The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-24

Do you mean to tell me that you are the father of those fourteen children, that you clothe and fed them. that there are sixteen in your family to look after. "Yes." said the countryman. T feed and clothe sixteen.''
 Say, you and your family so in free." said the snowman, Its worth more than the price of admission for the moose to see you.'
 q want to say" continued MT. Little- field. while 1t may not be worth much for you to see us 1t is worth much more than 1t costs for us to see you. "WEen we leave here and go 10 cur several and separate homes we will feel and appreciate tho full significance of the sentiment borne by the program which we received yesterday at Mobile One country, one flag. one law and one people forever more" Whether we come from the North the East the West or the South we are representatives of the Anglo Saxon race. This meeting mas cemented the bonds which have been close before. but which will be closer hereafter than ever before.
 Mir. Reese called upon Judge Thomas G. Jones as the best qualified of those present to respond to the sentiments of MT. Littlefeld. Judge Jones spoke earnestly and eloauently and his remarks were frequently interrupted with ap- piause. He had come to see and learn and at the meeting he said he had been more than ever convinced that the peo- pie of the common country were brethren in more than name only. He spoke with grief of the time when the people of the North and the people of the South with arms in their hands hunted each other down. In that conflict he had not bowed to the decree of man, but he had bowed to the decree of God which ordered that there should be one people and one country. He praised the wise leaders that had brought the people together.
 An eloquent and stirring address was delivered by Congressman Smith who followed Judge Jones. He spoke feeling ly of Henry W. Grady who had gone from one end of the country to the other literally loving 1t into peace. And the work" the speaker declared, which fell from the hands of Henry W. Grady was taken up by the beloved and lamented William Mckinley, who carried 1t for ward until we are reunited people. We .of the North are willing to listen to you and you of the South are willing to listen to us.
 Representative Barney of Wisconsin said that the people of the North end the South needed only to get better ac- quainted, yet the feeling between them now was incomparably better than before the war It was better even the dark cGys that followed the war than, before the tconfiict began.
 Before the war the people of the South looked upon the Yankee as mean creature who cared, only for money giub- bing and for his dollars. The people Of the North looked upon the Southern peo- pie as braggarts and braggadocuos and i1a afra of rt1fh i'm
 both views, but when the splendid divis- ion of Pickett's charge up the hill at Gettysburg and no Confedereates retreat ed because none were left to retreat the Northerners knew that Southerners were more than braggarts and when that Yan- kee division charged up the bloody heights of Fredericksburg and none re-. treated because there were none left to retreat. the Southern people knew that all Yankees were not mean money grab bers It was worse than when Greek meets Greek for it was American against American"
 He was followed by Congressman Earnest Roberts of Massachusetts who delivered his first speech on the trip. Congressman Roberts looks like sue cessfuI insurance man, but he proved to be one of the orators of the party. He is Republican who has gained fame for his fight to secure tariff revision and to have the Dingley tarff lowered. He delivered a witty and humorous speech and the oratory closed in laughter.
 The members of the party felt that the hours spent at The Cedars" had passed only too quickly. The host and hostess were bidden farewell the party entered the carriages and were driven directly to the Union station where the special car had been attached to the 6:3O train for Birmingham. At the depot Con- gressman Smith of Iowa epitomized the sentiment of the party on their Montgom- cry visit in saying. "We have passed a strenuous but delightful day"