The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-22
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distinguished Virgi'1iita'''1 e'iy t'fl
Most Cordial aRccsp,t.iito'
n fs55# .s|s II at Academy.
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A fiatterlng audience both as ~ TO tt,tn-
bers and nsrsonne greeted lioil,5J IN ~ 81.
Wise. WHO ieetured at the K e cn gag q
jMusiu5 51astSgnikhtsg BY invltntion5fof the nc
Daughters 81 ths American y Re ''o ~
In aid OF the patriotic movement , 'f9 u' "
taken w tho Da lighters for the ere e et Lr
fSthe virginia column In the C . 1l1
Memorial Hal, a. w ashi ngtol
wa 81 approl'rr1iatt !eElly ritro-
duced by Rev. j b. Hawthorne, lo s ~ ~
who outlined tho movement for tie ne
,norlal$to thirteon states, embraced lcg1
1nthe first American Union commend 81
the Of the women ' and
paid q fine tribute to Mr.. Wise g father,
licx-c enry A. Wise. Alr.is3 Wise Ia
Tin his introductory remarks ut iizcd his
sponsors etlloEy OF his father i o. evoke ssF,
the first outburst OF laughter and up,
plause that greeted Ills thoroughly enter r.r-
tai ming ana at times bll liant and clio llellt
address. Sss ia Us 1. 81
SET thank God "fsaid Mr.. Wise Int MY
fathers fame makes vlcarlous alt tolllcIT
merltj for my own shortcom ~ s.
q The ro was no resentment t sin3 the refer
ence, md Its Very good FT1ulnorf and the
manner OF Its utterance made the sally
one OF tho host q many happy ~ 9
himself the target. 81 We.
5s33{ Mr. Wise said he had not changed iii.
his loyalty to- Virginia In his seven leetl
wears a bsence. h / Referring to his removal
from a State to which he was 50 ATTACH lt
ed, he attributed ito tho that 4; ne,
f'lad vine appel lite andia beer income Is,
and realized the recessi ty for seeking I. g
wider sphere st23 u 81 81 5 jlst 81
%5 Speaking Of tho Yirglnians intense do o.
nestle 5pridc,S$ Captain Wise referred q
tie beautiful Capitol with its Greclan sinh;
d our Ca pItollne Hill, but fSldctd
that at was xonce beautiful, but now u re-
seli1bled hay shed thanked by two to
ibacco barns. This Characterization was
yrecel red h with prolonged laug 3is35
@s.With$t hls$introductory. the speaker then
began ills NJ address proper, r rsonals
"Reminiscences or the 1oreslde from ON
John Tyler to- Theodore Roosevelt t.'a'$$ Be;
ginning with his boyhood g rec OIL ectlons
Of John r y ler, II. Wise described In de-
tail his first sight Of Mr. sTyle err at Old
Point and In the desert tion5 incidentally
showed the sYiyldness with which child
hoods memories cling. The "reminiscences
OF the last Virginia President were thor
.oughly interesting Il as vas he hastily!
sketched back ground / OF political strife
against whlchsthl strIikinl y cure was
thrown IL silhoiipst shest q wit
and shadows 81 !, sage II Re Election inter-
spersed here n and \; herd mad 9 Y ieGS pro,
trature more tfe. "Reminiscences te
of Pierce and OF 1Buchana m, with whom
tho speakers acquaintapce as&necessari-5
~ limited and boyi were none the less
interesting, and showed 1 81 ami larty With.
the. issues Of the dc tyr and he Sconspicu-j
Gus figures ofttiis crucial era Immediately.
amtednting the great&c ash of arms. Mr.
Wise attributed to MI. Buchanun.s al Sc.
and waning virllity ttrp great struggle
that followed and fwtio oh lie: Believed might
have been averteaa with a stronger hand \
at tho helm NJ /; Ii s
Tribute Is Davis. NJ
OF Lincoln Mr.. tfse knew nothing
personally, and SO ira nsferred his word
lportraiture to tho other contemporary
President, Jefferson Davis, to whom he
paid discriminating. but Withul lofty
tribute. Il {. II ID "a 3
or Andrew johnson, the speakers
knowledge was confined to a meeting
In NASHVILLE mt the time OF MIR. Wise'ss
marriage. when the former President
was a guest Ills description Of the later
life of the Tennesseean was ii q Their
pathetic. not to say dolorous picture.
&4g I1urlying On$ down Ettle 5alSleS OF time,
Mr. Wise described his first meeting
with Grant on a. raj lway train, when he
butt into" the gruff. taciturn President
and had a conversation with him IN q
smoking ear. He referred, en- l'assant,
to the Grant Ward fai lure, md exoner-
ated the old soldier from any wong
doing In that affair, OF which 5ho WaAth
innocent Victim. il " III 81 .,f 5g55
Then came Hayes, With whom 4 the
speakers acquaintance was limited, but
his analysis Of the doubtful Presidents
character and OF his official adnlinistral;-
ton was well done and sthorollshly IN
tercstlng. OF Garfield, the lecturers t'ir e
knowledge was also limited, and was Y.
soon exploited with frankness md With !,
out pretense Of intimacy. lie Quoted 1:rN1
Grover Cleveland In after years as say -
ing that 1t might have been g mercy
instead OF {, calamity that tho Ohloan's
career was cut short In tho first yoar =
OF his administration. Of Arthur, his
successor tile speaker gave q briefly
drawn word nlcture, and in doing 50 tools '7sl
occasion 10 COMBAT the idea that the So
called accidental Presidents were men Z Of
small calibre %S si9ss III 4, ~ 4.
OF Cleveland. Mr.. Wise spoke with
more intimate knowledge formed from
longer and closer acq uai ntanc and In
@his chara oterization OF the only living
ex- President Ito scared above political tll
o,,In0tze6 ~ the SaEo or