. Captain T. D, samforl was in the Executive office until late yesterday evening. He said he had no recent news from his father but hoped for the best. He went to Tuscaloosa at 9:30 o'cloSk last night but did not reach there before the end came. He was accompanied by his brother Mir. W. H. Sanford
 Governor Sanford was one nf the most gifted Speakers in Alabama. Ike was easy, graceful and sincere. His speech before the Democratic ConVen- tion in Montgomery on the night or nomination for Governor of Alabama, was pronounced one of the finest speeches of like character ever deliv- cred in Alabama.
 Governors Acceptance Speech.
 The speech well illustrated the char acter of the man.
 q hasten to bring you my gratitude for this manifestation of your esteem" he said as he looked out upon the sea of faces of men who had just named him as their standard bearer. There is a time in the life of every man when the emotions of the human heart dis close the poverty of human language. That time is mine tonight. To be sud- denly exalted from the private paths of domestic life to the lofty station Of honor and great responsibility sug- gests to poor frail humanity that pos sibly there is a personal significance in the event. That temptation would have me in it's power tonight but for the fact of human philosophy and human experience. I consider not this demon- stration of your esteem as bearing any personal significance. I take to myself no such tribute as that. To my friends wko have been loyal to me in this emergency and who have borne me forward on their splendid efforts to the attainment of this prize, I return the grateful acknowledgment of a heart that has Dever yet learned the alphabet of forgetfulness. The recollection of their loyalty and their friendship will be a sweet incense to me ip the even ing vespers of my life. To my honor able opponents I have nothing but words of the highest esteam and friend ship. For some of them I have enter tained those feelins during the years long gone by, and at the inception of this friendly controversy I announced to them that nothing should happen, caused by my act or word. to mat or dim that friendship. I appreciate the reciprocating sentiments with which they received that announcement. For their friends who have proven so loyal to them, and so often perhaps would