The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-08-03
THE GOVERNOR
AT LUDlNcToN.
An Address hsAs ~ cOvsTnOF Brew.
ard, o. IlOFida. at the Great
CaSnp RSvisw ~ Lsdin6-
ton, MIehi6an.

Commander BOynt0n- Sir knights,
have the pleasure Of calling before you
for . few minutes q gentleman who II q
representative also 10 this body, and
has just come In from the other side Of
the State. Nearly ell Of you have seen
him, however, but I will call on Gov.
ernor Broward, Of Florida, TO address
you.
Governor Broward said:
Sir knight, Great Commander, and
Sir Knights-It Ii very difficult for me
70 know how 10 begin. am not In the
habit Of meeting with such great APP
plause IN getting up; In many meetings
] attend ] find quite decided division
among al Of the brethren present, and
when ! find them Rll heartily applaudinG
me and giving me hearty greeting am
rather surprised; II takes me on my
feet for moment. Then, sir knigtS,
it 10 very affecting thing for man 10
stand before an audience Of his breth-
eli are working for the common good
Of humanity; where each one has IN his
heart the interest Of his brother and Of
his brothers family, and therefore we
are bound 70 be ahOetld more or less
BY coming In contact with an audience
working on that particular line.
IL 10 great thing for our whole cOun-
try that this great frhternal order, ~
well a. the other great fraternal orders,
are doing such great work. You know
9 few years ago We heard Of Grady Of
Georgia going 70 Boston and making q
speech and lulling q nation into peace,
rs Il was termed. We heard OF first
one effort and then another on the part
Of the Individual 10 tie the two sections
% the conntE,y together, and 20 blot out
On imaginary line that was drawn ct
one time. And while Il was an imaRI-
nary line ~ far 80 territory was con-
cerned, Il was not imaginary 10 those
who undertook 20 cross II either way.
/ win cay this, that ell Of those who
crossed, whether they crossed from the
South over into PennsylvHnia or creased
from Pennsylvania over the other way,
Ell have met who really did the cross
Inc were quite well satished with the
reception they received. But neverths-
much che individuals Of this country
hsvo underworld 20 stir up the love Of
the two sections for each other, that no
nna peFnon. no dozen persons. have ef-
lected anything like the results that
have been effected by these fraternAl
organizations, and more especially by
this organisation. Applause
When we all Join hands ~ brothers,
from the Gulf Of Mexico TO the Great
Lakes, and from the Atlantic ocean 70
he Pacific; when We can look across the
sentiment and recognize In the utmost
)artaO Of this territory that the man who
q Maccabee, whether In Florida, on
hose great lAkea, Port Huron, Luding-
on or any other place, our brother, Il
aensts q great deal. Il mean more than
umInan talk, u means that this people
ave prepared for the family OF each
Their, Il matters not In what section Of
" country he or she may live, and IN
- course Of = very shOrt time you will
sar no more, except incidentally, of
70 sections Of country, or four Sec
Dns o1 country (applause) and FOR any
our people 20 feel harsh for q long
me y Impossible In the very nature OF
inEA
Tkess ffatsrnal Organisations reach
from All over this country. Every
Ftlon Of Il n now buaIiy engaged IN
work OF creating q common broth
iood That being the case. We must
noonsr % later become acqulnted
n each ether. Il will not DO Tor q
MIN fbsfnr South 70 tell his children,
thG8 nroW up, that Yankees have
Noes end long feet, and 10 win not
8oF bis northern brother 70 tell hla
ghtar and aon that the Southern
PIE have red noses and drink corn