The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-05
FLOOD SPEAKS
ON jamestown.
Virginia Member Makes Notable
Appeal in House OF Repre-
sentatives.
sLEMP is TALKING MUCH
Democrats Mich Amused at
Claims OF Republican Leader.
Other Matters.
sLEMP is TALKING MUCH !
(Fron Our Regular correspondent.)

(From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, D. c., May 4.-Repre-
sentative Flood Of Virginia. made a
q Il notable speech to-day In advocacy Of the
bill to make a further appropriation in
aid Of the jamestown Exposition. Mr.
Flood secured recognition for an hour
while the House was In Committee OF
the Whole on the naval appropriation
bill, and he consumed his time in the de-
livery Of an eloquent speech, In which
Il he's urged upon the House the propriety
the Importance and the duty OF fttingly
celebrating The founding Of the first Eng
disappearing settlement In the New
World.
Mr., Flood devoted the first portion Of
fl his speech to the Importance of cele-
brating great events in national his
tory, and especially the Importance Of
the Jamestown settlement in the his
ssg tory Of America. He was sure, he said.
&5 that Massachusetts, whose history and
D Vrginia's were SO iQextrlcably inter-
III! twined. would be foremost in the com
rnamoration Of the tercentennlal Of the
founding of the first settlement In Vir-
85s ginia, and he was sure those States
carved from the Northwest Territory,
which Virginia, with unprecedented prod
@ igality, had coded to the Union In order
to quiet discords and make union pos
sible, would be eager to commemorate
the founding of Ango-saxon institutions
in the western hemisphere.
What Exposition Means.
{$Mr. Flood quoted from several great
men of the nation, expressing their ad-
r,iraton Of Virginia. and paying a tribute
to3what they had accomplished for this
country, and then proceeded:
Ill But, Mr. Chairman. this is not q
matter in which Virginia Is solely in
terested, nor in which one particular Y
State is solely interested. 1 is r. COM
memoration of the planting Of the
first English colony upon this conti-
L ent; the beginning Of the settlement
and occupation Of this country by our
ancestors. and the Introduction of the
Anglo Saxon civilization into a wilder
vi mess. 1t is intended to commmorate
birth of the American nation In
order that the great events which
@.s have resulted therefrom may be ac-
@ centuated to the present and future
genera tons OF American citizens.
SIS it not fitting that we shall hand
down the beginning of such great
events to future generations. and can
we look with unconcern upon the en-
5 deavor to commemorate this begin
Il ming?
Il so, we shall be unmindflll Of the
Bjitruth uttered by Edmund Burke. that
stsa Those who are Indifferent to the
past VIII meyer do any>Ains worthy OF
the future. :.
from the generous spirit of our Illus
scented by the territory taken from her
who, in his Thirty Years In Con-
eress,' urging for sufficient allow
fance 10 be made Virginia by the gem
3eral government to compensate az
least, for that part of her pubhc neot
(which might be presunlptiVey repre-
n sentd by the territory taken from ier
#55 in the creation OF West Virginia, uses
n these words: .,o
Nor should 1t be forgotten mat the
State of Virginia before lhe WA,
might we'll be regarded as ehe y, . ,nn,,
and not the debtor OF the rit''
government. One Of her earliest ac.s
of patriotism as an Independent elate
was the cession to the genera soV
eminent of her superb DOMAIN on
the north side Of the ONO fNc ,,nn i nn
he sale Of which more thal si"'o,,
Con have been paid into the
Old Mother State.
"He concludes his Interesting cl'ap',,
with this beautiful tribute 10 'he o'o
mo,hcr of States and statesmen:
~, +he Normal and necessarily
a,s,e,e administration Of public ar
fairs there is little room for the IN
< qternosition of sentiment. YET sehl-
ment has It's place. We stimulate the
ardor of patriotism by the mere as.
NAV of a flag. which has no ma'er'ai
rorce but which IS emblematc OF al'
material force and typical OF inc sIoty
az the nation We stir the alnpltlon
OF the living by rearing costly moi'u-
ments to the heroic dead
~, may surely DO pardoned II amer
leans should feel deep personal NJ
forest in the good name ana soou 10y
ali
with The early renown of the re-
,',tIic n state with whose soil Is min
e,ad The dust OF those to whom all
STATES and all generations are debtors
ire Father Of His Country, the anthor
q, the Declaration of Independence,
the chief protector OF the Natioha'
Constitution ,,,
f,1Tr. Chairman as her hnmhlest
son am not afraid Of heinz esteemed
arrogant when ] ayow the nellrt
that whilst this nation may beco'h'HR'S
commemorate the fame OF tpal an
client Commonwealth. Vt cannot am
pllfy her renoWn' .,,.
IT am confident that those IN TINS
t,,dy who have ingenuously studied
her animals will look, with .disfavor
upon this appropriation,
95f "Our government organism pulsates
with her Ife. Our enduring inslltur,
tIpns are the heightened shadows 81
her sons. She has vivified our history
/, with spirit which is immortal.
.'Nor strong tower, nor walls OF beaten
brass
Nor alrles dungeons nor strong links
of iron,
con he receptive to The strength Of
spirit
There w.s great applause wAen Mr.,