The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-09
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Men from Virginia and 81 Other.
Southern States leaders il "a.
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IBirtll#a1d Anteced ents Count for
Little but Blood Will Tell
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X, .e Il Seattle acknowledgement says:

The Seattle Post Intelligencer# says: fs ct
III southerners IN thls city are planning to-
organize a club and to build o club house
FOR it. The preliminary $ neetin gs \. haze;
been had and The details OF the prop posed
organization have been effec ted. lth-4
ina week the club NJ II be fully launched
If = fair percer tageb OF sf5 the M men Nj Il
/ Southern birth In this sci ty5 take klndly to
the suggestion and join with those who
are seeking to flon the ne club II Is
quite safe to predict tina the no W a.
Soda tionj will readily: become one OF the
strongest and ono OF he most I'M uentlal.
OF It's kind in&this city. MS
# Semitic has representa- lion In It's cltl x
ship from every Southern state and
strong representa- ton at that .Gsi Sou thern3
men have been lnada welcome here and
have come In constant " lncreasln Ing NUM-
beers. They are among he more proml-
5nent element In the poll ical. tho 80 cial
the professional and the business life OF
the city; not e because they are South
errors, hut because they have Tilted into
the position which they now occupy
The place OF a man s birth lis neither an
advantage nor a detriment TO- him In this
city Of cosmopolitan ideas, where NIL
sprovinciallsm 4 Is rubbed off In q brief
period. Il SSssi5{ {s INK
Tho mayor OF Seattle. who held Office
last year. was q Southerne r. The present
mayor is a native#of the same State as
that from which hss predecess or came
One is Republican; ; the other, q Demo-
crat, # Not a. dozen votes were either at
itracted to or repealed from either man..
when a ! candidate before the people, on
the strength OF his being a native OF the
South. In fact, It was but 81 q 5trif q
percentage OF the population which knew
anything about the birthplace OF either;
and still fewer cared anything about It's
&8 The two United States Senators from
the state Of Washington are natives OF.
former slave States OF the seven sena-
tors which washington has had since nd
mission, three were from IN the South
Southern men are sitting on the bench
here. as we'll as holding leading positions
jnt the bar,s W. Lending ministers g. OF tho
gospel: prominent educators. physi clans
In largo practice, heads Of mercantile
establishments and men prominently
identified with the principal Industrial
enterprises of the community, IN large
numbers, are men born south OF Mason
and Dlxcn,s line ana who camo hlthera
after reaching manhood. They are az
Syyesternera now, of the real type, not the.
type Of fiction, The naturallzed west
9erner Is in large numbers and Is q lar
more Important figure In tho develop
8nent OF the West than the native son.
who Is. alrnost a. gligib BILE quantity IL g
State aslney} {aa 4ls. y hingtQqn,
q While the men Of Southern birth here
are now TYPICAL YYesterners and loyal
5seattleItas, Siit is emnently proper that
tho home land should be held y warm
attachment and that those who nave
( the common bond ofSnatiyity n the sun
nv South to bind them toget herr should
unite In the formation Of soclal c!uD
Ry such a means they can keep alive
M Of tho former homes. from
which they have been weaned. but wh!icn)
they never should and never VII for--t'