The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-14
Weather SO Bad That Outdoor
Features Of First Day Have
to Be Deferred. "
WELCOME Of WATT ! {. q
Gracious Words Of Greeting from
the Gifted Editor, Orator
aid Statesman.

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Week" tile precipitation was unable to-
dampen the fervor Of the greeting cx-
tended by Kentucky to her nonresident
sons and daughters, and the exercises of
welcome day which were conducted in
the armory on Walnut street, were car
ried through In manner both brilliant
and gratifying. "A
Despite the fact that the rain fell
heavily Just prior to the hour at#which
the days programme was to commence,
the hall was nearly full when Chairman
Ford OF the reception committee, called
tho gathering to order. Mayor Bartli4
greeted the visitors In behalf OF Louis.
yille and Governor Beckham expressed
the pleasure he felt by the people OF the
State In having nonresident native sons
back once more. sJ
Mr.. Watterson's Address.
+ The address Of Hon. Henry Watterso y,
s was the formal note Of welcome ana " u
could ask for q more graceful. welcome,
no speaker could desire a warmer nppre-
\ citation than was rendered by the list en-:
ers to Mr. watters9n ae sac IN as.:
tuckian. From the crndle to the grave.
1Ile arms OF the mothnr-lnnd STRETCHED
{ forth IN mother love--the bosom Of the!
n,other-land, immortal az the ages, yet
Il mortal In maternal affection, warmed
by the rich, red blood Z of irgtnla--TFthe
voice OF the mother.land, reaching the
fartllest corners OF the earth In tones
jof 6 heavenly inusc--summon the Grant
Is the roof trees shade and bid the
wanderer home. What wanderer yet was
ever loath to come? Whether upon the
i heights OF fortune and fame, or down
y amid the shadows Of tho valley OF death
g and despair, the true Kentucklan, seeing
4 the shining eyes and hearing the mother
IS call sends back the answering re- raln---7s,5
..Whcre'er I roam. Whatever realms = see.
MY heart. untrayclcd. fondly turns %
v thee s{ II 34 us 5
Behold. in this great, exultant mul tltude.5
4 tho proof! s %, ss .y5s
a ma mo- has had charm, has wrought O.
spell has made a melod y, Y all ITS 4 own !
has woven on It's Sylvan loom n glory
quite apart from the glory q sVlrgi ina.
n X entucky,s Mother, and the glory Of
Tennessee. Kcntucky's Sister. II has
bloomed in nil hearts where manhood
and womanllood hold the right OF way.
The drama OF the ages. told IN pluse-s
Z beats. finds here an tnterlude which I ic-
ton vainly cnulates and History may not
o,erleap. Not 4as the W. G. eek.z:. seeking
Promethian, FIRE and oracles Of Deiphos.
nor as tho Roman filled wi tn the. joyS of5
living and tho lust OF CONQUEST not as
viking springing to the. cnll; ot wind and
II wave 5Gnor as the Latin, da zzled byssethe
glitter OF gold. mad with the thirst for
IL glory:s neither as the Briton and the
Z Teuton,& eager for mastership on lang
and sea, the Kentuckian, whom we, IN
filial homage. salute prog re was
IS NO none OF these. Big In bone and
strong OF voice-the full- grown man fig
ured by the psalmIst-nevers the Ocean
rnfrrorcd his sfarcies, nor snow clad peaks!
sthat read CHI the skies inspired; but the
4 mystery OF strange lands. the savagerys
OF Nature and the song OF the green q
= wood tree.
Love Of Liberty.
The sta ri that shono above him and
led 4 him on was love Of liberty. the
beacon OF his dreams, the light OF the
fireside. Hc cut a clear ring IN the Wild
wood and called It Home. He read
81 W. 49, romance ma he made t:Enor Poetry &
no I lived It., his The Forest Epic. the
s571lliad Of the Canebrake, the Odys
sS "a the frontier, the unconscious prose-
poem OF the rife and the camp the
b1ockhouse and the plow, the Holy Bible I
and the Old Field School!
Happy the man who has sat In child
hood upon a well-loyed grandsire's knee
awed by the telling OF the wondrous
tale; how even as the ardanae follow
Il Boone: the route from Troy to Tiber¬
wenrier, nor flanked by greater hazard,
than that 8betWixt the shores OF tho
Chesapeake md the Falls of the ONO:
4 the mountains standing. gorgon- like, &
across the pat hless way, as II, defending
each defle. to hold inylolate some dread,
forbidden secret; the weird wastes Of
wilderness beyond; the fordless stream;i
the yawning chasm; the. CLEAN Of the
hal 40 t1ral car =
vet ever onward. spite OF the haunt
ing voice OF the Elements, stripped for
the death-struggle with man. spite of
+ the Silence and the Solitude Of reluc-
n tant NJ Nature, like some faWn-dyed
maiden, resisting his rude intrusion; ever
onward; before him the promised land /,
OF the hunters vision; In his soul the
grace OF God, the fear Of Hell. and the
Ii. Ioye OF Virginia.! sS.s
& + Cod bless Virginia! Heaven smile upon
her as she prepares to celebrate with
fitting rite fhree centuries OF majestic
achievement, the star-crown upon her
I, brow, the distaff In her hand, nor spot.
nor blur to dim the radiance OF her
shield! %
They came. the ylrginians, in their
home.s,un in quest OF homes; their
warrant their rifles; their payment the
blood of heroes; nor yet forgetting a.
proyerb the Chinese have that "it. needs
& a hundred men to make fortress, but
only a woman can make a home"-forg
they were dick to 90 back for their
women; their wives and their sweet
hearts; our grandmothers, who stood
by their side beautiful and dauntless, to
load their fowling-peces, to dress their
wounds, to cheer them on to battle.
4 singing their simple requiem over the
& dead at BoonesborouGh and bringing
water from the spring at Bryan's Sta
ton, heart-broken only when the news
came lack from the River Raisln.
Welcome for All.
i am here to welcome you In the name
Of all the people of this lovely city, in
the name Of all the people Of this re-
nowned Commonwealth. to Welcome YOU
as Klth and Kin; but YOU will not OK I
pect me, 4 am sure, to add thereto more
than the merest outline of tho History
of Kentucky as Y Is known to each and
every ono Of you, from the time when