The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-27
MAYOR SPOKE IN
Spirit. / |. II. 0. OF FUN. \.
Mr.. c. y. Wingfield, President
& OF Exchange, Gives Out
Effective Interview. .}
MCCARTHY WAS iAPPLAuD|ED) ] j Q
Northern Men Present All Under
stood the Mayors Speech and #
Endorsed 1t Freely.

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In n5stronr interview last. night Mr.. G.
| :, W.T., ,r,o,d or ,,ichmond y;Io rs prcsi-
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dent o. .iie5
sided ata tho sessions otsst'I,e convention
OF that body held here last week, made
The following statements II, regard to the
a., ~, 80 - =, 4 ria y IN his specch
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| The idea that the Mayor mean = any any
disrcspect to tic flag of our common
sc,,,,,,ntr,. ia absurd. and II those who
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'i'ls S'in L ''' y
he said colld nave he;irla near t'ls ' siste'
could have. read 1t in full instead OIL
reading this one remark in cold type,
they would have taken IT N the same y,
sspirlta sthatsinH which tt WAS taken by
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8''When3 this remark was was maze 1'n' ~ y.
! Mayor haditconcludcd the serious l1nrt
=. ,,,s snccch which III tile way was
D5 ! ), Z, !, ~, tnrcd into
not a "riteh Nh o'''' " ~ ~
the good humor OF ms liludlence5 Wii'oii Wliie
I.had been ;lppluuding some4of the witty
| I.t,i nI,,,- n k,pn
- :, = y Il ,hou+ at
! .,''''r> lH' ~ ''e t a.
4 the flags. lust after having sald, 'no
qentlen, an would chew tobacco.
!, @ chew good deal OF u, but stu no 8s5
gentleman would chew tobacco MS
/ .Ia bit Of fun was applaudcd, and he then !
alluded In the same strain to his
! love for the flags of Virginia and the
! Confederacy, adding locularly, but
the Stars and Stripes are all right In
J their way, am not sure that his
remarks have been quoted verbatim,
! g but i am sure that what he said was
! lin spirit OF fun, and was SO taken
4 n by his audience which was composed
Il {, Of more men from the North, East q
4 and West than from the So. south, there
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4 Entire Audience Applauded.
4 AT ,hc conclusion OF his address the
Il Mayor was applauded by his entire au'l-
Il iencc The reply to Ills address was
j -n,adc BY n gentleman from Chicago,
Il and was also IN n Jocular Stiilln aug
(. with no refcrcnce to the fngs. which.
i Knowing, the man as l II do. would not
/ have been the case had the Mayor bcsli
J taken seriously. + know personally every
i man who heard tho address md mingled
4 with them after It's conclusion ana hot
/ one of lhonl referred tostio MMSor re
/ marx ABOUT wv iiSot .'''i't'l - -,
ing the afternoon paper, ana men ,l,aS
laughed nt the nbsurdllS OF ms pe'''s
taken seriously
"The applause %nich fsreeten y, VIC N'''S
or's address, IN which nc tod OF lilellmon'
4 and OF Virginia, was on'S cSceened y, cue, 3pS
ttat accorded the Governor 81 ,V'tst.ll'l ,nl
when he responded TO INC TOAST, ,N'llr
Country. At the concllsl u OF the COY
crnor's eloquent and pntrlotic speech nc
received such an ovation from those OF
the North rs was given PRESIDENT toose-
(. velt on his recent Visit 70 ltichmond, nl'u
|, those Of the North wed Win those nt
4INhe South in shaking MS, hand and ~
expressing approval of his loyal sentl-
4 mcnts. #
The Mavor Thanked.
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OF tlie novernul NV -. -, ~
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nonsiS haopteu pe'u.u ~ n"Jo",
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mo gracious mthnr ~ Ia n Exch nre