The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-04-29
GOVERNORS PARTY BACK
 FROM JAMESTOWN FAIR
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The dedication exercises for the Con- hnildinps were held on SaturdaY.

The dedication exercises for the Con- buildings were held on Saturday.
 The exercises were interesting throughout. Prayer was offered by the Rev. John G. Davenport, pastor of the Second Congregational church of Wa terbury, following which came the for malf presentation of the building by Samuel A. Eddy, president of the Con- ltecticut commission.
 Among those present were Governors Swanson of Virginia, Wartield of Ma ryland, Ansell of North Carolina and Lee of Delaware. Governor Swanson, of Virginia, made the address of wei come. He said, in part:
 "The Connecticut building is model New England home, which is saying that it is an ideal home. It is home where the purity of woman and the in- tegrity of manhood are the ideals" He further called attention to the fact that in the Connecticut party official, unof- f1cial and independent the number present was exactly the same as had landed with Captain John Smith at the founding of Jamestown in 1907. The number was 105. Captain Smith, said Governor Swanson, was the first gov ernor of Virginia and was also admiral of New England This is another tie that should bind us closer together"
 In his reply Governor Woodruff paid a tribute to the early settlers, both of the Jamestown settlement and of that in Connecticut, in the following speech: As long as Captain John Smith was in command the early settlers of Vir- ginia were safe from starvation. He made them work He knew that the Englishmen were inclined to take 1t easy, and when they did take it easy they were in danger of starving to death This scheme of self-preserva- tion inaugurated by Smith at the be- ginning of the settlement of James, town, is the secret of the great success that also marks the history of Con- necticut and has made the American nation.
 We are hard-working people and have shared in the profits of our toll. The labor of our ancestors was not in vain, and the legacy of their thrift is the United States of America. Our na- tional triumph lies not only in work but in the spirit of liberty which gave the laborer an inspiration to build something that would last forever Al the very root of our national existence is the spirit of liberty, and our history is the story of mans struggle to be free.
 In this struggle faint heart had nc place. for 1t took the iron will of al the ages to master the stubborn resist ance that stood in the pathway of tht men who held their own at the settle ment of Jamestown and anchored tht lion-hearted valor on Plymouth Rock that hard headed and dauntless yeo marry, with muscle and with nerve the noblest adventurers and braves band of freemen the world has eve krown. There they stood in old Nir ginl aand in New England some 90 years ago, alone in the savage wilder ness, and planted the spirit of liberty never to be conquered or subdueC while creation last and the rainbow draws it's promise in the sky. The, stood for self-preservation, self-govern ment, a democracy of thought and ac ton, faith and perseverance, a profound and immovable confidence in God.
 Connecticut is proud of her history a a state, but not vain because of il The work she has done in the structur of American civilization is solid ant enduring. She is so fixed in the edific that we cannot consider the achieve ment without recognizing Connection at the very foundation of it all. He place in this great commemoration i established and secure; and we ar glad to share the glory of the day wit those distinguished sister states il whose company Connecticut has beel faithful and steadfast from the begin ming.
 We come here at this hour to recev this memorial in the name of Connect cut, and to show by our exhibit tha "the land of steady habits is still har at work in enterprises of education, c the brain and the hand and the heart the courage of invention and manufac ture and commerce; statesmanship an civic pride solidity of social orde
 
 Justice based upon the fundamenta principle of success, laid down by tn general assembly of Connecticut 1GSs when the freemen of the town adopted the first constitution in the his tory of mankind, pure democracy an the very germ of the American natioi And we are here to show that our con monwealth is still hard at work upo those things that make life reasonabl and comfortable and profitable, and bear our part in tn evolution of tf nation, as long as this union prevails.
 In receiving this building for the pee pie of Connecticut I desire to congratJ late the commissioners upon the endul ing monument which marks the Anglo Saxon entrance of the western world and to the governor of Virginia is ez tended the heartiest greeting of oU commonwealth.
 The governor and a large party wi return on Connecticut day, october
 MADISON MAN DROWNED.